There just isn’t enough time. I can’t believe it’s March already. So much still to do and not enough time to do it.
But I do have a list of books that I read in February. So let’s get right into it.
Picture Books
- The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López
- All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold & Suzanne Kaufman
- Roadrunner’s Dance by Rudolfo Anaya & David Diaz
- Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee
- Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith
- The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
In the initial drafting of this post, I was going to tell you which picture books I liked the most, but I can’t do that now. I can’t make that decision.
Middle Grade
The only middle grade novel I read in February was the graphic novel New Kid by Jerry Craft. Honestly, it was one of the best middle grade novels I’ve read in a while (to be fair, I can’t remember the last middle grade novel that I read.
I will be writing a sticky note review for New Kid; I’ve been carrying the book around in my bag just in case I find a moment to get to it. It just hasn’t happened yet.
So keep an eye out if middle grade graphic novels are your thing.
Young Adult
- On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
- A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
- Cicada by Shuan Tan
The two novels for this month were both on the theme of lived experience of brown girls – one black and from the hood, one Iranian-American in 2002. Both were fantastic.
Cicada was a little weird, but the art was stunning.
Adult
The Choices series by Skyy
I stepped way out of my comfort zone again. After loving Once Ghosted, Twice Shy, the black lesbian romance novel I read in January, I decided to give the genre another go. I did have some challenges with the story (gender roles, biphobia), but the series definitely got better as it progressed. I’ll write a review of these as well at some point in the near future.
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So many great covers, and I love the way you laid out the books. Happy March!
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