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Welcome back, Melissa! I love the idea of a monthly summary, for sure. Good luck with your challenge.
№. 01: Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass"Cat and Mouse is the second book in Grass' Danzig Trilogy, three books that look at life in Danzig under the Nazi regime from three different points of view." It is also on the 1001 books before you die list.
Read: 3 Jan 2016
Pages: 192
Edition: Paperback
Rating: ★★★★☆
It is the first book I have read in the series and I will be reading The Tin Drum (1st book in series) next.
I would rate this book NC17 if it was a movie, because of the graphic descriptions of body parts and sexuality. :) I also didn't like the descriptions of chewing gull droppings, but it was an interesting read and it let me see the German/Polish people from a different perspective. The perspective of the youth growing up during that time, (Nazi Poland during the 1940s) who didn't really have many choices.
It is written by a narrator about his friend Mahlke and how Mahlke tried to make something of his life and how it was wasted. Mahlke did many things he didn't want to do to be accepted and isn't that the way it is in the world (even today) for teen boys?
№. 02: Son by Lois LowryI liked visiting this world again. To find out what happened to Gabe and Jonas made the book worth the read for me (I haven't read Messenger so don't know if they were mentioned). I could not connect with Claire and there were so many obvious plot holes. All that said, it was a bit of a slog to me. I became bored and found myself wishing it would just end. I read this as an audio so that may have been a part of my problem. O_o?
Read: 6 Jan 2016
Pages: 405
Edition: Audio Book
Rating: ★★★☆☆
"They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn’t exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive? She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible. Now Claire will stop at nothing to find her child, even if it means making an unimaginable sacrifice."
№. 03: Hot Chocolate by Alice CastleI enjoyed this book. Bella has a problem. She is literally addicted to chocolate and has a tendency to run from her problems. This book shows how she persevered, finally stopped running and finally learned how to be happy.
Read: 8 Jan 2016
Pages: 290
Edition: Kindle
Rating: ★★★★☆
"Bella Renfrew has the perfect life - gorgeous children, handsome husband Tom, fantastic job. She's bubbly, warm and everybody loves her. So why does she need so much chocolate?"
№. 04: Holidays on Ice by David SedarisThis book was capital "A"ppalling. Except for "SantaLand Diaries" which was somewhat OK, they all were pretty gross, abusive, often offensive and even horrific at times. Sedaris relied on shock value to carry his "humor" but there was no humor in this book that I could see. This happened to be the second book of his I have tried to read and I had the same reaction to the first one. I think I will give up on him and his comedy.
Read: 8 Jan 2016
Pages: 177
Edition: Audio
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
"David Sedaris's holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story."
№. 05: Glinda of Oz by L. Frank BaumI enjoyed seeing Ozma being more involved in the story, but I must be getting too old for this series. I loved it as a child but my re-read of it has been something of a let down. I found it somewhat cheesy and somewhat naive. There is also somewhat of a plot hole in this book. In this book, Ozma rules because she is a fairy that was made ruler by the fairy queen, but in an earlier book she was the daughter of the king and was enchanted.
Read: 9 Jan 2016
Pages: 237
Edition: Kindle
Rating: ★★★☆☆
"Book 14 of L. Frank Baum's immortal OZ series, in which Ozma and Dorothy travel to an enchanted island to prevent an impending battle between the Skeezers and the Flatheads, but are instead imprisoned in the city just before the island is submerged."
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Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "This happened to be the second book of his I have tried to read and I had the same reaction to the first one. I think I will give up on him and his comedy."I completely agree with you, Melissa. I read one book and listened to an audiobook for another. In both cases, I felt like I couldn't connect to his humor. To each their own!
№. 06:The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap by Wendy WelchI loved this book. I am a book lover and have always wanted my own bookstore/library. I have never had the chance to go for this dream, but the Welch's did. They saw it and ran with it. They didn't let the problems stop them and believe me there were problems. I was reading a borrowed book, so I couldn't underline passages that "spoke" to me, but I plan on buying a copy of this book so I can mark it up as I re-read it.
Read: 10 Jan 2016
Pages: 291
Edition: Hardback
Rating: ★★★★☆
"Wendy Welch and her husband had always dreamed of owning a bookstore... They chose to ignore the “death of the book,” the closing of bookstores across the nation, and the difficult economic environment, and six years later they have carved a bookstore—and a life—out of an Appalachian mountain community."
I've never heard of this book-- but it sounds adorable! I've added it to my TBR. Thanks for the positive review, Melissa.
:) I am glad you liked it. The book is really worth it, at least in my humble opinion.
№. 07. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson... by Russell FreedmanThis could have been a better book. It ended up being boring and I found it hard to follow along. I listen to books at work, and this book make it hard for me to not fall asleep. I am unable to remember much of anything. The three stars are for the fact it was about an important historical figure who fought for her rights as a human being.
