books i've read february 2024

 2.2.24

• Komi Can't Communicate #15 by Tomohito Oda (M)

2.3.24

• Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi (Y)
• Letter from the Queen by Tara Lipsyncki & Cherry Mock (PB)
• The Wishing Flower by A.J. Irving & Kip Alizadeh (PB)
• 47,000 Beads by Koja Adeyoha, Angel Adeyoha, & Holly McGillis (PB)
• ABC of Gender Identity by Devika Dalal (YNF)
• Kitty and the Kidnap Trap by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

2.4.24

• Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars by Irshad Manji (ANF)
• Eyes That Weave the World's Wonders by Joanna Ho, Liz Kleinrock, & Dung Ho (PB)
• Kitty Feral and the Case of the Marshmallow Monkey by Eddie Muller, Jessica Schmidt, & Forrest Burdett (PB)
• Tacos by Frank Asch (PB)
• Much Too Busy by John Bond (PB)
• Catch These Hands! #1 by murata (M)
• Catch These Hands! #2 by murata (M)
• Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim (A)
• Little Owl's Love by Divya Srinivasan (PB)
• Once Upon a Unicorn's Horn by Beatrice Blue (PB)
• Jo Bright and the Seven Bots by Deborah Underwood & Meg Hunt (PB)
• The Wolf in Underpants at Full Speed by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet (PB)
• Bubble Trouble by Tom Percival (PB)
• The Wolf in Underpants Breaks Free by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet (PB)
• The Wolf in Underpants Freezes His Buns Off by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet (PB)
• Charles Darwin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Mark Hoffmann (YNF)
• Steve Irwin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sonny Ross (YNF)
• The Hugasaurus by Rachel Bright & Chris Chatterton (PB)

2.5.24

• The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (A)

2.6.24

• Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand (Y)

2.9.24

• Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life by Renata Cerlise (ANF)
• Catch These Hands! #3 by murata (M)

2.10.24

• Bears Behaving Badly by MaryJanice Davidson (A)
• Indignation by Philip Roth (A)
• Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl? by Sarah Savage & Fox Fisher (PB)
• Yes! No!: A First Conversation About Consent by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, & Isabel Roxas (YNF)
• Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution! by Joy Michael Ellison & Teshika Silver (YNF)
• She's My Dad!: A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative by Sarah Savage & Joules Garcia (PB)
• He's My Mom!: A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative by Sarah Savage & Joules Garcia (PB)
• 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle & Lian Cho (PB)
• Tokyo Night Parade by J.P. Takahashi & Minako Tomigahara (PB)
• It's Your Year, Baby Dragon by Ariel Hsu (PB)
• Star Trek: Baby's First Klingon Words by Ilaria Vescovo (PB)
• The Golden Girls: Goodnight, Girls by Samantha Brooke & Jen Taylor (PB)
• The GayBCs by M.L. Webb (YNF)
• They, He, She...Words for You and Me!: A First Book of Pronouns by Andy Passchier (PB)
• The Pronoun Book by Chris Ayala-Kronos & Melita Tirado (YNF)
• Let's Celebrate Juneteenth by Tonya Abari & Tabitha Brown (PB)
• While We Can't Hug by Eoin McLaughlin & Polly Dunbar (PB)
• Let Me Call You Sweetheart: A Confectionery of Affection by Mary Lee Donovan & Brizida Magro (PB)
• There Was a Party for Langston, King O' Letters by Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey, & Jarrett Pumphrey (YNF)
• Bitsy Bat, School Star by Kaz Windness (PB)
• Are You Big? by Mo Willems (PB)

2.11.24

• Cat's Very Good Day by Kristen Tracy & David Small (PB)
• The Tailor Shop at the Intersection by Ahn Jaesun (PB)
• Not He or She, I'm Me by A.M. Wild & Kah Yangni (PB)
• The Mermaid Princesses by Maya Cameron-Gordon & Mielle Ortega (PB)
• Say My Name by Joanna Ho & Khoa Le (PB)
• Oh, Olivia! by Lian Cho (PB)
• Lucky Duck by Greg Pizzoli (PB)
• A Girl Can Build Anything by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Pat Zietlow Miller, & Keisha Morris (PB)
• The Monster Mac and Cheese Party by Todd Parr (PB)
• Gray Fox in the Moonlight by Isaac Peterson (PB)
• I Can Open It for You by Shinsuke Yoshitake (PB)
• Bunny & Tree by Balint Zsako (PB)
• Catch These Hands! #4 by murata (M)
• Oresama Teacher #2 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• Oresama Teacher #3 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)

2.12.24

• The Passengers by John Marrs (A)
• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer (YA)

2.15.16

• Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller (YA)
• The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (A)

2.16.24

• Oresama Teacher #4 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• Oresama Teacher #5 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)

2.17.24

• Oresama Teacher #6 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• The Stars Did Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy (Y)
• The Bear in My Family by Maya Tatsukawa (PB)
• Bears on Chairs by Shirley Parenteau & David Walker (PB)
• Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood by Carole Boston Weatherford & R. Gregory Christie (YNF)
• All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel & Nabi H. Ali (YNF)
• Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper by Candace Fleming & Julie Downing (YNF)
• The Wolf in Underpants by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet (PB)
• Igor by Francesca Dafne Vignaga (PB)
• I'm Not a Girl by Maddox Lyons, Jessica Verdi, & Dana Simpson (PB)
• The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue by Suzanne Slade & Stacy Innerst (YNF)
• The Happy Lion by Louise Fatio & Roger Duvoisin (PB)
• Veronica by Roger Duvoisin (PB)
• Oresama Teacher #7 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love #1 by Ayuko Hatta (M)
• Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love #2 by Ayuko Hatta (M)
• Sasaki and Miyano #1 by Shou Harusono (M)

