Friday, June 2, 2017

Taking Stock - May

Oops! Here it is, June 2, and I'm only just realizing that May is over! Three more weeks of school left! Wow, did this year fly by! I was in NYC attending SLJ's Day of Dialog from early in the morning till evening and then was lucky to join some publishers for a preview dinner. I returned home via public transportation, laden with books at 10PM! Then spent the next day at school so when I got home yesterday afternoon, I was in a total fog!

Total posts this month:15
Total books read this month: 26
Total books read this year: 171

Challenges:
Audio: 7/34
Debut:  1/6
Picture Book: 13/79

The Good: Started the month with a bang but ended with a whimper.

The Bad: see above. Good thing I was nearly 30 books ahead on my GR challenge! Down to 22 books ahead. Still ahead but losing ground. Gotta doubledown.


The Books: * = favorite
May
146. Malala: activist for girls' education by (5/1)*
147. The Search for Olinguito: discovering a new species by Sandra Markle (5/2)*
148. Pirate's Perfect Pet by Beth Ferry (5/3)*
149. The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Jane Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel (5/3)*
150. Hey, Boy by Benjamin Strouse (5/4)
151. Blip by Barnaby Richards (5/4)
152. Goldfish Ghost by Lemony Snicket (5/4)
153. The Bear Who Wasn't There by LeUyen Pham (5/4)*
154. We're All Wonders by R. J. Palacio (5/5)
155. The Polar Bear by Jenni Desmond (5/5)
156. Shine by Patrick McDonnell (5/5)
157. How to Build a Museum by Tonya Bolden (5/5)*
158. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth (5/6)
159. Pride: celebrating diversity and community by Robin Stevenson (5/9)
160. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (5/9)
161. The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf (5/14)
162. Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff (5/16) 
163. Moto and Me: my year as a wildcat's foster mom by Suzi Eszterhas (5/17)*
164. The Hawk of the Castle: a story of Medieval falconry by Danna Smith (5/17)*
165. Like a Bird: the art of the American slave song by Cynthia Grady (5/18)
166. Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle (5/21)*
167. How Lunchbox Jones Saved Me from Robots, Traitors and Missy the Cruel by Jennifer Brown (5/26)*
168. Where You'll Find Me by Natasha Friend (5/27)
169. The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz (5/28)
170. A Different Pond by Bao Phi (5/29)

171. Wrath of the Storm by Jennifer A. Nielsen (5/29)

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