À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for June.

Bought:

  • Hmmm, I’m sure I bought something… But I don’t seem to have written it down. Possibly all I bought were the gajillion Allen Say books I bought as goodbye presents for my students!

Read:

  • Saving Zasha, by Randi Barrow (borrowed from a student)
  • Across the Universe, by Beth Revis (reread)
  • A Million Suns, by Beth Revis
  • Shades of Earth, by Beth Revis

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for April.

Bought:

  • The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories, by Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Bratton and Brenna Yovanoff
  • The River of No Return, by Bee Ridgeway
  • The Rook, by Daniel O’Malley
  • Paper Valentine, by Brenna Yovanoff
  • Blood Magic, by Tessa Gratton

Read:

  • The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories, by Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Bratton and Brenna Yovanoff
  • The River of No Return, by Bee Ridgeway
  • The Rook, by Daniel O’Malley

ACK. So much unallowed book buying.

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for March.

Bought:

  • Vampires in the Lemon Grove, by Karen Russell
  • Tenth of December, by George Saunders
  • Suspect, by Robert Crais (iphone/Kindle)*
  • Etiquette & Espionage, by Gail Carriger (iphone/Kindle)*

Read:

  • The Order of Odd Fish, by James Kennedy (gift from the author)
  • Suspect, by Robert Crais (iphone/Kindle)
  • The Giver, by Lois Lowry (iphone/Kindle)
  • Choice Words, by Peter H. Johnston
  • Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger (iphone/Kindle)
  • Sarah, Plain & Tall, by Patricia McLachlan (borrowed from classroom library)
  • Big Jack, by J.D. Robb (borrowed from laundry room)

*Oops, went over my two-book limit! I blame spring break!

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for January.

Bought:

  • The Patrick Melrose Novels, by Edward St Aubyn*
  • Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein
  • Prophet Volume 1: Remission (graphic novel)

Read:

  • Blood Song (Raven’s Shadow #1), by Anthony Ryan (iphone/kindle)
  • SeraphinA, by Rachel Hartman
  • Touch of Frost, by Jennifer Estep

I decided I can only let myself buy two books a month thanks to the current financial straits. Therefore I have/had to wait until February to buy the final Wheel of Time book. That’s OK b/c I have very little time to read right now anyway as I’m not taking much public transit right now which is my #1 reading time. I have almost no free time even when I’m at home right now–teaching is almost a 24 hour job and then only hours I’m not either at school or working on stuff for school are when I need to be sleeping. Yeah it’s super exhausting.

*Technically I already own one of these as a stand-alone…but they just collected the first four to go with the new #5 that just came out and it was on sale at my local store for $20 with 10% off and that’s cheaper than buying a $8-$10 paperback of the three I don’t have…

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for November.

Bought:

  • Little Red Riding Hood, by J. Grimm, illu by Trina Schart Hyman
  • Little Red Riding Hood, by Jacob Grimm, illu by Daniel Egneus

Read:

  • Little Red Riding Hood, by Jacob Grimm, illu by Daniel Egneus
  • Little Red Riding Hood, by J. Grimm, illu by Trina Schart Hyman
  • The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides

Slow month for reading. Mostly because I didn’t like the Eugenides very much so when I had reading time I didn’t necessarily use it. Also I wasn’t on public transportation almost all month which is my primary reading time.

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for October.

Bought:

  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konisburg
  • The Michigan Mega Monsters (American Chillers #1), by Jonathan Rand
  • The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater
  • The Stranger’s Child, by Alan Hollinghurst
  • Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (graphic novel)
  • The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate
  • The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Outpost, by Ann Aguirre
  • Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell

Read:

  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konisburg (classroom library)
  • The Michigan Mega Monsters (American Chillers #1), by Jonathan Rand
  • Emiko Superstar, by Mariko Tamaki
  • American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (classroom library)
  • The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater
  • The Stranger’s Child, by Alan Hollinghurst
  • Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (graphic novel)
  • Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord, by Sarah MacLean (iphone/Kindle)
  • The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for August.

Bought:

  • Kornwolf, by Tristan Egolf
  • Throne of the Crescent Moon, by Saladin Ahmed

Read:

  • Blue Front, by Martha Collins (poetry)
  • The Wise Man’s Fear (Kingkiller #2), by Patrick Rothfuss (library)
  • Broken Harbor, by Tana French
  • You and No Other, by Cathy Maxwell (borrowed from mom)
  • Kornwolf, by Tristan Egolf
  • Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  • Dragonquest, by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  • Dragonsong, by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  • Dragonsinger, by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  • The White Dragon, by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  • Dragondrums, by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  • Throne of the Crescent Moon, by Saladin Ahmed
  • Hark a Vagrant, by Kate Beaton (gift from Ginger ages ago!)
  • Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns, by Hena Khan
  • Far Arden, by Kevin Cannon (8/27)
  • Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
  • The Book Whisperer, by Donalyn Miller

August was a great month of reading. Getting ready for school but full of free time.