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1amaranthe
I haven’t done one of these before, but I am jealous of everyone who has a list of books they read in the past year(s) and so I will now give it a try! This group looks excellent, it does not try to make you do anything you don’t want to do. So I won’t list all the books I intend to read, because for me that could make reading into a chore. Nor will I promise to read a certain number of books, or a certain number in each category, or even to put at least one book into each category (although that would be nice if it were to happen).
I don’t know how many books I will be able to read this year, because I’m one academic quarter into an MLIS degree program, which ironically means I don’t have as much time to read (except materials for class). It will be an interesting experiment in time management. Of course, I can list all of my class materials in one or more categories.
My goal is to read as much as possible and to have at least a large minority of it be from authors/genres/subjects I haven’t read before, without doing poorly in any of my classes or neglecting professional development opportunities. I played Seattle Public Library’s summer book bingo games for a few years, and those were able to get me to read things I wouldn’t have read otherwise, so keeping a list by categories might help me to read a better variety of materials.
Counting the number of entries in this thread will not tell you how many books I have read in some period of time. I will absolutely put the same thing in multiple categories if necessary, I do not need to give myself headaches trying to choose between them, but I will make a note with the item if I do that, for less confusion. Also, I will list individually published short stories, journal articles, and book chapters as separate entries, if that's how I read them.
I will probably make a list at some point of just the books, so as to get a count, because I want to know.
3amaranthe
Required reading for classes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This will be mostly articles and book chapters, not complete books, and I might forget to update it.
Edit: It seems I do not want to update this very much at all. So I will put only some of the things. Eventually.
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books by Philip Nel
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly Bang
Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti by Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes
Bon Bon Buddy by Arna Bontemps (unpublished)
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A Girl Called Echo: Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (YA)
Children's Literature: An Illustrated History edited by Peter Hunt
~~
"Dilemmas in a general theory of planning" (1973) by H. W. J. Rittel and M. M. Webber
"Preserving wildness" (1987) by Wendell Berry
"Reimagining HCI: Toward a more human-centered perspective" (2011) by L. Bannon
"Toward a design epistemology for librarianship" (2018) by R. I. Clarke
"Make It Work: Using Service Design to Support Collaboration in Challenging Times" (2018) by A.-M. Deitering & B. Filar-Williams
"The values and ethics of library and information science" (2010) by R. E. Rubin
"A value sensitive action-reflection model: Evolving a co-design space with stakeholder and designer prompts" (2013) by Daisy Yoo, Alina Hultdgren, Jill Palzkill Woelfer, David G. Hendry, and Batya Friedman
"Co-creation and the new landscapes of design" (2008) by Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders and Pieter Jan Stappers
"Prototyping for tiny fingers" (1994) by M. Rettig
"Cardboard computers: Mocking-it-up or Hands-on the future" (1991) by P. Ehn and M. Kyng, in Design at work: Cooperative design of computer systems ed. by J. Greenbaum and M. Kyng
Exposing the Magic of Design by Jon Kolko
Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson et al.
"'Dear Mary Jane': Some Reflections on Being an Archivist" (1991) by John Fleckner
“To the Limit of Our Integrity: Reflections on Archival Being” (2009) by Scott Cline
“The Archive” Is Not an Archives” (2016) by Michelle Caswell
“Archives for All: Professional Responsibility and Social Justice” (2007) by Randall Jimerson
“What Is Past Is Prologue: A History of Archival Ideas Since 1898, and the Future Paradigm Shift?” (1997) by Terry Cook
"Documentation Strategy: Mastodon or Retro-Success" (2008) by Doris J. Malkmus
“Reflections on the Goal of Archival Appraisal in Democratic Societies” (2002) by Terry Eastwood
"Seeing Archives: Postmodernism and the Changing Intellectual Place of Archives" (2002) by Tom Nesmith
“More Product Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing” (2005) by Mark Greene and Dennis Meissner
“MPLP: It’s Not Just for Processing Anymore” (2010) by Mark Greene
“Archival Arrangement—Five Different Operations at Five Different Levels” (1964) by Oliver Wendell Holmes {archivist}
“Archival Principles of Arrangement” (1961) by Theodore M. Schellenberg
"Accessioning as Processing" (2006) by Christine Weideman
Society of American Archivists Core Values Statement and Code of Ethics
""Protocols for Native American Archival Materials" (2007) by First Archivists Circle
“From Human Rights to Feminist Ethics: Radical Empathy in the Archives” (2016) by Michelle Caswell and Marika Cifor
“The Ethics of Access” (1989) by Elena S. Davidson
“The Hubris of Neutrality in Archives” (2017) by Samantha Winn
"Information as thing" (1991) by M. K. Buckland
"The policeman’s beard was what? Representation and reality in knowledge organization and description" (2014) by A. Carlyle
Chapters 1, 2, 5, and 6 from Two kinds of power: an essay on bibliographical control (1968) by Patrick Wilson
Chapters 2, 4, and 5 from The intellectual foundation of information organization (2000) by Elaine Svenonius
"Understanding FRBR as a conceptual model" (2006) by Allyson Carlyle
"What is FRBR? A Conceptual Model For the Bibliographic Universe" (2004) by Barbara Tillett
"A Taxonomy of Bibliographic Relationships" (1991) by Barbara Tillett
"Understanding metadata: What is metadata, and what is it for?" (2017) by J. Riley
"Deconstructing the Indexing Process" (1999) by Jens-Erik Mai
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This will be mostly articles and book chapters, not complete books, and I might forget to update it.
Edit: It seems I do not want to update this very much at all. So I will put only some of the things. Eventually.
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books by Philip Nel
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly Bang
Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti by Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes
Bon Bon Buddy by Arna Bontemps (unpublished)
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A Girl Called Echo: Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (YA)
Children's Literature: An Illustrated History edited by Peter Hunt
~~
"Dilemmas in a general theory of planning" (1973) by H. W. J. Rittel and M. M. Webber
"Preserving wildness" (1987) by Wendell Berry
"Reimagining HCI: Toward a more human-centered perspective" (2011) by L. Bannon
"Toward a design epistemology for librarianship" (2018) by R. I. Clarke
"Make It Work: Using Service Design to Support Collaboration in Challenging Times" (2018) by A.-M. Deitering & B. Filar-Williams
"The values and ethics of library and information science" (2010) by R. E. Rubin
"A value sensitive action-reflection model: Evolving a co-design space with stakeholder and designer prompts" (2013) by Daisy Yoo, Alina Hultdgren, Jill Palzkill Woelfer, David G. Hendry, and Batya Friedman
"Co-creation and the new landscapes of design" (2008) by Elizabeth B.-N. Sanders and Pieter Jan Stappers
"Prototyping for tiny fingers" (1994) by M. Rettig
"Cardboard computers: Mocking-it-up or Hands-on the future" (1991) by P. Ehn and M. Kyng, in Design at work: Cooperative design of computer systems ed. by J. Greenbaum and M. Kyng
Exposing the Magic of Design by Jon Kolko
Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson et al.
"'Dear Mary Jane': Some Reflections on Being an Archivist" (1991) by John Fleckner
“To the Limit of Our Integrity: Reflections on Archival Being” (2009) by Scott Cline
“The Archive” Is Not an Archives” (2016) by Michelle Caswell
“Archives for All: Professional Responsibility and Social Justice” (2007) by Randall Jimerson
“What Is Past Is Prologue: A History of Archival Ideas Since 1898, and the Future Paradigm Shift?” (1997) by Terry Cook
"Documentation Strategy: Mastodon or Retro-Success" (2008) by Doris J. Malkmus
“Reflections on the Goal of Archival Appraisal in Democratic Societies” (2002) by Terry Eastwood
"Seeing Archives: Postmodernism and the Changing Intellectual Place of Archives" (2002) by Tom Nesmith
“More Product Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing” (2005) by Mark Greene and Dennis Meissner
“MPLP: It’s Not Just for Processing Anymore” (2010) by Mark Greene
“Archival Arrangement—Five Different Operations at Five Different Levels” (1964) by Oliver Wendell Holmes {archivist}
“Archival Principles of Arrangement” (1961) by Theodore M. Schellenberg
"Accessioning as Processing" (2006) by Christine Weideman
Society of American Archivists Core Values Statement and Code of Ethics
""Protocols for Native American Archival Materials" (2007) by First Archivists Circle
“From Human Rights to Feminist Ethics: Radical Empathy in the Archives” (2016) by Michelle Caswell and Marika Cifor
“The Ethics of Access” (1989) by Elena S. Davidson
“The Hubris of Neutrality in Archives” (2017) by Samantha Winn
"Information as thing" (1991) by M. K. Buckland
"The policeman’s beard was what? Representation and reality in knowledge organization and description" (2014) by A. Carlyle
Chapters 1, 2, 5, and 6 from Two kinds of power: an essay on bibliographical control (1968) by Patrick Wilson
Chapters 2, 4, and 5 from The intellectual foundation of information organization (2000) by Elaine Svenonius
"Understanding FRBR as a conceptual model" (2006) by Allyson Carlyle
"What is FRBR? A Conceptual Model For the Bibliographic Universe" (2004) by Barbara Tillett
"A Taxonomy of Bibliographic Relationships" (1991) by Barbara Tillett
"Understanding metadata: What is metadata, and what is it for?" (2017) by J. Riley
"Deconstructing the Indexing Process" (1999) by Jens-Erik Mai
4amaranthe
Re-reads
(not including picture books)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Death's Head by Mel Keegan
Equinox by Mel Keegan
The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Scorpio by Mel Keegan
Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
The Rifter by Ginn Hale
Arabel's Raven by Joan Aiken
Stopover by Mel Keegan
~~~~~~~
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~
Cut & Run by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Fish & Chips by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
~~~~~~~
Looking for Group by Alexis Hall
Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill
Crimson Spell vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane
~~~~~~~
Crimson Spell vol. 2-5
Finder vol. 1-8
Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
A Case of Possession by KJ Charles
A Case of Spirits by KJ Charles
Flight of Magpies by KJ Charles
Jackdaw by KJ Charles
Think of England by KJ Charles
Too Many Fairy Princes by Alex Beecroft
Aphelion by Mel Keegan
Jingo by Terry Pratchett
Wanted: A Gentleman by KJ Charles
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
~~~~~~~
Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Mélusine by Sarah Monette
~~~~~~~
After Ben by Con Riley
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
(not including picture books)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Death's Head by Mel Keegan
Equinox by Mel Keegan
The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Scorpio by Mel Keegan
Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
The Rifter by Ginn Hale
Arabel's Raven by Joan Aiken
Stopover by Mel Keegan
~~~~~~~
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~
Cut & Run by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Fish & Chips by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
~~~~~~~
Looking for Group by Alexis Hall
Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill
Crimson Spell vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane
~~~~~~~
Crimson Spell vol. 2-5
Finder vol. 1-8
Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
A Case of Possession by KJ Charles
A Case of Spirits by KJ Charles
Flight of Magpies by KJ Charles
Jackdaw by KJ Charles
Think of England by KJ Charles
Too Many Fairy Princes by Alex Beecroft
Aphelion by Mel Keegan
Jingo by Terry Pratchett
Wanted: A Gentleman by KJ Charles
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
~~~~~~~
Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Mélusine by Sarah Monette
~~~~~~~
After Ben by Con Riley
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
5amaranthe
Queer genre fiction (aka The Usual)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Death's Head by Mel Keegan
Equinox by Mel Keegan
The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Scorpio by Mel Keegan
Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
The Rifter by Ginn Hale
Stopover by Mel Keegan
The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember
Antisocial by Heidi Cullinan
~~~~~~~
Invitation to the Dance by Tamara Allen
Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles
Kip's Monster by Harper Fox
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
~~~~~~~
Cut & Run by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Fish & Chips by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
~~~~~~~
Looking for Group by Alexis Hall
Crimson Spell vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane
~~~~~~~
Crimson Spell vol. 2
Crimson Spell vol. 3
Crimson Spell vol. 4
Crimson Spell vol. 5
Finder vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane
Finder vol. 2
Finder vol. 3
Finder vol. 4
Finder vol. 5
Finder vol. 6
Finder vol. 7
Finder vol. 8
Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price
Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
A Case of Possession by KJ Charles
A Case of Spirits by KJ Charles
Flight of Magpies by KJ Charles
Jackdaw by KJ Charles
Proper English by KJ Charles
Think of England by KJ Charles
Too Many Fairy Princes by Alex Beecroft
Aphelion by Mel Keegan
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney
Wanted: A Gentleman by KJ Charles
Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian
Mélusine by Sarah Monette
~~~~~~~
After Ben by Con Riley
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Death's Head by Mel Keegan
Equinox by Mel Keegan
The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Scorpio by Mel Keegan
Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
The Rifter by Ginn Hale
Stopover by Mel Keegan
The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember
Antisocial by Heidi Cullinan
~~~~~~~
Invitation to the Dance by Tamara Allen
Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles
Kip's Monster by Harper Fox
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
~~~~~~~
Cut & Run by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Fish & Chips by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
~~~~~~~
Looking for Group by Alexis Hall
Crimson Spell vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane
~~~~~~~
Crimson Spell vol. 2
Crimson Spell vol. 3
Crimson Spell vol. 4
Crimson Spell vol. 5
Finder vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane
Finder vol. 2
Finder vol. 3
Finder vol. 4
Finder vol. 5
Finder vol. 6
Finder vol. 7
Finder vol. 8
Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price
Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
A Case of Possession by KJ Charles
A Case of Spirits by KJ Charles
Flight of Magpies by KJ Charles
Jackdaw by KJ Charles
Proper English by KJ Charles
Think of England by KJ Charles
Too Many Fairy Princes by Alex Beecroft
Aphelion by Mel Keegan
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney
Wanted: A Gentleman by KJ Charles
Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian
Mélusine by Sarah Monette
~~~~~~~
After Ben by Con Riley
6amaranthe
Catchup (Catsup??)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Favorite authors:
1) if they have a new book out, I will read it and put it here.
