Here are the books I’ve read in the past year, along with their links so you can check them out too! Many were free digital downloads from Project Gutenberg or via one of the many lovely local libraries (using Libby/Overdrive app or HOOPLA Digital). Others were purchased from local authors. Either way, I hope you enjoy them!

JANUARY

1 (Jan 3rd) Mountain Interval by Robert Frost (poetry ebook via Project Gutenberg)

2 (Jan 9th) Atomic Habits by James Clear (self-help audiobook via Audible)

3 (Jan 12th) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (novel ebook via Project Gutenberg)

4 (Jan 14th) The Buddhist Catechism by Henry Steel Olcott (nonfiction ebook via Project Gutenberg)

5 (Jan 18th) THREE STORIES & TEN POEMS by Ernest Hemingway (ebook via Project Gutenberg)

6 (Jan 17th) WHAT GOES UP by Christine Heppermann (novel-in-verse hardback)

FEBRUARY

7  (Feb 23rd) The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler (prose ebook via Project Gutenberg)

8 (Feb 25th) Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter (nonfiction audiobook via Libby app)

9 (Feb 25th) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass (memoir ebook via Project Gutenberg)

10 The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick (scifi ebook via Project Gutenberg)

11 Modern Persuasion: 21st Century Austen by Sara Marks (romance ebook via KINDLE store)

MARCH

12 (Mar 6th) Because I Could Not Stop For Death by Amanda Flower(mystery KINDLE ebook via Overdrive)

13 (Mar 6th) YOUR MOUTH is MOVING BACKWARDS by Juliet Cook (poetry paperback purchase)

14 (Mar 10th) Letters to Herostratus by Katarina Kelley (poetry eARC)

15 (Mar 25th) Sea of Red by Deborah Edmisten (YA scif/mystery eARC)

16 (Mar 27th) WRITING IS: A POETRY ANTHOLOGY by the Massillon Public Library Adult Writer’s Group (poetry paperback poetry anthology)

17 (Mar 29th) DARK by Angela R. Watts and Dawn E. Dagger (YA apocalyptic fiction ebook via KINDLE store)

APRIL

18 CRIME AND POETRY by Amanda Flowers (mystery audiobook CDs)

19 WONDER WOMAN: FORGOTTEN LEGENDS by Trina Robbins (digital graphic novel via HOOPLA Digital app)

20 (April 10th) The memoir of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin and Sir Francis Darwin (ebook via Project Gutenberg)

21 (April 18th) POETRY COMICS by Grant Snider (graphic novel via HOOPLA Digital app)

22 (April 20th) The End of Race Politics by Coleman Hughes  (nonfiction KINDLE ebook via Libby app)

23 (April 30th) POETRY AFTER 9/11: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW YORK POETS edited by Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians (KINDLE ebook via Libby app)

MAY 

24 (May 6th) A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry by Mary Oliver (KINDLE ebook)

25 (May 16th) ODE TO THE WEST WIND AND OTHER POEMS by Percy Bysshe Shelley (KINDLE ebook via Libby app)

26 (May 19th) Doodle Stitching: Embroidery Art by Aimee Ray (nonfiction ebook via HOOPLA)

27 (May 22nd) Resident Alien Omnibus Vol. 1 by Peter Hogan (graphic novel via HOOPLA)

28 (May 24th) The Poetry of July narrated by Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe (poetry audiobook via Libby app)

29 (May 24th) Aimless Love by Billy Collins (read by the author) (poetry audiobook via Libby app)

JUNE

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30 (June 1st) Resident Alien Omnibus Vol. 2 by Peter Hogan (graphic novel via HOOPLA)

31 (June 5th) Suffer for Supper: James Bryant’s Dark Haiku volume 3 by James Bryant (poetry KINDLE ebook)

32 (June 9th) Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell (scifi-romance KINDLE ebook)

33 (June 9th) In a World of Hurt: James Bryant’s Dark Haiku volume 4 by James Bryant (poetry KINDLE ebook)

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34 (June 12th) AT BLACKWATER POND by Mary Oliver (read by the author)(poetry audiobook via Libby app)

35 (June 12th) KOREAN COOKBOOK by Jiu Chung (ebook via HOOPLA)

36 (June 14th) Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (translated into English verse by Brian Hooker) (poetry paperback)

37 (June 16th) Blue Horses by Mary Oliver (read by Kimberly Farr) (poetry audiobook via Libby app)

38 (June 18th) alone in the house of my heart: poems by Kari Gunter-Seymour (KINDLE ebook via Libby app)

