Comments for October 2010 in Review

October in Review: 10/31/10

This month my reviews continue to be heavily slanted towards library reads. My research has cut into my usual high percentage of children's books (picture books, middle grades and young adult). My average rating was 3.4, so a mixed bag of great and so-so books.

I read 50 books and reviewed 31. Of the books I read, the vast majority of them were from the library. From the library books, most were either research related or picture books I read with my children. For the ROOB score, I'm up to a -1.54, having been tempted to read my recent picture book purchases immediately.

Books reviewed this month

Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

Five Star books:

1. Angus and the Ducks by Marjorie Flack (library book)
2. Bone: Ghost Circles by Jeff Smith (library book)
3. Bone: Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith (library book)
4. Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (library book)
5. Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins (library book)
6. Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine by Ann Hood (personal collection)

Four Star books

1. Altered Realities by Alfred Bester (library book)
2. Bhangra Babes by Narinder Dhami (library book)
3. The Emergence of Maps in Libraries by Walter William Ristow (library book)
4. More Flanimals by Ricky Gervais (library book)
5. Mr McGratt and the Ornery Cat by Marilyn Helmer (library book)
6. Pass It On by Leonard S. Marcus (library book)
7. The Quest for Merlin's Map (The Jumper Chronicles) by W. C. Peever (review copy)
8. Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson (personal collection)

Three Star books

1. Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey A. Carver (library book)
2. Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli (library book)
3. Coast to Coast by Catherine Donzel (library book)
4. The Devil's Arthmetic by Jane Yolen (library book)
5. The Dyodyne Experiment by James Doulgeris and V. Michael Santoro (review copy)
6. The Klondike Cat by Julie Lawson (library book)
7. Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin (personal collection)
8. My Guy by Sarah Weeks (library book)
9. Pure by Terra Elan McVoy (personal collection)

Two Star books

1. The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner (library book)
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (library book)
3. The Little Rascals by Leonard Maltin (library book)
4. Texas Tomboy by Lois Lenski (library book)
5. Thief of Shadows by Fred Chappell (personal collection)
6. Wildfire by Sarah Micklem (review copy)

One Star books

1. Finding Marco by Kenneth C. Cancellara (review copy)

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

Personal Collection

1. Equal Rites (Discworld, #3) by Terry Pratchett
2. I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed by Lauren Child
3. Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey
4. Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion by Mo Willems
5. Olivia Goes to Venice by Ian Falconer
6. The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles, #1) by Rick Riordan

Library book

1. The Adventures of Tittletom by Ellis Credle
2. Alex and Lulu: Two of a Kind by Lorena Siminovich
3. Babymouse #12: Burns Rubber by Jennifer L. Holm
4. Babymouse #13: Cupcake Tycoon by Jennifer L. Holm
5. Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
6. Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young
7. Boats: Speeding! Sailing! Cruising! by Patricia Hubbell
8. Boundaries of Home: Mapping for Local Empowerment by Doug Aberley
9. The Chick and the Duckling by Mirra Ginsburg
10. Collective Intelligence: Mankind's Emerging World in Cyberspace by Pierre Lévy
11. Early Hayward (CA) by Robert Phelps
12. Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories by Daphne du Maurier
13. Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
14. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems by Michael N. DeMers
15. GIS Online: Information Retrieval, Mapping, and the Internet by Brandon Plewe
16. Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems by John Pickles
17. Harriet's Halloween Candy by Nancy Carlson
18. Imagine a Place by Sarah L. Thomson
19. Internet Freedom: Where Is the Limit? by Ann Kramer
20. The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon by Robert Whitaker
21. Monster Hunt by Rory Storm
22. My Big Dog by Janet Stevens
23. The Octonauts andthe Frown Fish by Meomi
24. The Octonauts and The Only Lonely Monster by Meomi
25. Oops-a-daisy! by Claire Freedman
26. Paula Bunyan by Phyllis Root
27. Pokemon Adventures, Vol. 8 by Hidenori Kusaka
28. Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman
29. San Leandro, California by Cynthia Vrilakas Simons
30. Sector 7 by David Wiesner
31. Sharing Geographic Information by Gerard Rushton
32. Six Impossible Things by Elizabeth Cadell
33. Sugar Would Not Eat It by Emily Jenkins
34. Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture by Henry Jenkins
35. Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris by R.L. LaFevers
36. This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson
37. A Toast to Tomorrow by Manning Coles
38. A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry
39. Uh-oh! by Rachel Isadora
40. Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals by Ellyssa Kroski
41. Yo, Jo! by Rachel Isadora

Review copy

1. Just Breeze by Beverly Stowe McClure
2. The Quest for Merlin's Map (The Jumper Chronicles) by W. C. Peever
3. Tuey's Course by James Ross

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Comments (2)

Comment #1: Monday, November, 1, 2010 at 10:38:43

Freda

WOW! Fantastic month!

Comment #2: Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 11:17:03

Pussreboots

Thank you.