Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Retrospective and March List

February was a frustratingly busy month and it sucked down most of my time for reading. Also rando continues to focus on non-YA. I only managed to read four books in total. As a result I'm going to try to force the issue somewhat.  I like the randomizer for selection but in any random system there will be streaks like this. While, it has given me some YA, mostly it's selecting the biggest tomes on my lists to give me. So, I've only replaced two with non-YA books and added an extra five books of YA to make the ratio somewhat more than half YA on the list.

I'm almost to the end of The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag and I need to finish my reread of The Chocolate War for school. I also need to bump The Quiet Boy up the list since my next TBR set is due at the end of the month. Hopefully, March will calm down some and I'll get some reading in.   I need to make up some numbers.

  1. Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed* (YA)
  2. Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson (Finished 3/6/2022)
  3. Kids of Appetite by David Arnold* (YA)
  4. Machine Man by Max Barry* (Ryan Pick)
  5. The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley (Finished 3/2/2022)
  6. Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley (Series book 3)
  7. The Homesteader's Kitchen by Robin Burnside* (Finished 3/27/2022)
  8. The Pants Project by Cat Clarke* (YA)
  9. Abaddon's Gate by James S. Corey* (Series Book 3)
  10. Alex & Eliza by Melissa De La Cruz* (YA)
  11. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Corey Doctorow* (YA)
  12. The Wild Things by Dave Eggers* 
  13. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke* (YA)
  14. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han* (YA)
  15. Quest for a Maid by Frances M Hendry* (Finished 3/17/2022)
  16. The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman (Borrowed from Dad)
  17. The Returning by Christine Hinwood* (YA)
  18. Kim by Rudyard Kipling* (Classic)
  19. Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress*
  20. The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour* (YA)
  21. Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays edited by Eric Land and Nina Shengold (Finished 3/26/2022)
  22. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (YA)
  23. Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull* (YA)
  24. An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn* (Finished 3/26/2022)
  25. Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay* (YA)
  26. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez* (YA)
  27. City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab* (YA)
  28. What Goes Around by Courtney Summers* (YA)
  29. All the Rage by Courtney Summers* (YA)
  30. On the Come Up by Angie Thomas* (YA)
  31. The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas* (YA)
  32. Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci* (Nonfiction, gift)
  33. Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall  by Williamson* (Finished 3/8/2022)
  34. The Dead Girl in 2A by Carter Wilson* (Finished 3/12/2022)
  35. The Quiet Boy by Ben H. Winters (Finished 3/11/2022)
Extra for school or because people are waiting (or both): 

  1. Kill All Happies by Rachel Cohn (YA)
  2. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (Finished 3/11/2022)
  3. The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (YA)
  4. A Long Walk for Water by Linda Sue Park (Finished 3/18/2022)
  5. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (YA)
  6. Maximillian Fly by Angie Sage (YA)
  7. Fruits Basket vol 7 by Natsuki Takaya* (Finished 3/16/2022)
  8. Fruits Basket vol 8 by Natsuki Takaya* (Finished 3/22/2022)
  9. Fruits Basket vol 9 by Natsuki Takaya* (Finished 3/28/2022)
  10. Fruits Basket vol 10 by Natsuki Takaya* (Finished 3/29/2022)
  11. Fruits Basket vol 11 by Natsuki Takaya*


Morning Star by Pierce Brown

  (The current list)   Finished April 17, so it's been a minute and the details are fuzzy at this point.  As a reminder, Darrow was born...