2.18.24

• Komi Can't Communicate #16 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #17 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #18 by Tomohito Oda (M)

2.19.24

• Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (A)
• Komi Can't Communicate #19 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #20 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Sasaki and Miyano #2 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Sasaki and Miyano #3 by Shou Harusono (M)

2.20.24

• Blue Flag #2 by Kaito (M)
• Handa-Kun #4 by Satsuki Yoshino (M)
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood (A)
• The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi (M)

2.22.24

• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass (Y)
• Sasaki and Miyano #4 by Shou Harusono (M)
• When Rabbit Was a Lion by Eugenie Fernandes (PB)
• Santa's Gotta Go! by Derrick Barnes & Courtney Lovett (PB)
• Empty and Me: A Tale of Friendship and Loss by Azam Mahdevi & Maryam Tahmasebi (PB)
• Granny Rex by Kurtis Scaletta & Nik Henderson (PB)
• Bananas for You! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Marcus Rashford by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Guilherme Karsten (YNF)
• Charles Darwin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Isobel Ross (YNF)
• Albert Einstein by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Jean Claude (YNF)
• Crane Jane! by Andrea Zimmerman & Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• What Can You Do with a Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller & Katie Kath (PB)
• Penguin and Penelope by Salina Yoon (PB)

2.23.24

• Garvey's Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki Grimes & Theodore Taylor III (GN)
• Blue Flag #3 by Kaito (M)
• Sasaki and Miyano #5 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Sasaki and Miyano #6 by Shou Harusono (M)

2.24.24

• Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler (A)
• Sasaki and Miyano #7 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte (Y)
• Friend of Numbers: The Life of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan by Priya Narayanan & Satwik Gade (YNF)
• My Big Embarrassing Elephant by Angie Lucas & Pierre Collet-Derby (PB)
• How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen (PB)
• Astrid Lindgren by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Linzie Hunter (YNF)
• Stompin' at the Savoy: How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums by Moira Rose Donohue & Laura Freeman (YNF)
• Drag and Rex: Forever Friends by Susan Lubner & Blythe Russo (Y)

2.25.24

• The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais (YA)
• Sasaki and Miyano #8 by Shou Harusono (M)
• Space*Dandy #2 by Masafumi Harada & Sung-Woo Park + Redice (M)
• Delicious in Dungeon #9 by Ryoko Kui (M)

2.26.24

• Across the Universe by Beth Revis (YA)
• The Woman in Me by Britney Spears (ANF)
• The Dastard by Piers Anthony (A)

2.24 total: 133

32 manga; 7 youth fiction; 58 picture books; 18 youth nonfiction; 3 adult nonfiction; 10 adult fiction; 4 young adult fiction; 1 graphic novel

books i've read january 2024

 1.1.24

• Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe: Color Edition by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Cinderella--with DOGS! by Linda Bailey & Freya Hartas (PB)
• Rock Your Mocs by Laurel Goodluck & Madelyn Goodnight (PB)
• Baller Ina by Liz Casal (PB)
• Adam and His Tuba by Ziga X. Gombac & Maja Kastelic (PB)
• The Littlest Yak and the New Arrival by Lu Fraser & Kate Hindley (PB)
• Horimiya #12 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #8 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #9 by Tomohito Oda (M)

1.2.24

• Stick and Stone: Explore and More by Beth Ferry & Kristen Cella (GN)
• Cornbread & Poppy at the Museum by Matthew Cordell (Y)
• Kitty and the Starlight Song by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

1.4.24

• Death & Sparkles and the Sacred Golden Cupcake by Rob Justus (GN)
• Corazon Aquino by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ginnie Hsu (YNF)
• Greta Thunberg by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Anke Weckmann (YNF)
• Evonne Goolagong by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lisa Koesterke (YNF)
• Only Margaret: A Story About Margaret Wise Brown by Candice Ransom & Nan Lawson (YNF)
• Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett (A)

1.5.24

• Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World by Kate DePalma & Martina Peluso (YNF)
• Making Happy by Sheetal Sheth & Khoa Le (PB)
• Frogness by Sarah Nelson & Eugenie Fernandes (PB)
• Hogbert's Spring by Georgie Birkett (PB)
• Moldilocks and the Three Scares: A Zombie Tale by Lynn Marie & David Rodriguez Lorenzo (PB)
• Hockey in the Wild by Nicholas Oldland (PB)
• The Color Collector by Nicholas Solis & Renia Metallinou (PB)
• A Case of the Zaps by Alex Boniello, April Lavalle, & James Kwan (PB)

1.6.24

• The Marriage Act by John Marrs (A)

1.8.24

• Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo (YA)

1.9.24

• Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart (ANF)

1.10.24

• Green by Alex Gino (Y)

1.11.24

• Rajiv's Starry Feelings by Niall Moorjani & Nanette Regan (PB)
• The Real Story by Sergio Ruzzier (PB)
• Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramon y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience by Christine Iverson & Luciano Lozano (YNF)
• Copydog by Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Mothman's Merry Cryptid Christmas by Andrew Shaffer (PB)
• The Bookshop Mice by Robert Starling (PB)
• Valentines for All: Esther Howland Captures America's Heart by Nancy Churnin & Monika Roza Wisniewska (YNF)
• Once Upon My Dads' Divorce by Seamus Kirst & Noemie Gionet Landry (PB)
• Lullaby for the King by Nikki Grimes & Michelle Carlos (PB)
• Cone Dog by Sarah Howden & Carmen Mok (PB)
• William's Getaway by Annika Dunklee & Yong Ling Kang (PB)
• Tilda Tries Again by Tom Percival (PB)

1.12.24

• Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich (A)

1.13.24

• Horimiya #13 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• Horimiya #14 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #10 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #11 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #12 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Who Is AC? by Hope Larson & Tintin Pantoja (GN)
• All My Friends by Hope Larson (GN)

1.14.24

• Lucky Me by Lawrence Schimel & Juan Camilo Mayorga (PB)
• Lewis Hamilton by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Fernando Martin (YNF)
• My Sister Is Super! by Sabrina Moyles & Eunice Moyles (PB)
• King Charles by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Matt Hunt (YNF)
• Shakira by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Laura Diez (YNF)
• Penguin and Ollie by Salina Yoon (PB)
• Bear and Bird: The Stars and Other Stories by Jarvis (PB)
• Finn's Little Fibs by Tom Percival (PB)
• Snitchy Witch by Frank J. Sileo & MacKenzie Haley (PB)
• The Blue Bird's Palace by Orianne Lallemand & Carole Henaff (PB)
• How This Book Got Red by Margaret Chiu Grenias & Melissa Iwai (PB)
• Beastars #16 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood (YA)

1.15.24

• Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho (YA)
• Herbert Climbs to the Top by Rilla Alexander (PB)
• My Brother Is the Best! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Fiona in the Sandbox by Rilla Alexander (PB)
• My Grandma Is Great! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• My Grandpa is Grand! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Kindness Rules! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Yoko Ono by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Momoko Abe (YNF)
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Judit Orosz (YNF)
• Captain Tom Moore by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Christophe Jacques (YNF)
• David Attenborough by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Mikyo Noh (YNF)
• Nothing Ever Happens on a Gray Day by Grant Snider (PB)
• Ghost Orchid by Fiona Lumbers (PB)
• Banana Dream by Hasan Namir & Daby Zainab Faidhi (PB)
• What's My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston & Tim Mack (PB)

1.17.24

• The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella: Star Struck! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (GN)
• The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella: Get Outer My Space! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (GN)
• Artists: My First Artists by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (YNF)
• Burt the Beetle Lives Here! by Ashley Spires (YNF)
• Burt the Beetle Doesn't Bite! by Ashley Spires (YNF)
• Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey (A)

1.19.24

• Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong (A)
• Love*Com #17 by Aya Nakahara (M)

1.20.24

• Alexander von Humboldt by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sally Agar (YNF)
• Helen Keller by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sam Rudd (YNF)
• Terry Fox by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & T. Connor (YNF)
• Freddie Mercury by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ruby Taylor (YNF)
• I Am Me: A Book of Authenticity by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• I Am Odd, I Am New by Benjamin Giroux & Roz MacLean (PB)
• Hide and Seek, Nuts to Eat by Tracy C. Gold & Nancy Leschnikoff (PB)
• Meowl-o-ween by Diane Muldrow & Tiffany Chen (PB)
• Who I Am: Words I Tell Myself by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• A Bird Day by Eva Lindstrom (PB)
• I Want a 100 Dogs by Stacy McAnulty & Claire Keane (PB)
• Dojo Daytrip by Chris Tougas (PB)
• Schnozzer & Tatertoes: Take a Hike! by Rick Stromoski (GN)

1.21.24

• Beastars #17 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #18 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Hooky Volume 3 by Miriam Bonastre Tur (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together: Color Edition by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong (A)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #23 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #24 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Oresama Teacher #1 by Izumi Tsubaki (M)
• School Zone Girls #1 by Ningiyau (M)

1.22.24

• The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Nastukawa (YA)

1.25.24

• School Zone Girls #2 by Ningiyau (M)
• Behind the Scenes!! #3 by Bisco Hatori (M)
• If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth (YA)
• School Zone Girls #3 by Ningiyau (M)

1.26.24

• Go to Sleep, Little Creep by David Quinn & Ashley Spires (PB)
• I Am Yoga by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• I Am One: A Book of Action by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• Dojo Daycare by Chris Tougas (PB)
• Louise Bourgeois by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Helena Perez Garcia (YNF)
• Andy Warhol by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Timothy Hunt (YNF)

1.27.24

• School Zone Girls #4 by Ningiyau (M)
• Black Butler #32 by Yana Toboso (M)
• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher (YA)
• Hans Christian Andersen by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Maxine Lee-Mackie (YNF)
• Rosalind Franklin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Naomi Wilkinson (YNF)
• Florence Nightingale by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Kelsey Garrity-Riley (YNF)
• Harry Houdini by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Juliana Vido (YNF)
• Mozart by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lia Visirin (YNF)
• Pablo Picasso by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Teresa Bellon (YNF)

1.28.24

• Beastars #19 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• My Love Mix-Up! #6 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• My Love Mix-Up! #7 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• My Love Mix-Up! #8 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• Space*Dandy #1 by Masafumi Harada & Sung-Woo Park + Redice (M)
• Beastars #20 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #21 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Beastars #22 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon (A)
• Goodnight Krampus by Kyle Sullivan & Derek Sullivan (PB)
• Horimiya #15 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #13 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #14 by Tomohito Oda (M)

