It’s summer and I want fluffy and romance and brain candy and this one totally fit the bill:
Really, it was exactly what I needed this month.
As for the rest:
Middle Grade
YA
Hearts Unbroken
Love from A to Z
Three Sides of a Heart (audio)
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Gunslinger Girl (reread: link to old review)
Non-Fiction
Adult Fiction
Graphic Novel
Queen of the Sea
5 Worlds: The Red Maze
What was your favorite this month?
I survived the class! Yay! And it was full of interesting discussion. So double yay! And I didn’t get much reading done the second half of the month, so pretty much everything here I read in the first half.
My favorite?
It was really a compelling story, incredibly well-written. Acevedo really is a writer to watch!
And for the rest:
Middle Grade:
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Glory Be
Indian Shoes
Return to Sender
The Circuit
Young Adult:
Miles Morales Spider Man
Sold
Who Will Tell My Brother?
Monster
Valiant
Graphic Novels:
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth
Nonfiction:
Save Me the Plums (audio book)
Adult Fiction:
Ones I read but didn’t write (another) review for:
One Crazy Summer
Tequila Worm (this one fell through the cracks, and didn’t get reviewed even though it should have)
The Sun is Also a Star
A Step from Heaven
What was your favorite this month?
It was a good month. Spring has arrived, and I have read some fabulous books. My favorite? This:
Props to the on-line book group for picking it!
As for the rest:
Middle Grade:
Young Adult
Internment
The Remarkable Inventions of Walter Morrison
Finale
Gemina
Obsidio
Graphic Novel:
Animus
Glitch
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
Adult Fiction
What was your favorite this month?
It’s been quite the month. But, as I write this, I have enjoyed a couple of days off and am actually thinking about gardening instead of working all the time. It’s heavenly. And maybe I’ll even read more books next month!
And, since it was Middle Grade March, it’s probably appropriate that my favorite was a middle grade book:
Smart, funny, and a whole lot of fun to read!
As for the rest:
Middle Grade:
Lost Rainforest: Mez’s Magic
Ben Braver and the Incredible Exploding Kid
Resistance
The Three Rules of Everyday Magic
Squint
Young Adult:
Field Notes on Love
The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe
Love, Hate & Other Filters
Adult:
Eternal Life
The Bookshop of Yesterdays (audio)
What was your favorite this month?
Oh, what a month. I swear I’ve worked more this month (even though I’m stepping down!) than I have in a LONG time. That said, I did get some reading done. Some.
My favorite this month (no surprise):
Fascinating, imminently readable and just really really good.
As for the rest…
Middle Grade:
To Night Owl from Dogfish
The Lost Girls
Freya & Zoose
The Size of the Truth
Non-fiction:
Kitchen Yarns (audio)
Adult Fiction:
Where the Crawdads Sing (audio)
YA:
Finding Yvonne (audio)
Courting Darkness
The Poet X
Words on Bathroom Walls
Okay, I hate January with a passion, but it kind of went fast. At least, fast-ish. Then again, I wasn’t deluged with frigid weather, and I watched the government shutdown from the sidelines. It definitely could have been worse.
I read a ton of good books this month, but this one surprised me with how much I enjoyed it:
It really was a delightful listen. As for the rest:
Middle Grade:
We’re Not From Here
Lety Out Loud
YA:
On the Come Up
The Moon Within
Unearthed
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
Graphic Novel:
The Witch Boy
The Hidden Witch
New Kid
Adult:
Non-fiction:
What were some of your favorites this month?
It was a super-heavy YA and speculative fiction month, but that was to be expected (because of the Cybils), but even the adult books I read were speculative fiction. I’m probably a little burned out of spec fic for a bit…
No favorites this month, since the Cybils shortlists will be announced on Sunday, and I’m putting up my best-of lists tomorrow!
YA:
LifeL1k3
The Agony House
Beneath the Citadel
Blanca & Roja
Dread Nation
Not Even Bones
Mirage
The Wicked Deep
Bruja Born
A Curse So Dark and Lonely
This Mortal Coil
The Wicked King
Beasts Made of Night
The November Girl
Pitch Dark
The Boneless Mercies
The Deceivers
Graphic Novels:
Non-Fiction:
The New Farm (audio)
Adult Fiction:
I think it’s been a very long time since a month has gone by and I have not read a SINGLE Middle Grade book. I don’t know if that’s going to get fixed next month (to be really honest, there isn’t a lot of middle grade out right now that I’m interested in reading!), but it really came as a bit of a surprise.
My favorite this month was rereading this (I joined Maggie Stiefvater’s read-along group):
It really was as delightful this time around as it was the last time. As for the rest:
Young Adult:
Isle of Blood and Stone
Reign the Earth
What If It’s Us
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (audio)
A Winter’s Promise
A Room Away from the Wolves
Dry
Summer of Salt
The Traitor’s Game
A Room Away from the Wolves
A Winter’s Promise
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (audio)
What If It’s Us
Reign the Earth
Isle of Blood and Stone
Graphic Novels:
Non-fiction:
Heartland (audio)
Evicted
American Dialogue
What was your favorite this month?
Happy Halloween! Tonight will find me at home, deep in a Cybils book (hopefully) while answering the door (probably not; we don’t get many trick-or-treaters) and most likely setting a pumpkin on fire (don’t ask). It’s What One Does when there are only teenagers in the house.
I read a TON of really great books this month, but the one that’s stuck with me was this one:
As for the rest:
Middle Grade:
Young Adult:
Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish
West
Allegedly
Give Me Some Truth (audio)
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Dear Martin
Graphic Novels:
Sanity & Tallulah
Amulet: Supernova
Adult Fiction:
The Collector’s Apprentice
Vampires in the Temple
What was your favorite this month?
It’s the end of September (?!) and you know what that means? Tomorrow is Cybils Day! (That really should be a Thing.) Public nominations open up at midnight on Oct 1. And we need YOU to nominate. You can find out more information here.
My favorite this month:
I’m a sucker for a Jane Austen retelling and this one is both smart and modern and yet true to the spirit of the original. So very good.
And the rest:
Middle Grade:
Merci Suarez Changes Gears
The Darkdeep
Harbor Me
Young Adult:
Leah on the Offbeat (audio)
Ruin of Stars
A Mad, Wicked Folly
Muse of Nightmares
Adult Fiction:
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Graphic Novels:
Non-Fiction:
What was your favorite this month?
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