Saturday, July 6, 2024

2024 Books Read: January to June

  1. The Book of V. by Anna Solomon (audiobook)
  2. Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland (audiobook)
  3. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin (audiobook)
  4. The Measure by Nikki Erlick
  5. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  6. The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
  7. Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
  8. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
  9. The Cactus by Sarah Haywood (audiobook)
  10. Nuclear Family by Joseph Han (audiobook)
  11. Why Father's Cry at Night by Kwame Alexander (audiobook)
  12. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
  13. All the Gold Stars by Rainesford Stauffer (audiobook)
  14. The Light of Luna Park by Addison Armstrong
  15. The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel (audiobook)
  16. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
  17. The Naked Don't Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins (audiobook)
  18. Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys
  19. Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom by Ariel Burger (audiobook)
  20. Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
  21. Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah (audiobook)
  22. Lana's War by Anita Abriel 
  23. The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton (audiobook)
  24. Out of Love by Hazel Hayes (audiobook)
  25. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
  26. Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer (audiobook)
  27. The Stolen Coast by Dwyer Murphy (audiobook)
  28. The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell'Antonio (audiobook)
  29. The Roaring Days of Zora Lily by Noelle Salazar
  30. Sam by Allegra Goodman (audiobook)
  31. The Hero of this Book by Elizabeth McCracken (audiobook)
  32. You Have a Match y Emma Lord (audiobook)
  33. Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks (audiobook)
  34. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin (audiobook)
  35. The Whispers by Ashley Audrain (audiobook)
  36. The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow (audiobook)
  37. A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Messiner (audiobook)
  38. Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
  39. All You Have to Do is Call by Kerri Maher (audiobook)
  40. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (audiobook)
  41. The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
  42. What We Kept to Ourselves by Nancy Jooyun Kim (audiobook)
  43. The Librarian of Saint-Malo by Mario Escobar
  44. Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (audiobook)
  45. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
  46. Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney (audiobook)
  47. Four: A Divergent Collection by Suzanne Collins 
  48. A Promised Land by Barack Obama (audiobook)
  49. Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
  50. Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutano (audiobook)
  51. Banyan Moon by Thao Thai (audiobook)
  52. We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein
  53. Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood (audiobook)
  54. The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (audiobook)
  55. Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray 
  56. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel 
  57. Summer Sister by Judy Blume (audiobook)
  58. Hell of a Book by Jason Mott 
  59. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg (audiobook)
  60. Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler
  61. A Quitter's Paradise by Elysha Change
  62. Wahala by Nikki May (audiobook)
Books I have Read to the Boys
  1. The Secret Letters: Mysteries of Trash & Treasure (Book 1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (audiobook)
  2. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Steal a Dragon's Sword (Book 9) by Cressida Crowell
  3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters (Book 2) by Rick Riordan
  4. The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze (Book 3) by Rick Riordan
  5. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel (Book 10) by Cressida Crowell
  6. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unmapped Sea (Book 5) by Maryrose Wood (audiobook)
  7. Nooks & Crannies by Jessica Lawson (audiobook)
  8. A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry (audiobook)
  9. Big Tree by Brian Selznick
  10. The Boggart by Susan Cooper (audiobook)
  11. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Betray a Dragon's Hero (Book 11) by Cressida Crowell
  12. Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (Book 3) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
  13. Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Book 4) by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)
  14. How to Train Your Dragon: How to Fight a Dragon's Fury (Book 12) by Cressia Crowell

Saturday, June 15, 2024

Walking Around Washington DC

Churches--
U.S. Capitol
U.S. Supreme Court
Chinatown
Street Art and Sculptures
Washington Monument
Lafayette Square
White House and Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building
Smithsonian African History Museum