2019 Reading Year in Review

2019 Goodreads challenge: 1111
Total books read in 2019 according to Goodreads: 1145
2019 Goodreads challenge completed on: December 28, 2019
2 book challenges completed: 2019 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge (12/26/19); 2019 PopSugar Reading Challenge (12/22/19 (with only 3 from the advanced section))

Reading Women Challenge 2019 almost completed (I mised one book!)

2019 total (from this blog): 1148
Broken down by category:
549 picture books
182 graphic novels
128 manga
111 youth nonfiction
71 young adult fiction
46 adult nonfiction
33 adult fiction
28 youth fiction
1 young adult nonfiction

My month of the least reading was in October when I read 42 books.
My month of the most reading was in May when I read 177 books.

My notebook says 1149, but I don't know where the discrepancy is and I'm not going back to fix it!  That's a lot of books to comb through! *laughs*

For comparison, my 2018 totals:
Total: 1214
431 picture books
254 manga
200 graphic novels
116 youth nonfiction
52 young adult fiction
45 adult nonfiction
44 comics
37 adult fiction
30 youth fiction
3 fanfiction
2 young adult nonfiction

For comparison, my 2017 totals:
Total: 1041
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

books i've read december 2019

12.1.19

• I Hear the Sunspot: Limit #2 by Yuki Fumino (M)
• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (A)

12.2.19

• The Silver Mask by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (Y)
• Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender (Y)

12.5.19

• This Book of Mine by Sarah Stewart & David Small (PB)
• Two for Me, One for You by Jorg Muhle (PB)
• Rabbit and the Motorbike by Kate Hoefler & Sarah Jacoby (PB)
• Bears Don't Eat Egg Sandwiches by Julie Fulton & Rachel Suzanna (PB)
• The Invention Hunters Discover How Electricity Works by Korwin Briggs (YNF)
• There's Only One You by Kathryn Heling, Deborah Hembrook, & Rosie Butcher (PB)
• The Lions at Night by Jessica M. Boehman (PB)
• I'm Worried by Michael Ian Black & Debbie Ridpath Ohi (PB)
• Snack Attack! by Terry Border (PB)
• Encounter by Brittany Luby & Michaela Goade (PB)
• Vlad the Rad by Brigette Barrager (PB)
• A Curious Menagerie: Of Herds, Flocks, Leaps, Gaggles, Scurries, and More! by Carin Berger (YNF)
• My Footprints by Bao Phi & Basia Tran (PB)
• A Boy Like You by Frank Murphy & Kayla Harren (PB)
• Greta the Great Horned Owl: A True Story of Rescue and Rehabilitation by Christie Gove-Berg (YNF)
• Soar High, Dragonfly! by Sheri Mabry Bestor & Jonny Lambert (YNF)

12.6.19

• In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri (ANF)

12.7.19

• Like Water by Rebecca Podos (YA)
• SumoKitty by David Biedrzycki (PB)
• The Hideout by Susanna Mattiangeli & Felicita Sala (PB)
• Chapter Two Is Missing! by Josh Lieb & Kevin Cornell (PB)
• A Fox Found a Box by Ged Adamson (PB)
• Wilma's Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller by Doreen Rappaport & Linda Kukuk (YNF)
• Listen by Holly M. McGhee & Pascal Lemaitre (PB)
• What Miss Mitchell Saw by Hayley Barrett & Diana Sudyka (YNF)

12.8.19

• Can Cat and Bird Be Friends? by Col Muir (PB)
• My Tiny Pet by Jessie Hartland (PB)
• Mr. Squirrel and the King of the Forest by Sebastian Meschenmoser (PB)
• Shadow by Lucy Christopher & Anastasia Suvorova (PB)
• Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe (PB)
• Sneaky Beak by Tracey Corderoy & Tony Neal (PB)
• The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon by Richard Adams & Alex T. Smith (PB)
• Just Because by Mac Barnett & Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• Helen's Birds by Sara Cassidy & Sophie Casson (GN)
• Little People, Big Dreams: Rudolf Nureyev by Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Eleonora Arosio (YNF)
• Little People, Big Dreams: Bruce Lee by Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Miguel Bustos (YNF)
• The Importance of Being Ernie (and Bert) by Bert & Ernie (Y)
• Sea Sirens by Amy Chu & Janet K. Lee (GN)
• The Singing Rock & Other Brand-New Fairy Tales by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer & Simini Blocker (GN)
• Minions: Banana/Evil Panic Collection by Didier Ah-Koon, Stephane Lapuss', & Renaud Collin (GN)
• The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson (ANF)

12.12.19

• Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente (A)

