Sunday, April 6, 2025

books i've read march 2025

 3.1.25

  • How Hard Can It Be? by Allison Pearson (A)
  • Lu by Jason Reynolds (Y)
  • Ada Twist and the Disappearing Dogs by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)
  • Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp & Sylvia Bi (GN)
3.2.25
  • Weasels by Elys Dolan (PB)
  • The Eye That Never Sleeps: How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln by Marissa Moss & Jeremy Holmes (YNF)
  • Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (PB)
  • Yeti and the Bird by Nadia Shireen (PB)
  • I'm My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein (PB)
  • Henry & the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi & John Manders (PB)
  • The Bravest of the Brave by Shutta Crum & Tim Bowers (PB)
  • Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)
3.3.25
  • A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne (A)
  • The Bride Was a Boy by Chii (M)
3.4.25
  • So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole (YA)
3.8.25
  • The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (A)
  • The Vampire Slayer Volume 1 by Sarah Gailey, Michael Shelfer, & Valentina Pinto (GN)
  • The Vampire Slayer Volume 2 by Sarah Gailey, Sonia Liao, Claudia Balboni, & Valentina Pinto (GN)
  • The Vampire Slayer Volume 3 by Sarah Gailey, Hannah Templer, & Valentina Pinto (GN)
  • We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida (A)
3.9.25
  • The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth (A)
  • Mr. Lepron's Mystery Soup by Giovanna Zoboli & Mariachiara Di Giorgio (PB)
  • Natsume's Book of Friends #30 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
3.10.25
  • Marvel Studios 100 Objects: Iconic Artifacts from the MCU by Tracey Miller-Zarneke (ANF)
3.11.25
  • Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (A)
  • 101 Dogs: An Illustrated Compendium of Canines by Nicola Jane Swinney & Romy Blumel (ANF)
3.12.25
  • Roar for Reading by Beth Ferry & Andrew Joyner (PB)
  • Umami by Jacob Grant (PB)
  • Ping-Pong Shabbat: The True Story of Champion Estee Ackerman by Ann Diament Koffsky & Abigail Rajunov (YNF)
  • Clever Crow by Chris Butterworth & Olivia Lomenech (YNF)
  • All the Rocks We Love by Lisa Varchol Perron, Taylor Perron, & David Scheirer (YNF)
  • Daydream by Hannah Grace (A)
3.13.25
  • Crows: An Egg-to-Sky Story by Margaret Peot (YNF)
  • It Happened in Salem by Jonah Winter & Brad Holland (YNF)
  • Henna Is... by Marzieh Abbas & Anu Chouhan (PB)
  • Waiting for the Dawn: A Tale of Forest Fires and Renewal by Fabiola Anchorena (PB)
  • Mixed Feelings by Liana Finck (PB)
  • Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love by Joseph Coelho (PB)
  • Between You and Me by Rob Sanders & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
  • The Boldest White: A Story of Hijab and Community by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali, & Hatem Aly (PB)
3.14.25
  • Scythe & Sparrow by Brynne Weaver (A)
  • Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (A)
3.15.25
  • The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu (A)
3.16.25
  • A Condition Called Love #6 by Megumi Morino (M)
3.17.25
  • To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn (A)
  • It's All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango (Y)
3.19.25
  • When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn (A)
3.20.25
  • Yippee! Rabbit by Jo Ham (PB)
  • Mr. Santa by Jarvis (PB)
3.21.25
  • Mamiachi & Me by Jole Gutierrez, Dakota Gutierrez, & Mirelle Ortega (PB)
3.22.25
  • Wildflowers by Liniers (GN)
  • Otto's Backwards Day by Frank Cammuso & Jay Lynch (GN)
  • Good Night Thoughts by Max Greenfield & James Serafino (PB)
  • Patrick Mahomes by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Guilherme Kersten (YNF)
  • The Bear Shaped-Hole by John Dougherty & Thomas Docherty (PB)
  • I've Got the Painters In by Jen Jenivive (A)
  • Welcome to the Bed & Biscuit by Joan Carris & Noah Z. Jones (Y)
  • Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon (YA)
  • Lila Greer and the Shrieking Shadow by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)
3.23.25
  • Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, & Nicola Yoon (YA)
  • The Apothecary Diaries #6 by Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao, & Touco Shino (M)
3.24.25
  • A Man & His Cat #10 by Umi Sakurai (M)
  • Idol Dreams #2 by Arina Tanemura (M)
  • Idol Dreams #3 by Arina Tanemura (M)
  • Idol Dreams #4 by Arina Tanemura (M)
3.27.25
  • The Fellowship of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (A)
3.28.25
  • Hide and Seek: This Is Not a Kid's Book by Andrew Racho & Winendra Adi (A)
3.29.25
  • The Little Bean by Jen Jenivive (A)
  • Idol Dreams #5 by Arina Tanemura (M)
  • Graineliers #1 by Rihito Takarai (M)
3.30.25
  • The Train of Dark Wonders by Alex Bell (Y)
  • Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)
  • The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses #1 by Koume Fujichika (M)
  • Teen Titans: Starfire by Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo (GN)
3.31.25
  • The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch (A)
  • Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne (A)
  • Finding Courage by Darcy Pattison & Agnieszka Wajda (PB)
  • Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear & Gracey Zhang (PB)
  • Eleven Words for Love: A Journey Through Arabic Expressions of Love by Randa Abdel-Fattah & Maxine Beneba Clarke (PB)
  • Yayoi Kusama by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ryoko Ichikawa (YNF)
  • Bailey the Bat and the Tangled Moose by Grand Lawrence & Noemie Gionet Landry (PB)
03.25 total:  81
18 adult fiction; 8 youth fiction; 7 graphic novels; 24 picture books; 8 youth nonfiction; 11 manga; 3 young adult fiction; 2 adult nonfiction