Read: 10 Jan 2016
Edition: Audio Book
Rating: ★★★☆☆
"This insightful account of the great African American vocalist considers her life and musical career in the context of the history of civil rights in this country."
№. 08. The Coal Elf by Maria DeVivoThey sure got that correct. It isn't a Christmas Tale.
Read: 10 Jan 2016
Pages: 210
Edition: Kindle
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
"Ember is thrust into a journey that will see her confront the literal and figurative demons of her past and lead her to the head of the North Pole himself.
Yes! Santa is real. But this isn't your childhood Christmas tale"
I Liked it at first, but then the tapeworms, sexual assault, cannibalism and abuse of all kinds made me mad. This is a book for preteens and YA? I wouldn't let my children read this book (although I don't believe in Santa Claus) because of the making Santa Claus a sick person!
Santa has enslaved Elves and the Elves worship him. He decides what their jobs will be when they are somewhere around 10-12 yrs. old. Ember ends up being the first female elf ever to be assigned as a coal miner elf. She has to live in the caves for the rest of her life until she dies. If she tries to leave the caves, she will be tortured to death by her groups supervisor who also hates female elves and likes to eat other elves. The story starts when she is 16 and has been living this awful life. Where she can only hope she dies soon.
This story was awful and more of a horror story with a cannibalistic Elf and horrible lives where Santa is worshiped like he is a god and can do absolutely no wrong. I didn't like it, but finished it for a challenge. Otherwise it would have gone in my dnf pile.
№. 09. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaOne Crazy Summer is about three sisters, Delphin (11), Vonetta (9) and Fern (7), who travel from Brooklyn to San Francisco in 1968 for the summer to visit their mother.
Read: 11 Jan 2016
Edition: Audio Book
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
“I didn’t want to say Big Ma was right. Cecile was no kind of mother. Cecile didn’t want us. Cecile was crazy. I didn’t have to.”
Cecile abandoned them when they were babies because she wasn't permitted to name her youngest daughter. She did get to name the older two but because she couldn't name the youngest what she wanted it was like: oh no, I can't name the youngest what I want, so I will just up and leave them and have nothing whatsoever to do with them. I don't want the responsibility.
Cecile, in my opinion isn't much of a mother or much of a character you can sympathize with. She pretty much leaves the girls to their own devices while she is busy working for the Black Panthers. She wants nothing to do with them and enrolls them in a summer camp run by the Black Panthers. She can't be bothered to even feed them. It is up to them to buy their own food or scrounge it up somewhere. All of these, I feel, obscures one of the messages of how African Americans were treated in the 60s.
№. 10. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim MurphyWould have rated it higher, maybe, if I had read it in a book instead of audio. This book was not made to be listened to; at least not by me. I couldn't keep my mind on it and it was just noise in my ears. :( Will re-read one of these days, the book version, and see how it goes then.
Read: 13 Jan 2016
Edition: Audio Book
Rating: ★★★☆☆
“Sometimes...I lose myself in looking back upon the ocean which I have passed, and now and then find myself surprised by a tear in reflecting upon the friends I have lost, and the scenes of distress that I have witnessed, and which I was unable to relieve.
—Dr. Benjamin Rush”
№ 25. Calico Captive → Elizabeth George Speare » 03 Feb 2016