1.30.24

• Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones (A)
• Way Past Afraid by Hallee Adelman & Karen Wall (PB)
• Way Past Lonely by Hallee Adelman & Karen Wall (PB)
• Princess Diana by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Archita Khosla (YNF)
• Wolfboy by Andy Harkness (PB)
• Leaders: My First Leaders by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (YNF)
• Books Make Good Friends by Jane Mount (PB)

01.24 total: 149

11 graphic novels; 57 picture books; 32 manga; 3 youth fiction; 31 youth nonfiction; 8 adult fiction; 6 young adult fiction; 1 adult nonfiction

2023 reading year in review

2023 Goodreads reading challenge goal: 1000
Total books read in 2023 (according to Goodreads): 1403
2023 Goodreads challenge completed on: 9/2/23

Total books read in 2023 (according to my spreadsheet): 1400
Total books read in 2023 (according to my blog): 1399
I don't know where I got messed up. :(

2 book challenges completed (shared in separate posts)
2023 PopSugar Reading Challenge -- 9/20/23 (first time) & 11/8/23 (second time)
2023 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge -- 10/14/23

2023 total (from this blog): 1399
By category:
663 picture books
203 youth nonfiction
159 graphic novels
93 adult fiction
90 young adult fiction
82 manga
56 youth fiction
36 adult nonfiction
12 comics
4 young adult nonfiction
1 zine

My month of least reading was in October with 48 books.
My month of most reading was in December with 189 books.

For comparison:
2022
Total: 1214
631 picture books
156 youth nonfiction
153 graphic novels
71 adult fiction
66 young adult fiction
54 adult nonfiction
40 youth fiction
34 manga
8 young adult nonfiction
1 comic

2021
Total: 1360
751 picture books
194 youth nonfiction
146 graphic novels
73 young adult fiction
60 youth fiction
47 adult fiction
46 adult nonfiction
29 manga
7 young adult nonfiction
5 comics
2 fanfiction

books i've read december 2023

 12.1.23

• Posthumous Education by Drew Hayes (A)
• Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by James Norbury (GN)
• Firefly: River Run by Joss Whedon, David M. Booher, Jeff Jensen, Andres Genolet, Jordi Perez, Vincenzo Federici, & Fabiana Mascolo (GN)
• All New Firefly: The Gospel According to Jayne Part One by Joss Whedon, David M. Booher, Jordi Perez, Francesco Segala, & Gloria Martinelli (GN)

12.2.23

• To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (A)
• Beastars #15 by Paru Itagaki (M)
• Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku #5 by Fujita (M)

12.3.23

• The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson (A)

12.4.23

• Mammoths at the Gate by Nghi Vo (A)
• Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire (A)
• Little Miss Inventor by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Tickle and the Scary Halloween by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Adventure by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Little Miss Sunshine and the Wicked Witch by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mary Shelley by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Yelena Bryksenkova (YNF)
• L.M. Montgomery by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Anuska Allepuz (YNF)
• Dolly Parton by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Daria Solak (YNF)
• Little Miss Valentine by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Eclipse by Andy Rash (YNF)
• The King Penguin by Vanessa Roeder (PB)

12.6.23

• Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky (A)

12.7.23

• A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond & Kate Cosgrove (PB)
• Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker & Devan Holzwarth (YNF)
• Spanish Is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart & John Parra (PB)
• An Ofrenda for Perro by Judith Valdes B & Carlos Velez Aguilera (PB)
• Cake Vs. Pie by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen & Stephani Stilwell (PB)
• The Brilliant Ms. Bangle by Cara Devins & K-Fai Steele (PB)

12.8.23

• Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June (YA)
• Pickleball Paul by Will Terry (PB)
• Stickler Loves the World by Lane Smith (PB)
• I Love My Magic! by Kelly Leigh Miller (PB)
• National Monuments of the U.S.A. by Cameron Walker & Chris Turnham (YNF)

12.9.23

• Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall (A)
• Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing (GN)

12.10.23

• Otomen #11 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #12 by Aya Kanno (M)
• The Stolen Heir by Holly Black (YA)
• Otomen #13 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #14 by Aya Kanno (M)

12.11.23

• The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen (A)

12.14.23

• Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson (A)

12.15.23

• Buzzing by Samual Sattin & Rye Hickman (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)

12.16.23

• Holy Mole: A Folktale from Mexico by Caroline McAlister & Stefan Czernecki (PB)
• Happyland: Rainy Day by Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper (YNF)
• A  Place for Pluto by Stef Wade & Melanie Demmer (YNF)
• The Great Balloon Hullaballoo by Peter Bently & Mei Matsuoka (PB)
• Niko Draws a Feeling by Bob Raczka & Simone Shin (PB)
• How to Be a T. Rex by Ryan North & Mike Lowery (PB)
• Lily's Cat Mask by Julie Fortenberry (PB)
• The Bureau of Misplaced Dads by Eric Veille & Pauline Martin (PB)
• Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson, & Meilo So (YNF)
• Happy Birthday, Big Bad Wolf by Frank Asch (PB)
• The Kids' Cat Book by Tomie de Paola (YNF)
• Duncan the Story Dragon by Amanda Driscoll (PB)

