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…

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.

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
  

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.

Bought:

• Horizon (Aftertime #3), by Sophie Littlefield
  
• Grave Witch (Alex Kraft #1), by Kalayna Price (iphone/kindle)
  
• Swamplandia!, by Karen Russell
  
• Sixth-One Nails, by Mike Shevdon
  
• The Road to Bedlam, by Mike Shevdon
  
• Strangeness and Charm, by Mike Shevdon
  
• Life on Mars, by Tracy K. Smith (poetry)
  
• Blue Front, by Martha Collins (poetry)
  
• Broken Harbor, by Tana French
  

Too much for a girl without a job but I did buy most of it with gift cards, so…

Read:

• Silver, by Rhiannon Held (library)
  
• Ash, by Malinda Lo
  
• The Pox Party; the Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation #1, by M.T. Anderson (borrowed from prof)
  
• Shoot to Thrill, by P.J. Tracy (library)
  
• The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness (iphone/kindle)
  
• Horizon (Aftertime #3), by Sophie Littlefield
  
• Grave Witch (Alex Kraft #1), by Kalayna Price (iphone/kindle)
  
• Swamplandia!, by Karen Russell
  
• Sixth-One Nails, by Mike Shevdon
  
• The Road to Bedlam, by Mike Shevdon
  
• Strangeness and Charm, by Mike Shevdon
  
• Life on Mars, by Tracy K. Smith (poetry)
  

Bought:

• Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore
  
• Blue Front, by Martha Collins (poetry)
  
• It’s Not You, It’s Me; The Poetry of Breakup, edited by Jerry Williams
  
• Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
  
• Magic without Mercy, by Devon Monk
  
• Tell the Wolves I’m Home, by Carol Rifka Brunt
  

Read:

• Arcadia, by Lauren Groff
  
• Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore
  
• After the War, by Carol Matas (borrowed from the classroom)
  
• The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater (iphone/kindle)
  
• Trickster’s Choice, by Tamora Pierce
  
• Taken, by Robert Crais (iphone/kindle)
  
• Graceling, by Kristin Cashore (reread)
  
• Fire, by Kristin Cashore (reread)
  
• Break In, by Dick Francis (reread)
  
• Bolt, by Dick Francis (reread)
  
• Niccolo Rising, by Dorothy Dunnett (reread)
  
• Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
  
• Magic without Mercy, by Devon Monk
  
• Tell the Wolves I’m Home, by Carol Rifka Brunt
  

Bought:

• Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan

Read:

• An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green (borrowed)
  
• The Castle of Llyr, by Lloyd Alexander (reread)
  
• Taran Wanderer, by Lloyd Alexander (reread)
  
• Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan
  
• The High King, by Lloyd Alexander (reread)
  
• Saving Francesca, by Melina Marchetta (borrowed)
  
• Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (reread)
  
• The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (borrowed)
  
• Soul Thief, by Jana Oliver (gifted)
  

Bought:

• ?? I’m sure I bought at least one, but I don’t seem to have kept track. Probably because I SHOULDN’T be buying any whilst unemployed. Ah, well.
  

Read:

• Everyone Remain Calm, by Megan Stielstra (stories)(electronic)
  
• Zoo City, by Lauren Beukes (electronic)
  
• Call for the Dead, by John LeCarre (library)
  
• A Murder of Quality, by John LeCarre (library)
  
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John LeCarre (library)
  
• The Looking Glass War, by John LeCarre (library)
  
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Jacqueline Kelly (loan from Bill)