2023 reading year in review

2023 Goodreads reading challenge goal: 1000
Total books read in 2023 (according to Goodreads): 1403
2023 Goodreads challenge completed on: 9/2/23

Total books read in 2023 (according to my spreadsheet): 1400
Total books read in 2023 (according to my blog): 1399
I don't know where I got messed up. :(

2 book challenges completed (shared in separate posts)
2023 PopSugar Reading Challenge -- 9/20/23 (first time) & 11/8/23 (second time)
2023 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge -- 10/14/23

2023 total (from this blog): 1399
By category:
663 picture books
203 youth nonfiction
159 graphic novels
93 adult fiction
90 young adult fiction
82 manga
56 youth fiction
36 adult nonfiction
12 comics
4 young adult nonfiction
1 zine

My month of least reading was in October with 48 books.
My month of most reading was in December with 189 books.

For comparison:
2022
Total: 1214
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

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

books i've read december 2023

 12.1.23

• Posthumous Education by Drew Hayes (A)
• Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by James Norbury (GN)
• Firefly: River Run by Joss Whedon, David M. Booher, Jeff Jensen, Andres Genolet, Jordi Perez, Vincenzo Federici, & Fabiana Mascolo (GN)
• All New Firefly: The Gospel According to Jayne Part One by Joss Whedon, David M. Booher, Jordi Perez, Francesco Segala, & Gloria Martinelli (GN)

12.2.23

• To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (A)
• Beastars #15 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku #5 by Fujita (M)

12.3.23

• The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson (A)

12.4.23

• Mammoths at the Gate by Nghi Vo (A)
• Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire (A)
• Little Miss Inventor by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Tickle and the Scary Halloween by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Adventure by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Little Miss Sunshine and the Wicked Witch by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mary Shelley by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Yelena Bryksenkova (YNF)
• L.M. Montgomery by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Anuska Allepuz (YNF)
• Dolly Parton by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Daria Solak (YNF)
• Little Miss Valentine by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Eclipse by Andy Rash (YNF)
• The King Penguin by Vanessa Roeder (PB)

12.6.23

• Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky (A)

12.7.23

• A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond & Kate Cosgrove (PB)
• Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker & Devan Holzwarth (YNF)
• Spanish Is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart & John Parra (PB)
• An Ofrenda for Perro by Judith Valdes B & Carlos Velez Aguilera (PB)
• Cake Vs. Pie by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen & Stephani Stilwell (PB)
• The Brilliant Ms. Bangle by Cara Devins & K-Fai Steele (PB)

12.8.23

• Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June (YA)
• Pickleball Paul by Will Terry (PB)
• Stickler Loves the World by Lane Smith (PB)
• I Love My Magic! by Kelly Leigh Miller (PB)
• National Monuments of the U.S.A. by Cameron Walker & Chris Turnham (YNF)

12.9.23

• Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall (A)
• Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing (GN)

12.10.23

• Otomen #11 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #12 by Aya Kanno (M)
• The Stolen Heir by Holly Black (YA)
• Otomen #13 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #14 by Aya Kanno (M)

12.11.23

• The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen (A)

12.14.23

• Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson (A)

12.15.23

• Buzzing by Samual Sattin & Rye Hickman (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)

12.16.23

• Holy Mole: A Folktale from Mexico by Caroline McAlister & Stefan Czernecki (PB)
• Happyland: Rainy Day by Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper (YNF)
• A  Place for Pluto by Stef Wade & Melanie Demmer (YNF)
• The Great Balloon Hullaballoo by Peter Bently & Mei Matsuoka (PB)
• Niko Draws a Feeling by Bob Raczka & Simone Shin (PB)
• How to Be a T. Rex by Ryan North & Mike Lowery (PB)
• Lily's Cat Mask by Julie Fortenberry (PB)
• The Bureau of Misplaced Dads by Eric Veille & Pauline Martin (PB)
• Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson, & Meilo So (YNF)
• Happy Birthday, Big Bad Wolf by Frank Asch (PB)
• The Kids' Cat Book by Tomie de Paola (YNF)
• Duncan the Story Dragon by Amanda Driscoll (PB)

