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

books i've read august 2023

 8.2.23

• Amari and the Great Game by B.B. Alston (Y)

8.4.23

• The Family Fortuna by Lindsay Eagar (YA)

8.6.23

• The Fae Keeper by H.E. Edgmon (YA)
• Calm the F*ck Down: How to Control What You Can and Accept What You Can't So You Can Stop Freaking Out and Get on with Your Life by Sarah Knight (ANF)

8.9.23

• Ravensong by Cayla Fay (YA)
• Get Your Sh*t Together: How to Stop Worrying About What You Should Do So You Can Finish What You Need to Do and Start Doing What You Want to Do by Sarah Knight (ANF)

8.8.23

• Lore Olympus Volume Three by Rachel Smythe (GN)

8.9.23

• Lore Olympus Volume Four by Rachel Smythe (GN)

8.10.23

• In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune (A)
• Kitty and the Great Lantern Race by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

8.11.23

• Kitty and the Twilight Trouble by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)
• The Minus-One Club by Kekla Magoon (YA)

8.12.23

• Golden Boys by Phil Stamper (YA)
• Enola Holmes and the Boy in Buttons by Nancy Springer (Y)

8.13.23

• We Are Branches by Joyce Sidman & Beth Krommes (YNF)
• The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel & Susan Gal (YNF)
• The Blue Songbird by Vern Kousky (PB)
• Lawrence, the Bunny Who Wanted to Be Naked by Vern Kousky (PB)
• Bones: Skeletons and How They Work by Steve Jenkins (YNF)
• My Best Friend by Rob Hodgson (PB)
• Polo and the Dragon by Regis Faller (PB)
• Polo and the Magician! by Regis Faller (PB)
• Eleanore Won't Share by Julie Gassman & Jessica Mikhail (PB)
• Pepper & Poe by Frann Preston-Gannon (PB)
• You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want by Sarah Knight (ANF)

8.14.23

• Changers Book Three: Kim by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper (YA)

8.18.23

• A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark (A)

8.19.23

• Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer (Y)

8.20.23

• Changers Book Four: Forever by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper (YA)
• Baking by Feel: Recipes to Sort Out Your Emotions (Whatever They Are Today!) by Becca Rea-Tucker (ANF)
• Sorry I Ruined Your Childhood by Ben Zaehringer (GN)
• Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts by Nick Seluk (GN)

8.21.23

• Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury (YA)

8.24.23

• Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle (A)

8.25.23

• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (A)

8.26.23

• When You Are Brave by Pat Zietlow Miller & Eliza Wheeler (PB)
• Today I Feel: An Alphabet of Feelings by Madalena Moniz (PB)
• Chirri & Chirra: The Snowy Day by Kaya Doi (PB)
• A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (PB)
• Blue Baboon Finds Her Tune by Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty (PB)
• Horrible Bear! by Ame Dyckman & Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Read the Book, Lemmings! by Ame Dyckman & Zachariah OHora (PB)
• Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by Ellen O'Clover (YA)
• One Star Wonders: The Worst Reviews of the World's Greatest Places by Mike Lowery (GN)
• Book Love by Debbie Tung (GN)
• Emotions Explained with Buff Dudes: Owlturd Comics by Andrew Tsyaston (GN)
• In Love & Pajamas by Catana Chetwynd (GN)

8.27.23

• Dreamin' Sun #7 by Ichigo Takano (M)

8.28.23

• No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard C. Schwartz (ANF)
• Cat Boy by Benji Nate (GN)
• Heart and Brain: Onward to Good Things by Nick Seluk (GN)

8.30.23

• Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez (YA)

8.31.23

• The Pearl by John Steinbeck (A)

08.23 total: 53

5 youth fiction; 10 young adult fiction; 5 adult nonfiction; 10 graphic novels; 5 adult fiction; 3 youth nonfiction; 14 picture books; 1 manga

books i've read july 2023

 7.2.23

• Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (YA)

7.4.23

• 19 Love Songs by David Levithan (YA)

7.5.23

• Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page (ANF)

7.7.23

• If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch (YA)