12.17.23

• Just One Little Light by Kat Yeh & Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• Unstoppable: How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington by Michael G. Long & Bea Jackson (YNF)
• Salat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Hatem Aly (PB)
• Patchwork Prince by Baptiste Paul & Kitt Thomas (PB)
• Real to Me by Minh Le & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• Corner by Zo-O (PB)
• The Knight of Little Import by Hannah Batsel (PB)
• Bear with Me by Kerascoet (PB)
• What You Need to Be Warm: A Poem of Welcome by Neil Gaiman (PB)
• The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson (A)
• Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina & Sonia Sanchez (PB)
• The Bear and the Moon by Matthew Burgess & Catia Chien (PB)
• Mine! by Jeff Mack (PB)
• Rain! by Linda Ashman & Christian Robinson (PB)
• Ghost in the House by Ammi-Joan Paquette & Adam Record (PB)
• If I Were a Tree by Andrea Zimmerman & Jing Jing Tsong (PB)
• Some Bodies by Sophie Kennen & Airin O'Calloghan (YNF)
• Big Bear and Little Fish by Sandra Nickel & Il Sung Na (PB)
• The Big House and the Little House by Yoshi Ueno & Emiko Fujishima (PB)
• The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larsen & Dorothy Leung (PB)
• Ginger and Chrysanthemum by Kristen Mai Giang & Shirley Chan (PB)
• Can You See It? by Susan Verde & Juliana Perdomo (PB)
• This Winter by Alice Oseman (YA)
• Otomen #15 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #16 by Aya Kanno (M)

12.18.23

• Otomen #17 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #18 by Aya Kanno (M)

12.19.23

• Creepy Cat Volume 1 by Cotton Valent (GN)
• Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku #6 by Fujita (M)

12.21.23

• Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones (ANF)
• Herbert's First Halloween by Cynthia Rylant & Steven Henry (PB)
• Sonata for Fish and Boy by Milan Pavlovic (PB)
• All We Need by Kathy Wolff & Margaux Meganck (PB)
• How to Wear a Sari by Darshana Khiani & Joanne Lew-Vriethoff (PB)
• Poem in My Pocket by Chris Tougas & Josee Bisaillon (PB)
• Tiptop Cat by C. Roger Mader (PB)
• A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day by Leah Henderson & Floyd Cooper (PB)
• Grasshopper by Tatiana Ukhova (PB)
• On the Other Side of the Forest by Nadine Robert & Gerard Du Bois (PB)

12.22.23

• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness: Color Edition by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)

12.23.23

• The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (YA)
• Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers: A Story Inspired by Loujain Alhathloul by Lina Alhathloul, Uma Mishra-Newbery, & Rebecca Green (PB)
• Wimbley the Wonder Boy by Angela Hawkins & Holly Blackman (PB)
• Sonny Says Sorry! by Caryl Hart & Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Sticky Icky Vicky: Courage Over Fear by Alysia Ssentamu, Michael Ssentamu, & Noor Alshalabi (PB)
• Sticky Icky Vicky: Choosing to Be Myself by Alysia Ssentamu, Michael Ssentamu, & Noor Alshalabi (PB)
• Oops! by Julie Massy & Pascale Bonenfant (PB)
• Kiyoshi's Walk by Mark Karlins & Nicole Wong (PB)
• Little Fox by Edward van de Vendel & Marije Tolman (PB)
• A Way with Wild Things by Larissa Theule & Sara Palacios (PB)
• Here and Now by Julia Denos & E.B. Goodale (PB)
• You Loves Ewe! by Cece Bell (PB)
• Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale by Gloria Koster & Sue Eastland (PB)
• SpongeBob Squarepants: And the Winner Is... by Jenny Miglis & Caleb Meurer (PB)
• Peaceful Me by Sandra V. Feder & Rahele Jomepour Bell (PB)
• Connor Kissed Me by Zehava & Sarah K. Turner (PB)
• Ups and Downs: A Book of Emotions by Mike Wohnoutka (PB)
• Halloween Is a Treat! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Hang in There! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Fiona on the Swings by Rilla Alexander (PB)
• The Yawnicorn by Emily Hamilton (PB)
• Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (PB)
• Colors of the National Parks by Jenny Miriam (PB)
• Ganesha Goes Green by Lakshmi Thamizhmani & Debasmita Dasgupta (PB)

12.24.23

• Natsume's Book of Friends #20 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)

12.25.23

• The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #21 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #22 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)

12.26.23

• I Am a Tornado by Drew Beckmeyer (PB)
• Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman & Christian Robinson (PB)
• This Book Is Not a Present by Max Greenfield & Mike Lowery (PB)
• Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• The Big Cheese by Jory John & Pete Oswald (PB)
• Viking Strong by Doug Cenko (PB)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #10 by Maki Minami (M)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #11 by Maki Minami (M)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #9 by Maki Minami (M)
• I Am Kind: A Little Book About Abraham Lincoln by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• I Am Curious: A Little Book About Albert Einstein by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Pea, Bee, & Jay: The Big Bully by Brian "Smitty" Smith (GN)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #12 by Maki Minami (M)
• Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: Time Trout by Doug Savage (GN)

12.27.23

• Flat Cat by Tara Lazar & Pete Oswald (PB)
• I'm Sticking with You--and the Chicken Too! by Smriti Prasadam-Halls & Steve Small (PB)
• We Wait for the Sun by Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe, & Raissa Figueroa (YNF)
• The Big Elephant in the Room by Lane Smith (PB)
• Hazel and the Spooky Season by Kyle Sullivan & Jess Mason (PB)
• The More the Merrier by David Martin & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us by Andie Powers & Betsey Petersen (PB)
• Two Grooms on a Cake: The Story of America's First Gay Wedding by Rob Sanders & Robbie Cathro (YNF)
• StoryWorlds: A Moment in Time: A Perpetual Picture Atlas by Thomas Hegbrook (YNF)
• Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer (A)
• Kitty and the Woodland Wildcat by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)
• My Love Mix-Up! #3 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• My Love Mix-Up! #5 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• Horimiya #11 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)