Sunday, March 2, 2025

books i've read february 2025

 2.1.25

  • Little Naturalists: George Washington Carver Loved Plants by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
  • Little Poet Edgar Allan Poe: Nevermore! by Kate Coombs & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
  • Little Naturalists: The Adventures of John Muir by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
  • Little Naturalists: Henry David Thoreau in the Woods by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
  • I Feel Brave by DK Publishing (YNF)
  • I Feel Proud by DK Publishing (YNF)
  • How Do I Feel?: A Little Guide to My Emotions by DK Publishing (YNF)
  • My Own Way: Celebrating Gender Freedom for Kids by Joana Estrela & Jay Hulme (PB)
  • Basquiat Colors by Mudpuppy (YNF)
  • The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark (A)
2.2.25
  • Frank and the Bad Surprise by Martha Brockenbrough & Jon Lau (Y)
  • Yummers! by James Marshall (PB)
  • Willis by James Marshall (PB)
  • Edwina the Emu by Sheena Knowles & Rod Clement (PB)
  • Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles & Rod Clement (PB)
  • Idol Dreams #1 by Arina Tonemura (M)
  • Ao Haru Ride #9 by Io Sakisaka (M)
  • Ao Haru Ride #10 by Io Sakisaka (M)
2.3.25
  • The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones (YA)
  • Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp (A)
2.5.25
  • A Good Day to Pie by Misha Popp (A)
2.6.25
  • The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey (A)
2.7.25
  • The Last to Pie by Misha Popp (A)
  • Maisy Goes to a Show by Lucy Cousins (PB)
  • We're Having a Party (for Everyone!) by Katie Vernon (PB)
2.8.25
  • Dr. KittyCat: Clover the Bunny by Jane Clarke (Y)
  • Little Rat Makes Music by Monika Bang-Campbell & Molly Bang (Y)
  • Little Rat Rides by Monika Bang-Campbell & Molly Bang (Y)
  • Bunjitsu Bunny Vs. Bunjitsu Bunny by John Himmelman (Y)
  • Noise at Night by Beth Raisner Glass, Susan Lubner, & Bruce Whatley (PB)
  • Nina in That Makes Me Mad! by Hilary Knight & Steven Kroll (GN)
  • Silly Lilly in What Will I Be Today? by Agnes Rosentiehl (GN)
  • Written and Drawn by Henrietta by Liniers (GN)
  • Jack and the Box by Art Spiegelman (GN)
  • Little Hare Finds a Gift by Oleksandr Shatokhin (PB)
  • Anonymoose by Shawna J.C. Tenney (PB)
  • One Wild Christmas by Nicholas Oldland (PB)
  • Slow Down...in the Park by Rachel Williams & Freya Hartas (YNF)
  • The Serpent's Shadow: The Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan & Orpheus Collar (GN)
  • The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente (A)
2.9.25
  • Knight of the Ice #1 by Yayoi Ogawa (M)
  • Ao Haru Ride #11 by Io Sakisaka (M)
  • Dalmartian: A Mars Rover's Story by Lucy Ruth Cummins (PB)
  • Portly McSwine by James Marshall (PB)
  • Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens by James Marshall (PB)
  • Isty-Bitsy Baby Mouse by Michelle Meadows & Matthew Cordell (PB)
  • Asiago by Adam McHeffey (PB)
  • Every Wrinkle Has a Story by David Grossman & Ninamasina (PB)
  • Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote by Kirsten Gillbrand & Maira Kalman (YNF)
  • Foxtrot by Becka Moor (PB)
  • A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau (A)
  • A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau (A)
  • Kitten Construction Company: Meet the House Kittens by John Patrick Green (GN)
2.10.25
  • The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong (A)
2.11.25
  • The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang (A)
2.13.25
  • Running Mate by Leah Brunner (A)
  • A Condition Called Love #3 by Megumi Morino (M)
2.14.25
  • A Condition Called Love #4 by Megumi Morino (M)
2.15.25
  • Neither: A Story About Being Who You Are by Airlie Anderson (PB)
  • F*ck That: An Honest Meditation by Jason Headley (ANF)
  • Disappointing Affirmations: Unfollow Your Dreams! by Dave Tarnowski (ANF)
  • Unlimited Squirrels: The FRUSTRATING Book! by Mo Willems (PB)
  • Unlimited Squirrels: Guess What!? by Mo Willems (PB)
  • My Afro Is a Rising Sun by Yaram Yahu & Deann Wiley (PB)
  • Feelings Are Better with Friends by Micol Ostow & Keiron Ward (PB)
  • Lefty: A Story That Is Not All Right by Dan Santat & Mo Willems (PB)
  • Star Wars: Someone Who Loves You by Beth Revis & Sophie Li (PB)
  • Rory the Remarkable Dragon by Kathryn Rammell (PB)
  • Don't Think of Tigers by Alex Latimer (PB)
  • Clive Penguin by Huw Lewis Jones & Ben Sanders (PB)
  • Barnaby Unboxed! by Terry Fan, Eric Fan, & Devin Fan (PB)
  • Fox, Fox, and More Fox: Three Stories by Corey R. Tabor (PB)
  • The Hare Who Wouldn't Share by Steve Small (PB)
  • Parachutes by Kelly Yang (YA)
  • The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe (YA)
  • A Condition Called Love #5 by Megumi Morino (M)
2.16.25
  • I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story by Martha Brockenbrough, Grace Lin, & Julia Kuo (YNF)
  • A Friend for Eddy by Ann Kim Ha (PB)
  • When Digz the Dog Met Zurl the Squirrel: A Short Tale About a Short Tail by Chris Pine & Chuck Groenink (PB)
  • To See an Owl by Matthew Cordell (PB)
  • So Cold! by John Coy & Chris Park (PB)
  • The World Needs the Wonder You See by Joanna Gaines & Julianna Swaney (PB)
  • Chloe and Maude: 3 Stories About Two Best Friends by Sandra Boynton (PB)
  • Lonely Bird's Dream by Ruth Whiting (PB)
  • The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood & LeUyen Pham (PB)
  • Mousetronaut Saves the World: Based on a (Partially) True Story by Mark Kelly & C.F. Payne (PB)
  • Pockets of Love by Yamile Saied Mendez & Sara Palacios (PB)
  • Pizza for Birds by Bob Shea (PB)
  • Saint Spotting: Or How to Read a Church by Chris Raschka (YNF)
  • Monsters!: & Other Stories by Gustavo Duarte (GN)
  • Free Shit by Charles Burns (ANF)
  • Not THIS Bear! by Bernice Myers (PB)
  • Big Kicks by Bob Kolar (PB)
  • Kitten Construction Company: A Bridge Too Fur by John Patrick Green (GN)
  • The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story by Marie Kondo & Yuko Uramoto (M)
  • Maisy Goes to a Wedding by Lucy Cousins (PB)
  • Wade's Wiggly Antlers by Louise Bradford & Christine Battuz (PB)
  • The Twelve Days of Winter: A School Counting Book by Deborah Lee Rose & Carey F. Armstrong-Ellis (PB)
  • The Big Christmas Bake by Fiona Barker & Pippa Curnick (PB)
  • Good Night, Planet by Liniers (GN)
  • The Big Wet Balloon by Liniers (GN)
  • Winter Lullaby by Dianne White & Ramona Kaulitzki (PB)
  • The Winter Bird by Kate Banks & Suzie Mason (PB)
2.17.25
  • Rabbit & Bear: The Pest in the Nest by Julian Gough & Jim Field (Y)
  • Robot Dreams by Sara Varon (GN)
  • Ao Haru Ride #12 by Io Sakisaka (M)
  • The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner (A)
  • Ao Haru Ride #13 by Io Sakisaka (M)
  • Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly: Shadow Hills by Jordan Quinn & Ornella Greco (GN)
  • Bunjitsu Bunny Jumps to the Moon by John Himmelman (Y)
2.21.25
  • Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews (A)
  • Katie the Catsitter: The Purrfect Plan by Colleen AF Venable & Stephanie Yue (GN)
2.22.25
  • The Long Game by Elena Armas (A)
  • My Best Friends Are Balls by Jen Jenivive (PB)
  • Unicorn Time Machine by Dana Simpson (GN)
  • Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio & Paulina Ganucheau (GN)
2.23.25
  • The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide by Cody Daigle-Orians (ANF)
  • When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll (GN)
  • The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag (GN)
  • Lumberjanes: True Colors by Lilah Sturges & Polterink (GN)
2.24.25
  • Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe (YA)
  • Patina by Jason Reynolds (Y)
  • The Avant-Guards: Down to the Wire by Carly Usdin, Noah Hayes, Lea Caballero, & Eleonora Bruni (GN)
  • Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)
2.25.25
  • Sunny by Jason Reynolds (Y)
2.28.25
  • Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)
02.25 total: 126
11 youth nonfiction; 52 picture books; 14 adult fiction; 11 youth fiction; 11 manga; 4 young adult fiction; 19 graphic novels; 4 adult nonfiction

