July kicked my butt. No way around this one. Between working 30 hours a week and the class, I didn’t have much time to read. And what I did read was mostly for fall books. *sigh* So this is some slim pickings.
My favorite this month (though you have to give it until the second or third chapter):
Graphic Novels:
Spill Zone
Ms. Marvel: Civil War II
Middle Grade:
Non-fiction:
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
I hope you’re having a better summer reading! What are your favorites?
I am up to my eyeballs in school, camp preparations (I’m doing most of the sessions of Camp Watermark this year, and while I’m enjoying it, it’s a LOT of work. Thankfully, I have a FANTASTIC teen helper), and trying to stay on top of my regular work. I’m not home much. And while I’m reading… it’s not as much as I used to. (Thank heavens for audiobooks on the commute!)
My favorite this month?
SO good. Seriously. Such an incredible romance.
As for the rest….
Middle Grade:
Henry Huggins
The Secret Grave
Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
Beyond the Bright Sea (audio)
YA:
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
The Dark Prophecy (Did you see?? He’s coming to Wichita! I’m SO EXCITED!)
Adult:
The Best of Adam Sharp (audio) (DNF)
What was your favorite this month?
Greetings from Indiana! Looking back over the month, I read a LOT of adult stuff. Which is unusual for me. (Or not, maybe I’ve gone through spurts like this?) And most of what I read this month was good. Even so, my favorite was this:
Any graphic novel that makes me cry has to be the favorite of the month.
As for the rest…
Middle Grade:
Feliz Yz
Young Adult:
Alex, Approximately
Adult Fiction:
A Man Called Ove
A Conjuring of Light
The Light We Lost
Non-fiction:
Paddle Your Own Canoe (audio)
Make Your Bed (audio)
A Walk in the Woods
What was your favorite read this month?
So, I know it doesn’t look like it when you see the books below, but my reading actually ground to a halt for a bit this month. (Most of these were read in March, believe it or not.) Which means, next month’s posting may be kind of light. We’ll see. I pulled an old favorite off the shelf a week or so ago and am slowly working through it, and I read the third in a series that I love, so maybe I can find books to read.
That said, my favorite last month (no surprise here):
M had some valid criticisms of it, but overall, I thought it was gorgeous.
Middle Grade:
Amina’s Voice
Funny Girl
The Star Thief
YA:
The Thief (reread)
Thick as Thieves
I Shall Wear Midnight (reread)
Graphic Novel:
Non-Fiction:
Good Clean Fun (audio)
Adult:
What was your favorite this month?
Time is just slipping away from me; how can it be that it’s the last day of the month?
My favorite this month, or at least the one I can’t stop thinking about:
Hillbilly Elegy (audio book)
The audio is excellent, and I keep seeing its relevance all around me (most recently in the rollbacks of the clean air policies). Definitely worth reading.
As for the rest…
Adult:
YA:
Middle Grade:
Flying Lessons (audio book)
Non-fiction:
The Princess Diarist (audio book)
The Tao of Pooh
Graphic Novels:
One Trick Pony
Yvain: The Knight of the Lion
What were your favorites this month?
Between rough times at work and being sick, this month got away from me. So, I’m not surprised that I’m a day late on this!
My favorite this month, also happened to be the Cybils Audiobook winner:
The Inquisitor’s Tale (audio book)
Really. Such a well-done audiobook, and a great story as well!
As for the rest:
Middle Grade:
Out of Abaton: The Wooden Prince (audio book)
Adult:
Victoria (audiobook)
YA:
Like a River Glorious
City of Saints & Thieves
Trouble Makes a Comeback
Wintersmith (reread)
Traitor to the Throne
What were your favorite reads this month?
I suppose now is as a good of time as any to announce that I’ve gone back to school to get my MLIS. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a while (say, 6 years or so), and I’ve finally reached a point in my life where we can not only afford it (sort of), but I can fit it in (hopefully). I’m not quitting my job, so between the demands of that, and the demands of the program (though I’m taking it REALLY slow: only one class at a time), I don’t know how much blogging will be taking place. I was a much more sporadic blogger when I started 12 years ago (!), and even though I’ve been blogging pretty steadily for a while now, I think I might go back to where I was when I started. As long as I’m reading, though, I’ll be blogging: I have to have somewhere to put all my thoughts.
That said, the best book this month?
It was a touch choice between that and Tiffany Aching. But Pooh Bear was such a delight to read. It makes me smile just thinking about it.
And the rest:
YA
This Savage Song
A Hat Full of Sky
The Wee Free Men
The Hammer of Thor
MG
The Matchstick Castle
The Playbook
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World
Graphic Novel
What was your favorite this month?
Tis the week after Christmas and there hasn’t been much time for much of anything. Still, I had a decent enough month for reading…
Stay tuned for the year-end wrap up tomorrow!
Middle Grade:
YA:
Flawed (audio)
Proxy
Caraval
We Are Okay
Adult:
Today Will Be Different (audio)
Reader, I Married Him
Meg
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Graphic Novel:
Newsprints
Tetris: The Games People Play
Fish Girl
Non-fiction:
Lone Survivor (DNF)
So, my reading completely and utterly slowed down in November. And I really didn’t have a favorite this month; it’s all kind of a blur. I suspect I’m not the only one in this situation…
That said, here’s what I did get read. And here’s hoping December (with all its busy) will be a better reading month.
YA
Three Dark Crowns (audio)
Jacob Have I Loved
Falling Over Sideways
Crooked Kingdom
Middle Grade
When the Sea Turned to Silver
Journey’s End
Non-Fiction
Voracious
Searching for John Hughes (DNF)
Graphic Novel
Razzle Dazzle Unicorn
On the one hand, I’m sitting here thinking, “I survived the fall! YAY!” On the other hand, I’m sitting here thinking, “Where on EARTH did the fall go? I’m not ready for the holidays!”
I keep telling myself, “Deep breaths. You can do this.”
And most days, I can.
Thankfully, I have a LOT of good books to keep me sane. My favorite this month, by far:
So, SO good.
As for the rest…
Middle grade:
Insert Coin to Continue
The Creeping Shadow
Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure
Unbound
YA:
The Diabolic
Heartless
My Lady Jane
What Light
Undertow
Adult:
Non-fiction:
My Kitchen Year (audio)
What were your favorites this month?
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