It’s been a month. Not as busy a month as October, but one in which I still perpetually felt behind. (Behind what, I don’t know.) I did get a few books read, however. Which is always a good thing.
My favorite this month?
Man, I love Lockwood & Co. So, so very much.
As for the rest?
Middle Grade
A Curious Tale of the In-Between
YA
Non-Fiction
What are some of your favorites this month?
It’s been another busy month here at my house; I’ve decided that fall is definitely a hopping time for children’s events. So many authors, so little time. As an aside, I did get to spend a delightful day with John Flanagan
and got to meet Jacqueline Woodson.
And I migrated my blog from Blogger to WordPress. There was a bit of a head-scratching moment when I thought it didn’t go right, but that cleared up (no idea what happened; I suppose I did something right?) and now I’m super happy with my new blog. If you’re reading this on a feed reader or email, stop by and check it out.
Oh! And we did manage to carve pumpkins as well.
It really has been busy.
As for my favorite book this month? I liked a lot of them, but I think this is the one that I loved the hardest
It was SO good. I haven’t seen the movie yet. Need to though.
As for the rest…
Non-Fiction
Big Magic (audio)
Steve Jobs (audio)
Graphic Novel
Honor Girl
YA:
The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen
Middle Grade:
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods
Adult Fiction
What was your favorite read this month?
I honestly forgot that today is the end of September. Seriously. No idea what day it is, beyond the day of the week.
Except that tomorrow is the Official Start of Cybils Season! Which means, I really should be keeping track of the days. This year, I’m back on round one of Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction, which makes me happy. It seems that our panel is full of very intelligent, chatty people, which also makes me happy.
I’m also hoping for (another) bout of insomnia tonight, so I can be up when the nomination form goes live and can get my favorites in right away. If I don’t, it won’t happen until I’m off work, and by then it might be too late. But then, I’m obsessive that way….
My favorite this month? Not an EMGSF book (though this may be the last month for that), but rather this:
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| Walk on Earth a Stranger |
So good.
As for the rest:
Middle Grade
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| The Blackthorn Key |
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| Crenshaw |
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| Full Cicada Moon |
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| Switch |
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| The Thing About Jellyfish |
Adult Fiction
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| How To Be Both (audio book) |
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| My Brilliant Friend (audio book) |
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| A Room With a View |
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| Siddhartha |
YA:
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| Husky |
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| Zeroes |
What was your favorite this month?
Busy. That’s how I would describe my life right now. Busy at work, busy at home. Busy busy busy. And yet, I manage to squeeze in a book or two here and there. I’m in need of a vacation. Good thing KidlitCon is coming up! I hope to see some of you there!
There was so many good books this past month, I hated to choose just one. But if I HAD to, it’d be this:
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| Appleblossom the Possum |
So adorable.
As for the rest:
Middle Grade
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| George |
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| Confessions of an Imaginary Friend |
Non-Fiction:
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| The Joy of Living |
Adult Fiction:
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| Something Fresh (audio) |
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| The Wonder Garden |
YA:
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| Everything Everything |
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| Goodbye Stranger |
Graphic Novel:
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| Sunny Side Up |
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| Baba Yaga’s Assistant |
What were some of your favorites this month?
Summer’s winding down around here; I just registered half my kids for school and we’ll do the other half on Monday. A couple are nervous about it: change is a scary thing, as is middle school. Even so, I’ll be happy to have a more set routine again (even if it means being busier).
I don’t remember reading this much, though my bingo card supports me in it: I’ve got all but five or six squares left. I don’t know if I’ll finish though: I don’t particularly want to read a biography of someone I dislike. (Partially because I don’t know who I dislike who has a biography out…)
My favorite this month was the lone non-fiction:
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| Between You & Me |
It really was delightful.
As for the rest:
Middle Grade
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| The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate |
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| The Golden Specific |
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| The Wand and the Sea |
YA
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| Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children |
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| Finding Audrey |
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| Trouble is a Friend of Mine |
Adult
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| Gone With the Wind |
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| The Library at Mount Char (audio book) |
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| The Conference of the Birds |
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| Armada |
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| The Little Paris Bookshop |
What was your favorite this month?
Ah, summer! I love you. (I really do.) Swimming, flowers growing, ice cream and watermelon, never having to worry about being cold…
And less time to read, but that’s really okay.
My favorite for the month? Interestingly enough, it’s an adult book. That so very rarely happens.
