April Reads

I've decided to do a monthly listing of all that I've read and maybe highlight titles I really enjoyed. I've seen monthly wrap-ups on a few blogs, some I follow and others I don't. So this idea is definitely borrowed but not copied exactly. As least as far as I know.

I changed the numbering to keep track of the overall number of titles I've read so far.

April Books:

24. There's a Rat in My Soup: Could you Survive Medieval Food? by Chana Stiefel
25. Are You There God, It's Me Margaret? by Judy Blume
26. Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield*!
27. Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman by Marc Tyler Nobelman & Ross MacDonald (illustrator)
28. Something About America by Maria Testa"
29. Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber (audio)
30. The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone and Josh Neufeld (illustrator)^
31. Whoogles by Kendall Almerico and Tess Hottenroth^
32. Chime by Franny Billingsly (audio)^
33. Fever Crumb by Phillip Reeve (audio)^
34. Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson^
35. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (audio)^
36. Sugar Changed the World by Marc Aronson & Marina Budhos^
37. My Boyfriend is a Monster 1: I Love Him to Pieces by Evonne Tsang^
38. Axe Cop Volume 1 by Malachai Nicolle and Ethan Nicolle^
39. Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal^
40. Wandering Son Vol. 1 by Shimura Takako^
41. Dead on Town Line by Leslie Connor"
42. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt (audio)^
43. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
44. Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard^**

I'm a little ashamed to admit that I've read my first Judy Blume book this month. Even my non-reading friend was amazed that I hadn't read any of her books. A wrong has been righted and I've added titles to all but one of my challenges:

*Debut Challenge (1)
^Best of the Best Challenge (13)
" Off the Shelf Challenge (2)
! New Adult Challenge (1) (Updated 6/30)

Great video about the pervasiveness & dare I saw awesomeness of Judy Blume.





**Update 5/3/12: I originally listed Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey by mistake. Though the covers are different, they have a similar feel and my mistake on Shelfari migrated here. All's fixed!

February Reads

I've decided to do a monthly listing of all that I've read and maybe highlight titles I really enjoyed. I've seen monthly wrap-ups on a few blogs, some I follow and others I don't. So this idea is definitely borrowed but not copied exactly. As least as far as I know.

February Books:

1.  Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri
2. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
3. The Case of Jennie Brice by Mary Roberts Rinehart^
4. Level Up by Gene Luen Yang
5. Tankborn by Karen Sandler
6. Charmfall by Chloe Neill
7. Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary by Keshni Kashyap*
8. Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral
9.  Titanic Sinks! by Barry Denenberg
10. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

This month I finally read things related to my challenges aside from upping my count! ^ Off-the-shelf challenge and *Debut Novel.

Favorite (and most surprising) of Feb.

January Reads

I've decided to do a monthly listing of all that I've read and maybe highlight titles I really enjoyed. I've seen monthly wrap-ups on a few blogs, some I follow and others I don't. So this idea is definitely borrowed but not copied exactly. At least as far as I know.


January Books:

1. Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
2. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
3. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt
4. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
5. Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't have) by Sarah Mlynowski
6. Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King
7. The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
8. You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney

The only challenge these books meet is my goal to read 100 or more books.

Fav of the month

Otherwise things have been busy, though not so much here on the blog. Some major life changes are taking place which is eating up a lot of my brain power and time. I've started some reviews, but noticeably they aren't up. I'm hoping to remedy that soon.