YA
- A Darkling Plain by Phillip Reeve
- Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Squad: Killer Spirit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Peeled by Joan Bauer
- My Cup Runneth Over: The Life of Angelica Cookson Potts by Cherry Whytock
- Need by Carrie Jones
- Shifty by Lynn E. Hazen
- Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
- Something Rotten by Alan Gratz
- Sunday You Learn How to Box by Bil Wright
- First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover by Mitali Perkins
Middle Grade
- Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Alex and the Ironic Gentleman by Adrienne Kress
Graphic Novels
- Little Vampire by Joann Sfar
Non-fiction
Adult Fiction
- Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
Adult Non-fiction
- Lost Japan by Alex Kerr
Didn’t Finish
- I Am Apache by Tanya Landman
Currently Reading
- Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
- Swim the Fly by Don Calame
- Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan by Alan Booth
My Reading Goals
I’m hoping that putting my monthly reading goals up in a public place will help me stick with them. And it doesn’t hurt that I met them all this month – makes it much less embarrassing to put them in the same post as my reading log, anyway. As you can see by my list above, I tend to read a ton of YA fiction. To diversify what I’m reading, my goal is to read at least one book each month that meets each of the following categories. It’s fine if the same book counts for two categories. Let me know if you think there’s something I should add!
- Middle Grade
- Graphic Novel
- Non-fiction
- Adult fiction or non-fiction
- Fiction featuring a main character of color
- Fiction or non-fiction about Japan (This goal is just until my trip in August)