Sunday, June 7, 2026

books i've read may 2026

 5.1.26

  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End #12 by Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe (M)
  • Peach and Plum: Here We Come! by Tim McCanna (GN)
  • Peach and Plum: Rule at School! by Tim McCanna (GN)
5.2.26
  • The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things by Nikki Giovanni (ANF)
  • Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped by Kyle Lukoff & Levi Hastings (YNF)
  • Brimstone by Callie Hart (A)
  • Ash's Cabin by Jen Wang (GN)
  • Mamo by Sas Milldge (GN)
  • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (A)
5.3.26
  • This Is MY Fort! by Drew Daywalt & Olivier Tallec (Y)
  • What Is Inside THIS Box? by Drew Daywalt & Olivier Tallec (Y)
  • Girl Crush #4 by Midori Tayama (M)
  • The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann (A)
  • Sleepy, the Goodnight Buddy by Drew Daywalt & Scott Campbell (PB)
  • Our Planet!: There's No Place Like Earth by Stacy McAnulty & David Litchfield (YNF)
  • Boys Run the Riot #1 by Keito Gaku (M)
5.4.26
  • Boys Run the Riot #2 by Keito Gaku (M)
  • Whisper Me a Love Song #7 by Eku Takeshima (M)
  • She Wanted to Be Haunted by Marcus Ewert & Susie Ghahremani (PB)
  • Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson (Y)
5.5.26
  • Whisper Me a Love Song #8 by Eku Takeshima (M)
5.6.26
  • Boys Run the Riot #3 by Keito Gaku (M)
  • Kaiju No. 8 #12 by Naoya Matsumoto (M)
  • They Call Me No Sam! by Drew Daywalt & Mike Lowery (Y)
5.7.26
  • The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst (YA)
  • Whisper Me a Love Song #9 by Eku Takeshima (M)
  • Kaiju No. 8 #13 by Naoya Matsumoto (M)
  • Boys Run the Riot #4 by Keito Gaku (M)
5.8.26
  • That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers (ANF)
  • Whisper Me a Love Song #10 by Eku Takeshima (M)
  • Kaiju No. 8 #14 by Naoya Matsumoto (M)
5.9.26
  • Our Solar System!: A Stellar Neighborhood by Stacy McAnulty & Stevie Lewis (YNF)
  • Pluto!: Not a Planet? Not a Problem! by Stacy McAnulty & Stevie Lewis (YNF)
  • Lulu Didn't Want a Dog by Laural Molk (PB)
  • Gwei the Hungry Ghost by Emeline Lee & Basia Tran (PB)
  • Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo by Bess Kalb & Erin Kraan (PB)
  • Serafina Makes Waves by Matthew Burgess & Robin Rosenthal (PB)
  • It's My Bird-Day! by Mo Willems (PB)
  • Bing's Cherries by Julia Kuo & Livia Blackburne (PB)
  • Iguana Miss You! by Sandra Boynton (PB)
  • What a Small Cat Needs by Natalia Shaloshvili (PB)
  • How We Play the Game by Alexis Nedd (YA)
  • Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs & Andrew Eakett (ANF)
5.10.26
  • Inverse Cowgirl: A Memoir by Alicia Roth Weigel (ANF)
  • Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings (A)
  • Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (YA)
5.11.26
  • Six-Dinner Sid by Inga Moore (PB)
  • One Hug by Katrina Moore & Julia Woolf (PB)
5.12.26
  • Nate Plus One by Kevin van Whye (YA)
  • That Neighbor Kid by Daniel Miyares (PB)
5.13.26
  • It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, & Justin Eisinger (ANF)
  • I Am My Ancestors' Wildest Dreams by Tanisia Moore & Robert Paul Jr. (PB)
5.14.26
  • Camp by L.C. Rosen (YA)
  • Oh No, No Ghosts! by Richard Michaelson & Adam McCauley (PB)
  • The Worst Breakfast by China Mieville & Zak Smith (PB)
  • Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks (PB)
5.15.26
  • Move Your Mood! by Brenda S. Miles, Colleen A. Patterson, & Holly Clifton-Brown (PB)
  • The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (PB)
