tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49876159412065313402024-03-05T14:06:37.884-05:00Just Keep ReadingJust keep reading. Just keep reading. Just keep reading, reading, reading. What do we do? We read, read.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987615941206531340.post-37266271910134126122019-01-09T10:46:00.000-05:002019-01-09T10:54:35.665-05:002019 Reading ChallengeI always start the year with the intention of updating my reading challenge post, but I never seem to get past the first few months' worth of reading (I didn't update past January in 2018!). That's not going to deter me from trying again, though! And this year I have a new system: instead of double-checking on Goodreads what I've read, I have a spreadsheet set up with all of the challenges, and as I list the books I read, I can check off if it meets the challenge. Hopefully that'll help ...<br />
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<b><a href="https://bookriot.com/2018/12/12/2019-read-harder-challenge/" target="_blank">2019 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge</a></b>:<br />
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<b>An epistolary novel or collection of letters</b></div>
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<b>An alternate history novel</b></div>
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<b>A book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018</b></div>
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<b>A humor book</b></div>
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<b>A book by a journalist or about journalism</b></div>
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<b>A book by an AOC set in or about space</b></div>
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<b>An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America</b></div>
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<b>An #ownvoices book set in Oceania</b></div>
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<b>A book published prior to January 1, 2019, with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads</b></div>
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<b>A translated book written by and/or translated by a woman</b></div>
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<b>A book of manga</b></div>
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<b>A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character</b></div>
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<b>A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse</b></div>
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<b>A cozy mystery</b></div>
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<b>A book of mythology or folklore</b></div>
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<b>An historical romance by an AOC</b></div>
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<b>A business book</b></div>
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<b>A novel by a trans or nonbinary author</b></div>
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<b>A book of nonviolent true crime</b></div>
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<b>A book written in prison</b></div>
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<b>A comic by an LGBTQIA creator</b></div>
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<b>A children’s or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009</b></div>
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<b>A self-published book</b></div>
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<b>A collection of poetry published since 2014</b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987615941206531340.post-20560132961485199602018-01-18T14:54:00.002-05:002018-01-18T14:54:41.402-05:002018 Reading ChallengeI stopped updating <a href="http://yucareelibrary2.blogspot.com/2017/01/2017-reading-challenge.html" target="_blank">my 2017 reading challenges</a> so I should go back and see how many I actually completed ... in the meantime, I've started reading for this year's challenges!<br />
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<b><a href="https://bookriot.com/2017/12/15/book-riots-2018-read-harder-challenge/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Book Riot's 2018 Read Harder Challenge</span></a></b><br />
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<b>A book published posthumously</b><br />
<b><br />A book of true crime</b><br />
<b><br />A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)</b><br />
<b><br />A comic written and drawn by the same person</b><br />
<b><br />A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)</b><br />
<b><br />A book about nature</b><br />
<b><br />A western</b><br />
<b><br />A comic written or drawn by a person of color</b><br />
<b><br />A book of colonial or postcolonial literature</b><br />
<b><br />A romance novel by or about a person of color</b><br />
<b><br />A children’s classic published before 1980</b><br />
<b><br />A celebrity memoir</b><br />
<b><br />An Oprah Book Club selection</b><br />
<b><br />A book of social science</b><br />
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<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34068481-from-here-to-eternity" target="_blank">From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death</a></i> by Caitlin Doughty (January)</li>
</ul>
<b>A one-sitting book</b><br />
<b><br />The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series</b><br />
<b><br />A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author</b><br />
<b><br />A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image</b><br />
<b><br />A book of genre fiction in translation</b><br />
<b><br />A book with a cover you hate</b><br />
<b><br />A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author</b><br />
<b><br />An essay anthology</b><br />
<b><br />A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60</b><br />
<b><br />An assigned book you hated (or never finished)</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://rivetedlit.com/2017/12/28/25-readings-goals-we-set-for-2018/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Riveted 25 Reading Goals</span></a></b><br />
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<b>Read a book written in verse</b><br />
<b><br />Read a fantasy or science fiction novel with explicitly queer characters</b><br />
<b><br />Start a new series</b><br />
<b><br />Read a sequel</b><br />
<b><br />Read a YA nonfiction book</b><br />
<b><br />Read a debut by an author of color</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book (any genre) starring a queer character of color</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book that’s been longlisted for a National Book Award (any year!)</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book that’s over 500 pages long</b><br />
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<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34211260-the-assassin-s-curse" target="_blank">The Blackthorn Key #3: The Assassin's Curse</a></i> by Kevin Sands (January)</li>
</ul>
<b>Read a science fiction book with a female protagonist</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book that confronts or discusses sexism</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book that confronts or discusses racism</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book with a first-generation immigrant main character</b><br />
<b><br />Read a work of historical fiction</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34211260-the-assassin-s-curse" target="_blank">The Blackthorn Key #3: The Assassin's Curse</a></i> by Kevin Sands (January)</li>
</ul>
<b>Read a sci-fi novel written by a woman</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book featuring a dysfunctional family dynamic</b><br />
<b><br />Judge a book by its cover! Read something exclusively based on how good the cover art looks.</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book that has a person of color on the cover</b><br />
<b><br />Read a romance (comedy or drama) with two PoC protagonists</b><br />
<b><br />Read a YA anthology (fiction or nonfiction!)</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book about a character who’s struggling with mental illness</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book about toxic friendships</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book based on a true story</b><br />
<b><br />Read a book with an interracial relationship</b><br />
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<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34963526-saga-vol-8" target="_blank">Saga, Volume 8</a></i> by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (January)</li>
</ul>
<b>Read a book where a sport is a major focus/plot element</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987615941206531340.post-77253205009753329912017-05-13T23:41:00.000-04:002018-01-18T16:00:57.054-05:002017 Reading ChallengeThere were challenges from <a href="http://yucareelibrary2.blogspot.com/2016/01/2016-reading-challenges.html" target="_blank">my 2016 lists</a> that I didn't tackle. So I'm back with two more reading challenges for this year:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to try again to <i>read harder</i> this year based on <a href="http://bookriot.com/2016/12/15/book-riots-2017-read-harder-challenge/" target="_blank"><b>Book Riot's challenge</b></a>!</span><br />
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<b>Read a book about sports:</b><br />
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<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33113347-step-up-to-the-plate-maria-singh" target="_blank">Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh</a></i> (June)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34218224-patina" target="_blank">Patina </a></i>(September)</li>
</ul>
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<b>Read a debut novel:</b><br />
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<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30312547-amina-s-voice" target="_blank">Amina's Voice</a> </i>(April)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33956433-city-of-saints-thieves" target="_blank">City of Saints & Thieves</a></i> (April/May)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32075671-the-hate-u-give" target="_blank">The Hate U Give</a></i> (October)</li>
</ul>
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<b>Read a book about books</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author</b><b>:</b><br />
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<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29657619-mama-and-papa-have-a-store" target="_blank">Mama and Papa Have a Store</a></i> (January)</li>
</ul>
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<b>Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative</b><b>:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31277777-lost-and-found-cat" target="_blank">Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey</a></i> (January)</li>
</ul>
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<b>Read an all-ages comic</b><b>:</b><br />
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<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28953803-lumberjanes-vol-5" target="_blank">Lumberjanes, Volume 5: Band Together</a> </i>(January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27414473-mighty-jack" target="_blank">Mighty Jack</a></i> (January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29102874-the-time-museum" target="_blank">The Time Museum</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29102867-science-comics" target="_blank">Science Comics: Bats: Learning to Fly</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27415869-moon-girl-and-devil-dinosaur-vol-1" target="_blank">Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Volume 1</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30375422-catstronauts" target="_blank">CatStronauts, Volume 1: Mission Moon</a></i> and <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31420733-catstronauts" target="_blank">CatStronauts, Volume 2: Race to Mars</a></i> (March)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30025791-princess-princess-ever-after" target="_blank">Princess Princess Ever After</a></i> (March)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31145186-real-friends" target="_blank">Real Friends </a></i>(April)</li>
</ul>
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<b>Read a book published between 1900 and 1950</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a travel memoir</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a book you’ve read before</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location</b><b>:</b><br />
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<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30320055-ronit-jamil" target="_blank">Ronit & Jamil</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33956433-city-of-saints-thieves" target="_blank">City of Saints & Thieves</a></i> (April/May)</li>
</ul>
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<b>Read a fantasy novel</b><b>:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30095464-the-bone-witch" target="_blank">The Bone Witch</a></i> (February)</li>
</ul>
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<b>Read a nonfiction book about technology</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a book about war</b><b>:</b><br />
