March 2010 in Review: 03/31/10
March was another library heavy month for reviews but I have gotten through more of my personal collection. I only reviewed one ARC but I've read through a bunch more so expect to see them reviewed in April. I liked most of what I reviewed with more than half of the books read rating as a 4 or a 5.
I've decided not to post all the covers from the books I read. There are just too many. Instead, I'm doing something new, comparing the books reviewed to the books read. This will give you a glimpse of the reviews I'll be posting in the coming weeks.
Books Reviewed in March
Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)
Five stars
- Cat Dreams by Urusla K. Le Guin and S. D. Schindler (illustrator)
- Dinosaur Train by John Steven Gurney
- Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation by Tom Siddell
- Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House #16) by Mary Pope Osborne
- Hip Cat by Jonathan London
- The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
- King Matt the First by Janusz Korczak
- The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint
- Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
- Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
- Return of the Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
- The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
- Tonight on the Titanic (Magic Tree House #17) by Mary Pope Osborne
Four stars
- Amulet 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse by Kazu Kibuishi
- Creepy Crawly Crime by Aaron Reynolds and Neil Numberman
- Duma Key by Stephen King
- Gravitation Volume 2 by Maki Murakami
- If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond
- Henry's 100 Days of Kindergarten by Nancy Carlson
- Knuckleboom Loaders Load Logs by Joyce Slayton-Mitchell
- Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint
- Private Eye by Albert E. Cowdrey
- Salmon Doubts by Adam Sacks
- The Shrinking of Treehorn by Florence Parry Heide
Three stars
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- Clementina's Cactus by Ezra Jack Keats
- Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Death and Dementia by Edgar Allan Poe and Gris Grimly
- Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom by Eric Wight
- Pharaoh's Flowers by H. Nigel Hepper
- Songwood by Marc Laidlaw
- Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder
- What Pete Ate from A to Z by Maira Kalman
- When Cats Dream by Dav Pilkey
Two stars
- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
- Is it Just Me or is Everything Shit? by Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur
- No Mad by Sam Moffie
- Snowfall by Jessie Thompson
One star
- Arthur's New Puppy by Marc Brown library book *
Books Read in March 2010 (reviews coming)
- ABC I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson (library book)
- An African Tale by Enna Neru (review copy)
- Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature by John Mullan (library book)
- As Long as He Needs Me by Mary Verdick (review copy)
- Bailey's Day by Robert Haggerty (review copy)
- The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner (library book)
- Bone Volume 2: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith (library book)
- Border Town: A Novel by Congwen Shen (library book)
- Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (library book)
- The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd (library book)
- Dreamstone by P. A. Hendrickson (review copy)
- The Essential Basho by Basho (library book)
- Flanimals Pop-Up by Ricky Gervais (personal collection)
- Gentleman Takes a Chance (Shifters, #2) by Sarah A. Hoyt (library book)
- "Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance" by Paul Park (personal collection)
- Grampa's Zombie BBQ by Kirk Scroggs (library book)
- Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion by Suzy Kline (library book)
- Is There a Monster Over There? by Sally O. Lee (review copy)
- Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan (bookcrossing book)
- The Last Ember by Daniel Levin (library book)
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (personal collection)
- Little (Grrl) Lost (Newford, #20) by Charles de Lint (library book)
- The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (personal collection)
- The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang by Leonard Maltin (library book)
- Lost Worlds: Adventures in the Tropical Rainforest by Bruce M. Beehler (library book)
- "The Man Who Did Something About It" by Harvy Jacobs (personal collection)
- The Man Who Lost His Head by Claire Huchet Bishop (library book)
- The Maze Runner by James Dashner (library book)
- More Flanimals by Ricky Gervais (library book)
- The Morning Star by Nick Bantock (library book)
- Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart by Beth Pattillo (review copy)
- Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint (library book)
- Oscar and the Cricket: A Book About Moving and Rolling by Geoff Waring (library book)
- Ottoline Goes to School by Chris Riddell (library book)
- Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell (library book)
- Patricia Von Pleasantsquirrel by James Proimos (library book)
- Pieces for the Left Hand: 100 Anecdotes by J. Robert Lennon (library book)
- Poppleton (Paperback) by Cynthia Rylant (library book)
- Scat by Carl Hiaasen (library book)
- The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene (library book)
- "Songwood" by Marc Laidlaw (personal collection)
- The Soul of the Rhino by Hemanta Mishra (library book)
- The Tarot Cafe, #2 by Sang-Sun Park (library book)
- Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood (library book)
- Treehorn's Treasure by Florence Parry Heide (library book)
- Treehorn's Wish by Florence Parry Heide (library book)
- Uncle Andy's Cats by James Warhola (library book)
- Un Lun Dun by China Mieville (personal collection)
- War, Women, and the News by Catherine Gourley (library book)
- Wildfire: A Novel (review copy)
- Yellowbelly and Plum Go to School by Nathan Hale (library book)
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