Series reading:
2) whether or not there is a new book out, if I decide to read or re-read a whole series I will put it here too.
*=not a reread
NARC series (sci-fi thriller)
NARC: Death's Head by Mel Keegan
NARC: Equinox by Mel Keegan
NARC: Scorpio by Mel Keegan
NARC: Stopover by Mel Keegan
NARC: Aphelion by Mel Keegan
~~~~~~~
The NARC series was unfinished for a long time, which was very annoying, so I only read it two or three times and then didn't for awhile. It seems to have been finished now, so I can read it again and go to the end this time. The first few books, written in the early 90s, are full of gratuitous sexual content (it probably began as some kind of fanfiction with the names changed, but so did a lot of recent bestsellers). They also contain occasional sexism/other problematic elements that wouldn't fly in 2018, but the plot is very exciting. The Hellgate series (finished a few years back) is even better, and less dated, though not without problematic elements of its own; the sexual content/fanservice is pretty much a thing in all of this author's work. I tried rereading some of the author's historical fiction recently, but it had become boring and terrible, so I had to stop (possibly Fortunes of War would hold up okay, but I haven't tried it lately). The SF genre seems to be their sweet spot.
Hereville series (YA graphic novel, fantasy/humor, orthodox Jews
*Hereville: How Mirka caught a fish by Barry Deutsch (book 3)
~~~~~~~
Tiffany Aching series (YA fantasy)
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
*I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
*The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
~
Favorite authors' new books
*Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles
*Kip's Monster by Harper Fox
*Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price
*Proper English by KJ Charles
*The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
*How to Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
*Crimson Spell vol. 6 by Ayano Yamane
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Favorite authors:
1) if they have a new book out, I will read it and put it here.
Series reading:
2) whether or not there is a new book out, if I decide to read or re-read a whole series I will put it here too.
*=not a reread
NARC series (sci-fi thriller)
NARC: Death's Head by Mel Keegan
NARC: Equinox by Mel Keegan
NARC: Scorpio by Mel Keegan
NARC: Stopover by Mel Keegan
NARC: Aphelion by Mel Keegan
~~~~~~~
The NARC series was unfinished for a long time, which was very annoying, so I only read it two or three times and then didn't for awhile. It seems to have been finished now, so I can read it again and go to the end this time. The first few books, written in the early 90s, are full of gratuitous sexual content (it probably began as some kind of fanfiction with the names changed, but so did a lot of recent bestsellers). They also contain occasional sexism/other problematic elements that wouldn't fly in 2018, but the plot is very exciting. The Hellgate series (finished a few years back) is even better, and less dated, though not without problematic elements of its own; the sexual content/fanservice is pretty much a thing in all of this author's work. I tried rereading some of the author's historical fiction recently, but it had become boring and terrible, so I had to stop (possibly Fortunes of War would hold up okay, but I haven't tried it lately). The SF genre seems to be their sweet spot.
Hereville series (YA graphic novel, fantasy/humor, orthodox Jews
*Hereville: How Mirka caught a fish by Barry Deutsch (book 3)
~~~~~~~
Tiffany Aching series (YA fantasy)
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
*I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
*The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
~
Favorite authors' new books
*Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles
*Kip's Monster by Harper Fox
*Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price
*Proper English by KJ Charles
*The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
*How to Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
*Crimson Spell vol. 6 by Ayano Yamane
7amaranthe
Sorties
~~~~~~
Out of my comfort zone.
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Because it depicts a cultural context I have no experience with (in life or literature). It is also not in any of my usual genres.
It's an excellent book.
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
This is apparently a classic, but it's so far out of my comfort zone I had never heard of it. It's very good, but I didn't really like it.
Selected Poems of Cyprian Kamil Norwid translated by Adam Czerniawski
I like poetry, but I usually don't understand it, so reading an entire book of poetry is always out of my comfort zone. These poems are obviously good and I think I even understood some of them!
Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
A Girl Called Echo: Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
I don't tend to read a lot of graphic novels outside of a few manga. Especially magical-realist YA ones with strange plots. I'm more comfortable with obvious fantasy or SF, but these represent a genre(?) people really like to read and they're apparently pretty good for what they try to do.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem, essays by Joan Didion
Mainly none of the essays are on topics that I find extremely interesting, but Didion is a good enough writer that I liked most of them anyway.
~~~~~~
Out of my comfort zone.
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Because it depicts a cultural context I have no experience with (in life or literature). It is also not in any of my usual genres.
It's an excellent book.
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
This is apparently a classic, but it's so far out of my comfort zone I had never heard of it. It's very good, but I didn't really like it.
Selected Poems of Cyprian Kamil Norwid translated by Adam Czerniawski
I like poetry, but I usually don't understand it, so reading an entire book of poetry is always out of my comfort zone. These poems are obviously good and I think I even understood some of them!
Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
A Girl Called Echo: Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
I don't tend to read a lot of graphic novels outside of a few manga. Especially magical-realist YA ones with strange plots. I'm more comfortable with obvious fantasy or SF, but these represent a genre(?) people really like to read and they're apparently pretty good for what they try to do.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem, essays by Joan Didion
Mainly none of the essays are on topics that I find extremely interesting, but Didion is a good enough writer that I liked most of them anyway.
8amaranthe
Shelf ornaments (aka TBR)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I recently got rid of some unread books.
If a book annoys me when I look at it, I probably don't want to read it at all. So I kept the ones I like to look at (and maybe also want to read someday).
There are a lot left, because books are pretty.
The Elric Saga, part 1 by Michael Moorcock (10+ years unread)
The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem (5 years)
Luna by Julie Anne Peters (6 years)
The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember (3 months)
How Mirka caught a fish by Barry Deutsch (3 months)
~~~~~~~
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (8 years!!)
~~~~~~~
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney (8+ years)
~~~~~~~
Slouching towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (6 months)
The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian (6 months)
~~~~~~~
The night watchmen by Helen Cresswell (library book, 1 month)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I recently got rid of some unread books.
If a book annoys me when I look at it, I probably don't want to read it at all. So I kept the ones I like to look at (and maybe also want to read someday).
There are a lot left, because books are pretty.
The Elric Saga, part 1 by Michael Moorcock (10+ years unread)
The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem (5 years)
Luna by Julie Anne Peters (6 years)
The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember (3 months)
How Mirka caught a fish by Barry Deutsch (3 months)
~~~~~~~
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (8 years!!)
~~~~~~~
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney (8+ years)
~~~~~~~
Slouching towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (6 months)
The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian (6 months)
~~~~~~~
The night watchmen by Helen Cresswell (library book, 1 month)
9amaranthe
Guilt Edges
~~~~~~~~
Someone not on LibraryThing advised me to read it and will be sad if I don’t.
February
tried to read, decided not to Spoiled Brats by Simon Rich
~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~
Someone not on LibraryThing advised me to read it and will be sad if I don’t.
February
tried to read, decided not to Spoiled Brats by Simon Rich
~~~~~~~
10amaranthe
Read aloud
~~~~~~~~
If I have some time and an audience, I do this. It takes awhile.
Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill
Jingo by Terry Pratchett
Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
~~~~~~~~
If I have some time and an audience, I do this. It takes awhile.
Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill
Jingo by Terry Pratchett
Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
11amaranthe
Fiction by genre:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since I keep listing everything in multiple categories, this post and the nonfiction post and the picture books post will be helpful for finding out how many books I have actually read this year. Or this month.
YA
All genres; really, middle grade through YA. Sometimes the distinction is fuzzy.
~~~~~~~January
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter (animal fantasy, cats)
! Arabel's Raven by Joan Aiken (humor) {reread}
Luna by Julie Anne Peters (realistic fiction)
The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember (fantasy, romance)
~~~~~~~February
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)
! I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)
! The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel (animal fantasy, bats)
! Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (realistic fiction, humor, romance)
~~~~~~~April
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (magical realism?)
Sprout by Dale Peck (realistic fiction)
! Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton (historical fiction, 1968-1969)
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig (fantasy/fairy tale, horror)
! Looking for Group by Alexis Hall (romance)
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (realistic fiction)
~~~~~~~May
Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti by Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes (children's/MG)
Bon Bon Buddy by Arna Bontemps (unpublished) (children's/MG)
The Lost Zoo by Countee Cullen (children's poetry)
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
The Owl Service by Alan Garner
Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken
~~~~~~~June
The Piemakers by Helen Cresswell
The Bongleweed by Helen Cresswell
George by Alex Gino
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
! The Serial Garden: the complete Armitage family stories by Joan Aiken
The Only Way Out by Deborah Kent
~~~~~~~July
The night watchmen by Helen Cresswell
Not one damsel in distress, stories retold by Jane Yolen
The Winter of the Birds by Helen Cresswell
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
~~~~~~~August
Up the Pier by Helen Cresswell
! Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
The Twits by Roald Dahl
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
Speculative fiction
(Magical realism may or may not go here, depending on just how magical it seems to be.)
~~~~~~~January
Death's Head by Mel Keegan (romance)
Equinox by Mel Keegan
! The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles (mystery, romance)
Scorpio by Mel Keegan
~~~~~~~February
! The Rifter by Ginn Hale (romance)
The Elric Saga, part 1 by Michael Moorcock
The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem
Stopover by Mel Keegan
~~~~~~~April
! Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy (romance, mystery)
! The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams
~~~~~~~May
Twisting the Rope by R. A. MacAvoy (mystery)
Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price (mystery)
! Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale (mystery, romance)
! A Case of Possession by KJ Charles (mystery, romance)
A Case of Spirits by KJ Charles (mystery)
! Flight of Magpies by KJ Charles (mystery, romance)
Jackdaw by KJ Charles
! Too Many Fairy Princes by Alex Beecroft (romance)
Aphelion by Mel Keegan
! Jingo by Terry Pratchett
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier (romance)
~~~~~~~June
! Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
! The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
! Mélusine by Sarah Monette
~~~~~~~November
! Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
~~~~~~~December
The Nine Lands by Marie Brennan
Mystery
~~~~~~~April
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill
~~~~~~~May
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney (spies, humor, and a little romance)
~~~~~~~June
Killing the Lawyers by Reginald Hill
A Killing Kindness by Reginald Hill
Under World by Reginald Hill
Romance (primarily).
(Things in other categories might also be romantic, because I like to read romantic stories.)
~~~~~~~January
! Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
Antisocial by Heidi Cullinan
~~~~~~~February
Invitation to the Dance by Tamara Allen
Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles
Kip's Monster by Harper Fox
~~~~~~~March
! Cut & Run by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
(All of these are mystery/thrillers, but the sort where the mystery plot supports the sexy romance, rather than the other way around.)
Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Fish & Chips by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
~~~~~~~May
Proper English by KJ Charles (mystery)
! Think of England by KJ Charles
Wanted: A Gentleman by KJ Charles
~~~~~~~June
! Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian
~~~~~~~July
After Ben by Con Riley
~~~~~~~September
! How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
! How to Blow it with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
! How to Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
! For Real by Alexis Hall
Graphic novels
~~~~~~~February
How Mirka caught a fish by Barry Deutsch (YA)
~~~~~~~April
Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani (YA)
! Crimson Spell vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane (manga)
~~~~~~~May
! Crimson Spell vol. 2
! Crimson Spell vol. 3
! Crimson Spell vol. 4
! Crimson Spell vol. 5
Finder vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane
Finder vol. 2
Finder vol. 3
Finder vol. 4
Finder vol. 5
Finder vol. 6
Finder vol. 7
Finder vol. 8
A Girl Called Echo: Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette (YA)
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (YA)
~~~~~~~June
! Ouran High School Host Club, vol. 1-18, by Bisco Hatori
~~~~~~~July
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, & Joy San
~~~~~~~September
! Crimson Spell vol. 1-5 (again) by Ayano Yamane
! Crimson Spell vol. 6 by Ayano Yamane
~~~~~~~October-November
! Natsume's Book of Friends vol. 1 by Yuki Midorikawa
! Natsume's Book of Friends vol. 2 - vol. 23
Boy Princess by Se-Young Kim vol. 1-4
Finder vol. 1-8 by Ayano Yamane (again)
! Loveless vol. 1+2 and 3+4 by Yun Kouga
~~~~~~~December
! Loveless vol. 5+6 and 7+8, 9
! Loveless 10, 11, 12, 13
Boy Princess vol. 5, 6 by Se-Young Kim
Black Sun vol. 1 by Uki Ogasawara
Blue Morning vol. 1, 2, 3 by Hidaka Shouko
Boy Princess vol. 7, 8, 9 by Se-Young Kim
NightS by Kou Yoneda
! No touching at all by Kou Yoneda
! Even so, I will love you tenderly by Kou Yoneda
NTR: Netsuzou Trap vol. 1, 2 by Kodama Naoko
Blue Morning vol. 4 by Hidaka Shouko
The Devil's Bride (scanslation) by Se-Young Kim
! Loveless vol. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 (again)
! Blue Morning vol. 5, 6, 7, 8 by Hidaka Shouko
Punch Up! vol. 1 by Shiuko Kano
! Loveless vol. 7 & 8 (again)
Punch Up! vol. 2 by Shiuko Kano
! Loveless vol. 9, 10 (again)
NTR: Netsuzou Trap vol. 3, 4 by Kodama Naoko
! Black Butler vol. 1 by Yana Toboso
! Black Butler vol. 2-9 by Yana Toboso
Humorous fiction
~~~~~~~September?
! Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
Antiques
(written more than 100 years ago)
~~~~~~~April
Tommy and Co. by Jerome K. Jerome
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (children's)
Bill the Minder by W. Heath Robinson (children's)
~~~~~~~December
Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope
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Since I keep listing everything in multiple categories, this post and the nonfiction post and the picture books post will be helpful for finding out how many books I have actually read this year. Or this month.
YA
All genres; really, middle grade through YA. Sometimes the distinction is fuzzy.
~~~~~~~January
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter (animal fantasy, cats)
! Arabel's Raven by Joan Aiken (humor) {reread}
Luna by Julie Anne Peters (realistic fiction)
The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember (fantasy, romance)
~~~~~~~February
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)
! I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)
! The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel (animal fantasy, bats)
! Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (realistic fiction, humor, romance)
~~~~~~~April
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (magical realism?)
Sprout by Dale Peck (realistic fiction)
! Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton (historical fiction, 1968-1969)
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig (fantasy/fairy tale, horror)
! Looking for Group by Alexis Hall (romance)
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (realistic fiction)
~~~~~~~May
Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti by Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes (children's/MG)
Bon Bon Buddy by Arna Bontemps (unpublished) (children's/MG)
The Lost Zoo by Countee Cullen (children's poetry)
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
The Owl Service by Alan Garner
Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken
~~~~~~~June
The Piemakers by Helen Cresswell
The Bongleweed by Helen Cresswell
George by Alex Gino
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
! The Serial Garden: the complete Armitage family stories by Joan Aiken
The Only Way Out by Deborah Kent
~~~~~~~July
The night watchmen by Helen Cresswell
Not one damsel in distress, stories retold by Jane Yolen
The Winter of the Birds by Helen Cresswell
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
~~~~~~~August
Up the Pier by Helen Cresswell
! Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
The Twits by Roald Dahl
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
Speculative fiction
(Magical realism may or may not go here, depending on just how magical it seems to be.)
~~~~~~~January
Death's Head by Mel Keegan (romance)
Equinox by Mel Keegan
! The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles (mystery, romance)
Scorpio by Mel Keegan
~~~~~~~February
! The Rifter by Ginn Hale (romance)
The Elric Saga, part 1 by Michael Moorcock
The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem
Stopover by Mel Keegan
~~~~~~~April
! Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy (romance, mystery)
! The Heart of What Was Lost by Tad Williams
~~~~~~~May
Twisting the Rope by R. A. MacAvoy (mystery)
Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price (mystery)
! Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale (mystery, romance)
! A Case of Possession by KJ Charles (mystery, romance)
A Case of Spirits by KJ Charles (mystery)
! Flight of Magpies by KJ Charles (mystery, romance)
Jackdaw by KJ Charles
! Too Many Fairy Princes by Alex Beecroft (romance)
Aphelion by Mel Keegan
! Jingo by Terry Pratchett
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier (romance)
~~~~~~~June
! Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
! The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
! Mélusine by Sarah Monette
~~~~~~~November
! Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
~~~~~~~December
The Nine Lands by Marie Brennan
Mystery
~~~~~~~April
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill
~~~~~~~May
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney (spies, humor, and a little romance)
~~~~~~~June
Killing the Lawyers by Reginald Hill
A Killing Kindness by Reginald Hill
Under World by Reginald Hill
Romance (primarily).
(Things in other categories might also be romantic, because I like to read romantic stories.)
~~~~~~~January
! Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
Antisocial by Heidi Cullinan
~~~~~~~February
Invitation to the Dance by Tamara Allen
Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles
Kip's Monster by Harper Fox
~~~~~~~March
! Cut & Run by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
(All of these are mystery/thrillers, but the sort where the mystery plot supports the sexy romance, rather than the other way around.)
Sticks & Stones by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Fish & Chips by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
Divide & Conquer by Abigail Roux and Madeline Urban
~~~~~~~May
Proper English by KJ Charles (mystery)
! Think of England by KJ Charles
Wanted: A Gentleman by KJ Charles
~~~~~~~June
! Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian
~~~~~~~July
After Ben by Con Riley
~~~~~~~September
! How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
! How to Blow it with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
! How to Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
! For Real by Alexis Hall
Graphic novels
~~~~~~~February
How Mirka caught a fish by Barry Deutsch (YA)
~~~~~~~April
Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani (YA)
! Crimson Spell vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane (manga)
~~~~~~~May
! Crimson Spell vol. 2
! Crimson Spell vol. 3
! Crimson Spell vol. 4
! Crimson Spell vol. 5
Finder vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane
Finder vol. 2
Finder vol. 3
Finder vol. 4
Finder vol. 5
Finder vol. 6
Finder vol. 7
Finder vol. 8
A Girl Called Echo: Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette (YA)
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (YA)
~~~~~~~June
! Ouran High School Host Club, vol. 1-18, by Bisco Hatori
~~~~~~~July
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, & Joy San
~~~~~~~September
! Crimson Spell vol. 1-5 (again) by Ayano Yamane
! Crimson Spell vol. 6 by Ayano Yamane
~~~~~~~October-November
! Natsume's Book of Friends vol. 1 by Yuki Midorikawa
! Natsume's Book of Friends vol. 2 - vol. 23
Boy Princess by Se-Young Kim vol. 1-4
Finder vol. 1-8 by Ayano Yamane (again)
! Loveless vol. 1+2 and 3+4 by Yun Kouga
~~~~~~~December
! Loveless vol. 5+6 and 7+8, 9
! Loveless 10, 11, 12, 13
Boy Princess vol. 5, 6 by Se-Young Kim
Black Sun vol. 1 by Uki Ogasawara
Blue Morning vol. 1, 2, 3 by Hidaka Shouko
Boy Princess vol. 7, 8, 9 by Se-Young Kim
NightS by Kou Yoneda
! No touching at all by Kou Yoneda
! Even so, I will love you tenderly by Kou Yoneda
NTR: Netsuzou Trap vol. 1, 2 by Kodama Naoko
Blue Morning vol. 4 by Hidaka Shouko
The Devil's Bride (scanslation) by Se-Young Kim
! Loveless vol. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 (again)
! Blue Morning vol. 5, 6, 7, 8 by Hidaka Shouko
Punch Up! vol. 1 by Shiuko Kano
! Loveless vol. 7 & 8 (again)
Punch Up! vol. 2 by Shiuko Kano
! Loveless vol. 9, 10 (again)
NTR: Netsuzou Trap vol. 3, 4 by Kodama Naoko
! Black Butler vol. 1 by Yana Toboso
! Black Butler vol. 2-9 by Yana Toboso
Humorous fiction
~~~~~~~September?
! Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
Antiques
(written more than 100 years ago)
~~~~~~~April
Tommy and Co. by Jerome K. Jerome
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (children's)
Bill the Minder by W. Heath Robinson (children's)
~~~~~~~December
Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope
12amaranthe
Nonfiction – All
~~~~~~~~~~~
If I find, by making a list, that I read a great deal more nonfiction than I thought I did, it can be split up later.
~~~~~~~February
It comes with the territory: handling problem situations in libraries by Anne M. Turner
Exposing the magic of design by Jon Kolko
~~~~~~~March
City of Splendors: Waterdeep (D&D Forgotten Realms) by Eric L. Boyd et al.
~~~~~~~April
Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books by Philip Nel
Selected Poems of Cyprian Kamil Norwid translated by Adam Czerniawski
~~~~~~~May
Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly Bang
Children's Literature: An Illustrated History by Peter Hunt (Editor)
~~~~~~~June
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
~~~~~~~July
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales told by Virginia Hamilton
~~~~~~~August
Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth Century America by Robert C. Toll
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If I find, by making a list, that I read a great deal more nonfiction than I thought I did, it can be split up later.
~~~~~~~February
It comes with the territory: handling problem situations in libraries by Anne M. Turner
Exposing the magic of design by Jon Kolko
~~~~~~~March
City of Splendors: Waterdeep (D&D Forgotten Realms) by Eric L. Boyd et al.
~~~~~~~April
Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books by Philip Nel
Selected Poems of Cyprian Kamil Norwid translated by Adam Czerniawski
~~~~~~~May
Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly Bang
Children's Literature: An Illustrated History by Peter Hunt (Editor)
~~~~~~~June
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
~~~~~~~July
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales told by Virginia Hamilton
~~~~~~~August
Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth Century America by Robert C. Toll
13amaranthe
A Miscellany of Sense and Nonsense
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AKA Children’s picture books. There were too many in the other post.
~~~~~~~January
! The snowy day by Ezra Jack Keats
The little old lady who was not afraid of anything by Linda Williams (reread)
The right number of elephants by Jeff Sheppard
Stella, fairy of the forest by Marie-Louise Gay
! Harry and the lady next door by Gene Zion (reread)
A treeful of pigs by Arnold and Anita Lobel
Good dog, Carl by Alexandra Day (reread)
! Brundibar by Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak
Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett
An invitation to the Butterfly Ball by Jane Yolen and Jane Breskin Zalben
Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole
Madeline and the Bad Hat by Ludwig Bemelmans (reread)
A Pond Full of Ink by Annie M. G. Schmidt
Down down the mountain by Ellis Credle
! A great big ugly man came up and tied his horse to me illus. by Wallace Tripp
Bartholemew and the oobleck by Dr. Seuss
The King's Stilts by Dr. Seuss
The water hole by Graeme Base
The jewel fish of Karnak by Graeme Base
Mouse tales by Arnold Lobel
! Frog and Toad all year by Arnold Lobel
Owl at home by Arnold Lobel
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Horton hatches the egg by Dr. Seuss
~~~~~~~March
The secret staircase by Jill Barklem
~~~~~~~April
Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. McKissack
Master Snickup's cloak by Alexander Theroux (possibly not a real children's book, it is messed up, likely a satirical book for adults.)