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<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13543448-best-of-enemies" target="_blank">Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part One: 1783-1953</a></i> (May)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23645644-best-of-enemies" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part Two: 1953-1984</a> (May)</li>
</ul>
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<b>Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a classic by an author of color</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a superhero comic with a female lead</b><b>:</b><br />
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<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33791934-the-unstoppable-wasp-2017--1" target="_blank">The Unstoppable Wasp, Issue 1</a> </i>(January)</li>
</ul>
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<b>Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a book published by a micropress</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a collection of stories by a woman</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love</b><b>:</b></div>
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<b>Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color</b><b>:</b><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667451-the-sellout" target="_blank"><i>The Sellout</i> </a>(January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29436571-march" target="_blank">March: Book Three</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607773.Yellow_Raft_in_Blue_Water" target="_blank">A Yellow Raft in Blue Water</a></i> (March)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33956433-city-of-saints-thieves" target="_blank">City of Saints & Thieves</a></i> (April/May)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30555488-the-underground-railroad" target="_blank">The Underground Railroad</a></i> (May)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34962698-homegoing" target="_blank"><i>Homegoing</i> </a>(August)</li>
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My second challenge is <a href="http://www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-Challenge-2017-42561300" target="_blank">POPSUGAR's challenge</a>:</span><br />
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<b>A book recommended by a librarian:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book of letters:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>An audiobook:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book by a person of color:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667451-the-sellout" target="_blank"><i>The Sellout</i> </a>(January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25692020-jasmine-toguchi-mochi-queen" target="_blank">Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen</a></i> (January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30095464-the-bone-witch" target="_blank">The Bone Witch</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29436571-march" target="_blank">March: Book Three</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30653713-hello-universe" target="_blank">Hello, Universe</a></i> (February/March)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607773.Yellow_Raft_in_Blue_Water" target="_blank">A Yellow Raft in Blue Water</a></i> (March)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://a%20yellow%20raft%20in%20blue%20water%20%28march%29/" target="_blank">The Round House</a></i> (April)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30312547-amina-s-voice" target="_blank">Amina's Voice</a> </i>(April)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32337897-my-brother-s-husband-volume-1" target="_blank">My Brother's Husband, Volume 1</a></i> (May)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book with one of the four seasons in the title:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book that is a story within a story:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with multiple authors:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>An espionage thriller:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with a cat on the cover:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31277777-lost-and-found-cat" target="_blank">Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey</a></i> (January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30375422-catstronauts" target="_blank">CatStronauts, Volume 1: Mission Moon</a></i> and <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31420733-catstronauts" target="_blank">CatStronauts, Volume 2: Race to Mars</a></i> (March)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book by an author who uses a pseudonym:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book by or about a person who has a disability:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book involving travel:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with a subtitle:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939402-unf-ck-your-habitat" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess</a> (January)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25897667-snail-and-worm" target="_blank"><i>Snail and Worm: Three Stories About Two Friends</i> </a>(January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31277777-lost-and-found-cat" target="_blank">Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey</a></i> (January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13543448-best-of-enemies" target="_blank">Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part One: 1783-1953</a></i> (May)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23645644-best-of-enemies" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part Two: 1953-1984</a> (May)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book that's published in 2017:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939402-unf-ck-your-habitat" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess</a> (January)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25692020-jasmine-toguchi-mochi-queen" target="_blank"><i>Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen</i> </a>(January)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30256105-the-last-of-august" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">The Last of August</a> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29102874-the-time-museum" target="_blank">The Time Museum</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29102867-science-comics" target="_blank">Science Comics: Bats: Learning to Fly</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30320055-ronit-jamil" target="_blank">Ronit & Jamil</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30095464-the-bone-witch" target="_blank">The Bone Witch</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30653691-olga-and-the-smelly-thing-from-nowhere." target="_blank">Olga and the Ugly Thing from Nowhere</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30653713-hello-universe" target="_blank">Hello, Universe</a></i> (February/March)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33956433-city-of-saints-thieves" target="_blank">City of Saints & Thieves</a></i> (April/May)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29237211-saga-vol-7" target="_blank">Saga, Volume 7</a></i> (April)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31145186-real-friends" target="_blank">Real Friends </a></i>(April)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30312547-amina-s-voice" target="_blank">Amina's Voice</a> </i>(April)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30079697-brave" target="_blank">Brave </a></i>(May)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30201246-the-dark-days-pact" target="_blank">The Dark Days Pact </a></i>(May)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34218224-patina" target="_blank">Patina </a></i>(September)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32075671-the-hate-u-give" target="_blank">The Hate U Give</a></i> (October)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book involving a mythical creature:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28953803-lumberjanes-vol-5" target="_blank">Lumberjanes, Volume 5: Band Together</a> </i>(January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27414421-sticker-girl" target="_blank">Sticker Girl </a></i>(February)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25897667-snail-and-worm" target="_blank"><i>Snail and Worm: Three Stories About Two Friends</i> </a>(January)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book about food:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25692020-jasmine-toguchi-mochi-queen" target="_blank"><i>Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen</i> </a>(January)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book with career advice:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book from a nonhuman perspective:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A steampunk novel:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with a red spine:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book set in the wilderness:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31338722-manifest-destiny-vol-4" target="_blank">Manifest Destiny, Volume 4: Sasquatch</a></i> (January)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book you loved as a child:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book by an author from a country you've never visited:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with a title that's a character's name:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30256105-the-last-of-august" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">The Last of August</a> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30320055-ronit-jamil" target="_blank">Ronit & Jamil</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30653691-olga-and-the-smelly-thing-from-nowhere." target="_blank">Olga and the Ugly Thing from Nowhere</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30312547-amina-s-voice" target="_blank">Amina's Voice</a> </i>(April)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33956433-city-of-saints-thieves" target="_blank">City of Saints & Thieves</a></i> (April/May)</li>
</ul>
<b>A novel set during wartime:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with an unreliable narrator:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with pictures:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667451-the-sellout" target="_blank"><i>The Sellout</i> </a>(January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30320055-ronit-jamil" target="_blank">Ronit & Jamil</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30653713-hello-universe" target="_blank">Hello, Universe</a></i> (February/March)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607773.Yellow_Raft_in_Blue_Water" target="_blank">A Yellow Raft in Blue Water</a></i> (March)</li>
<li><i><a href="http://a%20yellow%20raft%20in%20blue%20water%20%28march%29/" target="_blank">The Round House</a></i> (April)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30312547-amina-s-voice" target="_blank">Amina's Voice</a> </i>(April)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34218224-patina" target="_blank">Patina </a></i>(September)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32075671-the-hate-u-give" target="_blank">The Hate U Give</a></i> (October)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book about an interesting woman:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23129944-rad-american-women-a-z" target="_blank">Rad American Women A-Z</a></i> (January)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book set in two different time periods:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30095464-the-bone-witch" target="_blank">The Bone Witch</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607773.Yellow_Raft_in_Blue_Water" target="_blank">A Yellow Raft in Blue Water</a></i> (March)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book with a month or a day of the week in the title:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30256105-the-last-of-august" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">The Last of August</a> (February)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book set in a hotel:</b><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25870373-a-gentleman-in-moscow" target="_blank">A Gentleman in Moscow</a></i> (July)</li>
</ul>
<br />
<b>A book written by someone you admire:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book that's becoming a movie in 2017:</b><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18692431-everything-everything?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">Everything, Everything</a></i> (August)</li>
</ul>
<br />
<b>A book set around a holiday other than Christmas:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25692020-jasmine-toguchi-mochi-queen" target="_blank"><i>Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen</i> </a>(January)</li>
</ul>
