November Reading

Best Adult Book of This Months' (chosen after reading more than five adult books)

Read in November:

Moms by David Bedford and Leonie Worthington 87 of 108 with 16 pages (21,831 of 27,108)

The Dented Head of Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos 88 of 108 with 160 pages (21,991 of 27,108)

On the Brink of Everything:  Grace, Gravity, and Getting Oldby Parker Palmer 89 of 108 with 240 pages (22,231 of 27,108)

Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin Manuel-Miranda 90 of 108 Authors and Illustrated with 288 pages (22,439 of 27,108)

What Do Authors and Illustrators Do? By Eileen Christelow 91 of 108 with 40 pages (22,479 of 27,108)

Hidden Life of Trees:  What they feel, How they communicate by Peter Wohlleben 92 of 108 with 288 pages (22,767 of 27, 108)

Fantastic Mistakes:  Neil’s Gaiman’s ‘Make Good Art’ Speech. By Neil Gaiman and Chipp Kidd 93 of 108 with 84 pages (22,851 of 27,108)

Coyote & Little Turtle:  IISAW NIQW YONGOSONHOYA A TRADITIONAL HOPI TALE translated and edited by Emory Sekaquaptewa & Barbara Pepper illustrated by Hopi Children 94 of 108 with 90 pages.  Based on a story told by Herschel Talashomea.   (22,941 of 27,108)

Leadership:  In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin 91 of 108 with 496 pages (23,437 of 27,108)

Mrs Dalloway by Virgina Woolf 92 of 108 with 130 pages (23,567 of 27,108).

The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor and Brad Parnell 93 of 108 with 30 pages (23,597 of 27,108).

Graffitti Brazil by  94 of 108 with 126 pages (23,723 of 27,108).

Bald Eagles in the Wild : A Visual Essay of America's National Bird  by Jeffrey 

    Rich 95 of 108 with 128 pages (23,860 of 27,108).

October Reading

Pages read October  (21,815 of 27,108).

Books read thru October 86 of 108.

Best for Adults, The Exquiste:

Read in October:

The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts  by Maja Safstrom 74 of 108 with 120 pages (19,269 of 27,108)

The ExquisiteBook by Matt Lamothe, Julia Rothman, and Jenny Volvovski 75 of 108 with 144 pages (19,413 of 27,108)

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown 76 of 108 with 158 pages (19,571 of 27,108)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 77 of 108 with 283 pages (19,854 of 27,108)

Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19^th Century New York by Stacy Horn 78 of 108 with 304 pages (20,158 of 27,108)

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko 79 of 108 with 288 pages (20,689 of 27,108)

When Books Went to War:  The stories That Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning 80 of 108 with 384 pages (21,703 of 27,108)

Church of Spies:  The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler by Mark Riebling 81 of 108 with 272 pages (21,345 of 27,108)

Seven Events That Made America America by Larry Schweikart 82 of 108 with 358 pages (21,703 of 27,108)

True Detective Nathan Heller Series Book 1 by Max Allan Collins 83 of 108 with 358 pages (21,703 of 27,108)

10 Things I can do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh 84 of 108 with 40 pages (21,743 of 27,108)

Every Breath We Take by Maya Ajmera and Paul Meisel 85 of 108 with 32 pages (21,775 of 27,108)

Ice Caps Melting by Anne Rockwell 86 of 108 with 40 pages (21,815 of 27,108)

September Readings

Pages read September (19,149 of 27,108).

Books read thru September 73 of 108.

