Taking Stock - Second Quarter of 2020

Well, here we are! Halfway through 2020, easily one of the worst years ever. I was 16 books behind in my GR goal at the end of March. I am now 26 books behind two weeks into summer vacation. I am still having trouble concentrating for long periods of time. 

Here's my list. Faves have an *.
April (22)
76. Her Own Two Feet: a Rwandan Girl's brave fight to walk by Meredith Davis and Rebecca Uwitonze (4/2)
77. love, love by Victoria Chang (4/3)
78. Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman (4/4)*
79. A Home for Goddesses and Dogs by Leslie Conor (4/4)*
80. One of Us is Next by Karen McManus (4/7)
81. We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices edited by Wade Hudson (4/8)
82. Lifting as We Climb: Black women's battle for the ballot box by Evette Dionne (4/9)*
83. Chirp by Kate Messner (4/9)
84. Astronuts Mission Two: the water planet by Jon Scieszka (4/10)
85. Dugout: the zombie steals home by Scott Morse (4/10)
86. Bendy and the Ink Machine Joey Drew Studios Employee Handbook (4/11)
87. Lila and Hadley by Kody Keplinger (4/12)*
88. Tracking Pythons: The Quest to Catch an Invasive Predator and Save an Ecosystem (ebook) by Kate Messner (4/13)*
89. The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman (4/13)*
90. Monstrous by Carlyn Beccia (4/15)
91. Birdie and Me by J.M.M.Nuanez (4/16)
92. Brave Like That by Lindsey Stoddard (4/17)
93. The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black (4/19)*
94. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling (4/21)
95. Every Missing Piece by Melanie Conklin (4/23)*
96. Redwood and Ponytail by K.A. Holt (4/25)
97. Sparrow by Mary Cecilia Jackson (4/26)

May (28)
98. Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams (5/2)*
99. Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (5/2)*
100. This is a Book to Read with a Worm by Jodi Wheeler-Toppen (5/3)*
101. Balletball by Erin Dionne (5/3)
102. Dream Big, Little Scientists: a bedtime book by Michell Schaub (5/3)*
103. Here We Go Digging for Dinosaur Bones by Susan Lendroth (5/4)
104. You're Invited to a Moth Ball: a nighttime insect celebration by Loree Griffin Burns (5/4)*
105. Rise Up! The Art of Protest by Jo Rippon (5/4)
106. One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul (5/5)*
107. Strong as Sandow: how Eugen Sandow became the strongest man in the world by Don Tate (5/5)*
108. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: a Cuban folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy (5/5)*
109. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshoni Choksi (5/7)
110. When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (Audio reread) (5/8)*
111. Abayomi: the Brazilian puma by Darcy Pattison (5/10)
112. The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead (5/10)*
113. Star Finder! A step-by-step guide to the night sky (5/11)
114. Red Hood by Elena K. Arnold (5/13)
115. Plastic Sea: a bird's-eye view by Kirsti Blom and Geir Wing Gabrielsen (5/15)
116. The Candy Mafia by Lavie Tidhar (5/17)(SLJ)
117. The Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay (5/17)
118. Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang (5/18)*
119. Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Said (5/21)
120. Queen of Physics: how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom by Teresa Robeson (5/22)*
121. The Girl in the Locked Room by Mary Downing Hahn (5/23)
122.  Rick by Alex Gino (5/24)
123. My Eyes are Up Here by Laura Zimmerman (5/25)*
124. She Did It!: 21 Women Who Changed the Way We Think by Emily Arnold McCully (5/26)
125. What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado (5/26)*

June
126. Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare (6/1)
127. Kids Fight Plastic by Martin Dorey (6/4)
128. This is What I Know about Art by Kimberly Drew (6/6)*
129. The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan (6/7)
130. Here in the Real World by Sara Pennypacker (6/7)
131. Imaginary Borders by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (6/9)*
132. Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi (6/9)

133. You Matter by Christian Robinson (6/10)
134. The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli (6/12)*

135. Things Seen from Above by Shelley Pearsall (6/12)

136. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (6/14)

137. The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity by Amy Alznauer (6/15)
138. We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly (6/16)*
139. Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford (6/17)*
140. Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine (6/18)
141. Let's Talk about Race by Julius Lester (6/18)*

Summer Reading
142. Stealing Mt. Rushmore by Daphne Kalmar (6/21)*(1)
143. Infinity Son by Adam Silvera (6/21)(2)
144. The Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzie Lee (6/22)(3)
145. This was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews (6/23)(4)
146. Believe by Julie Mathison (6/23)(SLJ)(5)
147. Wombat Goes to School by Jackie French (6/23)*(6)
148. Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor changed basketball by Jen Bryant (6/24)*(7)
149. Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson (6/25)*(8)
150. I am Someone Else: poems about pretending collected by Lee Bennett Hopkins (6/25)(9)
151. The Superlative A. Lincoln: poems about our 16th president by Eileen R. Meyer (6/25)(10)
152. The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg (6/26)(11)
153. The Magic Eraser by Aaron Starmer (6/26)(12)
154. Bad Best Friend by Rachel Vail (6/27)* (13)
155. Loveboat, Taipei by Abigal Hing Wen (6/30) (14)