Taking Stock - May

Total Posts: 18
Total Books Read this Month: 31
Total Books Read this Year: 176

Challenges: 
Audio Books: 7/ 31 ytd
Debut Author: 8/12 ytd
Mount TBR Challenge: 3/ 12ytd
Picture Books: 2/33 ytd

The Good: Got eight debuts read!

The Bad: Read only 31 books this month. My reading hampered a bit by eighth grade trip to Washington, DC, where little reading was done. You know, wrangling 130 eighth graders in the 90+ degree heat for 15 hours each day doesn't leave a lot of time to read. It was a great trip though.


The list:

146. Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko (5/2)*
147. Goblins! An UnderEarth Adventure by Royce Buckingham (5/2)   
148. Red Hat by Lita Judge (5/3)
149. Hoop Genius: how a desperate teacher and a rowdy gym class invented basketball by John Coy (5/3)
150. Pieces by Chris Lynch (5/4)  
151. My Name is Not Easy by Debbie Dahl Edwardson (5/4)
152. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (5/5)
153. Awesome Blossom by Lauren Myracle (5/6)
154. The Bronte Sisters: the brief lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef (5/6)
155. I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President by Josh Lieb (5/8)
156. Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun by Liz Kessler (5/11)
157. Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation by Tommy Greenwald (5/12)
158. 33 Minutes by Josh Hasak-Lowy (5/13)
159. Hero by Mike Lupica (5/14)
160. This Journal Belongs to Ratchet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh (5/15)*
161. Uh-oh, Dodo! by Jennifer Sattler (5/15)
162. Bats: Biggest, Littlest by Sandra Markle (5/15)
163. The Mystery of Darwin's Frog by Marty Crump (5/15)
164. Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle (5/17)*
165. The Bully Book by Eric Kahn Gale (5/19)
166. Poseiden: Earthshaker (Olympians #5) by George O'Connor (5/20)
167. The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (5/21)
168. Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos (5/22)
169. Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit (audio reread) (5/24)
170. Hero on a Bicycle by Rosemary Wells (5/25)
171. Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi (5/25)
172. The Year of the Baby by Andrea Cheng (5/26)
173. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler (5/26)
174. Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo by Nancy Bo Flood (5/26)
175. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina (5/28)*
176. Dear Life, You Suck by Scott Blagden (5/28)*