January, in which my reading comes to a screeching halt. Which isn’t true; I’ve been reading, but it’s all books that are out in February or March, so it just doesn’t look like I am. Also, class started. Can I tell you a secret about the class? I’m loving it. (No surprise.) And I’m kind of an instigator on the discussion boards (though no one has really taken me on); I’ve had to defend audio books, Madeline, and In the Night Kitchen so far. We’ll see how the rest of the semester goes.

My favorite this month:

The Cruel Prince

So, so very good.

Young Adult:

The Belles
The Burning Sky
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Middle Grade:

The Middle Moffat
Beezus and Ramona
The Wolf Hour (audio book)

Adult:

Holidays on Ice (audio book)

What were your favorites this month?

Ninety percent of my reading this month was for the Cybils (almost done! The shortlist announcements are on Monday!).

The best this month goes to one that’s not out until January:

Educated

Simply remarkable. Oh: and my best-of the year will be out tomorrow!

Middle Grade:

Frogkisser
Beyond the Doors
A Face Like Glass
Dragon’s Green
Miss Ellicott’s School for the Magically Minded
Winterhouse
Just Like Jackie
Penelope March is Melting
A Properly Unhaunted Place
Dominon
The Unicorn in the Barn
The Great Hibernation
Journey Across the Hidden Islands
York: the Shadow Cipher
Rise of the Jumbies
The Dragon with the Chocolate Heart

YA:

American Heart
A Land of Permanent Goodbyes
Gunslinger Girl
Truly Devious
Turtles All the Way Down

Adult Fiction:

Sing Unburied Sing (audio)

What were some of your favorites this month?

This was a Cybils month, in which I spent nearly all of it immersed in the world of Middle Grade Speculative Fiction, with a healthy dose of YA Speculative Fiction, as well.  There’s some great stuff out there, the best (that I read this month) of which is:

Last Day on Mars

Seriously. SO very good.

As for the rest…

Middle Grade:

The Supernormal Sleuthing Service
Danger Gang and the Pirates of Borneo
A Crack in the Sea
A Prisoner of Ice and Snow
Pablo and Birdy
Me and Marvin Gardens
Spirit Hunters
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting

YA:

Scorpio Races
Renegades
Disappeared (audio book)

What was your favorite book you read this month?

It’s been another crazy month, but I swear, every day, that I’m going to get more reading done than I actually do. That said, I read/listened to some really great books this month. My favorite was this:

All the Crooked Saints

And not just because Maggie came to Wichita (again)! She is seriously the best.

As for the rest…

Middle Grade:

The Empty Grave
Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power
Nevermoor

YA:

Daughter of the Pirate King
You Bring the Distant Near
Wonder Woman: Warbringer (audio book)

Adult Fiction:

William Shakespeare’s Star Wars (audio book)
Hag-Seed

Graphic Novel

Lighter Than My Shadow
Invisible Emmie
Pashima

What were your favorites this month?

It’s the little things, y’know? Sure, they bring you joy, especially on a down day, but they also seem to gum up the works, especially when you thought you had it done and scheduled, and didn’t realize until late that you don’t. Sure, I could wait until tomorrow, but I’m here, I’m up…

And my favorite this month?

Moxie

It was just such a good book. And it made me wish I hasn’t missed the Riot Grrrl movement in the early 90s.

As for the rest?

Adult Fiction

Class Mom

Young Adult

Solo

Middle Grade

Orphan Island (audio book)
Posted
The First Rule of Punk
I’m Just No Good at Rhyming

Young Adult

Jane, Unlimited

Graphic Novels

Brave
Swing It, Sunny

Non-Fiction

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud

What were your favorites this month?

This month was a bit better with reading. At least I read something other than graphic novels…

My favorite was:

Sweet Spot

I just really loved reading about ice cream. I suppose that says a lot about me.

The rest:

Middle Grade Fiction

Dear Mr. Henshaw
The Countdown Conspiracy

Young Adult Fiction

Mask of Shadows
Genuine Fraud
Thornhill

Adult Fiction

Young Jane Young
Sourdough

Graphic Novels

All’s Faire in Middle School
Mighty Jack and the Goblin King

What was your favorite this month?

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):

The Hate U Give

Graphic Novels:

Spill Zone
Ms. Marvel: Civil War II

Middle Grade:

Ribsy

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?

Words in Deep Blue

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:

Real Friends

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):

Strange the Dreamer

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:

5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior

Non-Fiction:

Good Clean Fun (audio)

Adult:

Small Gods
Homegoing

What was your favorite this month?