№ 26. The Prayer Box → Lisa Wingate » ♥ 04 Feb 2016
№ 27. A Monster Calls → Patrick Ness » 06 Feb 2016
№ 28. All the Bright Places → Jennifer Niven » ♥ 06 Feb 2016
№ 29. Round Robin → Jennifer Chiaverini » 06 Feb 2016
№ 30. Five of Us and Madeline → E. Nesbit » 07 Feb 2016
№ 31. Time Travel Adventures of the 1800 Club → Robert McAuley » 09 Feb 2016
№ 32. The ABC Bunny → Wanda Gág » 10 Feb 2016
№ 33. Harry the Dirty Dog → Gene Zion » 10 Feb 2016
№ 34. The Giving Tree → Shel Silverstein » 10 Feb 2016
№ 35. Swimmy → Leo Lionni » 10 Feb 2016
№ 36. Guess How Much I Love You → Sam McBratney » 10 Feb 2016
№ 37. Make Way for Ducklings → Robert McCloskey » 10 Feb 2016
№ 38. Elmer → David McKee » 10 Feb 2016
№ 39. Love You Forever → Robert Munsch » 10 Feb 2016
№ 40. Zen Shorts → Jon J. Muth » 10 Feb 2016
№ 41. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie → Laura Joffe Numeroff » 10 Feb 2016
№ 42. The Blue Velvet → Kathleen Andrews Davis » 11 Feb 2016
№ 43. Courageous → Randy Alcorn » ♥ 12 Feb 2016
№ 44. The Cross-Country Quilters → Jennifer Chiaverini » ♥ 13 Feb 2016
№ 45. Return to Promise → Debbie Macomber » 14 Feb 2016
№ 46. Uprooted → Naomi Novik » ♥ 18 Feb 2016
№ 47. Math Curse → Jon Scieszka » 18 Feb 2016
№ 48. In the Night Kitchen → Maurice Sendak » 18 Feb 2016
№ 49. Madlenka → Peter Sís » 18 Feb 2016
№ 50. Caps for Sale → Esphyr Slobodkina » 18 Feb 2016
№ 51. Amos & Boris → William Steig » 18 Feb 2016
№ 52. Little Red Lighthouse & Great Gray Bridge → Hildegarde Hoyt Swift » 18 Feb 2016
№ 53. Eloise → Kay Thompson » 18 Feb 2016
№ 54. Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? → Martin Waddell » 18 Feb 2016
№ 55. Owl Babies → Martin Waddell » 18 Feb 2016
№ 56. Owl Moon → Jane Yolen » 18 Feb 2016
№ 57. Where the Wild Things Are → Maurice Sendak » 18 Feb 2016
№ 58. Strega Nona → Tomie dePaola » 18 Feb 2016
№ 59. The Lost Hero → Rick Riordan » ✩ 19 Feb 2016
№ 60. Abel's Island → William Steig » 20 Feb 2016
№ 61. Tar Beach → Faith Ringgold » 21 Feb 2016
№ 62. Curious George → H.A. Rey » 21 Feb 2016
№ 63. The Little Engine That Could → Watty Piper » 21 Feb 2016
№ 64. Skippyjon Jones → Judy Schachner » 21 Feb 2016
№ 65. The Keeping Quilt → Patricia Polacco » 21 Feb 2016
№ 66. We're Going on a Bear Hunt → Michael Rosen » 21 Feb 2016
№ 67. The Paper Bag Princess → Robert Munsch » 21 Feb 2016
№ 68. Trigger Warning → Neil Gaiman » ♥ 22 Feb 2016
№ 69. The Dorito Effect → Mark Schatzker » 25 Feb 2016
№ 70. Last Stop on Market Street → Matt de la Pena » 25 Feb 2016
№ 71. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom → Bill Martin Jr. » 25 Feb 2016
№ 72. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory → Roald Dahl » 25 Feb 2016
№ 73. Go Set a Watchman → Harper Lee » 27 Feb 2016
№ 74. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods → Rick Riordan » 27 Feb 2016
№ 75. Hattie Big Sky → Kirby Larson » 28 Feb 2016
№ 76. Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland → Bill Willingham » 29 Feb 2016
№ 77. Armada → Ernest Cline » ♥ 29 Feb 2016
№ 78. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs → Jon Scieszka » 29 Feb 2016
№ 79. The Pied Piper → Robert Browning » 29 Feb 2016
№ 80. The Day the Babies Crawled Away → Peggy Rathmann » 29 Feb 2016
№ 81. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale → Mo Willems » 29 Feb 2016
№ 82. Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China → Ed Young » 29 Feb 2016
№ 83. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters → John Steptoe » 29 Feb 2016
№ 84. The People Could Fly → Virginia Hamilton » 29 Feb 2016
№ 85. The Stinky Cheese Man → Jon Scieszka » 29 Feb 2016
№ 86. Stone Soup → Marcia Brown » 29 Feb 2016
Wow! You've been making great progress, Melissa! What was your favorite book you read in January?