12.28.23

• The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown (Y)
• What Do You Do with a Problem? by Kobi Yamada & Mae Besom (PB)

12.29.23

• You Will Do Great Things by Amerie & Raissa Figueroa (PB)
• Way Past Sorry by Hallee Adelman & Josep Maria Juli (PB)
• We, the Curious Ones by Marion Dane Bauer & Hari & Deepti (PB)
• The Pet Store Window by Jairo Buitrago, Rafael Yockteng, & Elisa Amado (PB)
• Ploof by Ben Clanton & Andy Chou Musser (PB)
• Lawrence & Sophia by Doreen Cronin & Brian Cronin (PB)
• The Story of a Book by Joy McCullough & Devon Holzwarth (PB)

12.30.23

• Spirit Day: A Book About Spreading Joy by Joy Yang (PB)
• My Feminist ABC by Irene Pizzolante (PB)
• Love Is for Roaring by Mike Kerr & Renata Liwska (PB)
• Calvin by JR Ford, Vanessa Ford, & Kayla Harren (PB)
• David Hockney by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• Billie Jean King by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Miranda Sofroniou (YNF)
• Megan Rapinoe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Paulina Morgan (YNF)
• Laverne Cox by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Olivia Daisy Coles (YNF)
• The Big Book of Pride Flags by Jem Milton (YNF)
• Bowser & Luigi Are in Love by Ariel Slamet Ries (Z)
• Music Cats: A Pawsitively Purrfect Compilation of Musical Legends by Angie Rozelaar (PB)
• Evergreen by Matthew Cordell (PB)
• The Mouse Who Carried a House on His Back by Jonathan Stutzman & Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• Hidden Gem by Linda Liu (PB)
• A Vanishing of Griffins by S.A. Patrick (Y)

12.31.23

• Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (A)
• Witch King by Martha Wells (A)
• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (3rd Ed.) by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD (ANF)
• The Light She Feels Inside by Gwendolyn Wallace & Olivia Duchess (PB)
• It's Navidad, El Cucuy! by Donna Barba Higuera & Juliana Perdomo (PB)
• Is This...Winter? by Helen Yoon (PB)
• Sonny Says No! by Caryl Hart & Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Mae Jemison by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (YNF)
• Marilyn Monroe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• Nelson Mandela by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Alison Hawkins (YNF)
• Jane Austen by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Katie Wilson (YNF)

12.23 total: 190

13 adult fiction; 13 graphic novels; 21 manga; 106 picture books; 26 youth nonfiction; 5 young adult fiction; 2 adult nonfiction; 3 youth fiction; 1 zine

books i've read november 2023

 11.1.23

• Let's Play Volume 1 by Leeanne M. Krecic (GN)
• Otomen #7 by Aya Kanno (M)

11.3.23

• Vlad the Fabulous Vampire by Flavia Z. Drago (PB)
• Night Lunch by Eric Fan & Dena Seiferling (PB)
• Tiny, Perfect Things by M.H. Clark & Madeline Kloepper (PB)
• Hot Dog by Doug Salati (PB)
• Begin Again by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• The Girl and the Dinosaur by Hollie Hughes & Sarah Massini (PB)
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yasso (YA)

11.4.23

• Audrey Hepburn by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Amaia Arrazola (YNF)
• Ada Lovelace by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Zafouko Yamamoto (YNF)
• Vanessa Nakate by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Olivia Omoah (YNF)
• Simone de Beauvoir by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Christine Roussey (YNF)
• Jane Goodall by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Beatrice Cerocchi (YNF)
• Mahatma Gandhi by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Albert Arrayas (YNF)
• Georgia O'Keeffe by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Erica Salcedo (YNF)
• Wilma Rudolph by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Amelia Flower (YNF)
• Chinese New Year by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Inclusion Alphabet: ABC's for Everyone by Kathryn Jenkins (PB)
• Little Miss Trouble and the Mermaid by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Little Miss Splendid and the Beast by Alice Downes & JT Morrow (PB)
• Becoming Charley by Kelly DiPucchio & Loveis Wise (PB)
• Sylvester's Letter by Matthew Burgess & Josh Cochran (PB)
• Tiptoe Tiger by Jane Clarke & Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Otomen #8 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #9 by Aya Kanno (M)
• Otomen #10 by Aya Kanno (M)

11.5.23

• Black Bird #17 by Kanoko Sakurakouji (M)
• Killer Queens by David M. Booher, Claudia Balboni, Harry Saxon, & Lucas Gattoni (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #34 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #35 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes (A)
• Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard, Kelly Matthews, & Nicole Matthews (GN)

11.6.23

• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan (YA)

11.8.23

• The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman (A)
• Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs (A)

11.9.23

• Blurp's Book of Manners by Cindy Derby (PB)
• Queer Eye Slumber Party Magic!: A Fabulous Picture Book by Mark Ceilley & James Jeffers (PB)
• The Snuggle Is Real by Melinda Lee Rathjen & Kristyna Litten (PB)
• Beyonce by Lavaille Lavette & Anastasia Magloire Williams (YNF)

11.10.23

• Betty and the Mysterious Visitor by Anne Twist & Emily Sutton (PB)
• No Is All I Know! by Chris Grabenstein & Leo Espinosa (PB)
• I Am Mister Rogers by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)

