Needopedia

I love spread-sheeting the books I’ve read, but I also like looking them up on my blog. This year, I’m going to try just listing the books I’ve read each month.

1	A Long Petal of the Sea	Isabel Allende	Democracy is not the default.  Historical fiction.
2	Big Finish, The	Brooke Fossey	Old people are people, too. Perhaps more so.
3	Dear Committee Members	Julie Schumacher	Protagonist’s POV can be nuanced, right, and/or wrong.
4	Rock Your Rental	Joanne and Rosanne Palmisano	Design, design, design.
5	Proud	Ibtihaj Muhammad	First Hijab-wearing fencer winning Olympic medal,
6	Alice Network, The	Kate Quinn	Women are underestimated, and war can break them as well as men. Be broken together.
7	Front Desk	Kelly Yang	Sasquatch. Rich people are on one roller coast, poor on another.
8	Grace Year, The	Kim Liggett	Well written, cleverly constructed. Handmaids’s Tale meets…Lord of the Flies?  Disturbing, which poignantly offsets true goodness, and an ambigous end.
9	PLAIN Janes	Graphic Novel	Meh.
10	Hate U Give, The	Angie Thomas	Wow, powerful, realistic voice. A perfect example of why fiction is the most open door to reality.
11	Unplugged	Gordon Korman	Brat of Silicon Valley sent to health camp, by a fav YA author.
12	Lightest Thing in the World, The	Kimi Eisele	Didn’t blow me away, but may be worth a group discussusion on bird motif.
13	Beach House, The	Rachel Hanna	Hope this is the worst book I read this year. Flat. Trite. Dull. Trope-ish.
14	Thisby Thestoop and the Black Mountain	Zac Gorman	Sasquatch read aloud; quite delightful.
15	Upright Woman Wanted	Sarah Gailey	Meh.  Queer lit in a dystopian pioneer America.  Gave too few details about setting.
16	Tale Dark & Grimm, A	Adam Gidwitz	Read aloud to Wes.  The end. Almost.  Wes loved!
17	Pine Island Home	Polly Horvath	Penderwick-esque, but interesting themes about who you can depend upon.
18	Stargirl	Jerry Spinelli	The most unusual girl, told from boy’s POV. Piper loved movie.
19	Switch, The	Beth O’Leary	Grandma and Granddaughter switch English village and London locales for a month. As delightful as Flat Share was.
20	Love, Stargirl	Jerry Spinelli	Sequal, from StarGirl’s POV.  Appreciated her brain and voice.