<b>The first book in a series you haven't read before:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28954189-scythe" target="_blank"><i>Scythe</i> </a>(January)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25692020-jasmine-toguchi-mochi-queen" target="_blank"><i>Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen</i> </a>(January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29102874-the-time-museum" target="_blank">The Time Museum</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30095464-the-bone-witch" target="_blank">The Bone Witch</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32337897-my-brother-s-husband-volume-1" target="_blank">My Brother's Husband, Volume 1</a></i> (May)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book you bought on a trip:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<i><u>Advanced challenges:</u></i><br />
<b><i><br /></i></b>
<b>A book recommended by an author you love:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A bestseller from 2016:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with a family-member term in the title:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book that takes place over a character's life span:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607773.Yellow_Raft_in_Blue_Water" target="_blank">A Yellow Raft in Blue Water</a></i> (March)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book about an immigrant or refugee:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book from a genre/subgenre that you've never heard of:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with an eccentric character:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book that's more than 800 pages:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book you got from a used book sale:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book that's been mentioned in another book:</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book about a difficult topic:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667451-the-sellout" target="_blank"><i>The Sellout</i> </a>(January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25664510-the-heart" target="_blank">The Heart</a> </i>(February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13543448-best-of-enemies" target="_blank">Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part One: 1783-1953</a></i> (May)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23645644-best-of-enemies" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part Two: 1953-1984</a> (May)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32337897-my-brother-s-husband-volume-1" target="_blank">My Brother's Husband, Volume 1</a></i> (May)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book based on mythology:</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And I'm back to doing <a href="http://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/readerscafe/readingchallenge" target="_blank">my local library system's reading challenge</a>:</span><br />
<br />
<b>A book originally published in a language other than the one you normally read in</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25664510-the-heart" target="_blank">The Heart</a> </i>(February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13543448-best-of-enemies" target="_blank">Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part One: 1783-1953</a></i> (May)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23645644-best-of-enemies" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part Two: 1953-1984</a> (May)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book that is at least 100 years older than you are</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book you originally read in school (or as a child)</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book set in your home state or country:</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667451-the-sellout" target="_blank"><i>The Sellout</i> </a>(January)</li>
</ul>
<b>A travel book or travel memoir</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book that’s been on your “to read” list (mental or physical) for more than a year</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with a viewpoint different than your own</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book you started and never finished</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29505406-whatever-happened-to-interracial-love" target="_blank">Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?</a></i></li>
</ul>
<b>A science fiction or fantasy book</b><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28954189-scythe" target="_blank"><i>Scythe</i> </a>(January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29102874-the-time-museum" target="_blank">The Time Museum</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22716582-apocalyptigirl" target="_blank">ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times</a></i> (February)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30095464-the-bone-witch" target="_blank">The Bone Witch</a></i> (February)</li>
</ul>
<b>A book of essays or short stories</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Two or more connected books (duology, trilogy, series, etc.)</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>A book with a cover that is green</b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27414473-mighty-jack" target="_blank">Mighty Jack</a></i> (January)</li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29237211-saga-vol-7" target="_blank">Saga, Volume 7</a></i> (April)</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987615941206531340.post-15881761069416929702016-11-24T10:45:00.000-05:002017-01-07T22:21:38.333-05:002016 Reading ChallengesI'm going to attempt two challenges this year, mostly because these seem more doable than last year's Book Riot Challenge. As much as possible I won't choose picture books to fulfill the challenge but I will double (or triple) up if a single book meets multiple challenges; these books are denoted with an asterisk.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="http://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/readerscafe/readingchallenge" target="_blank">My local public library system's reading challenge:</a></span></b></span></h4>
<br />
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A book by a local author or set in the DC / MD / VA area<span style="font-family: inherit;">:</span></span></span></b></div>
<ul>
<li><i>Cook Korean! A Comic Book With Recipes</i> by Robin Ha (July)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A book from a genre you don't typically read:</span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>The Sympathizer </i>by Viet Than Nguyen (April)*</li>
<li><i>The First Fifteen Lives of Henry August</i> (June)*</li>
<li><i>A Little Life </i>by Hanya Yanagihara (August/September)</li>
<li><i>The Last Days of Night </i>by Graham Moore (October)*</li>
<li><i>Lafayette in the Somewhat United States</i> by Sarah Vowell (Simon & Schuster Audio) (October)*</li>
<li><i>Lily and the Octopus </i>by Steven Rowley (November)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An audiobook (CD, e-audio, etc.):</span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>After the Funeral</i> by Agatha Christie (Harper Audio) (July/August)</li>
<li><i>Lafayette in the Somewhat United States</i> by Sarah Vowell (Simon & Schuster Audio) (October)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A graphic novel or comic book:</span></span></b><br />
<ol></ol>
<ul>
<li><i>Human Body Theater</i> by Maris Wicks (January)*</li>
<li><i>SuperMutant Magic Academy</i> by Jillian Tamaki (March)</li>
<li><i>Trashed</i> by Derf Backderf (March)*</li>
<li><i>The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It's True </i>by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (March)</li>
<li><i>Manifest Destiny, Vol. 3: Chiroptera & Carniformaves</i> by Chris Dingess, Matthew Roberts, and Owen Gieni (March)*</li>
<li><i>Monstress</i> by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda (ongoing, reading single issues as they come out)*</li>
<li><i>Pretty Deadly</i> by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos (ongoing, reading single issues as they come out)*</li>
<li><i>Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind</i> (volumes 1, 7, and 8 in English, volume 2 in Japanese) by Hayao Miyazaki (April)*</li>
<li><i>Paper Girls, Vol. 1</i> by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson (April)*</li>
<li><i>The Nameless City </i>by Faith Erin Hicks (April)*</li>
<li><i>Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride</i> by Lucy Knisley (May)*</li>
<li><i>Space Battle Lunchtime</i> by Natalie Riess (ongoing, reading single issues as they come out)</li>
<li><i>Ghosts</i> by Raina Telgemeier (read the ARC in May)*</li>
<li><i>Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean</i> by Maris Wicks (May)*</li>
<li><i>Templar</i> by Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham, and Alex Puvilland (May)*</li>
<li><i>Awkward</i> by Svetlana Chmakova (June)</li>
<li><i>Lumberjanes, Volume 3: A Terrible Plan</i> by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Carolyn Nowak, Maarta Laiho, Aubrey Aiese, Brittney Williams, Aimee Fleck, Faith Erin Hicks, Rebecca Tobin, Felicia Choo, and T. Zysk (June)*</li>
<li><i>Lumberjanes Gotham Academy </i>by Chynna Clugston Flores and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (ongoing, reading single issues as they come out)</li>
<li><i>Princeless, Volume 3: The Pirate Princess</i> by Jeremy Whitley, Rosy Higgins, and Ted Brandt (June)*</li>
<li><i>Saga, Volume 6</i> by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (July)*</li>
<li><i>Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey </i>by Ozge Samanci (July)*</li>
<li><i>Cook Korean! A Comic Book With Recipes</i> by Robin Ha (July)*</li>
<li><i>Princeless, Volume 4: Be Yourself</i> by Jeremy Whitley, Emily Martin, and Brett Grunig (July)*</li>
<li><i>Lumberjanes, Volume 4: Out of Time</i> by Shannon Watters, Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen (July)*</li>
<li><i>Sweaterweather: & Other Short Stories </i>by Sara Varon (July)</li>
<li><i>Ms. Marvel, Volume 4: Last Days</i> by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona (August)*</li>
<li><i>Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous</i> by G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa, Adrian Alphona, and Nico Leon (August)*</li>
<li><i>New Super-Man </i>by Gene Luen Yang and Viktor Bogdanovic (ongoing, reading single issues)*</li>
<li><i>Kingsway West</i> by Greg Pak and Mirko Colak (ongoing, reading single issues)*</li>
<li><i>Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, Issue #1 </i>by Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, and Claire Roe (September)</li>
<li><i>Compass South</i> by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock (September)*</li>
<li><i>The Worrier's Guide to Life</i> by Gemma Correll (September)</li>
<li><i>Mirror, Volume 1: The Mountain </i>by Emma Ríos and Hwei Lim (October)*</li>
<li><i>NewsPrints</i> by Ru Xu (read the ARC in November)*</li>
<li><i>American Born Chinese</i> by Gene Luen Yang (November)*</li>
<li><i>Paper Girls, Vol. 2</i> by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson (December)*</li>
<li><i>Rutabaga the Adventure Chef, Book 2: Feasts of Fury</i> by Eric Colossal (December)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A book by an author whose race, religion, or ethnicity is different from your own:</span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way. </i>by Jason Reynolds, Jason Griffin (April)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Welcome to Braggsville</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>by T. Geronimo Johnson (April/May)*</span></span></li>
<li><i>Princeless, Volume 3: The Pirate Princess</i> by Jeremy Whitley, Rosy Higgins, and Ted Brandt (June)*</li>
<li><i>Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey </i>by Ozge Samanci (July)*</li>
<li><i>Princeless, Volume 4: Be Yourself</i> by Jeremy Whitley, Emily Martin, and Brett Grunig (July)*</li>
<li><i>Tru & Nelle</i> by G. Neri (August)*</li>
<li><i>Ms. Marvel, Volume 4: Last Days</i> by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona (August)*</li>
<li><i>Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous</i> by G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa, Adrian Alphona, and Nico Leon (August)*</li>
<li><i>How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture </i>by Tonya Bolden (September)*</li>
<li><i>Ghost </i>by Jason Reynolds (October)*</li>
<li><i>The Star-Touched Queen</i> by Roshani Chokshi (October)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A book published this year:</span></span></b><br />
<ol></ol>
<ul>
<li><i>Raymie Nightingale</i> by Kate DiCamillo (read the ARC in January)*</li>
<li><i>Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale</i> by David Kudler (read the ARC in January/February)*</li>
<li><i>The Dark Days Club</i> by Alison Goodman (March)*</li>
<li><i>When Friendship Followed Me Home</i> by Paul Griffin (read the ARC in March)</li>
<li><i>The Inn Between </i>by Marina Cohen (March)</li>
<li><i>Assassin's Heart</i> by Sarah Ahiers (March/April)</li>
<li><i>Paper Girls, Vol. 1</i> by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson (April)*</li>
<li><i>The Nameless City </i>by Faith Erin Hicks (April)*</li>
<li><i>When the Sea Turned to Silver </i>by Grace Lin (read the ARC in April)*</li>
<li><i>The Land of Forgotten Girls </i>by Erin Entrada Kell (April)*</li>
<li><i>Poison is Not Polite (Wells and Wong #2)</i> by Robin Stevens (May)</li>
<li><i>Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride</i> by Lucy Knisley (May)*</li>
<li><i>Paper Wishes </i>by Lois Sepahban (May)*</li>
<li><i>Ghosts</i> by Raina Telgemeier (read the ARC in May)*</li>
<li><i>Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean</i> by Maris Wicks (May)*</li>
<li><i>Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War</i> by Mary Roach (read the ARC in May)*</li>
<li><i>Lumberjanes, Volume 3: A Terrible Plan</i> by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Carolyn Nowak, Maarta Laiho, Aubrey Aiese, Brittney Williams, Aimee Fleck, Faith Erin Hicks, Rebecca Tobin, Felicia Choo, and T. Zysk (June)*</li>
<li><i>Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Flavia de Luce #8) </i>by Alan Bradley (read the ARC in June)</li>
<li><i>Saga, Volume 6</i> by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (July)*</li>
<li><i>Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White</i> by Melissa Sweet (read the ARC in July)*</li>
<li><i>Cook Korean! A Comic Book With Recipes</i> by Robin Ha (July)*</li>
<li><i>Lumberjanes, Volume 4: Out of Time</i> by Shannon Watters, Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen (July)*</li>
<li><i>Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal</i> by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (read the ARC in July)*</li>
<li><i>Weekends with Max and His Dad </i>by Linda Urban (July)*</li>
<li><i>Tru & Nelle</i> by G. Neri (August)*</li>
<li><i>Ms. Marvel, Volume 4: Last Days</i> by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona (August)*</li>
<li><i>Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous</i> by G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa, Adrian Alphona, and Nico Leon (August)*</li>
<li><i>Stiletto</i> by Daniel O'Malley (August)*</li>
<li><i>The Crown's Game</i> by Evelyn Skye (August/September)*</li>
<li><i>Compass South</i> by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock (September)*</li>
<li><i>The Blackthorn Key #2: Mark of the Plague</i> by Kevin Sands (September)*</li>
<li><i>Mirror, Volume 1: The Mountain </i>by Emma Ríos and Hwei Lim (October)*</li>
<li><i>Love, Lies and Spies </i>by Cindy Anstey (October)*</li>
<li><i>Ottoline and the Purple Fox </i>by Chris Riddell (October)*</li>
<li><i>The Last Days of Night </i>by Graham Moore (October)*</li>
<li><i>Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World </i>by Rachel Ignotofsky (October)*</li>
<li><i>Ghost </i>by Jason Reynolds (October)*</li>
<li><i>The Star-Touched Queen</i> by Roshani Chokshi (October)*</li>
<li><i>Up From the Sea </i>by Leza Lowitz (November)</li>
<li><i>Lily and the Octopus </i>by Steven Rowley (November)*</li>
<li><i>You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse </i>by Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras (read the ARC in October/November)*</li>
<li><i>Appetites: A Cookbook </i>by Anthony Bourdain (November)*</li>
<li><i>Bad Girls of Fashion: Style Rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga </i>by Jennifer Croll and Ada Buchholc (read the ARC in November)*</li>
<li><i>Paper Girls, Vol. 2</i> by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson (December)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A nonfiction book:</span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary</i> by Elizabeth Partridge (February)</li>
<li><i>The Tortoise and the Soldier: A Story of Courage and Friendship in World War I </i>by Michael Foreman (March)</li>
<li><i>Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean</i> by Maris Wicks (May)*</li>
<li><i>Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War</i> by Mary Roach (read the ARC in May)*</li>
<li><i>The World of PostSecret</i> by Frank Warren</li>
<li><i>Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey </i>by Ozge Samanci (July)*</li>
<li><i>Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White</i> by Melissa Sweet (read the ARC in July)*</li>
<li><i>Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal </i>by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (read the ARC in July)*</li>
<li><i>Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad </i>by M.T. Anderson (August)*</li>
<li><i>How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture </i>by Tonya Bolden (September)*</li>
<li><i>Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World </i>by Rachel Ignotofsky (October)*</li>
<li><i>Lafayette in the Somewhat United States</i> by Sarah Vowell (Simon & Schuster Audio) (October)*</li>
<li><i>You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse </i>by Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras (read the ARC in October/November)*</li>
<li><i>Appetites: A Cookbook </i>by Anthony Bourdain (November)*</li>
<li><i>Bad Girls of Fashion: Style Rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga </i>by Jennifer Croll and Ada Buchholc (read the ARC in November)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A memoir, biography, or autobiography of someone who is still alive:</span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg </i>by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik (February)*</li>
<li><i>Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride</i> by Lucy Knisley (May)* </li>
<li><i>Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey </i>by Ozge Samanci (July)*</li>
<li><i>Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal </i>by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (read the ARC in July)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A book that can be enjoyed by readers of all ages, children to adults:</span></span></b><br />
<ol></ol>
<ul>
<li><i>Human Body Theater</i> by Maris Wicks (January)*</li>
<li><i>Puppy Pool Party!: An Underwater Dogs Adventure</i> by Seth Casteel (read the ARC in April)</li>
<li><i>When the Sea Turned to Silver </i>by Grace Lin (read the ARC in April)*</li>
<li><i>Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean</i> by Maris Wicks (May)*</li>
<li><i>Cook Korean! A Comic Book With Recipes</i> by Robin Ha (July)*</li>
<li><i>Hot Pink Flying Saucers and Other Clouds </i>by Gavin Pretor-Pinney (August)</li>
<li><i>How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture </i>by Tonya Bolden (September)*</li>
<li><i>Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World </i>by Rachel Ignotofsky (October)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A book that has been made into a movie:</span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind</i> (volumes 1, 7, and 8 in English, volume 2 in Japanese) by Hayao Miyazaki (April)*</span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></b></li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A book recommended by another person or organization (<a href="http://montgomerycountymd.libguides.com/readerscafe/whatdoicheckoutnext">like your library</a>!):</span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg </i>by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik (February)*</li>
<li><i>Trashed</i> by Derf Backderf (March)*</li>
<li><i>When the Sea Turned to Silver </i>by Grace Lin (read the ARC in April)*</li>
<li><i>Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph</i> by Roxane Orgill and Francis Vallejo (April)</li>
<li><i>Space Battle Lunchtime, Issue #1 </i>by Natalie Riess (May)*</li>
<li><i>Paper Wishes </i>by Lois Sepahban (May)* </li>
<li><i>Templar</i> by Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham, and Alex Puvilland (May)*</li>
<li><i>Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White</i> by Melissa Sweet (read the ARC in July)*</li>
<li><i>Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal </i>by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (read the ARC in July)*</li>
<li><i>Weekends with Max and His Dad </i>by Linda Urban (July)*</li>
<li><i>Ghost </i>by Jason Reynolds (October)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An award winner:</span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>The Sympathizer </i>by Viet Than Nguyen (April)*</li>
<li><i>Paper Girls, Vol. 1</i> by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson (April)*</li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Welcome to Braggsville</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>by T. Geronimo Johnson (April/May)*</span></li>
<li><i>The First Fifteen Lives of Henry August</i> (June)*</li>
<li><i>Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad </i>by M.T. Anderson (August)*</li>
<li><i>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</i> by Mark Haddon (August)</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>A Little Life</i> by Hanya Yanag<span style="font-family: inherit;">ihara (August/September)*</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><i>American Born Chinese</i> by Gene Luen Yang (November)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">BONUS: A book that takes place in the future:</span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>New Super-Man </i>by Gene Luen Yang and Viktor Bogdanovic (ongoing, reading single issues)*</li>
</ul>
<ol></ol>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="http://bookriot.com/2015/12/15/2016-book-riot-read-harder-challenge/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Book Riot's 2016 Read Harder Challenge:</span></a></b></span><br />
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></b></span></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Read a horror book:</span></span></b><br />
<div>
<ul>
<li><i>Monstress</i> by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda (ongoing)*</li>
</ul>
<ol><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b> </span> </ol>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a nonfiction book about science:</span></span></b><br />
<ol></ol>
<ul>
<li><i>Human Body Theater</i> by Maris Wicks (January)*</li>
<li><i>Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean</i> by Maris Wicks (May)*</li>
<li><i>Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War</i> by Mary Roach (read the ARC in May)* </li>
<li><i>Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World </i>by Rachel Ignotofsky (October)*</li>
</ul>
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a collection of essays:</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></b> <b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a book out loud to someone else:</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></b> <b style="font-family: inherit;">Read a middle grade novel:</b><br />
<ol></ol>
<ul>
<li><i>Raymie Nightingale</i> by Kate DiCamillo (read the ARC in January)*</li>
<li><i>Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale</i> by David Kudler (read the ARC in January/February)*</li>
<li><i>When Friendship Followed Me Home</i> by Paul Griffin (read the ARC in March)</li>
<li><i>The Inn Between </i>by Marina Cohen (March)</li>
<li><i>Nooks & Crannies</i> by Jessica Lawson (April)</li>
<li><i>When the Sea Turned to Silver </i>by Grace Lin (read the ARC in April)*</li>
<li><i>The Land of Forgotten Girls </i>by Erin Entrada Kell (April)*</li>
<li><i>The Blackthorn Key (The Blackthorn Key #1)</i> by Kevin Sands (April)* </li>
<li><i>Poison is Not Polite (Wells and Wong #2)</i> by Robin Stevens (May)</li>
<li><i>Paper Wishes </i>by Lois Sepahban (May)*</li>
<li><i>Lou Lou and Pea and the Mural Mystery</i> by Jill Diamond and Lesley Vamos (read the ARC in June)</li>
<li><i>Weekends with Max and His Dad </i>by Linda Urban (July)*</li>
<li><i>Tru & Nelle</i> by G. Neri (August)*</li>
<li><i>Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong </i>by A.J. Low, Adan Jimenez, Felicia Low-Jimenez, and Drewscape (September)</li>
<li><i>The Blackthorn Key #2: Mark of the Plague</i> by Kevin Sands (September)*</li>
<li><i>Ottoline and the Purple Fox </i>by Chris Riddell (October)*</li>
<li><i>Ghost</i> by Jason Reynolds (October)*</li>
<li><i>First Class Murder (Wells and Wong #3)</i> by Robin Stevens (November)</li>
<li><i>Book Uncle and Me</i> by Uma Krishnaswami (November/December)</li>
<li><i>My Happy Life</i> by Rose Lagercrantz (December)</li>
<li><i>The Lotterys Plus One</i> by Emma Donoghue (December)</li>
</ul>
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography):</b><br />
<div>
<ul>
<li><i>Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg </i>by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik (February)*</li>
<li><i>Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White</i> by Melissa Sweet (read the ARC in July)*</li>
<li><i>Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad </i>by M.T. Anderson (August)*</li>
<li><i>Lafayette in the Somewhat United States</i> by Sarah Vowell (Simon & Schuster Audio) (October)*</li>
</ul>
<b style="font-family: inherit;">Read a dystopian or <span style="font-family: inherit;">post-apocalyptic</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">nove<span style="font-family: inherit;">l:</span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>Mirror, Volume 1: The Mountain </i>by Emma Ríos and Hwei Lim (October)*</li>
</ul>
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span></b> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a book originally publi<span style="font-family: inherit;">she<span style="font-family: inherit;">d in the decade you were born:</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></b>
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie award:</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></b> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a book over 500 pages long:</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Stiletto</i> by Daniel O'Malley (August)*</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>A Little Life</i> by Hanya Yanag<span style="font-family: inherit;">ihara (August/September)*</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><i>The Blackthorn Key #2: Mark of the Plague</i> by Kevin Sands (September)*</li>
</ul>
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span></span></span></b> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a book under 100 pages:</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Story of Diva and Flea</span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>by Mo Willems, Tony DiTerlizzi</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (May)</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><i>How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture </i>by Tonya Bolden (September)*</li>
</ul>
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">R<span style="font-family: inherit;">ead a book by or about <span style="font-family: inherit;">a person that identifies as transgender:</span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I Am Jazz</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>by Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings, Shelagh McNicholas</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (April)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></li>
</ul>
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a book that is set in the M<span style="font-family: inherit;">iddle East:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey </i>by Ozge Samanci (July)*</li>
</ul>
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a book <span style="font-family: inherit;">that is by an author from Southeast Asia:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><i>The Sympathizer</i> by Viet Than Nguyen (April)*</li>
<li><i>The Land of Forgotten Girls </i>by Erin Entrada Kell (April)* </li>
</ul>
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
<div>
<ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><i>Newt's Emerald </i>by Garth Nix (January)</li>
<li><i>Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale</i> by David Kudler (read the ARC in January/February)*</li>
<li><i>The Dark Days Club</i> by Alison Goodman (March)*</li>
<li><i>The Blackthorn Key</i> by Kevin Sands (April)* </li>
<li><i>Templar</i> by Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham, and Alex Puvilland (May)*</li>
<li><i>The Crown's Game</i> by Evelyn Skye (August/September)*</li>
<li><i>Compass South</i> by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock (September)*</li>
<li><i>The Blackthorn Key #2: Mark of the Plague</i> by Kevin Sands (September)*</li>
<li><i>Love, Lies and Spies </i>by Cindy Anstey (October)*</li>
</ul>
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read the firs<span style="font-family: inherit;">t book in a series by a person of color:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<ul>
<li><i>Ghost </i>by Jason Reynolds (October)*</li>
<li><i>The Star-Touched Queen</i> by Roshani Chokshi (October)*</li>
<li><i>NewsPrints</i> by Ru Xu (read the ARC in November)*</li>
</ul>
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years:</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><i>Manifest Destiny</i> by Chris Dingess, Matthew Roberts, and Owen Gieni (ongoing)</li>
<li><i>Monstress</i> by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda (ongoing)</li>
<li><i>Mirror </i>by Emma Ríos and Hwei Lim (ongoing)*</li>
<li><i>Pretty Deadly</i> by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos (ongoing)</li>
<li><i>Paper Girls, Vol. 1</i> by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson (April)*</li>
<li><i>The Nameless City </i>by Faith Erin Hicks (April)*</li>
<li><i>Goldie Vance, Issue #1</i> by Hope Larson, Brittany Williams, and Sarah Stern (April)</li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Space Battle Lunchtime, Issue #1 </i>by Natalie Riess (May)*</span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<li><i>Kingsway West</i> by Greg Pak and Mirko Colak (ongoing, reading single issues)*</li>
<li><i>Paper Girls, Vol. 2</i> by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matthew Wilson (December)*</li>
<li><i>Rutabaga the Adventure Chef, Book 2: Feasts of Fury</i> by Eric Colossal (December)*</li>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes:</span></b></div>
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<li><i>Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg </i>by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik (February)*</li>
<li><i>Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride</i> by Lucy Knisley (May)* </li>
<li><i>Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World </i>by Rachel Ignotofsky (October)*</li>
<li><i>Bad Girls of Fashion: Style Rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga </i>by Jennifer Croll and Ada Buchholc (read the ARC in November)*</li>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction):</span></b><br />
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<li><i>Templar</i> by Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham, and Alex Puvilland (May)* Kind of?</li>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction):</span></b></div>
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<li><i>The Sympathizer</i> by Viet Than Nguyen (April)*</li>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a food memoir:</span></b><br />
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<li><i>Cook Korean! A Comic Book With Recipes</i> by Robin Ha (July)*</li>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a play:</span></b><br />
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</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness:</span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>A Little Life</i> by Hanya Yanag<span style="font-family: inherit;">ihara (August/September)*</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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It's the last Monday in January but I'm hoping to get back into posting my weekly reads. The reason I haven't been posting recently is because I got a job in early October and I just haven't had the time to blog.</div>
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It may not be every week, but my aim is to not abandon this project entirely. So, here goes for what I've read since the beginning of 2016 ...</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">[To rehash the concept :: 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. This version of the meme is hosted by Jen and Kellee of </span><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/search/label/It%27s%20Monday%20Meme#axzz1qpsNJo40" target="_blank">Teach Mentor Text</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, which, in turn, was inspired by Sheila over at </span><a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/category/its-monday-what-are-you-reading/" target="_blank">Book Journey</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, who hosts the original </span><b>It's Monday! What Are You Reading?</b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">]</span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /><b>WHAT I READ SINCE JANUARY 1:</b></span><br />
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<i>Apple blossom the Possum</i> by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Gary A. Rosen</div>
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<i>The Babe & I</i> by David A. Adler, illustrated by Terry Widener</div>
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<i>Count the Monkeys</i> by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Kevin Cornell</div>
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<i>A Day at an Indian Market</i> by Catherine Chambers</div>
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<i>Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass</i> by Doreen Rappoport, illustrated by London Ladd</div>
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<i>Going Places</i> by Peter and Paul Reynolds</div>
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<i>Good Night Owl</i> by Greg Pizzoli</div>
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<i>Grandma in Blue with Red Hat</i> by Scott Menchin, illustrated by Harry Bliss</div>
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<i>Hip & Hop, Don't Stop!</i> by Jef Czekaj</div>
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<i>Human Body Theater</i> by Maris Wicks</div>
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<i>I Yam a Donkey!</i> by Cece Bell</div>
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<i>Let Me Finish!</i> by Minh Le, illustrated by Isabel Roxas</div>
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<i>Ling & Ting #3: Twice as Silly</i> by Grace Lin</div>
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<i>My Friend Maggie</i> by Hannah E. Harrison</div>
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<i>Newt's Emerald</i> by Garth Nix</div>
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<i>Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson</i> by Sue Stauffacher, illustrated by Greg Couch</div>
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<i>The Not So Quiet Library</i> by Zachariah Ohora</div>
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<i>One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recyling Women of the Gambia</i> by Miranda Paul, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon</div>
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<i>Raymie Nightingale</i> by Kate DiCamillo</div>
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<i>Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale</i> by David Kudler</div>
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<i>Six of Crows</i> by Leigh Bardugo</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'm back after three weeks of neglecting to post my reads. And, honestly, I'm too tired and swamped with other stuff to go back and try to post them retroactively. Sometimes, you have to cut your losses and move on!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This week it's pretty obvious that I focused on reading graphic novels/comics and books about butterflies. I think I've mentioned before that I default to reading GNs/comics when I feel a bit too overwhelmed to start a chapter book but I need to be reading something. And I have a read-aloud for <a href="http://www.thereadingconnection.org/" target="_blank">The Reading Connection</a> this coming week, hence the caterpillar/butterfly-themed books. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I decided to omit the "What I'm Reading Now" and "What I Plan to Read This Week" sections because having them looming over me unchanged from previous weeks when I know I won't get around to those books makes me feel guilty!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">[To rehash the concept :: 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. This version of the meme is hosted by Jen and Kellee of </span><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/search/label/It%27s%20Monday%20Meme#axzz1qpsNJo40" target="_blank">Teach Mentor Text</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, which, in turn, was inspired by Sheila over at </span><a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/category/its-monday-what-are-you-reading/" target="_blank">Book Journey</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, who hosts the original </span><b>It's Monday! What Are You Reading?</b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">]</span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /><b>WHAT I READ LAST WEEK:</b></span><br />
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<i>Arabella Miller's Tiny Caterpillar</i> by Clare Jarrett</div>
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<i>Butterfly Tree</i> by Sandra Markle, illustrated by Leslie Wu</div>
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<i>Fancy Nancy, Bonjour Butterfly</i> by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser</div>
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<i>Flop to the Top!</i> by Eleanor Davis and Drew Weing</div>
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<i>Houdini the Amazing Caterpillar</i> by Janet Pedersen</div>
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<i>Hurry and the Monarch</i> by Antoine O Flatharta, illustrated by Meilo So</div>
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<i>Inch by Inch</i> by Leo Lionni</div>
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<i>Lillian's Right to Vote</i> by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Shane W. Evans</div>
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<i>Little Green Peas: A Big Book of Colors</i> by Keith Baker</div>
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<i>The Mitten String</i> by Jennifer Rosner, illustrated by Kristina Swarner</div>
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<i>Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, #5: The Underground Abductor</i> by Nathan Hale</div>
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<i>Totally Tardy Marty</i> by Erica S. Perl, illustrated by Jarrett J. Krosoczka</div>
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<i>Water is Water</i> by Miranda Paul, illustrated by Jason Chin</div>