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| Uprooted |
As for the rest:
Graphic Novel
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| Dragons Beware! |
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| Avengers: Rage of Ultron |
Adult
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| The Viscount Who Loved Me |
YA
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| The Truth Comission |
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| Spelled |
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| The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak |
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| The Heart of Betrayal |
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| The Wrath and the Dawn |
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| Deadly Design |
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| Magonia |
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| Bone Gap |
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| The Darkest Part of the Forest |
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| Kissing in America |
Middle Grade
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| The Marvels |
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| Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer |
Non-Fiction
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| As You Wish (audio book) |
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| Enchanted Air |
What was your favorite this month?
It’s the end of May? When did that happen?? Somehow, summertime is upon us (well, as per schedule; the weather leaves something to be desired, even if it is helping with the drought conditions), as is summer reading. I’ve printed out a copy of the Books on the Nightstand Summer Bingo card, which A saw and wanted her own. So she and I are racing to see who can get a bingo first. K’s signed up for the library’s summer reading program, and I’m getting things in place for summer programs at work (which would be easier if people would respond to emails!).
As for my favorite book? I’ve been dying to share this one with you for MONTHS. I cannot express how much this book is ME.
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| Circus Mirandus |
Seriously. So very much my sort of book.
As for the rest?
YA
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| Cuckoo Song |
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| An Ember in the Ashes |
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| The Kiss of Deception |
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| Scarlett Undercover |
Middle Grade
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| Bayou Magic |
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| Lost in the Sun |
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| Momo |
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| Moonpenny Island |
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| Smek for President (audio) |
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| The Tapper Twins Go to War |
Non-Fictiom
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| How to Be a Heroine |
Adult Fiction
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| Station Eleven |
What was your favorite book this month?
I completely spaced getting this post up yesterday! I don’t know if that’s the first time it’s happened, but it probably won’t be the last. Life has been super crazy. I still managed to read a bunch…
My favorite this month was
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| All the Light We Cannot See |
It’s really stayed with me in ways that I haven’t expected. Definitely worth the hype.
As for the rest:
YA:
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| Miss Mayhem |
Middle Grade:
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| Crossover |
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| Genuine Sweet |
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| The Island of Dr. Libris |
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| The Return: Disney Lands |
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| The Trap |
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| Willy Maykit in Space |
Non-fiction:
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| I Will Always Write Back |
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| Life from Scratch |
Adult:
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| Trigger Warning |
What did you like this month?
It’s the end of March, and here in Kansas (at least) it’s finally spring. My hyacinths are blooming, I actually need to mow the lawn, and I’m finally coming out of my winter-induced depression. (It was worse this year than in the past. Gah.) And what contributed to this happiness was the knowledge that I can now share the new Penderwicks book with you. If you haven’t read them, DO. So, so wonderful.
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| The Penderwicks in Spring |
As for the rest, I read:
Middle Grade:
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| Fish in a Tree |
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| Mark of the Thief |
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| Monstrous |
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| The Red Butterfly |
YA:
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| Gabi a Girl in Pieces |
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| Rebel Belle |
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| The Red Queen |
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| Shadow Scale |
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| The Winner’s Crime |
Non-fiction
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| Small Victories (audio book) |
Adult:
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| The Calligrapher’s Daughter |
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| Funny Girl (audio book) |
Graphic Novel
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| Ms. Marvel, Volume 1 |
What was your favorite this month?
It snowed yesterday, which is why this post didn’t go up. That, and it was a super busy month for me between work and getting the Cybils blog set for the summer, which means blogging got pushed to the bottom of the pile. I do miss blogging, and being able to comment and read everyone’s blogs — I do skim — hopefully March will be a better month for that.
I did still find time to read books, and my favorite book this month was this:
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| The Shadow Cabinet |
I was SUPER excited the other day when I actually HAND SOLD the first in the series TO A TEEN. Seriously. I did a happy dance. Not enough people read Maureen.
As for the rest:
Graphic Novels
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| El Deafo |
YA
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| Fairest |
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| I Was Here |
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| The Slanted Worlds |
Middle Grade
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| Boys of Blur |
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| The Castle Behind Thorns |
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| The Forgotten Sisters |
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| The Luck Uglies |
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| The Swallow |
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| The Jupiter Pirates: Hunt for the Hydra |
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| Nuts to You |
Did you read anything fantastic this month?
Milo Speck, Accidental Agent
The Book Nut 