39 (June 25th) Prose and Cons by Amanda Flower (mystery audiobook via Libby app)

JULY

40 (July 2nd) The Stranger by Albert Camus (fiction audiobook via Libby app)

41  (July 11th) How to Eat a Poem: A Smorgasbord of Tasty and Delicious Poems for Young Readers by various authors (poetry ebook via HOOPLA)

42 (July 14th) Questions of Travel by Elizabeth Bishop (poetry ebook via HOOPLA)

43 (July 6th) Wonder Woman Vol. 1: Outlaw by Tom King, Daniel Sampere, and Tomeu Morey (graphic novel via HOOPLA)

44 (July 26th) Wonder Woman vol. 1 Afterworlds by Becky Cloonan, etc (graphic novel via HOOPLA)

45 (July 27th) Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance (memoir audiobook via Libby app)

AUGUST

46 (Aug 3rd) The Guild vol. 1 by Felicia Day, etc (graphic novel via HOOPLA)

47 (Aug 4th) The Guild vol. 2: Knights of Good by Felicia Day, etc (graphic novel via HOOPLA)

48 (Aug 7th) Love Poems by Pablo Neruda (poetry audiobook via Libby app)

49 (Aug 7th) The Rain in Portugal by Billy Collins (poetry ebook via Libby app)

50 (Aug 12th) The Poets’ Corner compiled by John Lithgow (poetry audiobook via Libby app)

51 (Aug 12th) Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting: Poems by Kevin Powers (poetry audiobook via Libby app)

52 (Aug 18th) Goldenrod: poems by Maggie Smith (poetry audiobook via Libby app)

53 (Aug 27th) The United States Constitution by The United States (ebook via ProjectGutenberg, read on KINDLE)

SEPTEMBER

54 (Sept 8th) Poetry for Dummies by John Timpane, PhD (nonfiction KINDLE ebook via Libby app)

55 (Sept 16th) The Snow Queen’s Shadow: Book Four of The Princess Series by Jim C. Hines (fantasy KINDLE eBook)

56 (Sept 24th) Julia: 1984 by Sandra Newman (scifi audiobook via Libby app)

57 (Sept 26th) Looking for Alaska by John Green (novel ebook via Libby app)

OCTOBER

58 (Oct 10th) Storm Front: Dresden Files book #1 by Jim Butcher (fantasy audiobook via Libby app)

59 (Oct 19th) Perchance to Dream by Tamara Belko (prose/ poetry hybrid novel via 30-day free trial of KINDLE UNLIMITED)

60 (Oct 20th) I Should Be Writing: A Writer’s Workshop by Mur Lafferty (nonfiction via 30-day free trial of KINDLE UNLIMITED)

NOVEMBER

61 (Nov 1st) Doppelganger by Chip Walter (scifi novel via 30-day free trial of KINDLE UNLIMITED)

62 (Nov 7th)  Fool Moon: Dresden Files book #2 by Jim Butcher (fantasy audiobook via Libby app)

63 (Nov 10th) strange questions to ask librarians by Kaitlyn Bolyard (poetry collection via 30-day free trial of KINDLE UNLIMITED)

64 (Nov 17th) Sonny Boy by Al Pacino (memoir KINDLE ebook via Libby app)

65 (Nov 22nd) The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (nonfiction audiobook via Libby app)

DECEMBER

66  (Dec 5th) Organizing for the Rest of Us: 100 Realistic Strategies to Keep Any House Under Control by Dana K. White (self-help audiobook via Libby app)

67 (Dec 7th) Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff by Dana K. White (self-help KINDLE ebook via Libby app)

68 (Dec 8th) Dandelions in Sidewalk Cracks  by Massillon Public Library’s Writers of the Round Table (poetry PROOF ebook copy)

69 (Dec 10th) How to Do Things You Hate: Self-Discipline to Suffer Less, Embrace the Suck, and Achieve Anything by Peter Hollins (self-help KINDLE ebook via Libby app)

70 (Dec 11th) Milton’s Sonnets by John Milton (poetry free download)

71 (Dec 17th) Writers and Their Notebooks by Diana M. Raab (nonfiction KINDLE ebook via Libby app)

72 (Dec 19th) In My Father’s House: A Son’s Memoir by Dwight Parrish (memoir KINDLE ebook)

73 (Dec 21st) In Which by Denise Duhamel (Rattle poetry chapbook)

Until next time, stay safe and well, and read often!

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