Thanks :) I actually had four different "favorites" but I loved №. 06 the most (I think) :)№. 06. The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
№. 11. Hollow City
№. 12. The Nightingale
№. 13. Black & Blue
№ 87. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble → William Steig » 02 Mar 2016
№ 88. Furies of Calderon → Jim Butcher » ✩ 04 Mar 2016
№ 89. Fox in Socks → Dr. Seuss » 07 Mar 2016
№ 90. What Pet Should I Get? → Dr. Seuss » 07 Mar 2016
№ 91. Career of Evil → Robert Galbraith » ✩ 10 Mar 2016
№ 92. Firegirl → Tony Abbott » 10 Mar 2016
№ 93. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? → Mindy Kaling » 13 Mar 2016
№ 94. A Monster's Paradise → A.W. Hartoin » ♥ 13 Mar 2016
№ 95. A Corner of the Universe → Ann M. Martin » 14 Mar 2016
№ 96. Oceans of Fire → Christine Feehan » ♥ 15 Mar 2016
№ 97. Spare Ribs, Secrets and a Scandal → Sherri Bryan » 16 Mar 2016
№ 98. Though None Go with Me → Jerry B. Jenkins » 16 Mar 2016
№ 99. God's Smuggler → Brother Andrew » 17 Mar 2016
№ 100. On Tennis: Five Essays → David Foster Wallace » 18 Mar 2016
№ 101. I Am the Messenger → Markus Zusak » ♥ 20 Mar 2016
№ 102. The House That Jack Built → Paul Galdone » 21 Mar 2016
№ 103. Astro Boy, Vol. 1 → Osamu Tezuka » 21 Mar 2016
№ 104. Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel → Virginia Lee Burton » 3/24/16
№ 105. The Little House → Virginia Lee Burton » 24 Mar 2016
№ 106. The Warrior Heir → Cinda Williams Chima » 25 Mar 2016
№ 107. Katy and the Big Snow → Virginia Lee Burton » 26 Mar 2016
№ 108. Maybelle the Cable Car → Virginia Lee Burton » 26 Mar 2016
№ 109. When We Were Very Young → A.A. Milne » 26 Mar 2016
№ 110. The People Could Fly → Virginia Hamilton » 26 Mar 2016
№ 111. Finn Family Moomintroll → Tove Jansson » 26 Mar 2016
№ 112. Like Water for Chocolate → Laura Esquivel » 26 Mar 2016
№ 113. Knit Two → Kate Jacobs » 29 Mar 2016
№ 114. Museum of Extraordinary Things → Alice Hoffman » ♥ 30 Mar 2016
№ 115. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb → Al Perkins » 31 Mar 2016
№ 116. Brother Sun, Sister Moon → Katherine Paterson » 31 Mar 2016
№ 117. My Father's Ears → Karen Goa » 31 Mar 2016
I love the images for the month names! They're beautiful and it makes it easy to scan for how many books you've read each month. Great job with you reading. Any standout books?
I have to say for the month of February, I really loved Hattie Big Sky. It is one that I recommended to my mom. :) Thank you!
That's great! It looks like a good book.
April 2016
№ 118. Tree Castle Island → Jean Craighead George » 1 Apr 2016
№ 119. Dragondrums → Anne McCaffrey » 2 Apr 2016
№ 120. The Doctor's Christmas → Marta Perry » 3 Apr 2016
№ 121. The Three Pigs → David Wiesner » 3 Apr 2016
№ 122. A Walk in the Woods → Bill Bryson » ♥ 3 Apr 2016
№ 123. 26 Fairmount Avenue → Tomie dePaola » 3 Apr 2016
№ 124. The Lives of Christopher Chant → Diana Wynne Jones » 5 Apr 2016
№ 125. White Horse → Alex Adams » 5 Apr 2016
№ 126. Portuguese Irregular Verbs → Alexander McCall Smith » 7 Apr 2016
№ 127. The Practical Jokers → Richard A. Davis » 11 Apr 2016
№ 128. You're Never Weird on the Internet → Felicia Day » 11 Apr 2016
№ 129. An Abundance of Katherines → John Green » 12 Apr 2016
№ 130. The Stranger → Albert Camus » 13 Apr 2016
№ 131. The Thin Man → Dashiell Hammett » 14 Apr 2016
№ 132. Red Harvest → Dashiell Hammett » 14 Apr 2016
№ 133. One Summer → David Baldacci » ♥ 14 Apr 2016
№ 134. The Invention of Hugo Cabret → Brian Selznick » ✩ 16 Apr 2016
№ 135. The Bears on Hemlock Mountain → Alice Dalgliesh » 16 Apr 2016
№ 136. The Hundred Penny Box → Sharon Bell Mathis » 16 Apr 2016
№ 137. The Courage of Sarah Noble → Alice Dalgliesh » 16 Apr 2016
№ 138. The Deviant Strain → Justin Richards » 17 Apr 2016
№ 139. Head in the Clouds → Karen Witemeyer » ♥ 18 Apr 2016
№ 140. Bees in the Butterfly Garden → Maureen Lang » ♥ 20 Apr 2016
№ 141. The Cereal Murders → Diane Mott Davidson » ♥ 21 Apr 2016
№ 142. The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs → Alexander McCall Smith » 25 Apr 2016
№ 143. Walk Two Moons → Sharon Creech » 25 Apr 2016
№ 144. Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian → Sherman Alexie » 25 Apr 2016
№ 145. Raggedy Ann Stories → Johnny Gruelle » 26 Apr 2016
№ 146. Sour Apples → Sheila Connolly » ♥ 27 Apr 2016
№ 147. The Doctor's Valentine Dare → Cindy Kirk » 27 Apr 2016
№ 148. Death of a Cupcake Queen → Lee Hollis » 28 Apr 2016
№. 11. Hollow City by Ransom RiggsI really enjoyed the first book in this series and looked forward to reading the sequels. :) This book wasn't a disappointment. We find out more about the peculiar children and their protectors. The adventure is there and the book races along at a pretty good rate. This made sure that the book didn't stall and or burn in the middle or end of the book. I am looking forward to the third book in the series. I did have some little problems though. 1) I wish that the author had not played with the old photos to match his characters and 2) I didn't feel that Jacob was respecting his parents and their feelings. He disappeared without a word to them and doesn't worry about how they are doing or what they are feeling with him gone.
