Taking Stock - March

Total Posts: 29
Total Books Read this Month: 36
Total Books Read this Year: 110

Challenges: 
Audio Books: 8/ 17 ytd
Debut Author: 2/ 4 ytd
Mount TBR Challenge: 4/ 9 ytd
Picture Books: 13/ 28 ytd

The Good: According to Goodreads, I continue to be right on track for my 2013 Reading Challenge. I coincidentally opened and closed my month with a Burleigh biography! I increased the time I spend reading with my ears. I got a couple of debuts under my belt, albeit picture book debuts, but they were both fantastic!

The Bad: I read 36 but reviewed only 8. A few days ago, I learned that my go-to children's indie book store is closing. So sad but the good news is that the owner will be able to continue to provide books to the schools they supply! Yay! Mary has hand-sold so many winners to me over the years. I'm glad she'll still be available to me.


The list:

75. George Bellows: Painter with a punch! by Robert Burleigh (3/1)
76. Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout by Megan McDonald (3/1)
77. How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen (3/3)
78. The Price of Freedom by Dennis and Judith Fradin (3/4)
79. Pi in the Sky by Wendy Mass (3/5)
80. Zombie Makers: true stories of nature's undead by Rebecca L. Johnson (3/7)
81. Puffin Peter by Petr Horacek (3/7)
82. Phoebe & Digger by Tricia Springstubb (3/7)
83. Sophia's War by Avi (3/8)
84. My Life in Pink and Green by Lisa Greenwald (3/10)
85. The Long, Long Journey: the Godwit's amazing migration by Sandra Markle (3/11)
86. Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going (3/14)
87. What Really Matters for Struggling Readers by Richard Allington (15)
88. Ashfall by Mike Mullen (3/17)
89. Voices of Ancient Egypt by Kay Winters (3/17)
90. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (3/17)
91. FaceSpace by Adrian Chamberlain (3/18)
92. Sneaky Art: Crafty Surprises to Hide in Plain Sight by Marthe Jocelyn (3/18)
93. Survival at 120 Above by Debbie S. Miller (3/18)
94. Lulu and the Duck in the Park by Hilary McKay (3/18)
95. Monsieur Marceau: actor without words by Leda Schubert (3/19)
96. Peanut by Ayun Halliday (3/21)
97. His Name was Raoul Wallenberg by Louise Borden (3/22)
98. BZRK by Michael Grant (3/22)
99. Follow, Follow: a book of reverso poems by Marilyn Singer (3/22)
100. Open This Little Book by Jesse Klausmeier (3/23)
101. Forest Has a Song by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater (3/23)
102. The Templeton Twins have an Idea by Ellis Weiner (3/24)
103. The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins (3/25)
104. Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass (3/30)
105. Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn (3/31)
106. Light in the Darkness: a story about how slaves learned in secret by Lesa Cline-Ransome (3/31)
107. Look Up! Henrietta Leavitt, pioneering woman astronomer by Robert Burleigh (3/31)
108. Cat Talk by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest (3/31)
109. The Boy and the Airplane by Mark Pett (3/31)
110. Brick by Brick Charles R. Smith (3/31)