12.13.19

• Go Away, Unicorn! by Emily Mullock (PB)
• Little People, Big Dreams: Ella Fitzgerald by Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Barbara Alca (YNF)
• Gator, Gator, Gator! by Faniel Bernstrom & Frann Preson-Gannon (PB)
• Most of the Better Natural Things in the World by Dave Eggers & Angel Chang (YNF)
• Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future by Tami Lewis Brown, Debbie Loren Dunn, & Chelsea Beck (YNF)
• The Thank You Letter by Jane Cabrera (PB)
• Catastrophe by the Sea by Brenda Peterson & Ed Young (PB)
• This Is Not That Kind of Book by Christopher Healy & Ben Mantle (PB)
• Ho'onani: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale & Mika Song (PB)
• The Pawed Piper by Michelle Robinson & Chinlun Lee (PB)
• A Quieter Story by Liza Woodruff (PB)
• How to Eat a Peach by Karen Schaufeld & Kurt Schwarz (PB)
• How the Crayons Saved the Unicorn by Monica Sweeney & Feronia Parker Thomas (PB)
• Charcoal Boys by Roger Mello (PB)
• Rescuing Rialto: A Baby Sea Otter's Story by Lynda V. Mapes & Alan Berner (YNF)

12.14.19

• Lizzie by Dawn Ius (YA)

12.15.19

• The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (YA)
• Three Plays by Mae West by Lillian Schlissel (Ed.) & Mae West (A)
• Camp Midnight Vs. Camp Daybright by Steven T. Seagle & Jason Adam Katzenstein (GN)
• Space Boy Volume 4 by Stephen McCranie (GN)
• Space Boy Volume 5 by Stephen McCranie (GN)

12.18.19

• Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart (YA)

12.20.19

• Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward (ANF)

12.21.19

• The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing (A)
• The Origin of Day and Night by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt & Lenny Lishchenko (PB)
• The Evil Princess Vs. the Brave Knight by Jennifer L. Holm vs. Matthew Holm (PB)
• Roly Poly by Mem Fox & Jane Dyer (PB)
• The Hike by Alison Farrell (PB)
• Just in Case You Want to Fly by Julie Fogliano & Christian Robinson (PB)
• Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts (PB)
• From a Small Seed: The Story of Eliza Hamilton by Camille Andros & Tessa Blackham (YNF)
• Henry and Bea by Jessixa Bagley (PB)
• Grace Goes to Washington by Kelly DiPucchio & LeUyen Pham (PB)
• You're Strong with Me by Chitra Soundar & Poonam Mistry (PB)
• Eee-Moo! by Annika Dunklee & Brian Won (PB)
• A Year with Mama Earth by Rebecca Grabill & Rebecca Green (PB)
• T. Rex Time Machine: Dinos in De-Nile by Jared Chapman (PB)
• Douglas by Randy Cecil (PB)
• Black Torch #2 by Tsuyoshi Takaki (M)
• Rick and Morty Volume 9 by Kyle Starks, Marc Ellerby, Tini Howard, Jarrett Williams, Sabrina Mati, Juan Mexa-Leon, Sarah Stern, & Crank! (GN)
• Shadow Island #1: Sueno Bay Adventures by Mike Deas & Nancy Deas (GN)

12.22.19

• City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell (A)

12.24.19

• Peek-a-Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• A Night at the Bookstore by Josh Funk & Jessica Gibson (PB)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss (PB)
• The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore & Florence Sarah Winship (PB)

12.25.19

• City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong (A)
• for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange (A)
• Star Wars: Jedi Academy: The Force Oversleeps by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Y)

12.26.19

• The BLK Love Mixtape edited by Brandon Alexander Williams (ANF)
• City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• Through the Elephant's Door by Helene De Blois & France Cormier (PB)
• Life as a Mini Hero by Olivier Tallec (PB)
• Star Wars: Creatures Big & Small by Calliope Glass, Caitlin Kennedy, & Katie Cook (PB)
• My Wild Cat by Isabelle Simler (PB)
• A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel (PB)
• Stretchy McHandsome by Judy Schachner (PB)
• Reading Beauty by Deborah Underwood & Meg Hunt (PB)
• Little Tigers by Jo Weaver (PB)
• Wintercake by Lynne Rae Perkins (PB)
• The Favorite Book by Bethanie Deeney Murguia (PB)
• Nuts! by Lou Peacock & Yasmeen Ismail (PB)
• My Big Bad Monster by A.N. Kang (PB)
• Lulu & Rocky in Detroit by Barbara Joosse & Renee Graef (YNF)
• Sweep by Louise Greig & Julia Sarda (PB)
• Fern and Horn by Marie-Louise Gay (PB)
• Apple Cake: A Gratitude by Dawn Casey & Genevieve Godbout (PB)

12.27.19

• By Night Volume 1 by John Allison, Christine Larsen, & Sarah Stern (GN)
• Star Wars: Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure by Cavan Scott & Elsa Charretier (Y)
• Guts by Raina Telgemeier (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #33 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness by Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi (GN)
• Breathe Like a Bear: 30 Mindful Moments for Kids to Feel Calm and Focused Anytime, Anywhere by Kira Willey & ANni Betts (YNF)

