Friday, May 1, 2015

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)*
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)
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)

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