My 2024 Reading Log
Below please find my bespoke reading log. I do still try to track my reading on Goodreads because I have a lot of old friends and colleagues there, but I want it first on my own website in my own way.
Currently Reading
Duineser Elegien - Elegies from the castle of Duino by Rainer Maria Rilke ; translated from the German by V. Sackville-West and Edward Sackville West [ 31% ]
Date Started: 3/24/2024
Genre / Strand: German poetry in translation
Notes: random serendipitous connection to the other two books I am reading right nowI Love Information by Courtney Bush [ 34% ]
Date Started: 3/24/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry
Notes: re-readOrlando by Virginia Woolf [ 43% ]
Date Started: 3/21/2024
Genre / Strand: historical fiction, satire, ?magical realism/fantasy?
Notes:The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien [ 53 (assuming we're not going to read the appendices)% ]
Date Started: 1/1/2024
Genre / Strand: Fantasy
Notes: Reading out loud to William at bedtime some nightsFinished Reading
Ariel Crashes a Train
by Olivia A. Cole
Date Started: 2/13/2024
Date Finished: 3/20/2024
Genre / Strand: psychological young adult novel in verse
Notes: this is lowkey nonspeculative horror
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
by Pedro MartÃn
Date Started: 2/18/2024
Date Finished: 2/19/2024
Genre / Strand: humorous family travel Mexican American middle grade graphic memoir
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Kin: Rooted in Hope
by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford
Date Started: 2/17/2024
Date Finished: 2/18/2024
Genre / Strand: family history American history African American history memoir poetry
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Alebrijes
by Donna Barba Higuera
Date Started: 1/18/2024
Date Finished: 1/29/2024
Genre / Strand: Postapocalyptic Middle Grade Fiction
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Elf Dog and Owl Head
by M.T. Anderson
Date Started: 1/23/2024
Date Finished: 1/23/2024
Genre / Strand: Contemporary Fantasy Middle Grade Fiction
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I Love Information: Poems
by Courtney Bush
Date Started: 1/14/2024
Date Finished: 1/15/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry
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Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
by Kai Cheng Thom
Date Started: 1/8/2024
Date Finished: 1/13/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry, Essays, Prayers, Spirituality, Queer
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by Olivia A. Cole
Date Started: 2/13/2024
Date Finished: 3/20/2024
Genre / Strand: psychological young adult novel in verse
Notes: this is lowkey nonspeculative horrorMexikid: A Graphic Memoir
by Pedro MartÃn
Date Started: 2/18/2024
Date Finished: 2/19/2024
Genre / Strand: humorous family travel Mexican American middle grade graphic memoir
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Kin: Rooted in Hope
by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford
Date Started: 2/17/2024
Date Finished: 2/18/2024
Genre / Strand: family history American history African American history memoir poetry
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Alebrijes
by Donna Barba Higuera
Date Started: 1/18/2024
Date Finished: 1/29/2024
Genre / Strand: Postapocalyptic Middle Grade Fiction
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Elf Dog and Owl Head
by M.T. Anderson
Date Started: 1/23/2024
Date Finished: 1/23/2024
Genre / Strand: Contemporary Fantasy Middle Grade Fiction
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I Love Information: Poems
by Courtney Bush
Date Started: 1/14/2024
Date Finished: 1/15/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry
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Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
by Kai Cheng Thom
Date Started: 1/8/2024
Date Finished: 1/13/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry, Essays, Prayers, Spirituality, Queer
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by Pedro MartÃn
Date Started: 2/18/2024
Date Finished: 2/19/2024
Genre / Strand: humorous family travel Mexican American middle grade graphic memoir
Notes:Kin: Rooted in Hope
by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford
Date Started: 2/17/2024
Date Finished: 2/18/2024
Genre / Strand: family history American history African American history memoir poetry
Notes:
Alebrijes
by Donna Barba Higuera
Date Started: 1/18/2024
Date Finished: 1/29/2024
Genre / Strand: Postapocalyptic Middle Grade Fiction
Notes:
Elf Dog and Owl Head
by M.T. Anderson
Date Started: 1/23/2024
Date Finished: 1/23/2024
Genre / Strand: Contemporary Fantasy Middle Grade Fiction
Notes:
I Love Information: Poems
by Courtney Bush
Date Started: 1/14/2024
Date Finished: 1/15/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry
Notes:
Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
by Kai Cheng Thom
Date Started: 1/8/2024
Date Finished: 1/13/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry, Essays, Prayers, Spirituality, Queer
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by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford
Date Started: 2/17/2024
Date Finished: 2/18/2024
Genre / Strand: family history American history African American history memoir poetry
Notes:Alebrijes
by Donna Barba Higuera
Date Started: 1/18/2024
Date Finished: 1/29/2024
Genre / Strand: Postapocalyptic Middle Grade Fiction
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Elf Dog and Owl Head
by M.T. Anderson
Date Started: 1/23/2024
Date Finished: 1/23/2024
Genre / Strand: Contemporary Fantasy Middle Grade Fiction
Notes:
I Love Information: Poems
by Courtney Bush
Date Started: 1/14/2024
Date Finished: 1/15/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry
Notes:
Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
by Kai Cheng Thom
Date Started: 1/8/2024
Date Finished: 1/13/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry, Essays, Prayers, Spirituality, Queer
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Previous: My 2023 Reading Log
by Donna Barba Higuera
Date Started: 1/18/2024
Date Finished: 1/29/2024
Genre / Strand: Postapocalyptic Middle Grade Fiction
Notes:Elf Dog and Owl Head
by M.T. Anderson
Date Started: 1/23/2024
Date Finished: 1/23/2024
Genre / Strand: Contemporary Fantasy Middle Grade Fiction
Notes:
I Love Information: Poems
by Courtney Bush
Date Started: 1/14/2024
Date Finished: 1/15/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry
Notes:
Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
by Kai Cheng Thom
Date Started: 1/8/2024
Date Finished: 1/13/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry, Essays, Prayers, Spirituality, Queer
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Previous: My 2023 Reading Log
by M.T. Anderson
Date Started: 1/23/2024
Date Finished: 1/23/2024
Genre / Strand: Contemporary Fantasy Middle Grade Fiction
Notes:I Love Information: Poems
by Courtney Bush
Date Started: 1/14/2024
Date Finished: 1/15/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry
Notes:
Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
by Kai Cheng Thom
Date Started: 1/8/2024
Date Finished: 1/13/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry, Essays, Prayers, Spirituality, Queer
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Previous: My 2023 Reading Log
by Courtney Bush
Date Started: 1/14/2024
Date Finished: 1/15/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry
Notes:Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
by Kai Cheng Thom
Date Started: 1/8/2024
Date Finished: 1/13/2024
Genre / Strand: Poetry, Essays, Prayers, Spirituality, Queer
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by Kai Cheng Thom