7.8.23

• Noticing by Kobi Yamada & Elise Hurst (PB)
• How to Eat a Book by Mrs. MacLeod & Mr. MacLeod (PB)
• Be the Bus: The Lost & Profound Wisdom of the Pigeon by Mo Willems (PB)
• Small by Gina Perry (PB)
• Big by Vashti Harrison (PB)
• Braver Than Brave by Janet Sumner Johnson & Eunji Jung (PB)
• Pigs Can't Look Up by Vincent D'Onofrio & Shelly Cunningham (PB)
• The Rainbow Snail by Karin Akesson (PB)
• I Am Wonder Woman by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (PB)
• RuPaul by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Wednesday Holmes (YNF)
• Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby (ANF)

7.9.23

• Meh by Deborah Malcolm (PB)
• Chirri & Chirra: In the Night by Kaya Doi (PB)
• Recitatif by Toni Morrison (A)
• Oh No by Alex Norris (GN)
• Happy Place by Emily Henry (A)

7.10.23

• Gigi, Listening by Chantel Guertin (A)
• Sam Is My Sister by Ashley Rhodes-Counter & MacKenzie Haley (PB)
• The You Kind of Kind by Nina West & Hayden Evans (PB)
• Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour & Kaylani Juanita (PB)
• Love Is Love by Michael Genhart, PhD & Ken Min (PB)

7.11.23

• Fence: Rivals by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana Lafuente (GN)
• You'll Be Sorry by Josh Schneider (PB)
• The Great Sheep Shenanigans by Peter Bently & Mei Matsuoka (PB)
• My Friends by Taro Gomi (PB)
• One Is a Drummer: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Thong & Grace Lin (PB)

7.12.23

• The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunter (ANF)

7.13.23

• The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston (A)

7.14.23

• The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes (YA)

7.15.23

• Superbuns! by Diane Kredensor (PB)
• Woodpecker Girl by Chingyen Liu, I-Tsun Chiang, & Heidi Doll (PB)
• Bring Me a Rock! by Daniel Miyares (PB)
• D Is for Drool: My Monster Alphabet by Amanda Noll, Shari Dash Greenspan, & Howard McWilliam (PB)
• Spotty by Margret Rey & H.A. Rey (PB)
• The Shy Creatures by David Mack (PB)
• Lotsa de Casha by Madonna & Rui Paes (PB)
• Things That Make You Feel Good, Things That Make You Feel Bad by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, & LeUyen Pham (Y)

7.16.23

• As You Walk on By by Julian Winters (YA)
• Heartwood Hotel: Home Again by Kallie George & Stephanie Graegin (Y)
• The Short Giraffe by Neil Flory & Mark Cleary (PB)
• This Tree Counts! by Alison Formento & Sarah Snow (PB)
• Arlene Sardine by Chris Raschka (PB)
• Mitchell Goes Bowling by Hallie Durand & Tony Fucile (PB)
• My Name Is Elizabeth! by Annika Dunklee & Matthew Forsythe (PB)

7.17.23

• Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey (ANF)

7.19.23

• Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston (YA)

7.20.23

• Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett (YA)

7.22.23

• I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman (YA)
• Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee (YA)

7.23.23.

• Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake (A)
• Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake (A)

7.24.23

• The Winter Soldier: Cold Front by Mackenzi Lee (YA)
• A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (A)

7.25.23

• Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)

7.26.23

• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Y)

7.27.23

• Kitty and the Tiger Treasure by Paula Harrison & Jenny Lovlie (Y)
• Root Magic by Eden Royce (Y)
• A Super Scary Narwhalloween by Ben Clanton (GN)
• Weather Together by Jessie Sima (PB)

7.28.23

• The Feelings Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• This Is My Hair by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Okay Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• Underwear Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr (PB)
• Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr (PB)
• Little Fox in the Snow by Jonathan London & Daniel Miyares (PB)
• Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion by Stephen W. Martin & Dan Tavis (PB)
• These Seas Count! by Alison Formento & Sarah Snow (PB)
• The Family Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• We Belong Together by Todd Parr (PB)
• The Cars and Trucks Book by Todd Parr (PB)
• You Are Fantastic! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Tale of the Shadow King by Daniel Haack & Stevie Lewis (PB)

7.29.23

• A True Home by Kallie George & Stephanie Graegin (Y)
• All Kinds of Others by James Sie (YA)