12.28.19

• Unicorn 101 by Cale Atkinson (PB)
• Please Don't Eat Me by Liz Climo (PB)
• Everyone Walks Away by Eva Lindstrom (PB)
• Albert's Quiet Quest by Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• I Love My Colorful Nails by Alicia Acosta, Luis Amavisca, & Gusti (PB)
• Let's Scare Bear by Yuko Katakawa (PB)
• Bunny's Book Club Goes to School by Annie Silvestro & Tatjana Mai-Wyss (PB)
• Anxious Charlie to the Rescue by Terry Milne (PB)
• The Promised Neverland #10 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)
• The Dam Keeper: Return from the Shadows by Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi (GN)
• Rx: A Graphic Memoir by Rachel Lindsay (ANF)
• Self/Made: The Inciting Accident by Mat Groom, Eduardo Ferigato, & Marcelo Costa, & Troy Peteri (GN)
• Everafter: The Pandora Protocol by Dave Justus, Liliah Sturges, Travis Moore, Steve Rolston, Ande Parks, & Michael Wiggam (GN)
• Star Scouts: Invasion of the Scuttlebots by Mike Lawrence (GN)
• Unicorn Bowling by Dana Simpson (GN)
• The Unicorn Whisperer by Dana Simpson (GN)

12.29.19

• Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare #1 by Yuhki Kamatani (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #2 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare #2 by Yuhki Kamatani (M)

12.30.19

• Sex, Murder and a Double Latte by Kyra Davis (A)
• A Call for Revolution: A Vision of the Future The Dalai Lama & Sofia Stril-Rever (ANF)

12.31.19

• Sanity & Tallulah: Field Trip by Molly Brooks (GN)
• Our Dreams at Dusk: Shinamani Tasogare #3 by Yuhki Kamatani (M)
• Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce (YA)
• The Serious Goose by Jimmy Kimmel (PB)
• Love from the Crayons by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• I Love You, Fred by Mick Inkpen & Chloe Inkpen (PB)
• Words and Your Heart by Kate Jane Neal (PB)
• ABCs of Kindness by Patricia Hegarty & Summer Macon (PB)
• Next to You: A Book of Adorableness by Lori Haskins Houran & Sydney Hanson (PB)
• I Need a New Butt! by Dawn McMillan & Ross Kinnaird (PB)
• I Broke My Butt! by Dawn McMillan & Ross Kinnaird (PB)
• The Cool Bean by Jory John & Pete Oswald (PB)
• Bagel in Love by Natasha Wing & Helen Dardik (PB)
• Say Something! by Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• Baby Bowie: A Book About Adjectives by Pintachan (PB)
• Nina Won't Tell by Katherine Applegate (YA)

12.19 total: 157

8 manga; 8 adult fiction; 5 youth fiction; 88 picture books; 15 youth nonfiction; 6 adult nonfiction; 8 young adult fiction; 19 graphic novels 

books i've read november 2019

11.2.19

• Mermaid Boys #1 by Yomi Sarachi (M)

11.3.19

• Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (YA)
• Archenemies by Marissa Meyer (YA)
• Mermin: The Great Catch by Joey Weiser (GN)
• The Balcony by Melissa Castrillon (PB)
• Spencer's New Pet by Jessie Sima (PB)
• Poop by Poppy Champignon & Mark Hoffman (PB)
• The Fate of Fausto: A Painted Fable by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Mr. Scruff by Simon James (PB)
• Family Is a Superpower by Michael Dahl & Omar Lozano (PB)
• Clever Little Witch by Muon Thi Van & Hyewon Yum (PB)
• Little Libraries, Big Heroes by Miranda Paul & John Parra (YNF)
• The Book Hog by Greg Pizzoli (PB)

11.6.19

• The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish (ANF)

11.10.19

• Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison (A)
• Skyward Volume 2: Here There Be Dragonflies by Joe Henderson, Lee Garbett, Antonio Fabela, & Simon Bowland (GN)

11.16.19

• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #31 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• The Mushroom Fan Club by Elise Gravel (YNF)
• Finale by Stephanie Garber (YA)
• Hotel Dare by Terry Blas & Claudia Aguirre (GN)
• Clyde by Jim Benton (GN)

11.17.19

• Black Torch #1 by Tsuyoshi Takaki (M)
• Live Oak, With Moss by Walt Whitman & Brian Selznick (ANF)
• Peace and Me: Inspired by the Lives of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates by Ali Winter & Mickael El Fathi (YNF)
• The Cat in the Box by Chris Ferrie (ANF)
• Komi Can't Communicate #1 by Tomohito Oda (M)
• Spidey: After-School Special by Robbie Thompson, Andre Lima Araujo, Nathan Stockman, & Jim Campbell (GN)
• Mermaid Boys #2 by Yomi Sarachi (M)

11.23.19

• Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• Black Panther: Killmonger: By Any Means by Bryan Hill & Juan Ferrerya (GN)
• Winter Soldier: Second Chances by Kyle Higgins & Rod Reis (GN)
• Coyotes Volume One by Sean Lewis & Caitlin Yarsky (GN)
• Mermaid Boys #3 by Yomi Sarachi (M)
• Ghost: Thirteen Haunting Tales to Tell by illustratus (Y)