Monday, February 3, 2025

books i've read january 2025

 1.1.25

  • Komi Can't Communicate #29 by Tomohito Oda (M)
  • Classmates #4: Sora & Hara by Asumiko Nakamura (M)
  • Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe & James Howe (Y)
  • Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon (YA)
1.2.25
  • I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg (ANF)
  • Open Throat by Henry Hoke (A)
1.3.25
  • I Hear You, Ocean by Kallie George & Carmen Mok (PB)
  • I Hear You, Mountains by Kallie George & Carmen Mok (PB)
  • The Class with Wings by Paul Fleischman & Hannah Salyer (YNF)
  • Gertie: The Darling Duck of WWII by Shari Swanson & Renee Graef (YNF)
  • Tumblebaby by Adam Rex & Audrey Helen Weber (PB)
  • Insect Detective by Steve Voake & Charlotte Voake (YNF)
  • The Totally Not Boring Book of Feelings by Jolie Taylor & Brandon Dorman (Y)
  • This Is My Brain!: A Book on Neurodiversity by Elise Gravel (YNF)
  • Komi Can't Communicate #30 by Tomohito Oda (M)
  • A Condition Called Love #1 by Megumi Morino (M)
1.4.25
  • Hold Hands by Sara Varon (PB)
  • It's Really Cold Outside! by Harriet Ziefert (PB)
  • Fall Parade by Camelia Kay & Allyn Howard (PB)
  • The Ogre Who Wasn't by Michael Morpurgo & Emily Gravett (PB)
  • Mama's Magnificent Dancing Plantitas by Jesus Trejo & Eliza Kinkz (PB)
  • Rumie Goes Rafting by Meghan Marentette (PB)
  • Just One Girl: A Fight for Equal Rights by Trinka Hakes Noble & Amanda Calatzis (PB)
  • Mooncakes Mean Family by Benson Shum (PB)
  • A Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse by Charlotte Zolotow, Crescent Dragonwagon, & Julie Morstad (PB)
  • Mixed-Up Mooncakes by Christina Matula, Erica Lyons, & Tracy Subisak (PB)
  • Alpacas Make Terrible Librarians!! by Kristi Mahoney, Chantalle Thorne, & Burgen Thorne (PB)
  • Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (A)
  • Brownstone by Samuel Teer & Mar Julia (GN)
  • Classmates #5: O.B. Occupation to Beloved by Asumiko Nakamura (M)
  • Twinkle Stars Volume 1 by Natsuki Takaya (M)
1.5.25
  • Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray (YA)
  • Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert (A)
1.6.25
  • Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan (Y)
  • The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho (A)
1.7.25
  • Twinkle Stars Volume 2 by Natsuki Takaya (M)
1.9.25
  • Love, Lies & Hocus Pocus: Beginnings by Lydia Sherrer (A)
  • Sponge at Heart: How to Live a Bikini Bottom Life by Melissa Wygard (A)
1.11.25
  • This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher (A)
1.12.25
  • Jasper & Joop by Olivier Dunrea (PB)
  • Flip the Script by Lyla Lee (YA)
1.13.25
  • Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee (YA)
  • Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht & Jarvis (PB)
  • The Woofmore Is Not Haunted by Donna Gephart, Lori Haskins Houran, & Josh Cleland (Y)
  • A Day with Mousse by Clair Lebourg (Y)
  • Lore Olympus Volume Seven by Rachel Smythe (GN)
  • What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama (A)
  • The Red Pyramid: The Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan & Orpheus Collar (GN)
  • Hospital Heroes Save the Day! by R.W. Alley (YNF)
  • McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger & John Hendrix (PB)
  • The North Star by Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
  • Miss Leoparda by Natalia Shaloshvili (PB)
  • Little and Big by Anne Gutman & Georg Hallensleben (PB)
1.14.25
  • Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself by Matthew Gray Gubler (Y)
  • The Baby Firebird by Paula Harrison (Y)
  • The Nine Lives of Aristotle by Dick King-Smith & Bob Graham (Y)
1.15.25
  • Lady Eve's Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow (A)
  • Princess Pulverizer: The Dragon's Tale by Nancy Krulik & Justin Rodrigues (Y)
1.17.25
  • Lone Wolf Gets a Pet by Kiah Thomas & K-Fai Steele (Y)
1.18.25
  • Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (Y)
  • Montezuma's Tantrum by Nuria Gomez Benet & Santiago Solis (PB)
  • The Boy and the Elephant by Freya Blackwood (PB)
  • Perfect by Waka T. Brown & Yuko Jones (PB)
  • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Georghia Ellinas, & Jane Ray (PB)
  • Gray by Laura Dockrill & Lauren Child (PB)
  • Ups and Downs: A Book of Emotions by Mike Wohnoutka (PB)
  • Plumber Pearl! by Andrea Zimmerman & Dan Yaccarino (PB)
  • Walter Finds His Voice: The Story of a Shy Crocodile by Ann Kim Ha (PB)
  • Sometimes: A Day Full of Feelings by Stephanie Stansbie & Elisa Paganelli (PB)
  • Abuela's Library by Lissette Norman & Jayri Gomez (PB)
  • It's Fall! by Renee Kurilla (PB)
  • A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher (A)
  • Bert the Bowerbird by Julia Donaldson & Catherine Rayner (PB)
  • John the Skeleton by Triinu Laan & Marja-Liisa Plats (Y)
  • Sweaterweather & Other Short Stories by Sara Varon (GN)
1.19.25
  • The Star Wolf by Paula Harrison (Y)
  • Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire (A)
1.20.25
  • Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes (A)
  • Fighting Words by Leonarda Carranza & Erika Medina (PB)
  • Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover by Markus Motum (YNF)
1.24.25
  • The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith (A)
1.25.25
  • A Stickler Christmas by Lane Smith (PB)
  • How to Know a Crow: The Biography of a Brainy Bird by Candace Savage & Rachel Hudson (YNF)
  • Safe Crossing by Kari Percival (YNF)
  • Little Bear's Big House by Benjamin Chaud (PB)
  • Tippy and the Night Parade by Lilli Carre (GN)
1.26.25
  • Fence #6 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana Lafuente (C)
  • Too Many Moose! by Lisa M. Bakos & Mark Chambers (PB)
  • Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories by Jarvis (Y)
  • You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes (A)
  • Karakuri Odette #1 by Julietta Suzuki (M)
1.27.25
  • Can't Spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorne (A)
1.29.25
  • An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (A)
1.30.25
  • Dog's First Baby by Natalie Nelson (PB)
  • Cat's First Baby by Natalie Nelson (PB)
  • Dog's First Christmas by Natalie Nelson (PB)
  • Spy X Family #12 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
  • Komi Can't Communicate #31 by Tomohito Oda (M)
  • Bungo Stray Dogs #2 by Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa (M)
  • Bungo Stray Dogs #3 by Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa (M)
1.31.25
  • That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming (A)
  • Bungo Stray Dogs #4 by Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa (M)
  • A Condition Called Love #2 by Megumi Morino (M)
01.25 total: 103
14 manga; 14 youth fiction; 4 young adult fiction; 1 adult nonfiction; 17 adult fiction; 39 picture books; 8 youth nonfiction; 5 graphic novels; 1 comic