  • No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull (A)
  • Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines (A)
5.16.26
  • Hedgehogs Don't Wear Underwear by Marissa Valdez (PB)
  • The Pigeon WON'T Say the ABCs! by Mo Willems (PB)
  • The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! by Mo Willems (PB)
  • The Pigeon WON'T Count to 10! by Mo Willems (PB)
  • Preschool Is Cool! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
  • Pride Is Love by Dano Moreno & Nakul P. (PB)
  • If It's Pride and You Know It... by Andy Passchier (PB)
  • Karakuri Odette #2 by Julietta Suzuki (M)
  • Karakuri Odette #3 by Julietta Suzuki (M)
5.17.26
  • Captain Cat by Inga Moore (PB)
  • Remarkably You by Pat Zietlow Miller & Patrice Barton (PB)
  • The Tiny King by Taro Miura (PB)
  • The Storm by Akiko Miyakoshi (PB)
  • Cinderstella: A Tale of Planets Not Princes by Brenda S. Miles, Susan D. Sweet, & Valeria Docampo (PB)
  • Agatha Christie's the Mysterious Affair at Styles by Marci Kay Monson & Greg Paprocki (PB)
  • Never Give a Baby a Library Card by Erin Sandberg & Tom Booth (PB)
  • Trucky Roads by Lulu Miller & Hui Skipp (PB)
  • A Vow Made Twice by Emma Denny (A)
  • When I Was Your Age by Kenan Thompson (ANF)
5.18.26
  • Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying by Joyce C. Mills, PhD & Cary Pillo (PB)
  • The Great Escape by Deborah Marcero (PB)
  • The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill (A)
5.19.26
  • Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta (A)
  • Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You #14 by Karuho Shiina (M)
  • Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You #15 by Karuho Shiina (M)
5.20.26
  • Thao by Thao Lam (PB)
  • I Will Not Walk to School by Naseem Hrab & Kelly Collier (PB)
5.21.26
  • Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You #16 by Karuho Shiina (M)
  • Waiting for Spring #1 by Anashin (M)
  • Waiting for Spring #2 by Anashin (M)
5.22.26
  • The Future Book by Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris (PB)
  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Kid by Drew Daywalt & Molly Idle (PB)
  • What Will Grow? by Jennifer Ward & Susie Ghahremani (YNF)
  • Vicious by V.E. Schwab (A)
  • A Is for Asian American: An Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Alphabet by Virginia Loh-Hagan & Tracy Nishimura Bishop (YNF)
  • My Special One and Only by Joe Berger (PB)
  • The Polyamory Breakup Book: Causes, Prevention, and Survival by Kathy Labriola (ANF)
  • Waiting for Spring #3 by Anashin (M)
5.23.26
  • Who Will Rule the Trees? by Eric A. Kimmel & Alette Straathof (PB)
  • The Secrets of the Jellies: Amazing Jellyfish and Their Surprising Talents by Karen Jameson & Marie Hermansson (YNF)
  • Rise, Girl, Rise: Our Sister-Friend Journey. Together for All. by Gloria Steinem, Leymah Gbowee, & Kah Yangni (YNF)
  • If This Were the World by Stephen Barr & AG Ford (PB)
  • Flowers for Mama by Deborah Freedman (PB)
  • Their Name Is Alex by Paloma O'Toole (PB)
  • Here Come the Aunties! by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Aphelandra (PB)
  • Amari and the Metalwork Menace by B.B. Alston (Y)
  • Who Hid the Stars?: How Light Pollution Changes Our World by Valentina Gottardi, Maciej Michno, & Danio Miserocchi (YNF)
5.24.26
  • We Ask Permission by Lydia Bowers & Isabel Munoz (PB)
  • Hello There, Sunshine by Tabitha Brown & Olivia Duchess (PB)
  • The Rain Stomper by Addie Boswell & Eric Velasquez (PB)
  • We Listen to Our Bodies by Lydia Bowers & Isabel Munoz (PB)
