Books I Want to Read; Part #330

Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
The Cardturner by Louis Sachar
Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar
Shiverton Hall by Emerald Fennell
Shiverton Hall: The Creeper by Emerald Fennell
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
Letters to My Sisters; edited by Andrea & Deanne Thornton
Amelia Gray Is Almost Okay by Jessica Brody
Blood on the Tracks, Vol. 1 by Shuzo Oshimi
A Helping Hand by Celia Dale
A Dark Corner by Celia Dale
The Innocent Party by Celia Dale
Sheep’s Clothing by Celia Dale
Which Way? by Theodora Benson
Stuck in the Middle with You by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Evening News by Marly Swick
Paper Wings by Marly Swick
Johnny Kellock Died Today by Hadley Dyer
Citizens of Shadow: A Vampire Tale by Nicole Eigener
Creep: A Love Story by Lygia Day Penaflor
The Snipers We Couldn’t See by Karen Comba
Lemon Belly by Brad Harris
Good Morning, Dinah by Emily Holyoak
Becoming Ted by Matt Cain
The Queering by Brooke Skipstone
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
It Rides a Pale House by Andy Marino
In Limbo: A Graphic Memoir by Deb JJ Lee
Figure It Out, Henri Weldon by Tanita S. Davis
The Gray by Chris Baron
Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino
Wolfpack by Amelia Brunskill
Unexpecting by Jen Bailey
I Am Not Alone by Francisco X. Stork
Northranger by Rey Terciero
The Melancholy of Summer by Louisa Onome
An Appetite for Miracles by Laekan Zea Kemp
The Night Fox by Ashley Wilda
Good for Nothing by Mariam Ansar
Wolfwood by Marianna Baer
What the World Doesn’t See by Mel Darbon
Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt
The Words That Remain by Stenio Gardel
Bellies by Nicola Dinan
Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary
The Windeby Puzzle by Lois Lowry
The Beast You Are: Stories by Paul Tremblay
The Village at the End of Noon by Darya Babyleva
All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord
The Call-Out by Cat Fitzpatrick
To Be a Trans Man by Ezra Woodger
I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Books I Want to Read; Part #329

Zia Erases the World by Bree Barton
Suicide Thursday by Will Carver
Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom
Body High by Jon Lindsey
Did You Read That Review?: A Compilation of Amazon’s Funniest Reviews by Amazon Reviewers
Attend by West Camel
Down Station by Simon Morden
The Path of Thorns by A.G. Slatter
Untypical by Pete Wharmby
Poguemahone by Patrick McCabe
Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly
Running the Light by Sam Tallent
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino
Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne
The Innocent One by Lisa Ballantyne
Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong
What Remains of Elsie Jane by Chelsea Wakelyn
Meet Me at the Intersection; edited by Rebecca Lim & Ambelin Kwaymullina
Notes from a Sickbed by Tessa Brunton
Everything Is OK by Debbie Tung
Side Effects by Ted Anderson
All Princesses Die Before Dawn by Quentin Zuttion
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg John Barker
Dear Sophie, Love Sophie by Sophie Lucido Johnson
Sleeping While Standing by Taki Soma
Lord Fear: A Memoir by Lucas Mann
Fierce Attachments: A Memoir by Vivian Gornick
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will by Maya McGregor
Gus and the Starlight by Victoria Carless
The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart
Chester Keene Cracks the Case by Kekla Magoon
Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out by Ryan Love
The Garden of Eve by K.L. Going
This Last Adventure by Ryan Dalton
Strega by Johanne Lykke Holm
Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
The Boy and the Dog by Seishu Hase
Up Jumps the Devil by Michael Poore
The Man with All the Answers by Luke Smitherd
Friends Like These by Meg Rosoff
Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings
Don’t Look at Me by Charles Holdefer
The Night Animals by Sarah Ann Juckes
On Earth as It Is on Television by Emily Jane
Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Tell the Rest by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Ozark Dogs by Eli Cranor
The Insatiable Volt Sisters by Rachel Eve Moulton
The Things We Do to Our Friends by Heather Darwent
How Can I Help You by Laura Sims
Fireworks Every Night by Beth Raymer
The Melting by Lize Spit
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
Ex Libris by Matt Madden
Drip Drip by Paru Itagaki
Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle
A Snowflake in My Hand by Samantha Mooney
The Merry Dredgers by Jeremy C. Shipp
Hide by Kiesten White
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

Books I Want to Read; Part #328

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL! AND MY MASSIVE TO-READ LIST CONTINUES…

