books i've read march 2018

3.1.18

• Horimiya #7 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)

3.2.18

• Florette by Anna Walker (PB)
• Bear and Wolf by Daniel Salmieri (PB)
• A Mammal Is an Animal by Lizzy Rockwell (YNF)
• Who Says Women Can't Be Computer Programmers?: The Story of Ada Lovelace by Tanya Lee Stone & Marjorie Priceman (YNF)
• Old Hat by Emily Gravett (PB)
• Milkyway Hitchhiking #1 by Sirial (M)
• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine (ANF)

3.3.18

• The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (ANF)
• Assassination Classroom #14 by Yusei Matsui (M)
• He's My Only Vampire #2 by Aya Shouoto (M)

3.4.18

• Afterschool Charisma #1 by Kumiko Suekane (M)
• Wires and Nerve Volume 2: Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer & Stephen Gilpin (GN)

3.5.18

• The Demon Prince of Momochi House #8 by Aya Shouoto (M)
• Girl Up: Kick Ass, Claim Your Woman Card, and Crush Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates (YANF)

3.6.18

• Assassination Classroom #15 by Yusei Matsui (M)

3.8.18

• Giant Days Volume 5 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Liz Fleming, & Whitney Cogar (GN)
• Natalie's Hair Was Wild! by Laura Freeman (PB)
• Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson & Frank Morrison (YNF)
• When Pigs Fly by James Burks (PB)
• The Boy and the Blue Moon by Sara O'Leary & Ashley Crowley (PB)

3.9.18

• Shockaholic by Carrier Fisher (ANF)

3.10.18

• All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson (GN)
• A World Full of Animal Stories: 50 Folktales and Legends by Angela McAllister & Aitch (Y)
• Afar by Leila Del Duca & Kit Seaton (GN)
• The Unwritten: War Stories by Mike Carey & Peter Gross (GN)
• I Am Harriet Tubman by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly & Laura Freeman (YNF)
• She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger (YNF)
• She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger (YNF)
• Moon by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld (PB)
• Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller & Jen Hill (PB)
• The Very Very Very Long Dog by Julia Patton (PB)
• Penguins Don't Wear Sweaters! by Marikka Tamura & Daniel Rieley (PB)
• This Zoo Is Not for You by Ross Collins (PB)
• Playdates Rule! by Rob McClurkan (PB)
• Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell by Sue Hendra (PB)
• Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey (PB)
• Unplugged by Steve Antony (PB)
• Rot: The Cutest in the World by Ben Clanton (PB)
• Flo by Kyo Maclear & Jay Fleck (PB)
• Words and Your Heart by Kate Jane Neal (PB)
• Elmore by Holly Hobbie (PB)
• I Am a Warrior Goddess by Jennifer Adams & Carme Lemniscates (PB)

3.11.18

• Star Wars: Chewie and the Porgs by Kevin Shinick & Fiona Hsiah (PB)
• Alabama Spitfire: The Story of Harper Lee and "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Bethany Hegedus & Erin McGuire (YNF)
• Five Busy Beavers by Stella Partheniou Grasso & Christine Battuz (PB)
• Love the World by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Pink Hat by Andrew Joyner (PB)
• That Fruit Is Mine! by Anuska Allepuz (PB)
• Woolly and Me by Quentin Greban (PB)
• Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones & Sara Ogilvie (PB)
• Wordy Birdy by Tammi Sauer & Dave Mottram (PB)
• I Am Enough by Grace Byers & Keturah A. Bobo (PB)
• Star Wars: Aliens, Creatures & Beasts by Thomas Macri & Chris Kennett (PB)

3.12.18

• Mixed Vegetables #2 by Ayumi Komura (M)
• Vampire Knight #16 by Matsuri Hino (M)
• Bloody Mary #2 by Akaza Samamiya (M)

3.13.18

• The Color of Heaven by Kim Dong Hwa (M)
• The Unwritten: Apocalypse by Mike Carey & Peter Gross (GN)
• Blood Mary #3 by Akaza Samamiya (M)

3.14.18

• Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man: Revival by Brian Michael Bendis & David Marquez (GN)
• I Am Life by Elisabeth Helland Larsen & Marine Schneider (PB)
• This Is It by Daria Peoples-Riley (PB)
• Cats Got Talent by Ron Barrett (PB)
• From the Heart of Africa: A Book of Wisdom edited by Eric Walters (YNF)
• The Night Lion by Sanne Dufft (PB)
• Gum by Nancy Willard & Jeff Newman (PB)
• The Blue Pool of Questions by Maya Abu-Alhayyat, Hassan Manasrah, & Hanan Awad (PB)
• Bloody Mary #4 by Akaza Samamiya (M)

3.15.18

• Natsume's Book of Friends #6 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)

3.16.18

• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (ANF)
• He's My Only Vampire #3 by Aya Shouoto (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #7 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Piney the Goat Nanny by Leanne Lauricella & Jill Howarth (PB)
• Teeny Tiny Toady by Jill Esbaum (PB)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by Melissa Mathison, Steven Spielberg, & Kim Smith (PB)
• They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki (PB)
• Harriet Gets Carried Away by Jessie Sima (PB)

