It's Monday! What are you reading? From Picture Books to YA

Week 3 of my It's Monday! What are you reading? books. I am definitely on a YA kick right now. The public library has been really up-to-date with its acquisitions and I've been able to get quite a few new books really quickly. I tried to get into Cold Cereal (middle grade) to see if it would be right for my library, but I keep going back to the YA stuff ... not to say that Cold Cereal is bad; in fact, I'm rather enjoying it and I intend to finish it this week. It also didn't help that my viewing of Sherlock (season 2, episode 1) on PBS made me want to re-read my Sherlock Holmes books.

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:

 Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman

For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson by Peggy Thomas

About Hummingbirds: A Guide for Children by Cathryn Sill

Time to Sleep by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin, Jr.

Frankenstein's Cat by Curtis Jobling

E-mergency! by Tom Lichtenheld & Ezra Fields-Meyer

Zero the Hero by Joan Holub

The Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Pip's Trip by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Can't Catch Me by John Hassett

Pig Kahuna by Jennifer Gordon Sattler

 Locke & Key, Volume 4: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill (author) and Gabriel Rodriguez (illustrator)

The Sixth Gun, Volume 3: Bound by Cullen Bunn (author) and Brian Hurtt (artist)

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

WHAT I'M READING NOW:

 Cold Cereal by Adam Rex  

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:

The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman

Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay

It's Monday! What are you reading? From Picture Books to YA

Welcome to week 2 of my participation in the It's Monday! What are you reading? meme. Although it's a bit time-consuming to compile images and links to the books I read each week, I love seeing it in one post. I also like setting a goal for myself in the WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK section so I make reading a priority in my free time. I just have to learn to cut myself a little slack if I don't get around to reading everything I set out to read for the week.

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:

The Umbrella by Jan Brett

 Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji by F. Zia

 Brothers by Yin

 How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman

Heroes by Ken Mochizuki

Grandpa's Corner Store by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan

 Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci by Gene Barretta

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino

Baby Brains by Simon James

Baby Brains and Robomom by Simon James

 Chloe, Instead by Micah Player


 Salt Water Taffy, Volume 5: Caldera's Revenge, Part 2 by Matthew Loux

 The Ascendance Trilogy, #1: The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

His Fair Assassin, #1: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

WHAT I'M READING NOW:

 Cold Cereal by Adam Rex

WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:

 Locke & Key, Volume 4: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill (author) and Gabriel Rodriguez (illustrator)

The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

It's Monday! What are you reading? From Picture Books to YA

My twitter friend Alyson (from Kid Lit Frenzy) has been posting weekly about what she reads to the It's Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA meme, hosted by Jen and Kellee of Teach Mentor Text. Their meme was inspired by Sheila over at Book Journey, who hosts the original It's Monday! What Are You Reading? meme.

The point of the meme is simple :: post what you read last week, what you're reading now, and what you plan to read this week. If you have a review of the book(s), great! If you have a picture of the book(s), wonderful! If you have a book giveaway, fantastic! If you just list the title(s) of the book(s), not a problem! Make it as simple or as complex as you need it to be. At least, that's the message I got.

So, for my first week, I think I'll keep it simple and list my recent reads. I'm having a hard time guesstimating how many books I'll actually be able to read this coming week (I feel in my bones it's not going to be a high number; I go through phases/waves of reading voraciousness, and I'm at a low-point right now).

WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:

Ocean Seasons by Ron Hirschi

 Into the Deep: The Life of Naturalist and Explorer William Beebe by David Sheldon

 Noah's Ark by Peter Spier

 Brundibar by Tony Kushner

Nine for California by Sonia Levitin

 Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (And Children) Across the Plains by Deborah Hopkinson

 Anno Draculae, #1: Anno Dracula by Kim Newman

The Sixth Gun, Volume 1: Cold Dead Fingers & Volume 2: Crossroads by Cullen Bunn (author) and Brian Hurtt (artist)

Amazing Everything: The Art of Scott C. by Scott Campbell

WHAT I'M READING NOW:

 The Ascendance Trilogy, #1: The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

His Fair Assassin, #1: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:

 Cold Cereal by Adam Rex