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
In the Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The End of the Moment We Had by Toshiki Okada
The Alchemy of Letting Go by Amber Morrell
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro
Illegally Yours: A Memoir by Rafael Agustin
Saint Sebastian’s Abyss by Mark Haber
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
Abuela, Don’t Forget Me by Rex Ogle
The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokpokki by Baek Se-Hee
After the Lights Go Out by John Vercher
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin
Brain Droppings by George Carlin
Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin
Last Words by George Carlin
Grow by Luke Palmer
Breaking and Entering by Joy Williams
Where I End by Sophie White
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
The Book of Mother by Violaine Huisman
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell
Over My Dead Body by Greg Melville
Riding the Lightning by Anthony Almojera
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Sink: A Memoir by Joseph Earl Thomas
Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Bessborough by Deirdre Finnerty
80s Kid by Melanie Ashfield
Aliss at the Fire by Jon Fosse
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
The Birdcatcher by Gail Jones
The Courage Test by James Preller
Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter
American Cult by Robyn Chapman
How We Do Family by Trystan Reese
The Women’s House of Detention by Hugh Ryan
My Aunt Is a Monster by Reimena Yee
This Is Assisted Dying by Stefanie Green
Incarnate by Steve Stred
Still Water by Rebecca Pert
Isaac and the Egg by Bobby Palmer
Home Front by Joel Rosenberg
Towns Without Rivers by Michael Parker
Treeborne by Caleb Johnson
I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan
Librarian Tales by William Ottens
Sweet Thang by Allison Whittenberg
Hollywood and Maine by Allison Whittenberg
Speech Team by Tim Murphy
My Murder by Katie Williams
Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky
Please Report Your Bug Here by Josh Riedel
What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic by Annie Kotowicz
Growing in to Autism by Sandra Thom-Jones
The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner: A Memoir by Grace Tame
The Song Walker by Zillah Bethell
A Whisper of Horses by Zilla Bethell
Before and After by Andrew Shannahan
Flesh and Blood (Before and After Book 2) by Andrew Shannahan
Magnum Opus by Caitlyn Marceau
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata

Top Ten Tuesday: Recent Additions to My Bookshelves

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Since Christmas just ended a few days ago, we’re doing recent additions to our collections. I’m including ones I got for gifts and a few I ordered online afterward.

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Books I Want to Read; Part #327

The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird by Diane Connell
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
The House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
The Destroyer of Worlds: A Return to Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano
Mister Magic by Kiersten White
The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
PDA Paradox by Harry Thompson
Improve: How I Discovered Improv and Conquered My Anxiety by Alex Graudins
The Lunchling by Jay Alexander
A Fractured Infinity by Nathan Tavares
In the Key of Dale by Benjamin Lefebure
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
The Second Cut by Louise Welsh
Graveyard of Lost Children by Katrina Monroe
Ponyboy by Eliot Duncan
Rabbit Heart by Morgan Dante
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
Pedro & Daniel by Frederico Erebia
Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson
Dani Capello: Shadows of Men by M.S. Rocero
Horse Barbie: A Memoir by Geena Rocero
Different for Boys by Patrick Ness
And Other Mistakes by Erika Turner
Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars: A Graphic Memoir by Rick Louis
The Melody Trees: 10 Tales from the Forest by Helen Whistberry
The Savage Beard of She Dwarf by Kyle Latino
Looking for True by Tricia Springstubb
Ruth by Guillem Viladot
Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson
She And Her Cat: Stories by Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa
Heads or Tails by Lilli Carre
Boy, Missing by Sophie McKenzie
Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade
Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey by Richard Ayoade
The Book No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade
The Grip of Film by Richard Ayoade
The Double by Richard Ayoade
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play by Nick Offerman
The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers: And Other Gruesome Tales by Jen Campbell
Earthling by Aisha Franz
Depresso, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Being Bonkers by Brick
I Felt the End Before It Came by Daniel Allen Cox
Basement of Wolves by Daniel Allen Cox
Forever Home by Ron Danta & Danny Robertshaw
Flowers of the Moon by Paul John Lyon
The Girl Who Dreamed a War by Paul John Lyon
The Bennington Boy by Paul John Lyon
Blackheart by John Paul Lyon
Spin by Rebecca Caprara
Birthright by Charles Lambert
For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome
All That Is Mine I Carry with Me by William Landay
A Place for Us: A Memoir by Brandon J. Wolf
A Child Alone with Strangers by Philip Fracassi
Two Girls Down (Alice Vega, #1) by Louisa Luna
The Janes (Alice Vega, #2) by Louisa Luna
Hideout (Alice Vega, #3) by Louisa Luna
Serious as a Heart Attack by Louisa Luna
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
Buzzing by Samuel Sattin
Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian
Gloria Buenrostro is Not My Girlfriend by Brandon Huang
Walking Practice by Dolki Min
How to Survive Everything by Ewan Morrison
Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada
Tasha: A Son’s Memoir by Brian Morton
The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew
Mistress of Geese by Antonija Meznaric
It Eats Us from the Inside by Antonija Meznaric
The Despicable Fantasies of Quentin Sergenov by Preston Fassel
Jennie’s Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood by Wayne Johnston
This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlyn Marceau
Tumble by Celia C. Perez
Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis
Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan

25 Most Memorable Characters of 2022

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Books I Want to Read; Part #326

Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson
All the Ever Afters by Danielle Teller
The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
The Language of Love and Loss by Bart Yates
Red Clay Suzie by Jeffrey Dale Lofton
Trash by Sylvia Aguilar-Zeleny
Grounded for All Eternity by Darcy Marks
Orange Horses by Maeve Kelly
It’s Me, Charlie by C.M. Guidroz
A Normal Person Doing Normal Things by Jay Colburn
S/He by Minnie Bruce Pratt
The Song of Us by Kate Fussner
Bruises by Anke de Vries
Finding Henry Applebee by Celia Reynolds
The Spot by David Means
Your Turn, Adrian by Helena Oberg
My Mother Laughs by Chantal Akerman
The Moth Keeper by Kay O’Neill
Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire
48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister by Joyce Carol Oates
Old Babes in the Woods: Stories by Margaret Atwood
Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Ever Since by Alenas Bruzas
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
Venom & Vow by Anne-Marie McLemore
If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude
The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes
California by Edan Lepucki
The Vanishing of Margaret Small by Neil Alexander
Sadie, Call the Polis by Kirkland Ciccone
Being Netta Wilde by Hazel Ward
One Ordinary Day at a Time by Sarah J. Harris
The Making of Robert Moony by Jane Gilley
Cursed by Jeremy C. Shipp
Vacation by Jeremy C. Shipp
Sheep and Wolves by Jeremy C. Shipp
Attic Clowns by Jeremy C. Shipp
Fungus of the Heart by Jeremy C. Shipp
King of Rabbits by Karla Neblett
Let Flowers Be Flowers by Daniel Rehm
The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter
Paper Planes by Jennie Wood
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
Extinction by Bradley Somer
Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves by Quinn Connor
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything by Kara Gnodde
The Nursery by Szilvia Molnar
Brutes by Dizz Tate
Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel
A Good House for Children by Kate Collins
Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
Chlorine by Jade Song
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Small Animals Caught In Traps by C.B. Bernard
At the End of Every Day by Arianna Reiche

Books I Want to Read; Part #325

Heart Finds by Jaime Berry
Planning Perfect by Haley Neil
Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See
Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz
The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning
Invasion of the Spirit People by Juan Pablo Villalobos
I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me by Juan Pablo Villalobos
House of Cotton by Monica Brashears
The Beautiful Something Else by Ash Van Otterloo
The Stars Did Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy
Artemis Spark and the Sound Seekers Brigade by Kimberly Behre Kenna
What Happened to Rachel Riley by Claire Swinarski
The Song from Somewhere Else by A.F. Harrold
The Puttermans Are in the House by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman
Drew Leclair Crushes the Case by Katryn Bury
The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
First Consonants by John Whittier Treat
Orphans of Canland by Daniel Vitale
Boy in the Blue Hammock by Darren Groth
Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole Melleby & A.J. Sass
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Endpapers by Jennifer Sarran Kelly
When Franny Stands Up byEden Robins
The Cuckoo Sister by Vivien Alcock
Bedrock Faith by Eric Charles May
How to Make Friends with Demons by Graham Joyce
Label Me: My Journey Towards an Autism Diagnosis by Francesca Baird
Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry
Gristle by Lily Blakely
Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Our Colors by Gengoroh Tagame
Garth Marenghi’s Terrortome by Garth Marenghi
Boys Lie by John Neufeld
Sleep, Two, Three, Four by John Neufeld
The Handle and the Key by John Neufeld
Almost a Hero by John Neufeld
Gaps in Stone Walls by John Neufeld
Hard Landings: Looking into the Future for a Child with Autism by Cammie McGovern
One of Us: A Family’s Life with Autism by Mark Osteen
She Is a Haunting by Trang Tranh Tran
Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh
Take Your Turn, Teddy by Haley Newlin
We Won’t Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories by Margaret Killjoy
The Art of Loving Libby Green by Bellebird James
Fadeout (Dave Brandstetter, #1) by Joseph Hansen
Compass by Murray Lee
The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
Amy & Lan by Sadie Jones
Ten Days in a Mad-House by Brad Ricca
Anxiety is Really Strange by Steve Haines
Trauma is Really Strange by Steve Haines
My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders by MONNZUSU
X-Gender, Vol. 1 by Asuka Miyazaki
Cat + Gamer, Volume 1 by Wataru Nadatani
Mama’s Boy Behind Bars by David Goudreault
Mama’s Boy Game Over by David Goudreault
You’ll Like It Here by Ruth White
A Month of Sundays by Ruth White
Diary of a Wildflower by Ruth White
Green Eyes and Ham by Mary Penney
Notes from the Blender by Trish Cook & Brendan Halpin
The Runaway Restaurant by Tessa Yang
A Fade of Light by Nate Fakes
Leaving Sardinia by Hans-Ulrich Treichel
The Kings and Queens of Roam by Daniel Wallace
Extraordinary Adventures by Daniel Wallace
The Watermelon King by Daniel Wallace
Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician by Daniel Wallace
This Isn’t Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew by Daniel Wallace
Stray by Molly Mendoza
Threshold by Anke Gladnick
Enemies by Svetlana Chmakova
Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 by Hitoshi Ashinano
Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen
The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horcacio Quiroga
Ruby Falls by Deborah Goodrich Royce
This Is My Truth by Yasmin Rahman
Marigold and Rose: A Fiction by Louise Gluck
Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely