These are all the books that I read in January, February and March.
I started the year with a re-read of The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas which I gave ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. There was also a lot of buzz around the fifth installment of Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series. I had to stay home two days back-to-back with sick children so I picked up the first one, read it in one sitting, and proceeded to do that for the following four. They are all under 200 pages and such fun stories that I felt like I was watching a Netflix series. In fact, I hope they make it into a miniseries. I gave each of those ⭐⭐⭐⭐and not five stars because I wanted them to be longer. I followed that series up with Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow. I picked this book as my inspiration for my 2020 reading challenge to read a book each month with the month’s name in the title. This book I gave ⭐⭐⭐ because it was the same concept as the Wayward Children with escaping through doorways, but not as well done. I wouldn’t suggest reading them back-to-back. And then I wanted to try and read a book with the number in the title of that month. For example, January is the first month so I chose books with a one in the title. February is the second month so I picked a book with two in the title. So my last books for the month were No One Here is Lonely by Sarah Everett, ⭐⭐⭐, and One of the Boys by Daniel Magariel, ⭐⭐⭐⭐.
The best book this month was the audio version of Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. I really hope we can get this book added to our social justice books groups at school. This is so great and powerful. In addition, I read X by Ilyasah Shabazz, ⭐⭐⭐⭐, also for the social justice book groups and The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater, ⭐⭐⭐⭐. My read for my reading challenge was Sunflowers in February by Phyllida Shrimpton, ⭐⭐⭐.5 (and the only book I could currently find with the word February in the title). And my number in the title selection was Between Two Skies by Joanne O’Sullivan, ⭐⭐⭐. I also have heard so much about To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han, ⭐⭐⭐⭐, that I felt like I needed to check it out myself. I loved it and quickly watched the Netlix adaptation, which was also pretty good. I plan to read the other two books in the series so that I can watch the second installment as well.
I totally failed on my 2020 reading challenge in month three. I intended to read two more things that met the challenge, but due to school closures, I left them there. However, I have since been able to pick them up so I will add them to my April reading to get back on track. I listened to two books, The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper, ⭐⭐⭐⭐, and Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning, ⭐⭐⭐.5. I also finished two adult books, American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel, ⭐⭐⭐⭐.