2016 Reading Year in Review

My Goodreads 2016 challenge was 1000 books and I made that goal on November 26th!  Goodreads calculated that I read 1080 books this year (because I didn't have it count books I'd read before).

2016 total: 1136

Broken down by category:
649 picture books
119 graphic novels
98 manga
53 comics
50 adult fiction
49 youth non fiction
47 young adult fiction
46 youth fiction
25 adult non fiction

My month of the least reading was in June when I read 33 books.
My month of the most reading was in July when I read 148 books.

For comparison, my 2015 totals:
621 picture books
92 youth fiction
92 graphic novels
72 manga
69 adult fiction
65 youth non fiction
39 young adult fiction
28 adult non fiction
28 comics
3 young adult non fiction

books i've read december 2016

12.2.16

• A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars by Maria Birmingham & Josh Holinaty (Y-NF)
• Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky (Y-NF)

12.3.16

• Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington & Shane W. Evans (PB)
• Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kendard Pak (PB)
• Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales (PB)
• Where, Oh Where, Is Rosie's Chick? by Pat Hutchins (PB)
• Peeny Butter Fudge by Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison, & Joe Cepeda (PB)
• 1 Big Salad: A Delicious Counting Book by Juana Medina (PB)
• Playtime? by Jeff Mack (PB)
• Aliens Love Dinopants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort (PB)
• One More Acorn by Don Freeman & Roy Freeman (PB)
• The Secret Loves of Geek Girls edited by Hope Nicholson (A-NF)

12.7.16

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (A-NF)
• The Mighty Asparagus by V. Radunsky (PB)
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Nancy Willard, Leo Dillon, & Diane Dillon (PB)
• Wait! I Want to Tell You a Story by Tom Willans (PB)
• Coco All Year Round by Sloane Tanen & Stefan Hagen (PB)
• Sparky's Rainbow Repair by Max Haynes (PB)
• All Year Round by Susan B. Katz & Eiko Ojala (PB)

12.9.16

• Undead and Unwary by MaryJanice Davidson (A)
• One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree by Daniel Bern Strom & Brendan Wenzel (PB)
• Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant & Christian Robinson (PB)
• Bear Dreams by Elisha Cooper (PB)
• The Blushful Hippopotamus by Chris Raschka (PB)

12.10.16

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Y)
• Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz & Miriam Klein Stahl (Y-NF)

12.11.16

• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Y)
• Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed (YA)

12.13.16

• Bunny Slopes by Claudia Rueda (PB)
• Cleonardo: The Little Inventor by Mary GrandPre (PB)
• Penguin's Christmas Wish by Salina Yoon (PB)
• I'll Wait, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony (PB)
• Plenty of Love to Go Around by Emma Chichester Clark (PB)
• The Magic Word by Mac Barnett & Elise Parsley (PB)

12.15.16

• You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero (A-NF)

12.16.16

• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (A)
• Moon Glows by Bethea verDorn & Thomas Graham (PB)
• Dino-Hockey by Lisa Wheeler & Barry Gott (PB)
• George and the Dragon by Chris Wormell (PB)
• Joey and Jet in Space by James Yang (PB)
• Jump Into January: A Journey Around the Year by Stella Blackstone & Maria Carluccio (PB)
• I Am an Aspie Girl: A Book for Young Girls with Autism Spectrum Conditions by Danuta Bulhak-Paterson & Teresa Ferguson (Y-NF)

12.19.16

• Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (A)

12.22.16

• The Sellout by Paul Beatty (A)

12.24.16

• Black Widow: The Finely Woven Thread by Nathan Edmondson & Phil Noto (GN)

12.25.16

• Champion by Marie Lu (YA)

12.26.16

• The Devil You Know by Mike Carey (A)

12.28.16

• The Friend Ship by Kat Yeh & Chuck Groenink (PB)
• The Secret Life of Squirrels: A Love Story by Nancy Rose (PB)
• Wherever You Go by Pat Zietlow Miller & Eliza Wheeler (PB)
• What Do You Love About You? by Karen Lechelt (PB)
• Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich (A)
• The Walking Dead Compendium Two by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, & Cliff Rathburn (GN)