7.30.23

• Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans (YA)

07.23 total: 80

12 young adult fiction; 4 adult nonfiction; 46 picture books; 1 youth nonfiction; 7 adult fiction; 3 graphic novels; 7 youth fiction

books i've read june 2023

 6.1.23

• The Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen (YA)

6.3.23

• Dragon Bones: The Fantastic Fossil Discoveries of Mary Anning by Sarah Glenn Marsh & Maris Wicks (YNF)
• Ten Little Squirrels by Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson, & Nathalie Beauvois (PB)
• The Shabbat Puppy by Leslie Kimmelman & Jaime Zollars (PB)
• Skeletina and the In-Between World by Susie Jaramillo (PB)
• How to Send a Hug by Hayley Rocco & John Rocco (PB)
• Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Busy Boycott by Mara Rockliff & R. Gregory Christie (YNF)

6.4.23

• Bubbie & Rivka's Best-Ever Challah (So Far!) by Sarah Lynne Reul (PB)
• The Seasons Within Me by Bianca Pozzi (PB)
• Blanket by Ruth Ohi (PB)
• All About Nothing by Elizabeth Rusch & Elizabeth Goss (PB)
• Luna Oscura by Heidi Moreno (PB)
• Not Enough Lollipops by Megan Maynor & Micah Player (PB)
• Off the Wall by Theodore Taylor III (PB)
• Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn (YA)

6.5.23

• Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: A Goblin Problem! by Diane Walker & Tim Probert (Y)
• She Persisted: Marian Anderson by Katheryn Russell-Brown (YNF)
• She Persisted: Rosalind Franklin by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (YNF)
• Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (A)

6.6.23

• She Persisted: Maya Lin by Grace Lin (YNF)
• Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens (YA)

6.8.23

• Monstress: The Vow by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (GN)
• The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (YA)

6.9.23

• Monstress: Devourer by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (GN)
• Star Friends: Wish Trap by Linda Chapman & Lucy Fleming (Y)

6.10.23

• Who Will U Be? by Jessica Hische (PB)
• This Little Kitty by Karen Obuhenyeh (PB)
• How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford & Frank Morrison (YNF)
• The World of Worm: Shapes by Esther van den Berg (PB)
• Barkus: Dog Dreams by Patricia MacLachlan & Marc Boutavant (Y)
• Barkus by Patricia MacLachlan & Marc Boutavant (Y)
• Nesting by Henry Cole (YNF)
• The Worrywarts by Pamela Duncan Edwards & Henry Cole (PB)
• Eddie the Bully by Henry Cole (PB)
• Sometimes I'm Bombaloo by Rachel Vail & Yumi Heo (PB)
• Spot, the Cat by Henry Cole (PB)
• Spot & Dot by Henry Cole (PB)
• No One Is Angry Today by Toon Tellegen & Marc Boutavant (Y)
• Endlessly Ever After by Laurel Snyder & Dan Santat (Y)
• Jay's Gay Agenda by Jason June (YA)
• The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Die by Sarah Knight (ANF)

6.11.23

• Firefighter Flo! by Andrea Zimmerman & Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems (PB)
• Bunnies in a Boat by Philip Ardagh & Ben Mantle (PB)
• Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang & Hyewon Yum (PB)

6.12.23

• So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens (YA)

6.14.23

• The Moth Keeper by K. O'Neill (GN)
• Ketanji Brown Jackson: A Justice for All by Tami Charles & Jemma Skidmore (YNF)
• One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey by Henry Cole (PB)
• Not an Alphabet Book: The Case of the Missing Cake by Eoin McLaughlin & Marc Boutavant (PB)
• Free Comic Book Day: The Umbrella Academy by Gabriel Ba, Gerard Way, Dave Stewart, & Nate Piekos (C)
• Free Comic Book Day: Marvel Voices #1 by John Jennings, Paris Alleyne, Erick Arciniega, & more (C)
• Heartwood Hotel: The Greatest Gift by Kallie George (Y)
• Guide for the Unlucky by Kyle Bean (ANF)

6.15.23

• Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (YA)
• The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson (A)

6.16.23

• The Rules of Us by Jennifer Nissley (YA)

