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January - Time Travel: Magic Tree House book Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne, adding Magic Tree House Day of the Dragon KingFebruary - Poetry: Suck the Marrow by Camille Dungy
March - Female Author:
April - Ergodic:
May - Published in Your Birth or HS Graduation Year:
June - Wilderness:
July - Published Before the 20th Century:
August - Cat on the Cover:
September - Local Author:
October - Weird:
November - Foodie:
December - Indigenous Author:
January - Time Travel - Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman's NeverwhereFebruary - Poetry - full-metal indigiqueer
March - Female Author - Joy Harjo Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
April - Ergodic - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
May - Published in Your Birth Year or HS Graduation Year - Haruki Murakami Pinball, 1973
June - Wilderness - Robin Wall Kimmerer Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
July - Published Before the 20th Century
August - Cat on the Cover
September - Local Author - Emily Moore
October - Weird -
November - Foodie -
December - Indigenous comic book TBD
January - Time Travel: Shadow of Night by Deborah HarknessFebruary - Poetry: The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
March - Female Author:
April - Ergodic:
May - Published in Your Birth or HS Graduation Year:
June - Wilderness:
July - Published Before the 20th Century:
August - Cat on the Cover:
September - Local Author:
October - Weird:
November - Foodie:
December - Indigenous Author:
Trying for both "Genres" "old 2017"January - Fiction A to Z: Nation by Terry Pratchett
February - Romance: Left Drowning by Jessica Park
March - Biography, Autobiography, & Memoir: Heinz Fischer. Die Biografie by Elisabeth Horvath
April - Thrillers & Suspense: Origin by Dan Brown
May - Historical Fiction: The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett
June - Science Fiction or Science Factual: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
July - Mind & Body Fitness:
August - Armchair Travel:
September - Graphic Novels or Picture Books:
October - Spooky/Horror: Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
November - Mystery: The Outsider by Stephen King
December - Fantasy:
"new 2018"
January - Time Travel: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
February - Poetry: Die Schnupftabaksdose by Joachim Ringelnatz
March - Female Author: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
April - Ergodic:
May - Published in Your Birth or HS Graduation Year:
June - Wilderness: Blackout Island by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir
July - Published Before the 20th Century: Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
August - Cat on the Cover: Making History by Stephen Fry
September - Local Author: Wer nichts weiss, muss alles glauben by Werner Gruber
October - Weird: Making History by Stephen Fry
November - Foodie: Die Linzer Torte. Die süße Botschafterin aus Oberösterreich
December - Indigenous Author:
I am reading "so you created a wormhole: the time travelers guide to time travel" by nick hurwitch ans phil hornshaw, very funny book so far
January - Time Travel: 13 Journeys through space and timeFebruary - Poetry: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (transl. Simon Armitage)
March - Female Author: The Desert and the Sown, by Gertrude Bell
April - Ergodic: Fighting Fantasy : Gates of Death, by Charlie Higson
May - Published in Your Birth or HS Graduation Year:
June - Wilderness: The Wild Places, by Robert Macfarlane
July - Published Before the 20th Century: The Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan
August - Cat on the Cover:
September - Local Author:
October - Weird:
November - Foodie: A Cook's tour, by Anthony Bourdain
December - Indigenous Author:
January - Time Travel: Technically, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban does have some elements of time travel; but I did not read a specific time travel book.February - Poetry: Kalopsia: The Best Contemporary, Modern Poetry for Young People
March - Female Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Journalist: Writings from the Ozarks; To Kill a Mockingbird; Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
April - Ergodic: none
May - Published in Your Birth or HS Graduation Year: none
June - Wilderness: none
July - Published Before the 20th Century: Main-Travelled Roads (originally published in the 1890s)
August - Cat on the Cover: Tailchaser's Song
September - Local Author: none
October - Weird: Miao Dao
November - Foodie:
December - Indigenous Author:
January - Time Travel: Blackout (I'm still reading this in February. I moved and started a new job in January, so didn't do much reading.)February - Poetry: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T.S.Eliot
March - Female Author: All Clear, Connie Willis; Trials of the Earth, Mary Mann Hamilton
April - Ergodic: none
May - Published in Your Birth or HS Graduation Year: The Beet Queen, Louise Erdrich
June - Wilderness: Main Traveled Roads, Hamlin Garland
July - Published Before the 20th Century: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
August - Cat on the Cover: Tailchaser's Song, Tad Williams
September - Local Author: Wyoming Summer, Mary O'Hara
October - Weird:
November - Foodie: Salt Fat Acid Heat, Samin Nosrat
December - Indigenous Author: The Birchbark House, Louise Erdrich
Amy, Main Traveled Roads was published in the 20th century and I read it in June, not July. It might fit the category for June though. Does frontier = wilderness?
Books mentioned in this topic
A Little Book About the Runes (other topics)The Night Before the New Pet (other topics)
A Stir of Echoes (other topics)
Nine Last Days on Planet Earth (other topics)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Stephen Fry (other topics)Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (other topics)
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January - Time Travel: Time's Edge
February - Poetry: Odes to Common Things
March - Female Author: Madam, Will You Talk?, Anne of Green Gables, Wide Awake and Dreaming: A Memoir
April - Ergodic: My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel
May - Published in Your Birth or HS Graduation Year: Equal Rites
June - Wilderness: Six Wakes
July - Published Before the 20th Century: Po' Sandy, L'Invitation Au Voyage/Invitation to the Voyage: A Poem from the Flowers of Evil
August - Cat on the Cover: The Little Lion King, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
September - Local Author: Mapping the Interior, The Night Before the New Pet
October - Weird: Nine Last Days on Planet Earth, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, A Stir of Echoes
November - Foodie: From Seed to Strawberry, Twain’s Feast
December -
Indigenous Author:Wildcard: A Little Book About the Runes