12.17.23

• Just One Little Light by Kat Yeh & Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• Unstoppable: How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington by Michael G. Long & Bea Jackson (YNF)
• Salat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Hatem Aly (PB)
• Patchwork Prince by Baptiste Paul & Kitt Thomas (PB)
• Real to Me by Minh Le & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• Corner by Zo-O (PB)
• The Knight of Little Import by Hannah Batsel (PB)
• Bear with Me by Kerascoet (PB)
• What You Need to Be Warm: A Poem of Welcome by Neil Gaiman (PB)
• The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson (A)
• Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina & Sonia Sanchez (PB)
• The Bear and the Moon by Matthew Burgess & Catia Chien (PB)
• Mine! by Jeff Mack (PB)
• Rain! by Linda Ashman & Christian Robinson (PB)
• Ghost in the House by Ammi-Joan Paquette & Adam Record (PB)
• If I Were a Tree by Andrea Zimmerman & Jing Jing Tsong (PB)
• Some Bodies by Sophie Kennen & Airin O'Calloghan (YNF)
• Big Bear and Little Fish by Sandra Nickel & Il Sung Na (PB)
• The Big House and the Little House by Yoshi Ueno & Emiko Fujishima (PB)
• The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larsen & Dorothy Leung (PB)
• Ginger and Chrysanthemum by Kristen Mai Giang & Shirley Chan (PB)
• Can You See It? by Susan Verde & Juliana Perdomo (PB)
• This Winter by Alice Oseman (YA)
• Otomen #15 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #16 by Aya Kanno (M)

12.18.23

• Otomen #17 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #18 by Aya Kanno (M)

12.19.23

• Creepy Cat Volume 1 by Cotton Valent (GN)
• Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku #6 by Fujita (M)

12.21.23

• Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones (ANF)
• Herbert's First Halloween by Cynthia Rylant & Steven Henry (PB)
• Sonata for Fish and Boy by Milan Pavlovic (PB)
• All We Need by Kathy Wolff & Margaux Meganck (PB)
• How to Wear a Sari by Darshana Khiani & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (PB)
• Poem in My Pocket by Chris Tougas & Josee Bisaillon (PB)
• Tiptop Cat by C. Roger Mader (PB)
• A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day by Leah Henderson & Floyd Cooper (PB)
• Grasshopper by Tatiana Ukhova (PB)
• On the Other Side of the Forest by Nadine Robert & Gerard Du Bois (PB)

12.22.23

• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness: Color Edition by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)

12.23.23

• The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)
• Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers: A Story Inspired by Loujain Alhathloul by Lina Alhathloul, Uma Mishra-Newbery, & Rebecca Green (PB)
• Wimbley the Wonder Boy by Angela Hawkins & Holly Blackman (PB)
• Sonny Says Sorry! by Caryl Hart & Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Sticky Icky Vicky: Courage Over Fear by Alysia Ssentamu, Michael Ssentamu, & Noor Alshalabi (PB)
• Sticky Icky Vicky: Choosing to Be Myself by Alysia Ssentamu, Michael Ssentamu, & Noor Alshalabi (PB)
• Oops! by Julie Massy & Pascale Bonenfant (PB)
• Kiyoshi's Walk by Mark Karlins & Nicole Wong (PB)
• Little Fox by Edward van de Vendel & Marije Tolman (PB)
• A Way with Wild Things by Larissa Theule & Sara Palacios (PB)
• Here and Now by Julia Denos & E.B. Goodale (PB)
• You Loves Ewe! by Cece Bell (PB)
• Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale by Gloria Koster & Sue Eastland (PB)
• SpongeBob Squarepants: And the Winner Is... by Jenny Miglis & Caleb Meurer (PB)
• Peaceful Me by Sandra V. Feder & Rahele Jomepour Bell (PB)
• Connor Kissed Me by Zehava & Sarah K. Turner (PB)
• Ups and Downs: A Book of Emotions by Mike Wohnoutka (PB)
• Halloween Is a Treat! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Hang in There! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Fiona on the Swings by Rilla Alexander (PB)
• The Yawnicorn by Emily Hamilton (PB)
• Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (PB)
• Colors of the National Parks by Jenny Miriam (PB)
• Ganesha Goes Green by Lakshmi Thamizhmani & Debasmita Dasgupta (PB)

12.24.23

• Natsume's Book of Friends #20 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)

12.25.23

• The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #21 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #22 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)

