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from the Virtual Mount TBR Challenge 2024 group.
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention -- And How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari (public library, audiobook)93)
Cat on the Run in Cucumber Madness! (Cat on the Run #2) by Aaron Blabey (school library)94)
The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon #3) by Kay O'Neill (school library)95)
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (Project Gutenberg ebook, finished with paperback borrowed from friend)Good thing I didn't try to move up a mountain!
Next year's challenge!
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Angela's Glacier by Jordan Scott (school library, storytime)88)
If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie (school library)89)
Violets Are Blue by Barbara Dee (school library, suggestion box)Loved this one! Barbara Dee just can't miss!
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Santa's First Christmas by Mac Barnett (school library, storytime)91)
Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt (Narwhal and Jelly #2) by Ben Clanton (school library)
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Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton (school library, reread)I read only the first two books of this series years ago, and want to read the whole thing now. Just gotta catch them when they're not checked out.
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The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers (school library, suggestion box)The second suggestion box pick and first novel. This was definitely put in by a kid who just looked around for a random book to suggest lol, but it was nice to get one of our new books!
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Making It So by Patrick Stewart (public library, audiobook)Loved this! But it was also long, and has a long wait list. I had already been interrupted and had to wait to get it back once, and couldn't let that happen again! So I ended up having to spend much of my weekend powering through the last 7 hours lol
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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (public library, audiobook)82)
Living Inside My Own Butt for Eight Years, Starting a Business and Turning a Profit Through Common Sense Reinvestment and Strategic Targeted Marketing by Chuck Tingle (podcast)83)
The Book that Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed (school library, storytime)
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As Glenn as Can Be by Sarah Ellis (school library, storytime)80)
Watch Me Throw the Ball! by Mo Willems (school library, suggestion box)This one is the result of a new feature I'm trying out in the library. I made a suggestion box for kids to tell me what books they think I should read (not even for storytime; just for my own reading). When I'm ready to pick a new library book, I pick at random from the box.
Kids pressured me into picking one today lol; pretty lucky first pick! I don't know how I'll feel about this idea when I start pulling full length novels from the box. But the idea is to get me reading more broadly in the library collection.
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The Bad Guys in Look Who's Talking (The Bad Guys #18) by Aaron Blabey (school library)77)
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! (Cat on the Run #1) by Aaron Blabey (school library)78)
The Bad Guys in The Serpent and the Beast (The Bad Guys #19) by Aaron Blabey (school library)I've just been doing some catching up on the Bad Guys series during my breaks at work lol. Can't wait for us to get the final book!
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The Bad Guys in Let the Games Begin! (The Bad Guys #17) by Aaron Blabey (school library)Updating when I only have one book to add because I've officially summitted Mount Mindolluin! I'm gonna stay right here and enjoy the view.
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The Bad Guys in The Others?! (The Bad Guys #16) by Aaron Blabey (school library)74)
Laverne Cox by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (school library, storytime)
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The Bad Guys in Open Wide and Say Arrrgh! (The Bad Guys #15) by Aaron Blabey (school library)72)
Hopeless in Hope by Wanda John-Kehewin (school library, MYRCA nominee)2025 MYRCA Northern Lights nominees 3/10, total nominees 7/20
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You Owe Me One, Universe by Chad Lucas (school library, MYRCA nominee)2025 MYRCA Northern Lights nominees 2/10, total nominees 6/20
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There's a Ghost* in This House by Oliver Jeffers (school library, storytime)70)
Two Homes, One Heart by Jessica Young (school library, storytime)
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Real to Me by Minh Lê (school library, storytime)
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Don't Eat Bees: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog by Dev Petty (school library, storytime)61)
The Three Little Tardigrades by Sandra Fay (school library, storytime)62)
Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan (school library, storytime)63)
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells (public library, ebook)64)
The Bellwoods Game by Celia Krampien (school library, MYRCA nominee)2025 MYRCA Sundogs nominees 3/10, total nominees 4/20
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Atana and the Firebird by Vivian Zhou (school library, MYRCA nominee)2025 MYRCA Sundogs nominees 4/10, total nominees 5/20
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Books of Magic, Vol. 1: Moveable Type by Kat Howard (public library)
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The Good Little Book by Kyo Maclear (school library, storytime)57)
The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon #2) by Kay O'Neill (school library)58)
Exit Strategy (Murderbot Diaries #4) by Martha Wells (public library, audiobook)59)
Mr. S by Monica Arnaldo (school library, storytime)Mr. S has earned a place amongst my favourite picture books.
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The Pronoun Book by Cassandra Jules Corrigan (school library, ebook)54)
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts (school library, storytime)55)
Determined Dreamer: The Story of Marie Curie by Deborah Hopkinson (school library)
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Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum (public library)I've learned that this Korean genre is called healing fiction, and that's so fitting. These books tend to take me a long time to read, but they're so pleasant.
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Weyward by Emilia Hart (public library, audiobook)49)
The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett (school library, MYRCA nominee)2025 MYRCA Northern Lights nominees 1/10, total nominees 2/20
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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells (public library, audiobook)51)
Squire & Knight by Scott Chantler (school library, MYRCA nominee)2025 MYRCA Sundogs nominees 2/10, total nominees 3/20
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Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) by Martha Wells (public library, audiobook)All caught up!
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The Cricket War by Thọ Phạm and Sandra McTavish (school library, MYRCA nominee)2025 MYRCA Sundogs nominees 1/10, total nominees 1/20
And so it begins anew!
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Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros #1) by H.E. Edgmon (public library, audiobook)
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Triangle by Mac Barnett (school library, storytime)42)
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears (public library, audiobook)43)
My Shadow Is Purple by Scott Stuart (school library, storytime)44)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells (public library, audiobook)And the school year is done! No more storytime books for the next two months, but lots more of the new MYRCA nominees!
Also: halfway point! I am more than halfway to my goal! I am way behind on my Mount TBR goal, so I really should be focusing more on that. But also, I have this huge stack of library books for summer reading...
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Tidy by Emily Gravett (school library, storytime)39)
The Hueys in the New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers (school library, storytime)40)
Calvin by J.R. and Vanessa Ford (school library, storytime)
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Mara Hears in Style by Terri Clemmons (school library, storytime)31)
The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith (school library)32)
The Grave Thief by Dee Hahn (public library, audiobook, MYRCA nominee)2024 MYRCA Sundogs nominees 7/10, total nominees 16/20
I guess I can stop counting these since next year's list is out lol. I came pretty close this year!! Better than last year, anyway. And for once I actually did read the ones that ended up winning!
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How to Party Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab (school library, storytime)34)
I Want 100 Dogs by Stacy McAnulty (school library, storytime)35)
Some Moms by Fifi Abu (school library, storytime)36)
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (public library)37)
Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas (public library)I read that last one in just a few days and I think it broke me out of a bit of a reading slump. It was so good! I picked it up because its sequel is one of next year's MYRCA nominees, which were recently announced, and I wanted to read the first one first. I'm so glad I did!
Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon:26)
Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton and Aśka (public library)27)
Last Pick, Vol. 2: Born to Run by Jason Walz (public library)28)
Heartstopper, Vol. 5 by Alice Oseman (public library)29)
Saga, Vol. 11 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (public library)