Best of September

Read in September:

The History Of Time:  A Very Short History by Leofranc Holford-Stevens 63 of 108 with 160 pages (17,457 of 27,108)

The Book of Skulls by Faye Dowling 64 of 108 with 160 pages (17,617 of 27,108)

Paper, Daily Lobo by University of New Mexico 10 September 2018 with 12 pages (17,629 of 27,108)

The Origins of Creativity by Edward O. Wilson 65 of 108 with 256 pages (17,885 of 27,108)

Paper, Alibi 13-19 September 2018 with 32 pages (17,917 of 27,108)

A Room with a View by E. M. Forster 66 of 108 with 250 pages (18,167 of 27,108)

Jake Neverland Pirates by Disney Journey 67 of 108 with 16 pages (18,183 of 27,108)

Paper, Daily Lobo 20 September 2018 with 8 pages (18,191 of 27,108)

Paper, Albuquerque Journal 22 September 2018 with 32 pages (18,255 of 27,108)

St. Francis Preaches to the Birds by Chronicle Books + San Francisco 68 of 108 with 32 pages (18,299 of 27,108)

Paper, Albuquerque Journal 24 September 2018 with 44 pages (18,299 of 27,108)

Glenna Goodacre: Sculpture by Glenna Goodacre 69 of 108 with 235 pages (18,534 of 27,108)

Paper, Daily Lobo 27 September 2018 with 8 pages (18,542 of 27,108)

A Love Poem by Carl Sandburg pictures by Anita Lobel 70 of 108 with 20 pages (18,562 of 27,108)

Incendiary:  The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling by Michael Cannell 71 of 108 with 304 pages (18,866 of 27,108)

St. Francis Preaches To the Birds by Peter Schumann 72 of 108 with 34 pages (18,900 of 27,108)

Paper, Alibi 27 September-3 October, 2018 with 40 pages (18,940 of 27,108)

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Wolff 73 of 108 with 209 pages (19,149 of 27,108)

August Reading Log

Pages read July (14,105 of 27,108)

Books read thru July 51 of 108.

Best (2) of August-Adult

Read in August:

Paper, Albuquerque Journal 13 August 2018 with 36 pages (14,141 of 27,108)

Endurance:  A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly 52 of 108  with 426 pages (14,567 of 27,108)

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 53 of 108 with 400 pages (14,967 of 27,108)

Poetry Builders:  Sophie and Sadie Build a Sonnet by Amanda St. John and ill Luanne Marten (reread 4 of 2018) 32 pages (14,999 of 27,108)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley A Dark Graphic Novel adapted by Sergio A. Sierra illustrated by Meritxell Ribas  54 of 108 with 95 pages (15,094 of 27,108)

Paper, Albuquerque Journal 25 August 2018 with 34 pages (15,128 of 27,108)

Paper, Alibi 23-29 August 2018 with 32 pages (15,155 of 27,108)

I Survived:  The Sinking of the Titanic 1912 by Lauren Tarshis 55 of 108 with 101 pages (15,256 of 27,108)

The Overstory by Richards Power 56 of 108 with 512 pages (15,768 of 27,108)

The Season of the Soul:  The Poetic Guidance and Spiritual Wisdom of Hermann Hesse  by Hermann Hesse 57 of 108 with 136 pages (15,904 of 27, 108)

The President Book of Secrets:  The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s President by David Priess 58 of 108 with 400 pages (16,304 os 27, 108)

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster 59 of 108 with 250 pages (16,554 os 27,108)

The Adventure of English by Melvyn Bragg 60 of 108 with 336 pages (16,890 of 27,108)

A Personal Mission Statement:  Your Road Map to Happiness byMichael Stawicki 61 of 108 with 53 pages (16,943 of 27,108)

The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz 62 of 108 with 354 pages (17,297 of 27,108)

Best Young Adult (Historical Fiction)

Reading Tallies for 2018 (March)

Pages Read from February:  (4641 of 108,000)

Books Read through February 24 of 108  (25.92% of goal).

