VIRTUAL Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2020 discussion

This is my second climb up the virtual mountain. Last year, I started somewhere below 60, but I figure, I'm a librarian, books are an occupational hazard. :-)
Will track books in this post as a master list.
Happy nearly New Year all!

Book Tracking Post. Library books unless otherwise specified
1. Wilder Girls by Rory Powell. Apocalyptic. Read it for book club. Hated it. Oh well.
2. Butterfly Yellow by Thanha Lai. Lovely and heartbreaking and touching. Also read for book club.
3. The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azid. Mythic and jam packed with a lot going on. For book club.
4. The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O'Neill
5. The Midwinter Witch by Molly Ostertag
6. New York Fantastic: Fantasy Stories from the City that Never Sleeps edited by Paula Guran. Uneven mix of short stories.
7. To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
8.Whiskerella by Ursula Vernon
9 Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 1 - Japanese Cuisine by Tetsu Kariya
10 Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
11. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. SO good.
12.How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain by Ruth Goodman
13. James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (audiobook from library)
14. Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America an anthology edited by Ibi Zoboi
15. Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon
16.The Disasters by M.K. England
17. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
18.Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
19. The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
20.Manhattan at Mid-Century: An Oral History. by Myrna Katz Frommer
BEGIN QUARANTINE READS
21. With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo. Loved this!
22. Color Outside the Lines anthology edited by Sangu Mandanna
23 Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya
24.10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston
25. The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
26.The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson
27. More to the Story by Hena Khan
28. The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer (meh)
29. Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly. SO good!
30. A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer. ARGH it's set up for a sequel not coming out til 2021
31.The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais. This one really impressed me, tackling being a teenager and also Deaf culture. Hub Challenge.
32. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. Man, this was a nice alternate reality to live in for a while! Hub Challenge.
33. Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson. An audiobook of a graphic novel is an odd concept, but satisfies a Hub Challenge requirement.
34. The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain
35. One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus. Excellent YA mystery
36. We're Not from Here by Geoff Rodkey. Middle grade space adventure. Hub Challenge.
37. City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett This was REALLY good scifi.
38.Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia. VERY good. Hub Challenge
39. The Best at It Hub Challenge. Aww, so much tween awkward. Poor bunny!
40. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill a fun rom-com with a bookstore and a trivia team rivalry.
41.The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe. Hub Challenge. Had potential but the main character was an ass.
42. Written in Dead Wax by Andrew Cartmel. LOVED this!
43. The Run-Out Groove by Andrew Cartmel. Didn't live up to the first one.
44. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (library audiobook)
45. Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Galley
46. The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams. Cozy and just what I was in the mood for.
47. The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams. The sequel.
48.The Book of Candlelight by Ellery Adams
49. The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta. Hub Challenge book. A novel in verse!
50. 10 Things I Hate About Pinky by Sandhya Menon. A fun summery romance.
51. Carbs & Cadavers by Ellery Adams. Lord, this was terrible!
52. Once Upon an Eid anthology edited by S.K. Ali. Every story in this was precious and delightful and it made me smile!
53.The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson. Might have been the slowest paced mystery I've ever read. Was not a fan.
54.Out Now: Queer We Go Again! anthology edited by Saundra Mitchell. A bit uneven, but pretty good.
55. Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson. Delightful book for younger readers.
56.The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan. Excellent mystery. Borrowed from Dad.
57. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson. Library book.
58. The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker.
59.Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek. Grisly and gross, and also fascinating!
60.The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite

Welcome back to the climbing crew! Great start!