11.11.23

• Mine! by Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann (PB)
• A Very Cranky Book by Angela DiTerlizzi & Tony DiTerlizzi (PB)
• How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman & Jennifer Harney (PB)
• After Ever Happy by Anna Todd (A)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #7 by Maki Minami (M)

11.12.23

• Little Miss Brave by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Marvelous by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Impossible and the Easter Egg Hunt by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Noisy and the Silent Night by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Mr. Moustache by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• Anne Frank by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sveta Dorosheva (YNF)
• David Bowie by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero (YNF)
• Zaha Hadid by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Asun Amar (YNF)
• Horimiya #10 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara (M)
• The Ancient Magus' Bride #13 by Kore Yamazaki (M)
• Voice Over! Seiyu Academy #8 by Maki Minami (M)

11.13.23

• Slothilda: Living the Sloth Life by Dante Fabiero (GN)
• Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake (A)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #17 by Yuki Midorikama (M)

11.14.23

• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (A)

11.17.23

• Natsume's Book of Friends #18 by Yuki Midorikama (M)
• Pickleball Paul and the Missing Paddle by Will Terry (PB)

11.18.23

• A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber (YA)
• Let's Get Burgers by Ash S. (GN)
• Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao (GN)
• Happily Ever After & Everything in Between by Debbie Tung (GN)
• Snug: A Collection of Comics About Dating Your Best Friend by Catana Chetwynd (GN)
• I Left the House Today! by Cassandra Calin (GN)

11.19.23

• Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes (A)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #19 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Takane & Hana #14 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)
• Takane & Hana #15 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)
• Takane & Hana #16 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)

11.20.23

• Big Little Spells by Hazel Beck (A)

11.22.23

• Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (A)
• Takane & Hana #17 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)

11.23.23

• Takane & Hana #18 by Yuki Shiwasu (M)
• Skip-Beat! #44 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)

11.24.23

• The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta (YA)
• Let's Play Volume 2 by Leeanne M. Krecic (GN)
• Let's Play Volume 3 by Leeanne M. Krecic (GN)
• Creepy Cat Volume 2 by Cotton Valent (GN)
• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi (M)
• Creepy Cat Volume 3 by Cotton Valent (GN)

11.25.23

• Out of House and Home by Drew Hayes (A)
• My Solo Exchange Diary Volume 1 by Nagata Kabi (M)
• Bloom Into You #6 by Nakatani Nio (M)
• Bloom Into You #7 by Nakatani Nio (M)
• Bloom Into You #8 by Nakatani Nio (M)

11.26.23

• Spy X Family #10 by Tatsuya Endo (M)
• Date Me, Bryson Keller by Kevin van Whye (YA)
• Now and Then by Greg Paprocki & Claire Philip (YNF)
• Give by Jen Arena & Rahele Jomepour Bell (PB)
• My Love Mix-Up! #2 by Aruko & Wataru Hinekure (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #7 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• The Weight of Them by N.D. Stevenson (GN)
• Komi Can't Communicate #8 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• The Unpetables by Dennis Messner (GN)
• Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously by Adam Ellis (GN)
• Vulnerability Is My Superpower: An Underpants and Overbites Collection by Jackie E. Davis (GN)

11.28.23

• Cafe con Lychee by Emery Lee (YA)

11.23 total: 104

17 graphic novels; 29 manga; 28 picture books; 6 young adult fiction; 14 youth nonfiction; 10 adult fiction

books i've read october 2023

 10.2.23

• Fan Fiction: A Mem-noir by Brent Spiner (A)
• The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen by Gary Eldon Peter (YA)

10.4.23

• The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes (A)

10.6.23

• She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick (YA)

10.7.23

• Taylor Swift by Wendy Loggia & Elisa Chavarri (YNF)
• Joao by a Thread by Roger Mello & Daniel Hahn (PB)
• A Darkening of Dragons by S.A. Patrick (Y)
• Undeath & Taxes by Drew Hayes (A)

10.8.23

• Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall (ANF)
• The Peculiar Pig by Joy Steuerwald (PB)
• Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel (PB)
• The Storm Whale by Benji Davies (PB)
• Hooray for Reading Day! by Margery Cuyler & Arthur Howard (PB)
• Bird Watch by Christie Matheson (YNF)
• When You Look Up by Decur (GN)
• The Great Barrier Reef by Helen Scales & Lisk Fang (YNF)
• The Story of Gumluck the Wizard by Adam Rex (Y)

10.9.23

• Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas (YA)

10.10.23

• Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes (A)
• Scaredy Squirrel Gets Festive by Melanie Watt (GN)

10.14.23

• Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers (YA)

10.15.23

• After We Fell by Anna Todd (A)

10.16.23

• Afterglow by Phil Stamper (YA)

10.17.23

• The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott (YA)

10.20.23

• Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison (A)

10.21.23

• Small Town, Big Magic by Hazel Beck (A)

10.22.23

• The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer (A)
• Greenlight by Breanna Carzoo (PB)
• Woof Woof, the Bad Dog by Kate Nilson & My Vu (PB)
• This Book Is Banned by Raj Haldar (PB)
• Kitty and the Sky Garden Adventure by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

10.23.23

• Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan (YA)

10.27.23

• Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda (YA)
• Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martin (GN)
• Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adam's Photographs Reveal about the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge (YNF)

