I was back to my normal reading levels this month. I’ve also decided to try and read a Middle Grade book a week if only to work ahead on next year’s Cybils reading. We’ll see how long that lasts. My favorite this month:

It’s kind of a given that if there is a Emily Heny book read, it will be the favoriet that month. And for the rest:

Middle Grade (not quite one a week…)

The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum (audiobook)
The Apartment House on Poppy Hill

Non-Fiction

The Six (audiobook)
Leslie F**king Jones (audiobook)

Adult Fiction:

Hogfather
Witch King

Graphic Novel:

Heartstopper, volume 5

YA:

Blood Justice
Canto Contigo

What was your favorite this month?

Not surprisingly, it’s been another Middle Grade-heavy month! That said, my favorite was this:

I liked it better than the first one, if only because more happened. It was just a fun, silly, delightful listen.

And the rest:

Graphic Novels:

The Great British Bump Off
Superman for All Seasons

Middle Grade:

Sincerely Sicily
Finally See
Dear Brother
Skating On Mars
The Lost Year
The Dark is Rising (reread, audiobook)

Adult Fiction:

Bride

YA:

Gwen & Art Are Not In Love

Stay tuned tomorrow for my best of the year!

Not surprisingly, there was a lot of Middle Grade Fiction read this month. My favorite is one of them, though you’ll have to remember that this is my opinion and not the one of the whole panel. it’s just the one that spoke to me this month.

I just thought it was very clever. As for the rest:

Adult Fiction:

Iron Flame (audiobook)
Everyone on This Train is a Suspect (audiobook)

Middle Grade:

The Fire, the Water, and Maudi MGinn
The Puppets of Spellhorst (audiobook)
Leeva at Last
When Sea Becomes Sky
Tethered to Other Stars
We the Sea Turtles

Graphic Novel:

Mexikid
Ink Girls

YA:

Check & Mate

What was your favorite this month?

Signs you know it’s #Cybils season: I’m blogging more, and I’m reading a ton of middle grade.

My favorite though is this one:

I listened to some very smart people on Instagram and was ahead of the BookTok curve on this one. It’s an excellent book, too!

As for the rest:

YA

Vengeance of the Pirate Queen (audiobook)

Adult Fiction:

Stars in Your Eyes (audiobook)
Legends & Lattes (audiobook)
Expiration Dates

Middle Grade:

You Are Here: Connecting Flights
The Gray
The Greatest Kid in the World
Eagle Drums
Not an Easy Win
Hands

Graphic Novels:

Hooky, Volumes 2 and 3
Gender Queer

Nonfiction:

Making It So (audiobook)

What was your favorite this month?

I know the calnedar says fall, bt it was 95 degrees here today and I was drenched in sweat while I started the long proess of winterizing the yard. I even made chilid for dinner, which was a mistake, because 95 degrees on September 30th! I would like fall weather to go with the fall calendar, please.

In other news, the nominations for the Cybils open up tomorrow! I’m the Middle Grade Ficition chair (yay!), so make sure my panel and I have some bood books to read, pelase! (The link to the nominations will be here!)

As for reading, my favorite this month was:

I adore Ben Hatke’s work, ad this is no different.

And the rest:

Adult Fiction:

The Secret Life of Albert Entwhistle
Fourth Wing (audio book)
Playing the Witch Card
Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up (audio book)
When in Rome (audio book)

YA:

Midnight at the Houdini (audio book)
Thieves’ Gambit

Middle Grade:

Hazel Hill is Gonna Win This One

What was your favorite this month?

There’s nothing like a good vacation and then some Cybils reading to kick up your monthly numbers! My favorite this month:

When there’s a new Murderbot novel, it will always be my favorite. I love the series. As for the rest:

Graphic Novel:

Buzzing
Sunshine

Middle Grade:

Dad’s Girlfriend and Other Anxieties
The First Magnificent Summer
Race for the Ruby Turtle
Simon Sort of Says
Barely Floating (audiobook)
Lasagna Means I Love You
Morning Sun in Wuhan

Adult Fiction:

The Unhoneymooners
Business or Pleasure (audiobook)

Non-Fiction:

War and the American Difference
All In (audiobook)

What was your favorite this month?

When I yped all this up, I was legitimately suprised how much erading I’d done this month. Go me! My favorite, though, and one I still think about:

Who knew a book about an older woman and a octopus could be so good? So glad I finally read it!

As for the rest:

Middle Grade Fiction:

My Not-So-Great French Escape
Dear Mothman
102 Days of Lying About Lauren

Adult Fiction: 

Kiss Her Once for Me (audiobook)
One Italian Summer (audiobook)
The Dead Romantics (audiobook)
A Gathering of Shadows (reread)
A Conjuring of Light (reread)
The Fragile Threads of Power

Non-Fiction:

The Art Thief (audiobook)
Beyond the Story

Whaat was your favorite this month?

I had a very adult-fiction-heavy month, which is all fine and good; it’s where I’m reading right now! I also felt like i read more, but I guess I didn’t! Oh, well. My favorite this month was this one:

It was a very fun, summery book,and perfect for the long hot days of June.

As for the rest:

YA:

Unnecessary Drama (audiobook)

Middle Grade:

The Many Fortunes of Maya
Harriet Spies

Adult Fiction:

Big Gay Wedding (audiobook)
The Guncle
A Darker Shade of Magic (reread)
Family Lore (audiobook)

What was your favorite this month?

It really is funny how life ebbs and flows. This month I listened to SIX audiobooks, but only read four print books, and one of those was a graphic novel! Times and seasons indeed.

My favorite this month:

It was so much fun to listen to! As for the rest:

Non-Fiction:

Walking with Sam
Soil (audiobook)

Adult Fiction:

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club (audiobook)
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Wolfsong

Graphic Novel:

School Trip

YA Fiction:

Harvest House (audiobook)
Rubi Ramos’s Recipe for Success (audiobook)
The Night in Question (audiobook)

What was your favorite this month?

It’s been a good reading month: a lot of variety, and a good balance between audio and in-print reading. And some really good books, too! It was hard to pick my favorite. But I think Ihave to go with:

The characters were delightful, there was some weight to it, and it was a solid, fun romance. Perfect for summertime..

As for the rest:

Adult fiction:

Vicious
The Lonely Hearts Book Club (audiobook)
The Seven Year Slip
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (audiobook)

Young Adult:

Ander & Santi Were Here (audiobook)
Forget Me Not (audiobook)
Don’t Call Me a Hurricane

Non-Fiction

The Longest Way Home

Graphic Novel

A First Time for Everything

What was your favorite this month?