books i've read march 2023

 3.1.23

• Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson (A)

3.3.23

• Together: A First Conversation About Love by Megan Pamela Ruth Madison, Jessica Ralli, & Anne/Andy Passchier (PB)
• Being You: A First Conversation About Gender by Megan Pamela Ruth Madison, Jessica Ralli, & Anne/Andy Passchier (PB)
• Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race by Megan Pamela Ruth Madison, Jessica Ralli, & Isabel Roxas (PB)
• Bye Bye, Binary by Eric Geron & Charlene Chua (PB)
• Little Black Lives Matter by Khodi Dill & Chelsea Charles (YNF)

3.4.23

• The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon (A)
• I'm Growing Great by Mechal Renee Roe (PB)

3.5.23

• The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom by Nikita Gill (A)
• Pizza!: A Slice of History by Greg Pizzoli (YNF)
• Mister Rogers' Gift of Music by Donna Cangelosi & Amanda Calatzis (YNF)
• Slow Samson by Bethany Christou (PB)
• Twelve Dining Doorbells: An Every-Holiday Carol by Tameka Fryer Brown & Ebony Green (PB)
• Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love by Michelle Edwards & April Harrison (PB)
• The Way Champs Play by Naomi Osaka & Kamala Nair (PB)

3.8.23

• I Am John Lewis by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Wilma Mankiller by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Alexandra Bowman (YNF)
• Little Bat in Night School by Brian Lies (PB)
• Emmeline Pankhurst by Lisbeth Kaiser & Ana Sanfelippo (YNF)
• Can One Balloon Make an Elephant Fly? by Dan Richards & Jeff Newman (PB)
• Bo the Brave by Bethan Woollvin (PB)
• I Caught a Rainbow by Danielle Chaperon & Nathalie Dion (PB)
• The Button Book by Sally Nicholls & Bethan Woollvin (PB)
• The Bird Coat by Inger Marie Kjolstadmyr & Oyvind Torseter (PB)

3.9.23

• On the Corner of Chocolate Avenue: How Milton Hershey Brought Milk Chocolate to America by Tziporah Cohen & Steven Salerno (YNF)
• Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement by Katheryn Russell Brown & Kim Holt (YNF)
• Me and Muhammad Ali by Jabari Asim & AG Ford (PB)
• Time to Go! by Marta Cunill (PB)
• How We Say I Love You by Nicole Chen & Lenny Wen (PB)
• The Mystery of the Love List by Sarah Glenn Marsh & Ishaa Lobo (PB)
• Basketball Dreams by Chris Paul & Courtney Lovett (YNF)
• The Hero of Compassion: How Lokeshvara Got One Thousand Arms by Harry Einhorn & Khoa Le (YNF)
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (A)

3.10.23

• Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer (Y)
• Saga Book One by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (GN)
• The Overeager Egg by Milja Praagman (PB)
• When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left by Marc Colagiovanni & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• The Knowing by Ani Di Franco & Julia Mathew (PB)
• Iris Apfel by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Kristen Barnhart (YNF)
• John Lennon by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Octavia Bromwell (YNF)
• Nikola Tesla by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Alexander Mostov (YNF)
• Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker & Eda Kaban (PB)
• Even Superheroes Get Scared by Shelly Becker & Eda Kaban (PB)
• A Bucket of Questions by Tim Fite (PB)
• Saga Book Two by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (GN)

3.11.23

• Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (A)
• "You Just Need to Lose Weight": And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon (ANF)
• Leaf by Sandra Dieckmann (PB)
• Dragon Noodle Party: A Story of Chinese Zodiac Animals by Ying Chang Compestine & Paula Pang (PB)
• Meowsterpieces: A Cat's Guide to Art...and Life! by Jenn Bailey & Nyangsongi (PB)
• Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Yas Imamura (YNF)
• S'more Magic by Sohpie Escabasse (GN)

3.12.23

• Hooky Volume Two by Miriam Bonastre Tur (GN)
• Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox & Jan Thomas (PB)
• Dwayne Johnson by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lirios Bou (YNF)
• King Kong's Cousin by Mark Teague (PB)
• Seagull & Sea Dragon by Sydni Gregg (PB)
• The Three Little Pugs and the Big, Bad Cat by Becky Davies & Caroline Attia (PB)
• Pick Me! by Max Amato (PB)
• Sisters: Venus & Serena Williams by Jeanette Winter (YNF)
• Milo + Niko by D Guzman (PB)
• Butterfly Child by Marc Majewski (PB)
• Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome by Kat Zhang & Charlene Chua (PB)
• You So Black by Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. & London Ladd (PB)
• I Love Vincent by Laura Ljungkvist (PB)
• Too Many Bubbles: A Story About Mindfulness by Christine Peck & Mags DeRoma (PB)
• The Talk by Alicia D. Williams & Briana Mukodiri Uchendu (PB)
• Rise Up with a Song: The True Story of Ethel Smyth, Suffragette Composer by Diane Warthey & Helena Perez Garcia (YNF)
• New Kids in the Flock by Elise Gravel (GN)
• Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen (GN)

3.14.23

• Jam!: Tales from the World of Roller Derby edited by Jill Benton (GN)
• Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey (A)

3.15.23

• Husband Material by Alexis Hall (A)
• Sensory: Life on the Spectrum: An Autism Comic Anthology edited by Bex Ollerton (GN)

3.18.23

• The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)
• Dinos Don't Meditate by Catherine Bailey & Alex Willmore (PB)
• Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry (PB)
• Good Night, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry (PB)
• Time for School, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry (PB)
• Little Blue Truck Makes a Friend by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry (PB)
• Dragonboy and the Wonderful Night by Fabio Napoleoni (PB)
• Ozzie & Prince Zebedee by Gela Kalaitzidis (PB)
• The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming & Nicola Slater (PB)
• Stephen Hawking by Isabel Thomas & Marianna Madriz (YNF)

