Taking Stock - April 2015

Totally missed posting a "Taking Stock" for March, so my March titles are posted below my April titles. Zoom, zoom, zoom, 2015 is zipping!

Total posts this month: 26

Total books read this month: 30

Total books read this year: 115

Challenges:

Audio: 7/ 18

Debut: 2/3

The Good: Managed a book a day and only 4 books behind on my GR challenge. Reviewing a bit more. Posting a bit more.

The Bad: Still not reviewing all the books I'd like to. I starred 14 books as favorites this past month and managed to review only four of them.

April (30)

86. Beetle Busters: a rogue insect and the people who track it by Loree Griffin Burns (4/1)*

87. The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm (4/3)*

88. The Candymakers by Wendy Mass (4/3)

89. The Way to Stay in Destiny by Augusta Scattergood (4/4)*

90. Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko (4/5)*

91. Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson (4/6)*

92. Won Ton and Chopstick by Lee Wardlaw (4/8)*

93. Completely Clementine by Sara Pennypacker (4/8)*

94. Paper Towns by John Green (4/9)

95. The Vanishing Vampire by David Lubar (4/10)

96. Character, Driven by David Lubar (4/12)*

97. Winnie: the true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh by Sally M. Walker (4/14)*

98. Sidewalk Flowers by Jon Arno Lawson (4/17)*

99. Mr. Williams by Karen Barbour (4/17)*

100. In by Nikki McClure (4/17)

101. Nnewts by Doug TenNapel (4/17)

102. The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis (4/18)*

103. Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt (4/18)

104. Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff (4/18)*

105. Bird Gardening Book by Donald and Lillian Stokes (4/19)

106. 28 Days: moments in black history that changed the world by Charles R. Smith Jr. (4/21)

107 Harlem Hellfighters by J. Patrick Lewis & Gary Kelley (4/21)

108. When Rivers Burned: the Earth Day story by Linda Crotta Brennan (4/22)

109. Sneaker Century: a history of athletic shoes by Amber J. Keyser (4/24)

110. The Tapper Twins Tear Up New York by Geoff Rodkey (4/25) (SLJ review)*

111. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki (4/26)*

112. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (4/26)

113. Yoga for Osteoporosis by Loren Fishman (4/27)

114. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery (4/28)

115. Requiem by Lauren Oliver (4/30)

March (46)

40. The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury (3/1)

41. Winger by Andrew Smith (3/1)*

42. Click, Clack, Peep! by Doreen Cronin (3/1)

43. I Don't Want to Be a Frog by Dev Petty (3/1)

44.Peanut Butter & Cupcake! by Terry Border (3/1)

45. Marcel the Shell with Shoes on: Things about Me by Jenny Slate (3/1)

46. Naptime with Theo and Beau by Jessica Shyba (3/1)

47. Pirates of the Silver Coast by Scott Chantler (3/1)

48. Little Red's Riding Hood by Peter Stein. (3/2)

49. Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders by Geoff Herbach (3/2)

50. Eerie Elementary #2: the locker ate Lucy! by Jack Chabert (3/3)

51. Hot Rod Hamster and the Awesome ATV Adventure by Cynthia Lord (3/3)

52. Monkey and Duck Quack Up! by Jennifer Hamburg (3/3)

53. How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? by Jane Yolen (3/4)

54 . Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae (3/4)

55. Sleeping Cinderella and Other Princess Mix-ups by Stephanie Clarkson (3/6)

56. Groundhog Day by Betsy Lewin (3/6)

57. Cold as Ice by Sarah Mlynowski (3/6)

58. The Young Elites by Marie Lu (3/7)

59. House of Robots by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein (3/8)

60. A Crow of One's Own by Megan Dowd Lambert (3/9)

61. Alice in Wonderland Down the Rabbit Hole by Lewis Carroll. Retold by Joe Rhatigan & Charles Nurnberg (3/9)

62. In the New World: a family in two centuries by Gerda Raidt & Christa Holtei (3/9)

63. John Muir Wrestles a Waterfall by Julie Danneberg (3/9)

64. Dirty Rats? by Darrin Lunde (3/9)

65. The Boy & the Book [a wordless story] by David Michael Slater (3/9)

66. Wangari Maathai: the woman who planted millions of trees by Frack Prévot (3/11)

67. Tom Gates: Excellent Excuses (and other good stuff) by L. Pichon (3/14)(SLJ Review)

68. Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli (3/16)

69. The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang & Sonny Liew (3/16)

70. Ares: bringer of war by George O'Connor (3/19)*

71. Branches of the Military by Sean Callery (3/19)

72. When I Grow Up: Abraham Lincoln by Ann Marie Anderson (3/19)

73. Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop (3/19)

74. The Magic School Bus Presents Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Joanna Cole (3/20)

75. The Magic School Bus Presents the Rain Forest by Joanna Cole (3/23)

76. Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates by Kevin O'Malley (3/24)

77. Such a Little Mouse by Alice Schertle (3/24)

78. The Magic School Bus Presents Polar Animals by Joanna Cole (3/25)

79. The Zero Degree Zombie Zone by Patrik Henry Bass (3/26)

80. Really? Ocean by Penelope Arlon (3/26)

81. I Totally Funniest by James Patterson (3/26)

82. Sally Ride: life on a mission by Sue Macy (3/26)

83. Discover More: Animal Faces by Penelope Arlon (3/26)

84. Sniffer Dogs: how dogs (and their noses) save the world by Nancy F. Castaldo (3/27)*

85. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (3/29)