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 I spent a large portion of last month skimming cookbooks (and a few other books) without really reading them properly. There were only two that I really read enough to count. I did manage to finish two of the history books I've been in the middle of, though. I guess that counts for something... Right?

So, without further ado, I give you my very short September list:

September 2021

Fiction:

The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith

The Martian by Andy Weir (again. Seriously, any book that starts out with those first three sentences is a winner in my book ...

 Hello again from the school pickup line! (Seriously, these people need hobbies...) I'm gonna be here for a while. I've put a loaf of dough to rise for the girls' sandwiches for the rest of the week. It should be ready to mess with when I finally get home.  Thankfully, it won't need too much work. (That's why I adore this recipe.) Work has about finished me off. If only I knew what I was feeding them for supper...

Anyway...

As promised, I've got my very short little list for August with me. I have ...

 Continuing my efforts to get caught up, we're doing another double feature today.

June 2021

Fiction:

The Oathbound

Oathbreakers

Oathblood

Beyond  (new Valdemar book!!!)

The Wizard of London

Home From the Sea  all by Mercedes Lackey   I was in a rereading sort of mood this month, I guess

Blood Banked

Blood Shot   both by Tanya Huff  

Graphic Novel/Comic:

Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy        another Avatar: the Last Airbender comic

Nonfiction:

Animal Vegetable Junk by Mark Bittman

July 2021

Fiction:

A Study in Sable

A Scandal in Battersea

The Bartered Brides

The Spellbound Child  all by Mercedes Lackey, continuing ...

 Since life has gotten the better of me lately and I'm so very far behind, I'm going to knock out two lists today. Bear with me...

April 2021

Fiction:

Shuri            and

Shuri: The Vanished by Nic Stone    My daughter got the first one for Christmas. She loved it. I've been on the lookout for the sequel ever since. This was my first chance to grab it. I made her loan me hers before I let her read the new one. (I know, that's mean. But if I didn't hold new books hostage occasionally, she'd ...

March 2021

Like I said before, there's almost nothing to post for this month. 

This isn't going to take long at all. 

Fiction:

Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire (new InCryptid novel!! I adore Greg, just saying...)

Catalyst by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Yeah. So... That's March. 

The good news is that April looks a little better than this. And May, while heavy on the graphic novels, is almost looking normal. So, that's good. 

This is the nadir (so far) of my slump of the year. Really hoping it doesn't this bad again. It ...

 February 2021

Gosh, I'm behind. This has just been a tough year so far. My reading was down in February, too. I just couldn't seem to concentrate. Looks like I mostly only read with my girls. And all fiction, apparently. [Spoilers (or maybe just fair warning): March was worse. There's barely even anything to post.]

Here we go, short list:

Fiction:

The Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan

book 1  The Hidden Oracle

book 2  The Dark Prophecy

book 3  The Burning Maze

book 4  The Tyrant's Tomb

book 5  The Tower of Nero

Dying ...

January 2021

 December 2020

Finally we get to the end of a very rough year. Good riddance. Reading during the month went back up a bit, mostly at the end of the month. Weird, but normal is overrated anyway. Here we go:

Fiction:

Jolene- Mercedes Lackey      The latest in the Elemental Masters series

Judy Moody Gets Famous- Megan McDonald        (again, read with my younger kiddo)

Graphic Novels:

Barely Functional Adult- Meichi NG    (this was a new comic for me and I loved it)

Nonfiction:

Thomas Jefferson- Joyce Appleby

You Need a Budget- Jesse Mecham

Grocery- Michael Ruhlman

A Culinary History of  West ...

 November 2020

Another short month of reading. Not really sure why I got so little reading done. I just wasn't quite myself, I guess. Possibly it was just exhaustion. October was a hard month. Anyway, only a handful of books this month.

Fiction:

Stink and the Attack of the Slime Mold

Judy Moody is in a Mood-  both by Megan McDonald

I read these with my younger girl at her insistence. She didn't actually have to work too hard to convince me. Pretty sure this is the beginning of a new series obsession for her. Which is good ...

 October 2020

October was a crazy, crazy month. From no work at all to 80+ hour weeks. Needless to say, my reading suffered. I stuck to light fiction, fluffy and enjoyable. Mostly on my kindle during lunch and breaks at work.

Fiction:

Red, White & Royal Blue- Casey McQuiston

The Lightning Thief- Rick Riordan

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

Minor Mage- both by T. Kingfisher  (aka Ursula Vernon) 

This is one of my new favorite writers. My kids and I found her a few years ago (from a Goodreads rec from another of my very favorite writers, Lois McMaster ...

 September 2020

September flew by.  Actually, the whole end of the year did, for one reason or other. Thank goodness. I'll be trying to get all caught up over the next week or two. Maybe we can kiss 2020 goodbye for eternity...

September was an average reading month, I guess. Not too many, not too few books finished. (The too few book months are coming soon. The end of the year gets way too busy.) I had extra time to read this month, owing to not going back to work until the end of the month. So, here's ...

 I did a little better this month, reading-wise. In numbers, anyway. The majority of my month has been comfort reading- silly story books to pass the time pleasantly. Mostly so I can avoid the continuing unpleasantness of the real world. (Seriously, is this year ever going to improve? Or at least end? It feels as though 2020 has lasted at least a decade now...) On to the books!

August 2020

Fiction:

Wayward Son- Rainbow Rowell (This is the one the library yanked away. Got it back!)

Star Trek (movie novelization)- 

Star Trek: The Unsettling Stars-      both of these are in ...

 I thought it might be interesting to post some of the books I read every month. I won't post everything.

 Some of the things I won't post include: 

-anything I couldn't finish for whatever reason,

-any picture books and such I read (or re-read, for the millionth time) with my girl(s)- unless it's super, super adorable,                                                           

-anything I hated reading.

Everything else is fair game for the list. I'll generally try to sort things into categories, however broad. I'll at least tell you if it's fiction or nonfiction. Fair enough? Okay, let ...