3.19.23

• Little Black Girl: Oh, the Things You Can Do! by Kirby Howell-Baptiste & Paul Davey (PB)
• Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran by Cory McCarthy & Ekua Holmes (YNF)
• The Corgi and the Queen by Caroline L. Perry & Lydia Corry (YNF)
• Lost by Sam Usher (PB)
• Akpa's Journey by Mia Pelletier & Kagan McLeod (YNF)
• Little Black Boy: Oh, the Things You Will Do! by Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Larry C. Fields III, & Paul Davey (PB)
• The Mermaid Moon by Briony May Smith (PB)
• One & Everything by Sam Winston (PB)
• Big Bold Beautiful Me by Jane Yolen, Maddison Stempler-Piatt, & Chloe Burgett (PB)
• Elvis Presley by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• City Under the City by Dan Yaccarino (GN)
• A Is for Asian American: An Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Alphabet by Virginia Loh-Hagan & Tracy Nishimura Bishop (YNF)
• Saga Book Three by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (GN)
• Saga Volume Ten by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (GN)

3.21.23

• In Every Generation by Kendare Blake (YA)

3.22.23

• Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman (ANF)
• Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan (YA)

3.24.23

• The Tryout by Christina Soontornvant & Joanna Cacao (GN)

3.25.23

• The Pronoun Book by Chris Ayala-Kronos & Melita Tirado (PB)
• Chaos Theory by Nic Stone (YA)
• The Witch's Throne #1 by Cedric Caballes (GN)
• The Baby-Sitters Club: Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery by Cynthia Yuan Cheng & Ann M. Martin (GN)

3.26.23

• Room on Top by Bruno Hachler & Laura D'Arcangelo (PB)
• There's Something About a Rock by Linda Kranz (YNF)
• Kind Like Marsha: Learning from LGBTQ+ Leaders by Sarah Prager & Cheryl "Ras" Thuesday (YNF)
• Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom by Glenda Armand & Steffi Walthall (YNF)
• Rosie and the Pre-Loved Dress by Leanne Hatch (PB)
• The Rhino Suit by Colter Jackson (PB)
• What Are You? by Christian Trimmer & Mike Curato (PB)
• Rain by Sam Usher (PB)
• The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (GN)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Grumplets and Pests by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Bips and Roses by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Wishypoofs and Hiccups by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen's Birthday by Katy Farina & Ann M. Martin (GN)
• Unfamiliar Volume 1 by Haley Newsome (GN)

3.28.23

• The Accursed Vampire by Madeline McGrane (GN)

3.29.23

• Man o' War by Cory McCarthy (YA)

3.30.23

• Pride Colors by Robin Stevenson (PB)

03.23 total: 123

7 adult fiction; 61 picture books; 26 youth nonfiction; 4 youth fiction; 18 graphic novels; 2 adult nonfiction; 5 young adult fiction

books i've read february 2023

 2.1.23

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (A)

2.2.23

• Lore Olympus Volume Two by Rachel Smythe (GN)

2.3.23

• Sparks!: Double Dog Dare by Ian Boothby & Nina Matsumoto (GN)
• Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee & KC Oster (GN)
• Coming Back by Jessi Zabarsky (GN)
• Sunny the Shark by Remy Lai (GN)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Monsters and Mold by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Merhorses and Bubbles by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)

2.4.23

• Sarabella's Thinking Cap by Judy Schachner (PB)
• Knock, Knock! by Saxton Freymann, Tomie dePaola, Dan Yaccarino, Peter H. Reynolds, Sophie Blackall, Yumi Heo, Boris Kulikov, Brett Helquist, Henry Cole, Judy Schachner, Chris Raschka, Laurie Keller, David Small, & Jon J. Muth (PB)
• Duck Tents by Lynne Berry & Hiroe Nakata (PB)
• Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis (PB)
• Ravi's Roar by Tom Percival (PB)
• Ducking for Apples by Lynne Berry & Hiroe Nakata (PB)
• Very Lulu: The (Mostly) True Story of a Training School Dropout by Stephanie Campisi & Jessica Gibson (PB)
• Crafty Chloe: Dress-Up Mess-Up by Kelly DiPucchio & Heather Ross (PB)
• My Hands Tell a Story by Kelly Starling Lyons & Tonya Engel (PB)
• Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist by Barbara Herkert & Vanessa Brantley-Newton (YNF)
• Stretchy and Beanie by Judy Schachner (PB)
• Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou by Bethany Hegedus & Tonya Engel (YNF)
• Salsa Lullaby by Jen Arena & Erika Meza (PB)
• Lady Liberty's Holiday by Jen Arena & Matt Hunt (PB)
• As Cool as It Gets by Jory John & Pete Oswald (PB)
• Crumbs by Danie Stirling (GN)

2.5.23

• Finding Me by Viola Davis (ANF)
• Esme's Birthday Conga Line by Lourdes Heuer & Marissa Valdez (Y)
• The Wump World by Bill Peet (PB)
• Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy & Janelle Washington (YNF)
• The Last Rainbow Bird by Nora Brech (PB)
• Dear Mr. Dickens by Nancy Churnin & Bethany Stancliffe (YNF)
• Wild Peace by Irene Latham & Il Sung Na (PB)
• Ferocious Fluffity by Erica S. Perl & Henry Cole (PB)
• My Paati's Saris by Jyoti Rajan Gopal & Art Twink (PB)
• Revolutionary Prudence Wright: Leading the Minute Women in the Fight for Independence by Beth Anderson & Susan Reagan (YNF)
• Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (YA)

2.6.23

• Resistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution edited by Mark Eisner & Tina Escaja (ANF)

2.7.23

• Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi (YA)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance by Faith Erin Hicks & Peter Wartman (GN)

2.10.23

• Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change by Brittney Cooper & Cathy Ann Johnson (YNF)
• The Story of Ukraine: An Anthem of Glory and Freedom by Olena Kharchenko, Michael Sampson, & Polina Doroshenko (YNF)
• Where We Come from by Diane Wilson, Sun Yung Shin, Shannon Gibney, & John Coy (YNF)
• The Poem Forest: Poet W.S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Forest He Grew from Scratch by Carrie Fountain & Chris Turnham (YNF)
• Still Mine by Jayne Pillemer & Sheryl Murray (PB)
• So Much Snow by Kristen Schroeder & Sarah Jacoby (PB)
• The Sun Is Late and So Is the Farmer by Philip C. Stead & Erin E. Stead (PB)
• A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Yo, Vikings! by Judith Byron Schachner (PB)
• Pezzettino by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Your Mama by NoNieqa Ramos & Jacqueline Alcantara (PB)
• In the Rabbitgarden by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Now? Not Yet! by Gina Perry (PB)
• Charlie & Mouse Are Magic by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• A Bear Named Bjorn by Delphine Perret (Y)
• The Catalogue of Hugs by Joshua David Stein, Augustus Heeren Stein, & Elizabeth Lilly (PB)
• Thunderous by M.L. Smoker & Natalie Peeterse (GN)