Read: 16 Jan 2016
Pages: 400
Edition: Hardback
Rating: ★★★★☆
"Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected surprises."
№. 12. The Nightingale by Kristin HannahI love Kristin Hannah and her books. I haven't found a book of hers that I haven't loved. This book was no exception. This book was the Book of the Month in one of my groups and I had to make myself take time in reading it or It would have been finished in a day. lol. The book shows many different ways that people during WWII survived and even fought back against the enemy. The story of the "Home Front" and how the women and children lived while men were away fighting or in POW camps. The ending was not expected and did a good job of closing the story. I enjoyed reading from the sister's perspectives and their struggles with, the enemy occupying, their daily lives, their problems with their father and the friends who impact their lives.
Read: 16 Jan 2016
Pages: 449
Edition: Kindle
Rating: ★★★★★
"The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France..."
№ 149. Rashomon and Seventeen other Stories → Ryūnosuke Akutagawa » 02 May 2016
№ 150. The Red Badge of Courage → Stephen Crane » 06 May 2016
№ 151. The Eye of the World → Robert Jordan » ◈ 06 May 2016
№ 152. Wednesdays in the Tower → Jessica Day George » 07 May 2016
№ 153. Thursdays with the Crown → Jessica Day George » 10 May 2016
№ 154. Stormdancer → Jay Kristoff » ♥ 11 May 2016
№ 155. Killing at the Carnival → L.A. Nisula » 12 May 2016
№ 156. The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland → Catherynne M. Valente » 13 May 2016
№ 157. Home Is the Sailor → Patrick Taylor » 13 May 2016
№ 158. Silently and Very Fast → Catherynne M. Valente » 13 May 2016
№ 159. Lavender's Blue → Kathleen Lines » 14 May 2016
№ 160. Raspberries and Vinegar → Valerie Comer » 16 May 2016
№ 161. Roller Girl → Victoria Jamieson » 16 May 2016
№ 162. The Field Guide → Holly Black » 17 May 2016
№ 163. Brown Girl Dreaming → Jacqueline Woodson » 17 May 2016
№ 164. The Wish Giver → Bill Brittain » 17 May 2016
№ 165. The Seeing Stone → Holly Black » 18 May 2016
№ 166. The Cat Who Sniffed Glue → Lilian Jackson Braun » 18 May 2016
№ 167. Reviving Miss Kitty → Bridget Clawson » 19 May 2016
№ 168. And We Stay → Jenny Hubbard » 19 May 2016
№ 169. The Maze Runner → James Dashner » ♥ 20 May 2016
№ 170. The Tale of Hill Top Farm → Susan Wittig Albert » ♥ 20 May 2016
№ 171. Walk Through the Valley → Debbie Viguié » 26 May 2016
№ 172. Penny from Heaven → Jennifer L. Holm » 28 May 2016
№ 173. Turtle in Paradise → Jennifer L. Holm » 28 May 2016
№ 174. Feathers → Jacqueline Woodson » 28 May 2016
№ 175. Olive's Ocean → Kevin Henkes » 28 May 2016
№ 176. Lucinda's Secret → Holly Black » 28 May 2016
№ 177. Graven Images → Paul Fleischman » 28 May 2016
№ 178. Good Night, Mr. Tom → Michelle Magorian » 31 May 2016
№ 179. The Girl Who Chased the Moon → Sarah Addison Allen » 31 May 2016
№ 180. A Bear Called Paddington → Michael Bond » 31 May 2016
№ 181. So Many Books, So Little Time → Sara Nelson » 31 May 2016
№ 182. The Year of Billy Miller → Kevin Henkes » 31 May 2016
№ 183. Maniac Magee → Jerry Spinelli » 1 June 2016
№ 184. The Great Gilly Hopkins → Katherine Paterson » 2 June 2016
№ 185. The War that Saved My Life → Kimberly Brubaker Bradley » 3 June 2016
№ 186. The Night Circus → Erin Morgenstern » ✩ 3 June 2016
№ 187. A Wicked Chill → A.W. Hartoin » 4 June 2016
№ 188. Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg → Rodman Philbrick » 4 June 2016
№ 189. A Good Hanging → Ian Rankin » 5 June 2016