12.26.23

• I Am a Tornado by Drew Beckmeyer (PB)
• Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman & Christian Robinson (PB)
• This Book Is Not a Present by Max Greenfield & Mike Lowery (PB)
• Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• The Big Cheese by Jory John & Pete Oswald (PB)
• Viking Strong by Doug Cenko (PB)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #10 by Maki Minami (M)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #11 by Maki Minami (M)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #9 by Maki Minami (M)
• I Am Kind: A Little Book About Abraham Lincoln by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• I Am Curious: A Little Book About Albert Einstein by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Pea, Bee, & Jay: The Big Bully by Brian "Smitty" Smith (GN)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #12 by Maki Minami (M)
• Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Time Trout by Doug Savage (GN)

12.27.23

• Flat Cat by Tara Lazar & Pete Oswald (PB)
• I'm Sticking with You--and the Chicken Too! by Smriti Prasadam-Halls & Steve Small (PB)
• We Wait for the Sun by Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe, & Raissa Figueroa (YNF)
• The Big Elephant in the Room by Lane Smith (PB)
• Hazel and the Spooky Season by Kyle Sullivan & Jess Mason (PB)
• The More the Merrier by David Martin & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us by Andie Powers & Betsey Petersen (PB)
• Two Grooms on a Cake: The Story of America's First Gay Wedding by Rob Sanders & Robbie Cathro (YNF)
• StoryWorlds: A Moment in Time: A Perpetual Picture Atlas by Thomas Hegbrook (YNF)
• Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer (A)
• Kitty and the Woodland Wildcat by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)
• My Love Mix-Up! #3 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• My Love Mix-Up! #5 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• Horimiya #11 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)

12.28.23

• The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown (Y)
• What Do You Do with a Problem? by Kobi Yamada & Mae Besom (PB)

12.29.23

• You Will Do Great Things by Amerie & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• Way Past Sorry by Hallee Adelman & Josep Maria Juli (PB)
• We, the Curious Ones by Marion Dane Bauer & Hari & Deepti (PB)
• The Pet Store Window by Jairo Buitrago, Rafael Yockteng, & Elisa Amado (PB)
• Ploof by Ben Clanton & Andy Chou Musser (PB)
• Lawrence & Sophia by Doreen Cronin & Brian Cronin (PB)
• The Story of a Book by Joy McCullough & Devon Holzwarth (PB)

12.30.23

• Spirit Day: A Book About Spreading Joy by Joy Yang (PB)
• My Feminist ABC by Irene Pizzolante (PB)
• Love Is for Roaring by Mike Kerr & Renata Liwska (PB)
• Calvin by JR Ford, Vanessa Ford, & Kayla Harren (PB)
• David Hockney by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• Billie Jean King by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Miranda Sofroniou (YNF)
• Megan Rapinoe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Paulina Morgan (YNF)
• Laverne Cox by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Olivia Daisy Coles (YNF)
• The Big Book of Pride Flags by Jem Milton (YNF)
• Bowser & Luigi Are in Love by Ariel Slamet Ries (Z)
• Music Cats: A Pawsitively Purrfect Compilation of Musical Legends by Angie Rozelaar (PB)
• Evergreen by Matthew Cordell (PB)
• The Mouse Who Carried a House on His Back by Jonathan Stutzman & Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• Hidden Gem by Linda Liu (PB)
• A Vanishing of Griffins by S.A. Patrick (Y)

12.31.23

• Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (A)
• Witch King by Martha Wells (A)
• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (3rd Ed.) by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD (ANF)
• The Light She Feels Inside by Gwendolyn Wallace & Olivia Duchess (PB)
• It's Navidad, El Cucuy! by Donna Barba Higuera & Juliana Perdomo (PB)
• Is This...Winter? by Helen Yoon (PB)
• Sonny Says No! by Caryl Hart & Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Mae Jemison by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (YNF)
• Marilyn Monroe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• Nelson Mandela by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Alison Hawkins (YNF)
• Jane Austen by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Katie Wilson (YNF)

12.23 total: 190

13 adult fiction; 13 graphic novels; 21 manga; 106 picture books; 26 youth nonfiction; 5 young adult fiction; 2 adult nonfiction; 3 youth fiction; 1 zine

books i've read november 2023

 11.1.23

• Let's Play Volume 1 by Leeanne M. Krecic (GN)
• Otomen #7 by Aya Kanno (M)