11.24.19

• Mermin, Book Three: Deep Dive by Joey Weiser (GN)
• The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner (GN)
• Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks (GN)
• Fruits Basket Another #1 by Natsuki Takaya (M)
• I Look Up to...Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Anna Membrino & Fatti Burke (YNF)

11.25.19

• Maya and the Lost Cat by Caroline Magerl (PB)
• Our House Is on Fire: Greta Thunberg's Call to Save the Planet by Jeanette Winter (YNF)
• Dog Vs. Ultra Dog by Troy Wilson & Clayton Hanmer (PB)
• Puma Dreams by Tony Johnston & Jim Lamarche (PB)
• The Not-So-Great Outdoors by Madeline Kloepper (PB)
• IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, Carolyn Choi, & Ahsley Seil Smith (YNF)
• Mini Rabbit Is Not Lost by John Bond (PB)
• The Full House and the Empty House by LK James (PB)
• Dancing Hands: How Theresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle & Rafael Lopez (YNF)
• The Squirrels Who Squabbled by Rachel Bright & Jim Field (PB)
• Cassandra Animal Psychic #1: Cassandra Steps Out by Isabelle Bottier & Helene Canac (GN)

11.26.19

• Paper Girls Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson, & Jared K. Fletcher (GN)
• White Bird by R.J. Palacio (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #32 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (A)

11.27.19

• This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews (GN)
• Star Wars: Jedi Academy: Revenge of the Sis by Jarrett J. Krosoczka & Amy Ignatow (Y)
• Vox by Christina Dalcher (A)

11.28.19

• Mermin Book Four: Into Atlantis by Joey Weiser (GN)
• Mermin Book Five: Making Waves by Joey Weiser (GN)
• Just Jaime by Terri Libenson (Y)

11.29.19

• How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander & Melissa Sweet (PB)
• Don't Call Me Bear! by Aaron Blabey (YNF)
• Save Your Friends! by Hyewon Kyung (PB)
• Norm by Sylvia Liang (PB)
• King Mouse by Cary Fagan & Dena Seiferling (PB)
• Hummingbird by Nicola Davis & Jane Ray (YNF)
• Hold Hands by Sara Varon (PB)
• Finding Treasure: A Collection of Collections by Michelle Schaub & Carmen Saldana (YNF)
• Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke (GN)
• Unicorn Is Maybe Not So Great After All by Bob Shea (PB)
• The One & Only Wolfgang: From Pet Rescue to One Big Happy Family by Steve Greig, Mary Rand Hess, & Nadja Sarell (YNF)
• Bruce's Big Storm by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• Little Joe Chickapig: A Story about Following Your Dreams by Brian Calhoun & Pat Bradley (PB)
• Kevin the Unicorn: It's Not All Rainbows by Jessica von Innerebner (PB)
• Grumpy Monkey Party Time! by Suzanne Lang & Max Lang (PB)
• The Golden Acorn by Katy Hudson (PB)
• The Story of Rock by Caterpillar Books & Lindsey Sagar (YNF)
• Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Parker Curry, Jessica Curry, & Brittany Jackson (YNF)
• I Am Love: A Book of Compassion by Susan Verde & Peter H. Reynolds (PB)
• The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O'Neill (GN)
• Star Wars: Jedi Academy: Attack of the Furball by Jarrett J. Krosoczka & Amy Ignatow (Y)

11.30.19

• This Star Won't Go Out: The Life & Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl, Lori Earl, & Wayne Earl (YANF)

11.19 total: 82

8 manga; 4 young adult fiction; 19 graphic novels; 27 picture books; 13 youth nonfiction; 3 adult nonfiction; 3 adult fiction; 4 youth fiction; 1 young adult nonfiction 

books i've read october 2019

10.5.19

• Sleepless Volume 2 by Sarah Vaughn, Leila Del Duca, Alissa Sallah, & Deron Bennett (GN)
• Sincerely, Harriet by Sarah H. Searle (GN)
• Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (YA)

10.6.19

• Scooby Apocalypse Volume 5 by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, Pat Olliffe, & Tom Palmer (GN)
• Rick and Morty Vs. Dungeons & Dragons by Patrick Rothfuss, Jim Zub, Troy Little, & Leonardo Ito (GN)
• The Promised Neverland #8 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)

10.12.19

• Low Midnight by Carrie Vaughn (A)
• Legendary by Stephanie Garber (YA)
• The Promised Neverland #9 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)

10.13.19

• Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (YA)
• Fabio the World's Greatest Flamingo Detective: The Case of the Missing Hippo by Laura James & Emily Fox (Y)

10.14.19

• Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Junji Ito (M)

10.18.19

• Who Are You Calling Weird?: A Celebration of Strange and Wonderful Animals by Marilyn Singer & Paul Daviz (YNF)
• Mermin Book One: Out of Water by Joey Weiser (GN)

10.19.19

• Edens Zero #1 by Hiro Mashima (M)
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (GN)
• Dreamin' Sun #1 by Ichigo Takano (M)
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Life Is Too Short, Squirrel by Ryan North, Derek Charm, Naomi Franquiz, & Rico Renzi (GN)