Leo the Lop by Stephen Cosgrove
! Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen illus. Kadir Nelson
Little Red Gliding Hood by Tara Lazar
! Hana Hashimoto, sixth violin by Chieri Uegaki
! Imani's Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood
! King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan
Silent Lotus by Jeanne M. Lee
Red: a crayon's story by Michael Hall
! The Seeing Stick by Jane Yolen illus. Daniela Terrazzini
Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
Don't Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller
H.O.R.S.E. : a game of basketball and imagination by Christopher Myers
Selavi, that is life : a Haitian story of hope by Youme
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
! Sam and the tigers : a new telling of Little Black Sambo by Julius Lester illus. Jerry Pinkney
Crown: an ode to the fresh cut by Derrick D. Barnes
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Callie Ann and Mistah Bear by Robert D. San Souci illus. Don Daily
! All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon
Amelia's Road by Linda Jacobs Altman, illus. Enrique O. Sanchez
Rudas by Yuyi Morales
A Different Pond by Bao Phi
Superhero by Marc Tauss
Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree by William Miller
Everyone Knows what a Dragon Looks Like by Jay Williams
! The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang illus. Alina Chau
The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke, illus. Van Thanh Rudd
Where Oliver Fits by Cale Atkinson
! Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. Kadir Nelson
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson, illus. Jan Spivey Gilchrist
The Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett
The Furry-Legged Teapot by Tim Myers, illus. Robert McGuire
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino, illus. Isabelle Malenfant
Stagecoach Sal by Deborah Hopkinson, illus. Carson Ellis
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illus. Frank Morrison
Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, illus. Bryan Collier
A Song for Cambodia by Michelle Lord, illus. Shino Arihara
Aïda told by Leontyne Price, illus. Leo and Diane Dillon
Where's Rodney? by Carmen Bogan, illus. Floyd Cooper
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County, by Janice N. Harrington, illus. Shelley Jackson
No Roses for Harry! by Gene Zion, illus. Margaret Bloy Graham
Melanie by Carol Carrick, illus. Alisher Dianov
! The Evil Princess Vs. the Brave Knight by Jennifer L. Holm vs. Matthew Holm
Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Benny Doesn't Like to Be Hugged by Zetta Elliott
! Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
~~~~~~~May
! Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
The Rough-face Girl by Rafe Martin
! Natsumi! by Susan Lendroth
They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
Drawn Together by Minh Lê
! Every Man Heart Lay Down by Lorenz Graham
David He No Fear by Lorenz Graham
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
! The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin
Maddi's Fridge by Lois Brandt
Celebration Song by James Berry
Time to Say "Please"! by Mo Willems
Uff Da! by Cathy Martin
The Blessing Seed: A Creation Myth for the New Millennium by Caitlin Matthews
Grandpa's Soup by Eiko Kadono illus. Satomi Ichikawa
One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
Old Turtle by Douglas Wood illus. Cheng-Khee Chee
Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie illus. Kathy Jakobsen
Big Momma Makes the World by Phyllis Root illus. Helen Oxenbury
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell illus. Frané Lessac
Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto illus. Susan Guevara
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam Schiffer
Lila and the Crow by Gabrielle Grimard
An Awesome Book of Thanks by Dallas Clayton
An Awesome Book of Love by Dallas Clayton
! Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña illus. Christian Robinson
Ruler of the Courtyard by Rukhsana Khan
Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlman
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Diana Dances by Luciano Lozano
Rosie the Raven by Helga Bansch
Yuko-chan and the Daruma Doll by Sunny Seki
Away by Emil Sher, illus. Qin Leng
Chester by Mélanie Watt
! A Family Is A Family Is A Family by Sara O'Leary illus. Qin Leng
What's My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston illus. Tim Mack
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Mela and the Elephant by Dow Phumiruk illus. Ziyue Chen
Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña illus. Christian Robinson
! Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
! Where's Halmoni? by Julie Kim
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts, illus. Christian Robinson
My Wounded Island by Jacques Pasquet, illus. Marion Arbona
Kite Flying by Grace Lin
Joseph's Big Ride by Terry Farish, illus. Ken Daley
Mary Wears What She Wants by Keith Negley
! The Fog by Kyo Maclear, illus. Kenard Pak
Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin
Why Johnny Doesn't Flap: NT is OK! by Clay Morton, Gail Morton, & Alex Merry
Emma's Rug by Allen Say
Twenty-two, twenty-three by Ellen Raskin
Spectacles by Ellen Raskin
From the stars in the sky to the fish in the sea by Kai Cheng Thom, illus. Wai-Yant Li & Kai Yun Ching
~~~~~~~June
My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
! What A Truly Cool World by Julius Lester illus. Joe Cepeda
Something for School by Hyun Young Lee
Love by Matt de la Peña illus. Loren Long
! Cry, heart, but never break by Glenn Ringtved, illus. Charlotte Pardi, translated Robert Moulthrop
! Rosie Revere, engineer by Andrea Beaty, illus. David Roberts
On my way to buy eggs by Chih-Yuan Chen
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak
! The rabbit listened by Cori Doerrfeld
! Little Night by Yuyi Morales
There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me by Alice Walker illus. Stefano Vitale
Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal illus. Scott Magoon
Click, Clack, Peep! by Doreen Cronin illus. Betsy Lewin
! Yoshi's feast by Kimiko Kajikawa illus. Yumi Heo
! When I was eight by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, Christy Jordan-Fenton, and Gabrielle Grimard (illus).
Robert's snow by Grace Lin
Lost and found cat by Doug Kuntz, Amy Shrodes, and Sue Cornelison (illus).
Franny's father is a feminist by Rhonda Leet illus. Megan Walker
! Thanking the moon: celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival by Grace Lin
! Nobody likes a goblin by Ben Hatke
The high hills by Jill Barklem
Grandmother Thorn by Katey Howes, illus. Rebecca Hahn
! And there was evening and there was morning by Harriet Cohen Helfand and Ellen Kahan Zager
Fluffy, scourge of the sea by Teresa Bateman, illus. Michael Chesworth
Moses goes to a concert by Isaac Millman
Mrs. Armitage, Queen of the road by Quentin Blake
Coco: Miguel and the grand harmony by Matt de la Peña, illus. Ana Ramírez
Abigail the whale by Davide Calì, Karen Li (trans.), Sonja Bougaeva (illus.)
The Horned Toad Prince by Jackie Mims Hopkins, illus. Michael Austin
Hog Music by M. C. Helldorfer, illus. S. D. Schindler
I Am I by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev, illus. Taeeun Yoo
Kitchen Dance by Maurie J. Manning
Ned the Knitting Pirate by Diana Murray, illus. Leslie Lammle
The Three Questions by John J. Muth
Abraham's Search for God by Jacqueline Jules, illus. Natascia Ugliano
Epossumondas by Coleen Salley, illus. Janet Stevens
! Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus, illus. Kadir Nelson
Calvin Can't Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie by Jennifer Berne, illus. Keith Bendis
! A Church for All by Gayle E. Pitman, illus. Laure Fournier
And God Created Squash: How the World Began by Martha Whitmore Hickman, illus. Giuliano Ferri
Enough! 20 Protesters who Changed America by Emily Easton, illus. Ziyue Chen
! The Conference of the Birds retold by Alexis York Lumbard, illus. Demi
Everyone Prays by Alexis York Lumbard, illus. Alireza Sadeghian
Heaven According to Kids: Real Quotes About Heaven from Real Kids! by Media Lab Books
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle, illus. Rafael López
The boy who painted dragons by Demi
Library lion by Michelle Knudsen, illus. Kevin Hawkes
! Magic ramen by Andrea Wang, illus. Kana Urbanowicz
The day you begin by Jacqueline Woodson, illus. Rafael López
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
A frog thing by Eric Drachman
The Bad Seed by Jory John, illus. Pete Oswald
Birds by Carme Lemniscates
Little Red's Riding 'Hood by Peter Stein illus. Chris Gall
DogFish by Gillian Shields, illus. Dan Taylor
Hep Cat by William Bramhall
~~~~~~~Summer
Did not keep track very well; two weeks of Camp Read-a-Rama though
My People by Langston Hughes, illus. Charles R. Smith Jr.
He's got the whole world in His hands illus. by Kadir Nelson
~~~~~~~September
Circle by Mac Barnett illus. Jon Klassen
~~~~~~~October
The Gender Wheel: a story about bodies and gender for every body by Maya Gonzalez
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AKA Children’s picture books. There were too many in the other post.
~~~~~~~January
! The snowy day by Ezra Jack Keats
The little old lady who was not afraid of anything by Linda Williams (reread)
The right number of elephants by Jeff Sheppard
Stella, fairy of the forest by Marie-Louise Gay
! Harry and the lady next door by Gene Zion (reread)
A treeful of pigs by Arnold and Anita Lobel
Good dog, Carl by Alexandra Day (reread)
! Brundibar by Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak
Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett
An invitation to the Butterfly Ball by Jane Yolen and Jane Breskin Zalben
Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole
Madeline and the Bad Hat by Ludwig Bemelmans (reread)
A Pond Full of Ink by Annie M. G. Schmidt
Down down the mountain by Ellis Credle
! A great big ugly man came up and tied his horse to me illus. by Wallace Tripp
Bartholemew and the oobleck by Dr. Seuss
The King's Stilts by Dr. Seuss
The water hole by Graeme Base
The jewel fish of Karnak by Graeme Base
Mouse tales by Arnold Lobel
! Frog and Toad all year by Arnold Lobel
Owl at home by Arnold Lobel
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Horton hatches the egg by Dr. Seuss
~~~~~~~March
The secret staircase by Jill Barklem
~~~~~~~April
Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. McKissack
Master Snickup's cloak by Alexander Theroux (possibly not a real children's book, it is messed up, likely a satirical book for adults.)
Leo the Lop by Stephen Cosgrove
! Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen illus. Kadir Nelson
Little Red Gliding Hood by Tara Lazar
! Hana Hashimoto, sixth violin by Chieri Uegaki
! Imani's Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood
! King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan
Silent Lotus by Jeanne M. Lee
Red: a crayon's story by Michael Hall
! The Seeing Stick by Jane Yolen illus. Daniela Terrazzini
Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
Don't Touch My Hair! by Sharee Miller
H.O.R.S.E. : a game of basketball and imagination by Christopher Myers
Selavi, that is life : a Haitian story of hope by Youme
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
! Sam and the tigers : a new telling of Little Black Sambo by Julius Lester illus. Jerry Pinkney
Crown: an ode to the fresh cut by Derrick D. Barnes
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Callie Ann and Mistah Bear by Robert D. San Souci illus. Don Daily
! All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon
Amelia's Road by Linda Jacobs Altman, illus. Enrique O. Sanchez
Rudas by Yuyi Morales
A Different Pond by Bao Phi
Superhero by Marc Tauss
Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree by William Miller
Everyone Knows what a Dragon Looks Like by Jay Williams
! The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang illus. Alina Chau
The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke, illus. Van Thanh Rudd
Where Oliver Fits by Cale Atkinson
! Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. Kadir Nelson
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson, illus. Jan Spivey Gilchrist
The Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett
The Furry-Legged Teapot by Tim Myers, illus. Robert McGuire
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino, illus. Isabelle Malenfant
Stagecoach Sal by Deborah Hopkinson, illus. Carson Ellis
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illus. Frank Morrison
Trombone Shorty by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, illus. Bryan Collier
A Song for Cambodia by Michelle Lord, illus. Shino Arihara
Aïda told by Leontyne Price, illus. Leo and Diane Dillon
Where's Rodney? by Carmen Bogan, illus. Floyd Cooper
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County, by Janice N. Harrington, illus. Shelley Jackson
No Roses for Harry! by Gene Zion, illus. Margaret Bloy Graham
Melanie by Carol Carrick, illus. Alisher Dianov
! The Evil Princess Vs. the Brave Knight by Jennifer L. Holm vs. Matthew Holm
Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Benny Doesn't Like to Be Hugged by Zetta Elliott
! Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
~~~~~~~May
! Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
The Rough-face Girl by Rafe Martin
! Natsumi! by Susan Lendroth
They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
Drawn Together by Minh Lê
! Every Man Heart Lay Down by Lorenz Graham
David He No Fear by Lorenz Graham
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
! The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin
Maddi's Fridge by Lois Brandt
Celebration Song by James Berry
Time to Say "Please"! by Mo Willems
Uff Da! by Cathy Martin
The Blessing Seed: A Creation Myth for the New Millennium by Caitlin Matthews
Grandpa's Soup by Eiko Kadono illus. Satomi Ichikawa
One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
Old Turtle by Douglas Wood illus. Cheng-Khee Chee
Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie illus. Kathy Jakobsen
Big Momma Makes the World by Phyllis Root illus. Helen Oxenbury
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell illus. Frané Lessac
Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto illus. Susan Guevara
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam Schiffer
Lila and the Crow by Gabrielle Grimard
An Awesome Book of Thanks by Dallas Clayton
An Awesome Book of Love by Dallas Clayton
! Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña illus. Christian Robinson
Ruler of the Courtyard by Rukhsana Khan
Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlman
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Diana Dances by Luciano Lozano
Rosie the Raven by Helga Bansch
Yuko-chan and the Daruma Doll by Sunny Seki
Away by Emil Sher, illus. Qin Leng
Chester by Mélanie Watt
! A Family Is A Family Is A Family by Sara O'Leary illus. Qin Leng
What's My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston illus. Tim Mack
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Mela and the Elephant by Dow Phumiruk illus. Ziyue Chen
Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña illus. Christian Robinson
! Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
! Where's Halmoni? by Julie Kim
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts, illus. Christian Robinson
My Wounded Island by Jacques Pasquet, illus. Marion Arbona
Kite Flying by Grace Lin
Joseph's Big Ride by Terry Farish, illus. Ken Daley
Mary Wears What She Wants by Keith Negley
! The Fog by Kyo Maclear, illus. Kenard Pak
Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin
Why Johnny Doesn't Flap: NT is OK! by Clay Morton, Gail Morton, & Alex Merry
Emma's Rug by Allen Say
Twenty-two, twenty-three by Ellen Raskin
Spectacles by Ellen Raskin
From the stars in the sky to the fish in the sea by Kai Cheng Thom, illus. Wai-Yant Li & Kai Yun Ching
~~~~~~~June
My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
! What A Truly Cool World by Julius Lester illus. Joe Cepeda
Something for School by Hyun Young Lee
Love by Matt de la Peña illus. Loren Long
! Cry, heart, but never break by Glenn Ringtved, illus. Charlotte Pardi, translated Robert Moulthrop
! Rosie Revere, engineer by Andrea Beaty, illus. David Roberts
On my way to buy eggs by Chih-Yuan Chen
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak
! The rabbit listened by Cori Doerrfeld
! Little Night by Yuyi Morales
There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me by Alice Walker illus. Stefano Vitale
Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal illus. Scott Magoon
Click, Clack, Peep! by Doreen Cronin illus. Betsy Lewin
! Yoshi's feast by Kimiko Kajikawa illus. Yumi Heo
! When I was eight by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, Christy Jordan-Fenton, and Gabrielle Grimard (illus).