12.29.16

• Marta! Big & Small by Jen Arena & Angela Dominguez (PB)
• The Curvy Tree by Chris Colfer & Brandon Dorman (PB)
• Happy by Emma Dodd (PB)
• Wish by Emma Dodd (PB)
• Presents Through the Window by Taro Gomi (PB)
• Monster & Son by David LaRochelle & Joey Chou (PB)
• A Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen & Mike Lowery (PB)
• Little Red Gliding Hood by Tara Lazar & Troy Cummings (PB)
• Maple & Willow's Christmas Tree by Lori Nichols (PB)
• The Not So Quiet Library by Zachariah Ohora (PB)
• Quick, Little Monkey! by Sarah L. Thomson & Lita Judge (PB)
• A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom (PB)
• Gleeful Goats by Colleen Dolphin (Y-NF)

12.30.16

• A Child's First Book of Trump by Michael Ian Black & Marc Rosenthal (A)
• ToastHampton: How to Summer in Style by Katie Sturino (A-NF)
• F*ck That: An Honest Meditation by Jason Headlet (A-NF)
• The Complete Chi's Sweet Home Part 3 by Konami Kanata (M)
• The Complete Chi's Sweet Home Part 4 by Konami Kanata (M)
• Rex Finds an Egg! Egg! Egg! by Steven Weinberg (PB)
• Next to You: A Book of Adorableness by Lori Haskins Houran & Sydney Hanson (PB)
• Table Manners by Chris Raschka & Vladimir Radunsky (PB)
• Hello, Hippo! Goodbye, Bird! by Kristyn Crow & Poly Bernatene (PB)
• Snail and Slug by Denys Cazet (PB)
• The Poet's Dog by Patricia MacLachlan (Y)

12.16 total: 77

5 youth non fiction; 51 picture books; 5 adult non fiction; 7 adult fiction; 3 youth fiction; 2 young adult fiction; 2 graphic novels; 2 manga

Completed 2016 Reading Challenges!

I completed 3 of the 4 reading challenges that I undertook this year. I still have a few days for the 4th, but it seems unlikely.  But, here are the 3 that I completed!  Woo hoo! :D

2016 PopSugar Reading Challenge

• A book based on a fairy tale
• Winter by Melissa Meyer
• A National Book Award winner
• Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
• A YA bestseller
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
• A book you haven't read since high school
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• A book set in your home state
• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• A book translated to English
• Religion: A Discovery in Comics by Margreet de Heer
• A romance set in the future
• Saga, Volume 4 & Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
• A book set in Europe
• Slade House by David Mitchell
• A book that's under 150 pages
• How to Carry Bigfoot Home by Chris Tarry
• A New York Times bestseller
• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter
• A book that's becoming a movie this year
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• A book recommended by someone you just met
• The Devil You Know by Mike Carey
• A self-improvement book
• You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
• A book you can finish in a day
• Dread Locks by Neal Shusterman
• A book written by a celebrity
• Gumption by Nick Offerman
• A political memoir
• Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
• A book at least 100 years older than you
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
• A book that's more than 600 pages
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
• A book from Oprah's Book Club
• Night by Elie Wiesel
• A science-fiction novel
• Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
• A book recommended by a family member
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
• A graphic novel
• Far Arden by Kevin Cannon
• A book that is published in 2016
• The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
• A book with a protagonist who has your occupation
• Couch Fiction by Philippa Perry & Junko Graat
• A book that takes place during Summer
• The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle
• A book and its prequel
• The Book of Phoenix & Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
• A murder mystery
• Mr. Kiss and Tell by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham
• A book written by a comedian
• Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
• A dystopian novel
• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mati
• A book with a blue cover
• Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
• A book of poetry
• National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry edited by J. Patrick Lewis
• The first book you see in a bookstore
• The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith
• A classic from the 20th century
• Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
• A book from the library
• Denton Little's Deathdate by Lance Rubin
• An autobiography
• The Story of My Tits by Jennifer Hayden
• A book about a road trip
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with
• Day of Honey by Annia Ciezaldo
• A satirical book
• The Sellout by Paul Beatty
• A book that takes place on an island
• The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
• A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy
• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2016

