Cybils Update (November 27): 11/27/18

Thanksgiving week kept me busy and I didn't get as many books read as I would have liked. My group has decided to meet online to make our shortlist. I'm debating if I should post two more updates before we meet. Regardless, the shortlists will be announced on January 1st.

The Numbers:

• Nominations: 132
• Read: 60
• Currently reading: 4
• On hand: 32
• Samples on iPhone: 39

What I read last week:

• Out of left field by Ellen Klages; library book
• Snow Lane by Josie Angelini; ebook
• Bringing me back by Beth Vrabel; library book
• Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world by Ashley Herring Blake; library book
• Merci Surez changes gears by Meg Medina; library book
• Skylark and Wallcreeper by Anne O'Brien Carelli; publisher copy
• The truth as told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor; library book
• The Law of Finders Keepers by Sheila Turnage; personal collection
• Secret sisters of the salty sea by Lynne Rae Perkins; library book
• Lions & liars by Kate Beasley and Dan Santat (illustrations); library book

Currently reading:

• The Bigfoot Files by Linday Eager; personal collection
• The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave; personal collection
• Everlasting Nora by Marie Miranda Cruz; personal collection
• P.S. I miss you by Jen Petro-Roy; library book

What's on hand:

1. Betty before X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Rene Watson; library book
2. One true way by Shannon Hitchcock; library book
3. The science of breakable things by Tae Keller; library book
4. The season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon; library book
5. Property of the Rebel Librarian by Allison Varnes; publisher copy
6. Im Your Shoes by Donna Gephart; publisher copy
7. Breakout by Kate Messner; library book
8. Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein by Jennifer Roy and Ali Fadhil; library book
9. Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen; library book / publisher copy
10. Grenade by Alan Gratz; library book / publisher copy
11. Me, Frida, and the secret of the peacock ring by Angela Cervantes; library book
12. My year in the middle by Lila Quintero Weaver; library book
13. Samantha Spinner and the super-secret plans Russell Ginns and Barbara Fisinger; library book
14. Squirm by Carl Hiaasen; library book
15. My Deal with the Universe by Deborah Kerbel; publisher copy
16. Once Upon a Princess by Christine Marciniak; publisher copy
17. Return to Mystery Mesa by George Goldthwaite; publisher copy
18. The Lake of Fire by Donald Willerton; publisher copy
19. The Bookshop Girl by Sylvia Bishop and Poly Bernatene; publisher copy
20. Daphne Definitely Doesn't Do Drama by Tami Charles; publisher copy
21. Copyboy by Vince Vawter; publisher copy
22. The Dollar Kids by Jennifer Richard Jacobson; publisher copy
23. Smart Cookie by Elly Swartz; publisher copy
24. From You to Me by K. A. Holt; publisher copy
25. Cruise Bully by Lawrence W. Baxter; publisher copy
26. Revenge of the Teacher's Pets by Jennifer Ziegler; library book
27. Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book Is a Classic by Susan Tan and Dana Wulfekotte; library book
28. Skyward: The Story of Female Pilots in WWII by Sally Deng; publisher copy
29. The Girl with More Than One Heart by Laura Geringer Bass; publisher copy
30. Swallow's Dance by Wendy Orr; publisher copy
31. My Life as a Diamond by Jenny Manzer; publisher copy

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