Saturday, June 21, 2025


FINISHED
:
Algarmi, Wahab. (2025). Almost Sunset. New York: HarperAlley/HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Brosgol, Vera. (2025). Return to Sender. New York: Roaring Brook/Macmillan.

[.]

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Friday, June 20, 2025


FINISHED
:
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. (2025). El Niño. New York: Scholastic.

[.]

STARTED:
Algarmi, Wahab. (2025). Almost Sunset. New York: HarperAlley/HarperCollins.

[.]

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Monday, June 16, 2025


HALF-FINISHED
:
Swann, Leonie. (2005). Three Bags Full: a Sheep Detective Story. New York: Doubleday/Flying Dolphin/Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. (2025). El Niño. New York: Scholastic.

[.]

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Thursday, June 5, 2025


FINISHED
:
Lin, Grace. (2025). The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon. New York: Little, Brown/Hachette.

[.]

STARTED:
Swann, Leonie. (2005). Three Bags Full: a Sheep Detective Story. New York: Doubleday/Flying Dolphin/Random House.

[.]

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025


FINISHED
:
Wolk, Lauren. (2025). Candle Island. New York: Dutton/Penguin Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Lin, Grace. (2025). The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon. New York: Little, Brown/Hachette.

[.]

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025


FINISHED
:
Marianayagam, Maria. (2025). No Purchase Necessary. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Wolk, Lauren. (2025). Candle Island. New York: Dutton/Penguin Random House.

[.]

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Monday, May 19, 2025


FINISHED
:
Hiraide, Takashi. (2001). The Guest Cat. New York: New Directions.

[.]

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

STARTED:
Hiraide, Takashi. (2001). The Guest Cat. New York: New Directions.

[.]

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025


FINISHED
:
Selznick, Brian. (2025). Run Away With Me. New York: Scholastic.

[.]

STARTED:
Marianayagam, Maria. (2025). No Purchase Necessary. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

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Thursday, May 8, 2025

ABANDONED:
Pynchon, Thomas. (1990). Vineland. New York: Penguin.

[Hopefully the film makes more sense.  (Just felt like I was dropped in the middle of something interesting and couldn't get a grasp on anything solid.  Doesn't help that I've got a bunch of stuff to read and not a whole lot of time.  This one probably would've worked if I was able to savor every word.)]

STARTED:
Selznick, Brian. (2025). Run Away With Me. New York: Scholastic.

[.]

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Sunday, May 4, 2025


FINISHED
:
Currie, Lindsay. (2025). It's Watching. New York: Delacorte/Penguin Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Pynchon, Thomas. (1990). Vineland. New York: Penguin.

[Supposedly the inspiration for the new P.T. Anderson film.]

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025


FINISHED
:
Ahn, Angela. (2025). Julia On the Go!  The Big Splash. New York: Tundra/Penguin Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Currie, Lindsay. (2025). It's Watching. New York: Delacorte/Penguin Random House.

[.]

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Monday, April 28, 2025


FINISHED
:
Cuevas, Adrianna. (2025). What Fell From the Sky. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux/Macmillan.

[.]

STARTED:
Ahn, Angela. (2025). Julia On the Go!  The Big Splash. New York: Tundra/Penguin Random House.

[.]

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Wednesday, April 23, 2025


FINISHED
:
Lai, Remy. (2025). Chickenpox. New York: Henry Holt and Company/Macmillan.

[.]

STARTED:
Cuevas, Adrianna. (2025). What Fell From the Sky. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux/Macmillan.

[.]

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025


FINISHED
:
Kyi, Tanya Lloyd. (2025). The City of Lost Cats. New York: Tundra/Penguin Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Lai, Remy. (2025). Chickenpox. New York: Henry Holt and Company/Macmillan.

[.]

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Sunday, April 20, 2025


STARTED & FINISHED
:
Telgemeier, Raina, and Scott McCloud. (2025). The Cartoonists Club. New York: Graphix/Scholastic.

[.]

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Tuesday, April 15, 2025


FINISHED
:
Pooley, Clare. (2022). Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting. New York: Viking/Penguin Random House.

[.]

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

STARTED:
Pooley, Clare. (2022). Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting. New York: Viking/Penguin Random House.

[.]

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025


FINISHED
:
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. (2025). Will's Race for Home. New York: Little,Brown/Hachette.

[.]

STARTED:
Kyi, Tanya Lloyd. (2025). The City of Lost Cats. New York: Tundra/Penguin Random House.

[.]

1000TH POST!

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Friday, April 4, 2025



STARTED & FINISHED
:
Fang, Vicky. (2025).  One of a Kind [Ava Lin #2]. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.