2.11.23

• Bird, Balloon, Bear by Il Sung Na (PB)
• Queen Elizabeth by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Melissa Lee Johnson (YNF)
• That's My Carrot! by Il Sung Na (PB)
• The World Is Family by Rosie Adams & Frances Ives (PB)
• Dim Sum, Here We Come! by Maple Lam (PB)
• Nubby by Dan Richards & Shanda McCloskey (PB)
• To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and 'Star Trek' Helped Advocate Civil Rights by Angela Dalton & Lauren Semmer (YNF)
• Zoey and Sassafras: The Pod and the Bog by Asia Cipro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Unicorns and Germs by Asia Cipro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Little Guides to Great Lives: Maya Angelou by Danielle Jawando (YNF)
• She Persisted: Margaret Chase Smith by Ruby Shamir (YNF)
• She Persisted: Sally Ride by Atia Abawi (YNF)
• Doodleville: Art Attacks! by Chad Sell (GN)
• Mason Mooney: Paranormal Investigator by Seaerra Miller (GN)
• Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely (GN)
• Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam (ANF)

2.12.23

• Cowie by Elizabeth Rose Stanton (PB)
• Iced Out by CK Smouha & Isabella Bunnell (PB)
• Bear Moves by Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown & Sav Akyuz (PB)
• Charlie & Mouse Even Better by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• The Snail by Emily Hughes (YNF)
• Love Is Loud: How Diane Nash Led the Civil Rights Movement by Sandra Neil Wallace & Bryan Collier (YNF)
• That's Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed (PB)
• If You're a Kid Like Gavin: The True Story of a Young Trans Activist by Gavin Grimm, Kyle Lukoff, & J Yang (YNF)
• Little Bat Up All Day by Brian Lies (PB)
• Hide & Seek by Il Sung Na (PB)
• A Book of Babies by Il Sung Na (PB)
• A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant & Melissa Sweet (YNF)
• What's Sweeter by June Tate (PB)
• Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change by Tameka Fryer Brown & Nina Crews (YNF)
• Winter Dance by Marion Dane Bauer & Richard Jones (PB)
• The Power Book: What It Is, Who Has It, and Why? by Claire Saunders, Hazel Songhurst, Georgia Amson-Bradshaw, Minna Salami, Mik Scarlet, Joelle Avelino, & David Breadbent (YNF)
• The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur (ANF)
• Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, & Berenice Nelle (GN)

2.13.23

• The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson (A)

2.14.23

• Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales (YA)

2.17.23

• Garlic & the Witch by Bree Paulsen (GN)

2.18.23

• If This Gets Out by Sohpie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich (YA)
• Sparks!: Future Purrfect by Ian Boothby & Nina Matsumoto (GN)
• Siuil, a Run: The Girl from the Other Side #12 by Nagabe (M)
• How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by K.C. Davis (ANF)

2.19.23

• Yetis Are the Worst! by Alex Willan (PB)
• Once Upon a Goat by Dan Richards & Eric Barclay (PB)
• Skater Cielo by Rachel Katstaller (PB)
• Books Aren't for Eating by Carlie Sorosiak & Manu Montoya (PB)
• Antoine's Tale: An Extraordinary Shelter Dog's Journey by Janet Curran (YNF)
• Ferdinand Cheval: The Postman Who Delivered a Palace by Anne Renaud & Ana Salopek (YNF)
• Runs with the Stars by Darcy Whitecrow, Heather M. O'Connor, & Lenny Lishchenko (PB)
• Michael Jordan by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lo Harris (YNF)

2.20.23

• The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston (YA)

2.21.23

• Brave Every Day by Trudy Ludwig & Patrice Barton (PB)
• Scaredy Bath by Zoe Foster Blake & Daniel Gray-Barnett (PB)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: The Courage to Dream by Frederick Joseph & Nikkolas Smith (PB)

2.24.23

• Heart to Heart: A Conversation on Love and Hope for Our Precious Planet by His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Patrick McDonnell (ANF)
• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (ANF)

2.25.23

• Charlie & Mouse Outdoors by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• Charlie & Mouse Lost and Found by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• Fashionista: Fashion Your Feelings by Maxine Beneba Clarke (PB)
• Anna Pavlova by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sue Downing (YNF)
• Opal Lee: And What It Means to Be Free by Alice Faye Duncan & Keturah A. Bobo (YNF)
• Whimsy's Heavy Things by Julie Kraulis (PB)
• Nervous Nigel by Bethany Christou (PB)
• Tim's Hat by Jacqueline East & Rose Clayton (PB)
• Valentine's Guest House by Sam Sharland (PB)
• Portrait of an Artist: Frida Kahlo by Sandra Dieckmann & Lucy Brownridge (YNF)
• Something Happened to My Dad: A Story About Immigration and Family Separation by Ann Hazzard, Vivianne Aponte Rivera, & Gloria Felix (PB)
• Why Johnny Doesn't Flap by Clay Morton, Gail Morton, & Alex Merry (PB)
• Best Day Ever! by Marilyn Singer & Leah Nixon (PB)
• Be Thankful for Trees by Harriet Ziefert & Brian Fitzgerald (YNF)
• Sam's Pet Temper by Sangeeta Bhadra & Marion Arbona (PB)

2.26.23

• Julia, Child by Kyo Maclear & Julie Morstad (PB)
• The Ocean in Your Bathtub by Seth Fishman & Isabel Greenberg (YNF)
• I Want My Book Back by Viviane Elbee & Nicole Miles (PB)
• Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Anika Aldamuy Denise & Loris Lora (YNF)
• Zuri Ray and the Backyard Bash by Tami Charles & Sharon Sordo (PB)
• Gold by Jed Alexander (PB)
• A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexicah Word Painters by Duncan Tonatiuh (YNF)
• How to Hear the Universe: Gaby Gonzalez and the Search for Einstein's Ripples in Space-Time by Patricia Valdez & Sara Palacios (YNF)
• Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado (YA)

2.28.23

• My Bindi by Gita Varadarajan & Archana Sreenivasan (PB)
• No! Said Custard the Squirrel by Sergio Ruzzier (PB)
• Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land by Mirelle Ortega (YNF)
• Standing in the Need of a Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford & Frank Morrison (YNF)

