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Reviews:
Across the Pond by Storyheart (Barry Eva) review copy
The Cat's Book of Romance by Kate Ledger personal collection
The Dragons of Spratt Ohio by Linda Zinnen library book
Frog on His Own by Mercer Mayer library book
Gravitation Volume 1 by Maki Murakami personal collection
Harriet and the Roller Coaster by Nancy Carlton library book
Heat Wave by Richard Castle bookcrossing
If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond library book
Into the Volcano by Don Wood personal collection
Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Magic Tree House #12) by Mary Pope Osborne
So B. It by Sarah Weeks library book
Stop in the Name of Pants by Louise Rennison personal collection
There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer personal collection
Waterwise by Jeff Orff library book
Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf library book
Whoo-oo Is It? by Megan McDonald library book
Frog Goes to Dinner by Mercer Mayer library book
Ghost Town at Sundown (Magic Tree House #10) by Mary Pope Osborne library book
Harriet Beecher Stowe by Suzanne M. Coil library book
If You Can't Say Something Nice, Say it in Yiddish by Lita Epstein personal collection
Incubus, Succubus by Neil James Hudson review copy
Journey Around the World by Sarah Albee personal collection
King Ottokar's Scepre by Georges Remi Hergé library book
Mrs. Muffly's Monster by Sarah Dyer library book
Operation Starseed by JM Snyder personal collection
The X in Sex: How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives by David Bainbridge
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss personal collection
You Had Me at Halo by Amanda Ashby personal collection
Can Kittens Take a Catnap? by Clair Palfreman-Bunker personal collection
Halfway to Each Other by Susan Pohlman review copy
I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears by Jag Bhalla library book
If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond library book
Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha-ha!by Barbara Park personal collection
Junie B., First Grader: Boo and I Mean It! by Barbara Park personal collection
Lions at Lunchtime (Magic Tree House #11) by Mary Pope Osborne library book
Madras on Rainy Days by Samina Ali library book
Max's Christmas Stocking by Rosemary Wells library book
Me, Myself and I by Jane Louise Curry library book
Paddington Bear and the Busy Bee Carnival by Michael Bond personal collection
Where Are Maisy's Friends? by Lucy Cousins library book
The Divorce Party by Laura Dave review copy
Sarah Whitcher's Story by Elizabeth Yates personal collection
What Happy Working Mothers Know by Cathy L. Greenberg review copy
The Witches of Worm by Zipha Keatley Snyder library book
Murder in the Magick Club by Byron A. Lorrier review copy
Wolf Song Visions by Scott and Linda Reade review copy
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Comments for The Ten Best ARCs Books of 2009

The Ten Best ARCs Books of 2009: 12/26/09

I received about 100 ARCs and books for review from publicists and authors in 2009. For my list of ten best ARCs, I'm picking only from the 75 books I have actually reviewed on my blog to date.

Across the Pond by Storyheart (Barry Eva): fiction
Tsunami by Gordon Gumpertz: fiction
Outside the Lavender Closet by Martha A. Taylor: lgbt fiction
Mysterious Magical Circus Family Kids: The Chocolate Cake Turkey Lip Crumb Trail Mystery Adventure by R Hawk Starkey: children's chapter book
Legs Talk: Let Your Legs do the Talking by D.E. Boone: graphic novel / photo humor
Voices Under Berlin: The Tale of a Monterey Mary by T. H. E. Hill: fiction
Fiction: A Novel by Ara 13: meta fiction
Diary of a Dead Man by Walter Krumm: mystery
Written on the Knee: A Diary from the Greek-Italian Front of WWII by Helen Electrie Lindsay
Kosher by Design Lightens Up by Susie Fishbein: cook book

For 2010 if you are interested in having your book reviewed here, please use my contact form. I do not do book tours nor do I post press releases.

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Comments (6)

Comment #1: Saturday, December, 26, 2009 at 22:51:20

Thanks for including my book: Legs Talk. I am delighted and humbled.

Comment #2: Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 21:29:25

Pussreboots

It made me laugh. I showed it to my friends and they all laughed too. It's been popular with everyone I've shown it to. Happy New Years!

Comment #3: Monday, December, 28, 2009 at 12:14:53

T.H.E. Hill

What a marvelous Christmas Present! I am very, very pleased to see "Voices Under Berlin" in your Top Ten List for 2009.

Comment #4: Friday, January 1, 2009 at 20:50:11

Pussreboots

Happy New Year! I've been sharing your book around with my book club friends and it's been well received.

Comment #5: Monday, December, 28, 2009 at 16:19:46

I haven't added up my review books for the year. If I had read every one I received it would be huge I'm sure.

I've read two of that list. Outside the Lavender Closet and Kosher By Design Lightens Up. I liked both of them, not sure if they'd be on top 10 or not. Perhaps I'll consider doing a top 10 review books, although my top 10 reads of 2009 will probably be all review books anyways.

Comment #6: Friday, January 1, 2009 at 20:53:25

Pussreboots

I keep a copy of my reviews on GoodReads by year. I sorted my 2009 reviews by rating and these were the ten ARCs that had the highest rating.