• Read a horror book
• Slade House by David Mitchell
• Read a nonfiction book about science
• Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe
• Read a collection of essays
• Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
• Read a book out loud to someone else
• The Knowing Book by Rebecca Kai Dotlich & Matthew Cordell
• Read a middle grade novel
• The Iron Trail by Cassandra Clare & Holly Black
• Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography)
• Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton
• Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
• The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearsen
• Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
• Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
• Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award
• Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
• Read a book over 500 pages long
• Winter by Melissa Meyer
• Read a book under 100 pages
• The Dot & the Line by Norton Juster
• Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender
• If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
• Read a book that is set in the Middle East
• Day of Honey by Annia Ciezaldo
• Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia
• Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
• Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900
• The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin
• Read the first book in a series by a person of color
• Prophecy by Ellen Oh
• Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
• Giant Days Volume One by John Allison, Lizzie Treiman, & Whitney Cogar
• Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
• Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes
• Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
• Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
• Religion: A Discovery in Comics by Margreet de Heer
• Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction)
• Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
• Read a food memoir
• Blood, Bones, & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
• Read a play
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne
• Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
• Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

Girl XOXO 2016 Monthly Motif Challenge

• January--Who Dunnit?
• Mr. Kiss and Tell by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham
• February--New Releases
• Winter by Melissa Meyer
• March--Take a Trip
• The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
• April--Best of the Best
• Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
• May--Story of Survival
• Legend by Marie Lu
• June--Girl XOXO Recommends
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik
• July--LOL
• Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
• August--Genre Jumble
• The Trouble with Witches by Shirley Damsgaard
• September--Steampunk, Sci-Fi, & Fantasy
• River Marked by Patricia Briggs
• October--Things that Go Bump in the Night
• The Walking Dead Compendium Volume One by Robert Kirkland, Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore, & Cliff Rathburn
• November--Fiction Takes a Break
• Thing Explainer by Randall Moore
• December--That's a Wrap
• Champion by Marie Lu

books i've read november 2016

11.1.16

• Meet Wild Boars by Meg Rosoff & Sophie Blackall (PB)
• Hello, My Name Is Octicorn by Kevin Diller & Justin Lowe (PB)
• Cemetery Girl, Book Two: Inheritance by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Don Kramer, & Daniele Rudoni (GN)
• The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch by Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, & Todd Klein (GN)

11.5.16

• Penguin Problems by Jory John & Lane Smith (PB)
• Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• Peanut Butter's Tasty Opposites by Terry Border (PB)
• This Is Me: A Story of Who We Are & Where We Came From by Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell (PB)
• Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (PB)
• If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond (PB)
• We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen (PB)
• The Littlest Family's Big Day by Emily Winfield Martin (PB)
• Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton & Brooke Boynton-Hughes (PB)
• The Happiest Book Ever! by Bob Shea (PB)
• Be Who You Are by Todd Parr (PB)
• Little Elliot, Big Fun by Mike Curato (PB)
• The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas & Erin E. Stead (PB)
• Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by Kimberly Dean & James Dean (PB)
• Otis and the Kittens by Loren Long (PB)
• Grimelda the Very Messy Witch by Diana Murray & Heather Ross (PB)
• This Is My Book! by Mark Pett (PB)
• D Is for Destiny by Bungie (PB)
• Nanette's Baguette by Mo Willems (PB)
• Guess How Much I Love You in the Winter by Sam McBratney & Anita Jeram (PB)
• Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy by Doug Savage (GN)
• I Am Pan! by Mordicai Gerstein (Y-NF)
• The Heartless Troll by Oyvind Torseter (GN)

11.6.16

• The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo by Drew Weing (GN)
• If I Was Your Girl by Merdith Russo (YA)

11.12.16

• Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs (A)
• Ghost Wings by Barbara M. Joosse & Giselle Potter (PB)

11.15.16

• Skin Game by Jim Butcher (A)
• Harvey Moon, Museum Boy by Pat Cummings (PB)
• The Mouse Mansion by Karina Schaapman (Y)
• Treasure Hunt by Allan Ahlberg & Gillian Tyler (PB)
• NanoBots by Chris Gall (PB)
• Grandpappy Snippy Snappies by Lynn Plourde & Christopher Santoro (PB)

