Road Narrative Update for October 2018: 11/03/18

This is my second month of posting an update on the road narrative project. This monthly update is still a work in progress.

I read sixteen books (up from four the previous month):

1. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (FFFF00)
2. Three Quarters Dead by Richard Peck (FFCC33)
3. Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo (FF6633)
4. Sodom Road Exit by Amber Dawn (99CCFF)
5. Amulet 8: Supernova by Kazu Kibuishi (99CCCC)
6. Foe by Iain Reid (993399)
7. 24 Hours in Nowhere by Dusti Bowling (6633CC)
8. The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden (663333)
9. The Doughnut Fix by Jessie Janowitz (663333)
10. Lowriders Blast from the Past by Cathy Camper and Raúl Gonzalez III (663333)
11. No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen (666633)
12. Bluecrowne by Kate Milford (33CCFF)
13. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya (336666)
14. Rust: Soul in the Machine by Royden Lepp (336666)
15. Pride by Ibi Zoboi (336633)
16. Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova (3300FF)

Because it's Cybils reading season for us round one judges, this selection has a large number of middle grade fiction books. Interestingly the nominees mostly clump around 663333. Basically, that means marginalized characters (primarily because of age, in rural settings accessible by blue highways)

Narratives read by placement in the spectrum

I reviewed or analyzed eight books:

1. The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige (FF6666)
2. The Million by Karl Schroeder (CCFFFF)
3. Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City by Will Mabbitt and Ross Collins (CCCC66)
4. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (666666) >
5. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya (336666)
6. Pride by Ibi Zoboi (336633)
7. Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova (3300FF)
8. Paradox in Oz by Edward Einhorn and Eric Shanower (OOCC66)

Narratives reviewed by placement in the spectrum

Finally I wrote these essays:

1. FFCC33: Orphan Uhoria Blue Highway: A comparison of The Sentinel and Three-Quarters Dead
2. FFCC99: Orphan Uhoria Labyrinth
3. FFCC00: Orphan Uhoria Interstate: The Polar Express, Waiting for Augusta, and Winterhouse
4. FF99FF: Orphan wildlands cornfield

November will be even more Cybils centric but I will continue to write essays and post road narrative reviews.

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