3.17.18

• Love by Matt de la Pena & Loren Long (PB)
• Somewhere Else by Gus Gordon (PB)
• Arnold the Brave by Gundi Herget & Nikolai Renger (PB)
• Runny Babbit Returns: Another Billy Sook by Shel Silverstein (PB)
• Aunt Fanny's Star by Brigitte Weninger & Feridun Oral (PB)
• Lines by Suzy Lee (PB)
• Are We Pears Yet? by Miranda Paul & Carin Berger (PB)
• The Best Tailor in Pinbaue by Eymard Toledo (PB)
• Grace for Gus by Harry Bliss (PB)
• Nobody's Duck by Mary Sullivan (PB)
• Dave's Cave by Frann Preston-Gannon (PB)

3.18.18

• Natsume's Book of Friends #8 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Whispered Words 2 by Takashi Ikeda (M)
• Assassination Classroom #16 by Yusei Matsui (M)
• Horimiya #8 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• Horimiya #9 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)

3.19.18

• Assassination Classroom #17 by Yusei Matsui (M)
• Kiss of the Rose Princess #2 by Aya Shouoto (M)

3.20.18

• Milkyway Hitchhiking #2 by Sirial (M)
• Afterschool Charisma Volume 2 by Kumiko Suekane (M)

3.23.18

• He's My Only Vampire #4 by Aya Shouoto (M)
• He's My Only Vampire #5 by Aya Shouoto (M)
• Assassination Classroom #18 by Yusei Matsui (M)
• The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag (GN)
• Remember 10 with Explorer Ben by Duncan Beedie & Catherine Veitch (YNF)

3.24.18

• Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza (ANF)
• Ms. Marvel: Damage Per Second by G. Willow Wilson, Mirka Andolfo, Takeshi Miyazawa, & Ian Herring (GN)
• Saga Volume 7 by Fiona Staples & Brian K. Vaughan (GN)

3.25.18

• Natsume's Book of Friends #9 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Black Panther: A Nation Under our Feet Book Three by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Brian Stelfreeze, Chris Sprouse, & Laura Martin (GN)
• Cici's Journal: The Adventures of a Writer-in-Training by Joris Chamblain & Aurelie Neyret (GN)

3.27.18

• The Skydiving Beavers: A True Tale by Susan Wood & Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (YNF)
• Rufus Blasts Off! by Kim T. Griswell & Valeri Gorbachev (PB)
• I See You by Michael Genhart & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (PB)
• Sylvia Rose and the Cherry Tree by Sandy Shapiro Hurt & Xindi Yan (PB)
• Me and Mr. Fluffernutter by Jennifer Gray Olson (PB)
• I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (YA)

3.31.18

• Hamster Princess: Whiskerella by Ursula Vernon (Y)
• Holy Cow by David Duchovny (A)
• An A to Z of Monsters and Magical Beings by Rob Hodgson & Aidan Onn (YNF)

03.18 total: 120

29 manga; 57 picture books; 12 youth nonfiction; 5 adult nonfiction; 12 graphic novels; 1 young adult nonfiction; 2 youth fiction; 1 young adult fiction; 1 adult fiction 

books read february 2018

2.1.18

• Love*Com #15 by Aya Nakahara (M)

2.2.18

• Love*Com #16 by Aya Nakahara (M)
• Horimiya #3 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• The Adventures of Kung Fu Robot: How to Make a Peanut Butter, Jelly & Kung Fu Sandwich by Jason Bays (GN)

2.3.18

• Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story by Peter Bagge (GN)
• Arata the Legend #1 by Yuu Watase (M)

2.4.18

• Arata the Legend #2 by Yuu Watase (M)
• Biomega #2 by Tsutomu Nihei (M)
• Biomega #3 by Tsutomu Nihei (M)
• Come with Me by Holly M. McGhee & Pascal Cemaitre (PB)
• Rabbit Moon by Jean Kim (PB)
• The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• So Many Cuddles by Ruth Austin & Clare Owen (PB)
• Troll Stinks by Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross (PB)
• Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal, Surishtha Seghal, & Vashti Harrison (YNF)
• Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships by Tristan Taormino (ANF)

2.5.18

• Mental by sara_holmes (FF)

2.7.18

• Hunted by Kevin Hearne (A)
• Horimiya #4 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)

2.8.18

• Horimiya #5 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• You & Harujion by Keiko Kinoshita (M)
• Citrus #1 by Saburouta (M)

2.9.18

• Citrus #2 by Saburouta (M)
• Orange: The Complete Collection 2 by Ichigo Takano (M)
• Your Black Friend by Ben Passmore (GN)
• Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles by Taisia Kitaiskaia (A)
• A Cat Is Better by Linda Joy Singleton & Jorge Martin (PB)
• Bub by Elizabeth Rose Stanton (PB)
• The Great Dictionary Caper by Judy Sierra & Eric Comstock (YNF)
• Space Boy and the Snow Monster by Dian Curtis Regan & Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Bunny's Staycation by Lori Richmond (PB)
• Milo: A Moving Story by Tohby Riddle (PB)
• A Couch for Llama by Leah Gilbert (PB)
• Midnight at the Zoo by Faye Hanson (PB)
• Pup and Bear by Kate Banks & Naoko Stoop (PB)
• 10 Reasons to Love a Turtle by Catherine Barr & Hanako Clulow (YNF)
• I Wrote You a Note by Lizi Boyd (PB)
• Ava and the Rainbow (Who Stayed) by Ged Adamson (PB)
• May I Come In? by Marsha Diane Arnold & Jennie Poh (PB)
• Salt on the Western Wind by Saras_Girl (FF)