11.16.16

• Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe (A-NF)

11.19.16

• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton, Jess Ruffner-Booth, & Ron Lim (GN)
• Jedi Academy: A New Class by Jeffrey Brown (Y)

11.23.16

• Undead and Unsure by MaryJanice Davidson (A)

11.24.16

• Have You Seen Elephant? by David Barrow (PB)
• Wally Does Not Want a Haircut by Amanda Driscoll (PB)
• Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer & Holly Clifton-Brown (PB)
• Ooko by Esme Shapiro (PB)
• Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War by Annia Ciezaldo (A-NF)
• Lucy & Andy Neanderthal by Jeffrey Brown (Y)

11.26.16

• M Is for Monocle: A Victorian Alphabet by Greg Paprocki (PB)
• Wild & Woolly by Mary Jessie Parker & Shannon McNeill (PB)
• Let Me Finish! by Minh Le & Isabel Roxas (PB)
• Batty by Sarah Dyer (PB)

11.27.16

• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (YA)

11.28.16

• Elizabeth Started All the Trouble by Doreen Rappaport & Matt Faulkner (Y-NF)
• On the Farm, at the Market by G. Brian Karas (PB)
• The Man with the Violin by Kathy Stinson & Dusan Petricie (PB)
• Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary by Julie Larios & Julie Paschkis (PB)
• Veggies with Wedgies by Todd H. Doodley (PB)
• Monster Mama by Liz Rosenberg & Stephen Gammell (PB)

11.16 total: 58

40 picture books; 6 graphic novels; 2 youth nonfiction; 2 young adult fiction; 3 adult fiction; 3 youth fiction; 2 adult nonfiction

books i've read october 2016

10.2.16

• The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan (YA)
• A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep & Joanne Ryder (Y)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 10, #27: Own It, Part Two by Christos Gage, Rebekah Isaacs, & Joss Whedon (C)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 10, #28: Own It, Part Three by Christos Gage, Rebekah Isaacs, & Joss Whedon (C)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 10, #29: Own It, Part Four by Christos Gage, Rebekah Isaacs, & Joss Whedon (C)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 10, #30: Own It, Part Five by Christos Gage, Rebekah Isaacs, & Joss Whedon (C)

10.4.16

• Ghost Story by Jim Butcher (A)

10.5.16

• Pino and the Signora's Pasta by Janet Pedersen (PB)
• Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin (PB)
• Monsters Love School by Mike Austin (PB)
• Seen and Not Heard by Katie May Green (PB)
• Moon by Steve Tomecek & Liisa Chauncy Guida (Y-NF)
• The Boy Who Cried Ninja by Alex Latimer (PB)
• Invitation to Meditation: How to Find Peace Wherever You Are by Howard Cohn (A-NF)
• The Emoji-to-English Dictionary: Your Text-Message Translation Guide by Adams Media (A-NF)
• The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts by Maja Safstrom (A-NF)

10.6.16

• Kamisama Kiss #7 by Julietta Suzuki (M)

10.7.16

• Kamisama Kiss #8 by Julietta Suzuki (M)

10.9.16

• Kamisama Kiss #9 by Julietta Suzuki (M)

10.10.16

• Not Every Princess by Jeffrey Bone, Lisa Bone, & Valeria Docampo (PB)
• Bow-Wow's Nightmare Neighbors by Mark Newgarden & Megan Montague Cash (PB)
• The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle & Hanako Wakiyama (PB)
• The Very Best Pumpkin by Mark Kimball Moulton & Karen Hillard Good (PB)
• Relativity as Explained by Professor Xargle by Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross (PB)
• Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman & Dianna Souza (PB)

10.11.16

• Lucy by Randy Cecil (Y)

10.15.16

• Kamisama Kiss #10 by Julietta Suzuki (M)

10.16.16

• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manual Miranda & Jeremy McCarter (A-NF)

