Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Library Challenge! Well, Library Homage

I Love Libraries Reading Challenge, library, books, Bea's Book Nook
While wondering about the blogosphere browsing all the entries for It's Monday! What Are You Reading I saw the Bea's Book Nook is hosting a challenge for reading library books. I am lucky enough to live inside the library area of KCLS, which is one of the best library systems in the United States.  And if they don't have what I want, I just go to my Seattle Public Library, which is also a top ten system.

I believe there were only two Cybils finalists those libraries didn't have last year, one of which I picked up from the Sandy library in Utah during my summer vacation, and one of which I had to buy. These are seriously good libraries, people. They have hard backs, paperbacks, extra paperbacks for when a book is new, audio books, audio books in many formats, they were among the first libraries to offer ebooks (I got my first NOOK because Barnes & Noble supported libraries long before Amazon did, although they've had Kindle books for years now).

They have e-audio books, and movies, and conference rooms available for free reservations, and programs for kids and programs for adults. They hosted our school art fair, they host Lego Club meetings, they let me order new books that they somehow neglected to purchase, or hunt down old books from other libraries and don't charge me a penny. They have enough computers that there is almost always a few available, although if you are nervous you can reserve one online. Printing is free for the first upteen pages (I've never run out, even when I print color things). Sometimes they even have free bookmarks.

My local library has librarians who know me and my kids, who remember what their favorite books and passions are. They have comfy chairs and are a warm safe spot for my kids to hang out after school (my kids are old enough to be on their own).  They are awesome.

So this challenge is to honor how amazing my library is.

Levels of Library Challenge (links are to the pages with my two sentences reviews):