  • Priscilla Gorilla by Barbara Bottner & Michael Emberly (PB)
  • The Extraordinary Gardener by Sam Boughton (PB)
  • Do You Hear What I Hear? by Helen Borten (PB)
  • Do You See What I See? by Helen Borten (PB)
  • Riley Can't Stop Crying by Stephanie Boulay & Agathe Bray-Bourret (PB)
  • Devils and Realist #2 by Utako Yukihiro & Madoka Takadono (M)
  • Devils and Realist #3 by Utako Yukihiro & Madoka Takadono (M)
  • Devils and Realist #4 by Utako Yukihiro & Madoka Takadono (M)
  • Flower in a Storm #1 by Shigeyoshi Takagi (M)
5.25.26
  • Now You See Me, Now You Don't by Silvia Borando (PB)
  • Near, Far by Silvia Borando (PB)
  • The Cat Book by Silvia Borando (PB)
  • Anthony and the Gargoyle by Jo Ellen Bogart & Maja Kastelic (PB)
  • 189 Canaries by Dieter Boge & Elsa Klever (PB)
  • Was It a Cat I Saw? by Laura Bontje & Emma Lidia Squillari (PB)
  • All You Need to Know About Dogs: By A. Cat by Fred Blunt (PB)
  • A Bike Like Sergio's by Maribeth Boelts & Noah Z. Jones (PB)
  • Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts & Noah Z. Jones (PB)
  • Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire (A)
  • The Paddington Treasury: Six Classic Bedtime Stories by Michael Bond & R.W. Alley (PB)
  • This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews (A)
  • Flower in a Storm #2 by Shigeyoshi Takagi (M)
  • Idol Dreams #6 by Arina Tanemura (M)
5.26.26
  • Dead & Breakfast by Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor (A)
  • Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews (A)
5.27.26
  • How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay by Jenny Lawson (ANF)
  • The Delinquent Housewife! #1 by Nemu Yoko (M)
  • Twinkle Stars Volume 3 by Natsuki Takaya (M)
5.28.26
  • Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews (A)
  • Crow in the Snow by Lesley Sims & Fred Blunt (PB)
5.29.26
  • Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (A)
  • A Year Around the Great Oak by Gerda Muller (PB)
  • We Will Be Shelter: Poems for Survival edited by Andrea Gibson (ANF)
  • What I Like Most by Mary Murphy & Zhu Cheng-Liang (PB)
  • Only a Tree Knows How to Be a Tree by Mary Murphy (PB)
  • Banana Sunday by Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover (GN)
5.30.26
  • Play Outside! by Laurent Moreau (PB)
  • Today by Julie Mostad (PB)
  • ABC T-Rex by Bernard Most (PB)
  • Utterly Lovely One by Mary Murphy (PB)
  • The Monster in the Backpack by Lisa Moser & Noah Z. Jones (Y)
  • Good Families Don't by Robert Munsch & Alan Daniel (PB)
  • Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko (PB)
  • Millicent and the Wind by Robert Munsch & Suzanne Duranceau (PB)
  • I'm So Embarrassed! by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko (PB)
  • 50 Below Zero by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko (PB)
  • Pigs by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko (PB)
  • A Promise Is a Promise by Robert Munsch, Michael Kusugak, & Vladyana Krykorka (PB)
  • Mortimer by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko (PB)
  • Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch & Helene Desputeaux (PB)
  • Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places by Claire Kann (A)
  • Twinkle Stars Volume 4 by Natsuki Takaya (M)
5.31.26
  • One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews (A)
  • Camp Twisted Pine by Ciera Burch (Y)
05.26 total: 165
30 manga; 5 graphic novels; 9 adult nonfiction; 9 youth nonfiction; 18 adult fiction; 7 youth fiction; 82 picture books; 5 young adult fiction