10.22.16

• The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong (YA)
• Whatever Happened to Dinosaurs? by Bernard Most (PB)
• Toys in Space by Mini Grey (PB)
• Math-terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solving by Greg Tang (Y-NF)
• Just Like Sisters by Angela McAllister & Sophie Fatus (PB)
• I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont (PB)
• Tabby McTat, the Musical Cat by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (PB)
• The Grownup by Gillian Flynn (A)
• Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier (GN)
• Very! Very! Sweet #7 by JiSang Shin & Geo (M)
• Very! Very! Sweet #8 by JiSang Shin & Geo (M)

10.25.16

• Naughty Mabel Sees It All by Nathan Lane, Devlin Elliott, & Dan Krall (PB)
• Tek: The Modern Cave Boy by Patrick McDonnell (PB)
• We Are Growing! by Laurie Keller (PB)
• The Cookie Fiasco by Dan Santat (PB)

10.26.16

• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs (A)
• Little by Will Terry (A)
• Taming Horrible Harry by Lili Chartrand, Roge, & Susan Ouriou (PB)
• Weeds Find a Way by Cindy Jenson-Elliott & Carolyn Fisher (Y-NF)
• Bruno Munari's Zoo by Bruno Munari (PB)
• Windblown by Edouard Manceau (PB)
• A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan & Tom Murphy (PB)
• Kumak's Fish: A Tall Tale from the Far North by Michael Bania (PB)
• Which Witch Is Which? by Judi Barrett & Sharleen Collicott (PB)
• Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea! by Ben Clanton (GN)

10.27.16

• Cold Days by Jim Butcher (A)

10.29.16

• The Walking Dead Compendium One by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore, & Cliff Rathburn (GN)

10.30.16

• His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik (A)

10.31.16

• A Dragon's Guide to Making Your Human Smarter by Laurence Yep & Joanne Ryder (Y)

10.16 total: 57

2 young adult fiction; 3 youth fiction; 4 comics; 6 adult fiction; 26 picture books; 3 youth non fiction; 4 adult non fiction; 6 manga; 3 graphic novels

July, August, & September Reading Challenge Updates

PopSugar 2016 Reading Challenge

• A book that takes place during Summer
• The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle

Read Harder Challenge 2016

• Read a biography
• Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton
• Read a book under 100 pages
• The Dot & the Line by Norton Juster
• Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900
• The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin

2016 Monthly Motif Challenge

• July--LOL
• Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
• August--Genre Jumble (from a genre you don't usually read)
• The Trouble with Witches by Shirley Damsgaard
• September--Steampunk, Sci Fi, & Fantasy
• River Marked by Patricia Briggs

books i've read september 2016

9.1.16

• Changes by Jim Butcher (A)
• Dragonbreath: The Frozen Menace by Ursula Vernon (Y)

9.5.16

• A Tiger Tail (Or What Happened to Anya on Her First Day of School) by Mike Boldt (PB)
• Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library by Julie Glassman & Andy Elkerton (PB)
• Return by Aaron Becker (PB)
• They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel (PB)
• The Storybook Knight by Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty (PB)
• Rosco Vs. the Baby by Lindsay Ward (PB)
• Me and My Cat by Ekaterina Trukhan (PB)
• Alice & Lucy Will Work for Bunk Beds by Jaime Temairik (PB)
• I Love Lemonade by Mark Sommerset & Rowan Sommerset (PB)
• Little People, Big Dreams: Frida Kahlo by Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Gee Fan Eng (Y-NF)
• Little People, Big Dreams: Coco Chanel by Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (Y-NF)
• Little People, Big Dreams: Amelia Earhart by Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Mariadiamantes (Y-NF)
• Little People, Big Dreams: Maya Angelou by Lisbeth Kaiser & Leire Salaberria (Y-NF)
• Keep Curious and Carry a Banana: Wisdom from the World of Curious George by Justin Martin & Liza Charlesworth (A)
• The Last Monster by Ginger Garrett (Y)
• Library Wars: Love & War #11 by Kiiro Yumi & Hiro Arikawa (M)
• Library Wars: Love & War #12 by Kiiro Yumi & Hiro Arikawa (M)

9.7.16

• Library Wars: Love & War #13 by Kiiro Yumi & Hiro Arikawa (M)
• What Forest Knows by George Ella Lyon & August Hall (PB)
• My Apollo by Nina Huang (PB)
• Cat & Bunny by Mary Lundquist (PB)
• Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny! by Jan Thomas (PB)
• Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root & Randy Cecil (PB)
• The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell (GN)
• Fluffy Strikes Back by Ashley Spires (GN)

9.8.16

• Library Wars: Love & War #14 by Kiiro Yumi & Hiro Arikawa (M)
• Library Wars: Love & War #15 by Kiiro Yumi & Hiro Arikawa (M)

9.9.16

• Very! Very! Sweet #2 by JiSang Shin & Geo (M)

9.10.16

• How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman, Fabio Moon, & Gabriel Ba (GN)
• Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat by Deborah Underwood & Claudia Rueda (PB)
• Oscar and Arabella by Neal Layton (PB)
• Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears by Corey Rosen Schwartz, Beth Coulton, & Nate Wragg (PB)
• Two by Kathryn Otoshi (PB)
• Henry & the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi & John Manders (PB)
• Cat Up a Tree by John Hassett & Ann Hassett (PB)
• Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari & Eric Klinenberg (A-NF)
• My Heavenly Hockey Club #8 by Ai Morinaga (M)
• Very! Very! Sweet #3 by JiSang Shin & Geo (M)
• Honey Hunt #1 by Miki Aihara (M)
• Lazy Dave by Jarvis (PB)
• Arrowville by Geefwee Boedoe (PB)
• Duck Skates by Lynne Berry & Hiroe Nakata (PB)
• You Have to Be Nice to Someone on Their Birthday by Barbara Bottner & Tatjana Mai-Wyss (PB)
• Very Little Cinderella by Heapy & Heap (PB)
• P. Zonka Lays an Egg by Julie Paschkis (PB)
• Kamisama Kiss #2 by Julietta Suzuki (M)
• Kamisama Kiss #3 by Julietta Suzuki (M)

9.11.16

• Kamisama Kiss #4 by Julietta Suzuki (M)
• Pandora Hearts #2 by Jun Mochizuki (M)
• Skip-Beat! #34 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• Skip-Beat! #35 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)

9.12.16

• Pandora Hearts #3 by Jun Mochizuki (M)

9.14.16

• Uncle Elephant by Arnold Lobel (Y)
• Small Pig by Arnold Lobel (Y)
• Ming Lo Moves the Mountain by Arnold Lobel (PB)
• 10 Hungry Rabbits: Counting & Color Concepts by Anita Lobel (PB)
• Being a Pig Is Nice: A Child's-Eye View of Manners by Sally Lloyd-Jones & Dan Krall (PB)
• The Big Wet Balloon by Liniers (PB)
• Maxwell's Magic Mix-Up by Linda Ashman & Regan Dunnick (PB)
• Switchcrafted: The Story of the Switch Witches of Halloween by Audrey Kinsman, Pam Hatcher, & Milena Kirkova (PB)
• Cat Dreams by Ursula K. Le Guin & S.D. Schindler (PB)

9.15.16

• Honey Hunt #2 by Miki Aihara (M)
• Honey Hunt #3 by Miki Aihara (M)

9.16.16

• Pandora Hearts #4 by Jun Mochizuki (M)
• Kamisama Kiss #5 by Julietta Suzuki (M)

9.17.16

• Kamisama Kiss #6 by Julietta Suzuki (M)
• Free Country: A Tale of the Children's Crusade by Neil Gaiman, Toby Litt, Peter Gross, Chris Bachalo, Peter Snejbjerg, Jamie Delano, Alisa Kwitney, Rachel Pollack, Mike Barreiro, Daniel Vozzo, & Jeanne McGee (GN)

