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Halfway through March in June: 06/12/19

Reading report

Everything purchased that was released between January 1 and February 28th has been read and reviewed. But it's mid June and I should be at least working through May's purchases.

From February-May I've read and reviewed in the last month:

  1. Fenway and Hattie in the Wild by Victoria J. Coe
  2. Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali
  3. Galloglass by Scarlett Thomas
  4. The Little Guys by Vera Brosgol
  5. Where the Heart Is by Jo Knowles
  6. The Fever King by Victoria Lee
  7. You Owe Me a Murder by Eileen Cook
  8. Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
  9. Murder Lo Mein by Vivien Chien
  10. Chicken Girl by Heather Smith
  11. The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena

From March-June I've read but need to review:

  1. The Clockwork Ghost by Laura Ruby
  2. Just South of Home by Karen Strong
  3. Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates
  4. Woman 99 by Greer Macallister
  5. Trouble on the Books by Essie Lang
  6. One Lie Too Many by Eileen Cook
  7. The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton
  8. A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro

From March-May I'm currently reading:

  1. The Doughnut King by Jessie Janowitz
  2. Read on Arrival by by Nora Page
  3. Mera: Tidebreaker by Danielle Paige and Stephen Bryne

From March-June, I still have to read:

  1. One Night in Georgia by Celeste O. Norfleet
  2. I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest
  3. Midnight Radio by Iolanda Zanfardino
  4. Montauk by Nicola Harrison
  5. The Book Supremacy by Kate Carlisle
  6. In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow
  7. This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura
  8. A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird
  9. If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann
  10. No Place Like Here by Christina June
  11. The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay
  12. Don't Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno
  13. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
  14. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part Two by Faith Erin Hicks, et al
  15. Birds by the Shore by Jennifer Ackerman
  16. Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
  17. The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
  18. Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
  19. Belly Up by Eva Darrows and Hillary Monahan
  20. Share Your Smile by Raina Telgemeier
  21. Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
  22. Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
  23. The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala
  24. Runaways, Vol. 3: That Was Yesterday by Rainbow Rowell, et al
  25. Gideon Falls, Vol. 2: Original Sins by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino
  26. The Ash Family by Molly Dektar
  27. Earth to Charlie by Justin Olson
  28. Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner
  29. The Tale Teller by Anne Hillerman
  30. Love & Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford
  31. In the Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen
  32. Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
  33. A Place for Wolves by Kosoko Jackson
  34. Trace by Pat Cummings
  35. Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn
  36. Over the Moon by Natalie Lloyd
  37. The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick
  38. Dragonfell by Sarah Prineas
  39. The Portal by Kathryn Lasky
  40. Internment by Samira Ahmed
  41. When the Sky Fell on Splendor by Emily Henry
  42. A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée

I have only a dozen library books out and I'm not requesting any more right now. My goal for summer reading is to get through this backlog, as well as the few remaining from last year's purchase.

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