10.20.19

• Rosie and Rasmus by Serena Geddes (PB)
• Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o & Vashti Harrison (PB)
• The Forever Sky by Thomas Peacock & Annette S. Lee (PB)
• Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep by Eric Barclay (PB)
• We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders (YNF)
• Hector: A Boy, a Protest, and the Photograph That Changed Apartheid by Adrienne Wright (YNF)
• Hello, Crabby! by Jonathan Fenske (PB)
• Let's Play, Crabby! by Jonathan Fenske (PB)
• The Breakaways by Cathy G. Johnson (GN)
• Island Book by Evan Dahm (GN)
• Sweetie Volume 1 by Sean Dillon & Steven Petrivelli (GN)
• Fanatical about Frogs by Owen Davey (YNF)
• Nature All Around: Trees by Pamela Hickman & Carolyn Gavin (YNF)
• Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare (YA)

10.25.19

• Oh, Rats! by Tor Seidler (Y)

10.27.19

• Please, No More Nuts! by Jonathan Fenske (PB)
• Plankton Is Pushy by Jonathan Fenske (PB)
• Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske (PB)
• Someone Please Have Sex with Me by Gina Wynbrandt (GN)
• Dreamin' Sun #2 by Ichigo Takano (M)

10.28.19

• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #30 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Edens Zero #2 by Hiro Mashima (M)
• Blood Cross by Faith Hunter (A)

10.30.19

• Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle & Isaac Goodhart (GN)

10.19 total: 42

12 graphic novels; 4 young adult fiction; 8 manga; 2 adult fiction; 2 youth fiction; 5 youth nonfiction; 9 picture books 

books i've read september 2019

9.1.19

• 2 Kinds of People: A Visual Compatibility Quiz by Joao Rocha (ANF)
• Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by Andre Jordan (ANF)

9.2.19

• Just One Year by Gayle Forman (YA)
• Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett (PB)
• Tintinnabula by Margo Lanagan & Rovina Cai (PB)
• My Name Isn't Oof!: Warren the Warbler Takes Flight by Michael Galligan & Jeremiah Trammell (PB)
• Mira's Curly Hair by Maryam al Serkal & Rebeca Luciani (PB)
• She's Got This by Laurie Hernandez & Nina Mata (PB)
• Now What?: A Math Tale by Robie H. Harris & Chris Chatterton (PB)
• Sun by Alison Oliver (PB)
• Red Light, Green Lion by Candace Ryan & Jennifer Yerkes (PB)
• Are You a Boy Or Are You a Girl? by Sarah Savage & Fox Fisher (PB)
• Skulls! by Blair Thornburgh & Scott Campbell (PB)
• Fergal and the Bad Temper by Robert Starling (PB)
• Nests by Pepe Marquez & Natalia Colombo (PB)
• Hildegard of Bingen: Scientist, Composer, Healer & Saint by Demi (YNF)
• A Pandemonium of Parrots and Other Animals by Hui Skipp (PB)
• My Town's (Extra)Ordinary People by Mikel Casal (PB)
• Spider-Man/Deadpool: Serious Business by Joshua Corin, Will Robson, Elliott Kalan, & Todd Nauck (GN)

9.7.19

• Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (YA)

9.10.19

• Spider-Man/Deadpool: Arms Race by Robbie Thompson, Chris Bachalo, & Scott Hepburn (GN)

9.12.19

• A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas (YA)
• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (YA)

9.14.19

• Spider-Man/Deadpool: WLMD by Robbie Thompson, Scott Hepburn, Elmo Bondoc, & Matt Horak (GN)
• The Demon Prince of Momochi House #13 by Aya Shouoto (M)

9.15.19

• Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich (A)

9.17.19

• Yokai Rental Shop #1 by Shin Mashiba (M)

9.20.19

• All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)

9.21.19

• Kevin Keller by Dan Parent (GN)
• Skyward Volume 1 by Joe Henderson, Lee Garbett, Antonio Fabela, & Simon Bowland (GN)
• Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older (YA)

9.22.19

• Ginny Goblin Cannot Have a Monster for a Pet by David Goodner & Louis Thomas (PB)
• Me, Toma, and the Concrete Garden by Andrew Larsen & Anne Villeneuve (PB)
• My Big Dumb Invisible Dragon by Angie Lucas & Birgitta Sif (PB)
• I Got Next by Daria Peoples-Riley (PB)
• Vanishing Colors by Constance Orbeck-Nilssen & Akin Duzakin (PB)
• Waiting for Chicken Smith by David Mackintosh (PB)
• Swarm of Bees by Lemony Snicket & Rilla Alexander (PB)
• The Cyclops Witch and the Heebie-Jeebies by Kyle Sullivan & Derek Sullivan (PB)
• Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli & Federico Fabiani (PB)
• Our World Is Relative by Julia Sooy & Molly Walsh (YNF)
• One Dark Bird by Liz Garton Scanlon & Frann Preston-Gannon (PB)
• Ruby & Rufus Love the Water! by Olivier Dunrea (PB)
• My Little Book of Big Freedoms by Chris Riddell (YNF)
• Edge of Spider-Geddon by Jed MacKay, Gerardo Sandoval, Aaron Auder, Will Robson, Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson, Alberto Albuquerque, Jason Latour, Christos Gage, & Mike Hawthorne (GN)
• Giant Days Volume Nine by John Allison, Max Sarin, Liz Fleming, Jenna Ayoub, & Whitney Cogar (GN)