2.10.18

• The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #2 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• The Demon Prince of Momochi House #6 by Aya Shouoto (M)
• My Love Story!! #8 by Kazune Kawahara & Aruko (M)
• My Love Story!! #9 by Kazune Kawahara & Aruko (M)
• The Demon Prince of Momochi House #7 by Aya Shouoto (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #3 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)

2.11.18

• Assassination Classroom #13 by Yusei Matsui (M)

2.12.18

• Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (A)

2.13.18

• A Surprise for Mrs. Tortoise by Paula Merlan & Sonja Wimmer (PB)
• I Love Cats! by Sue Stainton & Bob Staake (PB)
• One Fun Day with Lewis Carroll: A Celebration of Wordplay and a Girl Named Alice by Kathleen Krull & Julia Sarda (YNF)
• Ukaliq and Kalla Go Fishing by Nadia Mike & Amanda Sandland (PB)
• The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket & Matthew Forsythe (PB)
• In the Woods by Thereza Rowe (PB)
• Puffin Rock: Hello, Little Egg!: An Oona and Baba Adventure by Penguin Young Readers License (PB)
• The Littlest Viking by Alexandra Penfold & Isabel Roxas (PB)
• Small Walt by Elizabeth Verdick & Marc Rosenthal (PB)

2.14.18

• Bird Love by Leila Jeffreys (ANF)
• Maddie Lounging on Things: A Complex Experiment Involving Canine Sleep Patterns by Theron Humphrey (ANF)
• Blue Exorcist #10 by Kazue Kato (M)

2.16.18

• Star Wars: I Am a Hero by Christopher Nicholas & Eren Unten (PB)
• Sun and Moon: Folk Tales by Various Artists by Various Artists (PB)
• You Can't Be Too Careful! by Roger Mello (PB)
• Groundhug Day by Anne Marie Pace & Christopher Denise (PB)
• Vincent Can't Sleep: Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky by Barb Rosenstock & Mary Grandpre (YNF)
• Twinderella: A Factioned Fairy Tale by Corey Rosen Schwartz & Deborah Marcero (PB)
• Wet by Carey Sookocheff (PB)
• The Perfect Siesta by Pato Meno (PB)
• Chicken in the Kitchen by Nnedi Okorafor & Mehrdokht Amini (PB)
• Pompon by Geraldine Elschner & Joanna Boillat (PB)
• The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell (Y)
• Giant Days Volume 4 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Liz Fleming, & Whitney Cogar (GN)
• Phoebe and Her Unicorn in the Magic Storm by Dana Simpson (GN)
• Mighty Jack and the Goblin King by Ben Hatke (GN)

2.18.18

• Mixed Vegetables #1 by Ayumi Komura (M)
• The Unwritten: Orpheus in the Underworld by Mike Carey & Peter Gross (GN)
• The Unwritten: The Unwritten Fables by Mike Carey, Bill Willingham, Peter Gross, & Mark Buckingham (GN)

2.20.18

• Natsume's Book of Friends #4 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Millennium Snow #3 by Bisco Hatori (M)

2.21.18

• He's My Only Vampire #1 by Aya Shouoto (M)

2.23.18

• The Book About Nothing by Mike Bender & Hugh Murphy (PB)
• Neither by Airlie Anderson (PB)
• Willy and the Cloud by Anthony Browne (PB)
• Alphamals A-Z by Graham Carter (PB)
• I Am a Cat by Galia Bernstein (PB)
• Kate, Who Tamed the Wind by Liz Garton Scanlon & Lee White (PB)
• One Little Goat by Ursula Dubosarsky & Andrew Joyner (PB)
• The Adventures of Honey & Leon by Alan Cumming & Grant Shaffer (PB)
• Idea Jar by Adam Lehrhaupt & Deb Pilcotti (PB)
• Jinx and the Doom Fight Crime! by Lisa Mantchev & Samantha Cotterill (PB)
• Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala by Lina Maslo (YNF)
• It's Springtime, Mr. Squirrel! by Sebastian Meschenmoser (PB)
• A Feel Better Book for Little Worriers by Holly Brochmann, Leah Bowen, & Shirley Ng-Benitez (YNF)
• Dream Big Dreams: Photographs from Barack Obama's Inspiring and Historic Presidency by Pete Souza (YNF)
• Humans of London by Cathy Teesdale (ANF)
• Martin Rising: Requiem for a King by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney (YNF)
• The Whiskers Sisters #2: The Mystery of the Tree Stump Ghost by Miss Paty (GN)
• Millennium Snow #4 by Bisco Hatori (M)

2.24.18

• Ms. Marvel: Civil War II by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona, Takeshi Miyazawa, & Mirka Andolfo (GN)
• The Color of Water by Kim Dong Hwa (M)
• Find Your Way: Underground by Paul Boston (YNF)
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now by Ryan North & Erica Henderson (GN)

2.25.18

• Whispered Woods Volume 1 by Takashi Ikeda (M)
• Vampire Knight #17 by Matsuri Hino (M)
• Bloody Mary #1 by Akaza Samamiya (M)
• Vampire Knight #18 by Matsuri Hino (M)
• Vampire Knight #19 by Matsuri Hino (M)

