Without a doubt, this year sucked. My husband had a massive stroke on June 3 and died nine weeks later to the day. I have been unmoored since. We were married for 36 years and he was my best friend and sounding board. I miss him terribly. I find myself anxious and often have trouble sustaining concentration. Thus, my reading has suffered. Needless to say, I failed to make my Goodreads goal, but I am fine with that. Onward to a better 2022.
January (19)
1. The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell by Jordan Sonnenblick (1/1)*
2. Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake (1/1)
3. The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman (1/2)
1. The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell by Jordan Sonnenblick (1/1)*
2. Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake (1/1)
3. The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman (1/2)
4. The Big One: the Cascade earthquakes and the science of saving lives by Elizabeth Rusch (1/2)
5. On Account of the Gum by Adam Rex (1/3)
6. Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer (1/8)
7. Shirley Chisholm is a Verb by (1/9)
8. The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert (1/10)
9. Anti/ Hero by Kate Karyus Quinn & Demitria Lunetta (1/11)
10. Planet Ocean: Why We All Need a Healthy Ocean by Patricia Newman (1/12)*
11. Follow Those Zebras: solving a migration mystery by Sandra Markle (1/16)
12. Kingston and the Magician's Lost and Found by Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi (1/18)*
13. Rage by Bob Woodward (1/21)
14. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (1/25)*(Audio reread)
15. Treasure of the World by Tara Sullivan (1/25)*(SLJ)
16. Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: a Memoir by Julia Zarankin (1/29)
17. The Cousins by Karen McManus (1/30)
18. Olive, Mabel & Me: life and adventure with two very good dogs by Andrew Cotter (1/31)*
19. The Eagle Huntress: The True Story of the Girl Who Soared Beyond Expectations by Aisholpan Nurgaiv and Liz Welch (1/31)
February (26)
20. What Ollie Saw by Joukje Akveld (2/2)*
21. Pumpkin Heads by Wendell Minor (2/6)
22. The Eyeball Alphabet by Jerry Pallotta (2/6)
23. Mosquitoland by David Arnold (2/6)
24. Into the Wind by William Loizeaux (2/7)*
25. Why Longfellow Lied: The Truth about Paul Revere's Midnight Ride by Jeff Lantos (2/7)
26. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (2/11)
27. A Voice Named Aretha by Katherine Russell-Brown (2/11)
28. My Heart by Corinna Luyken (2/13)
29. Margie Kelly Breaks the Dress Code by Bridget Farr (2/16)*(SLJ)
30. Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas (2/16)*
31. Zara Hossain is Here by Sabina Khan (2/17)
32. Popcorn Bob by Maranke Rincke (2/18)
33. We are Still Here by Traci Sorell (2/18)
34. Seaside Stroll by Charles Trevino (2/19)*
35. This is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tackling Unconscious Bias by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Drew Shannon (2/20)
36. The Sword in the Stars by Amy Rose Capetta and Rori McCarthy (2/20)*
37. Jo: an Adaptation of Little Women (sort of) by Kathleen Gros (2/21)
38. Logan Likes Mary Ann (GN adaptation) by Ann M. Martin (2/23)
39. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: a graphic novel by Rey Terciero (2/24)
40. Black Girl, Unlimited by Echo Brown (2/26)
41. Allergic by Megan Turner Lloyd (2/27)
42. Unspeakable: the Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford (2/27)*
43. Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld (2/27)*
44. The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe by Sandra Nickel (2/27)
45. Three Things I Know are True by Betty Culley (2/28)*
March (21)
46. Ground Zero by Alan Gratz (3/2)
47. Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars by Laurie Wallmark (3/4)
48. Switched by Bruce Hale (3/6)
49. Before I Die by Jenny Downham (3/6)*
50. Mindi and the Goose No One Else Could See by Sam McBratney (3/6)*
51. Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly (3/7)*
52. Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Saalam (3/10)*
53. Time is a Ship That Never Casts Anchor: Sami Proverbs by Harald Gaski and Aage Solbakk. Translated by Roland Thorstensson (3/10)
54. Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram (3/12)*
55. Let Liberty Rise! How America's Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty by Chana Stiefel (3/13)
56. Unfriended by Rachel Vail (3/13)
57. Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration by George Butler (3/14)*