Heuer, Lourdes. (2025).  The Monster Storm [Seashell Key #2]. New York: Amulet/Abrams.

[.]

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Thursday, April 3, 2025


FINISHED
:
Watson, Renée. (2025). All the Blues in the Sky. New York: Bloomsbury.

[.]

STARTED:
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. (2025). Will's Race for Home. New York: Little,Brown/Hachette.

[.]

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025


FINISHED
:
Hartman, Aubrey. (2025). The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest. New York: Little, Brown/Hachette.

[.]

STARTED:
Watson, Renée. (2025). All the Blues in the Sky. New York: Bloomsbury.

[.]

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025


FINISHED
:
Barnhill, Kelly. (2022). When Women Were Dragons. New York: Doubleday/Penguin Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Hartman, Aubrey. (2025). The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest. New York: Little, Brown/Hachette.

[.]

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Friday, March 14, 2025


STARTED
:
McDonald, Megan. (2025). Eliza and the Flower Fairies [Fairy Door Diaries #1]. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.

[.]

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Sunday, March 9, 2025


FINISHED
:
Wood, Maryrose. (2025). Bad Badger: A Love Story. New York: Union Square Kids/Sterling.

[.]

STARTED:
Barnhill, Kelly. (2022). When Women Were Dragons. New York: Doubleday/Penguin Random House.

[.]

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Thursday, March 6, 2025


FINISHED
:
Gidwitz, Adam. (2025). Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II. New York: Dutton/Penguin Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Wood, Maryrose. (2025). Bad Badger: A Love Story. New York: Union Square Kids/Sterling.

[.]

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Friday, February 28, 2025


FINISHED
:
Kelly, Erin Entrada. (2024). The First State of Being. New York: Greenwillow/HarperCollins.

[(image now with NEWBERY AWARD!)]

STARTED:
Gidwitz, Adam. (2025). Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II. New York: Dutton/Penguin Random House.

[.]

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Monday, February 24, 2025


FINISHED
:
Tyler, Anne. (2025). Three Days in June. New York: Knopf/Penguin Random House.

[New Anne Tyler!  New Anne Tyler!]

STARTED:
Kelly, Erin Entrada. (2024). The First State of Being. New York: Greenwillow/HarperCollins.

[Re-reading, now that it won the 2025 NEWBERY AWARD.]

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Tuesday, February 18, 2025


FINISHED
:
Kott, Greg. (2014). I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staples Singers, and the Music That Shaped the Civil Rights Era. New York: Scribner/Simon & Schuster.

[.]

STARTED:
Tyler, Anne. (2025). Three Days in June. New York: Knopf/Penguin Random House.

[New Anne Tyler!  New Anne Tyler!]

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025


FINISHED
:
Cline-Ransome, Lesa. (2024). One Big Open Sky. New York: Holiday House.

[.]

STARTED:
Kott, Greg. (2014). I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staples Singers, and the Music That Shaped the Civil Rights Era. New York: Scribner/Simon & Schuster.

[.]

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Friday, January 31, 2025


FINISHED
:
Lowry, Lois. (2024). Tree. Table. Book. New York: Clarion/HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Cline-Ransome, Lesa. (2024). One Big Open Sky. New York: Holiday House.

[2025 Newbery Honor winner.]

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025


FINISHED
:
Teer, Samuel. (2024). Brownstone. New York: Versify/HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Lowry, Lois. (2024). Tree. Table. Book. New York: Clarion/HarperCollins.

[.]

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Monday, January 27, 2025


FINISHED
:
Tyler, Anne. (1977). Earthly Possessions. New York: Vintage/Penguin Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Teer, Samuel. (2024). Brownstone. New York: Versify/HarperCollins.

[Thought that I would read this year's Printz winner.]

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025


FINISHED
:
Emezi, Akwaeke. (2019). Pet. New York: Make Me a World/Penguin Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Tyler, Anne. (1977). Earthly Possessions. New York: Vintage/Penguin Random House.

[.]

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025


FINISHED
:
Standish, Ali. (2024). The Sign of the Five [The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall #2]. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Emezi, Akwaeke. (2019). Pet. New York: Make Me a World/Penguin Random House.

[.]

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Tuesday, January 7, 2025


FINISHED
:
Everett, Percival. (2024). James. New York: Doubleday/Penguin Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Standish, Ali. (2024). The Sign of the Five [The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall #2]. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025


FINISHED
:
Jacques, Brian. (2008). Doomwyte. New York: Philomel/Penguin.

[#20! Two more and I've read the whole Redwall series!]

STARTED:
Everett, Percival. (2024). James. New York: Doubleday/Penguin Random House.

[.]

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