Robert's snow by Grace Lin
Lost and found cat by Doug Kuntz, Amy Shrodes, and Sue Cornelison (illus).
Franny's father is a feminist by Rhonda Leet illus. Megan Walker
! Thanking the moon: celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival by Grace Lin
! Nobody likes a goblin by Ben Hatke
The high hills by Jill Barklem
Grandmother Thorn by Katey Howes, illus. Rebecca Hahn
! And there was evening and there was morning by Harriet Cohen Helfand and Ellen Kahan Zager
Fluffy, scourge of the sea by Teresa Bateman, illus. Michael Chesworth
Moses goes to a concert by Isaac Millman
Mrs. Armitage, Queen of the road by Quentin Blake
Coco: Miguel and the grand harmony by Matt de la Peña, illus. Ana Ramírez
Abigail the whale by Davide Calì, Karen Li (trans.), Sonja Bougaeva (illus.)
The Horned Toad Prince by Jackie Mims Hopkins, illus. Michael Austin
Hog Music by M. C. Helldorfer, illus. S. D. Schindler
I Am I by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev, illus. Taeeun Yoo
Kitchen Dance by Maurie J. Manning
Ned the Knitting Pirate by Diana Murray, illus. Leslie Lammle
The Three Questions by John J. Muth
Abraham's Search for God by Jacqueline Jules, illus. Natascia Ugliano
Epossumondas by Coleen Salley, illus. Janet Stevens
! Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus, illus. Kadir Nelson
Calvin Can't Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie by Jennifer Berne, illus. Keith Bendis
! A Church for All by Gayle E. Pitman, illus. Laure Fournier
And God Created Squash: How the World Began by Martha Whitmore Hickman, illus. Giuliano Ferri
Enough! 20 Protesters who Changed America by Emily Easton, illus. Ziyue Chen
! The Conference of the Birds retold by Alexis York Lumbard, illus. Demi
Everyone Prays by Alexis York Lumbard, illus. Alireza Sadeghian
Heaven According to Kids: Real Quotes About Heaven from Real Kids! by Media Lab Books
Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle, illus. Rafael López
The boy who painted dragons by Demi
Library lion by Michelle Knudsen, illus. Kevin Hawkes
! Magic ramen by Andrea Wang, illus. Kana Urbanowicz
The day you begin by Jacqueline Woodson, illus. Rafael López
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
A frog thing by Eric Drachman
The Bad Seed by Jory John, illus. Pete Oswald
Birds by Carme Lemniscates
Little Red's Riding 'Hood by Peter Stein illus. Chris Gall
DogFish by Gillian Shields, illus. Dan Taylor
Hep Cat by William Bramhall
~~~~~~~Summer
Did not keep track very well; two weeks of Camp Read-a-Rama though
My People by Langston Hughes, illus. Charles R. Smith Jr.
He's got the whole world in His hands illus. by Kadir Nelson
~~~~~~~September
Circle by Mac Barnett illus. Jon Klassen
~~~~~~~October
The Gender Wheel: a story about bodies and gender for every body by Maya Gonzalez
14amaranthe
Books for Use, Not Reading
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Includes things like cookbooks and plant identification guides and other reference books that aren't meant to be read from cover to cover.*
*Not that it's forbidden to do so or anything. I have done occasionally.
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Includes things like cookbooks and plant identification guides and other reference books that aren't meant to be read from cover to cover.*
*Not that it's forbidden to do so or anything. I have done occasionally.
15amaranthe
Teasers
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Read approximately Sep-Dec 2018, before/during/after my first quarter of classes.
NOT including readings specifically for class.
Accuracy suspect, since I didn’t deliberately keep track before now.
Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill
The Price of Butcher’s Meat by Reginald Hill*
Good Morning, Midnight by Reginald Hill
The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny
Born Guilty by Reginald Hill
Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Casket of Souls by Lynn Flewelling
Shards of Time by Lynn Flewelling
The Truth by Terry Pratchett (reread, read aloud)
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
The Henchmen of Zenda by KJ Charles
Unfit to Print by KJ Charles
Band Sinister by KJ Charles
Brown Gold: Milestones of African American Children's Picture Books, 1845-2002 by Michelle H. Martin
Grilled Cheese and Goblins by Nicole Kimberling
Twittering Birds Never Fly by Kou Yoneda, volumes 1-2 (reread) & 3 (catchup)
Once Upon a Western Shore by Harper Fox
Underhill by Harper Fox
My Last Husband by Alexis Hall
The Price of Meat by KJ Charles*
Make Me an Offer by Wolf Mankowitz
Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett (reread)
Point of Knives by Melissa Scott (reread)
Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett (reread)
Fair's Point by Melissa Scott (reread)
Point of Sighs by Melissa Scott
Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope
I think that's it, apart from picture books; I don't always remember to come on here and write it down after reading something that took 10 minutes, but I did read (or re-read) a dozen or two of those while looking for Christmas presents for young relatives.
*Total coincidence that Reginald Hill and KJ Charles have books with very similar titles. I was going to read both of them anyway.
The Zenda books are not a coincidence at all, they are related.
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Read approximately Sep-Dec 2018, before/during/after my first quarter of classes.
NOT including readings specifically for class.
Accuracy suspect, since I didn’t deliberately keep track before now.
Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill
The Price of Butcher’s Meat by Reginald Hill*
Good Morning, Midnight by Reginald Hill
The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny
Born Guilty by Reginald Hill
Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Casket of Souls by Lynn Flewelling
Shards of Time by Lynn Flewelling
The Truth by Terry Pratchett (reread, read aloud)
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
The Henchmen of Zenda by KJ Charles
Unfit to Print by KJ Charles
Band Sinister by KJ Charles
Brown Gold: Milestones of African American Children's Picture Books, 1845-2002 by Michelle H. Martin
Grilled Cheese and Goblins by Nicole Kimberling
Twittering Birds Never Fly by Kou Yoneda, volumes 1-2 (reread) & 3 (catchup)
Once Upon a Western Shore by Harper Fox
Underhill by Harper Fox
My Last Husband by Alexis Hall
The Price of Meat by KJ Charles*
Make Me an Offer by Wolf Mankowitz
Point of Hopes by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett (reread)
Point of Knives by Melissa Scott (reread)
Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett (reread)
Fair's Point by Melissa Scott (reread)
Point of Sighs by Melissa Scott
Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope
I think that's it, apart from picture books; I don't always remember to come on here and write it down after reading something that took 10 minutes, but I did read (or re-read) a dozen or two of those while looking for Christmas presents for young relatives.
*Total coincidence that Reginald Hill and KJ Charles have books with very similar titles. I was going to read both of them anyway.
The Zenda books are not a coincidence at all, they are related.
18rabbitprincess
I am applauding at the Guilt Edges category! Brilliant! Welcome aboard and have fun :)
19DeltaQueen50
Welcome. I think you got the point of this Challenge - To have fun with your reading!
20MissWatson
Welcome! I love that description of the TBR as shelf ornaments! I have been known to buy books just because they looked gorgeous...
23VivienneR
Nice plan! I don't list books I plan to read either, I'd never be able to stick with them. Have fun!
24Zozette
I plan to read ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ This year, for a very special reason. There are some interesting books on your list. Enjoy your reading year.
25amaranthe
>24 Zozette: Thank you! Now I am curious about why you are going to read Prisoner of Zenda, but if it is a private reason that is totally fine. I read it myself because I wanted to read The Henchmen of Zenda and thought it would be even more entertaining if I read the source material first (it was, I think). Don't read "Henchmen" if you really like the main character of "Prisoner" though. Unless you enjoy alternate points of view regardless. :)
27clue
Good luck in 2019, both with reading and school. I've been in the Challenge several years and for the last three have had very simple categories. Right now that just works better for me too. Whatever suits at the time is our rule.
28The_Hibernator
Love the octopus! Happy New Year!
31lavaturtle
Welcome! Wishing you a year of fun and rewarding reading!
32LittleTaiko
Welcome!! Hope you enjoy the challenge!
33amaranthe
I have now read several things, however nearly all of them are either re-reads or picture books, so I am making an easy start it seems. The NARC books I have to re-read because the series seems to have been finished recently after lying unfinished for many years, so I want to finish it but have forgotten the details that are supposed to be resolved in the final books. The other re-reads are pure self-indulgence, even if they do work for RandomCat.
The YA book Into the Wild, about warrior cats, is from an author who is a favorite of my nephew's. I think the Redwall series is better, and so is The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, but I gave him those for Christmas so he can judge for himself. And the Warriors books are probably very enjoyable for eleven-year-olds in general, the one I read isn't actually boring, it has a decent plot and reasonably good world-building and characters. The writing is just kind of bland and not very funny or beautiful or clever in my opinion, so it suffers by comparison to other books about animal characters that are more skillfully written.
The YA book Into the Wild, about warrior cats, is from an author who is a favorite of my nephew's. I think the Redwall series is better, and so is The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, but I gave him those for Christmas so he can judge for himself. And the Warriors books are probably very enjoyable for eleven-year-olds in general, the one I read isn't actually boring, it has a decent plot and reasonably good world-building and characters. The writing is just kind of bland and not very funny or beautiful or clever in my opinion, so it suffers by comparison to other books about animal characters that are more skillfully written.
34Tess_W
>33 amaranthe: I gave the Redwall series as a Christmas gift to my grandchildren.
35amaranthe
>34 Tess_W: Lucky grandchildren! It has been a favorite of mine for ages. When I was a kid I tried one time to make an index of all the charming little songs, I thought they weren't very good poetry but liked them anyway. (I found it recently in a box of old papers.)
36rabbitprincess
My cousin and I were really into Redwall in our youth. Someday I'll revisit them! My favourite was probably The Long Patrol, because of the hares :D
37amaranthe
I have somehow managed to read books fitting 18 of the bingo squares on this card (see post near top) without a single "win". The person who designed it must be very clever!
38MissWatson
>37 amaranthe: But now you're very close to a blackout!
39amaranthe
Well, there is a graphic novel I should read that wouldn't take more than an hour or so, and some picture books fitting "food", "medical" and "alliterative title" that I skimmed but didn't read carefully enough to list them. So I could get four more if I read all those properly. And I'm sure I have some books I could read quickly that were made into movies, I just need to figure out which ones. I read a book last year, The Last Chronicle of Barset, because it was mentioned in another book, The Black Tower, but that doesn't count for this year so I need to find a different one. And there are several interesting books people have mentioned in threads here or in the group for playing games, but I probably can't read any of them before Friday since I am reading something else right now which doesn't fit any of the remaining categories and I have a project to do for class. (I know it is supposed to be a Bingo game for the entire year, but if I am going to read this many picture books I need to play it on a monthly basis or else it won't be very difficult...)
40christina_reads
>37 amaranthe: Haha, I swear I didn't do it on purpose -- I truly wouldn't know how!
42lkernagh
>41 amaranthe: - Congrats on the diagonal!