02.23 total: 139

2 adult fiction; 14 graphic novels; 11 youth fiction; 65 picture books; 33 youth nonfiction; 7 adult nonfiction; 6 young adult fiction; 1 manga

books i've read january 2023

 1.1.23

• The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run #7 by Nagabe (M)
• The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run #8 by Nagabe (M)
• The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run #9 by Nagabe (M)
• The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run #10 by Nagabe (M)
• Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur (A)

1.2.23

• The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera (YA)
• The Girl from the Other Side: Siuil, a Run #11 by Nagabe (M)
• Animals Lost & Found by Jonathan Woodward & Jason Bittel (YNF)
• Milo and Marcus at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes (YA)

1.4.23

• Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (A)

1.6.23

• The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (A)
• Narwhalicorn and Jelly by Ben Clanton (GN)
• The Imagination Chamber: Cosmic Rays from Lyra's Universe by Philip Pullman (YA)
• The Good Egg and the Talent Show by Jory John & Pete Oswald (Y)
• Blue Bison Needs a Haircut by Scott Rothman & Pete Oswald (PB)
• The Library Bus by Bahram Rahman & Gabrielle Grimard (PB)
• Why Not You? by Ciara Wilson, Russell Wilson, & Jessica Gibson (PB)
• I Love You Because I Love You by Muon Thi Van & Jessica Love (PB)
• The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border by Stephen Briseno & Magdalena Mora (PB)
• You Hold Me Up by Monique Gay Smith & Danielle Daniel (PB)
• Something's Fishy by Jean Gourounas (PB)
• Princess Arabella at the Museum by Mylo Freeman (PB)
• Cold Paws, Warm Heart by Madeleine Floyd (PB)
• Kat Writes a Song by Greg Foley (PB)
• I'm an Immigrant Too! by Mem Fox & Ronojoy Ghosh (PB)
• The Cat, the Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf, and Grandma by Diane Fox & Christyan Fox (PB)
• Spy X Family #3 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Spy X Family #4 by Tatsuya Endo (M)

1.7.23

• Spy X Family #5 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Spy X Family #6 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Spy X Family #7 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Spy X Family #8 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• The National Parks: Preserving America's Wild Places by Falynn Koch (GN)

1.8.23

• I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu by Refiloe Moahloli & Zinelda McDonald (PB)
• Shine Bright by Kheris Rogers & Mechal Renee Roe (PB)
• Sloth Sleeps Over by Blythe Russo (PB)
• My Self, Your Self by Esme Shapiro (PB)
• Nour's Secret Library by Wafa' Tarnowska & Vali Mintzi (PB)
• The End by John Bray & Josh Cleland (PB)
• Bus Stop by Angela H. Dale & Lala Watkins (PB)
• When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith & Nicole Neidhardt (PB)
• Only One by Deborah Hopkinson & Chuck Groenink (YNF)
• Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between by Lesa Cline-Ransome & Ashley Benham-Yazdani (YNF)
• My Life at the Bottom: The Story of a Lonesome Axolotl by Linda Bondestam (PB)
• No Such Thing by Ella Bailey (PB)
• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (A)
• Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (YA)

1.10.23

• A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone (A)
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (A)

1.11.23

• Birding Is My Favorite Video Game: Cartoons About the Natural World from Bird and Moon by Rosemary Mosco (GN)

1.12.23

• Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (A)
• Erroll by Hannah Shaw (PB)
• Kitten Lady's Big Book of Little Kittens by Hannah Shaw (YNF)

1.13.23

• Wonder Doodles: The Little Book of Encouragement, Wisdom, & Self-Care by Joanne Shi (GN)
• Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle (YA)

1.14.23

• The Case of the Gypsy Good-bye by Nancy Springer (Y)
• Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun (A)

1.15.23

• Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James Ransome (PB)
• The Humblebee Hunter by Deborah Hopkinson & Jen Corace (PB)
• Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson & Nancy Carpenter (YNF)
• Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E. Ransome (YNF)
• Independence Cake by Deborah Hopkinson & Giselle Potter (PB)
• Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome & Raul Colon (YNF)
• A Charmed Christmas by Alison Cochrun (A)
• Under the Bodhi Tree: A Story of the Buddha by Deborah Hopkinson & Kailey Whitman (YNF)
• Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E. Ransome (YNF)
• Curious Encounters: 1 to 13 Forest Friends by Ben Clanton & Jessica Bagley (PB)
• Sky Boys: How They Build the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson & James E. Ransome (YNF)
• Confessions of a Dork Lord by Mike Johnston & Marta Altes (Y)

1.16.23

• Primer by Jennifer Muro, Thomas Krajewski, & Gretel Lusky (GN)
• Other Boys by Damian Alexander (GN)
• Moonstruck: Troubled Waters by Grace Ellis, Shea Beagle, & Claudia Aguirre (GN)
• Black Butler #28 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Black Butler #29 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Black Butler #30 by Yana Toboso (M)
• Black Butler #31 by Yana Toboso (M)

1.17.23

• I Forgive Alex: A Simple Story About Understanding by Kerascoet (PB)
• Leo + Lea by Monica Wesolowska & Kenard Pak (PB)
• Freaky, Funky Fish: Odd Facts About Fascinating Fish by Debra Kempf Shumaker & Claire Powell (YNF)
• Extra Ezra Makes an Extra-Special Friend by Kara LaReau & Vincent X. Kirsch (PB)
• Special Delivery by Elliot Kruszynski (PB)
• Let's Do Everything and Nothing by Julia Kuo (PB)
• Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton (ANF)
• Pirate Penguin Vs. Ninja Chicken: Macaroni & BEES!?! by Ray Friesen (GN)
• Layla and the Bots: Making Waves by Vicky Fang & Christine Nishiyama (GN)
• What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg & Fiona Smyth (YNF)
• Cat & Cat Adventures: The Quest for Snacks by Susie Yi (GN)
• Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker by Olugbemisda Rhuday-Perkovich & Andrea Pippins (YNF)
• The Stories Behind the Stories: The Remarkable True Tales Behind Your Favorite Children's Books by Danielle Higley (YNF)
• Cat & Cat Adventures: The Goblet of Infinity by Susie Yi (GN)

1.20.23

• We Are the Shapes by Kevin Jenner (PB)
• The Wild Mustang: Horses of the American West by Chris Duffy & Falynn Koch (GN)

1.21.23

• How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind by David G. Myers (ANF)
• Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Disco Fever by Doug Savage (GN)
• She Persisted: Patsy Mink by Tae Keller (YNF)
• Zoey and Sassafras: Caterflies and Ice by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)