9.25.19

• On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (YA)

9.26.19

• Sleepless Volume 1 by Sarah Vaughn, Leila Del Duca, Alissa Sallah, & Deron Bennett (GN)
• Girl Town by Carolyn Nowak (GN)
• The School Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• How to Be on the Moon by Viviane Schwarz (PB)
• Who Wet My Pants? by Bob Shea & Zachariah Ohora (PB)
• What If Everybody Thought That? by Ellen Javernick & Colleen Madden (PB)
• Moon Babies by Karen Jameson & Amy Hevron (PB)
• Give Me Back My Bones! by Kim Norman & Bob Kolar (PB)
• The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad & S.K. Ali, & Hatem Aly (PB)
• Moon!: Earth's Best Friend by Stacy McAnulty & Stevie Lewis (YNF)
• Squeak! by Laura McGee Kvasnosky & Kate Harvey McGee (PB)
• Good Dad Diego by Brenna Maloney (PB)
• What Riley Wore by Elana K. Arnold & Linda Davick (PB)
• Ping by Ani Castillo (PB)
• Lottie & Walter by Anna Walker (PB)
• Kill Six Billion Demons Book One by Tom Parkinson-Morgan (GN)
• The Promised Neverland #7 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)
• Caraval by Stephanie Garber (YA)
• Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen (GN)

9.28.19

• Yokai Rental Shop #2 by Shin Mashiba (M)
• Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate (Y)
• Yokai Rental Shop #3 by Shin Mashiba (M)
• The Avant-Guards Volume 1 by Carly Usdin, Noah Hayes, & Rebecca Nalty (GN)

9.29.19

• Spider-Man/Deadpool: My Two Dads by Robbie Thompson, Scott Hepburn, Matt Horak, & Jim Towe (GN)
• Ghost Hog by Joey Weiser (GN)
• Emiline: Knight in Training by Kimberli Johnson (GN)
• Spider-Man/Deadpool: Road Trip by Robbie Thompson, Matt Horak, Brian Keber, & Jim Towe (GN)
• Spider-Man/Deadpool: Eventpool by Robbie Thompson, Matt Horak, Jim Towe, & Sean Parsons (GN)
• Betty & Veronica: Vixens Volume 1 by Jamie Le Rotante, Eva Cabrera, Elaina Unger, & Rachel Deering (GN)
• The Magicians: Alice's Story by Lev Grossman, Lilah Sturges, & Pins Bak (GN)
• Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life by Ellen Forney (ANF)

09.19 total: 78

3 adult nonfiction; 8 young adult fiction; 37 picture books; 4 youth nonfiction; 19 graphic novels; 5 manga; 1 adult fiction; 1 youth fiction 

books i've read august 2019

8.4.19

• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (YA)
• The Pisces by Melissa Broder (A)
• Imperfect Girl #3 by NISIOISIN & Mitsura Hattori (M)
• Children of the Whales #3 by Abi Umeda (M)
• When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff & Kaylani Juanita (PB)
• Travels with My Granny by Juliet Rex & Christopher Corr (PB)
• Lambslide by Ann Patchett & Robin Preiss Glasser (PB)
• The Crab Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta & Tom Leonard (PB)
• Jacob's Room to Choose by Sarah Hoffman, Ian Hoffman, & Chris Case (PB)
• The Magic of Letters by Tony Johnston & Wendell Minor (PB)
• My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero & Zeke Pena (PB)
• My Little Book of Big Questions by Britta Teckentrup (YNF)

8.6.19

• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (ANF)
• Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry (YA)

8.11.19

• Just One Day by Gayle Forman (YA)
• An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole (A)

8.17.19

• Over the Garden Wall Volume Three by Danielle Burgos, Jim Campbell, Kiernan Sjursen-Lien, Cara McGee, & George Mager (GN)
• Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace by Jessica Bennett (ANF)
• Bird & Squirrel: All Tangled Up by James Burks (GN)
• Over the Garden Wall Volume Four by Danielle Burgos, Jim Campbell, Kiernan Sjursen-Lien, Cara McGee, & George Mager (GN)
• Linus: The Little Yellow Pencil by Scott Magoon (PB)
• Truman by Jean Reidy & Lucy Ruth Cummins (PB)
• My Cat Looks Like My Dad by Thao Lam (PB)
• Paper Mice by Megan Wagner Lloyd & Phoebe Wahl (PB)
• Noni the Pony Rescues a Joey by Alison Lester (PB)
• This Book Is Spineless by Lindsay Leslie & Alice Brereton (PB)
• Perfectly Polite Penguins by Georgiana Deutsch & Ekaterina Trukhan (PB)