6.18.23

• The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, & Douglas Abrams (ANF)

6.19.23

• Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (YA)

6.20.23

• Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli (YA)

6.21.23

• Heartwood Hotel: Better Together by Kallie George (Y)
• Dark Testament: Blackout Poems by Crystal Simone Smith (ANF)
• Who Owns the Clouds? by Mario Brassard & Gerard Dubois (GN)
• An ABC of Democracy by Nancy Shapiro & Paulina Morgan (YNF)
• What's Up, Pup?: How Our Furry Friends Communicate and What They Are Saying by Kersten Hamilton & Lili Chin (YNF)
• Cold Turkey by Corey Rosen Schwartz, Kirsti Call, & Chad Otis (PB)
• Stick and Stone: On the Go by Beth Ferry & Kristen Cella (GN)
• Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (A)

6.23.23

• Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington (YA)
• Book of Questions: Selections/Libro de las Preguntas: Selecciones by Pablo Neruda & Paloma Valdivia (YNF)
• Off-Limits by Helen Yoon (PB)
• Forest: Finn and Skip's Rainforest Adventure by Brendan Kearney (PB)
• The Lights That Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer (PB)
• Unbound: The Life & Art of Judith Scott by Joyce Scott, Brie Spangler, & Melissa Sweet (YNF)
• Digestion!: The Musical by Adam Rex & Laura Pak (YNF)

6.24.23

• Open Me...I'm a Dog! by Art Spiegelman (PB)
• Bob and 6 More Christmas Stories by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• Angel Sugar Cat: A New Friend by Ellie O'Ryan & Sachiho Hino (Y)
• Bunnies and Their Hobbies by Nancy Carlson (PB)
• Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems (PB)
• Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes (PB)
• Free Kid to a Good Home by Hiroshi Ito (Y)
• One Million Trees: A True Story by Kristen Balouch (YNF)
• Puppy Bus by Drew Brockington (PB)
• We Want a Dog by Lo Cole (PB)
• Kimchi, Kimchi Every Day by Erica Kim (PB)
• Lift, Mix, Fling!: Machines Can Do Anything by Lola M. Schaefer & James Yang (PB)
• Sometimes Rain by Meg Fleming & Diana Sudyka (PB)
• Planning Perfect by Haley Neil (YA)
• A Quick & Easy Guide to Consent by Isabella Rotman & Luke B. Howard (YANF)

6.25.23

• Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel (YNF)
• Once Upon an Eid edited by S.K. Ali & Aisha Saeed (Y)
• Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman (YA)

6.26.23

• Lunar Love by Lauren Kang Jessen (A)

6.28.23

• Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith & Boulet (GN)

6.30.23

• The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (ANF)
• The Black Queen by Jumata Emill (YA)

06.23 total: 97

14 young adult fiction; 15 youth nonfiction; 39 picture books; 11 youth fiction; 4 adult fiction; 6 graphic novels; 5 adult nonfiction; 2 comics; 1 young adult nonfiction

books i've read may 2023

 5.4.23

• Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (A)
• Happy Hippo, Angry Duck: A Book of Moods by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell (PB)

5.5.23

• 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (A)

5.6.23

• Who Bit My Book? by Elsa Mroziewicz (PB)
• I Am Benjamin Franklin by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• I Am Batman by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (PB)
• I Am George Washington by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• I Am Superman by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (PB)

5.7.23

• All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson by Carole Boston Weatherford & Ashley Evans (YNF)
• Joey and Jet by James Yang (PB)
• Monet's Cat by Lily Murray & Becky Cameron (PB)
• Milo's Monster by Tom Percival (PB)
• Where's Baby? by Anne Hunter (PB)
• Hello, Hot Dog! by Lily Murray & Jarvis (PB)
• Blue on Blue by Dianne White & Beth Krommes (PB)
• Kitty Sweet Tooth Makes a Movie b Abby Denson & Utomaru (GN)
• The Wolf Suit by Sid Sharp (GN)
• Pea, Bee, & Jay: Lift Off by Brian "Smitty" Smith (GN)
• Pea, Bee, & Jay: Farm Feud by Brian "Smitty" Smith (GN)
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (YA)

5.9.23

• A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney (YA)