43amaranthe
Looks like I read 16 novels and two dozen picture books in January; of the novels, three of them I've had for 5 years or more without reading them and four of the authors I've not read before at all. Which is pretty good, considering I have for awhile been very lazy and just (re)read favorite authors all the time. This group is clearly having a positive effect!
44rabbitprincess
Hurray! :)
46Helenliz
>43 amaranthe: an excellent start to the experiment then! Here's to more excitement in February.
47amaranthe
CHALLENGES COMPLETED JANUARY THROUGH APRIL
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APRIL
DONE April ScaredyKit: Modern Chills and Thrills
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
DONE April SeriesCAT (get back to a series you've been meaning to)
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
DONE April UN-official SFF-KIT: Sword and Sorcery
Crimson Spell vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane. Not classic sword & sorcery of course (it is an explicit yaoi manga published this century), but it fits the definition admirably otherwise. And I actually like this story a lot, unlike most of the classics!
And a blackout in Bingo, which gets its own post.
MARCH
None! D&D all month!
Most of the March challenges were about my favorite kinds of books anyway, so perhaps I was paralyzed by choice.
I read some D&D books, or parts thereof.
(Re-)read four books that fit into the Bingo card:
Part of a series: Cut & Run
Alliterative title: Sticks & Stones
Food-related title: Fish & Chips
LT rating of 4.26: Divide & Conquer
Read partway through several other books that will go in April list when I finish them.
FEBRUARY
DONE AlphaKIT for February: K and O
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
DONE February SeriesCAT: Children’s/Young Adult Series
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
(extra: Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel)
DONE February TBRCat - A Borrowed Book
Read: It Comes with the Territory: Handling Problem Situations in Libraries by Anne M. Turner
(extra: Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel)
DONE February RandomCAT - We Need a Break! (a book about travel or a holiday)
Kip's Monster by Harper Fox features a trip and sojourn at a hippie camp by Loch Ness (too angsty to be a proper holiday).
(extra: Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel - bat migration!)
MONTH OVER BingoDOG
Author that uses middle initial: Anne M. Turner
Artist: Invitation to the Dance
Siblings: The Wee Free Men
Medical: Kip's Monster
Animals: The Shepherd's Crown has a cat and a swarm of bees on the cover, and also a goat in the story.
CAT: SeriesCAT (Tiffany Aching series), also RandomCAT and TBRCAT
Children's/YA: The Secret Staircase
Part of a series: A Hat Full of Sky
Weather: Wintersmith (much winter weather of all sorts, besides title)
Rating of 4.24 at time of writing: I Shall Wear Midnight
Book bullet: Silverwing from JayneCM
Made into a movie: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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JANUARY
DONE January AlphaKIT: Q and A
Since both of these letters appear in the mid-length acronym for nonconforming genders/sexual orientations (LGBTQQIA+ etc.), I read a book with a Queer/Questioning person in it and another containing an Asexual.
Queer: The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember
Asexual: Antisocial by Heidi Cullinan
DONE January UN-official SFF-KIT: "Excuses, Excuses..."
The Rifter by Ginn Hale
DONE January SeriesCAT
Ijon Tichy series by Stanislaw Lem -- The Star Diaries
DONE January TBRCat - First In, Last Out
The Elric saga: vol 1 by Michael Moorcock
DONE January RandomCAT -- Your name in print
Since I literally got my own name out of some books, and I really like the books, I reread them. :)
The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
MONTH OVER BingoDOG reads in January
As of January 27 I had filled in 18 squares but not managed to win.
As of the end of the month I had filled in 19 squares and completed one diagonal.
Author uses middle name or initial: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Debut novel - Glitterland by Alexis Hall
About or featuring siblings - Luna
Animal in it - Into the Wild
Artistic character - Harry and the lady next door (she is musical)
Eastern European author - The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem (Polish)
Children's - Brundibar
Part of a series - NARC: Death's Head (and several others)
Read a CAT - The Elric saga, vol. 1 (TBRcat)
Prizewinning book - Miss Rumphius (National Book Award 1983)
Weather word in title, or revolves around a weather event - Waiting for the Flood
Short stories - Arabel's Raven
Fairy tale - Princess Smartypants
Title contains at least 6 words - A great big ugly man came up and tied his horse to me
Cover has at least two human figures - Down down the mountain
Book in translation - A pond full of ink
LThing rating of 4+ - The Magpie Lord (4.01 rating, 108 people rated)
Title contains a homophone - Mouse tales
Graphic novel - How Mirka caught a fish
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APRIL
DONE April ScaredyKit: Modern Chills and Thrills
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
DONE April SeriesCAT (get back to a series you've been meaning to)
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
DONE April UN-official SFF-KIT: Sword and Sorcery
Crimson Spell vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane. Not classic sword & sorcery of course (it is an explicit yaoi manga published this century), but it fits the definition admirably otherwise. And I actually like this story a lot, unlike most of the classics!
And a blackout in Bingo, which gets its own post.
MARCH
None! D&D all month!
Most of the March challenges were about my favorite kinds of books anyway, so perhaps I was paralyzed by choice.
I read some D&D books, or parts thereof.
(Re-)read four books that fit into the Bingo card:
Part of a series: Cut & Run
Alliterative title: Sticks & Stones
Food-related title: Fish & Chips
LT rating of 4.26: Divide & Conquer
Read partway through several other books that will go in April list when I finish them.
FEBRUARY
DONE AlphaKIT for February: K and O
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
DONE February SeriesCAT: Children’s/Young Adult Series
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
(extra: Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel)
DONE February TBRCat - A Borrowed Book
Read: It Comes with the Territory: Handling Problem Situations in Libraries by Anne M. Turner
(extra: Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel)
DONE February RandomCAT - We Need a Break! (a book about travel or a holiday)
Kip's Monster by Harper Fox features a trip and sojourn at a hippie camp by Loch Ness (too angsty to be a proper holiday).
(extra: Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel - bat migration!)
MONTH OVER BingoDOG
Author that uses middle initial: Anne M. Turner
Artist: Invitation to the Dance
Siblings: The Wee Free Men
Medical: Kip's Monster
Animals: The Shepherd's Crown has a cat and a swarm of bees on the cover, and also a goat in the story.
CAT: SeriesCAT (Tiffany Aching series), also RandomCAT and TBRCAT
Children's/YA: The Secret Staircase
Part of a series: A Hat Full of Sky
Weather: Wintersmith (much winter weather of all sorts, besides title)
Rating of 4.24 at time of writing: I Shall Wear Midnight
Book bullet: Silverwing from JayneCM
Made into a movie: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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JANUARY
DONE January AlphaKIT: Q and A
Since both of these letters appear in the mid-length acronym for nonconforming genders/sexual orientations (LGBTQQIA+ etc.), I read a book with a Queer/Questioning person in it and another containing an Asexual.
Queer: The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember
Asexual: Antisocial by Heidi Cullinan
DONE January UN-official SFF-KIT: "Excuses, Excuses..."
The Rifter by Ginn Hale
DONE January SeriesCAT
Ijon Tichy series by Stanislaw Lem -- The Star Diaries
DONE January TBRCat - First In, Last Out
The Elric saga: vol 1 by Michael Moorcock
DONE January RandomCAT -- Your name in print
Since I literally got my own name out of some books, and I really like the books, I reread them. :)
The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
MONTH OVER BingoDOG reads in January
As of January 27 I had filled in 18 squares but not managed to win.
As of the end of the month I had filled in 19 squares and completed one diagonal.
Author uses middle name or initial: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Debut novel - Glitterland by Alexis Hall
About or featuring siblings - Luna
Animal in it - Into the Wild
Artistic character - Harry and the lady next door (she is musical)
Eastern European author - The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem (Polish)
Children's - Brundibar
Part of a series - NARC: Death's Head (and several others)
Read a CAT - The Elric saga, vol. 1 (TBRcat)
Prizewinning book - Miss Rumphius (National Book Award 1983)
Weather word in title, or revolves around a weather event - Waiting for the Flood
Short stories - Arabel's Raven
Fairy tale - Princess Smartypants
Title contains at least 6 words - A great big ugly man came up and tied his horse to me
Cover has at least two human figures - Down down the mountain
Book in translation - A pond full of ink
LThing rating of 4+ - The Magpie Lord (4.01 rating, 108 people rated)
Title contains a homophone - Mouse tales
Graphic novel - How Mirka caught a fish
48amaranthe
Very late recap of February:
I did quite well for the first half of February, but then I got distracted by Dungeons & Dragons and had to do a lot of homework, so I didn't read anything except D&D books and course-related material for awhile. I did the same thing in the first half of March, except that I also reread several romance novels for at least the fifth time, in order to rest my brain.
I got 12 bingo squares in February, but didn't complete any lines. Came close a few times.
I completed all but one of the challenges I attempted, some of them several times.
I am very late starting category reading in March, but school doesn't start again until April. I still want to work on D&D too.
February was a moderate success (especially reading all the Tiffany Aching books for the first time and finally deciding not to read a borrowed book I don’t want to read). Reading D&D books is good too, although most of them aren't the sort of thing you read cover-to-cover so I can't really list them in any of my existing categories*, except when I do read them all the way through.
*Actually I can, I forgot I had a category for that!
I did quite well for the first half of February, but then I got distracted by Dungeons & Dragons and had to do a lot of homework, so I didn't read anything except D&D books and course-related material for awhile. I did the same thing in the first half of March, except that I also reread several romance novels for at least the fifth time, in order to rest my brain.
I got 12 bingo squares in February, but didn't complete any lines. Came close a few times.
I completed all but one of the challenges I attempted, some of them several times.
I am very late starting category reading in March, but school doesn't start again until April. I still want to work on D&D too.
February was a moderate success (especially reading all the Tiffany Aching books for the first time and finally deciding not to read a borrowed book I don’t want to read). Reading D&D books is good too, although most of them aren't the sort of thing you read cover-to-cover so I can't really list them in any of my existing categories*, except when I do read them all the way through.
*Actually I can, I forgot I had a category for that!
49amaranthe
April blackout! And only 12 of them are picture books.
1. Author uses middle name or initial: Patricia C. McKissack (Precious and the Boo Hag)
2: Debut novel: Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy (1983)
3: About or featuring siblings: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
4: Book bullet: The Heart of What was Lost by Tad Williams (fuzzi)
5: Mentioned in another book: The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (mentioned in Sprout by Dale Peck)
6: Related to medicine or health: Bill the Minder contains an anecdote about a doctor, among other health-related nonsense.
7: Animal: Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari
8: Artistic characters (music): Hana Hashimoto, sixth violin by Chieri Uegaki
9: Eastern European: Selected Poems of Cyprian Kamil Norwid (Polish), translated by Adam Czerniawski
10: Children's or young adult: almost everything on this list + Sprout by Dale Peck
11: Alliterative title: Leo the Lop by Stephen Cosgrove
12: Part of a series: Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill (Dalziel and Pascoe)
13: Read a CAT: Glass Houses by Louise Penny (April SeriesCat)
14: Prize-winning book: Many books on this list + Crown : an ode to the fresh cut by Derrick D. Barnes and Gordon C. James
15: Weather: Thunder Rose (main character is called after weather and book includes much weather).
16: Short stories: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
17: Made into a film: Where the Wild Things Are
18: (Fractured) Fairy tale: Little Red Gliding Hood
19: Graphic novel: Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
20: Six or more words in main title: Was the Cat in the Hat Black? : The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books by Philip Nel
21: Cover has at least 2 human figures: Tar Beach (seven human figures)
22: Translation: Crimson Spell vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane
23: food-related topic: A Different Pond (catching fish for food)
24: Quite a few this month, including Ada Twist, Scientist (4.36)
25: Homophone in title: Red: a crayon's story
1. Author uses middle name or initial: Patricia C. McKissack (Precious and the Boo Hag)
2: Debut novel: Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy (1983)
3: About or featuring siblings: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
4: Book bullet: The Heart of What was Lost by Tad Williams (fuzzi)
5: Mentioned in another book: The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (mentioned in Sprout by Dale Peck)
6: Related to medicine or health: Bill the Minder contains an anecdote about a doctor, among other health-related nonsense.
7: Animal: Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari
8: Artistic characters (music): Hana Hashimoto, sixth violin by Chieri Uegaki
9: Eastern European: Selected Poems of Cyprian Kamil Norwid (Polish), translated by Adam Czerniawski
10: Children's or young adult: almost everything on this list + Sprout by Dale Peck
11: Alliterative title: Leo the Lop by Stephen Cosgrove
12: Part of a series: Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill (Dalziel and Pascoe)
13: Read a CAT: Glass Houses by Louise Penny (April SeriesCat)
14: Prize-winning book: Many books on this list + Crown : an ode to the fresh cut by Derrick D. Barnes and Gordon C. James
15: Weather: Thunder Rose (main character is called after weather and book includes much weather).