Monday, January 6, 2025

2024 Reading Challenge--Book Riot Read Harder

I continued to track any book that met challenge prompts, so I have multiple books per prompt.  Some only have two because they were difficult or I didn't like them.  I did complete the challenge twice!  I was able to complete the bonus challenge of reading books with LGBTQ authors on some of the prompts, but not all.

2024 BOOK RIOT READ HARDER CHALLENGE
First time finished: 6/12/24
Second time finished: 6/8/24

Read a cozy fantasy book

  • A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
  • Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim
  • Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
  • The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean

Read a YA book by a trans author

  • Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
  • We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
  • The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars

Read a middle grade horror novel

  • The Stars Do Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy
  • Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab
  • Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
  • Ophie's Ghost by Justina Ireland
  • Ravenfall by Kalyn Josepson

Read a history book by a BIPOC author

  • Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life by Renata Cherlise
  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

Read a sci-fi novella

  • Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Finna by Nino Cipri (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character

  • Green by Alex Gino
  • Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
  • Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper
  • Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole Melleby & A.J. Sass

Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author

  • your wound/my garden by ALOK
  • Femme in Public by ALOK (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a book in translation from a country you've never visited

  • Komi Can't Communicate #9 (Japan) by Tomohito Oda
  • The Girl Who Can't Get a Girlfriend (Japan) by Mieri Hiranishi (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Horimiya #13 (Japan) by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara
  • The Cat Who Saved Books (Japan) by Sosuke Natsukawa
  • The Wolf in Underpants at Full Speed (France) by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet

Read a book recommended by a librarian

  • Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era by Jason Baumann (Ed.), Kay Tobin Lahusen, & Diana Davies
  • Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
  • Black Archives by Renata Cherlise
  • Messy Roots by Laura Gao

Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author

  • Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon
  • If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a picture book published in the last five years

  • Cinderella--with DOGS! (2003) by Linda Bailey & Freya Hartas
  • Cookie Time (2024) by Jessie Sima (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Baller Ina (2023) by Liz Casal
  • Adam and His Tuba (2022) by Ziga X Combac & Maja Kastelic
  • The Littlest Yak and the New Arrival (2022) by Lu Fraser & Kate Hindley
  • Rock Your Mocs (2023) by Laurel Goodluck & Madelyn Goodnight
  • Eyes That Weave the World's Wonders (2024) by Joanna Ho, Liz Kleinrock, & Dung Ho
  • Lucky Duck (2024) by Greg Pizzoli
  • Bros (2024) by Carole Boston Weatherford & Reggie Brown

Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author

  • Redsight (sci-fi) by Meredith Moore
  • Show Me a Sign (historical YA fic) by Ann Clare LeZotte
  • Can Bears Ski? (picture book) by Raymond Antrobus & Polly Dunbar
  • Sail Me Away Home (historical YA fic) by Ann Clare LeZotte

Read a comic that has been banned

  • Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
  • Maus: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Read a book by an author with an upcoming events (virtual or in person) and then attend the event

  • Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison
  • Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars by Irshad Manji (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a YA nonfiction book

  • An Illustrated Guide to Ghosts by Adam Allsuch Boardman
  • Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a book based solely on the title

  • War and Speech by Don Zolidis
  • Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • The Monster Mac and Cheese Party by Todd Parr
  • Songs of the Fog Maiden by Tomie dePaola
  • The Adventures of Sophie Mouse: Silverlake Art Show by Poppy Green & Jennifer A. Bell

Read a book about media literacy

  • This Book Is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson
  • You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
  • Chicken Little and the Very Long Race by Sam Wedelich
  • A Kids Book About Life Online by Dave S. Anderson & Blake Fleischacker

Read a book about drag or queer artistry

  • Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood by Trixie Mattel & Katya
  • GuRu by RuPaul (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a romance with neurodivergent characters

  • Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
  • Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
  • Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
  • Game On by Seressia Glass
  • Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction)

  • The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
  • Books Make Good Friends by Jane Mount
  • The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass

Read a book that went under the radar in 2023

  • For Girls Who Walk Through Fire by Kim DeRose
  • Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello

Read a manga or manhwa

  • Horimiya #12 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara
  • The Girl Who Can't Get a Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Beastars #16 by Paru Itagaki
  • Komi Can't Communicate #8 by Tomohito Oda
  • Natsume's Book of Friends #23 by Yuki Midorikawa
  • School Zone Girls #1 by Ningiyau
  • Behind the Scenes!! #3 by Bisco Hatori
  • Black Butler #32 by Yana Toboso

Read a howdunit or whydunit mystery

  • When I Am Through with You by Stephanie Kuehn
  • You by Caroline Kepnes
  • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Pick a challenge form any of the previous years' challenges to repeat

  • Love in Winter Wonderland (set in bookstore, 2022) by Abiola Bello
  • The Prospects (trans character by trans author, 2023) by KT Hoffman

2024 Reading Challenge--PopSugar

I continued to track any book that met challenge prompts, so I have multiple books per prompt.  Some only have two because they were difficult or I didn't like them.  I did complete the challenge twice!