11.3.23

• Vlad the Fabulous Vampire by Flavia Z. Drago (PB)
• Night Lunch by Eric Fan & Dena Seiferling (PB)
• Tiny, Perfect Things by M.H. Clark & Madeline Kloepper (PB)
• Hot Dog by Doug Salati (PB)
• Begin Again by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• The Girl and the Dinosaur by Hollie Hughes & Sarah Massini (PB)
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yasso (YA)

11.4.23

• Audrey Hepburn by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Amaia Arrazola (YNF)
• Ada Lovelace by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Zafouko Yamamoto (YNF)
• Vanessa Nakate by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Olivia Omoah (YNF)
• Simone de Beauvoir by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Christine Roussey (YNF)
• Jane Goodall by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Beatrice Cerocchi (YNF)
• Mahatma Gandhi by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Albert Arrayas (YNF)
• Georgia O'Keeffe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Erica Salcedo (YNF)
• Wilma Rudolph by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Amelia Flower (YNF)
• Chinese New Year by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Inclusion Alphabet: ABC's for Everyone by Kathryn Jenkins (PB)
• Little Miss Trouble and the Mermaid by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Little Miss Splendid and the Beast by Alice Downes & JT Morrow (PB)
• Becoming Charley by Kelly DiPucchio & Loveis Wise (PB)
• Sylvester's Letter by Matthew Burgess & Josh Cochran (PB)
• Tiptoe Tiger by Jane Clarke & Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Otomen #8 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #9 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #10 by Aya Kanno (M)

11.5.23

• Black Bird #17 by Kanoko Sakurakouji (M)
• Killer Queens by David M. Booher, Claudia Balboni, Harry Saxon, & Lucas Gattoni (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #34 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #35 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes (A)
• Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard, Kelly Matthews, & Nicole Matthews (GN)

11.6.23

• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan (YA)

11.8.23

• The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman (A)
• Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (A)

11.9.23

• Blurp's Book of Manners by Cindy Derby (PB)
• Queer Eye Slumber Party Magic!: A Fabulous Picture Book by Mark Ceilley & James Jeffers (PB)
• The Snuggle Is Real by Melinda Lee Rathjen & Kristyna Litten (PB)
• Beyonce by Lavaille Lavette & Anastasia Magloire Williams (YNF)

11.10.23

• Betty and the Mysterious Visitor by Anne Twist & Emily Sutton (PB)
• No Is All I Know! by Chris Grabenstein & Leo Espinosa (PB)
• I Am Mister Rogers by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)

11.11.23

• Mine! by Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann (PB)
• A Very Cranky Book by Angela DiTerlizzi & Tony DiTerlizzi (PB)
• How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman & Jennifer Harney (PB)
• After Ever Happy by Anna Todd (A)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #7 by Maki Minami (M)

11.12.23

• Little Miss Brave by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Marvelous by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Impossible and the Easter Egg Hunt by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Noisy and the Silent Night by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Moustache by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Anne Frank by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sveta Dorosheva (YNF)
• David Bowie by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• Zaha Hadid by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Asun Amar (YNF)
• Horimiya #10 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• The Ancient Magus' Bride #13 by Kore Yamazaki (M)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #8 by Maki Minami (M)

11.13.23

• Slothilda: Living the Sloth Life by Dante Fabiero (GN)
• Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake (A)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #17 by Yuki Midorikama (M)

11.14.23

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (A)

11.17.23

• Natsume's Book of Friends #18 by Yuki Midorikama (M)
• Pickleball Paul and the Missing Paddle by Will Terry (PB)

11.18.23

• A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber (YA)
• Let's Get Burgers by Ash S. (GN)
• Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao (GN)
• Happily Ever After & Everything in Between by Debbie Tung (GN)
• Snug: A Collection of Comics About Dating Your Best Friend by Catana Chetwynd (GN)
• I Left the House Today! by Cassandra Calin (GN)

11.19.23

• Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes (A)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #19 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Takane & Hana #14 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)
• Takane & Hana #15 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)
• Takane & Hana #16 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)

11.20.23

• Big Little Spells by Hazel Beck (A)

11.22.23

• Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (A)
• Takane & Hana #17 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)

11.23.23

• Takane & Hana #18 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)
• Skip-Beat! #44 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)