58. Everything Sad is Untrue (A True Story) by Daniel Nayeri (3/15)
59. Never After by Melissa de la Cruz (3/21)*
60. Super Fake Love Song by David Moon (3/21)*
61. Eyes That Kiss at the Corners by Joanna Ho (3/21)
62. Spring Stinks (A Little Bruce Book) by Ryan T. Higgins (3/28)
63. Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña (3/28)
64. Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) by Carrie Finison (3/28)
65. The Magical Yet by Angela DeTerlizzi (3/28)
66. A Girl Named Rosita: the Story of Rita Moreno: Actor, Singer, Dancer, Trailblazer! by Anika Aldamuy Denise (3/28)
April (31)
67. Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes (4/2)*
68. The Dark Secret: the Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire #4) by Tui Sutherland (4/2)
69. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure by Jeff Kinney (4/3)
70. Fungarium (Welcome to the Museum) Ester Gaya (4/4)
71. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (4/4)
72. The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson (4/6)*
73. 13 Ways to Eat a Fly by Sue Heavenrich (4/7)*
74. Jump at the Sun: the True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston by Alicia D. Williams (4/8)*
75. The Leak by Kate Reed Petty (4/9)
76. A Curse of Ash & Embers by Jo Spurrier (4/10)*
77. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney (4/11)
78. In My Mosque by M.O. Yuksel (4/12)
79. Don't Worry, Little Crab by Chris Haughton (4/12)
80. Turtle Walk by Matt Phelan (4/12)
81. Gotham High by Melissa de la Cruz (4/12)
82. Accused by Adama Bah (4/14)
83. What Breathes Through Its Butt?: Mind-Blowing Science Questions Answered by Emily Grossman (4/15)
84. Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare (4/15)
85. This Poem is a Nest by Irene Latham (4/16)
86. Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (4/16)*
87. My Hair is Magic by M.L. Marroquin (4/16)*
88. Kodi by Jared Cullum (4/16)*
89. All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson (4/18)*
90. Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mary (4/21)
91. Nat Enough by Maria Scrivan (4/24)
92. More of Me by Kathryn Evans (4/25)
93. Free by Sam Usher (4/25)*
94. The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen (4/26)*
95. Starfish by Lisa Fipps (4/28)*
96. Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (4/30)
97. Beneath the Waves: Celebrating the Ocean in Pictures, Poems and Stories by Stephanie Warren Drimmer (4/30)
May (25)
98. Orangutan Hats and Other Tools Animals Use by Richard Haynes (5/2)
99. Going Wild (The Infamous Frankie Lorde #2) by Brittany Gergotelis (5/2)(SLJ)
100. Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce (5/3)*
101. A Promised Land by Barack Obama (5/6)*
102. Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (5/7)*
103. Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega (5/8)
104. Women in the Old West by Marti Dumas (5/11)
105. The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs (5/12)
106. Secondhand Dogs by Carolyn Crimi (5/17)*
107. A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir (5/18)
108. Red, White and Whole by Rajani Larocca (5/19)
109. Strange Nature: the Insect Portraits of Levon Biss by Gregory One & Levon Biss (5/19)*
110. Osnat and Her Dove: the True Story of the First Female Rabbi by Sigal Samuel (5/20)
111. Dogman: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey (5/21)
112. Inside Out and Back Again by Thannha Lai (5/22)
113. Franklin Endicott and the Third Key by Kate DiCamillo (5/23)*
114. The Aeneid: a Graphic Novel by Diego Agrimbau (5/24)
115. Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi by Susan Page (5/25)
116. How to an American: a Field Guide to Citizenship (5/28)
117. Donut the Destroyer by Sarah Graley & Stef Purenins (5/30)
118. A Thief among the Trees by Sabaa Tahir with Nicole Andelfinger & Sonia Lao (5/30)
119. Out of the Blue: How Animals Evolved from Prehistoric Seas by Elizabeth Shreeve (5/30)
120. Star Stories by Andy Wilx (5/30)
121. How to Get Away with Myrtle by Elizabeth E. Bunce (5/30)*
122. The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert (5/31)*
June (33)
123. Claudia and the New Girl (BSC #9) illustrated by Gabriela Epstein (6/2)
124. Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi (6/7)
125. Forget Me Nat by Maria Scrivan (6/8)
126. Bunbun & Bonbon: Fancy Friends by Jess Keating (6/11)
127. Rescue at Lake Wild by Terry Lynn Johnson (6/13)
128. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado (6/13)
129. Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (6/13)
