I was sitting here, writing reviews when I realized what day it was! I’ve been so busy with work and reading for the Cybils, that everything has just gotten away from me. I’m impressed that any of my Christmas shopping has gotten done. Seriously.

My favorite this month:

Surrender (audiobook)

Really one of the best celebrity memoirs I’ve read in a long time. As for the rest:

Graphic Novels:

Little Monarchs
The Real Riley Mayes
Apple Crush
Bunnicula
M is for Monster
Piece by Piece
Himawari House
Invisible
Anne of West Philly
Two-Headed Chicken
Batman, Robin, and Howard
Hollow
Welcome to St. Hell
Crumbs
Constantine: Distorted Illusions
If Anything Happens, I Love You
A-Okay
The Flamingo
Living with Viola
Button Pusher

Middle Grade:

The Way I Say It

YA:

Greywarren
Whiteout

Non-Fiction:

Susan, Linda, Nina, & Cokie

What was your favorite this month?

I now, second verse, same as the first: I’m just not reading. That’s going to have to change: I’m on the round one panel for Graphinc Novels in this year’s Cybils. So, while I’ still having problems really sinking my teeth into a book, graphic novels seem up my alley, and I’ve not done round one there before. Should be fun!

I did read some charming books this month, though. My favorite:

Insightful, engaging, and just so good.

As for the rest:

Graphic novels:

Garlic and the Vampire
Garlic and the Witch

YA:

I Shall Wear Midnight (old review)
Asar on Fire (audiobook)
Heat Wave

Adult Fiction:

The Thursday Murder Club

What was your favorite this month?

It’s been a month. That’s really the best I can say. I did have a favorite this month, out of the few that I read:

Tamsyn Muir is brilliant. Period.

Middle Grade:

The Marvelous Land of Snergs

Graphic Novels:

Isla to Island

Adult Fiction

Bookish People (audiobook)

YA:

The Agathas
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

Maybe someday I’ll stop lamenting my “lack of reading” and just accept that this is how much i read now. Someday.

What was your favorite this month?

I read a few things. I don’t know why I didn’t read more. no rime? just not in the mood? I don’t know. Maybe I just need to accept that I don’t read as much as I used to anymore and move on. At least I’m still reading, right? My favorite this month was an old favorite, a comfort read:

As for the rest:

YA:

A Hat Full of Sky (old review)

Graphic Novel:

Realm of the Blue Mist

Non-fiction:

Mother Brain
Radical Love (audiobook)

Adult Fiction:

Counterfeit (audiobook)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (audiobook)

What was your favorite this month?

Another month not reading a ton, another month when my TBR pile grows larger (though I een did a purge this month) and I think about all the things I’m not reading.

My favorite this month:

Seriously: we need more Ionas in this world.

And the rest:

YA:

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

Adult:

Yerba Buena (audiobook)
Spear
Flying Solo (audiobook)
Finlay Donovan is Killing It

Non-fiction:

Easy Beauty (audiobook)
This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch

We’ll see what next month brings, won’t we?

If it’s possible, I read even less this month than last. I did like most of what I read, so maybe that’s part of things: I’m being more selective with what I read. I also moved to the basement for my job, which is quiet and away from customers, so I picked up listening to audiobooks more. (Which is why there are three this month instead of my usual one).

No favorites this month. Here’s what I managed to finish:

YA:

Forging Silver Into Stars
Bravely
The Door of No Return

Adult Fiction:

The Charm Offensive (audiobook)
Fugitive Telemetry

Nonfiction:

Go Back to Where You Came From (audiobook)
Call Me Chef, Dammit! (audiobook)

Graphic Novels:

Swim Team

I hit a reading stop this month. I am surrounded by piles of books, and all I want to read are comfort reads. (I’m not really in reading what I’m “supposed to be” reading right now.) Which means, too, that I’m not blogging a lot either.

Here’s what I blogged about this month:

Graphic Novels:

The Aquanaut
Heartstopper Volume 4

YA:

The Honeys

Non-Fiction:

Wintering (audiobook)

I also read:

The Penderwicks
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
Saffy’s Angel
Indigo’s Star
Permanent Rose
Caddy Ever After
Forever Rose

I wanted to read the rest of the Penderwicks books, but I got derailed again. Maybe next month will be better.

It’s been a week. It’s been a month. But then, some months are like that.

My favorite book this month:

I swear, these are just getting better.

As for the rest:

Middle Grade:

The Ogress and the Orphans

Adult fiction:

Book Lovers
Olga Dies Dreaming (audiobook)

YA:

The Hollow Heart
Aurora’s End

Non-fiction:

Four Hundred Souls (audiobook)
Tiny Habits

What was your favorite this month?

I have to be honest: sometimes I set my blog on automatic, having scheduled things out for a while, and then I forget I have it. I am glad I have it; it’s a record of nearly 20 years of my reading, but I do forget about it sometimes. Like this week: I was supposed to do this yesterday, so it could go up first thing this morning… and, I forgot. Oh well. It happens sometimes.

My favorite this month:

There’s a reason it won the Cybils: it’s a delight. As for the rest:

Graphic Novels:

Cranky Chicken
Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms
Chunky
Across the Tracks
My Last Summer with Cass
Borders
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers
The Legend of Auntie Po
My Body in Pieces
Salt Magic
Jukebox
Nubia: Real One

Adult Fiction:

Love & Saffron
Exit Strategy

What were your favorites this month?

I was laying in bed, reading, when I thought to myself: hey, tomorrow’s the last day of the month, I should write a blog post. And then I realized, no, TODAY is, and my post that usually goes up in the morning just didn’t.

Call it January. I read a lot, but most of it was or the Cybils, so y’all don’t get to hear about it until after February 14th.

My favorite (of the ones I can talk about):

It really is quite amazing. Schwab is a fabulous writer.

And the rest:

Middle Grade

The Last Cuentista

Adult Fiction

Artificial Condition
Rogue Protocol
Goliath (didn’t finish)
Devil House

What did you read this month?