It’s been a good reading month (note the lack of grown-up books…). I did get a lot read, and even though my piles are growing bigger every day (I need a time turner!), I don’t feel overly hopeless about it all. Maybe that has something to do with my favorite book this month:

The Shepherd’s Crown

I loved it, and I think it’s the perfect ending. Really. Not that there wasn’t a number of great books this month. There were. My heart just belongs to Tiffany Aching.

As for the rest:

YA:

Six of Crows (audio book)
The Haters (DNF)
Genius: The Game
The Hidden Oracle
Written in the Stars
You Know Me Well
The Last Star

Middle Grade:

Counting Thyme
Nothing Up My Sleeve

Graphic Novel:

Lumberjanes, vol 2 and 3
Ms. Marvel, vol 2

Adult:

Maestra (DNF)

What were your favorites this month?

It was a crazy month; lots of drama around the house, and I really don’t think I’m reading as much as I used to. Times and seasons, no? That said, I did read some, and my favorite (no surprise), was this one:

Raven King

It was such a great ending to a fantastic series.

Oh, and a couple of pics from the event last night:

And after:

And what I ended up writing on the car cover:

She was amazing. That’s really not overstating it.

As for the others…

Middle Grade:

Raymie Nightingale
The Terrible Two Get Worse
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel

Young Adult:

The Winner’s Kiss
Love & Gelato
Wolf Hollow

Non-Fiction:

Furiously Happy (audio book)
Quiet Power

Graphic Novel:

Phoebe and Her Unicorn
Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy

What were your favorites this month?

It was a Middle Grade month, one in which I snuck books in between the cracks. I made some headway on KidlitCon, with a great logo, designed by Sarah Stevenson, a date — October 14-15 — and a hotel. Stay tuned, because we’ve got a registration form coming soon! (It’s work, but it’s manageable so far, much to my surprise!)

My favorite this month was (and is; I keep gushing about it to people at work):

Rebel of the Sands

So. Good.

As for the rest:

YA

Tell Me Three Things

Adult Fiction:

Driving Heat
A Darker Shade of Magic
A Bollywood Affair (audio book)

Middle Grade:

The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle
Spirit Week Showdown
The Wild Robot
Completely Clementine
Booked
Hour of the Bees
Allie, First at Last

What was your favorite this month?

Somehow, this month, I feel like I fell behind. I really don’t know why. Probably has something to do with four girls pulling me in four different directions, plus a husband, plus a job that takes some of my time, plus there are actually more TV shows I’m watching (one per girl, really. A quick aside, we’re actually quite liking the Shadowhunters TV series, but mostly because everyone’s so pretty to look at.). But I feel like there’s just less time for reading than there used to be.

Times and seasons, I guess.

My favorite of the ones that got read this month, though was this one:

I Am Princess X

There were a lot of good ones, though, this month. The rest:

YA:

Salt to the Sea
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between
A School for Brides (audiobook)

Non-Fiction:

Wild (audiobook)
The Road to Little Dribbling
Radioactive

Middle Grade:

The Key to Extraordinary
Fridays With the Wizards

Graphic Novel

Amulet: Firelight

What were some of your favorites this month?

January usually kicks my butt. Seriously. It’s cold, it’s dark, there’s hardly any holidays to break up the long, dull, boring days. But this year, it wasn’t too bad. Maybe it’s the meditation practice that I’ve picked up in the past few months. Maybe it’s a handful of sunny, 60-degree days where I could sit outside and bask in the sunshine. Maybe it was the idea of a yoga retreat that kept me going and that I thoroughly enjoyed. At any rate, I managed to read, I managed to stay sane, I managed to have a good January for once.

My favorite book this month was this:

The Buried Giant (audio book)

The audiobook was brilliant, and the book was right up my alley. As for the rest:

Graphic Novel
 

Unicorn on a Roll
Nimona

Nonfiction

We Should All Be Feminists

Adult Fiction

Mrs. Queen Takes the Train

YA

Kill the Boy Band
Peas and Carrots
These Shallow Graves

Middle Grade

Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
Friday Barnes, Girl Detective

What were your favorites this month?

Because of the Cybils, this month was a month of Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction. I’m super happy with our shortlist and can’t wait to share it with you on January 1st! And tomorrow, I’ll have my best of the year post. It’s been a good year, overall.

With those two caveats, I’m going to skip my favorite for the month.

Middle Grade

Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head

Lilliput

Mars Evacuees

 

 

Jack

Nomad

Castle Hangnail

A Dragon’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans

Wings of Fire: Moon Rising

MiNRS

Dungeoneers

The Fog Diver

To Catch a Cheat

Summerlost

YA:

The Memory of Light

See How They Run

Non-Fiction

 

 

 

 

You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) (audio)


Most Dangerous

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad Feminist

What were your favorites for the month?

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?

The Hollow Boy

Man, I love Lockwood & Co. So, so very much.

As for the rest?

Middle Grade

The Girl Who Could Not Dream

The Shadows of Sherwood

Hunters of Chaos

A Curious Tale of the In-Between

The Nest

Upside Down Magic

 

YA

Firebrand

Not if I See You First

All Fall Down

Challenger Deep

The Sword of Summer

 

Non-Fiction

Between the World and Me

What are some of your favorites 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:

Walk on Earth a Stranger

So good.

As for the rest:

Middle Grade

The Blackthorn Key

Crenshaw

Full Cicada Moon

Switch

The Thing About Jellyfish

Adult Fiction

How To Be Both (audio book)

My Brilliant Friend (audio book)

A Room With a View

Siddhartha

YA:

Husky

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:

Appleblossom the Possum

So adorable.

As for the rest:

Middle Grade

George

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

Non-Fiction:

The Joy of Living

Adult Fiction:

Something Fresh (audio)

The Wonder Garden

YA:

Everything Everything

Goodbye Stranger

Graphic Novel:

Sunny Side Up

Baba Yaga’s Assistant

What were some of your favorites this month?