5.10.23

• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (A)

5.11.23

• A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green (A)

5.12.23

• Grumpy New Year Katrina Moore & Xindi Yan (PB)
• Mr. Coats by Sieb Posthuma (PB)
• The Good Little Book by Kyo Maclear & Marion Arbona (PB)
• My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald & Freya Blackwood (PB)
• Jigsaw: Mystery in the Mail by Bob Graham (PB)
• My Name Is a Story by Ashanti Douglas & Monica Mikai (PB)
• Like by Amie Barrows & Leo Espinosa (PB)
• Grandad's Pink Trousers by Lucie Hasova Trahelkova (PB)
• You Can!: Kids Empowering Kids by Alexandra Strick & Steve Anthony (PB)

5.13.23

• The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (A)
• Teen Titans: Robin by Kami Garcia & Gabriel Picolo (GN)
• Spy X Family #9 by Tatsuya Endo (M)

5.14.23

• The Mouse's Apples by Frances Stickley & Kristyna Litten (PB)
• Moonlight by Stephen Savage (PB)
• SumoPuppy by David Biedrzycki (PB)
• A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love by Michelle Edwards & G. Brian Karas (PB)
• The Little Bear by Nicola Killen (PB)
• Patch of Sky by Nic Yulo (PB)
• My Pet Feet by Josh Funk & Billy Yong (PB)
• Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head by Jeanne Walker Harvey & Diana Toledano (YNF)
• A Dress with Pockets by Lily Murray & Jenny Lovlie (PB)
• Mrs. Mole, I'm Home! by Jarvis (PB)
• Follow Me, Flo! by Jarvis (PB)
• I Am Temple Grandin by Brad Meltzer & Christopher Eliopoulos (YNF)
• Cockatoos on a Cruise by Russell Punter & David Semple (PB)
• Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox (GN)

5.15.23

• All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson (YANF)
• The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes (YA)

5.16.23

• Ollie by Olivier Dunrea (PB)
• Artifice by Alex Woolfson & Winona Nelson (GN)

5.17.23

• Kinds of B'more by R. Eric Thomas (YA)

5.19.23

• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (A)
• Fae and the Moon by Franco Aureliani, Catherine Satrun, & Sarah Satrun (GN)
• Freestyle by Gale Galligan (GN)

5.20.23

• In Every Life by Marla Frazee (PB)
• Sometimes It's Nice to Be Alone by Amy Hest & Philip Stead (PB)
• A Is for Ambitious by Meena Harris & Marissa Valdez (PB)
• We Go Way Back by Idan Ben-Barak & Philip Bunting (YNF)
• Friends Beyond Measure by Lalena Fisher (PB)
• All the Beating Hearts by Julie Fogliano & Catia Chien (PB)
• The Cool Code by Deirdre Langeland & Sarah Mai (GN)
• Van Gogh's World of Color by Julie Aigner-Clark (PB)
• Bailey Goes Camping by Kevin Henkes (PB)
• A Turtle in the Toilet by Jonathan Emmett & Caroline Jayne Church (PB)
• Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon by Jules Bass & Debbie Harter (PB)
• Feely Bugs by David A. Carter (PB)
• Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White (YA)

5.21.23

• Herbert on the Slide by Rilla Alexander (PB)
• Green Is for Christmas by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Happy Easter from the Crayons by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Not Me! by Nicola Killen (PB)
• And Then the Seed Grew by Marianne Dubuc (PB)
• A Good Deed Can Grow by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman & Holly Hatam (PB)
• Ancient Night by David Alvarez & David Bowles (PB)
• The Library Fish Learns to Read by Alyssa Satin Capucilli & Gladys Jose (PB)
• Little Hearts: Finding Hearts in Nature by Charles Ghigna & Jacqueline East (PB)
• Sprout Branches Out by Jessika Von Innerebner (PB)
• Roxie Loves Adventure by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen & Leeza Hernandez (PB)
• We're Not Weird: Structure and Function in the Animal Kingdom by Michael Garland (YNF)

