May List

April ended up being another difficult month. It really has been a busy, trying school year. It's felt like we haven't had more than two weeks at a streach that didn't present some sort of unusual challenge.  We've weathered the various storms well, more or less, but it's kept us hopping from one perch to the next and hasn't left much time for pleasure reading. 

At this point, I've just lost momentum so even when I do have time, I'm not using it. Maybe I'm just exhausted. Anyway, I'm behind by about 7 books which means if I were somehow able to catch up in May (not likely) I'd need to read something like 19 books in total. It's actually not impossible, I've done it before, but still not very likely. 

The list this month is short and full of things that should be quick reads. I'd have to read every singly one of them to get myself on track, but I think the big bulky lists weren't helping my current mood. We'll have to see how it goes.

May List;

1. Complete Short Stories by Isaac Asimov (class prep)
1. Volume 1
2. Flavia de Luce Series by Alan Bradley
1. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Finished 5/30/2023)
3. Trust by Hernan Diaz (TBR)
4. DV8: Neighborhood Threat by Warren Ellis et al. (Finished 5/31/2023)
5. Ghost Rider: The Road to Damnation by Garth Ennis et al. (Finished 5/30/2023)
6. Just a Pilgrim by Garth Ennis (Finished 5/7/2023)
7. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanore Estes (Finished 5/12/2023)
8. Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (Finished 5/11/2023)
9. The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (TBR) (Finished 5/4/23)
10. Discovery of Witches Series by Deborah Harkness
1. A Discovery of Witches
2. Shadow of Night
3. The Book of Life
11. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Finished 5/17/2023)
12. Themis Files Trilogy by Sylvain Neuvel
1. Only Human (Finished 5/10/2023)
13. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Finished 5/20/2023)
14. Our Dark Duet by V.E. Schwab (Finished 5/25/2023)
15. Gloom Cookie Graphic Novel Series by Serena Valentino
1. Gloom Cookie Volume 1 (Finished 5/5/2023)
2. Gloom Cookie Volume 2 (Finished 5/6/2023)
3. Broken Curses (Finished 5/6/2023)
4. The Carnival Wars (Finished 5/24/2023)
5. The Final Curtain (Finished 5/25/2023)
16. Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventure's Guide by Cecily Wong and Dylan Thuras (NF, finishing it up)

April List

April's list is pretty much just March's list with my new TBR.co books added and the candidates for the new World Lit class novel. I actually did a pretty good job with my spring break sub list, knocking out four books. In May, I'm going to do a reset and change things up. Four months seems like a good run for some of this stuff, and it's fun pulling random books :-)

April List

1. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Cirriculum Check) (Finished 4/2/23)
2. Complete Short Stories by Isaac Asimov (class prep)
1. Volume 1
2. Volume 2
3. Six of Crows Series by Leigh Bardugo
1. Six of Crows (Finished 4/4/23)
2. Crooked Kingdom (Finished 4/12/23)
4. Lidia's Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich (RP)
5. Flavia de Luce Series by Alan Bradley
1. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
2. Speaking from Among the Bones
3. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
4. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
5. Thrice the Brindled Cat Hath Mew'd
6. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
7. The Golden Tresses of the Dead
6. How to Bake Pi by Eugenia Cheng (RP)
7. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (borrowed from Dad) (Finished 4/5/23)
8. The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova (Christmas Gift)
9. The Expanse Series by James S.A. Corey
1. Abaddon's Gate
2. Cibola Burn
3. Nemesis Games
4. Babylon's Ashes
5. Persepolis Rising
6. Tiamat's Wrath
7. Leviathan Falls
10. Trust by Hernan Diaz (TBR)
11. Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick (RP)
12. Desert Flower by Earis Dirie (RP)
13. Serge Storms Series by Tim Dorsey (RP)
1. Florida Roadkill
2. Hammerhead Ranch Motel
3. Orange Crush
4. Triggerfish Twist
5. The Stingray Shuffle
6. Cadillac Beach
7. Torpedo Juice
8. The Big Bamboo
9. Hurricane Punch
10. Atomic Lobster
11. Nuclear Jellyfish
14. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (classic)
15. Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas (Cirriculum Check)(Finished 4/8/2023)
16. The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (TBR)
17. Symphony of Ages Series by Elizabeth Haydon (RP)
1. Rhapsody: Child of Blood
2. Prophecy: Child of Earth
3. Destiny: Child of the Sky
18. Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang (Finished 4/10/23)
19. Trader by Charles de Lint (RP)
20. Jason Bourne Series by Robert Ludlum (RP)
1. The Bourne Identity
2. The Bourne Supremacy
3. The Bourne Ultimatum
21. The Casket of Time by Andri Snaer Magnason (RP)
22. Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah (Cirriculum Check)
23. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (TBR)
24. The Color of Water by James McBride (RP)
25. Themis Files Trilogy by Sylvain Neuvel
1. Waking Gods (Finished 4/21/23)
2. Only Human
26. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin (RP)
27. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series by Louise Penny
1. The Cruelest Month
2. A Rule Against Murder
3. The Brutal Telling
4. Bury Your Dead
5. A Trick of the Light
6. The Beautiful Mystery
7. How the Light Gets In
8. The Long Way Home
28. The Bridgerton Prequels by Julia Quinn
1. Because of Miss Bridgerton
2. The Girl With the Make-Believe Husband
3. The Other Miss Bridgerton
4. First Come Scandal
29. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (borrowed from Stephanie)
30. Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (RP)
31. Cooking Light: Mad Delicious by Keith Schroeder (RP)
32. Our Dark Duet by V.E. Schwab
33. White Teeth by Zadie Smith (RP)
34. Battle Royale: The Novel by Koushun Takami Translated by Yuji Oniki
35. A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (Reread for Sci Fi)
36. A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg (RP)
37. Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventure's Guide by Cecily Wong and Dylan Thuras (NF, finishing it up)

 

Spring Break List

 I've decided this spring break to have a dedicated sublist of 10 books. My World Lit teacher is looking to adopt a new novel for next year, so I need to read her short list of four titles. I'm actually pretty excited about it. The rest of the little list is all stuff I'm excited to read either because it's TBR.co or series that I've been itching to read. I'd also like to use this week and this little list to get back to blogging. I haven't decided whether I'm going to try and blog the backlog of books yet, there are some really goods in there, but I'm going to start with more recent things. Getting sick and then being in a car accident really knocked me off my game.

I will post a list fo rthe rest of the month at the end of break :-)

Spring Break List

1. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Cirriculum Check) (Finished 4/2/23)
2. Six of Crows Series by Leigh Bardugo
1. Six of Crows (Finished 4/4/23)
2. Crooked Kingdom
3. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (borrowed from Dad) (Finished 4/5/23)
4. Trust by Hernan Diaz (TBR)
5. Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas (Cirriculum Check)(Finished 4/8/2023)
6. The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (TBR)
7. Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang (Cirriculum Check)
8. Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah (Cirriculum Check)
9. A Memor Called Empire by Arkady Martine (TBR)
10. Themis Files Trilogy by Sylvain Neuvel
1. Waking Gods
2. Only Human