130. A Place for the People: Nelson Mandela's Hope for His Nation by Lindsey McDivitt (6/14)*
131. The People's Painter: how Ben Shahn fought for justice with art by Cynthia Levinson (6/14)
132. Through the Moon (Dragon Prince Graphic Novel #1) by Peter Wartman (6/18)
133. Trespassers by Breena Barden (6/20)
134. Pumpkin by Julie Murphy (6/20)
135. The Boy Whose Head was Filled with Stars: story about Edwin Hubble by Isabelle Marinov (6/22)
137. Sky Gazing: A Guide to the Moon, Sun, Planets, Stars, Eclipses, and Constellations by Meg Thacher (6/23)
138. The Burning: Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Tim Madigan, adapted for young people by Hilary Beard (6/23)
139. We Shall Overcome by Bryan Collier (6/27)*
140. Bisa's Carnaval by Joana Pastro (6/27)
141. If You Miss Me by Jocelyn Li Langrand (6/27)
142. The Children's Moon by Carmen Agra Deedy (6/27)
143. Our Table by Peter H. Reynolds (6/27)
144. Manu by Kelly Fernandez (6/27)
145. Indivisible by Daniel Aleman (6/27)*
146. Chicken Little and the Big Bad Wolf by Sam Wedelich (6/27)*
147. The Little Blue Bridge by Brenda Maier (6/28)
148. Free to Be Elephant Me by Giles Andreae (6/28)
149. Llama Glamarama by Simon James Green and Garry Parsons (6/28)
150. The Little Butterfly That Could by Ross Burach (6/28)
151. The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb by Candace Fleming (6/29)*
152. Tyler Johnson was Here by Jay Coles (6/29)
153. Wishes by Mượn Thị Văn (6/30)
154. Standing on Her Shoulders: a Celebration of Women by Monica Clarke-Robinson (6/30)
155. My Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World by Malcolm Mitchell (6/30)
156. Sasha Masha by Agnes Borinsky (6/30)
July (29)
157. Indelible Ann: the Larger-Than-Life Story of Governor Ann Richards by Meghan P. Browne (7/2)
158. Karen's Worst Day: a graphic novel by Katy Farina (7/2)
159. Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith (7/3)
160. Pawcasso by Remy Lai (7/4)
161. The Way Back by Gavriel Savit (7/7)
162. Once Upon a Camel by Kathi Appelt (7/7)*
163. Miles Morales Shock Waves by Justin A. Reynolds (7/10)
164. Take What You Can Carry by Kevin C. Pyle (7/11)
165. Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanah Ganucheau (7/12)
166. Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee (7/13)
167. Turtle in Paradise: a graphic novel by Jennifer Holm (7/13)
168. Chunky by Yehudi Mercado (7/14)
169. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians but were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer (7/15)
170. Unsettled by Reem Faruki (7/15)
171. President of the Whole Fifth Grade by Sherri Winston (7/16)
172. Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick (7/17)
173. Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling (7/18)*(SLJ)
174. In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of American Immigrants of Color developed by Alina Chau and Written by Aida Salazar (7/19)*
175. Root Magic by Eden Royce (7/21)*
176. Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (7/23)
177. Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo (7/24)
178. River Stories by Thomas Knapman (7/25)
179. Bear Bottom by Stuart Gibbs (7/26)
180. Revolution in Our Time: the Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon (7/26)*
181. Cat & Dog: a Tale of Opposites by Tullio Corda (7/27)*
182. Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter by Shani Mahiri King (7/28)
183. Mars Is by Suzanne Slade (7/28)
184. World of Glass: the Art of Dale Chihuly by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (7/29)
185. Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn became America's Doctor by Kate Messner (7/29)
August (19)
186. Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard (8/1)
187. We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez (8/2)*
188. A Good Kind of Trouble by (8/12)
189. Sunkissed by Kasie West (8/15)
190. Zion Unmatched by Zion Clark and James S. Hirsch (8/17)*
191. What the Animals See by Louise Greig (8/20)
192.Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon (8/20)*
193. Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray (8/22)*
194. Pigeon Has to Go to School by Mo Willems (8/27)
195. Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (8/29)*
196. The Shark Book by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page (8/30)
197. Pigskins to Paintbrushes by Don Tate (8/30)
198. The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling (8/30)
199. Shaped by Her Hands by Anna Harber Freeman (8/30)
