Books Read April 2020: 77-107

Pictured: 5-star reads (the Harry Potter should be "Philosopher's Stone" since I listened to the UK version

77. Children of War by Deborah Ellis ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Hoopla eBook; my review)
78. The Malevolent Volume by Justin Phillip Reed ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
79. Slingshot by Cyrée Jarelle Johnson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from publisher; my review)
80. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, illustrated by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, & Harmony Becker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Hoopla eBook; my review)
81. Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (library eBook; my review)
82. Home is a Stranger by Parnaz Foroutan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
83. Billie by Anna Gavalda, translated by Jennifer Rappaport ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy; my review)
84. Back to September by Melissa Brayden ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from publisher; my review)
85. Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Graywolf Galley Club; my review)
86. The Fortress by S.A. Jones ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
87. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (review copy; my review)
88. Naming the Dawn by Abdourahman Waberi, translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy eBook; my review)
89. Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Hoopla eBook; my review)
90. $50,000 by Andrew Weatherhead ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from publisher; my review)
91. Then the Fish Swallowed Him by Amir Ahmadi Arian ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
92. The Experiment of West Kurdistan by Zaher Baher ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy; my review)
93. Hex by Lauren Dinerstein Knight ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
94. Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Reid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Hoopla eBook; my review)
95. Lady at the Window by Robert Waldron ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
96. An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy; my review)
97. 13th Balloon by Mark Bibbins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from publisher; my review)
98. Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
99. Afterlife by Julia Alvarez ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from NetGalley; my review)
100. Dispatch by Cameron Awkward-Rich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from publisher; my review)
101. The Foley Artist by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from publisher; my review)
102. The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (library copy; my review)
103. Temporary People by Deepak Unnikrishnan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (personal copy; my review)
104. The Silent Treatment by Abbie Greaves ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
105. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Stephen Fry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Audible Stories audiobook; my review)
106. Malicroix by Henri Bosco, translated by Joyce Zonana ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)
107. A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (eARC from Edelweiss; my review)

Total Books Read: 31

Audiobook: 1
eBook: 23
Print: 7

Library: 6 (this includes library eBooks and Hoopla)
Review copy: 18
Own: 7

American/Canadian Indigenous Writers: 3
Graphic novel/comic: 1
Memoir: 3
Middle East 2020: 6
National Poetry Month: 10 (including one poet memoir)
Romance: 2
SFF: 3
Short Stories: 1
Translated: 4

National Poetry Month 2017

My goal was to read one poetry collection PER DAY for National Poetry Month. I am one collection short! However In Praise of Defeat was 800 pages, quite a bit longer than the usual 60-120 page poetry collection (although to be fair, half those pages were in French!)

My five-star reads for National Poetry Month:

In Praise of Defeat by Abdellatif Laabi, translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith (2017)
Satan Says by Sharon Olds (1980)
Rowing Inland by Jim Daniels (2017)
Readings from the Book of Exile by Padraig O' Tuoma (2012)
Terra Incognita by Adebe De Rango-Adem (2015)
Even This Page is White by Vivek Shraya (2016)
Sorry for Your Troubles by Padraig O' Tuoma (2013)
A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom (2017)

I have to say thanks to Edelweiss and NetGalley because I had quite a few poetry galleys through access to publishers there. Poetry is often published by small presses, and particularly when it is translated or from Canada, it might never cross my radar otherwise. And of my favorites, three are Canadians (all writing about gender and race!), and one is translated.