16: Short stories: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
17: Made into a film: Where the Wild Things Are
18: (Fractured) Fairy tale: Little Red Gliding Hood
19: Graphic novel: Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
20: Six or more words in main title: Was the Cat in the Hat Black? : The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books by Philip Nel
21: Cover has at least 2 human figures: Tar Beach (seven human figures)
22: Translation: Crimson Spell vol. 1 by Ayano Yamane
23: food-related topic: A Different Pond (catching fish for food)
24: Quite a few this month, including Ada Twist, Scientist (4.36)
25: Homophone in title: Red: a crayon's story
50rabbitprincess
Wow! Excellent work!
52christina_reads
Very impressive! I have eight squares to go, and for some reason I still haven't gotten a single Bingo yet!
53MissWatson
Congratulations on your blackout!
55amaranthe
Thanks everyone! I am really enjoying the bingo game because it gets me to read things I normally wouldn't. #4, #5, and #9 I only read because they fit the last few difficult squares, and they're all very good, as it turns out. And I would have missed them if I hadn't been trying to "win" a game.
Total for the year, so far: 75 picture books and 51 other books. And a lot of articles/book chapters that I'm not keeping very good track of.
Total for the year, so far: 75 picture books and 51 other books. And a lot of articles/book chapters that I'm not keeping very good track of.
57LittleTaiko
Congrats on your blackout!! Glad you enjoyed the books for your more difficult squares.
58amaranthe
I have made a blackout in May too! Eight of the squares are filled by one or more picture books, the rest are longer.
Also managed to do three CATs and a Kit.
DONE May TBRCAT: Book I Keep Looking at, but Never Manage to Open
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney (I kept looking at it because the cover's bright pink). It was quite entertaining.
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DONE May SeriesCAT -- Newest book in a favorite series
Finder vol. 8 by Ayano Yamane (came out years ago but I didn't read it then)
Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price (Psycop)
Proper English by KJ Charles (prequel to Think of England)
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DONE May RandomCAT: I could have danced all night...
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Diana Dances by Luciano Lozano
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DONE May SFFFKit: International Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
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BingoDOG May Reads
1: Author uses middle name: Jordan Castillo Price
2: Debut novel: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
3: Features siblings: Proper English by KJ Charles
4: Book bullet: Chester by Mélanie Watt (rolandperkins touchstoned it in this thread, which being that particular thread means the book had no discussion context whatever, but it looked fun!)
5: Mentioned in another book: The Lost Zoo, David He No Fear, and Every Man Heart Lay Down I read because they are mentioned in Free Within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children's Literature by Rudine Sims Bishop
6: medicine: Aphelion by Mel Keegan has much plot devoted to medical matters, especially drugs.
7: Animal in significant role (snake): Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
8: Artistic character: Twisting the Rope by R. A. MacAvoy is about a group of musicians, the protagonist of The First Rule of Punk makes zines, Emma's Rug is about a visual artist.
9: Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier, set in Transylvania. (Does not largely concern vampires.)
10: Children's: Natsumi! by Susan Lendroth. And more than half of everything else I read this month.
11: Alliterative: Rosie the Raven by Helga Bansch and Diana Dances by Luciano Lozano.
12: part of a series: Ghost (Track series) by Jason Reynolds
13: May SeriesCat and May RandomCat and May TBRCat
14: Prize-winner: Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, The Owl Service by Alan Garner
15: Weather: One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian, My Wounded Island by Jacques Pasquet, The Fog by Kyo Maclear
16: Essays (about children's literature): Children's Literature: An Illustrated History edited by Peter Hunt
17: Made into a movie: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
18: Fairy tale: Too Many Fairy Princes by Alex Beecroft (it is a romance novel, but sort of also a fairy tale)
19: Graphic novels: A whole lot of manga (Crimson Spell and Finder), and American Born Chinese and Pemmican Wars
20: Title with 6+ words: Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney
21: Cover has at least 2 human figures: Drawn Together by Minh Lê, A Family Is A Family Is A Family by Sara O'Leary and Qin Leng
22: In translation: Grandpa's Soup by Eiko Kadono and Satomi Ichikawa
23: Food-related: Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto and Susan Guevara
24: Think of England by KJ Charles has a rating of 4.12 on May 10th.
25: Homophone: They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
Also managed to do three CATs and a Kit.
DONE May TBRCAT: Book I Keep Looking at, but Never Manage to Open
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney (I kept looking at it because the cover's bright pink). It was quite entertaining.
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DONE May SeriesCAT -- Newest book in a favorite series
Finder vol. 8 by Ayano Yamane (came out years ago but I didn't read it then)
Murder House by Jordan Castillo Price (Psycop)
Proper English by KJ Charles (prequel to Think of England)
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DONE May RandomCAT: I could have danced all night...
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Diana Dances by Luciano Lozano
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DONE May SFFFKit: International Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
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BingoDOG May Reads
1: Author uses middle name: Jordan Castillo Price
2: Debut novel: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
3: Features siblings: Proper English by KJ Charles
4: Book bullet: Chester by Mélanie Watt (rolandperkins touchstoned it in this thread, which being that particular thread means the book had no discussion context whatever, but it looked fun!)
5: Mentioned in another book: The Lost Zoo, David He No Fear, and Every Man Heart Lay Down I read because they are mentioned in Free Within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children's Literature by Rudine Sims Bishop
6: medicine: Aphelion by Mel Keegan has much plot devoted to medical matters, especially drugs.
7: Animal in significant role (snake): Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
8: Artistic character: Twisting the Rope by R. A. MacAvoy is about a group of musicians, the protagonist of The First Rule of Punk makes zines, Emma's Rug is about a visual artist.
9: Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier, set in Transylvania. (Does not largely concern vampires.)
10: Children's: Natsumi! by Susan Lendroth. And more than half of everything else I read this month.
11: Alliterative: Rosie the Raven by Helga Bansch and Diana Dances by Luciano Lozano.
12: part of a series: Ghost (Track series) by Jason Reynolds
13: May SeriesCat and May RandomCat and May TBRCat
14: Prize-winner: Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, The Owl Service by Alan Garner
15: Weather: One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian, My Wounded Island by Jacques Pasquet, The Fog by Kyo Maclear
16: Essays (about children's literature): Children's Literature: An Illustrated History edited by Peter Hunt
17: Made into a movie: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
18: Fairy tale: Too Many Fairy Princes by Alex Beecroft (it is a romance novel, but sort of also a fairy tale)
19: Graphic novels: A whole lot of manga (Crimson Spell and Finder), and American Born Chinese and Pemmican Wars
20: Title with 6+ words: Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy by Mabel Maney
21: Cover has at least 2 human figures: Drawn Together by Minh Lê, A Family Is A Family Is A Family by Sara O'Leary and Qin Leng
22: In translation: Grandpa's Soup by Eiko Kadono and Satomi Ichikawa
23: Food-related: Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto and Susan Guevara
24: Think of England by KJ Charles has a rating of 4.12 on May 10th.
25: Homophone: They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
60MissWatson
Yay, congrats on your Bingo card!
62christina_reads
Congrats on your Bingo!
63amaranthe
June totals: three CATs, two KITs (one of which doubles a CAT), and another bingo blackout. I put multiple books on some of the squares, especially if they were picture books. Nine squares are all picture books, two squares are all Ouran High School Host Club (manga), and one square is a picture book + Host Club; it's 18 volumes long, so I figure it can fill at least two and a half squares, even if it's also mostly pictures.
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June RandomCAT: Pick a card, any card....
Four of clubs: the first four volumes of the manga Ouran High School Host Club.
Jack of hearts: The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian (a romance novel involving a character named Jack)
June SeriesCAT: Series that are definitely complete
Read books from two series by Reginald Hill, who is dead, so they are complete; one anthology of all Joan Aiken's Armitage stories, which are complete for the same reason, and Host Club, which is complete due to the story being finished.
June TBR-- Book Bullet (book suggested by someone else)
Slouching towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
June AlphaKIT - J and D
Slouching towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
June SFFKIT: The Road Trip
Mélusine by Sarah Monette
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1, author uses middle name or initial: Alexis York Lumbard, The Conference of the Birds and Everyone Prays
2, debut novel: Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
3, featuring siblings: Calvin Can't Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie features Calvin and his siblings, all starlings. And Ouran High School Host Club (see #19) features a pair of twin brothers as major characters, as well as the siblings of some of the other main characters, who appear in various episodes.
4, book bullet - not one from LibraryThing, but various sources such as writers for a local newspaper recommend Joan Didion as a brilliant writer, so I read Slouching Towards Bethlehem which is a book of her essays written in the 1960s.
5, mentioned in another book: What A Truly Cool World is discussed at some length in Brown Gold: Milestones of African-American Children's Picture Books, 1845-2002 by Michelle H. Martin
6, related to medicine: The Only Way Out by Deborah Kent
7, animal in title/cover/significant role: The rabbit listened by Cori Doerrfeld, Lost and found cat by Doug Kuntz, Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev
8, artistic character: Coco: Miguel and the grand harmony by Matt de la Peña
9, set in Eastern Europe: The Three Questions is based on a story by Tolstoy and appears to be set in Russia.
10, children's: Little Night by Yuyi Morales, Click Clack Peep! by Doreen Cronin, Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, and others
11, alliterative: A Killing Kindness by Reginald Hill, Something for School by Hyun Young Lee, Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
12, series: Killing the Lawyers by Reginald Hill (Joe Sixsmith series), The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud (Bartimaeus trilogy), Under World by Reginald Hill (Dalziel and Pascoe series)
13, CAT: June RandomCat, June TBRCAT, June SeriesCAT
14, prize-winner: Abigail the Whale in its original French, Marlène Baleine, won the Prix des Incorruptibles, Prix Tatoulu, and White Ravens. George by Alex Gino won an ALA Stonewall Book Award in 2016.
15, weather event: The Bongleweed involves fine weather, rain, and frost. Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn and Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter are all about weather and related phenomena.
16, short stories: The Serial Garden: the complete Armitage family stories by Joan Aiken
17, made into a movie: Ouran High School Host Club (see #19) was made into an anime TV show at least.
18, fairy tale: Epossumondas is an American South folktale; The Horned Toad Prince is an American Southwest twist on "The Frog Prince", Yoshi's Feast is a retelling of a Japanese folktale
19, graphic novels: more manga (Ouran High School Host Club, vols. 1-18)
20, 6+ word title: My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall, There is a Flower at the Tip of my Nose Smelling Me by Alice Walker
21, cover has 2+ human figures: Enough! 20 Protesters who Changed America by Emily Easton, A Church for All by Gayle Pitman, The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian
22, book in translation: Cry, heart, but never break by Glenn Ringtved (translated from Danish)
23, food-related (pie): The Piemakers by Helen Cresswell, Enemy Pie by Derek Munson; (ramen) Magic Ramen: the story of Momofuku Ando by Andrea Wang
24, LT rating of at least 4.0: Mélusine by Sarah Monette (exactly 4.0 on June 30)
25, homophone words in title: On my way to buy eggs by Chih-Yuan Chen
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June RandomCAT: Pick a card, any card....
Four of clubs: the first four volumes of the manga Ouran High School Host Club.
Jack of hearts: The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian (a romance novel involving a character named Jack)
June SeriesCAT: Series that are definitely complete
Read books from two series by Reginald Hill, who is dead, so they are complete; one anthology of all Joan Aiken's Armitage stories, which are complete for the same reason, and Host Club, which is complete due to the story being finished.
June TBR-- Book Bullet (book suggested by someone else)
Slouching towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
June AlphaKIT - J and D
Slouching towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
June SFFKIT: The Road Trip
Mélusine by Sarah Monette
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1, author uses middle name or initial: Alexis York Lumbard, The Conference of the Birds and Everyone Prays
2, debut novel: Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
3, featuring siblings: Calvin Can't Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie features Calvin and his siblings, all starlings. And Ouran High School Host Club (see #19) features a pair of twin brothers as major characters, as well as the siblings of some of the other main characters, who appear in various episodes.
4, book bullet - not one from LibraryThing, but various sources such as writers for a local newspaper recommend Joan Didion as a brilliant writer, so I read Slouching Towards Bethlehem which is a book of her essays written in the 1960s.
5, mentioned in another book: What A Truly Cool World is discussed at some length in Brown Gold: Milestones of African-American Children's Picture Books, 1845-2002 by Michelle H. Martin
6, related to medicine: The Only Way Out by Deborah Kent
7, animal in title/cover/significant role: The rabbit listened by Cori Doerrfeld, Lost and found cat by Doug Kuntz, Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev
8, artistic character: Coco: Miguel and the grand harmony by Matt de la Peña
9, set in Eastern Europe: The Three Questions is based on a story by Tolstoy and appears to be set in Russia.
