Monday, July 1, 2024

July List

Ok, my list is out of control. It really is, but in my meager defense it is the summer. With the crush of grad school and my son's swim team, I've been having a hard time getting through books. I'm looking to right the ship here and I'll build a brand new list for August. 

Part of the reason my reading was so slow in June and May is that I'm gravitating a little more to nonfiction. Nonfiction just takes longer for me to read and of course I'm reading a lot of nonfiction for my classes. Most of this list is that same as the last list except that I added in my new TBR books, some nonfiction professional reading, and Thomas's new bedtime book. I'm hoping to get myself back on track with bot the reading and the blogging but we'll have to see how it goes. 

TBR List:

  1. Even As We Breathe: A Novel by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (previous TBR)
  2. Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett (previous TBR)
  3. Every Drop is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto (previous TBR)
  4. That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming (Finished 7/7/2024)
  5. Cover Story by Susan Rigetti (previous TBR)
  6. Swan Light by Phoebe Rowe (previous TBR)
  7. The Sol Majestic: A Novel by Ferrett Steinmetz (Finished 7/15/2024)
  8. Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling (Finished 7/26/2024)
  9. Check, Please! Book 1 #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu (Finished 7/9/2024)
Everything Else:
  1. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews (YA)
  2. Hungry as Hell by Bad Manners (Cookbook)
  3. A Bone to Pick by Mark Bittman (nonfiction)
  4. The Best American Food Writing 2023 edited by Mark Bittman (nonfiction)
  5. Quiet by Susan Cain (gift from secret pal)
  6. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (nonfiction novel)
  7. The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie (mystery)
  8. The Dead Boy Detectives Omnibus (Finished 7/1/2024)
  9. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (YA)
  10. The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass (YA)
  11. The French Girl by Lexie Elliott (Borrowed from Dad)
  12. Comprehensive Literacy For All by Karen A Erickson and David A. Koppenhaver (Professional Reading)
  13. Haikyu! by Haruichi Furudate (Manga)
    1. vol 5 (Finished 7/1/2024)
    2. vol 6 (Finished 7/1/2024)
    3. vol 7 (Finished 7/2/2024)
    4. vol 8 (Finished 7/2/2024)
    5. vol 9 (Finished 7/4/2024)
    6. vol 10 (Finished 7/4/2024)
    7. vol 11 (Finished 7/4/2024)
    8. vol 12
  14. Choice Theory by William Glasser (Professional Reading)
  15. SuperVision and Instructional Leadership by Carl Glickman et al (Grad School Textbook)
  16. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (class novel)
  17. The Greek Myths by Robert Graves (mythology)
  18. YouSpace Series by Tom Holt (Fantasy)
    1. Doughnut (Finished 3/5/2024)
    2. When It's A Jar (Finished 7/6/2024)
    3. The Outsorcerer's Apprentice (Finished 1/15/2024)
    4. The Good, the Bad and the Smug
  19. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Science Fiction)
  20. Fairy Tale by Stephen King (Fantasy)
  21. Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (YA)
  22. Spider Gwen, Ghost Spider (Marvel Universe - Graphic Novel)
  23. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Fantasy - Reread)
  24. The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler (Science Fiction)
  25. Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario (Finished 7/10/2024)
  26. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan (Finished 7/20/2024)
  27. I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi (YA)
  28. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (Fantasy)
  29. Troublemakers by Carla Shalaby (Prof)
  30. Fermented Vegetables by KirstenK and Christopher Shockey (cookbook)
  31. Better Than Carrots or Sticks by Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey (Professional Reading)
  32. Human Resources Administration: A School -Based Perspective by Richard E. Smith (Grad School Textbook)
  33. Introduction to Rubrics by Dannelle D. Stevens and Antonia J. Levi (Professional Reading)
  34. Battle Royal by Koushun Takami (Science Fiction/Horror)
  35. Reimagining Writing Assessment by Maja Wilson (Professional Reading)
  36. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu (Science Fiction)

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

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