2024 POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE
Finished first time: 6/25/24
Finished second time: 8/25/24

A book with the word "leap" in the title

  • Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker
  • Once Upon a Leap Year by Anna Bell

A bildungsroman

  • Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth
  • If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
  • Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
  • Sail Me Away Home by Ann Clare LeZotte

A book about a 24-year-old

  • Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley
  • Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley

A book about a writer/author

  • Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
  • Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker
  • Glitterland by Alexis Hall

A book about K-pop

  • Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo
  • Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho
  • XOXO by Axie Oh
  • ASAP by Axie Oh

A book about pirates

  • Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller
  • Seafire by Natalie C. Parker
  • Steel Tide by Natalie C. Parker
  • Stormbreak by Natalie C. Parker
  • The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella
  • Pie-Rats! by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough & David Mottram

A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete

  • Grand Slam Romance Book 1 by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous
  • Evonne Goolagong by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lisa Koesterke
  • Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
  • Hoops by Matt Tavares
  • Mary Kom by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Jen Khatun

A book by a blind or visually impaired author

  • Redsight by Meredith Mooring
  • The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle
  • A Dead & Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes

A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author

  • Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
  • The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais
  • Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus & Polly Dunbar
  • Animals Albums from A to Z by Cece Bell
  • Sail Me Away Home by Ann Clare LeZotte

A book by a self-published author

  • Femme in Public by ALOK
  • Letter from the Queen by Tara Lipsyncki & Cherry Mock
  • your wound/my garden by ALOK
  • The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle

A book from a genre you typically avoid

  • If I Ever Get Out of Here (historical fiction) by Eric Gansworth
  • Show Me a Sign (historical fiction) by Ann Clare LeZotte

A book from an animal's POV

  • The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
  • Burt the Beetle Doesn't Bite! by Ashley Spires
  • Burt the Beetle Lives Here! by Ashley Spires
  • Don't Label Me by Irshad Manji
  • Cold Clay by Juneau Black
  • Mirror Black by Juneau Black
  • Junia: The Book Mule of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson & David C. Gardner
  • The Fox & Little Tanuki #1 & #2 by Mi Tagawa
  • All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil
  • Loaf the Cat Goes to the Powwow by Nicholas DeShaw & Tara Audibert

A book originally published under a pen name

  • A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
  • Behind the Scenes!! #3 by Bisco Hatori
  • The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
  • The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
  • A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
  • The Sizzle Paradox by Lily Menon

A book recommended by a bookseller

  • Cheeky Brat #1 by Mitsubachi Miyuki
  • Bitsy Bat, School Star by Kaz Windness
  • Blue Period #1 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
  • Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner

A book recommended by a librarian

  • Black Archives by Renata Cherlise
  • Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era by Jason Bauman (Ed.), Ky Tobin Lahusen, & Diana Davies
  • Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
  • Messy Roots by Laura Gao
  • The Strange Library by Maruki Murakami
  • The Accidental Human by Dakota Cassidy

A book set 24 years before you were born

  • Indignation by Philip Roth
  • To Catch a Thief by David Dodge

A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list

  • The Unhoneymooners (Maui) by Christina Lauren
  • The Cat Who Saved Books (Japan) by Sosuke Natsukawa
  • I Hope This Doesn't Find You (Australia) by Ann Liang

A book set in space

  • The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
  • Across the Universe by Beth Revis
  • Redsight by Meredith Mooring
  • Dear Galaxy by Paige Lavoie
  • Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
  • Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes
  • Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes

A book set in the future

  • The Passengers by John Marrs
  • The Marriage Act by John Marrs
  • The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
  • Across the Universe by Beth Revis

A book set in the snow

  • Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong
  • The Wolf-Birds by Willow Dawson
  • Flubby Does NOT Like Snow by J.E. Morris

A book that came out in a year that ends in "24"

  • Bride by Ali Hazelwood
  • Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison
  • Cirque Du Slay by Rob Osler
  • Bros by Carole Boston Weatherford & Reggie Brown

A book that centers on video games

  • Cat + Gamer #1-4 by Wataru Nadatani
  • Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
  • Game On by Seressia Glass
  • Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
  • Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood

A book that features dragons

  • The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
  • 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle & Lian Cho
  • It's Your Year, Baby Dragon by Ariel Hsu
  • Luma and the Grumpy Dragon by Leah Mohammed & Loretta Schauer
  • A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
  • The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung & Hanna Cha
  • The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan
  • In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan
  • Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
  • Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours

  • This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi
  • Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo
  • The Passengers by John Marrs
  • Luma and the Grumpy Dragon by Leah Mohammed & Loretta Schauer
  • House Party: A Novel edited by Justin A. Reynolds

A book that was published 24 years ago

  • History: A Very Short Introduction by John H. Arnold
  • Everything Is Mine by Andrea D'Aquino

A book that was turned into a musical

  • Pygmalion (My Fair Lady) by Bernard Shaw
  • Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (Cats) by T.S. Eliot & Edward Gorey

A book where someone dies in the first chapter

  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
  • A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
  • My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
  • Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
  • Harriet's Reflections (first page) by Marion Kadi
  • Gone with the Witch by Angela M. Sanders
  • Starter Villain by John Scalzi
  • Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

A book with a main character who's 42-years-old

  • The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza
  • Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
  • Since I Could Die Tomorrow #1 by Sumako Kari

A book with a neurodivergent main character

  • The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
  • I Am Odd, I Am New by Benjamin Giroux & Roz MacLean
  • Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
  • Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
  • Lost Inside My Head by Vigg
  • Henry and the Something New by Jenn Bailey & Mika Song
  • Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
  • Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
  • Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary

  • Combinatorics by Robin Wilson
  • Crystallography by A.M. Glazer

A book with a title that is a complete sentence

  • Don't Label Me by Irshad Manji
  • You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
  • I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
  • Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School! by Carrie Finison & Erin Kraan
  • I Want to Be a Wall #1 by Honami Shirono

A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot

  • I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
  • The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
  • Here We Go Again by ALison Cochrun
  • 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
  • Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey
  • Instant Karma by Marissa Mayer

A book with an unreliable narrator

  • My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
  • More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
  • When I Am Through with You by Stephanie Kuehn
  • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

A book with at least three POVs

  • The Marriage Act by John Marrs
  • The Passengers by John Marrs
  • The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza
  • For Girls Who Walk Through Fire by Kim DeRose
  • Hollowthorn by Kayln Josephson
  • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
  • Redsight by Meredith Mooring
  • Children on Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi
  • Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos

A book with magical realism

  • Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim
  • The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
  • The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
  • Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
  • New Adult by Timothy Janovsky
  • Maria Mariposa by Karla Arenas Valenti & Ana Ramirez Gonzalez
  • All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil
  • Natalie Tan's Book of Luck & Fortune by Roselle Lim

A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person

  • Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

A book written during NaNoWriMo

  • Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy
  • All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil

A cozy fantasy book

  • The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
  • Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim
  • A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
  • Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
  • The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean

A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author

  • Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff
  • Green by Alex Gino
  • Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
  • Paper Planes by Jennie Wood, Dozerdraws, & Micah Myers
  • Finna by Nino Cipri
  • Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
  • Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander

A horror book by a BIPOC author

  • Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
  • My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

A memoir that explores queerness

  • The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes
  • Messy Roots by Laura Gao
  • Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown

A nonfiction book about Indigenous people

  • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth

A second-chance romance

  • All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim
  • Grand Slam Romance Book 1 by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous
  • Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll

  • The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
  • The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer

An LGBTQ+ romance novel

  • Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond
  • All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim
  • Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
  • Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
  • Forward March by Skye Quinlan
  • Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
  • 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
  • Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander
  • Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
  • Glitterland by Alexis Hall
  • The Love Study by Kris Ripper

ADVANCED
A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours

  • Across the Universe by Beth Revis
  • The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
  • Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

A book with 24 letters in the title

  • The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
  • Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson

A collection of at least 24 poems

  • Shake Loose My Skin by Sonia Sanchez
  • Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth
  • poyums by Len Pennie
  • Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

The 24th book of an author

  • The Dastard by Piers Anthony
  • Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich
  • The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett

A book that starts with the letter "X"

  • XOXO by Axie Oh
  • xxxHOLiC #1-3 by CLAMP

Sunday, January 5, 2025

2023 Reading Challenge--Book Riot Read Harder

I realized I never posted my reading challenges from last year, so I'm doing that now!

I continued to track any book that met challenge prompts, so I have multiple books per prompt.  For some prompts, I was able to do the bonus challenge of reading books with LGBTQ authors.

2023 BOOK RIOT READ HARDER CHALLENGE
Finished: 10/14/23

Read a novel about a trans character written by a trans author

  • Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
  • Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Kisses for Jet by Joris Bas Backer
  • Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee & KC Oster
  • If You're a Kid Like Gavin: The True Story of a Young Trans Activist by Gavin Grimm, Kyle Lukoff, & J Yang
  • Man o' War by Cory McCarthy
  • Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
  • Welcome to St. Hell by Lewis Hancox
  • Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
  • Spell Bound by F.T. Lukensz
  • The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

Read one of your favorite author's favorite books

  • Dragonsong (Kim Harrison) by Anne McCaffrey
  • Boy's Life (TJ Klune) by Robert McCammon (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Saga Book One, Two, & Three (Rainbow Rowell) by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
  • The Rose That Grew from Concrete (Angie Thomas by Tupac Shakur

Read a book about activism

  • "You Just Need to Lose Weight" by Audrey Gordon
  • Choosing Brave by Angela Joy & Janelle Washington
  • How We Can Live: Principles of Black Lives Matter by Lalena Garcia & Caryn Davidson
  • Forest Fighter by Anita Ganeri & Margaux Carpenter
  • The Mess That We Made by Michelle Lord & Julia Blattman

Read a book that's been challenged recently in your school district/library OR read one of the most challenged/banned books of the year by a queer and/or BIPOC author

  • This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawnson
  • All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

Read a completed webcomic

  • Crumbs by Danie Stirling
  • Artifice by Alex Woolfson & Winona Nelson (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Scurry by Mac Smith
  • Let's Get Burgers by Ash S.

Finish a book you've DNFed

  • Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers

Listen to an audiobook performed by a POC of a book written by an AOC

  • Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
  • Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Finding Me by Viola Davis

Read a graphic novel/comic/manga if you haven't before; or read one that is a different genre than you normally read

  • Cult Girls (fictionalized memoir/anf) by Natalie Grand & Cassandra Bolan
  • My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness (manga memoir) by Nagata Kobi
  • Sensory: Life on the Spectrum (comic anthology) edited by Bex Ollerton
  • A First Time for Everything (comic memoir) by Dan Santat

Read an independently published book by a BIPOC author

  • Wonder Doodles by Joanne Shi
  • Bedtime in Nunatsiavant by Raeann Brown
  • Moose Is Loose on the Palouse by Seema Jot Kaur & Chris Shanahan
  • How We Can Live: Principles of Black Lives Matter by Lalena Garcia & Caryn Davidson
  • Forest Fighter by Anita Ganeri & Marguax Carpenter

Read a book you know nothing about based solely on the cover

  • Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
  • Viking in Love by Doug Cenko

Read a cookbook cover to cover

  • Baking by Feel by Becca Rea-Tucker
  • Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a nonfiction book about BIPOC and/or queer history

  • Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
  • Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • The Stonewall Riots by Archie Bongiovanni & A. Andrews

Read an author local to you

  • The Family Fortuna by Lindsay Eagar (SLC)
  • Rise Up with a Song: The True Story of Ethel Smyth, Suffragette Composer by Diane Warthey (Moscow) & Helena Perez Garcia
  • Starhug: A Journey of Hope, Healing & Hugs by Cindy Wong & ShiShi Nguyen (Seattle)
  • Braver Than Brave by Janet Sumner Johnson (SLC) & Eunji Jung
  • I Am a Warrior Goddess by Jennifer Adams (SLC) & Carme Lemniscates
  • Woof Woof, the Bad Dog by Kate Nilson (SLC) & My Vu
  • Inclusion Alphabet by Kathryn Jenkins (SLC area)
  • A Place for Pluto by Stef Wade & Melanie Demmer (SLC)

Read a book with under 500 Goodreads ratings

  • The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen by Gary Eldon Peter
  • Changes Book Four: Forever by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • Erroll by Hannah Shaw
  • Cult Girls by Natalie Grand & Cassandra Bolan
  • In the Rabbitgarden by Leo Lionni
  • Ferdinand Cheval: The Postman Who Delivered a Palace (1st review!) by Anne Renaud & Ana Salopek
  • Moose Is Loose on the Palouse by Seema Jot Kaur & Chris Shanahan
  • Cockatoos on a Cruise by Russell Punter & David Sample
  • Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard, Kelly Matthews, & Nichole Matthews

Read a historical fiction book set in an Eastern country

  • Travelers Along the Way by Aminah Mae Safi
  • Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
  • A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

Read a romance with bisexual representation

  • Rosaline Painter Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
  • Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
  • Hani and Ishu's Guide to fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
  • Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
  • Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
  • Only Mostly Devastated; & If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales
  • Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
  • Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington
  • Delilah Green Doesn't Care; & Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
  • Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan
  • Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda

Read a YA book by an Indigenous author

  • The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Read a comic or graphic novel that features disability representation

  • Sensory: Life on the Spectrum edited by Bex Ollerton
  • The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott by Zoe Thorogood

Read a nonfiction book about intersectional feminism

  • Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Read a book of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author

  • The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupak Shakur
  • Resistencia edited by Mark Eisner & Tina Escaja
  • The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
  • Dark Testament: Blackout Poems by Crystal Simone Smith

Read a book of short stories

  • Cool. Awkward. Black. edited by Karen Strong
  • Gleanings by Neal Shusterman

Read any book from the Ignyte awards shortlist/longlist/winner list

  • Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
  • Root Magic by Eden Royce
  • A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

Read a social horror, mystery, or thriller novel

  • Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans
  • The Black Queen by Jumata Emill (bonus with LGBTQ author)
  • The Case of the Missing Chalk Drawings by Richard Byrne
  • The Mystery of the Love List by Sarah Glenn Marsh & Ishaa Lobo
  • Not an Alphabet Book: The Case of the Missing Cake by Eoin McLaughlin & Marc Boutavant
  • Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
  • Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
  • A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Pick a challenge from any of the previous years' challenges to repeat

  • The Banned Bookstore of Maggie Banks (set in bookstore, 2022) by Shauna Robinson
  • Sam's Super Seats (disabled author, 2022) by Keah Brown & Sharee Miller

2023 Reading Challenge--PopSugar

I realized I never posted my reading challenges from last year, so I'm doing that now!

I continued to track any book that met challenge prompts, so I have multiple books per prompt.  Some only have two because they were difficult or I didn't like them.  I did complete the challenge twice!

2023 POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE
Finished first time: 9/20/23
Finished second time: 11/8/23

A book you meant to read in 2022

  • Harrow the Ninth by Tasmyn Muir
  • Changers Book Three: Kim by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper

A book you bought from an independent bookstore

  • This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson
  • Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

A book about a vacation

  • People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
  • Spy X Family #8 & #9 by Tatsuya Endo
  • Cockatoos on a Cruise by Russell Punter & David Sample
  • Happy Place by Emily Henry
  • Gigi, Listening by Chantel Guertin

A book by a first-time author

  • Milo and Marcus at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
  • Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle
  • The Spirit of Springer by Amanda Abler & Levi Hastings
  • An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
  • Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee

A book with mythical creatures

  • Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
  • Confessions of a Dork Lord by Mike Johnston & Martha Altes
  • Moonstruck: Troubled Waters by Grace Ellis, Shea Beagle, & Claudia Aguirre
  • Cryptid Club by Sarah Anderson
  • Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

A book about a forbidden romance

  • Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
  • Milo and Marcus at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
  • Cult Girls by Natalie Grand & Cassandra Bolan
  • Lore Olympus Volume Four by Rachel Smythe

A book with "girl" in the title

  • The Girl from the Other Side, Siuil, a Run #7-11 by Nagabe
  • The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
  • The Girl and the Dinosaur by Hollie Hughes & Sarah Massini
  • Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

A celebrity memoir

  • Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton
  • Finding Me by Viola Davis
  • I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
  • Pageboy by Elliot Page
  • Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones

A book with a color in the title

  • The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
  • Little Goddess Girls: Persephone & the Unicorn's Ruby by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams, & Yuyi Chen
  • The Blue Scarf by Mohamed Danawi & Ruaida Mannaa
  • Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
  • A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant & Melissa Sweet
  • Green on Green by Dianne White & Felicita Sala
  • Gold by Jed Alexander
  • Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
  • A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
  • Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond & Daniel Minter
  • The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali, & Hatem Aly

A romance with a fat lead

  • A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
  • Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
  • The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

A book about or set in Hollywood

  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton

A book published in spring 2023

  • Spell Bound by F.K. Lukens
  • When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left by Marc Colagiovanni & Peter H. Reynolds
  • The Knowing by Ani Di Franco & Julia Mathew
  • I Am Temple Grandin by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos
  • Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
  • Happy Place by Emily Henry

A book published the year you were born

  • Salem's Lot by Stephen King
  • A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
  • Pezzettino by Leo Lionni
  • In the Rabbitgarden by Leo Lionni

A modern retelling of a classic

  • The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston
  • Cinderella and the Furry Slippers by Davide Cali & Raphaelle Barbanegre
  • Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith
  • Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee & KC Oster
  • Gold by Jed Alexander
  • The Three Little Pugs and the Big, Bad Cat by Becky Davies & Caroline Attia
  • Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, & Berenice Nelle
  • A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
  • Poisoned Apple by Anne Lambelet
  • Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith & Boulet
  • Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig
  • Little Miss Splendid and the Beast by Alice Downes & TJ Morrow

A book with a song lyric as its title

  • Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
  • Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
  • Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett

A book where the main character's name is in the title

  • Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
  • Milo and Marcus at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
  • Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Banned Bookstore of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
  • Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
  • Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
  • Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Lindsay Eagar

A book with a love triangle

  • Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
  • Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Inheritance Games; The Hawthorne Legacy; & The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  • Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022

  • The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
  • All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
  • Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
  • This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson

A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge

  • The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (A book about witches from 2022) by Sangu Mandanna
  • Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake (Romance with single parent from 2021) by Alexis Hall
  • Season of the Bruja Volume 1 (A book about witches from 2022) by Aaron Duran & Sara Soler
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (MC with a mobility issue from 2022) by Gabrielle Zevin
  • The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Hugo winner from 2022) by Nghi Vo
  • The Heartbreak Bakery (includes a recipe from 2022) by A.R. Capetta

A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023

  • Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
  • Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Salem's Lot by Stephen King
  • Nimona by N.D. Stevenson

A book set in the decade you were born

  • Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Salem's Lot by Stephen King

A book with a queer lead

  • The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
  • Milo and Marcus at the End of the World by Kevin Christopher Snipes
  • Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
  • Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
  • Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
  • A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
  • Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
  • Chef's Kiss by Melendez, Brink, Jones, & Otsmane-Elhaou
  • Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
  • Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Man o' War by Cory McCarthy
  • Only Mostly Devastated; & If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales
  • Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, & Berenice Nelle
  • The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
  • Kings of B'More by R. Eric Thomas
  • Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
  • Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens
  • Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee
  • Delilah Green Doesn't Care; & Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
  • A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
  • Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey

A book with a map

  • Confessions of a Dork Lord by Mike Johnston & Marta Altes
  • A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
  • Nubby by Dan Richards & Shanda McCloskey
  • Bo the Brave by Bethan Woollvin