8.18.19

• Leila in Saffron by Rukhsanna Guidroz & Dinara Mirtalipova (PB)
• Tangled by Anne Miranda & Eric Comstock (PB)
• Ghost Cat by Kevan Atteberry (PB)
• Firefly Home by Jane Clarke & Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Summer by Cao Wenxuan & Yu Rong (PB)
• Rocket Says Look Up! by Nathan Byron & Dapo Adeola (PB)
• Spider-Man/Deadpool: Isn't It Bromantic by Joe Kelly & Ed McGuinness (GN)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma #29 by Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki (M)
• Spider-Man/Deadpool: Side Pieces by Scott Aukerman, Gerry Duggan, Penn Jillette, Nick Giovannetti, Paul Scheer, Joshua Corin, Reilly Brown, Scott Koblish, Todd Nauck, & Tigh Walker (GN)
• Giant Days: Early Registration by John Allison (GN)

8.19.19

• Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman (ANF)

8.24.19

• The Promised Neverland #5 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)
• Spider-Man/Deadpool: Itsy Bitsy by Joe Kelly, Ed McGuinness, Mark Morales, & Jason Keith (GN)
• My Mixed Emotions by Elinor Greenwood (YNF)
• The Promised Neverland #6 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)
• Drawn to Sex: The Basics by Erika Moen & Matthew Nolan (ANF)
• Be Everything at Once: Tales of a Cartoonist Lady Person by Dami Lee (GN)

8.25.19

• You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir by Parker Posey (ANF)

8.31.19

• The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black (YA)
• Memily by Stephen Cosgrove & Robin James (PB)
• Butterwings by Stephen Cosgrove & Robin James (PB)
• Apocalypse Taco by Nathan Hale (GN)

08.19 total: 49

4 young adult fiction; 2 adult fiction; 5 manga; 22 picture books; 2 youth nonfiction; 5 adult nonfiction; 9 graphic novels

books i've read july 2019

7.2.19

• Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen (YA)

7.3.19

• Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas (YA)

7.4.19

• Over the Garden Wall Volume Two by Danielle Burgos, Jim Campbell, Kiernan Sjursen-Lien, Cara McGee, & George Mager (GN)
• Your Turn, Adrian by Helena Oberg & Kristin Lidstrom (GN)

7.5.19

• P Is for...Peter: An ABC Book by Puffin Books (PB)
• The Saddest Toilet in the World by Sam Apple & Sam Ricks (PB)
• Ice by Arthur Geisert (PB)
• Yip! Snap! Yap! by Charles Fuge (PB)
• Why Do I Have to Eat Off the Floor? by Chris Hornsey & Gwyn Perkins (PB)
• Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison & Kevin Hawkes (PB)
• Squirrel Me Timbers by Louise Pigott (PB)
• The Goodbye Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! by Mo Willems (PB)

7.6.19

• Larf by Ashley Spires (PB)
• Little Doctor and the Fearless Beast by Sophie Gilmore (PB)
• Felix's New Skirt by Kerstin Brichzin & Igor Kuprin (PB)
• Fox Explores the Night: A First Science Storybook by Martin Jenkins & Richard Smythe (YNF)
• A Mouse Called Julian by Joe Todd-Stanton (PB)
• The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up by Hyeon-Ju Lee (PB)
• Walls by Brad Holdgrafer & Jay Cover (PB)
• Pencil: A Story with a Point by Ann Ingalls & Dean Griffiths (PB)
• Mermaid Dreams by Kate Pugsley (PB)
• A Normal Pig by K-Fai Steele (PB)
• Twinkle by Katharine Holabird & Sarah Warburton (PB)
• Walt's Imagination: The Life of Walt Disney by Doreen Rappaport & John Pomeroy (YNF)
• Giraffe Asks for Help by Nyasha Chikowore & Janet McDonnell (PB)
• Snakes on a Train by Kathryn Dennis (PB)
• Charlotte the Scientist Finds a Cure by Camille Anders & Brianne Farley (PB)

7.7.19

• Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs (A)
• Beauty & the Beast Girl by Neji (M)
• Farmer Falgu Goes Kite Flying by Chitra Soundar & Kanika Nair (PB)
• Growing Season by Maryann Cocca-Leffler (PB)
• Amy Is Famous by Barbara Bottner & Yuyi Chen (PB)
• Lawrence in the Fall by Matthew Farina & Doug Salati (PB)
• No Boring Stories! by Julie Falatko & Charles Santoso (PB)
• Try a Little Kindness by Henry Cole (PB)
• Beware the Mighty Bitey by Heather Pindar & Susan Batori (PB)
• The Girl and the Wolf by Katherena Vermette & Julie Flett (PB)
• Boing!: A Very Noisy ABC by Tim McCanna & Jorge Martin (PB)
• It's a Girl Thing!: Smart, Fierce, and Leading the Way by Pri Ferrari (PB)
• The Boy & the Bindi by Vivek Shraya & Rajni Perera (PB)
• Always Anjali by Sheetal Sheth & Jessica Blank (PB)
• Up Up Up Down by Kimberly Gee (PB)
• Dragons Eat Noodles on Tuesdays by Jon Stahl & Tadgh Bentley (PB)