10.28.23

• Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s by B. Dylan Hollis (ANF)
• Wolf Girl and Black Prince #1 by Ayuko Hatta (M)
• Wolf Girl and Black Prince #2 by Ayuko Hatta (M)

10.29.23

• My Love Story!! #10 by Kazune Kawahara & Aruko (M)
• Melt with You by Jennifer Dugan (YA)
• My Love Story!! #11 by Kazune Kawahara & Aruko (M)
• My Love Story!! #12 by Kazune Kawahara & Aruko (M)
• My Love Story!! #13 by Kazune Kawahara & Aruko (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #14 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #15 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Natsume's Book of Friends #16 by Yuki Midorikawa (M)
• Cuckoos Three by Cassandra Jean & Moss Kat (GN)

10.30.23

• The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes (A)

10.23 total: 48

9 adult fiction; 9 young adult fiction; 4 youth nonfiction; 8 picture books; 3 youth fiction; 2 adult nonfiction; 4 graphic novels; 9 manga

books i've read september 2023

 9.2.23

• Bully by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (PB)
• Wilky the White House Cockroach by Howie Schneider (PB)
• Making a Friend by Tammi Sauer & Alison Friend (PB)
• Why Do You Love Me? by Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Martha Lambert, & Daniel McFeeley (PB)
• Freddy the Not-Teddy by Kristen Schroeder & Hilary Jean Tapper (PB)
• Ava's Spectacular Spectacles by Alice Rex & Angela Perrini (PB)
• Is There a Dog in This Book? by Viviane Schwarz (PB)**
• The Box Turtle by Vanessa Roeder (PB)
• Safe & Sound by Jean Roussen & Loris Lora (PB)
• Wildflower by Drew Barrymore (ANF)

9.3.23

• The Secret Staircase by Jill Barklem (Y)
• Noodleheads Fortress of Doom by Tedd Arnold, Martha Hamilton, & Mitch Weiss (GN)
• Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell & Ana Ramirez Gonzalez (PB)
• Douglas, You're a Genius! by Ged Adamson (PB)
• I Am a Warrior Goddess by Jennifer Adams & Carme Lemniscates (PB)
• A Is for Another Rabbit by Hannah Batsel (PB)
• Sock Monkey Rides Again by Cece Bell (PB)
• Poor Little Guy by Elanna Allen (PB)
• The Bully Blockers Club by Teresa Bateman & Jackie Urbanovic (PB)
• I Love You Like a Pig by Mac Barnett & Greg Pizzoli (PB)
• Animalia by Graeme Base (PB)
• She's Gone by David Bell (YA)

9.5.23

• This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson (YANF)

9.9.23

• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (A)

9.11.23

• Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig (YA)

9.12.23

• Solitaire by Alice Oseman (YA)
• Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (A)

9.15.23

• A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (A)
• Living with Mochi by Gemma Gene (GN)
• House of Slaughter: The Butcher's Mark by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edra, Chris Shehan, & Miquel Muerto (GN)

9.16.23

• Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey (A)
• Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur? by Helen Yoon (PB)
• Tiny T. Rex and the Grand Ta-Da! by Jonathan Stutzman & Jay Fleck (PB)
• Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer (Y)

9.17.23

• Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (GN)
• Dear Rosie by Meghan Boehman & Rachael Briner (GN)
• Lo & Behold by Wendy Mass & Gabi Mendez (GN)

9.18.23

• Fate of Flames by Sarah Raughley (YA)
• The Last White Man by Moshin Hamid (A)
• Cut!: How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation by C.E. Winters & Matt Schu (YNF)
• What a Map Can Do by Gabrielle Balkan & Alberto Lot (YNF)
• Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda Petrus & Kristen Uroda (YNF)
• Molly, Olive, and Dexter Play Hide-and-Seek by Catherine Rayner (PB)
• Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories by Jarvis (Y)

9.20.23

• After by Anna Todd (A)
• A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat (GN)
• Things in the Basement by Ben Hatke (GN)

9.21.23

• Shady Hollow by Juneau Black (A)

9.22.23

• Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds & Raul the Third (Y)
• Kitty and the Treetop Chase by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)
• Owl and Penguin by Vikram Madan (GN)
• The New LiBEARian by Alison Donald & Alex Willmore (PB)

9.23.23

• The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber (YA)

9.24.23

• School Trip by Jerry Craft (GN)
• Picture Day by Sarah Sax (GN)
• House of Slaughter #6 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Letizia Cadonici, & Francesco Segala (C)
• House of Slaughter #7 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Letizia Cadonici, & Francesco Segala (C)
• House of Slaughter #8 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Letizia Cadonici, & Francesco Segala (C)
• House of Slaughter #9 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Letizia Cadonici, & Francesco Segala (C)
• House of Slaughter #10 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Letizia Cadonici, & Francesco Segala (C)
• House of Slaughter #11 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera, Antonio Fuso, & Miquel Muerto (C)
• House of Slaughter #12 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera, Antonio Fuso, & Miquel Muerto (C)
• House of Slaughter #13 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera, Antonio Fuso, & Miquel Muerto (C)
• House of Slaughter #14 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera, Antonio Fuso, & Miquel Muerto (C)
• House of Slaughter #15 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera, Antonio Fuso, & Miquel Muerto (C)

9.26.23

• After We Collided by Anna Todd (A)

9.30.23

• Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (A)

09.23 total: 67

22 pictures books; 1 adult nonfiction; 5 youth fiction; 11 graphic novels; 5 young adult fiction; 1 young adult nonfiction; 9 adult fiction; 3 youth nonfiction; 10 comics