2.26.18

• Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire by Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, & Brigette Barrager (YNF)
• Bagel in Love by Natasha Wing & Helen Dardik (PB)
• Rabbit & Possum by Dana Wulfekotte (PB)
• No One Else Like You by Siska Goeminne & Merel Eyckerman (PB)
• Petra by Marianna Coppo (PB)
• Red Again by Barbara Lehman (PB)
• Floaty by John Himmelman (PB)
• Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten by Laura Veirs & Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (YNF)
• Claudia & Moth by Jennifer Hansen Rolli (PB)

2.27.18

• Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (A)
• Saturn Apartments #2 by Hisae Iwaoka (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #5 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)

2.28.18

• Horimiya #6 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)

02.18 total: 121

36 manga; 11 graphic novels; 51 picture books; 12 youth nonfiction; 4 adult nonfiction; 2 fan fiction; 4 adult fiction; 1 youth fiction

books i've read january 2018

1.5.18

• Birthdays Around the World by Margriet Ruurs & Ashley Barron (YNF)
• Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies & Emily Sutton (YNF)
• Book or Bell? by Chris Barton & Ashley Spires (PB)
• A River by Marc Martin (PB)
• Hortense and the Shadow by Natalia O'Hara & Lauren O'Hara (PB)

1.6.18

• All-New All-Different Avengers: Civil War II by Mark Waid, Jeremy Whitley, Adam Kubert, G. Willow Wilson, Natasha Allegri, Zac gorman, Faith Erin Hicks, Scott Kurtz, Mahmud Asrar, Chip Zorrsky, & Jay Fosgitt (GN)
• Graveyard Shakes by Laura Terry (GN)

1.7.18

• Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky (YNF)
• The Little Book of Little Activists edited by Leila Sales (YNF)
• Shop Cats of New York by Tamar Arslanian & Andrew Marttila (ANF)
• Earth!: My First 4.54 Billion Years by Stacy McAnulty & David Litchfield (PB)
• A Small Blue Whale by Beth Ferry & Lisa Mundorff (PB)
• The African Orchestra by Wendy Hartmann & Joan Rankin (PB)
• When the Moon Comes by Paul Harbridge & Matt James (PB)
• Three Little Monkeys by Quentin Blake & Emma Chichester Clark (PB)
• Pattan's Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India by Chitra Soundar & Frane Lessac (PB)
• Windows by Julia Denos & E.B. Goodale (PB)

1.9.18

• The Wolf Hour by Sara Lewis Holmes (Y)
• The Not-So Secret Society: Tale of the Gummy by Matthew Daley, Arlene Daley, Wook Jin Clark, & Eleonora Bruni (GN)

1.10.18

• The Only Living Boy: To Save a Shattered World by David Gallaher & Steve Ellis (GN)

1.11.18

• The Rabbi's Cat 2 by Joann Sfar (GN)

1.12.18

• Assassination Classroom #10 by Yusei Matsui (M)
• Assassination Classroom #11 by Yusei Matsui (M)

1.13.18

• Amina's Voice by Hena Khan (Y)
• Little People, Big Dreams: Emmeline Pankhurst by Lisbeth Kaiser & Ana Sanfelippo (YNF)
• Orange: The Complete Collection 1 by Ichigo Takano (M)
• Horimiya #1 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)

1.14.18

• Spider-Gwen: Weapon of Choice by Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez, & Rico Renzi (GN)
• Spider-Gwen: Long-Distance by Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez, & Rico Renzi (GN)

1.15.18

• Johnny Boo: Twinkle Power by James Kochalka (GN)

1.17.18

• Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow (A)
• Larry Loves Portland! by John Skewes (PB)
• Let's Count Oregon by David Miles (PB)
• All Aboard!: Pacific Northwest by Kevin Meyers & Haily Meyers (PB)

1.20.18

• Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power! by Mariko Tamaki & Brooke Allen (Y)

1.21.18

• The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli (YA)

1.22.18

• Talking to God: Prayers for Children from the World's Religions by Demi (YNF)
• Little Elliot: Fall Friends by Mike Curato (PB)
• Pillowland by Laurie Berkner & Camille Garoche (PB)
• Who Are You?: The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity by Brook Pessin-Whedbee & Naomi Bardoff (YNF)
• The Three Little Pugs and the Big Bad Cat by Becky Davies & Caroline Attia (PB)
• Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani (GN)
• Love Com #13 by Aya Nakahara (M)

1.24.18

• Harvey by Herve Bouchard & Janice Nadeau (GN)

1.25.18

• Otomen #5 by Aya Kanno (M)
• The Art of DC Comics Bombshells by Brian Walters, Travis Hastbeck, Aram Isaacs, Alan Fisher, Janice Walker, C. Even Metcalf Jr., Steve Cook, William Moulton Marston, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Paul Norris, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, & Ant Lucia (ANF)

1.26.18

• Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (ANF)
• Animals at Night: A Glow-in-the-Dark Book by Anne Jankeliowitch & Delphine Chedru (YNF)
• The Totally Awesome Hulk: Big Apple Showdown by Greg Pak, Luke Ross, German Peralta, & Mahmud Asrar (GN)

1.27.18

• Dorothy of Oz #2 by Son Hee-Joon (M)
• Wonderland by Tommy Kovac & Sonny Liew (GN)
• Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic by the British Library (ANF)
• Otomen #6 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges (GN)
• Horimiya #2 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly & JM Ken Niimura (GN)
• The Unwritten: The Wound by Mike Carey & Peter Gross (GN)
• Giant Days Volume 3 by John Allison & Max Sarin (GN)