10, children's: Little Night by Yuyi Morales, Click Clack Peep! by Doreen Cronin, Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, and others
11, alliterative: A Killing Kindness by Reginald Hill, Something for School by Hyun Young Lee, Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
12, series: Killing the Lawyers by Reginald Hill (Joe Sixsmith series), The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud (Bartimaeus trilogy), Under World by Reginald Hill (Dalziel and Pascoe series)
13, CAT: June RandomCat, June TBRCAT, June SeriesCAT
14, prize-winner: Abigail the Whale in its original French, Marlène Baleine, won the Prix des Incorruptibles, Prix Tatoulu, and White Ravens. George by Alex Gino won an ALA Stonewall Book Award in 2016.
15, weather event: The Bongleweed involves fine weather, rain, and frost. Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn and Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter are all about weather and related phenomena.
16, short stories: The Serial Garden: the complete Armitage family stories by Joan Aiken
17, made into a movie: Ouran High School Host Club (see #19) was made into an anime TV show at least.
18, fairy tale: Epossumondas is an American South folktale; The Horned Toad Prince is an American Southwest twist on "The Frog Prince", Yoshi's Feast is a retelling of a Japanese folktale
19, graphic novels: more manga (Ouran High School Host Club, vols. 1-18)
20, 6+ word title: My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall, There is a Flower at the Tip of my Nose Smelling Me by Alice Walker
21, cover has 2+ human figures: Enough! 20 Protesters who Changed America by Emily Easton, A Church for All by Gayle Pitman, The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian
22, book in translation: Cry, heart, but never break by Glenn Ringtved (translated from Danish)
23, food-related (pie): The Piemakers by Helen Cresswell, Enemy Pie by Derek Munson; (ramen) Magic Ramen: the story of Momofuku Ando by Andrea Wang
24, LT rating of at least 4.0: Mélusine by Sarah Monette (exactly 4.0 on June 30)
25, homophone words in title: On my way to buy eggs by Chih-Yuan Chen
64amaranthe
End-of-year review post
According to the list, I read 220 fiction books, 10 nonfiction books, and 193 picture books this year.
Of the fiction, 120 of the books listed are volumes of manga (counted according to publishing unit—e.g. if two volumes are published in one book, it counts as one).
Of the manga, I read 19 of them twice in the same year, and those counted twice.
The picture book count is low, because I read an unknown number of picture books that I didn’t add here (probably between 10 and 30).
I reread a lot of books by favorite authors KJ Charles and Alexis Hall this year, and Ginn Hale’s The Rifter for maybe the fourth time (?). I also read newly published books by favorite authors as well as their older books I hadn’t gotten to yet. Here are some short lists of books I read this year for the first time and to which I feel like drawing attention.
Top first-time reads by favorite authors:
Terry Pratchett (YA novels): I shall wear midnight and The shepherd’s crown. Conclusion of the Tiffany Aching series in the Discworld setting, and the latter is Pratchett’s last published novel.
Alexis Hall: Affair of the mysterious letter (speculative fiction, standalone) and How to belong with a billionaire (romance, third in a trilogy).
Kou Yoneda (yaoi manga): No touching at all, Even so, I will love you tenderly (standalones), and NightS (short stories). I had previously read all of the English-language volumes of her Twittering birds never fly series, which is quite violent and kinky, but these others are very nice and sweet m/m romances, even the ones with criminals in them.
Ayano Yamane (yaoi manga): Crimson Spell vol. 6. Total fantasy in all sorts of ways but very well done as usual.
Favorite reads by authors I had not read before:
Yun Kouga (manga): Loveless. I really like the characters and the art, and the story is very interesting and twisted, although in the recent volumes it is confusing and consists largely of flashbacks that will eventually explain a lot but not for some time (publication is ongoing but apparently slow). Instant favorite, regardless of whether it ever finishes.
Shouko Hidaka (yaoi manga): Blue Morning. Last time I tried to read this, the first volume was off-putting because the art, characters, and story are not very likable, but I tried it again and found that it gets better in all three areas. It is a complicated and subtle historical drama about members of the Japanese upper class after the Meiji Restoration and during the Industrial Revolution. Also a m/m romance.
Yana Toboso (manga): Black Butler. Not as good as Loveless; the characters lack depth in comparison, at least so far as I have read, but the books are very enjoyable in some of the same ways. The plotlines are melodramatic and sometimes extremely violent, and the main characters are sort of evil but not usually so much so as to be off-putting for me.
Bisco Hatori (manga): Ouran High School Host Club. I don’t particularly enjoy the romantic bits but the rest of it is pretty hilarious, the art is good, and the characters are interesting.
Yuki Midorikawa (manga): Natsume’s Book of Friends. Ongoing series mostly consisting of “ghost stories” which range from scary to rather sweet.
R. A. MacAvoy (speculative fiction): Tea with the black dragon. A bit dated and strange, but in ways I happen to like very much.
Tad Williams (epic fantasy): The heart of what was lost. A bit strange to read this without having read the preceding epic fantasy series, but it works on its own).
Casey McQuiston (romance): Red white & royal blue. Such satisfying escapism….
Worthy of mention:
Jason Reynolds (YA novel): Long Way Down. Excellent book, not what I would normally read but it’s not intended for me anyway, it’s written for Black boys. Definitely not boring.
W. Heath Robinson: Bill the Minder. Vintage children’s book. Extremely weird to the point that I didn’t like the story all that well, but it’s interesting and the illustrations are magnificent.
Helen Cresswell (YA novel): Winter of the Birds. I like this author’s humorous “Bagthorpe Saga” but this is completely different, sort of a strange, psychological story that’s pretty dark but ultimately hopeful, I think?
Se-young Kim (manga): Boy Princess & The Devil’s Bride. I didn’t especially like the stories because they are confusing with rushed and ambiguous endings and are also gratuitously violent/tragic, but the art is very lovely and some of the characters are memorable.
Michael Moorcock (fantasy): The Elric saga, vol. 1 (contains first three Elric novels). I feel the same about these as I do about Kim’s mangas above; the art comment even applies to some Elric cover art.
Favorite picture books:
A Family Is A Family Is A Family by Sara O'Leary illus. Qin Leng
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon
Big Momma Makes the World by Phyllis Root illus. Helen Oxenbury
Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus, illus. Kadir Nelson
Brundibar by Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak
Circle by Mac Barnett illus. Jon Klassen
Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved, illus. Charlotte Pardi, translated Robert Moulthrop
Every Man Heart Lay Down by Lorenz Graham
Hana Hashimoto, sixth violin by Chieri Uegaki
Imani's Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood
King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan
Little Night by Yuyi Morales
Magic Ramen by Andrea Wang, illus. Kana Urbanowicz
My People by Langston Hughes, illus. Charles R. Smith Jr.
Natsumi! by Susan Lendroth
Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke
Sam and the Tigers : a new telling of Little Black Sambo by Julius Lester illus. Jerry Pinkney
Thanking the Moon: celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival by Grace Lin
The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang illus. Alina Chau
What A Truly Cool World by Julius Lester illus. Joe Cepeda
Where's Halmoni? by Julie Kim
KJ Charles says she read and reviewed 275 books in 2019, not counting rereads and DNF and anything she read after December 17. This makes me feel like a complete slacker, but then I am not a professional writer and editor.
According to the list, I read 220 fiction books, 10 nonfiction books, and 193 picture books this year.
Of the fiction, 120 of the books listed are volumes of manga (counted according to publishing unit—e.g. if two volumes are published in one book, it counts as one).
Of the manga, I read 19 of them twice in the same year, and those counted twice.
The picture book count is low, because I read an unknown number of picture books that I didn’t add here (probably between 10 and 30).
I reread a lot of books by favorite authors KJ Charles and Alexis Hall this year, and Ginn Hale’s The Rifter for maybe the fourth time (?). I also read newly published books by favorite authors as well as their older books I hadn’t gotten to yet. Here are some short lists of books I read this year for the first time and to which I feel like drawing attention.
Top first-time reads by favorite authors:
Terry Pratchett (YA novels): I shall wear midnight and The shepherd’s crown. Conclusion of the Tiffany Aching series in the Discworld setting, and the latter is Pratchett’s last published novel.
Alexis Hall: Affair of the mysterious letter (speculative fiction, standalone) and How to belong with a billionaire (romance, third in a trilogy).
Kou Yoneda (yaoi manga): No touching at all, Even so, I will love you tenderly (standalones), and NightS (short stories). I had previously read all of the English-language volumes of her Twittering birds never fly series, which is quite violent and kinky, but these others are very nice and sweet m/m romances, even the ones with criminals in them.
Ayano Yamane (yaoi manga): Crimson Spell vol. 6. Total fantasy in all sorts of ways but very well done as usual.
Favorite reads by authors I had not read before:
Yun Kouga (manga): Loveless. I really like the characters and the art, and the story is very interesting and twisted, although in the recent volumes it is confusing and consists largely of flashbacks that will eventually explain a lot but not for some time (publication is ongoing but apparently slow). Instant favorite, regardless of whether it ever finishes.
Shouko Hidaka (yaoi manga): Blue Morning. Last time I tried to read this, the first volume was off-putting because the art, characters, and story are not very likable, but I tried it again and found that it gets better in all three areas. It is a complicated and subtle historical drama about members of the Japanese upper class after the Meiji Restoration and during the Industrial Revolution. Also a m/m romance.
Yana Toboso (manga): Black Butler. Not as good as Loveless; the characters lack depth in comparison, at least so far as I have read, but the books are very enjoyable in some of the same ways. The plotlines are melodramatic and sometimes extremely violent, and the main characters are sort of evil but not usually so much so as to be off-putting for me.
Bisco Hatori (manga): Ouran High School Host Club. I don’t particularly enjoy the romantic bits but the rest of it is pretty hilarious, the art is good, and the characters are interesting.
Yuki Midorikawa (manga): Natsume’s Book of Friends. Ongoing series mostly consisting of “ghost stories” which range from scary to rather sweet.
R. A. MacAvoy (speculative fiction): Tea with the black dragon. A bit dated and strange, but in ways I happen to like very much.
Tad Williams (epic fantasy): The heart of what was lost. A bit strange to read this without having read the preceding epic fantasy series, but it works on its own).
Casey McQuiston (romance): Red white & royal blue. Such satisfying escapism….
Worthy of mention:
Jason Reynolds (YA novel): Long Way Down. Excellent book, not what I would normally read but it’s not intended for me anyway, it’s written for Black boys. Definitely not boring.
W. Heath Robinson: Bill the Minder. Vintage children’s book. Extremely weird to the point that I didn’t like the story all that well, but it’s interesting and the illustrations are magnificent.
Helen Cresswell (YA novel): Winter of the Birds. I like this author’s humorous “Bagthorpe Saga” but this is completely different, sort of a strange, psychological story that’s pretty dark but ultimately hopeful, I think?
Se-young Kim (manga): Boy Princess & The Devil’s Bride. I didn’t especially like the stories because they are confusing with rushed and ambiguous endings and are also gratuitously violent/tragic, but the art is very lovely and some of the characters are memorable.
Michael Moorcock (fantasy): The Elric saga, vol. 1 (contains first three Elric novels). I feel the same about these as I do about Kim’s mangas above; the art comment even applies to some Elric cover art.
Favorite picture books:
A Family Is A Family Is A Family by Sara O'Leary illus. Qin Leng
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon
Big Momma Makes the World by Phyllis Root illus. Helen Oxenbury
Blue Sky White Stars by Sarvinder Naberhaus, illus. Kadir Nelson
Brundibar by Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak
Circle by Mac Barnett illus. Jon Klassen
Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved, illus. Charlotte Pardi, translated Robert Moulthrop
Every Man Heart Lay Down by Lorenz Graham
Hana Hashimoto, sixth violin by Chieri Uegaki
Imani's Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood
King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan
Little Night by Yuyi Morales
Magic Ramen by Andrea Wang, illus. Kana Urbanowicz
My People by Langston Hughes, illus. Charles R. Smith Jr.
Natsumi! by Susan Lendroth
Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke
Sam and the Tigers : a new telling of Little Black Sambo by Julius Lester illus. Jerry Pinkney
Thanking the Moon: celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival by Grace Lin
The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang illus. Alina Chau
What A Truly Cool World by Julius Lester illus. Joe Cepeda
Where's Halmoni? by Julie Kim
KJ Charles says she read and reviewed 275 books in 2019, not counting rereads and DNF and anything she read after December 17. This makes me feel like a complete slacker, but then I am not a professional writer and editor.