11.24.23

• The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta (YA)
• Let's Play Volume 2 by Leeanne M. Krecic (GN)
• Let's Play Volume 3 by Leeanne M. Krecic (GN)
• Creepy Cat Volume 2 by Cotton Valent (GN)
• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi (M)
• Creepy Cat Volume 3 by Cotton Valent (GN)

11.25.23

• Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes (A)
• My Solo Exchange Diary Volume 1 by Nagata Kabi (M)
• Bloom Into You #6 by Nakatani Nio (M)
• Bloom Into You #7 by Nakatani Nio (M)
• Bloom Into You #8 by Nakatani Nio (M)

11.26.23

• Spy X Family #10 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Date Me, Bryson Keller by Kevin van Whye (YA)
• Now and Then by Greg Paprocki & Claire Philip (YNF)
• Give by Jen Arena & Rahele Jomepour Bell (PB)
• My Love Mix-Up! #2 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #7 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• The Weight of Them by N.D. Stevenson (GN)
• Komi Can't Communicate #8 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• The Unpetables by Dennis Messner (GN)
• Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously by Adam Ellis (GN)
• Vulnerability Is My Superpower: An Underpants and Overbites Collection by Jackie E. Davis (GN)

11.28.23

• Cafe con Lychee by Emery Lee (YA)

11.23 total: 104

17 graphic novels; 29 manga; 28 picture books; 6 young adult fiction; 14 youth nonfiction; 10 adult fiction

books i've read october 2023

 10.2.23

• Fan Fiction: A Mem-noir by Brent Spiner (A)
• The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen by Gary Eldon Peter (YA)

10.4.23

• The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes (A)

10.6.23

• She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick (YA)

10.7.23

• Taylor Swift by Wendy Loggia & Elisa Chavarri (YNF)
• Joao by a Thread by Roger Mello & Daniel Hahn (PB)
• A Darkening of Dragons by S.A. Patrick (Y)
• Undeath & Taxes by Drew Hayes (A)

10.8.23

• Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall (ANF)
• The Peculiar Pig by Joy Steuerwald (PB)
• Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel (PB)
• The Storm Whale by Benji Davies (PB)
• Hooray for Reading Day! by Margery Cuyler & Arthur Howard (PB)
• Bird Watch by Christie Matheson (YNF)
• When You Look Up by Decur (GN)
• The Great Barrier Reef by Helen Scales & Lisk Fang (YNF)
• The Story of Gumluck the Wizard by Adam Rex (Y)

10.9.23

• Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas (YA)

10.10.23

• Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes (A)
• Scaredy Squirrel Gets Festive by Melanie Watt (GN)

10.14.23

• Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers (YA)

10.15.23

• After We Fell by Anna Todd (A)

10.16.23

• Afterglow by Phil Stamper (YA)

10.17.23

• The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott (YA)

10.20.23

• Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison (A)

10.21.23

• Small Town, Big Magic by Hazel Beck (A)

10.22.23

• The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer (A)
• Greenlight by Breanna Carzoo (PB)
• Woof Woof, the Bad Dog by Kate Nilson & My Vu (PB)
• This Book Is Banned by Raj Haldar (PB)
• Kitty and the Sky Garden Adventure by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

10.23.23

• Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan (YA)

10.27.23

• Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda (YA)
• Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martin (GN)
• Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adam's Photographs Reveal about the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge (YNF)

10.28.23

• Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s by B. Dylan Hollis (ANF)
• Wolf Girl and Black Prince #1 by Ayuko Hatta (M)
• Wolf Girl and Black Prince #2 by Ayuko Hatta (M)

10.29.23

• My Love Story!! #10 by Kazune Kawahara & Aruko (M)
• Melt with You by Jennifer Dugan (YA)
• My Love Story!! #11 by Kazune Kawahara & Aruko (M)
• My Love Story!! #12 by Kazune Kawahara & Aruko (M)
• My Love Story!! #13 by Kazune Kawahara & Aruko (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #14 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #15 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #16 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Cuckoos Three by Cassandra Jean & Moss Kat (GN)

10.30.23

• The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes (A)