7.8.19

• Our New Kittens by Theo Heras & Alice Carter (PB)
• I Have an Idea! by Herve Tullet (PB)
• The 123s of D&D by Ivan Van Norman & Caleb Cleveland (PB)
• Zoomer by Ned Young (PB)

7.10.19

• Fair Game by Patricia Briggs (A)

7.12.19

• The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (YA)

7.16.19

• Sleeping Bear: The Legend by Anne Margaret Lewis & Sarah Grant (PB)
• My Maize & Blue Day by Sonja Richards & Pauline Viall (PB)

7.18.19

• Fox Babies! by Steve Hinch (PB)
• Black Bear Babies! by Donald M. Jones (PB)

7.19.19

• Scythe by Neal Shusterman (YA)
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (YA)

7.20.19

• Twice Magic by Cressida Cowell (Y)
• Star Wars: Obi-1 2 3 by Calliope Glass, Caitlin Kennedy, & Katie Cook (PB)
• Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe (YNF)
• Claire and the Unicorn: Happy Ever After by B.G. Hennessy & Susan Mitchell (PB)
• King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood & Don Wood (PB)
• Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine by Gloria Whelan & Nancy Carpenter (PB)
• Eric's Big Day: A Bicycle Race Unlike Any Other by Rod Waters (PB)
• Bear's Big Day by Salina Yoon (PB)
• Hansel & Gretel by Bethan Woollvin (PB)
• The Jellybeans and the Big Book Bonanza by Laura Numeroff, Nate Evans, & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire (A)
• Black Panther Vs. Deadpool by Daniel Kibblesmith, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz, & Felipe Sobreiro (GN)
• The Backstagers: The Show Must Go On by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, & Walter Baiamonte (GN)
• Witch Hat Atelier #1 by Kamome Shirahama (M)
• Children of the Whales #2 by Abi Umeda (M)
• Imperfect Girl #1 by NISIOISIN & Mitsuru Hattori (M)
• Scattered by Kevin Hearne (A)

7.21.19

• The Ballad of Yaya Book 1: Fugue by Jean-Marie Omont, Patrick Marty, Charlotte Girard, & Golo Zhao (GN)
• Pinky Got Out! by Michael Portis & Lori Richmond (PB)
• I Just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon (PB)
• Lola Shapes the Sky by Wendy Greenley & Paolo Domeniconi (PB)
• Mr. Posey's New Glasses by Ted Kooser & Daniel Duncan (PB)
• The Little Pink Rosebud by Jennifer Shand & Sally Garland (PB)
• Flora's Tree House by Gabriel Alborozo (PB)
• Harold Snipperpot's Best Disaster Ever by Beatrice Alemagna (PB)
• Seagull & Sea Dragon by Sydni Gregg (PB)
• Stonewall: A Building, an Uprising, a Revolution by Rob Sanders & Jamey Christoph (YNF)
• The Bluest of Blues: Anna Atkins and the First Book of Photographs by Fiona Robinson (YNF)
• The Girls by Lauren Ace & Jenny Lovlie (PB)
• The Backstagers and the Ghost Light by Andy Mientus (Y)

7.22.19

• Xavier Ox's Xylophone Experiment by Barbara deRubertis & R.W. Alley (PB)

7.26.19

• The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera (A)
• Puppy Styled: Japanese Dog Grooming Before & After by Grace Chon (ANF)

7.27.19

• Staked by Kevin Hearne (A)

7.28.19

• Hicotea: A Nightlights Story by Lorena Alvarez (GN)
• Reach Higher: An Inspiring Photo Celebration of First Lady Michelle Obama by Amanda Lucidon (YNF)
• Supers: A Little Star Past Cassiopeia by Frederic Maupome & Dawid (GN)
• Spider-Man/Deadpool: Don't Call It a Team Up by Joe Kelly, Fabian Nicieza, Daniel Way, Kevin Shinick, Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan, & Christopher Hastings (GN)
• Claw the System: Poems from the Cat Uprising by Francesco Marciuliano (ANF)
• Rick and Morty: The World According to Rick by Rick Sanchez & Matt Carson (GN)

7.29.19

• The Bride Test by Helen Hoang (A)
• Imperfect Girl #2 by NISIOSIN & Mitsuro Hattori (M)
• Art Matters by Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell (ANF)
• The Ancient Magus' Bride #10 by Kore Yamasaki (M)

7.30.19

• Armada by Ernest Cline (A)
• Salt. by Nayyirah Waheed (ANF)

07.19 total: 102

5 young adult fiction; 9 graphic novels; 62 picture books; 6 youth nonfiction; 8 adult fiction; 6 manga; 2 youth fiction; 4 adult nonfiction