200. Breaking Waves: Winslow Homer Paints the Sea by Robert Burleigh (8/30)
201. Before We Sleep by Giorgio Volpe (8/30)
202. People of Pride: 25 Great LGBTQ Americans by Chase Clemesha, MD (8/31)
203. A Place Inside of Me: a Poem to Heal the Heart by Zetta Elliott (8/31)
204. The Negro Leagues by Matt Doeden (8/31)
September (13)
205. Unplugged by Gordon Korman (9/5)
206. Come On In: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home edited by Adi Alsaid (9/11)
207. Playing the Cards You're Dealt by Varian Johnson (9/12)*
208. Weird Kid by Greg Van Eekhout (9/13)
209. Maybe...by Chris Haughton (9/16)
210. Ada and the Galaxies by Alan Lightman and Olga Pastuchiv (9/16)
211. Ducks Overboard! A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans by Markus Motum (9/16)
212. When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke (9/16)
213.The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer by Mara Rockliff (9/16)
214. Ducky by Eve Bunting (9/16)
215. Things We Couldn't Say by Jay Coles (9/18)
216. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (9/19)
217. Beasts and Beauty by Soman Chainani (9/26)*
October
218. Peril by Bob Woodward and Jim Costa (10/3)
219. Susie B. Won't Back Down by Margaret Finnegan (10/4)
220. The Other Talk: Reckoning with White Privilege by Brendan Kiely (10/7)
221. My Wild Life: Adventures of a Wildlife Photographer by Suzi Eszterhas (10/9)*
222. Fat Angie: Homecoming by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (10/10)*
223. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry by Paula Yoo (10/10)
224. The International Day of the Girl by Jessica Dee Humphreys (1/10)
225. AfterMath by Emily Barth Isler (10/14)*
226. The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (10/17)
227. Kneel by Candace Buford (10/22)*
228. Sunny Makes a Splash by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (10/24)
229. Darling by K. Ancrum (10/25)
230. Big Shot (Wimpy Kid #16) by Jeff Kinney (10/29)*
231. Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (10/30)
232. Daughter of Lies and Ruin by Jo Spurrier (10/31)*
November (19)
233. The Lost Language by Claudia Mills (11/4)*
234. Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron (11/4)
235. A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (11/5)*
236. The Awakening Storm: City of Dragons #1 by Jim Yogis & Vivian Truong (11/5)
237. Fast Pitch by Nic Stone (11/6)
238. Interrupting Chicken: Cookies for Breakfast by David Ezra Stein (11/7)*
239. Bright Brown Baby: a Treasury by Andrea Davis Pinkney (11/7)
240. How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodbye? by Jane Yolen (11/7)
241. The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag (11/8)
242. Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories by Dan SaSuWeh Jones (11/8)
243. What the Eagle Sees by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger (11/10)*
244. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (11/13)*
245. Dead Wednesday by Jerry Spinelli (11/16)
246. Prank Power Guidebook by Dav Pilkey (11/17)
247. Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth (11/18)
248. Clues to the Universe by Christina Li (11/22)
249. Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz (11/23)
250. Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson (11/26)
251. Into the Bloodred Woods by Martha Brockenbrough (11/29)*
December (14)
252. Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan (12/3)
253. Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston (12/5)*
254. Just Maria by Jay Hardwig (12/9)*(SLJ)
255. Sea Witch by Sarah Henning (12/9)*
256. Polo Cowboy by G. Neri (12/11)*
257. Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood edited by Kwame Mbalia (12/13)*
258. African Critters by Robert B. Haas (12/13)
259. A-Okay by Jared Greene (12/14)
260. Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim (12/22)*
261. The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson (12/23)*
262. Three Keys by Kelly Yang (12/27)
263. The Visitor (Animorphs: the Graphic Novel)(12/28)
264. Think for Yourself: the Ultimate Guide to Critical Thinking in an Age of Information Overload by Andrea Debbink (12/29)
265. The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo (12/30)
I'm so sorry for your loss. My turn was 9/23/2019. Your lack of concentration, anxiety, and feeling unmoored are typical, NORMAL symptoms of grief . . . horrible but necessary as you navigate this unexpected and unwanted journey. I hope you find resources to help you feel less alone.
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