The Read-at-Home-Mom Report: May 2019

May went by so quickly, but I did squeeze in quite a bit of reading. In addition to all the books listed below, I also read half of Middlemarch by George Eliot, which I'm looking forward to finishing in June, along with my re-read of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I slowed down quite a bit on picture books this month, too, which was a nice change of pace. Here's my report.

Books Read 

A Dream Within a Dream

by Patricia Maclachlan
Format: Digital ARC
Genre: Realistic fiction (middle grade)
Source: Edelweiss+
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)

A Is for Elizabeth

by Rachel Vail
Format: Digital ARC
Genre: Realistic fiction (beginning chapter book)
Source: Edelweiss+
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Doll People

by Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin, illustrated by Brian Selznick
Format: Paperback
Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Gift from my mom
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Last Cruise

by Kate Christensen
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Literary fiction
Source: Public library
Review: On Instagram (⭐⭐⭐)

The Meanest Doll in the World

by Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin, illustrated by Brian Selznick

Format: Paperback
Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Gift from my mom
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Something Other Than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It

by Jennifer Fulwiler

Format: Hardcover
Genre: Catholic memoir
Source: Personal collection
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Vile Bodies

by Evelyn Waugh
Format: Paperback
Genre: Literary fiction
Source: Public library
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)

Q's Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books

by Helene Hanff
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Memoir
Source: Inter-library loan
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Be Brave in the Scared: How I Learned to Trust God during the Most Difficult Days of My Life

by Mary Lenaburg
Format: Paperback
Genre: Catholic memoir
Source: Purchased from Amazon
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

by Maxwell King
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Biography
Source: Public library
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐)

The Nest

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Literary fiction
Source: Public library (Libby app)
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Deadly Vows

by Jody Holford
Format: Digital ARC
Genre: Cozy mystery
Source: Netgalley
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)

Life of Fred: Butterflies

by Stanley F. Schmidt
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Math textbook
Source: Inter-library loan
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The World We Live In

by Lincoln Barnett
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Nonficton
Source: Personal collection
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Meet Me at the Museum

by Anne Youngson
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Literary fiction
Source: Public library
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)

The Runaway Dolls

by Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin, illustrated by Brian Selznick

Format: Paperback
Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Gift from my mom
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Doll People Set Sail

by Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin, illustrated by Brett Helquist 

Format: Paperback

Genre: Fantasy (middle grade)
Source: Gift from my mom
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐)

Filippo's Dome

by Anne Rockwell
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Nonfiction (juvenile chapter book)
Source: Personal collection
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street

by Helene Hanff
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Memoir/diary
Source: Inter-library loan
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) 

Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos

by Donna Andrews
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Cozy mystery
Source: Scribd
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Scent of Water

by Elizabeth Goudge
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Literary fiction
Source: Inter-library loan
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Friday's Tunnel

by John Verney

Format: Paperback review copy
Genre: Mystery/adventure
Source: Paul Dry Books, Inc.
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng
Format: Audiobook
Genre: Literary fiction
Source: Public library
Review: On Goodreads  (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Master Puppeteer

by Katherine Paterson
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Historical fiction (middle grade)
Source: Personal collection
Review: On the blog (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Inside the Ark

by Caryll Houselander
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Catholic short stories for kids
Source: Inter-library loan
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Crazy Rich Asians

Format: Paperback
Genre: Realistic fiction
Source: Public library
Review: On Goodreads (⭐⭐⭐)

Picture Books (with links to Goodreads reviews)

• You Can't Make a Move Without Your Muscles by Paul Showers
• The Long Lost Coelacanth by Aliki
• Sea Glass Summer by Michelle Houts, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
• The Doll People's Christmas by Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin, illustrated by Brett Helquist
• A Baby Starts to Grow by Paul Showers, illustrated by Rosalind Fry
• Before You Were a Baby by Paul Showers
• Madam and Nun and 1001: What Is a Palindrome? by Brian P. Cleary
• Materials by Steffi Clarke-Cavell
• Wood by Andrea Rivera
• Wood by Harriet Brundle
• The Good Son by Pierre-Jacques Ober, illustrated by Jules Ober and Felicity Coonan
• Rock by Harriet Brundle
• Joan of Arc by Josephine Poole, illustrated by Angela Barrett 

Blog Posts Published

• Making the Most of Read-a-thons
• Books My Children Have Destroyed
• My Favorite Books Released in the Last Ten Years

Challenge Progress

• Alphabet Soup: 2 read in May, 21 of 26 read total
• Alphabet Soup Author Edition: 2 read in May, 21 of 26 read total
• #CathLit: 0 read in May, 11 of 19 read total
• Cloak and Dagger: 2 read in May, 26 of 55 read total
• Craving for Cozies: 2 read in May, 18 of 51 read total
• Library Love: 7 read in May, 39 of 60 read total
• RMFAO Audiobooks: 3 read in May, 28 of 25 read total
• Goodreads Goal: 39 read in May, 202 of 425 read total

I'll be linking up this post for It's Monday! What Are You Reading? with The Book Date and Unleashing Readers/Teach Mentor Texts and for the May 2019 Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up Link-Up at Feed Your Fiction Addiction.