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Not increasing my goal this year, in some sense, defeats the purpose of a <i>challenge</i>. According to dictionary.com, a challenge is a "difficulty in a job or undertaking that is stimulating to one engaged in it." Reading as I always do is not a difficulty, nor is it stimulating. I recently saw a challenge on Book Riot that could help me with this: the <a href="http://bookriot.com/2014/12/15/book-riot-2015-read-harder-challenge/" target="_blank">2015 Read Harder Challenge</a>. My main reading interests are children's literature, fantasy, and graphic novels. I occasionally dabble in "grown up" nonfiction and mystery. It's easy to fall into a reading rut and I think it would be challenging to read outside of my comfort zone.<br />
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There are 24 tasks for this challenge, and as much as I would like to fulfill each task with a separate book, there may be some tasks that will be checked off with the same book (these are denoted with an asterisk *):<br />
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<b>A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25</b><br />
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<li><i>Halfway Home: Drawing My Way Through Japan</i> by <a href="http://christinemari.com/" target="_blank">Christine Mari Inzer</a>*</li>
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<b>A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65</b></div>
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<li><i>As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust</i> (Flavia de Luce #7) by <a href="http://alanbradleyauthor.com/" target="_blank">Alan Bradley</a> (January)*<br />
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<b>A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)</b></div>
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<li><i>Lost in the City</i> by Edward P. Jones (January)</li>
<li><i style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://monstrousaffections.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Monstrous Affections</a>: An Anthology of Beastly Tales</i><span style="text-align: center;"> edited by <a href="http://kellylink.net/" target="_blank">Kelly Link</a> and <a href="http://smallbeerpress.com/" target="_blank">Gavin J. Grant </a>(March)</span></li>
<li><span style="text-align: center;"><i>District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, DC</i> by various (May) </span></li>
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<b>A book published by an indie press</b><br />
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<li><i>Beautiful Darkness</i> by Fabien Vehlmann (August)* --> Drawn and Quarterly</li>
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<b>A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ</b></div>
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<li><i>George</i> by Alex Gino (June)</li>
<li><i>Wandering Son</i> by <a href="http://a0ikit0iki.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Shimura Takako</a>, translated by <a href="http://www.matt-thorn.com/" target="_blank">Matt Thorn</a> (ongoing series)*</li>
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<b>A book by a person whose gender is different from your own</b><br />
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<li><i style="font-style: italic;">The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics </i>by Daniel James Brown (June)</li>
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<b>A book that takes place in Asia</b><br />
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<li><i>Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back</i> by Janice P. Nimura (August)</li>
<li><i>Wandering Son</i> by <a href="http://a0ikit0iki.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Shimura Takako</a>, translated by <a href="http://www.matt-thorn.com/" target="_blank">Matt Thorn</a> (ongoing series)* </li>
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<b>A book by an author from Africa</b><br />
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<li><i>Anna Hibiscus' Song</i> by Atinuke, illustrated by Lauren Tobia (February)<b> </b></li>
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<b>A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.)</b></div>
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<li><i>The Blind Boy and the Loon </i>by <a href="http://www.unikkaat.com/" target="_blank">Alethea Arnaquq-Baril<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></i></a></li>
<li><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rabbit's Snow Dance</span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="by smallText"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">by</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span itemprop="name">Joseph Bruchac</span>, illustrated by <span itemprop="name">Jeff Newman </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(October)</span></span> </li>
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<b>A microhistory</b></div>
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<li><i>The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights</i> by <a href="http://stevesheinkin.com/" target="_blank">Steve Sheinkin</a> (February)<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France</i> by
Mara Rockliff, illustrated by </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Iacopo Bruno</span></span> (October) </span></span></li>
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<b>A YA novel</b><br />
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<li><i><i>Vango: Between Sky and Earth</i> </i>by Timothée de Fombelle (April)</li>
<li><i>Under a Painted Sky</i> by Stacey Lee (June)*</li>
<li><i>Marina</i> by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (July)</li>
<li><i>Silver in the Blood</i> by Jessica Day George (July)</li>
<li><i>A Study in Charlotte</i> by Brittany Cavallaro (October)</li>
<li><i>A Fierce and Subtle Poison</i> by Samantha Mabry (December) </li>
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<b>A sci-fi novel</b><br />
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<li><i>The Fog Diver</i> by Joel N. Ross (August)<b> </b></li>
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<b>A romance novel</b></div>
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<li><i>Wolf Bride</i> by <a href="http://www.elizabethmossfiction.com/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Moss</a> (March)*</li>
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<b>A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade</b><br />
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<li><i>We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves</i> by <a href="http://karenjoyfowler.com/" target="_blank">Karen Joy Fowler</a> (2014 Man Booker Prize nominee) (April)</li>
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<b>A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairy tale, Shakespearean play, classic novel, etc.)</b><br />
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<li><i>The Sleeper and the Spindle</i> by Neil Gaiman (the version illustrated by Chris Riddell) (September)</li>
<li><i>Interstellar Cinderella</i> by Deborah Underwood (July) </li>
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<b>An audiobook</b><br />
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<b>A collection of poetry</b><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></i><br />
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<li><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Flutter and Hum / Aleteo y Zumbido: Animal Poems / Poemas de Animales</span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="by smallText"><i> </i><span style="font-weight: normal;">by</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span itemprop="name">Julie Paschkis (October)</span></span></span></span> </span> </li>
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<b>A book that someone else has recommended to you</b></div>
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<li><i>Circus Mirandus</i> by Cassie Beasley (August)</li>
<li><i>Toys Go Out</i> by Emily Jenkins (November) </li>
<li><i>House Arrest</i> by K.A. Holt (November) </li>
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<b>A book that was originally published in another language</b></div>
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<li><i>Mikis and the Donkey</i> by Bibi Dumon Tak (January)</li>
<li><i>The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing </i>by Marie Kondō, translated by Cathy Hirano (February)*</li>
<li><i>The Strange Library</i> by Haruki Murakami, translated by Ted Goossen (February)</li>
<li><i>Vango: Between Sky and Earth</i> by Timothée de Fombelle (April)</li>
<li><i>Beautiful Darkness</i> by Fabien Vehlmann (August)*</li>
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<b>A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind </b>(<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1207666-yukari-yukari-yukari-yukari?page=1&shelf=2015%2Cgraphic-novels-manga-comics" target="_blank">I read quite a few</a> ... not all of them are listed here)</div>
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<li><i>Halfway Home: Drawing My Way Through Japan</i> by <a href="http://christinemari.com/" target="_blank">Christine Mari Inzer</a>*</li>
<li><i>Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir</i> by <a href="http://lizprincepower.com/" target="_blank">Liz Prince</a></li>
<li><i>Displacement: A Travelogue</i> by <a href="http://www.lucyknisley.com/" target="_blank">Lucy Knisley</a></li>
<li><i>Last of the Sandwalkers</i> by Jay Hosler (May)*</li>
<li><i>The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer</i> by Sydney Padua (July)</li>
<li><i>Beautiful Darkness</i> by Fabien Vehlmann (August)*</li>
<li><i>Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor
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<li><span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name"><i>Fall of the House of West</i> by Paul Pope, J.T. Petty, David Rubin (December) </span></span> </li>
<li><i>Wandering Son</i> by <a href="http://a0ikit0iki.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Shimura Takako</a>, translated by <a href="http://www.matt-thorn.com/" target="_blank">Matt Thorn</a> (ongoing series)* </li>
<li><i>Princeless</i> by Jeremy Whitley (ongoing series)</li>
<li><i>Lumberjanes</i> by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooke Allen, Maarta Laiho (ongoing series)</li>
<li><i>Saga</i> by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (ongoing series)</li>
<li><i>The Sixth Gun</i> by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt (ongoing series) </li>
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<b>A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over)</b><br />
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<li><i>Wolf Bride</i> by <a href="http://www.elizabethmossfiction.com/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Moss</a> (March)*<b> </b></li>
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<b>A book published before 1850</b><br />
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A book published this year</b></div>
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<li><i>As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust</i> (Flavia de Luce #7) by <a href="http://alanbradleyauthor.com/" target="_blank">Alan Bradley</a> (January)*</li>
<li><i>American Ghost: </i><i>A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest </i>by <a href="http://www.hannahnordhaus.com/" target="_blank">Hannah Nordhaus</a> (April)</li>
<li><i>Where You Go Is Not Who'll You Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania</i> by Frank Bruni (May)* </li>
<li><i>Last of the Sandwalkers</i> by Jay Hosler (May)*</li>
<li><i>The War That Saved My Life</i> by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (May)</li>
<li><i>Under a Painted Sky</i> by Stacey Lee (June)* </li>
<li><i>Go Set a Watchman</i> by Harper Lee (August)</li>
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<b>A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)</b></div>
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<li><i>The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing </i>by Marie Kondō, translated by Cathy Hirano (February)*</li>
<li><i>Where You Go Is Not Who'll You Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania</i> by Frank Bruni (May)* </li>
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As you can see, I got off to a head start and finished a few of these tasks over the weekend. I'll endeavor to keep updating this post as I fulfill a task. Book Riot began a <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/152441-book-riot-s-read-harder-challenge" target="_blank">Goodreads page for the challenge</a>, which links to the original post, lists the tasks and reading suggestions for the tasks, and allows for participants to share what they're reading. They encourage people to use the hashtag #ReadHarder on social media.</div>
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Initially, I had no intention of reading <i>Go Set a Watchman</i>, mostly because I wasn't sure this was a book that Harper Lee wanted published. The circumstances surrounding the "discovery" of the manuscript was/is really questionable, and it's hard to imagine that Lee would want this released unedited. But I bought it for my son who has read <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> at least a couple of times; I thought it would be educational and insightful for him to do a compare-and-contrast reading. And, if it would be good for him, it's probably good for me to do the same. As if on cue, my book club chose to read it for our September meeting. </div>