     board book - 3
  1. Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis 1/6/16 (e-pub)
  2. Songs of Willow Frost, Jamie Ford 1/7/16
  3. The Truth Commission, Susan Juby 1/8/16 (ebook and hardback)
    4. picture book - 6
  4. The Eighth Day, Dianne Salerni 1/9/16
  5. Dick Francis's Refusal, Felix Francis 1/10/16
  6. The Gospel of Loki, Joanne Harris 1/11/16
    7. early reader - 9
  7. Dreaming Spies, Laurie R. King, 1/12/16
  8. The Heist, Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg 1/13/16
  9. Rain Is Not My Indian Name, Cynthia Leitich Smith 1/14/16
    10. chapter book - 12
  10. Tarzan Alive, Philip Jose Farmer 1/18/16
  11. Infandous, Elana K. Arnold 1/19/16
  12. An Apprentice to Elves, Sarah Monette, Elizabeth Bear 1/19/16
    13. middle grades - 18
  13. Nory Ryan's Song, Patricia Reilly Giff 1/20/16
  14. The Veil, Chloe Neill 1/21/16
  15. A Bride's Story 6, Kaoru Mori 1/21/16
  16. Zero to Five, Tracy Cutchlow 1/22/16
  17. All the Rage, Courtney Summers 1/22/16
  18. The Miracle at Speedy Motors, Alexander McCall Smith 1/22/16
    19. Young adult - 24
  19. Dead But Not Forgotten, ed. Charlaine Harris & Toni Kelner 1/24/16
  20. Between Planets, Robert Heinlein (audio) 1/28/16
  21. Kat, Incorrigible, Stephanie Burgis 1/28/16
  22. Canadian Summer, Hilda van Stockum 1/30/16
  23. Libriomancer, Jim Hines 1/31/16
  24. Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo 2/3/16
    25. adult - 36
  25. Radiance, Grace Draven 2/8/16
  26. Blue Lily, Lily Blue Maggie Stiefvater 2/9/16
  27. Time and Again, Nora Roberts 2/10/16
  28. Mortal Heart, Robin LaFevers 2/11/16
  29. The Wednesday Wars, Gary Schmidt 2/12/16
  30. God Help the Child, Toni Morrison 2/15/16
  31. A Family of Readers, Roger Sutton & Martha Parravano 2/17/16
  32. Time And Again Jack Finney
  33. Imperfect Sword, Jack Campbell 2/18/16
  34. Every Last Word, Tamara Ireland Stone 2/19/16
  35. 100 Best Books for Children, Anita Silvey
  36. I Will Always Write Back, Caitlin Alifirenka, Martin Ganda, Liz Welch 2/20/16
  37. A Bride's Story 6, Kaoru Mori 2/21/16
    38. just insert IV - 50 
  38. No Vulgar Hotel, Judith Martin 2/25/16
  39. Twin Spica 5, Kou Yaginuma 2/26/16
  40. Miracle at Augusta, James Patterson & Peter de Jonge 2/29/16
  41. Only a Kiss, Mary Balogh 2/29/16
  42. Becoming Naomi Leon, Pam Munoz Ryan 3/1/16
  43. Everything Everything, Nicola Yoon 3/1/16
  44. Bayard Rustin: Invisible Activist, Jacqueline Houtman 3/4/16
  45. The Kentucky Cycle, Robert Schenkken 3/6/16
  46. Venus on the Half-Shell, Philip Jose Farmer 3/9/16
  47. Dumplin', Julie Murphy 3/9/16
  48. The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy, Julia Quinn 3/9/16
  49. Radiance, Catherynne Valente 3/10/16
  50. Dragons Beware!, Jorge Aguirre 3/10/16
  51. Give Me Wings, Kathy Lowinger 3/12/16
    52. large print - 100
  52. The Spies of Mississippi, Rick Bowers 3/12/16
  53. Paper Towns, John Green 3/17/1613
  54. Not Always a Saint, Mary Jo Putney 3/18/16
  55. Most Dangerous, Steve Sheinkin 3/18/16
  56. Grave Peril, Jim Butcher 3/21/16
  57. Twin Spica 6, Kou Yaginuma 3/28/16
  58. The Bride's Story 7, Kaoru Mori 3/29/16
  59. Courage and Defiance, Deborah Hopkinson 3/31/16
  60. Airtight, David Rosenfelt 4/2/16
  61. Pillars of the World, Anne Bishop 4/2/16
  62. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo 4/3/16
  63. Tommy: The Gun that Changed America, Karen Blumenthal 4/5/16
  64. Clean Sweep, Ilona Andrews 4/7/16
  65. The Soldier's Secret, Sheila Solomon Klass 4/12/16
  66. Symphony for the City of the Dead, M.T. Anderson 4/12/16
  67. Hild, Nicola Griffith 4/13/16
  68. The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Laurie R. King 4/17/16
  69. An Inheritance of Ashes, Leah Bobet 4/17/16
  70. Archangel's Enigma, Nalini Singh 4/20/16
  71. The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemison, 4/23/16
  72. Devoted in Death, J.D. Robb, 4/23/16
  73. Twin Spica, Kou Yaginuma 4/23/16
  74. The Six, Mark Alpert 4/23/16
  75. A Spool of Blue Thread, Anne Tyler 4/30/16
  76. Quiet, Susan Cain, 5/1/16
  77. Bone Gap, Laura Ruby 5/1/16
  78. The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate, 5/4/16
  79. The Year of Living Dangerously, C.J. Koch 5/5/16
  80. William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope, Ian Doescher 5/7/16
  81. Unnatural Causes, P.D. James 5/7/16
