July was a lot, and it went by FAST. Even though I didn’t read as much as I wanted on vacation (silly me), I did read some, and I managed to finish a few books since we returned. There was one that I DNFed at 26% on audiobook, but I couldn’t bring myself to review it. My favorite ended up being the one for Romance Book Club:

Adult Fiction:

Everyone in this Bank is a Thief (audiobook)
Murmuration

YA Fiction:

Wondrous

Non-Fiction:

All About Love (audiobook)
We Are the Answer (audiobook)

Graphic Novels:

Heartstopper, Volume 6
Last Day Pool Party
Mixed Feelings
The Whole Wide World of Mabel Mulligan

Middle Grade Fiction

This is a Door

What was your favorite this month?

June came and went much too fast. I’m not entirely sure where it went, either. But go it did, and some books got read.

My favorite this month:

An absolutely wonderful little book. I’m still thinking about it.

As for the rest:

Adult Fiction:

A Girl with a Thousand Faces (audiobook)
Vengeful
Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It (audiobook)
Christmas in Austenland (DNF)
Rules for Aging and Larceny
The Starling House (audiobook)
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 7 and 8

Middle Grade:

Licorice

Non-Fiction:

Jesus for Everyone

And on to July!

We are looking for a new bookseller at the store, and the floor manager (who has been there as long as I have) was talking about some of the people she interviewed. One of the things: a lot of the people applying don’t read more than 4-5 books a year. We were all baffled: even the slowest reader on staff reads about a book a week. What would compel you to apply as a bookseller at an independent bookstore if you don’t actually read? Maybe I’m being snobby, but it did make us wonder.

Choosing my favorite this month was kind of challenging. There were several that I really loved, but in the end I chose this one:

I think it was because the audiobook was just so perfect for this story. I would happily listen to this story again, thinking about the themes of family and death and choice that it brings up. It’s truly a gem.

As for the rest:

Graphic Novels:

Encore
The Lost Daughter of Sparta

Middle Grade:

Building 903

Adult Fiction:

Sunlight Finds You
Star Shipped (audiobook)
Dolly All the Time
Sea of Charms
Piranesi (reread) (audiobook)
Love Song
Wild Goose Chase

Young Adult:

Young World

Non-Fiction

The Future is Peace

It’s summertime, so it’ll be interesting to see what my reading looks like next month!

The problem this month, if you can call it that, is that I had a really good reading month, and there are three excellent books to choose from. How does one choose? Maybe I shouldn’t and I should just pick three favorites. Two are the next in series that I adore, so maybe I should focus on the stand-alone. Except that one is currently getting a lot of buzz, and maybe it’s over-hyped (it’s still good, though.) Maybe I should just leave you guessing which three I really adored.

I think I’ll just pick all three:

A Kingfisher, Murderbot, and the One everyone is talking about. I loved them all.

Daggerbound
Platform Decay
Yesteryear (audiobook)

As for the rest:

Adult Fiction:

The Rally
Take Me With You
The Deal
How to Fake It in Society (audiobook)

Graphic Novel:

Midsummer Sisters
The Dream Thieves

Non-Fiction:

The Secret History of Wonder Woman
The Universe in Verse

What was your favorite this month?

March kicked my butt in so many ways. I was sick for a lot of it, and then we went on vacation for spring break. I had frontlist orders to tackle most of the month, and all of the stuff that goes along with that. However, even with all of that, I feel like I had a good reading month. My favorite will come as no surprise:

Can’t go wrong with a Mac Barnett book. As for the rest:

Adult:

And Now, Back to You
The Book Witch
French Windows (audiobook)
Pole Position (audiobook)
Once and Again
Heir of Illusion

Graphic Novel:

Haven and the Fallen Giants
To Dance the Moon and Stars

Middle Grade:

The Magic Library of Waterfall Way
The Experiment (audiobook)

Young Adult:

When We Ride
Death in the Jungle

What was your favorite this month?

It’s been a month. Not a bad one, and at least it’s short (and a perfect rectangle; I do like it when February looks like that). I was thinking at the beginning of the month that while I’ve read books I like, I have yet to read one I loved, and then I listened to this one:

It’s important, yes, but it’s also interesting and entertaining. Highly recommend, especially on audio.

As for the rest:

Middle Grade:

Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames

Adult Fiction:

The Wedding Date (audiobook)
The Favorites
Our Sister’s Keeper
The Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl (audiobook)

Graphic Novel:

Offside
Coming Out Perfect
Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen

Young Adult:

A Prince Among Pirates

What was your favorite this month?

I saw somewhere that it feels very derivative to read with all that *gestures widely*. That said, I did read some books this month. This was my favorite:

It was a beautiful book, and I can’t wait for it to come out.

As for the rest:

Adult fiction:

Thistlemarch
Heated Rivalry
Canon
Fever Beach (audiobook)
Annie Knows Everything
Spark of the Everflame
Red City (audiobook)
Fishbone Cinderella

Non-Fiction:

Separation of Church and Hate

There’s so much to say and yet no idea how to say it. Be kind, friends.

And we come to the end of another month, another year. It’s a good thing I don’t make goals; I don’t want to feel like I didn’t do them. I did have a favorite this month, coming in as the last book I read this year:

Such an excellent book.

As for the rest:

Non-Fiction:

One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (audiobook)
Bread of Angels (audiobook)

Adult Fiction:

We Burned So Bright
Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter
This Book Made Me Think of You
Christmas Fling (audiobook)
American Fantasy
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 6 (unreviewed)
On a Night Like This (audiobook)

Middle Grade:

Queso, Just in Time

YA:

All the Crooked Saints (audiobook)

Stay tuned tomorrow for my year in review!

I have NO idea where this month went. Or why Christmas is only 3 weeks away. This does not compute with my brain. I’m still stuck somewhere back in August or September, I think.

That said, my favorite book this month is about a VERY November story:

It was a fascinating book.

As for the rest:

Adult Fiction:

Every Step She Takes (audiobook)
The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion, Vol 2 and 3
First-Time Caller
Good Spirits
The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion, Vol 4 and 5

Graphic Novels:

Two Tribes

Non-Fiction:

Inspired

Middle Grade:

Red River Rose

Young Adult:

The Scorpio Races (audiobook)

What was your favorite this month?

How is it already November? I honestly have NO idea where the month went. Zero. It was still September at the beginning of the month, and now it’s practically Thanksgiving. I’ve got whiplash.

That said, it was an excellent reading month.

My favorite this month:

It was just a delightful romp with a huge heart. I adored it.

As for the rest:

Adult fiction:

Last Night at the Lobster
The Bookshop Below
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Soul Searching (audiobook)
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, volume 1 (audiobook)
Wolf Worm

Graphic Novels:

Angelica and the Bear Prince

What was your favorite this month?