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I didn't get a chance to re-read <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i>, but those who did said it was clearly the better book and agreed with reports in the media that <i>Go Set a Watchman</i> was a first draft that was reworked by Lee and her editor. </div>
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There was a lot online about how upset die-hard Atticus fans were with the older Atticus character in <i>Go Set a Watchman</i>. I was always a Scout fan, so I was much more upset with the older Scout character. Not that I had a clear vision of what I imagined Scout to be like in her 20s, but I was disappointed in how she was portrayed as an adult much more than I was disappointed in Atticus's portrayal as an aging racist and states rights supporter. </div>
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I feel like it requires a bit of brain power to remind myself that although chronologically, <i>Go Set a Watchman</i> takes place after <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i>, it was written first. So the character development and progression we imagine there to be as Scout and Atticus age is, in fact, not correct. Does that make sense? It's wrong to consider this book as a sequel and I almost look at it as if Scout and Atticus are in a parallel universe. Not all of the details match up, and while it's believable that these are the same people across time, there are clearly those who don't believe that the Atticus of <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> would have aged into the Atticus of <i>Go Set a Watchman</i>.</div>
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Anyway, it's a quick read so it's worth reading if you're a <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> fan and want to see how a manuscript can change over time with editing. It seems to me that if Harper Lee says she never comments about <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> because she said everything she needed to say in the book, then it was probably without her full approval that <i>Go Set a Watchman</i> was published. There's too much here that needs to be clarified and reworked. This is not a fully-hashed out story and would never have been an American classic if it was published as-is in the 1950s. </div>
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<i>The Little Free Library Book: Take a Book Return a Book</i> by <a href="http://www.margretaldrich.com/" target="_blank">Margret Aldrich</a></div>
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<i>Adventure Time Crafts: Flipping' Adorable Stuff to Make From the Land Ooo</i> by Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum with <a href="http://loveandasandwich.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Chelsea Bloxsom</a></div>
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<i>Anna Carries Water</i> by <a href="http://www.olivesenior.com/" target="_blank">Olive Senior</a>, illustrated by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-James-Art/117776618268564" target="_blank">Laura James</a></div>
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<i>Bunny Roo, I Love You</i> by <a href="http://www.melissamarrbooks.com/" target="_blank">Melissa Marr</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://www.teaganwhite.com/" target="_blank">Teagan White</a></div>
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<i>Two Speckled Eggs</i> by <a href="http://www.jenniferkmann.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer K. Mann</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>Ink and Ashes</i> by <a href="http://www.valynne.com/" target="_blank">Valynne E. Maetani</a></span></div>
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<i>The Terrible Two</i> by <a href="http://www.macbarnett.com/" target="_blank">Mac Barnett</a> and <a href="http://www.joryjohn.com/" target="_blank">Jory John</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://bearskinrug.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kevin Cornell</a></div>
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<i>Art & Max</i> by David Wiesner</div>
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<i>Artist Ted</i> by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre</div>
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<i>Birdie's First Day of School</i> by <a href="http://www.sujeanrim.com/" target="_blank">Sujean Rim</a></div>
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<i>Brush of the Gods</i> by Lenore Look, illustrated by Meilo So</div>
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<i>The Dot</i> by <a href="http://www.peterhreynolds.com/" target="_blank">Peter H. Reynolds</a></div>
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<i>The Forget-Me-Not Summer</i> by <a href="http://www.leilahowland.com/" target="_blank">Leila Howland</a></div>
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<i>If You Ever Want to Take an Alligator to School, Don't!</i> by <a href="http://www.eliseparsley.com/" target="_blank">Elise Parsley</a></div>
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<i>Little Owl's Night</i> by <a href="http://www.pupae.com/" target="_blank">Divya Srinivasan</a></div>
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<i>What a Wonderful World</i> based on the song by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss, as sung by Louis Armstrong, illustrated by <a href="http://www.timhopgood.com/" target="_blank">Tim Hopgood</a><br />
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<i>Wish</i> by <a href="http://www.matthewcordell.com/" target="_blank">Matthew Cordell</a><br />
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<i>The Night Parade</i> by <a href="http://kathryntanquary.com/" target="_blank">Kathryn Tanquary</a> (publication date: January 2016)</div>
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<i>The Grace of Kings (Book One of the Dandelion Dynasty)</i> by <a href="http://kenliu.name/" target="_blank">Ken Liu</a></div>
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<i>Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back</i> by <a href="http://www.janicenimura.com/" target="_blank">Janice P. Nimura</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>The Day the Crayons Came Home</i> was as delightful as I thought it would be, and I chuckled several times out loud in the <a href="http://www.kramers.com/index.html" target="_blank">bookstore</a>. What I liked about this volume--compared to the first book--is that the crayons are writing postcards, which means the text is shorter. I think, especially for some younger readers, this will be a draw (Ha! See what I did there?). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And <i>Circus Mirandus</i>!<i> </i>There's a lot of hype surrounding this book, and it combines quite a few themes well, but I understand some of the criticism about character development. But despite that, and whether or not you like fantasy, you should read it because there's some beautifully written passages in it and Circus Mirandus is a magical place that everyone should visit, even if only in their minds and imaginations. And it's a safe bet that this book will be on lots of best-of lists this year. </span></div>
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<i>Circus Mirandus</i> by <a href="http://cassiebeasley.com/" target="_blank">Cassie Beasley</a></div>
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<i><a href="http://crayonspicturebooks.com/" target="_blank">The Day the Crayons Came Home</a></i> by <a href="https://twitter.com/drewdaywalt" target="_blank">Drew Daywalt</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://oliverjeffersworld.com/" target="_blank">Oliver Jeffers</a></div>
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<i>The Sixth Gun, Book 4: A Town Called Penance</i> written by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Brian Hurtt and Tyler Crook, colored by Bill Crabtree, and lettered by Douglas E. Sherwood</div>
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<i>The Sixth Gun, Book 5: Winter Wolves</i> written by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Brian Hurtt, colored by Bill Crabtree</div>
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<i>The Sixth Gun, Book 6: Ghost Dance</i> written by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Brian Hurtt, colored by Bill Crabtree, and lettered by Douglas E. Sherwood and Ed Brisson</div>
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<i>The Sixth Gun, Book 7: Not the Bullet, But the Fall</i> written by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Brian Hurtt and Tyler Crook, colored by Bill Crabtree, and lettered by Crank!</div>
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<i>The Forget-Me-Not Summer</i> by <a href="http://www.leilahowland.com/" target="_blank">Leila Howland</a></div>
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<i>The Grace of Kings (Book One of the Dandelion Dynasty)</i> by <a href="http://kenliu.name/" target="_blank">Ken Liu</a></div>
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<i>Dirty Rats?</i> by <a href="http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/mammals_staff_pages/lunde_darrin.html" target="_blank">Darrin Lunde</a>, illustrated by Adam Gustavson</div>
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<i>Fairest, Volume 4: Of Men and Mice</i> by <a href="https://twitter.com/marcandreyko" target="_blank">Marc Andreyko</a>, drawn by <a href="http://www.shawnmcmanus.net/" target="_blank">Shawn McManus</a>, colored by <a href="https://twitter.com/leeloughridge?lang=en" target="_blank">Lee Loughridge</a>, and lettered by <a href="http://www.kleinletters.com/" target="_blank">Todd Klein</a> (rated M for Mature)</div>
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Just as I expected, coming home from a month away required some recuperation (from what, I'm not sure because it was a month of essentially doing nothing). For me, graphic novels/comics/manga are a great way to ease back into habitual reading. This week I read a few of my new Los Angeles acquisitions: a purchase from <a href="http://www.pulpfictionbooksandcomics.com/" target="_blank">Pulp Fiction</a> and a gift from my sister's boyfriend.</div>
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<i>The Grace of Kings (Book One of the Dandelion Dynasty)</i> by <a href="http://kenliu.name/" target="_blank">Ken Liu</a></div>
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<i>The Night Parade</i> by <a href="http://kathryntanquary.com/" target="_blank">Kathryn Tanquary</a> (publication date: January 2016)</div>
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Despite high hopes of reading the four books I brought with me to the desert, I only managed to finish one by Thursday, the day before our departure. Having to pay attention to your child in the pool certainly distracts from reading! I did, however, plow through my second selection, <i>Murder is Bad Manners</i>, in a day so it averaged out to two books in five days. That's not too bad, I guess. </div>
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<i>The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer</i> by <a href="http://sydneypadua.com/" target="_blank">Sydney Padua</a></div>
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<i>The Night Parade</i> by <a href="http://kathryntanquary.com/" target="_blank">Kathryn Tanquary</a> (publication date: January 2016)</div>
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I'm currently on vacation from my vacation; my kids and I are spending a week in the Palm Springs area (in California) with my parents, which is an annual tradition. I'm hoping to get some reading done pool-side and lounging around in our air-conditioned suite. I brought a few physical books to read outside, and I would like to make a (small) dent in the massive number of e-ARCs I've accumulated from <a href="https://www.netgalley.com/" target="_blank">NetGalley</a>.</div>
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<i><a href="http://www.boom-studios.com/" target="_blank">Boom! </a>Ten Year Celebration: 2015 Free Comic Book Day Special</i></div>
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<i>Coco and the Little Black Dress</i> by <a href="http://www.annemarievanhaeringen.nl/" target="_blank">Annemarie van Haeringen</a> (publication date: September 30, 2015)</div>
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<i>Elephant Man</i> by Mariangela Di Fiore, illustrated by Hilde Hodnefjeld, translated by Rosie Hedger (publication date: August 18, 2015)</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>Interstellar Cinderella</i> by <a href="http://www.deborahunderwoodbooks.com/" target="_blank">Deborah Underwood</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://meghunt.com/" target="_blank">Meg Hunt</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>Moletown</i> by <a href="http://www.torben-kuhlmann.com/" target="_blank">Torben Kuhlmann</a>, translated by Andrew Rushton</span></div>
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<i>New Suicide Squad, Volume One: Pure Insanity</i> written by <a href="https://twitter.com/seanryanxv" target="_blank">Sean Ryan</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://jprart.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">Jeremy Roberts</a> (publication date: July 21, 2015)</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party</i> by <a href="http://www.squeetus.com/stage/main.html" target="_blank">Shannon and Dean Hale</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://www.leuyenpham.com/" target="_blank">LeUyen Pham</a> (publication date: October 13, 2015)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>The Sandman: Overture, Issue 5</i> written by <a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Neil Gaiman</a>, illustrated by<a href="http://www.jhwilliams3.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> J. H. Williams III</a>, colored by <a href="https://twitter.com/dragonmnky" target="_blank">Dave Stewart</a></span></div>