10.23 total: 48

9 adult fiction; 9 young adult fiction; 4 youth nonfiction; 8 picture books; 3 youth fiction; 2 adult nonfiction; 4 graphic novels; 9 manga

books i've read september 2023

 9.2.23

• Bully by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (PB)
• Wilky the White House Cockroach by Howie Schneider (PB)
• Making a Friend by Tammi Sauer & Alison Friend (PB)
• Why Do You Love Me? by Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Martha Lambert, & Daniel McFeeley (PB)
• Freddy the Not-Teddy by Kristen Schroeder & Hilary Jean Tapper (PB)
• Ava's Spectacular Spectacles by Alice Rex & Angela Perrini (PB)
• Is There a Dog in This Book? by Viviane Schwarz (PB)**
• The Box Turtle by Vanessa Roeder (PB)
• Safe & Sound by Jean Roussen & Loris Lora (PB)
• Wildflower by Drew Barrymore (ANF)

9.3.23

• The Secret Staircase by Jill Barklem (Y)
• Noodleheads Fortress of Doom by Tedd Arnold, Martha Hamilton, & Mitch Weiss (GN)
• Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell & Ana Ramirez Gonzalez (PB)
• Douglas, You're a Genius! by Ged Adamson (PB)
• I Am a Warrior Goddess by Jennifer Adams & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
• A Is for Another Rabbit by Hannah Batsel (PB)
• Sock Monkey Rides Again by Cece Bell (PB)
• Poor Little Guy by Elanna Allen (PB)
• The Bully Blockers Club by Teresa Bateman & Jackie Urbanovic (PB)
• I Love You Like a Pig by Mac Barnett & Greg Pizzoli (PB)
• Animalia by Graeme Base (PB)
• She's Gone by David Bell (YA)

9.5.23

• This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson (YANF)

9.9.23

• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (A)

9.11.23

• Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig (YA)

9.12.23

• Solitaire by Alice Oseman (YA)
• Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (A)

9.15.23

• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (A)
• Living with Mochi by Gemma Gene (GN)
• House of Slaughter: The Butcher's Mark by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edra, Chris Shehan, & Miquel Muerto (GN)

9.16.23

• Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey (A)
• Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur? by Helen Yoon (PB)
• Tiny T. Rex and the Grand Ta-Da! by Jonathan Stutzman & Jay Fleck (PB)
• Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer (Y)

9.17.23

• Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (GN)
• Dear Rosie by Meghan Boehman & Rachael Briner (GN)
• Lo & Behold by Wendy Mass & Gabi Mendez (GN)

9.18.23

• Fate of Flames by Sarah Raughley (YA)
• The Last White Man by Moshin Hamid (A)
• Cut!: How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation by C.E. Winters & Matt Schu (YNF)
• What a Map Can Do by Gabrielle Balkan & Alberto Lot (YNF)
• Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda Petrus & Kristen Uroda (YNF)
• Molly, Olive, and Dexter Play Hide-and-Seek by Catherine Rayner (PB)
• Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories by Jarvis (Y)

9.20.23

• After by Anna Todd (A)
• A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat (GN)
• Things in the Basement by Ben Hatke (GN)

9.21.23

• Shady Hollow by Juneau Black (A)

9.22.23

• Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds & Raul the Third (Y)
• Kitty and the Treetop Chase by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)
• Owl and Penguin by Vikram Madan (GN)
• The New LiBEARian by Alison Donald & Alex Willmore (PB)

9.23.23

• The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber (YA)

9.24.23

• School Trip by Jerry Craft (GN)
• Picture Day by Sarah Sax (GN)
• House of Slaughter #6 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Letizia Cadonici, & Francesco Segala (C)
• House of Slaughter #7 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Letizia Cadonici, & Francesco Segala (C)
• House of Slaughter #8 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Letizia Cadonici, & Francesco Segala (C)
• House of Slaughter #9 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Letizia Cadonici, & Francesco Segala (C)
• House of Slaughter #10 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Letizia Cadonici, & Francesco Segala (C)
• House of Slaughter #11 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera, Antonio Fuso, & Miquel Muerto (C)
• House of Slaughter #12 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera, Antonio Fuso, & Miquel Muerto (C)
• House of Slaughter #13 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera, Antonio Fuso, & Miquel Muerto (C)
• House of Slaughter #14 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera, Antonio Fuso, & Miquel Muerto (C)
• House of Slaughter #15 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera, Antonio Fuso, & Miquel Muerto (C)

9.26.23

• After We Collided by Anna Todd (A)

9.30.23

• Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (A)

