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Road Narrative Update for March 2019: 04/03/19

Road Narrative Update for February 2019

I've revised last month's changes to how I report on the progress with the road narrative spectrum project. Rather than arrows pointing to the different books read and reviewed as well as essays written, I am providing a color coded key. I've also spelled out each title's placement, so if you're colorblind, you can still find where the stories still relative to each other as well as to the spectrum as a whole.

My reading was up for March. I read ten books, up from February's five. Half of them were released this year and are either already reviewed or will be soon.

Placement of the books read, reviewed, and essays written in March. Click to see a larger version
Placement of the books read, reviewed, and essays written in March. Click to see a larger version

  1. FFCC66: An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
  2. FF00CC: orphans in the maze of the city
  3. FF0099: an orphan in a city labyrinth: a close reading of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
  4. FF0066: Orphans going offroad in the city
  5. FF0033: An orphan's journey to the big city by way of the Blue Highway
  6. CCCC33: Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
  7. CC9900: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
  8. CC66CC: Sweet Legacy by Tera Lynn Childs
  9. CC3333: The Penderwicks at Last by Jeanne Birdsall (audio)
  10. 99FF66: Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor
  11. 666633: Summerlost by Ally Condie
  12. 66CCFF: Misfit City Vol. 1 by Kirsten Smith
  13. 33CCCC: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
  14. 33CC99: Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
  15. 33CC33: A Sprinkle of Spirits by Anna Meriano
  16. 339966: Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
  17. 3366FF: Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige
  18. 330066: Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks
  19. 00CC66: Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
  20. 006699: Lost in the Labyrinth by Patrice Kindl

April's reading might have fewer books as I am also reading for work. I am trying to come up with a bird and dinosaur art week for a day camp at the gallery where I work.

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