1.28.18

• A Bride's Story #3 by Kaoru Mori (M)
• Biomega #1 byTsutomu Nihei (M)
• Hollow Fields: The Complete Collection by Madeleine Rosca (M)
• Snickerdoodle Takes the Cake by Ethan Long (PB)
• The Lumberjack's Beard by Duncan Beedie (PB)
• The Secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton (PB)
• The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur (A)

1.29.18

• Love*Com #14 by Aya Nakahara (M)

1.31.18

• Assassination Classroom #12 by Yusei Matsui (M)

01.18 total: 67

8 youth nonfiction; 19 picture books; 16 graphic novels; 4 adult nonfiction; 3 youth fiction; 14 manga; 2 adult fiction; 1 young adult fiction 

2017 reading year in review

My Goodreads 2017 challenge was 1000 books and I made that goal on December 29th!  Goodreads calculated that I read 1018 books this year.  I think I read some things that weren't on Goodreads, which is why totals don't match!

2017 total: 1041

Broken down by category:
580 picture books
135 graphic novels
96 youth nonfiction
59 comics
45 youth fiction
41 manga
33 adult fiction
27 young adult fiction
23 adult nonfiction
2 zines

My month of the least reading was in November when I read 65 books.
My month of the most reading was in December when I read 124 books.

For comparison, my 2016 totals:
Total: 1136
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

books i've read december 2017

12.1.17

• Yak and Dove by Kyo Maclear & Esme Shapiro (PB)
• Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins & Bryan Collier (PB)
• Super Slug of Doom: A Happy Magic Forest Story by Matty Long (PB)
• Blobfish Throws a Party by Miranda Paul & Maggie Caton (PB)
• When a Wolf Is Hungry by Christine Naumann-Villemin & Kris Di Giacomo (PB)
• Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler & Will Terry (PB)
• The Dragon Tamers by James Russell & Link Choi (PB)
• The Dragon Riders by James Russell & Link Choi (PB)

12.2.17

• Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Be Brave Little One by Marianne Richmond (PB)

12.8.17

• Brave by Stacy McAnulty &a Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (PB)
• Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty & Julia Sarcone-Roach (PB)
• The Great Henry Hopendower by Justin Roberts & Deborah Hocking (PB)
• Hooray for Books! by Brian Won (PB)
• The Giant of Jum by Elli Woollard & Benji Davies (PB)
• This Is Not a Cat! by David Larochelle & Mike Wohnoutka (PB)
• Hamster Princess: Giant Trouble by Ursula Vernon (Y)

12.9.17

• Feather by Cao Wenxuan, Roger Mello, & Chloe Garcia Roberts (PB)
• The Egg by Britta Teckentrup (YNF)
• Thunder Horse by Eve Bunting & Dennis Nolan (PB)
• Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton (YNF)
• I Have a Balloon by Ariel Bernstein & Scott Magoon (PB)
• Mighty Moby by Ed Young & Barbara Dacosta (PB)
• Feather by Remi Courgeon (PB)
• Emma & the Whale by Julie Case & Lee White (PB)
• Edmond: The Thing by Astrid Desbordes & Marc Boutavant (PB)
• Zog and the Flying Doctors by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (PB)
• South by Daniel Duncan (PB)
• The Map of Good Memories by Fran Nuno & Zuzanna Celej (PB)
• Still a Gorilla! by Kim Norman & Chad Geran (PB)

12.10.17

• You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith & Danielle Daniel (PB)
• The Wompananny Witches Make One Mean Pizza by Jennie Palmer (PB)
• You Must Bring a Hat! by Simon Philip & Kate Hindley (PB)
• The Great Pasta Escape by Miranda Paul & Javier Joaquin (PB)
• Beautiful by Stacy McAnulty & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (PB)
• Hooray for Today! by Brian Won (PB)

12.13.17

• Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell (PB)
• Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (PB)
• Julies the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes (PB)
• Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess (PB)

12.16.17

• Equality & Diversity by Charlie Ogden (YNF)
• Identity & Gender by Charlie Ogden (YNF)
• Georgie's Best Bad Day by Ruth Chan (PB)
• The Tiny Tale of Little Pea by Davide Cali & Sebastien Mourrain (PB)
• The Call of the Swamp by Davide Cali & Marco Soma (PB)
• Mr. Benjamin's Suitcase of Secrets by Pei-Yu Chang (YNF)
• Sail Away Dragon by Barbara Joosse & Randy Cecil (PB)
• The Gold Leaf by Kirsten Hall & Matthew Forsythe (PB)
• Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World) by Henriqueta Cristina, Yara Kono, & Lyn Miller-Lachmann (PB)
• The Wolf Who Feel Out of a Book by Thierry Robberecht & Gregoire Mabire (PB)
• I Am Bat by Morag Hood (PB)

12.17.17

• Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro & Marion Lindsay (Y)
• Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters by Michael Mahin & Evan Turk (YNF)
• This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from Around the World by Matt Lamothe (YNF)
• Big Dogs, Little Dogs: A Visual Guide to the World's Dogs by Jim Medway (YNF)
• All-New All-Different Avengers: Family Business by Mark Waid, Adam Kubert, & Mahmud Asrar (GN)
• Cucumber Quest 1: The Doughnut Kingdom by Gigi D.G. (GN)

12.18.17

• The Big Bad Fox by Benjamin Renner (GN)