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<i>Silver in the Blood</i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> by <a href="http://www.jessicadaygeorge.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Day George</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>To the Sea</i> by <a href="http://www.cale.ca/" target="_blank">Cale Atkinson</a></span><br />
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<i>The Doldrums</i> by <a href="http://nicholasjgannon.com/" target="_blank">Nicholas Gannon</a></div>
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<i>The Night Parade</i> by <a href="http://kathryntanquary.com/" target="_blank">Kathryn Tanquary</a> (publication date: January 2016)</div>
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<i>Murder is Bad Manners</i> by <a href="http://robin-stevens.co.uk/" target="_blank">Robin Stevens</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'm on vacation right now so you would think a lot of reading was getting done. But I'm spending time with family and getting a ton of sleep (I didn't realize I was actually that tired!) so this was a remarkably slow reading week. I hope to get back on track soon when I go on vacation from my vacation (I'll explain later) and I can while away the hours with my books.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Besides the books below, I also acquired the newest volumes (in Japanese) of </span><i>Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku</i> (花よりも花の如く) by Minako Narita and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/195779.Fumi_Yoshinaga?from_search=true" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Fumi Yoshinaga</a>'s two series, <i>Ooku </i>(大奥) and <i>What Did You Eat Yesterday? </i>(昨日何食べた?)<i>. </i>Yoshinaga's works are translated into English and are worth<i> </i>a read in my opinion. <i>Ooku,</i> in particular, has a dense, fascinating storyline (alternate history of Edo-period Japan) and I'm learning a lot by reading it. </div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As a side note, cover images may be lacking in the weeks ahead because I'm using my iPad to post and it's a pain in the butt to link in images. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">[To rehash the concept :: 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. This version of the meme is hosted by Jen and Kellee of </span><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/search/label/It%27s%20Monday%20Meme#axzz1qpsNJo40" target="_blank">Teach Mentor Text</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, which, in turn, was inspired by Sheila over at </span><a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/category/its-monday-what-are-you-reading/" target="_blank">Book Journey</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, who hosts the original </span><b>It's Monday! What Are You Reading?</b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">]</span></div>
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<i>George</i> by <a href="http://www.alexgino.com/" target="_blank">Alex Gino</a><br />
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<i>Once Upon a Northern Night</i> by <a href="http://jeanependziwol.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Jean E. Pendziwol</a>, illustrated by<a href="http://www.isabellearsenault.com/" target="_blank"> Isabelle Arsenault</a><br />
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<i>Runaways, Issue #1</i> by <a href="http://gingerhaze.com/" target="_blank">Noelle Stevenson</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://greenestreet.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">Sanford Greene</a><br />
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<i><a href="http://tuesdaymcgillycuddy.com/" target="_blank">Finding Serendipity</a></i> by Angelica Banks (aka <a href="http://heatherrose.com.au/" target="_blank">Heather Rose</a> and <a href="http://www.daniellewood.com.au/index.html" target="_blank">Danielle Wood</a>)</div>
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<i><a href="http://kidpresident.com/" target="_blank">Kid President</a>'s Guide to Being Awesome</i> by <a href="https://twitter.com/iamkidpresident" target="_blank">Robby Novak</a> and <a href="http://bradmontague.com/" target="_blank">Brad Montague</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">[To rehash the concept :: 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. This version of the meme is hosted by Jen and Kellee of </span><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/search/label/It%27s%20Monday%20Meme#axzz1qpsNJo40" target="_blank">Teach Mentor Text</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, which, in turn, was inspired by Sheila over at </span><a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/category/its-monday-what-are-you-reading/" target="_blank">Book Journey</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, who hosts the original </span><b>It's Monday! What Are You Reading?</b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">]</span></div>
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<i>Bully</i> by <a href="http://www.studiolvs.com/" target="_blank">Laura Vaccaro Seeger</a></div>
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<i>Cleopatra in Space, Book One: Target Practice</i> by <a href="http://cowshell.com/" target="_blank">Mike Maihack</a></div>
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<i>March: Book Two</i> by <a href="http://johnlewis.house.gov/" target="_blank">John Lewis</a> and <a href="http://www.andrewaydin.com/" target="_blank">Andrew Aydin</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://www.seemybrotherdance.org/" target="_blank">Nate Powell</a></div>
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<i>Mr. Prickles: A Quill-Fated Love Story </i>by <a href="http://karalareau.com/" target="_blank">Kara LaReau</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://scottmagoon.com/" target="_blank">Scott Magoon</a></div>
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<a href="http://gingerhaze.com/nimona" target="_blank"><i>Nimona</i> </a>by <a href="http://gingerhaze.com/" target="_blank">Noelle Stevenson</a></div>
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<i>Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower </i>by <a href="http://gregpizzoli.virb.com/" target="_blank">Greg Pizzoli</a></div>
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<i><a href="http://tuesdaymcgillycuddy.com/" target="_blank">Finding Serendipity</a></i> by Angelica Banks (aka <a href="http://heatherrose.com.au/" target="_blank">Heather Rose</a> and <a href="http://www.daniellewood.com.au/index.html" target="_blank">Danielle Wood</a>)</div>
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<i><a href="http://kidpresident.com/" target="_blank">Kid President</a>'s Guide to Being Awesome</i> by <a href="https://twitter.com/iamkidpresident" target="_blank">Robby Novak</a> and <a href="http://bradmontague.com/" target="_blank">Brad Montague</a></div>
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<i>George</i> by <a href="http://www.alexgino.com/" target="_blank">Alex Gino</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">[To rehash the concept :: 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. This version of the meme is hosted by Jen and Kellee of </span><a href="http://www.teachmentortexts.com/search/label/It%27s%20Monday%20Meme#axzz1qpsNJo40" target="_blank">Teach Mentor Text</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, which, in turn, was inspired by Sheila over at </span><a href="http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/category/its-monday-what-are-you-reading/" target="_blank">Book Journey</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, who hosts the original </span><b>It's Monday! What Are You Reading?</b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">]</span></div>
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<i>Capital Days: Michael Shiner's Journal and the Growth of Our Nation's Capital</i> by <a href="http://www.tonyaboldenbooks.com/" target="_blank">Tonya Bolden</a></div>
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What a great introduction to the history of DC through the eyes of slave (eventually freed) and DC resident Michael Shiner. He was literate and a prolific journaler of the times he lived in. His words and recollection of events are a crucial part of understanding life in the nation's capital during its early years. You can read John G. Sharp's transcription of Shiner's actual journal (<i><a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/d/diary-of-michael-shiner.html" target="_blank">The Diary of Michael Shiner Relating to the History of the Washington Navy Yard 1813-1869</a></i>) from the online collection of the Navy's Research Library. </div>
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<i>Chicken Cheeks</i> by <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelianblack" target="_blank">Michael Ian Black</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://www.kevinhawkes.com/home.htm" target="_blank">Kevin Hawkes</a></div>
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<i>Maddy Kettle: The Adventure of the Thimblewitch</i> by <a href="http://www.ericorchard.com/" target="_blank">Eric Orchard</a></div>
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<i>The Spiritglass Charade: A Stoker and Holmes Novel</i> by <a href="http://www.colleengleason.com/" target="_blank">Colleen Gleason</a></div>
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<i>Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great</i> by <a href="http://bobshea.com/" target="_blank">Bob Shea</a></div>
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<i><a href="http://kidpresident.com/" target="_blank">Kid President</a>'s Guide to Being Awesome</i> by <a href="https://twitter.com/iamkidpresident" target="_blank">Robby Novak</a> and <a href="http://bradmontague.com/" target="_blank">Brad Montague</a></div>
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<b>WHAT I PLAN TO READ THIS WEEK:</b><br />
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<a href="http://gingerhaze.com/nimona" target="_blank"><i>Nimona</i> </a>by <a href="http://gingerhaze.com/" target="_blank">Noelle Stevenson</a></div>
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<i>Birds</i> by <a href="http://www.kevinhenkes.com/" target="_blank">Kevin Henkes</a>, illustrated by Laura Dronzek</div>
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<i>Birdsongs</i> by Betsy Franco, illustrated by <a href="http://www.stevejenkinsbooks.com/" target="_blank">Steve Jenkins</a></div>
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<i>Bluebird</i> by <a href="http://www.bobstaake.com/" target="_blank">Bob Staake</a></div>
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<i>The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?</i> by <a href="http://www.mowillems.com/" target="_blank">Mo Willems</a></div>
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<i>Flora and the Flamingo</i> by <a href="http://idleillustration.com/" target="_blank">Molly Idle</a></div>
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<i>Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?</i> by <a href="http://www.ritagrayreads.com/" target="_blank">Rita Gray</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://www.pandagun.com/" target="_blank">Kenard Pak</a></div>
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<i>Hello, My Name is Ruby </i>by <a href="http://philipstead.com/" target="_blank">Philip C. Stead</a></div>
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<i>I Hatched!</i> by <a href="http://www.jillesbaum.com/" target="_blank">Jill Esbaum</a>, illustrated by<a href="http://jencorace.com/" target="_blank"> Jen Corace</a></div>
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<i>Under a Painted Sky</i> by <a href="http://www.staceyhlee.com/" target="_blank">Stacey Lee</a><br />
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<i>When Blue Met Egg</i> by <a href="http://www.lindsaymward.com/" target="_blank">Lindsay Ward</a></div>
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<i><a href="http://tuesdaymcgillycuddy.com/" target="_blank">Finding Serendipity</a></i> by Angelica Banks (aka <a href="http://heatherrose.com.au/" target="_blank">Heather Rose</a> and <a href="http://www.daniellewood.com.au/index.html" target="_blank">Danielle Wood</a>)</div>
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<i><a href="http://kidpresident.com/" target="_blank">Kid President</a>'s Guide to Being Awesome</i> by <a href="https://twitter.com/iamkidpresident" target="_blank">Robby Novak</a> and <a href="http://bradmontague.com/" target="_blank">Brad Montague</a></div>
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<i>The Spiritglass Charade: A Stoker and Holmes Novel</i> by <a href="http://www.colleengleason.com/" target="_blank">Colleen Gleason</a></div>
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