October List

Ok. I got a little excited this month. I finished my yearly goal three months early so I'm removing most of the restrictions I placed on myself for the year. Therefore, I flooded the list and just couldn't decide how to cut it down...so I didn't. 36 books are on here: 8 gifts, 3 professional development books, 11 Ryan Picks, 3 TBR, and the rest are all new purchases or library books. There's no way I reading 36 books of course but it's still super exciting.

I love working towards my challenges, even when I don't make it, but the restrictions do chafe a bit. The freedom feels refreshing.

The List:

1. The Beekeeper's Bible by Anonymous (Birthday Gift)
2. Machine Man by Max Barry (Ryan's Pick)
3. Animal, Vegetable, Junk by Mark Bittman (Valentines Gift from Ryan)
4. The Tropic of the Serpents by Marie Brennen
5. From Standards to Rubrics in 6 steps by Kay Burke (Professional Development)
6. Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card (Finished 10/3/2021)
7. Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (Christmas Gift)
8. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (Birthday Gift)
9. Finding Freedom by Erin French (Birthday Gift)
10. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (Ryan's Pick)
11. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu (Ryan's Pick)
12. Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman (Finished 10/16/2021)
13. Dune by Frank Herbert (Ryan's Pick)
14. Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen (Ryan's Pick)
15. The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
16. Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (TBR)
17. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
18. Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis (Ryan's Pick)
19. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu (Birthday Gift)
20. Invisible Planets translated by Ken Liu (Birthday Gift)
21. Swan Song by Robert McCammon (Ryan's Pick)
22. The Girl in the Green Silk Gown by Seanan McGuire
23. Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (TBR)
24. Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
25. Japanese Soul Cooking by Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat (Birthday Gift)
26. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (TBR)
27. Transformative Assessment by W. James Popham (Professional Development)
28. The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn  (Finished 10/25/21)
29. Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
30. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Ryan's Pick)
31. This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers 
32. The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson (Finished 10/9/2021)
33. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear (Finished 10/30/2021)
34. Reader, Come Home by Maryanne Wolf (Professional Development)
35. The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard (Ryan's Pick)
36. Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam (Finished 10/3/2021)