09.23 total: 67

22 pictures books; 1 adult nonfiction; 5 youth fiction; 11 graphic novels; 5 young adult fiction; 1 young adult nonfiction; 9 adult fiction; 3 youth nonfiction; 10 comics

books i've read august 2023

 8.2.23

• Amari and the Great Game by B.B. Alston (Y)

8.4.23

• The Family Fortuna by Lindsay Eagar (YA)

8.6.23

• The Fae Keeper by H.E. Edgmon (YA)
• Calm the F*ck Down: How to Control What You Can and Accept What You Can't So You Can Stop Freaking Out and Get on with Your Life by Sarah Knight (ANF)

8.9.23

• Ravensong by Cayla Fay (YA)
• Get Your Sh*t Together: How to Stop Worrying About What You Should Do So You Can Finish What You Need to Do and Start Doing What You Want to Do by Sarah Knight (ANF)

8.8.23

• Lore Olympus Volume Three by Rachel Smythe (GN)

8.9.23

• Lore Olympus Volume Four by Rachel Smythe (GN)

8.10.23

• In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune (A)
• Kitty and the Great Lantern Race by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

8.11.23

• Kitty and the Twilight Trouble by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)
• The Minus-One Club by Kekla Magoon (YA)

8.12.23

• Golden Boys by Phil Stamper (YA)
• Enola Holmes and the Boy in Buttons by Nancy Springer (Y)

8.13.23

• We Are Branches by Joyce Sidman & Beth Krommes (YNF)
• The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel & Susan Gal (YNF)
• The Blue Songbird by Vern Kousky (PB)
• Lawrence, the Bunny Who Wanted to Be Naked by Vern Kousky (PB)
• Bones: Skeletons and How They Work by Steve Jenkins (YNF)
• My Best Friend by Rob Hodgson (PB)
• Polo and the Dragon by Regis Faller (PB)
• Polo and the Magician! by Regis Faller (PB)
• Eleanore Won't Share by Julie Gassman & Jessica Mikhail (PB)
• Pepper & Poe by Frann Preston-Gannon (PB)
• You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want by Sarah Knight (ANF)

8.14.23

• Changers Book Three: Kim by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper (YA)

8.18.23

• A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark (A)

8.19.23

• Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer (Y)

8.20.23

• Changers Book Four: Forever by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper (YA)
• Baking by Feel: Recipes to Sort Out Your Emotions (Whatever They Are Today!) by Becca Rea-Tucker (ANF)
• Sorry I Ruined Your Childhood by Ben Zaehringer (GN)
• Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts by Nick Seluk (GN)

8.21.23

• Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury (YA)

8.24.23

• Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle (A)

8.25.23

• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (A)

8.26.23

• When You Are Brave by Pat Zietlow Miller & Eliza Wheeler (PB)
• Today I Feel: An Alphabet of Feelings by Madalena Moniz (PB)
• Chirri & Chirra: The Snowy Day by Kaya Doi (PB)
• A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (PB)
• Blue Baboon Finds Her Tune by Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty (PB)
• Horrible Bear! by Ame Dyckman & Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Read the Book, Lemmings! by Ame Dyckman & Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by Ellen O'Clover (YA)
• One Star Wonders: The Worst Reviews of the World's Greatest Places by Mike Lowery (GN)
• Book Love by Debbie Tung (GN)
• Emotions Explained with Buff Dudes: Owlturd Comics by Andrew Tsyaston (GN)
• In Love & Pajamas by Catana Chetwynd (GN)

8.27.23

• Dreamin' Sun #7 by Ichigo Takano (M)

8.28.23

• No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard C. Schwartz (ANF)
• Cat Boy by Benji Nate (GN)
• Heart and Brain: Onward to Good Things by Nick Seluk (GN)

8.30.23

• Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez (YA)

8.31.23

• The Pearl by John Steinbeck (A)

08.23 total: 53

5 youth fiction; 10 young adult fiction; 5 adult nonfiction; 10 graphic novels; 5 adult fiction; 3 youth nonfiction; 14 picture books; 1 manga

books i've read july 2023

 7.2.23

• Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (YA)

7.4.23

• 19 Love Songs by David Levithan (YA)

7.5.23

• Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page (ANF)

7.7.23

• If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch (YA)