  82. The Walls Around Us, Nova Ren Suma 5/8/16
  83. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, Sarah Vowell 5/10/16
  84. Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson 5/12/16
  85. House Arrest, K.A. Holt 5/13/16
  86. Sisterland, Curtis Sittenfeld 5/14/16
  87. Living With a Wild God, Barbara Ehrenreich 5/17/16
  88. Ready Player One, Ernest Cline 5/18/16
  89. Twin Spica 8, Kou Yaginuma 5/20/16
  90. Lemonade Mouth, Mark Peter Hughes 5/21/16
  91. Silver on the Road, Laura Anne Gilman 5/25/16
  92. Hamster Princess: Of Mice and Magic, Ursula Vernon 5/26/16
  93. City's Son, Tom Pollock 5/30/16
  94. Slasher Girls & Monster Boys, ed. April Genevieve Tucholve 5/30/16
  95. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, Jon Meacham, 6/2/16
  96. Crux, Ramex Naam 6/2/16
  97. The Magpie Lord, K.J. Charles 6/2/16
  98. Skim, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki 6/4/16
  99. All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders 6/2/16
  100. Left For Dead, J.A. Jance 6/8/16
    101. General Fiction: 101-200
  101. Night Shift, Charlaine Harris 6/12/16
  102. A Darker Shade of Magic, v.E. Schwab 6/12/16
  103. National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry, ed. J. Patrick Lewis 6/14/16
  104. First Frost, Sarah Addison Allen 6/14/16
  105. Twin Spica 9, Kou Yaginuma 6/16/16
  106. Only Beloved, Mary Balogh 6/18/16
  107. Magic Shifts, Ilona Andrews 6/20/16
  108. Paper Hearts, Meg Wiviott 6/20/16
  109. Pretty Deadly Vol 1: Shrike, DeConnick/Rios/Bellaire/Cowles 6/20/16
  110. George, Alex Gino 6/20/16
  111. Full Cicada Moon, Marilyn Hilton 6/22/16
  112. Updraft, Fran Wild 6/23/16
  113. A Case of Possession, KJ Charles 6/23/16
  114. Here There Be Monsters, Meljean Brook 6/24/16
  115. Missoula, Jon Krakauer 6/25/16
  116. The Spider's War, Daniel Abraham 6/27/16
  117. Kiss Me Deadly, ed. Trisha Telup 6/28/16
  118. The Darling Dahlia's and the Eleven O'Clock Lady, Susan Wittig Albert 6/29/16
  119. Only a Promise, Mary Balogh 6/29/16
  120. Death Cloud, Andrew Lane 7/1/16
  121. Fires of Winter, Roberta Gellis 7/4/16
  122. Hotel Ruby, Suzanne Young 7/5/16
  123. To Sail a Darkling Sea, John Ringo 7/5/16
  124. Demigods and Magicians, Rick Riordan 7/6/16
  125. The Sword of Summer, Rick Riordan 7/8/16
  126. The Reason I Jump, Naoki Higashida 7/10/16
  127. Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie 7/11/16
  128. Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy, Susan Vaught 7/12/16
  129. Royal Street, Suzanne Johnson 7/14/16
  130. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Amos Tutuola 7/14/16
  131. Death at Gills Rock, Patricia Skalka 7/15/16
  132. Listen, Slowly, Trannha Lai 7/16/16
  133. This Book Is Overdue..., Marilyn Johnson 7/16/16
  134. America: Imagine a World Without Her, Dinesh D'Souza 
  135. Born of Fury, Sherrilyn Kenyon
  136. Prey For a Miracle, Aimee Thurlo
  137. Heat of the Night, Sylvia Day
  138. Counterpunch, Aleksandr Voinov
  139. Only Enchanting, Mary Balogh
  140. Funny in Farsi, Firoozeh Dumas 7/25/16
  141. Bad Blood, Dana Stabenow 7/28/16
  142. Islands of Rage and Hope, John Ringo 7/31/16
  143. The Blackthorn Key, Kevin Sands 8/1/16
  144. A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah Maas 8/3/16
  145. Front Lines, Michael Grant 8/4/16
  146. The Crocodile's Last Embrace, Suzanne Arruda 8/5/16
  147. Saga Vol 1, Brian Vaughan 8/5/16
  148. Blackbird Fly, Erin Entrada Kelly 8/9/16
  149. Flight of Magpies, K.J. Charled 8/9/16
  150. The Hollow Boy, Jonathan Stroud 8/9/16
  151. March, Book Two, John Lewis 8/11/16
  152. The Golden Princess, S.M. Stirling 8/14/16
  153. Rapture in Death, J.D. Robb 8/15/16
  154. Jackdaw, K.J. Charles 8/15/16
  155. Town in a Cinnamon Toast, B.B. Haywood 8/15/16
  156. Hour of the Bees, Lindsay Eager 8/16/16
  157. The Man in the Brown Suit, Agathat Christie 8/18/16
  158. Brown-Eyed Girl, Lisa Kleypas 8/18/16
  159. The Last Wish, Andpzej Sapkowski 8/20/16
  160. Changes, Mercedes Lackey 8/23/16
  161. Sorcery and Cecelia, Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermer 8/24/16
  162. Lights Out! Donald Bain 8/24/16
  163. The Grand Tour, Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermer 8/25/16
  164. The Mislaid Magician Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermer 8/26/16
  165. Queer Trade, K.J. Charles 8/28/16