12.22.17

• Catch My Breath by Paul Briggs (PB)
• The World Shines for You by Jeffrey Burton & Don Clark (PB)
• Pine & Boof: The Lucky Leaf by Ross Burach (PB)
• Maurice the Unbeastly by Amy Dixon & Karl James Mountford (PB)
• Dear Girl, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Paris Rosenthal, & Holly Hatam (PB)
• The OK Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld (PB)
• I Love This Part by Tillie Walden (GN)
• Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder & Emily Hughes (Y)
• Warthog: A Counting Adventure by Birdie Black & Rosalind Beardshaw (PB)
• Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai & Kerascoet (YNF)
• Samson the Mighty Flea by Angela McAllister & Nathan Reed (PB)

12.23.17

• The Whiskers Sisters #1: May's Wild Walk by Miss Paty (GN)
• Putuguq & Kublu by Danny Christopher & Astrid Arijanto (GN)
• No Kimchi for Me! by Aram Kim (PB)
• Love, Triangle by Marcie Colleen & Bob Shea (PB)
• Give Me Back My Book! by Travis Foster & Ethan Long (PB)
• I Won't Eat That by Christopher Silas Neal (PB)
• Marigold Bakes a Cake by Mike Marlbrough (PB)
• The Scariest Book Ever by Bob Shea (PB)
• Toad Has Talent by Richard Smythe (PB)

12.24.17

• Imagine That!: How Dr. Seuss Wrote The Cat in the Hat by Judy Sierra & Kevin Hawkes (YNF)
• Louis Undercover by Fanny Britt & Isabelle Arsenault (GN)

12.25.17

• Volcano Trash by Ben Sears (GN)
• The Only Living Boy: Prisoner of the Patchwork Planet by David Gallaher & Steve Ellis (GN)
• The Only Living Boy: Beyond Sea and Sky by David Gallaher & Steve Ellis (GN)
• The Only Living Boy: Once Upon a Time by David Gallaher & Steve Ellis (GN)
• The Only Living Boy: Through the Murky Deep by David Gallaher & Steve Ellis (GN)

12.26.17

• Cupcakes of Doom! by Ray Friesen (GN)
• Travels of an Extraordinary Hamster by Astrid Desbordes & Pauline Martin (GN)
• Hippopotamister by John Patrick Green (PB)
• A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter by Nikki Giovanni (A)

12.27.17

• A Place to Call Home by Alexis Deacon & Viviane Schwarz (PB)
• I Am Henry Finch by Alexis Deacon & Viviane Schwarz (PB)
• The Day Santa Stopped Believing in Harold by Maureen Fergus & Cale Atkinson (PB)
• Dogosaurus Rex by Anna Staniszewski & Kevin Hawkes (PB)
• The Only Fish in the Sea by Philip C. Stead & Matthew Cordell (PB)
• Christmas Parade by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• Bizzy Mizz Lizzie by David Shannon (PB)
• My Pictures After the Storm by Eric Veille (PB)
• Rapunzel by Bethan Woollvin (PB)
• Seamus's Short Story by Heather Hartt-Sussman & Milan Pavlovic (PB)
• No Honking Allowed! by Stephanie Calmenson & Antogionata Ferrari (PB)
• The Five Forms by Barbara McClintock (PB)
• Valensteins by Ethan Long (PB)

12.28.17

• The Hello Atlas by Ben Handicott & Kenard Pak (YNF)
• The Rock Maiden: A Chinese Tale of Love and Loyalty by Natasha Yim & Pirkko Vainio (PB)
• Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers & Shawn Harris (YNF)
• Papillon Goes to the Vet by A.N. Kang (PB)

12.29.17

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (ANF)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne (A)

12.30.17

• Frido Kahlo and Her Animalitos by Monica Brown & John Parra (YNF)
• Through with the Zoo by Jacob Grant (PB)
• Snappsy the Alligator and His Best Friend Forever! (Probably) by Julie Falatko & Tim Miller (PB)
• Buddy and Earl Go to School by Maureen Fergus & Carey Sookocheff (PB)
• Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E. Ransome (YNF)
• Cinderella and the Furry Slippers by Davide Cali & Raphaelle Barbanegre (PB)
• The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater & the Fan Brothers (PB)
• Mr. Fuzzbuster Knows He's the Favorite by Stacy McAnulty & Edward Hemingway (PB)
• Most People by Michael Leannah & Jennifer E. Morris (PB)

12.31.17

• Apples for Little Fox by Ekaterina Trukhan (PB)
• Kunkush: The True Story of a Refugee Cat by Marne Venture & Beidi Guo (YNF)
• Nerdy Birdy Tweets by Aaron Reynolds & Matt Davies (PB)
• Amy the Red Panda Is Writing the Best Story in the World by Colleen AF Venable & Ruth Chan (PB)
• Henny, Penny, Lenny, Denny, and Mike by Cynthia Rylant & Mike Austin (PB)
• Grandmother Thorn by Katey Howes & Rebecca Hahn (PB)
• Isadora Moon Goes Camping by Harriet Muncaster (Y)

12.17 total: 124

88 picture books; 4 youth fiction; 15 youth nonfiction; 14 graphic novels; 2 adult fiction; 1 adult nonfiction 

books i've read november 2017

11.1.17

• Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (YA)

