Taking Stock - May

Oh gee. May just flew by in the run up to the last day of school. Three more weeks left. Phew! It has been a busy month at school and therefore not too busy on the blog.

Total posts: 14
Total books this month: 25
Total books this year: 149

Challenges:
Audio: 3/21
Debut: 1/3
Mount TBR: 0
Picture books: 3/37

The Good: Considering how busy I was what with a grad class condensed into two weekends plus a paper and a crammed school schedule, I did okay.

The Bad: Reviewing suffered. Greatly. I'm especially sorry that I haven't gotten around to reviewing Tracy Holczer's luminous debut. And I still haven't decided whether I want to go to Las Vegas for Annual. The cheap airfare I found disappeared but I have some miles I can use. Hm.

The books: * indicates a favorite
125. Angel Island: gateway to Gold Mountain by Russell Freedman (5/1)
126. Bully by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (5/2)
127. Odd Duck by Cecil Castalucci and Sara Varon (5/3)
128. Jasper John Dooley Left Behind by Caroline Adderson (5/4)
129. Beyond Magenta: transgender teens speak out by Susan Kuklin (5/4)
130. Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell (5/7)*
131. Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams (5/8)
132. Weird Insects by Michael Worek (5/8)
133. The Secret Hum of a Daisy by Tracy Holczer (5/9)*
134/ Before the World was Ready: stories of daring genius in science by Claire Eamer (5/10)
135. The City of Death (Ash Mistry Adventure #2) by Sarwat Chadda (5/11)*
136. The Qwikpick Papers: Poop Fountain! by Tom Angleberger (5/14)
137. Does It Really Rain Frogs? by Thomas Canavan (5/16)
138. Pam Allyn's Best Books for Boys (K-8) (5/18)
139. Connecting Boys with Books 2 by Michael Sullivan (5/18)
140. The Guy-friendly YA Library by Rollie James Welch (5/18)
141. Patti Cake and Her New Doll by Patricia Reilly Giff (5/19)
142. The Secrets of Stonehenge by Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom (5/19)
143. Missy's Super Duper Royal Deluxe Field Trip by Susan Nees (5/19)
144. Champion by Marie Lu (5/20)*
145. Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems (5/20)
146. First Team by Tim Green (5/21)
147. My Life as a Joke by Janet Tashjian (5/25)
148. Discover More: Ancient Egypt by Penelope Arlon (5/27)
149. Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot by Dav Pilkey (5/30)