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