1.22.23

• Little Goddess Girls: Persephone & the Unicorn's Ruby by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams, & Yuyi Chen (Y)
• The Eight Knights of Hanukkah by Leslie Kimmelman & Galia Bernstein (PB)
• The Blue Scarf by Mohamed Danawi & Ruaida Mannaa (PB)
• Michelle by Deborah Hopkinson & AG Ford (YNF)
• I Am Loved: A Poetry Collection by Nikki Giovanni & Ashley Bryan (YNF)
• Acorn Was a Little Wild by Jen Arena & Jessica Gibson (PB)
• Can Pup Find the Pups? by Vincent X. Kirsch (PB)
• Because Claudette by Tracey Baptiste & Tonya Engel (YNF)
• I Am a Peaceful Goldfish by Shoshana Chaim & Lori Joy Smith (PB)
• Cinderella and the Furry Slippers by Davide Cali & Raphaelle Barbenegre (PB)
• Let's Dance! by Valerie Bolling & Maine Diaz (PB)
• Everything Will Be OK by Anna Dewdney & Judy Schachner (PB)
• Where Happiness Begins by Eva Eland (PB)
• American Desi by Jyoti Rajan Gopal & Supriya Kelkar (PB)
• Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis by Julie Sakai & Stan Sakai (GN)
• Year of the Cat by Richard Ho & Jocelyn Li Langrand (PB)
• Tomorrow Is New Year's Day: Seollal, a Korean Celebration of the Lunar New Year by Aram Kim (YNF)
• Lucky by Christy Mandin (PB)
• The In-Between Book by Christopher Willard, Olivia Weisser, & Alison Oliver (YNF)
• The Disappearing Mr. Jacques by Gideon Sterer & Benjamin Chaud (PB)
• We Are All Different: A Celebration of Diversity by Tracey Turner & Asa Gilland (YNF)
• The Curious Demise of a Contrary Cat by Lynne Berry & Luke LaMarca (PB)
• Goodnight Racism by Ibram X. Kendi & Cbabi Bayoc (PB)
• Boy's Life by Robert McCammon (A)

1.23.23

• The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (YANF)

1.24.23

• Go, Pea, Go! by Joe Moshier & Chris Sonnenberg (PB)
• Food Friends: Fun Foods That Go Together by Cece Bell (PB)

1.27.23

• Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales (YA)
• Haylee and Comet: A Tale of Cosmic Friendship by Deborah Marcero (GN)
• Haylee and Comet: Over the Moon by Deborah Marcero (GN)
• Into the Heartlands by Roseanne Brown, Dika Araujo, Natacha Bustos, & Claudia Aguirre (GN)

1.28.23

• Timo the Adventurer by Jonathan Garnier & Yohan Sacre (GN)
• Library Girl: How Nancy Pearl Became America's Most Celebrated Librarian by Karen Henry Clark & Sheryl Murray (YNF)
• More Than Peach by Bellen Woodard & Fanny Liem (YNF)
• Three Little Vikings by Beth Woollvin (PB)
• Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging by Pauline David-Sax & Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (PB)
• Madani's Best Game by Fran Pintadera & Raquel Catalina (PB)
• Justice Is...: A Guide for Young Truth Seekers by Preet Bharara & Sue Cornelison (YNF)
• Heart String by Brooke Boynton-Hughes (PB)
• If I Were a Park Ranger by Catherine Stier & Patrick Corrigan (YNF)
• Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith (PB)
• Cat on the Bus by Aram Kim (PB)
• The Fifth Quarter by Mike Dawson (GN)
• Eve by Victor LaValle, Jo Mi-Gyeong, & Brittany Peer (GN)
• Chef's Kiss by Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine, Hank Jones, & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (GN)
• The Weirn Books #1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova (GN)
• Kisses for Jet: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Joris Bas Backer (GN)

1.29.23

• The Greatest in the World! by Ben Clanton (GN)
• Cult Girls by Natalie Grand & Cassandre Bolan (GN)
• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni (PB)
• The Grannyman by Judith Byron Schachner (PB)
• It Starts with a Seed by Laura Knowles & Jennie Webber (YNF)
• H Is for Harlem by Dinah Johnson & April Harrison (YNF)
• Beauty Woke by NoNieqa Ramos & Paola Escobar (PB)
• African Proverbs for All Ages by Johnnetta Betsch Cole & Nelda LaTeef (YNF)
• One Shoe Two Shoes by Caryl Hart & Edward Underwood (PB)
• Keyana Loves Her Family by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley & Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (PB)
• What About Neko?: A Story About Divorce by Nancy Loewen & Elisa Paganelli (PB)
• Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes by Traci N. Todd & Shannon Wright (YNF)
• Take a Breath by Sujean Rim (PB)
• The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy by Beatrice Alemagna (PB)
• Book or Bell? by Chris Barton & Ashley Spires (PB)
• Nicolas, Where Have You Been? by Leo Lionni (PB)
• An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Matthew's Dream by Leo Lionni (PB)
• The Biggest House in the World by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Fish Is Fish by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)
• Beastars #14 by Paru Itagaki (M)

1.30.23

• Busy Buddies: Silly Stuff That Goes Together by Cece Bell (PB)

01.23 total: 166

16 manga; 10 adult fiction; 7 young adult fiction; 25 graphic novels; 5 youth fiction; 71 picture books; 29 youth nonfiction; 2 adult nonfiction; 1 young adult nonfiction

2022 reading challenges part 2

 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2022
Finished 12/28/2022

• Read a biography of an author you admire
• Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
• Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi
• Read a book set in a bookstore
• We Are Inevitable by Gayle Forman
• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
• Good Night Little Bookstore by Amy Cherrix & E.B. Goodale
• Read any book from the Women's Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• Read a book in any genre by a POC that's about joy and not trauma
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
• Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters
• Read an anthology featuring diverse voices
• Every Body Shines edited by Cassandra Newbould
• Kink: Stories edited by R.O. Kwon & Garth Greenwell
• You Don't Have to Be Everything edited by Diana Whitney
• Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology Volume 2 edited by Joamette Gil
• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! edited by Christie Yant
• Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology Volume 1 edited by Joamette Gil
• Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy edited by Joamette Gil
• Read a nonfiction YA comic
• Good Girls Don't Make History by Elizabeth Kiehner, Kara Coyle, Michaela Dawn, & Mary Sanche
• Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel by Cynthia Levinson, Sanford Levinson, & Ally Shwed
• The Black Panther Party by David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Alexander
• We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration by Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, Ross Ishikawa, & Matt Sosaki
• Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
• Read a classic written by a POC
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• Read the book that's been on your TBR the longest
• Crafting the Body Divine by Yasmine Galenorn
• Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC or LGBTQUIA+)
• While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
• Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character
• The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
• A-Okay by Jarad Greene
• Loveless by Alice Oseman
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• Read an entire poetry collection
• The Complete Poems of Sappho translated by Willis Barnstone
• Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author
• Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
• A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
• Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you've seen (but haven't read the book)
• The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
• Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital)
• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue (June 2014, Issue 49) edited by Christie Yant
• Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes
• Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
• Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary
• Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness
• Love That Story by Jonathan Van Ness
• Read a "Best ___ Writing of the Year" book for a topic and year of your choice
• The Best American Food Writing 2021 edited by Gabrielle Hamilton
• Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author
• The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
• Fledgling by Octavia Butler
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Changeling by Victor LaValle
• Read an award-winning book from the year you were born
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hugo Award)
• Read a queer retelling of a class of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• Beast by Brie Spangler
• Lost in the Never Woods by Adien Thomas
• Peter Darling by Austin Chant
• A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
• A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow
• Cinderelliot: A Scrumptious Fairytale by Mark Ceilley, Rachel Smoka-Robinson, & Stephanie Laberis
• Read a history about a period you know little about
• The Black Panther Party by David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Alexander
• Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory by Julie Abery & Chris Sasaki
• Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators by Claudia Friddell & Elizabeth Baddeley
• The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones 
• Read a book by a disabled author
• Continuum by Chella Man
• Just Roll with It by Veronica Agarwal & Lee Durfey-Lavoie
• We Move Together by Kelly Fritsch (disabled), Anne McGuire (disabled), & Eduardo Trejos
• Always Only You by Chloe Liese
• The Way She Feels by Courtney Cook
• Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee & Molly Brooks
• Button Pusher by Tyler Page
• Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir by Wil Wheaton
• What Happened to You? by James Catchpole (disabled) & Karen George
• Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
• Pick a challenge from any of the previous years' challenges to repeat
• Loveless (Romance by trans or nonbinary author from 2021) by Alice Oseman
• Heartwood: Non-Binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy (SFF anthology edited by POC from 2021) edited by Joamette Gil

2022 reading challenges part 1

This year, I started tracking any book I read that met the challenge prompts.  This lead me to completed the PopSugar challenge twice!  There were many categories that I ended up having several books for.  I know there were books I read that probably could have fit into categories, but these are the ones I figured out.  Books that meet the prompt are listed below it!

2022 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Finished 1st time on 8/18/2022
Finished 2nd time on 11/13/2022

• A book published in 2022
• Love That Story by Jonathan Van Ness
• Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters
• Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman by Kristen R. Lee
• Ashes of Gold by J. Elle
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes
• Osmo Uknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M. Valente
• You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky
• A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
• The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
• A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
• Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal
• Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
• A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title
• Wondering Around by Meg Fleming & Richard Jones
• Mako & Tiger: Two Not-So-Friendly Sharks by Scott Rothman & Mika Song
• Tiger Days: A Book of Feelings by M.H. Clark & Anna Hurley
• The Tiger Who Would Be King by James Thurber & JooHee Yoon
• Today I'm Strong by Nadiya Hussein & Ella Bailey
• A sapphic book
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
• Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa
• Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
• Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
• A book by a Latinx author
• My Time Among the Whites by Jennine Capo Crucet
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz
• Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
• Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
• Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
• A book with an onomatopoeia in its title
• Chirp by Kate Messner
• Crunch by Kayla Miller
• A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
• Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau
• Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari & Patrice Barton
• Dancing with Daddy by Anitra Rowe Schulte & Ziyue Chen
• Always Only You by Chloe Liese
• Solar the Polar by Kim Constantinesco & Jessica Lynn Evans
• My Must-Have Mom by Maudie Smith & Jen Khatun
• What Happened to You? by James Catchpole & Karen George
• Ali and the Sea Stars by Ali Stroker & Gillian Reid
• A book about a "found family"
• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
• Obit by Victoria Chang
• Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
• A #BookTok recommendation
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• A book about the afterlife
• Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Osmo Uknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M. Valente
• The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman
• A book set in the 1980s
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
• Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz
• Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes
• A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
• Silver Spoon #3 by Hiromu Arakawa
• A book by a Pacific Islander author
• The Girl in the Moon Circle by Sia Figiel
• Huia Short Stories 7 edited by James George & Kelly Ana Morey
• Punky Aloha by Shar Tuiasoa
• A book about witches
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
• Witches of Brooklyn: What the Hex?! by Sarah Escabasse
• Cemetery Boys by Aidan Thomas
• Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa
• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
• A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
• The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
• Mr. Malcolm's List by Suzanne Allain
• A romance novel by a BIPOC author
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
• The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
• A book that takes place during your favorite season
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler (end of school year) by Casey McQuiston
• Apple Crush (fall/Halloween/) by Lucy Knisley 
• Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches (Halloween) by Kate Scelsa 
• A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
• Here's To Us (after Fresh) by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
• Crafting the Body Divine (after Deaf Republic) by Yasmine Galenorn
• A book about a band or musical group
• My Riot by Rick Spears & Emmett Helen
• Muted by Tami Charles
• Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
• Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram
• Anonymous Noise #1, #2, & #3 by Ryoko Fukuyama
• A book with a character on the ace spectrum
• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
• The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
• A-Okay by Jarad Greene
• Loveless by Alice Oseman
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• A book with a recipe in it
• Dumpling Day by Meera Sriram, Inez de Anturnano, & Laurel P. Jackson
• Archie Celebrates Diwali by Mitali Benerjee Ruths & Parwinder Singh
• Kalamata's Kitchen by Sarah Thomas & Jo Kosmides Edwards
• Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby
• Naturally Tan by Tan France
• The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
• 1234 Cake!: A Count-and-Bake Book by Caroline Wright & Allison Oliver
• A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat by Emily Jenkins & Sophie Blackall
• Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson & Will Hillenbrand
• Tough Cookie: A Christmas Story by Edward Hemingway
• ABC Pasta: An Entertaining Alphabet by Juana Medina
• Rosie the Truffle Hound by Jessie Hartland
• Watercress by Andrea Wang & Jason Chin
• Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes "the French Chef" by Alex Prud'Homme & Sarah Green
• Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Greenfield Thong & John Parra
• Carla and the Christmas Cornbread by Carla Hall & Cherise Harris
• A book you can read in one sitting
• The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Don't Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd
• A book about a secret
• Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Alexrod & Jess Taylor
• Family of Liars by E. Lockhart
• Spy X Family #2 by Tatsuya Endo
• A book with a misleading title
• When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
• I Want to Be a Vase by Julio Torres & Julian Glander
• Land Shark by Beth Ferry & Ben Mantle
• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
• A Hugo Award winner
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Network Effect by Martha Wells
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
• A book set during a holiday
• Royal Holiday (Christmas) by Jasmine Guillory
• Binny's Diwali (Diwali) by Thrity Umrigar & Nidhi Chanani
• Apple Crush (Halloween) by Lucy Knisley
• Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches (Halloween) by Kate Scelsa
• You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince (Christmas) by Timothy Janovsky
• A different book by an author you read in 2021
• Burnout by Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna
• A book with the name of a board game in the title
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
• A book featuring a man-made disaster
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
• The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He
• Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
• A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page
• Right Where I Left You (Becky Albertalli) by Julian Winters
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler (??) by Casey McQuiston
• Kicks (Angie Thomas) by Van G. Garrett & Reggie Brown
• The Prisoner of Shiverstone (Kat Leyh) by Linette Moore
• Cosplay: A History (Martha Wells) by Andrew Liptak
• A social-horror book
• The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
• A book set in Victorian times
• Changeless by Gail Carriger
• Blameless by Gail Carriger
• A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
• Oh No, Astro! by Matt Roeser & Brad Woodard
• Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi
• Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
• Constellation of the Deep by Benjamin Flouw
• A book you know nothing about
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
• A book about gender identity
• Seeing Gender by Iris Gottlieb
• The Gender Wheel by Maya Gonzalez
• A book featuring a party
• Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
• The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
• You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky
• An #OwnVoices SFF book
• Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
• Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor
• Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
• A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
• Noor (Afrofuturist from 2021) by Nnedi Okorafor
• Cemetery Boys & Lost in the Never Woods (Trans/Enby Author from 2020) by Aiden Thomas
• Over the Top & Love That Story (Trans/Enby Author from 2020) by Jonathan Van Ness
• The Love Hypothesis & Love on the Brain (Woman in STEM from 2020) by Ali Hazelwood

ADVANCED

• A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title
• The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
• Gallant by V.E. Schwab
• A book that features two languages
• Mi Casa Is My Home by Laurenne Sala & Zara Gonzalez Hoang
• !Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge by Raul the Third & Elaine Bay
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
• Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
• The Girl in the Moon Circle by Sia Figiel
• Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez & Gabriela Epstein
• A book with a palindromic title
• Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee
• Mem by Bethany C. Morrow
• A duology (1)
• Wings of Ebony by J. Elle
• This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
• A duology (2)
• Ashes of Gold by J. Elle
• Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab
• A book about someone leading a double life
• Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
• Spy X Family #2 by Tatsuya Endo
• A book featuring a parallel reality
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Where It All Lands by Jennie Wexler
• A book with two POVs
• Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan & Jennifer Niven
• Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
• Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
• A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
• Always Only You by Chloe Liese
• The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
• All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown
• Private Label by Kelly Yang
• Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
• Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
• Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1)
• The Viscount Who Loved Me (London) by Julia Quinn
• Blameless (London) by Gail Carriger
• Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2)
• Invisible Man (NYC) by Ralph Ellison
• Labyrinth Lost (NYC) by Zoraida Cordova

2022 reading year in review

2022 Goodreads reading challenge goal: 1111
Total books read in 2022 (according to Goodreads): 1210
2022 Goodreads challenge completed on: 12/4/2022 

2 book challenges completed
2022 PopSugar Reading Challenge (8/18/2022 & for a second time on 11/13/2022)
2022 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge (12/28/2022)

2022 total (from this blog & my private database): 1214
By category:
631 picture books
156 youth nonfiction
153 graphic novels
71 adult fiction
66 young adult fiction
54 adult nonfiction
40 youth fiction
34 manga
8 young adult nonfiction
1 comic

My month of least reading was in September with 65 books.
My month of most reading was in March with 151 books.

For comparison:
2021
Total: 1360
751 picture books
194 youth nonfiction
146 graphic novels
73 young adult fiction
60 youth fiction
47 adult fiction
46 adult nonfiction
29 manga
7 young adult nonfiction
5 comics
2 fanfiction

2020
Total: 1199
387 picture books
156 graphic novels
142 comics
125 young adult fiction
104 manga
81 youth fiction
75 adult fiction
75 youth nonfiction
48 adult nonfiction
5 young adult nonfiction
1 magazine

books i've read december 2022

 12.2.22

• A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow (A)
• Red Rising: Sons of Ares by Pierce Brown, Rik Hoskin, & Eli Powell (GN)
• Bug Boys by Laura Knetzger (GN)

12.3.22

• Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire (A)

12.4.22

• Super Saurus and the Egg by Deborah Underwood & Ned Young (PB)
• Bearnard Writes a Book by Deborah Underwood & Misa Saburi (PB)
• Lizzy and the Cloud by Terry Fan & Eric Fan (PB)
• Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman (ANF) **
• Walrus in the Bathtub by Deborah Underwood & Matt Hunt (PB)
• Bad Bye, Good Bye by Deborah Underwood & Jonathan Bean (PB)
• The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood & Hannah Marks (PB)
• Ducks! by Deborah Underwood & T.L. McBeth (PB)
• A Balloon for Isabel by Deborah Underwood & Laura Rankin (PB)
• Every Little Letter by Deborah Underwood & Joy Hwang Ruiz (PB)
• Eggasaurus by Jennifer Wagh & Hallie Bateman (PB)
• The Garden We Share by Zoe Tucker & Julianna Swaney (PB)
• Rodney Was a Tortoise by Nan Forler & Yong Ling Kang (PB)
• Color the Sky by David Elliott & Evan Turk (PB)
• A Good Place by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Wild Beings by Dorien Brouwers (PB)
• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (ANF)

12.6.22

• Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (A)
• The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer (Y)
• Behind the Scenes!! #1 by Bisco Hatori (M)

12.7.22

• Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman (ANF)
• Anonymous Noise #1 by Ryoko Fukuyama (M)

12.10.22

• Honey Blood #1 by Miko Mitsuki (M)
• No Vampire, No Happy Ending #1 by Shinya Shinya (M)
• The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature by Peter Wohlleben (ANF)
• Korgi Book Four by Christian Slade (GN)

12.11.22

• Mystery Bottle by Kristen Balouch (PB)
• I Like This, You Like That by Linda Ashman & Eve Coy (PB)
• Flowers Are Pretty...Weird! by Rosemary Mosco & Jacob Souva (YNF)
• I Am Ruby Bridges by Ruby Bridges & Nikkolas Smith (YNF)
• You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood by Aimee Reid & Matt Phelan (YNF)
• Good-bye, Bear by Jane Chapman (PB)
• Cinderelliott: A Scrumptious Fairytale by Mark Ceilley, Rachel Smoka-Richardson, & Stephanie Laberis (PB)
• Fungus Is Among Us! by Joy Keller & Erica Salcado (YNF)
• Oh My Gods!: A History of Belief by J.R. Becker & Marissa Napolitano (YNF)
• Our Green City by Tanya Lloyd Kyi & Colleen Larmour (YNF)
• Listen to the Language of Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground by Tera Kelley & Marie Hermansson (YNF)
• Beastars #12 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #13 by Paru Itagaki (M)

12.15.22

• Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (YA)

12.17.22

• The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae (A)

12.18.22

• Monster Trucks by Joy Keller & Misa Saburi (PB)
• Butterflies Are Pretty...Gross! by Rosemary Mosco & Jacob Souva (YNF)
• Bear's New Friend by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (PB)
• Super Saurus Saves Kindergarten by Deborah Underwood & Ned Young (PB)
• Join the Crow Crowd! by Elise Gravel (GN)
• If Found...Please Return to Elise Gravel by Elise Gravel (ANF)
• Cosplay: A History by Andrew Liptak (ANF)
• We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Story by Simu Liu (ANF)

12.21.22

• The Guncle by Steven Rowley (A)

12.22.22

• Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (YA)
• Black Boy, Black Boy by Ali Biko Sulaiman Kamanda, Jorge Redmond, & Ken Daley (YNF)
• Calling the Wind: A Story of Healing and Hope by Trudy Ludwig & Kathryn Otoshi (PB)
• Tooth Fairy in Training by Michelle Robinson & Briony May Smith (PB)
• It's Diwali! by Kabir Sehgal, Surishtha Sehgal, & Archana Sreenivasan (YNF)
• If You Laugh, I'm Starting This Book Over by Chris Harris & Serge Bloch (PB)
• The Truth About Mrs. Claus Meena Harris & Keisha Morris (PB)
• Witch Hazel by Molly Idle (PB)
• A Bear Far from Home by Susan Fletcher & Rebecca Green (YNF)
• Puffin by Martin Jenkins & Jenni Desmond (YNF)

12.23.22

• Spy X Family #2 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Anonymous Noise #2 by Ryoko Fukuyama (M)
• Anonymous Noise #3 by Ryoko Fukuyama (M)
• The Baby-Sitters Club: Jessi's Secret Language by Ann M. Martin & Chan Chau (GN)
• Something Is Killing the Children Volume Three by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'edera, & Miquel Muerto (GN)
• The Promised Neverland #19 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)

12.24.22

• P Is for Poppadoms!: An Indian Alphabet Book by Kabir Sehgal, Surishtha Sehgal, & Hazel Ito (YNF)
• A Bear Is a Bear (Except When He's Not) by Karl Newson & Anuska Allepuz (PB)
• Lila and the Crow by Gabrielle Grimard (PB)
• Crowbar: The Smartest Bird in the World by Jean Craighead George, Luke George, Twig George, & Wendell Minor (PB)
• Ms. Marvel: Stretched Thin by Nadia Shammas & Nabi H. Ali (GN)
• Loud Mouse by Cara Mentzel, Idina Menzel, & Jaclyn Sinquett (PB)
• Neil Armstrong by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Christophe Jacques (YNF)
• No Vampire, No Happy Ending #2 by Shinya Shinya (M)

12.25.22

• Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (A)

12.26.22

• You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky (A)
• Answers in the Pages by David Levithan (Y)
• So Much Snow by Hyunmin Park (PB)
• The Little Toymaker by Cat Min (PB)
• Red & Lulu by Matt Tavares (PB)
• Carla and the Christmas Cornbread by Carla Hall & Cherise Harris (PB)
• Ruby's Chinese New Year by Vickie Lee & Joey Chou (PB)
• No One Likes a Fart by Zoe Foster Blake & Adam Nickel (PB)
• Busy Betty by Reese Witherspoon & Xindi Yan (PB)
• A Very Big Fall by Emmy Kastner (PB)
• I Am I.M. Pei by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• First Words: With Cute Crocheted Friends by Lauren Epsy (PB)
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Colors Primer by Jennifer Adams & Alison Oliver (PB)
• Strum & Drum: A Merry Little Quest by Jashar Awan (PB)

12.28.22

• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon (ANF)
• Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue edited by Christie Yant (A)

12.29.22

• The Derby Daredevils: Tomoko Takes the Lead by Kit Rosewater & Sophie Escabasse (Y)

12.30.22

• Meanwhile Back on Earth...: Finding Our Place Through Time and Space by Oliver Jeffers (YNF)
• The Bad Seed Goes to the Library by Jory John & Pete Oswald (Y)
• Bearnard's Book by Deborah Underwood & Misa Saburi (PB)
• Six Crows by Leo Lionni (PB)
• Stolen Words by Melanie Florence & Gabrielle Grimard (PB)
• Haylee and Comet: A Trip Around the Sun by Deborah Marcero (GN)
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia (YA)

12.31.22

• Behind the Scenes!! #2 by Bisco Hatori (M)
• Starla Jean Takes the Cake by Elana K. Arnold & A.N. Kang (Y)
• Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN by Tara Brach (ANF)
• Your Pal Fred by Michael Rex (GN)

12.22 total: 107

8 adult fiction; 9 graphic novels; 45 picture books; 9 adult nonfiction; 5 youth fiction; 12 manga; 16 youth nonfiction; 3 young adult fiction

** Book that I met my Goodreads Reading Challenge goal (of 1111) for the year with.