A book with a rabbit on the cover

  • Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Disco Fever by Doug Savage
  • Everything Will Be Okay by Anna Dewdney & Judy Schachner
  • Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis by Julie Sakai & Stan Sakai
  • The Disappearing Mr. Jacques by Gideon Sterer & Benjamin Chaud
  • Little Goddess Girls: Persephone & the Unicorn's Ruby by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams, & Yuyi Chen
  • Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee & KC Oster
  • Nubby by Dan Richards & Shanda McCloskey
  • Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

A book with just text on the cover

  • Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond
  • Linus by Stuart Hausmann
  • A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
  • Recitatif by Toni Morrison
  • She's Gone by David Bell

The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list

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

A #BookTok recommendation

  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Inheritance Games; The Hawthorne Legacy, & The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

A book you bough secondhand

  • Changes Book Four: Forever by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper
  • Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan
  • Changes Book Three: Kim by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper

A book your friend recommended

  • The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate & Daniel Mate
  • The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman

A book that's on a celebrity book-club list

  • Finding Me by Viola Davis
  • African Proverbs for All Ages by Johnetta Detsch Cole & Nelda LaTeef

A book about a family

  • Spy X Family #3-8 by Tatsuya Endo
  • The Inheritance Games; The Hawthorne Legacy; & The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  • Once Upon a Goat by Dan Richards & Eric Barclay
  • The Promised Neverland #20 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu
  • The Family Fortuna by Lindsay Edgar

A book that comes out in the second half of 2023

  • Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
  • Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer
  • Big Little Spells by Hazel Beck
  • Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake

A book about an athlete/sport

  • Striking Distance by Sarah Rees Brennan
  • Madani's Best Game by Fran Pintadera & Raquel Catalina
  • Sarah and the Big Wave by Bonnie Tsui & Sophie Diao
  • Skater Cielo by Rachel Katstaller
  • The Fifth Quarter by Mike Dawson
  • Sisters: Venus & Serena Williams by Jeanette Winter
  • Bibi's Got Game by Bianca Andreescu, Mary Beth Leatherdale, & Chelsea O'Byrne
  • Courage in Her Cleats: The Story of Soccer Star Abby Wambach by Kim Chaffee & Alexandra Badici
  • Fence: Rivals by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana Lafuente

A historical-fiction book

  • Travelers Along the Way by Aminah Mae Safi
  • Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
  • A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

A book about divorce

  • Karen's Birthday by Katy Farina & Ann M. Martin
  • What About Neko?: A Book About Divorce by Nancy Loewen & Elisa Paganelli
  • Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds & Raul the Third

A book you think your best friend would like

  • Chef's Kiss by Melendez, Brink, Jones, & Otsmane-Elhaou
  • Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton
  • I Don't Care by Julie Fogliano, Molly Idle, & Juana Martinez-Neal
  • So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
  • The Winter Soldier: Cold Front by Mackenzi Lee
  • Killer Queens by David M. Booher, Claudia Balboni, Harry Saxon, & Lucas Gattoni

A book you should have read in high school

  • The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
  • The Pearl by John Steinbeck

A book you read more than 10 years ago

  • Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
  • A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
  • Happy Hippo, Angry Duck by Sandra Boynton
  • Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems
  • Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey

A book you wish you could read for the first time again

  • Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
  • Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey

A book by an author with the same initials as you

  • Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
  • She's Gone by David Bell

ADVANCED
A book written during NaNoWriMo

  • Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
  • The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
  • An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

A book based on a popular movie

  • Into the Heartlands (Black Panther) by Brown, Araujo, Bustos, & Aguirre
  • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: The Courage to Dream by Frederick Joseph & Nikkolas Smith
  • In Every Generation (BtVS) by Kendare Blake
  • The Winter Soldier: Cold Front by Mackenzi Lee

A book that takes place entirely in one day

  • The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
  • If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch

A book that was self-published

  • Cult Girls by Natalie Grand & Cassandra Bolan
  • Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

A book that started out as fan fiction

  • After by Anna Tood
  • After We Collided by Anna Todd

A book with a pet character

  • Izzy at the End of the World by K.A. Reynolds
  • Antoine's Tale by Janet Curran
  • Best Day Ever! by Marilyn Singer & Leah Nixon
  • Douglas, You're a Genius! by Ged Adamson
  • Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

A book about a holiday that's not Christmas

  • Once Upon an Eid edited by S.K. Ali & Aisha Saeed
  • Tomorrow Is New Year's Day (Korean New Year) by Aram Kim
  • The Eight Knights of Hanukkah by Leslie Kimmelman & Galia Bernsein
  • Chloe's Lunar New Year by Lily LaMotte & Michelle Lee
  • Grumpy New Year by Katrina Moore & Xindi Yan
  • Happy Easter from the Crayons by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers
  • A Super Scary Narwhalloween by Ben Clanton
  • The Matzah Ball (Hanukkah) by Jean Meltzer
  • Chinese New Year by Adam Hargreaves
  • Mr. Impossible and the Easter Egg Hunt by Adam Hargreaves
  • Little Miss Valentine by Adam Hargreaves
  • Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale by Gloria Koster & Sue Eastland
  • Halloween Is a Treat! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle
  • Ganesha Goes Green (Ganesha Chaturthi) by Lakshmi Thamizhmani & Debasmita Dasgupta
  • It's Navidad, El Cucuy! (Christmas & Las Posadas) by Donna Barba Higuera & Juliana Perdomo

A book that features two languages

  • Resistencia edited by Mark Eisner & Tina Escaja
  • Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee & KC Oster
  • The Story of Ukraine by Olena Kharchenko, Michael Sampson, & Polina Doroshenko
  • Season of the Bruja Volume 1 by Aaron Duran & Sara Soler
  • Team Up by Raul the Third & Elaine Bay
  • Milo + Niko by D Guzman
  • A Crown for Corina by Lae Kan Sea Kemp & Elisa Chavarri
  • We All Play/Kimetawanaw (Cree) by Julie Flett
  • Hear My Voice compiled by Warren Binford
  • Small Nap, Little Dream by Talia Aikens-Nunez & Natalia Colombo
  • Book of Questions: Selections by Pablo Neruda & Paloma Valdivia
  • Luna Oscura by Heidi Moreno
  • Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang & Hyewon Yum
  • Spanish Is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart & John Parra

The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list

  • A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
  • After We Fell by Anna Todd
  • Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

A book with alliteration in the title

  • Fate of Flames by Sarah Raughley
  • A Turtle in the Toilet by Jonathan Emmett & Caroline Jayne Church
  • Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
  • Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour & Kaylani Juanita
  • The Worrywarts (in book, not title) by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole
  • Animalia (in whole book) by Graeme Base
  • The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes
  • The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen by Gary Eldon Peter
  • A Darkening of Dragons by S.A. Patrick
  • The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes