Book cover for TROJAN by Daniel Kraus, featuring a woman in modern tank top, black jeans, jacket with glowing eyes and giant butterfly wings made of flat-screen monitors with pink images.
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TROJAN
by Daniel Kraus
*dark fantasy/horror noir trade paperback
*print copy, owned
Cover for HAIL MARIAM by Huda Al-Marashi, featuring a tween with long brown hair wearing a school uniform and clutching a book. She is standing in front of a stained glass window.
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HAIL MARIAM
by Huda Al-Marashi
*middle grade realistic fiction
*Muslim main character attends Catholic school, inspired by author's experience
*audio - free ALC from Libro fm
It is soooooo good! 😃
Soooooooooo good!
Book cover for CAT + CRAZY VOL. 1 by Wataru Nadatani, featuring a gray and white cat with eyes closed lying on its back with paws raised near head
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CAT + CRAZY VOL. 1
by Wataru Nadatani
*delightful manga
*digital edition from school library's ComicsPlus subscription
Book cover for HOW TO LOSE A GOBLIN IN TEN DAYS by Jessie Sylva, featuring a red wooden circular door, surrounded by plants, mushrooms, a pumpkin, sword, ax, and lantern
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HOW TO LOSE A GOBLIN IN TEN DAYS
by Jessie Sylva
*cozy romantasy
*book club selection
*print copy from public library
Book cover for GARLIC & THE VAMPIRE by Bree Paulsen, featuring a creature with a garlic bulb for a head wearing a dress, sweater, and scarf and holding a wooden hammer and stake, standing on a wooded path with a castle behind in the distance
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GARLIC & THE VAMPIRE
by Bree Paulsen
*middle grade graphic novel
*whimsical fantasy
*print copy from school library
Book cover for I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jaqueline Harpman. featuring a ladder coming out of a rectangular hole in the ground with a yellow diamond above, mountains far away, and a skinny crescent moon
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I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN
by Jaqueline Harpman
*thought-provoking post-apocalyptic dystopia
*translated from French
*audio on hoopla - read free with a friend!
You should check this one out, @als84.bsky.social
Book covers for 11 books read in February. See @ipushbooks on Storygraph for details.
Reading stats for February 2026. 11 books, 1735 pages, 31.17 hours, Average rating 4.43
Reading stats for February 2026. All fiction, 50% with under 300 pages, 50% with 300+, top genres middle grade, realistic fiction.
I read 11 books in February 2026!
Adult stuff: Dungeon Crawler Carl is as fun as advertised. Heartwood is a great full-cast audio.
YA stuff: Titan from the Stars is stellar 😉 sci/fi horror
#readingchallenge #booksky #storygraph
Book cover for HEARTWOOD by Amity Gaige, featuring axeiman's silhouette made out of trees/forest
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HEARTWOOD
by Amity Gaige
*suspense/mystery, reflective
*multiple POV
*full cast audiobook from Libby
Cover for THE PLACE WHERE THEY BURIED YOUR HEART by Christina Henry, featuring a deep purple swirly background and light blue, shadowed three-story wood-sided house from late 1800s
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THE PLACE WHERE THEY BURIED YOUR HEART
by Christina Henry
*horror: haunted house, cosmic
*Chicago setting
*print copy from personal collection, signed by author at @bobzbay.bsky.social event
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Book: Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
Coooool stickers!
Went to a bookstore at lunchtime & did not buy coooool stickers, but I did buy this book:
Cover for ONYX & BEYOND by Amber McBride, featuring a dark-skinned tween in a white t-short standing with arms xross. Blue/pink/yellow chalk wings are "drawn" behind him. Words like Gran, rage, stars, fear are written on each yellow feather. A white chalk cityscape is below the wings.
21.
ONYX & BEYOND
by Amber McBride
*middle grade historical fiction
*novel in verse
*audio from Libro FM free educator ALCs program
I recently "hand-sold" this one to three people at my book club that meets at B&N. We were sharing recently reads, and I knew some members have kids or grandkids who will connect to it. Whether it be through the humor, the illustrations, the accessible exploration of anxiety, or all three.
We currently are watching four screens-worth of curling on multi-view 😂
See also: period products. I haven't needed them in 8 years, and I went to purchase some to donate and was shocked. I'll bet people using them all the time just got used to gradual increases.
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
Book cover for CRONUS by P. Djèlí Clark, featuring a golden sickle on top of s mobius infinity symbol / figure 8
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CRONUS
by P. Djèlí Clark
*dystopian short story that StoryGraph is counting as a book so 🤷♀️
*feeling a little torn about using Amazon's Kindle to get this "free" story, but
*damn! this is a dark and thought-provoking work about a 2030 that seems...frighteningly plausible
Saying the loud part out loud
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
Black and white image of fanged, pop-eyed, horned, winged, skeletal demon holding a Friday 13 sign. Headed The Only Official and Accurate Picture of the "Friday Thirteenth" Jinx
Happy #FridaytheThirteenth ! The only official and accurate picture of the Friday Thirteenth Jinx.
( #PhantomsFriday for good measure.)
A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
Cover for TITAN OF THE STARS by E.K. Johnston, featuring a green-tinged female figure with short hair & overalls with male figure in suit peering from behind. Also green electronic arches with bright purple tentacles wound around them
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TITAN OF THE STARS
by E.K. Johnston
*YA science fiction/horror
*billed as The Titanic meets Alien (yes!)
*and also The Thing, Lower Decks, Color Out of Space...
*audio from Libro fm educator ALC program
Ooooooooooooo!