№ 190. Wind/Pinball → Haruki Murakami » 7 June 2016
№ 191. The Wanderer → Sharon Creech » 7 June 2016
№ 192. A Visit from the Goon Squad → Jennifer Egan » 7 June 2016
№ 193. Regina's Song → David Eddings » ♥ 13 June 2016
№ 194. When We Went To The Park → Shirley Hughes » 15 June 2016
№ 195. Noisy → Shirley Hughes » 15 June 2016
№ 196. All Shapes and Sizes → Shirley Hughes » 15 June 2016
№ 197. Colours → Shirley Hughes » 15 June 2016
№ 198. Bathwater's Hot → Shirley Hughes » 15 June 2016
№ 199. The Golden Fleece & the Heroes Who Lived... → Padraic Colum » ♥ 16 June 2016
№ 200. An American Plague → Jim Murphy » 17 June 2016
№ 201. In the Year of the Boar & Jackie Robinson → Bette Bao Lord » 17 June 2016
№ 202. When Books Went to War → Molly Guptill Manning » 19 June 2016
№ 203. Amish Proverbs → Suzanne Woods Fisher » 20 June 2016
№ 204. A Bad Case of Stripes → David Shannon » 20 June 2016
№ 205. Maisy Goes to Preschool → Lucy Cousins » 20 June 2016
№ 206. A Necklace of Raindrops & Other Stories → Joan Aiken » 20 June 2016
№ 207. A Study in Revenge → Kieran Shields » ♥ 21 June 2016
№ 208. The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3 → Russ Kick » ✩ 22 June 2016
№ 209. Seize the Day → Saul Bellow » 22 June 2016
№ 210. The Dime Museum Murders → Daniel Stashower » 23 June 2016
№ 211. An Amish Boy and a Mother’s Prayer → Glen S. Graber » 23 June 2016
№ 212. The Book of Lost Things → Cynthia Voigt » ♥ 25 June 2016
№ 213. The Book of Three → Lloyd Alexander » 27 June 2016
№ 214. The Perilous Gard → Elizabeth Marie Pope » 27 June 20166
№ 215. The Glass Castle → Jeannette Walls » 29 June 2016
№ 216. Slaughterhouse-Five → Kurt Vonnegut » 29 June 2016
July 2016
№ 217. The Cat, the Vagabond and the Victim → Leann Sweeney » 02 July 2016
№ 218. My Reading Life → Pat Conroy » 03 July 2016
№ 219. Mysterious Benedict Society & the Perilous... → Trenton Stewart » ♥ 04 July 2016
№ 220. The Girl Who Owned a City → O.T. Nelson » 05 July 2016
№ 221. Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome → John Scalzi » 05 July 2016
№ 222. Americanah → Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie » ✩ 06 July 2016
№ 223. The Road → Cormac McCarthy » 07 July 2016
№ 224. The Dream Coach → Anne Parrish » 10 July 2016
№ 225. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats → T.S. Eliot » 14 July 2016
№ 226. Mr. Gumpy's Outing → John Burningham » 14 July 2016
№ 227. Mother Teresa: Her Life Her Works → Lush Gjergji » 15 July 2016
№ 228. New Land → Sarah Lindsay Schmidt » 15 July 2016
№ 229. Something Borrowed, Something Bleu → Cricket McRae » 16 July 2016
№ 230. The Color Purple → Alice Walker » 17 July 2016
№ 231. Beloved → Toni Morrison » 18 July 2016
№ 232. Echo → Pam Muñoz Ryan » ✩ 20 July 2016
№ 233. Ripped From the Pages → Kate Carlisle » 21 July 2016
№ 234. I Told You So! A Life Of H. G. Wells → James Playsted Wood » 21 July 2016
№ 235. The Children's Book → A.S. Byatt » ◈ 25 July 2016
№ 236. The Quinkins → Percy Trezise » 26 July 2016
№ 237. Pawn of Prophecy → David Eddings » 28 July 2016
№ 238. Among Others → Jo Walton » 30 July 2016
August 2016
№ 239. Xerxes Invades Greece → Herodotus » 03 Aug 2016
№ 240. Bloody Jack → L.A. Meyer » 04 Aug 2016
№ 241. Tall Tail → Rita Mae Brown » ♥ 06 Aug 2016
№ 242. The Namesake → Jhumpa Lahiri » 07 Aug 2016
№ 243. A Spell for Chameleon → Piers Anthony » ♥ 08 Aug 2016
№ 244. Shakespeare's Sonnets → William Shakespeare » ♥ 08 Aug 2016
№ 245. Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland... → Catherynne M. Valente » ♥ 11 Aug 2016