7.8.23

• Noticing by Kobi Yamada & Elise Hurst (PB)
• How to Eat a Book by Mrs. MacLeod & Mr. MacLeod (PB)
• Be the Bus: The Lost & Profound Wisdom of the Pigeon by Mo Willems (PB)
• Small by Gina Perry (PB)
• Big by Vashti Harrison (PB)
• Braver Than Brave by Janet Sumner Johnson & Eunji Jung (PB)
• Pigs Can't Look Up by Vincent D'Onofrio & Shelly Cunningham (PB)
• The Rainbow Snail by Karin Akesson (PB)
• I Am Wonder Woman by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (PB)
• RuPaul by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Wednesday Holmes (YNF)
• Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby (ANF)

7.9.23

• Meh by Deborah Malcolm (PB)
• Chirri & Chirra: In the Night by Kaya Doi (PB)
• Recitatif by Toni Morrison (A)
• Oh No by Alex Norris (GN)
• Happy Place by Emily Henry (A)

7.10.23

• Gigi, Listening by Chantel Guertin (A)
• Sam Is My Sister by Ashley Rhodes-Counter & MacKenzie Haley (PB)
• The You Kind of Kind by Nina West & Hayden Evans (PB)
• Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour & Kaylani Juanita (PB)
• Love Is Love by Michael Genhart, PhD & Ken Min (PB)

7.11.23

• Fence: Rivals by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana Lafuente (GN)
• You'll Be Sorry by Josh Schneider (PB)
• The Great Sheep Shenanigans by Peter Bently & Mei Matsuoka (PB)
• My Friends by Taro Gomi (PB)
• One Is a Drummer: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Thong & Grace Lin (PB)

7.12.23

• The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunter (ANF)

7.13.23

• The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (A)

7.14.23

• The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes (YA)

7.15.23

• Superbuns! by Diane Kredensor (PB)
• Woodpecker Girl by Chingyen Liu, I-Tsun Chiang, & Heidi Doll (PB)
• Bring Me a Rock! by Daniel Miyares (PB)
• D Is for Drool: My Monster Alphabet by Amanda Noll, Shari Dash Greenspan, & Howard McWilliam (PB)
• Spotty by Margret Rey & H.A. Rey (PB)
• The Shy Creatures by David Mack (PB)
• Lotsa de Casha by Madonna & Rui Paes (PB)
• Things That Make You Feel Good, Things That Make You Feel Bad by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & LeUyen Pham (Y)

7.16.23

• As You Walk on By by Julian Winters (YA)
• Heartwood Hotel: Home Again by Kallie George & Stephanie Graegin (Y)
• The Short Giraffe by Neil Flory & Mark Cleary (PB)
• This Tree Counts! by Alison Formento & Sarah Snow (PB)
• Arlene Sardine by Chris Raschka (PB)
• Mitchell Goes Bowling by Hallie Durand & Tony Fucile (PB)
• My Name Is Elizabeth! by Annika Dunklee & Matthew Forsythe (PB)

7.17.23

• Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey (ANF)

7.19.23

• Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston (YA)

7.20.23

• Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett (YA)

7.22.23

• I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman (YA)
• Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee (YA)

7.23.23.

• Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake (A)
• Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake (A)

7.24.23

• The Winter Soldier: Cold Front by Mackenzi Lee (YA)
• A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (A)

7.25.23

• Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

7.26.23

• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Y)

7.27.23

• Kitty and the Tiger Treasure by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)
• Root Magic by Eden Royce (Y)
• A Super Scary Narwhalloween by Ben Clanton (GN)
• Weather Together by Jessie Sima (PB)

7.28.23

• The Feelings Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• This Is My Hair by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Okay Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• Underwear Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr (PB)
• Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr (PB)
• Little Fox in the Snow by Jonathan London & Daniel Miyares (PB)
• Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion by Stephen W. Martin & Dan Tavis (PB)
• These Seas Count! by Alison Formento & Sarah Snow (PB)
• The Family Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• We Belong Together by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Cars and Trucks Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• You Are Fantastic! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Tale of the Shadow King by Daniel Haack & Stevie Lewis (PB)

7.29.23

• A True Home by Kallie George & Stephanie Graegin (Y)
• All Kinds of Others by James Sie (YA)

7.30.23

• Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans (YA)

07.23 total: 80

12 young adult fiction; 4 adult nonfiction; 46 picture books; 1 youth nonfiction; 7 adult fiction; 3 graphic novels; 7 youth fiction