Read in March:

A Saint on Death Row by Thomas Cahill 25 of 108 of 162 pages (4803 of 108,000)

Paper, Avalanche Journal 1 March 2018 of 32 pages (4835 of 108,000)

Deception Point by Dan Brown 26 of 108 of 576 pages (5461 of 108,000)

The Color of Water:  A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride 27 of 108 of 328 pages (5789 of 108,000)

Kindred:  Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and Octavia Butler 27 of 108 of 240 pages (6029 of 108,000)

Paper, Daily Lobo 26 March 2018 of 12 pages (6041 of 108,000)

I’d Know You Anywhere My Love by Nancy Tillman 28 of 108 of 32 pages (6073 of 108,000)

February Reading Tallies

Pages Read from January:  (3207 of 108,000)

Books Read from January 7 of 108.

Read in February:

Paper, The Daily Lobo, 5 February 2018 of 12 pages (3219 of 108,000)

Paper, The Daily Lobo, 8 February 2018 of 8 pages (3227 pages of 108,000)

Class,  Piercing the Veil: Mystics and Peak Experiences  2018 of 54 pages (3281 of 108,000)

Paper, The Daily Lobo, 12 February 2018 of 12 pages (3293 of 108,000)

Pandora, by Robert Burleigh / ill.  Raul Colon book 8 of 108 and 32 pages (3325 of 108,000)

Poems Have Roots, by Lilian Moore / ill. Tad Hills book 9 of 108 and 44 pages (3369 of 108,000)

Legal Requirements for the sale and Purchase of Drug Products Containing Psuedoephedrine, Ephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine Document of 4 pages (3373 of 108,000)

Paper, The Daily Lobo, 5 February 2018 of 12 pages (3385 of 108,000)

Poetry Builders:  Sophie and Sadie Build a Sonnet by St. John and ill. Luann Marten 10 of 108 and 32 pages (3417 of 108,000)

Paper, Albuquerque Journal, 14 Feb 2018 of 30 pages (3447 of 108,000)

Just Joking:  Animal Riddles by Lewis, J Patrick 11 of 108 and of 208 pages (3655 of 108,000)

Siesta by Nakamura, Joel and ill. Joel Nakamura 12 of 108 and 24 pages (3679 of 108,000)

Someday Narwhal by Mantchev, Lisa and ill by Hyewon Yum 13 of 108 and 32 pages (3711 of 108,00)

Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman 14 of 108 and pages of 38 (3749 of 108,000)

Creature, The by Bates, Helen and ill. 15 of 108 and pages of 28 (3777 of 108,000)

North Woods Girl by Bissonette, Ammee and ill by Claudia McGGehee16 of 108 and pages  32 (3809 of 108,000)

King of the Sky by Davies, Nicola and ill by Laura Carlin 17 of 108 and 52 pages (3861 of 108,000)

Newsletter, Harvard Women’s Health Watch March 2017 of 8 pages (3869 of 108,000)

Poetry Builders:  Nina and Nolan Nonsense Poems by Bullard, Lisa and ill Patrick Girouard 18 of 108 and 32 pages (3901 of 108,000)

Poetry Builders:  Henry and Hala Build a Haiku by Higgins, Nadia and ill Brian Caleb Duncan 19 of 108 and 32 pages (3933 of 108,000)

Message of the Birds, The by Westerlund, Kate and ill Feridun Oral Duncan 20 of 108 and 28 pages (3961 of 108,000)

Poetry Builders:  Penelope and Pip Build a Prose Poem by Heiden, Pete and ill Amy Huntington 21 of 108 and 32 pages (3993 of 108,000)

In the Middle of Fall by Henkes, Kevin and ill Laura Dronzek 22 of 108 and 32 pages (4025 of 108,000)

Magazine, Life & Style 3 October 2016 72 pages (4097 of 108,000)

Poetry Builders:  Ana and Adam Build an Acrostic by Peterson-Hilleque and ill Winifred Barnuman-Newman 23 of 108 books and 32 pages (4129 of 108,000)

Blueberry Girl by Gaiman, Neil and ill Charles Vess 24 of 108 with 32 pages (4161 of 108,00)

Origins by Brown, Dan 24 of 108 and 480 pages (4641 of 108,000)