№ 246. Runner Of The Mountain Tops → Mabel Louise Robinson » 13 Aug 2016
№ 247. With Baited Breath → Lorraine Bartlett » 14 Aug 2016
№ 248. Spirit Bound → Christine Feehan » ♥ 17 Aug 2016
№ 249. The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend → Katarina Bivald » ♥ 19 Aug 2016
№ 250. Arrow of God → Chinua Achebe » 22 Aug 2016
№ 251. Nine Princes in Amber → Roger Zelazny » 26 Aug 2016
№ 252. Exodus → Leon Uris » ✩ 28 Aug 2016
№ 253. The Blind Assassin → Margaret Atwood » ✩ 29 Aug 2016
№ 254. My Awesome Japan Adventure → Rebecca Otowa » 30 Aug 2016
№ 255. Wined and Died → Cricket McRae » 30 Aug 2016
№ 256. The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 → Lauren Tarshis » 30 Aug 2016
№ 257. Dancing with the Devil in the City of God → Juliana Barbassa » ♥ 31 Aug 2016
Sept 2016
№ 258. Harry, a History → Melissa Anelli » ✩ 01 Sept 2016
№ 259. Andy Warhol was a Hoarder → Claudia Kalb » 02 Sept 2016
№ 260. The Hunting of the Last Dragon → Sherryl Jordan » 06 Sept 2016
№ 261. Dark Wolf → Christine Feehan » ✩ 09 Sept 2016
№ 262. The Boy Who Lost Fairyland → Catherynne M. Valente » 09 Sept 2016
№ 263. On Borrowed Time → Jenn McKinlay » 12 Sept 2016
№ 264. Young Fredle → Cynthia Voigt » 15 Sept 2016
№ 265. The Cat, The Collector and the Killer → Leann Sweeney » 16 Sept 2016
№ 266. The Thirteen Problems → Agatha Christie » 19 Sept 2016
№ 267. The Maximum Security Book Club → Mikita Brottman » 20 Sept 2016
№ 268. A Town Like Alice → Nevil Shute » 21 Sept 2016
№ 269. Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper → Phaedra Patrick » ♥ 22 Sept 2016
№ 270. Alice The Fairy → David Shannon » 26 Sept 2016
№ 271. The Secret Adversary → Agatha Christie » 27 Sept 2016
№ 272. Zugzwang → Ronan Bennett » 27 Sept 2016
№ 273. The Yard → Alex Grecian » ✩ 28 Sept 2016
№ 274. The Green Bicycle → Haifaa al Mansour » ♥ 29 Sept 2016
№ 275. The Mysterious Affair at Styles → Agatha Christie » 29 Sept 2016
№ 276. Deliverance → James Dickey » 30 Sept 2016
№ 277. Swamplandia! → Karen Russell » ✩ 30 Sept 2016
Oct 2016
№ 278. Deadly Row to Hoe → Cricket McRae » 02 Oct 2016
№ 279. The Black Pearl → Scott O'Dell » 04 Oct 2016
№ 280. Booked → Kwame Alexander » 04 Oct 2016
№ 281. The Song of Roland → Unknown » 06 Oct 2016
№ 282. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes → Eleanor Coerr » 06 Oct 2016
№ 283. Tularosa → Michael McGarrity » 07 Oct 2016
№ 284. Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay → Michael Chabon » ✩ 10 Oct 2016
№ 285. Seven for a Secret → Lyndsay Faye » ♥ 11 Oct 2016
№ 286. Iqbal → Francesco D'Adamo » 12 Oct 2016
№ 287. The Murder Pit → Jeff Shelby » 14 Oct 2016
№ 288. Elsker → S.T. Bende » 15 Oct 2016
№ 289. Death of Riley → Rhys Bowen » 17 Oct 2016
№ 290. The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence → Stan Lee » ✩ 17 Oct 2016
№ 291. And Only to Deceive → Tasha Alexander » 18 Oct 2016
№ 292. Lost City → Jeffrey M. Poole » 18 Oct 2016
№ 293. Robot Dreams → Isaac Asimov » ♥ 18 Oct 2016
№ 294. Illuminae → Amie Kaufman » ✩ 20 Oct 2016
№ 295. Floreana → Margret Wittmer » ♥ 21 Oct 2016
№ 296. Flare-up → A.W. Hartoin » 21 Oct 2016
№ 297. The Red Queen → Margaret Drabble » ♥ 21 Oct 2016
№ 298. Once a Cowboy → Linda Warren » 23 Oct 2016
№ 299. The Prince → Niccolò Machiavelli » 25 Oct 2016
№ 300. The Return Journey → Maeve Binchy » ♥ 26 Oct 2016
№ 301. The Bad Beginning → Lemony Snicket » 10/28/16
№ 302. The Wright Brothers → Russell Freedman » 10/28/16
№ 303. Murder is a Girl's Best Friend → Amanda Matetsky » 10/29/16
№ 304. A Fruitful Vine → Carrie Bender » 10/29/16
№ 305. The Kobayashi Maru → Julia Ecklar » 10/30/16
November 2016
№ 306. Kissing in America → Margo Rabb » ♥ 11/1/16
№ 307. Hana's Suitcase → Karen Levine » 11/1/16
№ 308. Never Let Me Go → Kazuo Ishiguro » ♥ 11/1/16
№ 309. Brave New World → Aldous Huxley » ♥ 11/9/16
№ 310. The Haunted Mesa → Louis L'Amour » ♥ 11/13/16
№ 311. The Elfstones of Shannara → Terry Brooks » ✩ 11/13/16
№ 312. Stories about My First Church → Elmer L. Towns » 11/14/16
№ 313. Along for the Ride → Sarah Dessen » ♥ 11/20/16
№ 314. Sojourn → R.A. Salvatore » ♥ 11/21/16
№ 315. The BFG → Roald Dahl » 11/24/16
№ 316. Precious and Grace → Alexander McCall Smith » 11/26/16
№ 317. Miss Dimple & the Slightly Bewildered Angel → Mignon F. Ballard » 11/28/16
№ 318. Is It Hanukkah Yet? → Chris Barash » 11/28/16
№ 319. Is It Sukkot Yet? → Chris Barash » 11/28/16
№ 320. Living in . . . India → Chloe Perkins » 11/28/16
№ 321. Imani's Moon → Janay Brown-Wood » 11/28/16
№ 322. Ruby Bridges Goes To School → Ruby Bridges » 11/28/16
December 2016
№ 323. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki... → Haruki Murakami » 12/1/16
№ 324. A Likely Story → Jenn McKinlay » 12/2/16
№ 325. Better Late Than Never → Jenn McKinlay » 12/3/16
№ 326. The Vanishing Thief → Kate Parker » 12/4/16
№ 327. The McClane Apocalypse: Book 1 → Kate Morris » ♥ 12/5/16
№ 328. The Union Street Bakery → Mary Ellen Taylor » ♥ 12/5/16
№ 329. Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil → Melina Marchetta » ♥ 12/7/16
№ 330. Love in the Time of Cholera → Gabriel García Márquez » 12/8/16
№ 331. Dark Prince → Christine Feehan » 12/13/16
№ 332. The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 → Lauren Tarshis » 12/14/16
№ 333. Who Was Joan of Arc? → Pamela D. Pollack » 12/14/16
№ 334. Hoot → Carl Hiaasen » 12/14/16
№ 335. Little Kids First Big Book of Birds → Catherine D. Hughes » 12/17/16
№ 336. Temple Grandin → Sy Montgomery » 12/19/16
№ 337. The Lost Continent → Bill Bryson » ♥ 12/20/16
№ 338. The Invisible Road → Rafael Ábalos » ✩ 12/21/16
№ 339. All Better Now → Emily Wing Smith » 12/27/16
№ 340. Dead, Bath, and Beyond → Lorraine Bartlett » 12/28/16
№ 341. The Little Paris Bookshop → Nina George » ♥ 12/30/16
2025 Reading Challenge
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№ 01. Cat and Mouse → Günter Grass » 03 Jan 2016
№ 02. Son → Lois Lowry » ♥ 06 Jan 2016
№ 03. Hot Chocolate → Alice Castle » 08 Jan 2016
№ 04. Holidays on Ice → David Sedaris » 08 Jan 2016
№ 05. Glinda of Oz → L. Frank Baum » 09 Jan 2016
№ 06. The Voice That Challenged a Nation → Russell Freedman » 10 Jan 2016
№ 07. The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap → Wendy Welch » 10 Jan 2016
№ 08. The Coal Elf → Maria DeVivo » 10 Jan 2016
№ 09. One Crazy Summer → Rita Williams-Garcia » 11 Jan 2016
№ 10. An American Plague → Jim Murphy » 13 Jan 2016
№ 11. Hollow City → Ransom Riggs » ♥ 16 Jan 2016
№ 12. The Nightingale → Kristin Hannah » ♥ 16 Jan 2016
№ 13. Black & Blue → Emma Jameson » 17 Jan 2016
№ 14. Splendors and Glooms → Laura Amy Schlitz » ♥ 19 Jan 2016
№ 15. The Angel Experiment → James Patterson » ♥ 20 Jan 2016
№ 16. Escape of the KILLER Noun → Kimberly Garcia » 21 Jan 2016
№ 17. Mew is for Murder → Clea Simon » 23 Jan 2016
№ 18. Forgetting Tabitha → Julie Dewey » 24 Jan 2016
№ 19. Good, Clean, Murder → Traci Tyne Hilton » ♥ 25 Jan 2016
№ 20. Dragonsinger → Anne McCaffrey » 25 Jan 2016
№ 21. Picking Apples And Pumpkins → Amy Hutchings » 27 Jan 2016
№ 22. Stargirl → Jerry Spinelli » 28 Jan 2016
№ 23. Snow Crash → Neal Stephenson » ♥ 30 Jan 2016
№ 24. The Silkworm → Robert Galbraith » ♥ 31 Jan 2016