9.18.16

• Max at Night by Ed Vere (PB)
• I Will Not Eat You by Adam Lehrhaupt & Scott Magoon (PB)
• Love Monster and the Scary Something by Rachel Bright (PB)
• When Penny Met POTUS by Rachel Ruiz & Melissa Manwill (PB)
• Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles by Mara Rockliff & Hadley Hooper (Y-NF)
• One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote by Bonnie Worth, Aristides Ruiz, & Joe Mathieu (Y-NF)
• I Am a Story by Dan Yaccarino (Y-NF)
• A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers & Sam Winston (PB)
• Wonderfall by Michael Hall (PB)
• The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield, Kate Fillion, Terry Fan, & Eric Fan (PB)
• How This Book Was Made by Mac Barnett & Adam Rex (PB)
• Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (PB)
• Quit Calling Me a Monster! by Jory John & Bob Shea (PB)
• The Snurtch by Sean Ferrell & Charles Santoso (PB)
• Giraffes Ruin Everything by Heidi Schulz & Chris Robertson (PB)
• Mervin the Sloth Is About to Do the Best Thing in the World by Colleen AF Venable & Ruth Chan (PB)
• Some Pets by Angela DiTerlizzi & Brendan Wenzel (PB)
• Poppy Pickle: A Little Girl with a Big Imagination by Emma Yarlett (PB)
• A Unicorn Named Sparkle by Amy Young (PB)
• Leaping Lemmings! by John Briggs & Nicola Slater (PB)
• The Very Fluffy Kitty, Papillon by A.N. Kang (PB)
• River Marked by Patricia Briggs (A)

9.20.16

• Ackamarackus by Julius Lester & Emilie Chollat (Y)
• Pandora Hearts #5 by Jun Mochizuki (M)

9.21.16

• I Am Martin Luther King Jr. by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (Y-NF)
• Mousequerade Ball: A Counting Tale by Lori Mortensen & Betsy Lewin (PB)
• Horris Grows Down by Shari Becker & Valeria Petrone (PB)
• Sumo Mouse by David Wisniewski (PB)
• Opera Cat by Tess Weaver & Andrea Wesson (PB)

9.22.16

• Honey Hunt #4 by Miki Aihara (M)
• Very! Very! Sweet #4 by JiSang Shin & Geo (M)

9.24.16

• Alice in the Country of Hearts Omnibus #2 by QuinRose & Soumei Hoshino (M)
• I Am Lucille Ball by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (Y-NF)
• The Dot & the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics by Norton Juster (A)
• Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee (PB)
• How Do You Read to a Rabbit? by Andrea Wayne von Konigslow (PB)
• Bill in a China Shop by Katie McAllaster Weaver & Tim Raglin (PB)
• Encounter by Jane Yolen & David Shannon (PB)
• Hoptoad by Jane Yolen & Karen Lee Schmidt (PB)
• The Seeing Stick by Jane Yolen & Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini (PB)
• The Scarecrow's Dance by Jane Yolen & Dagram Ibatoulline (PB)
• The Chameleon that Saved Noah's Ark by Yael Molchadsky & Orit Bergman (PB)
• The Adventures of Piratess Tilly by Elizabeth Lorayne & Karen Watson (PB)
• Very! Very! Sweet #5 by JiSang Shin & Geo (M)
• Very! Very! Sweet #6 by JiSang Shin & Geo (M)

9.25.16

• Saga Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (GN)
• Saga Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (GN)

9.26.16

• The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin (A)

9.27.16

• Honey Hunt #5 by Miki Aihara (M)
• Honey Hunt #6 by Miki Aihara (M)

9.29.16

• I Am Jackie Robinson by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (Y-NF)
• Houndsley and Catina by James Howe & Marie-Louise Gay (Y)
• Harold's Circus by Crockett Johnson (PB)
• A Party at Manny's by Paul van Loon & Gitte Spee (PB)
• Otter and Odder: A Love Story by James Howe & Chris Raschka (PB)
• Five Little Gefiltes by Dave Horowitz (PB)
• Cowboy Bunnies by Christine Loomis & Ora Eltan (PB)
• Black All Around! by Patricia Hubbell & Don Tate (PB)
• Walk with a Wolf by Janni Howker & Sarah Fox-Davies (Y-NF)
• The Nine Lives of Aristotle by Dik King-Smith & Bob Graham (Y)

9.30.16

• Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton (A-NF)

09.16 total: 130

5 adult fiction; 7 youth fiction; 70 picture books; 11 youth non fiction; 29 manga; 6 graphic novels; 2 adult non fiction