11.3.17

• The Dark by Lemony Snicket & Jon Klassen (PB)
• You Look Yummy! by Tatsuya Miyanishi (PB)
• I Want That Love by Tatsuya Miyanishi (PB)
• You Are My Best Friend by Tatsuya Miyanishi (PB)
• I Will Love You Forever by Tatsuya Miyanishi (PB)
• Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown (PB)
• Bluebird by Bob Staake (PB)
• This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (PB)
• I'd Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylviane Donnio & Dorothee de Monfreid (PB)
• I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (PB)
• Not Friends by Rebecca Bender (PB)
• Everything Is Awkward by Mike Bender & Doug Chernack (PB)
• Wally Wants a Hug by Barbara Joosse & Rebecca Ashdown (PB)
• Dia de los Muertos by Roseanne Greenfield Thong & Carles Ballesteros (YNF)
• The Wolf Who Wanted to Be an Artist by Orianne Callemand & Eleonore Thuillier (PB)
• Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament by Anne Renaud & Felicita Sala (YNF)
• The Tickle Test by Kathryn White & Adrian Reynolds (PB)
• Where Oliver Fits by Cale Atkinson (PB)
• Lovely by Jess Hong (PB)
• Chibi Samurai Wants a Pet: An Adventure with Little Kunoichi the Ninja Girl by Sanae Ishida (PB)
• It Starts with a Seed by Laura Knowles & Jennie Webber (YNF)
• Renato and the Lion by Barbara Di Lorenzo (PB)
• La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya & Juana Martinez-Neal (PB)
• Counting with Tiny Cat by Viviane Schwarz (PB)

11.4.17

• Hotel Strange #2: On the Sapphire's Trail by Florian Ferrier & Katherine Ferrier (GN)
• Hotel Strange #3: His Royal Majesty of the Mushrooms by Katherine Ferrier & Florian Ferrier (GN)
• Hotel Strange #4: The Ghosts in the Clouds by Katherine Ferrier & Florian Ferrier (GN)

11.6.17

• The Dam Keeper, Book One by Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi (GN)

11.7.17

• Brave by Svetlana Chmakova (GN)
• The Emotionary: A Dictionary of Words That Don't Exist for Feelings That Do by Eden Sher & Julia Wertz (A)
• Night Air by Ben Sears (GN)
• Unicorn Crossing by Dana Simpson (GN)

11.9.17

• Hamster Princess: Ratpunzel by Ursula Vernon (Y)

11.21.17

• All-New All-Different Avengers: The Magnificent Seven by Mark Waid, Mahmud Asrar, & Adam Kubert (GN)

11.22.17

• All the Way to Havanna by Margarita Engle & Mike Curato (PB)
• Flashlight Night by Matt Forrest Esenwine & Fred Koehler (PB)
• Bob and Tom by Denys Cazet (PB)
• La La La by Kate DiCamillo & Jaime Kim (PB)
• Black Belt Bunny by Jacky Davis & Jay Fleck (PB)
• Alfie by Thyra Heder (PB)
• Philomena's New Glasses by Brenna Maloney (PB)
• Whose Moon Is That? by Kim Krans (PB)
• The Secret Project by Jonah Winter & Jeanette Winter (YNF)
• The Apple Tree by Sandy Tharp-Thee & Marlena Campbell Hodson (PB)
• Plume by Isabelle Simler (PB)

11.23.17

• Night Thoughts by Wallace Shawn (ANF)

11.24.17

• Lucy & Andy Neanderthal: The Stone Cold Age by Jeffrey Brown (Y)
• Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams (A)

11.25.17

• Crafty Cat and the Crafty Camp Crisis by Charise Mericle Harper (GN)

11.26.17

• Elephants Walk Together by Cheryl Lawton Malone & Bistra Masseva (PB)
• The Pear Violin by Bingbo & Gumi (PB)
• Harry and Walter by Kathy Stinson & Qin Leng (PB)
• A Year in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau & Giovanni Manna (YNF)
• Shark Dog! by Ged Adamson (PB)
• This Beautiful Day by Richard Jackson & Suzy Lee (PB)
• Dumpling Dreams: How Joyce Chen Brought the Dumpling from Beijing to Cambridge by Carrie Clickard & Katy Wu (YNF)
• A Thousand Billion Things (and Some Sheep) by Loic Clement & Anne Montel (PB)
• Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes & Gordon C. James (PB)

11.29.17

• Sparkle Boy by Leslea Newman & Marla Mola (PB)
• Nella the Princess Knight by Christine Ricci & Alessandra Sorrentino (PB)
• Grimelda and the Spooktacular Pet Show by Diana Murray & Heather Ross (PB)
• The King of Too Many Things by Laurel Snyder & Aurore Damant (PB)
• Tea with Oliver by Mika Song (PB)
• Robinson by Peter Sis (PB)

11.17 total: 65

1 young adult fiction; 44 picture books; 6 youth non fiction; 9 graphic novels; 2 adult fiction; 2 youth fiction; 1 adult non fiction

books i've read october 2017

10.1.17

• This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman & Kristyna Litten (PB)
• Little People, Big Dreams: Agatha Christie by Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Elisa Munso (YNF)

10.2.17

• Hotel Strange #1: Wake Up, Spring by Katherine Ferrier & Florian Ferrier (GN)
• The Bramble by Lee Nordling & Bruce Zick (GN)
• Deep in the Woods by Christopher Corr (PB)

10.3.17

• All Birds Have Anxiety by Kathy Hoopman (YNF)
• Here Comes Teacher Cat by Deborah Underwood & Claudia Rueda (PB)