  166. Eidolon, Grace Draven 8/29/16
  167. Beholding Bee, Kimberly Fusco 8/29/16
  168. Honor Girl, Maggie Thrash 8/31/16
  169. How to Cheat at Gardening and Yard Work, Jeff Bredenberg 9/1/16
  170. The Great Death, John Smelcer 9/2/16
  171. Shifting Shadows, Patricia Briggs 9/3/16
  172. The Way Home Looks Now, Wendy Wan-Long Shang 9/4/16
  173. She Said/She Saw, Norah McClintock 9/5/16
  174. Twin Spica 10, Kou Yaginuma 9/6/16
  175. Giants Beware!, Jorge Aguirre 9/6/16
  176. Nimona, Noelle Stevenson 9/6/16
  177. Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear 9/7/16
  178. Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver 9/8/16
  179. Delancey, Molly Wizenberg 9/9/16
  180. The Proposal, Mary Balogh 9/16/16
  181. Farm City, Novella Carpenter 9/18/16
  182. Falling in Love, Donna Leon 9/19/16
  183. The Countess Conspiracy, Courtney Milan 9/19/16
  184. The Winter Garden Mystery, Carola Dunn 9/21/16
  185. The Case of the Murdered Muckraker, Carola Dunn 9/22/16
  186. Guys Read: The Sports Pages, ed. John Scieszka 9/23/16
  187. To Davy Jones Below, Carola Dunn 9/24/16
  188. Styx and Stones, Carola Dunn 9/24/16
  189. Die Laughing, Carola Dunn 9/25/16
  190. Rattle His Bones, Carola Dunn 9/29/16
  191. The Corsican Caper, Peter Mayle 9/30/16
  192. The Lion of Rora, Christos Gage, Ruth Fletcher Gage, Jackie Lewis 9/30/16
  193. Murder on the Flying Scotsman, Carola Dunn 9/30/16
  194. Oyster War, Ben Towle 10/1/16
  195. Nice Dragons Finish Last, Rachel Aaron 10/2/16
  196. Scotsman of My Dreams, Karen Ranney 10/4/16
  197. Last Summer, Holly Chamberlin 10/4/16
  198. Summer Garden Murder, Ann Ripley 10/4/16
  199. Song of the Sparrow, Lisa Ann Sandell 10/6/16
  200. Once a Soldier, Mary Jo Putney 10/6/16
    201. Audios: 201 - 300
  201. Law of the Desert Born, Louis L'Amour 10/6/16
  202. Requiem for a Mezzo, Carola Dunn 10/7/16
  203. Death At Wentwater Court, Carola Dunn 10/10/16
  204. Dead in the Water, Carola Dunn 10/10/16
  205. Sheer Folly, Carola Dunn 10/12/16
  206. A Mourning Wedding, Carola Dunn 10/13/16
  207. Nursing Homes Are Murder, Mike Befeler 10/14/16
  208. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley 10/14/16
  209. Pegeen, Hilda von Stockum 10/17/16
  210. The Raven King, Maggie Stiefvater 10/18/16
  211. The Marvels, Brian Selznick 10/22/16
  212. A Fashionable Indulgence, K.J. Charles 10/22/16
  213. H Is For Hawk, Helen McDonald 10/23/16
  214. Dark Witch, Nora Roberts 10/24/16
  215. Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book, Rachael Ray 10/26/16
  216. Branded By the Pink Triangle, Ken Setterington 10/28/16
  217. Anthem for Doomed Youth, Carola Dunn 10/30/16
  218. The Viscount Needs a Wife, Jo Beverley 10/31/16
  219. Memory Man, David Baldacci 10/31/16
  220. Home Improvement, ed. Charlaine Harris & Toni Kelner 11/1/16
  221. A Gentleman's Position, K.J. Charles 11/2/16
  222. Once a Rancher, Linda Lael Miller 11/2/16
  223. A Seditious Affair, K.J. Charles 11/3/16
  224. Mistletoe and Murder, Carola Dunn 11/3/16
  225. Bayou Magic, Jewell Parker Rhodes 11/4/16
  226. Superfluous Women, Carola Dunn 11/5/16
  227. Black Ship, Carola Dunn 11/6/16
  228. A Bride's Story 8, Kaoru Mori 11/7/16
  229. Generation Why (Ms Marvel Vol 2), G. Willow Wilson 11/7/16
  230. Twin Spica 11, Kou Yaginuma 11/7/16
  231. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children: Graphic Novel, Ransom Riggs 11/17/16
  232. Positively, Courtney Sheinmel 11/18/16
  233. Don't Call Me Hero, Ray Villareal 11/18/16
  234. Gunpowder Plot, Carola Dunn 11/23/16
  235. Cross Your Heart, Michele Bardsley 11/26/16
  236. My Pet Human, Yurosec 11/26/16
  237. Lulu and the Hamster in the Night, Hilary McKay 11/26/16
  238. Heirs of the Body, Carola Dunn 11/26/16
  239. All the Little Liars, Charlaine Harris 12/2/16
  240. Fall of a Philanderer, Carola Dunn 12/4/16
  241. The Bloody Tower, Carola Dunn 12/10/16
  242. Sunny Side Up, Jennifer L. Holm 12/11/16
  243. Holes, Louis Sachar 12/11/16
  244. 61 Hours, Lee Child 12/15/16
  245. Baba Yaga's Assistant, 12/13/16
  246. Fatal Fever, Gail Jarrow 12/16/16
  247. Twin Spica 12, Kou Yagimuma 12/26/16
  248. A Wanted Man, Lee Child 12/29/16
Realistically, I'm going to top out Just Insert IV (what does that even mean?), probably by June.

OK, by mid-March :-)
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