5.22.23

• Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (A)
• Passionate About Penguins by Owen Davey (YNF)
• Sam's Super Seats by Keah Brown & Sheree Miller (PB)
• I'm Going to Have a Good Day!: Daily Affirmations with Scarlett by Tiania Haneline, Scarlett Gray, & Stephanie Dehennin (PB)
• Wei Skates On by Nathan Chen & Lorraine Nam (PB)
• Pigeon & Cat by Edward Hemingway (PB)
• Rick the Rock of Room 214 by Julie Falatko & Ruth Chan (PB)
• Our Story Starts in Africa by Patrice Lawrence & Jeanetta Gonzales (PB)
• Scurry by Mac Smith (GN)

5.23.23

• Starhug: A Journey of Hope, Healing & Hugs by Cindy Wong & ShiShi Nguyen (PB)
• Twenty Questions by Mac Barnett & Christian Robinson (PB)
• Buster's Trip to Victory Lane by Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Ela Smietanka (PB)
• We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• Meet Frank by Mavis Lui (PB)

5.24.23

• Kuma-Kuma Chan's Home by Kazue Takahashi (PB)
• Kuma-Kuma Chan, the Little Bear by Kazue Takahashi (PB)
• C Is for Consent by Eleanor Morrison & Faye Orlove (PB)
• Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire (A)

5.25.23

• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (ANF)
• The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo (A)
• When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (A)
• Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo (A)
• The Moonlight Zoo by Maudie Powell-Tuck & Karl James Mountford (PB)
• Nothing's Wrong! by Jory John & Erin Kraan (PB)
• The Invitation by Stacey May Fowles & Marie Lafrance (PB)
• The World and Everything in It by Kevin Henkes (PB)

5.26.23

• The Mess That We Made by Michelle Lord & Julia Blattman (YNF)
• I Am NOT an Octopus by Eoin McLaughlin & Marc Boutavant (PB)
• Mashkiki Road: The Seven Grandfather Teachings by Elizabeth S. Barrett & Jonathan Thunder (PB)
• Priya Dreams of Marigolds & Masala by Meenal Patel (PB)
• Thank You, Neighbor! by Ruth Chan (PB)
• Benford Draws a Blank by Danielle Dufayet & Katia Klein (PB)
• The Promised Neverland #20 by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (M)

5.27.23

• Wilder Girls by Rory Power (YA)

5.28.23

• When a Friend Needs a Friend by Roozaboos (PB)
• Bravo, Little Bird! by Annie Silvestro & Ramona Kaulitzki (PB)
• Jump in! by Shadra Strickland (PB)
• If You Believe in Me by Rosemary Wells (PB)
• Remember by Joy Harjo & Michaela Goade (PB)
• Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin & Kate Messner (PB)
• Goldilocks and the Three Knocks by Gregory Barrington (PB)
• Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits #3 by Waco Ioka (M)
• The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights by Archie Bongiovanni & A. Andrews (GN)
• Dragman by Steven Appleby (GN)

5.29.23

• Stacey Abrams and the Fight to Vote by Traci N. Todd & Laura Freeman (YNF)
• Sometimes I Grumblesquinch by Rachel Vail & Hyewon Yum (PB)
• Forever Home: A Dog and Boy Love Story by Henry Cole (PB)
• Worry? by Gail Hayes, M.A. & Helen Flook (PB)
• Hidden Treasures by Elly MacKay (PB)
• Michael Rosen's Sticky McStickstick: The Friend Who Helped Me Walk Again by Michael Rosen & Tony Ross (YNF)
• Ida B. Wells, Voice of the Truth by Michelle Duster & Laura Freeman (YNF)
• The Tide Pool Waits by Candace Fleming & Amy Herron (YNF)
• The Ugliest Monster in the World by Luis Amavisca & Erica Salcedo (PB)
• Monsters in the Briny by Lynn Becker & Scott Brundage (PB)
• Miss Rita, Mystery Reader by Sam Donovan, Kristen Wixted, & Violet Tobacco (PB)
• Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan & Chris Raschka (PB)
• Curious About Crocodiles by Owen Davey (YNF)
• Obsessive About Octopuses by Owen Davey (YNF)
• The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen (YA)

05.23 total: 143

11 adult fiction; 92 picture books; 15 youth nonfiction; 13 graphic novels; 7 young adult fiction; 3 manga; 1 young adult nonfiction; 1 adult nonfiction