10.6.17

• The Thing Lou Couldn't Do by Ashley Spires (PB)
• The Night the Stars Went Out by Suz Hughes (PB)
• Lucia the Luchadora by Cynthia Leonor Garza & Alyssa Bermudez (PB)
• Making Scents by Arthur Yorinks, Braden Lamb, & Shelli Paroline (GN)
• The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace (A)

10.7.17

• Ms. Marvel: Super Famous by G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa, Adrian Alphena, & Nico Leon (GN)

10.12.17

• Black Widow: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, & Matthew Wilson (GN)

10.13.17

• It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton & Marla Frazee (PB)
• Polly and Her Duck Costume: The True Story of a Little Blind Rescue Goat by Leanne Lauricella & Jill Howarth (YNF)
• Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff (A)

10.14.17

• Animal Journeys by Patricia Hegarty & Jessica Courney Tickle (YNF)
• Reindeer Boy by Cassandra Jean (GN)
• On Reading by Steve McCurry (ANF)
• Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books by Michelle Markel & Nancy Carpenter (YNF)
• Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing by Dean Robbins & Lucy Knisley (YNF)
• Dangerous Jane by Suzanne Slade & Alice Ratterree (YNF)
• Life by Cynthia Rylant & Brendan Wenzel (PB)
• Weather, Weather by Maira Kalman & Daniel Handler (ANF)
• Iva Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend by Naseem Hrab & Josh Holinaty (PB)
• Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan & Sophie Blackall (PB)
• Find Mom's Wok by Jung Hee Kim & Jung Ah Noh (PB)
• Whobert Whover, Owl Detective by Jason Gallaher & Jess Pauwels (PB)
• LMNO Pea-quel by Keith Baker (PB)
• The Library Book by Tom Chapin, Michael Mark, & Chuck Groenink (PB)
• Questions Asked by Jostein Gaarder & Akin Duzakin (PB)
• How to Find a Friend by Maria S. Costa (PB)

10.17.17

• Deadly Class: Reagan Youth by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, & Lee Loughridge (GN)

10.20.17

• The Baby-Sitters Club: Dawn and the Impossible Three by Gale Galligan & Ann M. Martin (GN)
• The Hand Manual by Sung Eun Kim & Ji Won Lee (YNF)
• Go Big or Go Gnome by Kristen Mayer & Laura K. Horton (PB)
• Barnyard Boogie! by Tim McCanna & Allison Black (PB)
• The Fox Wish by Kimiko Aman & Komako Sakai (PB)
• Colette's Lost Pet by Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow by Michelle Cuevas & Sydney Smith (PB)
• The Topography of Tears by Rose-Lynn Fisher (ANF)
• Sea Glass: Rare and Wonderful by C.S. Lambert & Tina Lam (ANF)
• Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book Two by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, & Laura Martin (GN)
• Black Widow: Last Days by Nathan Edmondson & Phil Noto (GN)
• Swing It, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (GN)

10.21.17

• Around the World in Numbers by Clive Gifford & Josh Hurley (YNF)
• I Can Run by Murray Head (YNF)
• Doris the Bookasaurus by Diana Murray & Yuyi Chen (PB)
• The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson & Vanessa Brantley Newton (YNF)
• I Just Want to Say Good Night by Rachel Isadora (PB)
• The Man Who Loved Libraries: The Story of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Larsen & Katty Maurey (YNF)
• The Only Lonely Panda by Jonny Lambert (PB)
• Frank the Seven-Legged Spider by Michaele Razi (PB)
• Safe & Sound by Jean Roussen & Loris Lova (PB)
• After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat (PB)
• The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Potrait of Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter (YNF)
• What Are You Waiting For? by Scott Menchin & Matt Phelan (PB)
• I Love You Like a Pig by Mac Barnett & Greg Pizzoli (PB)
• Middle Bear by Susanna Isern & Manon Gauthier (PB)
• Pigeon P.I. by Meg McLaren (PB)

10.22.17

• The Mighty Zodiac: Starfall by J. Torres, Corin Howell, & Maarta Laiho (GN)
• Bera the One-Headed Troll by Eric Orchard (GN)
• Hurry Up and Wait by Maira Kalman & Daniel Handler (ANF)
• Girls Standing on Lawns by Maira Kalman & Daniel Handler (ANF)

10.23.17

• Whiskey Words & a Shovel II by r.h. Sin (A)

10.26.17

• Tricky by Kari Rust (PB)
• Naptastrophe! by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (PB)
• Wee Sister Strange by Holly Grant & K.G. Campbell (PB)
• Little Iffy Learns to Fly by Aaron Zenz (PB)
• I Want That Nut! by Madeline Valentine (PB)
• Lily Wool by Paula Vasquez (PB)
• One Hundred Bones by Yuval Zommer (PB)
• The Big Blue Thing on the Hill by Yuval Zommer (PB)

10.28.17

• Where's Halmoni? by Julie Kim (GN)
• The Great Puppy Invasion by Alastair Heim & Kim Smith (PB)
• Bruce's Big Move by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• Leaves by David Ezra Stein (PB)
• The Worm and the Bird by Coralie Bickford-Smith (PB)
• Halloween ComicFest: The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag (C)
• Halloween ComicFest: Lady Mechanika 2017: La Dama de la Muerte by Joe Benitez, M.M. Chen, & Martin Montiel (C)

10.17 total: 81

43 picture books; 13 youth non fiction; 14 graphic novels; 3 adult fiction; 6 adult non fiction; 2 comics