June in Review: 06/30/11
Although I feel like the last week I've been reading like a maniac, I read two fewer books in June than I did for May. I did however read five more review books, for a total of eight, the most I've read in a long, long time. I credit some of that increase to the fact that I upgraded my computer and Digital Editions now runs properly.
With my son home on summer vacation my manga reading has switched from being primarily Fullmetal Alchemist to xxxHolic. He and I are reading through the series together as our two-person book club.
Most of my reading though came off my wishlist. I crossed off 18 book from that list. I'm not keeping track of how many I added to it though.
My ROOB score improved, dropping to -2.59, making it one of the best months for reading from my TBR list.
Books reviewed this month
Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)
Five Stars:
- Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo (personal collection)
- Babymouse Cupcake Tycoon by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (library book)
- Bite Me by Christopher Moore (personal collection)
- Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (personal collection)
- For Biddle's Sake by Gail Carson Levine (library book)
- Fullmetal Alchemist 03 by Hiromu Arakawa (library book)
- The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc (library book)
- The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (personal collection)
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (library book)
- Urgent 2nd Class by Nick Bantock (library book)
- Twin Spica 01 by
Kou Yaginuma (review copy)
- Twin Spica 02 by
Kou Yaginuma (library book)
- Writers of the Future by Charles Oberndorf (personal collection)
Four Stars:
- Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (library book)
- Fullmetal Alchemist 04 by Hiromu Arakawa (library book)
- Ghostopolis by Doug TenNaple (review copy)
- Meanwhile by Jason Shiga (review copy)
- Mercury by Hope Larson (review copy)
- The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart (personal collection)
- The Odyssey (All Action Classics 03) by Homer and Tim Mucci (library book)
- Tuesday by David Wiesner (library book)
- West Coast Journeys by Caroline C. Leighton (personal collection)
Three Stars:
- Bumped by Megan McCafferty (review copy)
- A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle (library book)
- The Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald (library book)
- The Lost Elephants of Kenyisha by Ken Altabef (personal collection)
- Queer Phenomenology by Sara Ahmed (library book)
- The Way They Wove the Spells in Sippulgar by Robert Silverberg (personal collection)
Two Stars:
- Baby Mouse Burns Rubber by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (library book)
- Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve (library book)
One Star:
Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)
Personal Collection
- "About It" by Terry Bisson in Sept/Oct 2011 FSF
- The Arcanum by Thomas Wheeler
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
- The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
- Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
- "Uncle Moon in Raintree Hills" by Fred Chappell in Sept/Oct 2011 FSF
Library books
- All Blacked Out & Nowhere to Go by Bucky Sinister
- Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
- Art & Max by David Wiesner
- Babymouse: Beach Babe by Jennifer L. Holm
- Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship by Cathie Beck
- Dear Tabby by Carolyn Crimi
- Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 20 by Hiromu Arakawa
- The Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand
- The Honeybee Man by Lela Nargi
- I Am Invited to a Party! by Mo Willems
- Jam & Honey by Melita Morales
- Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
- Ladybug Girl by Jacky Davis
- Little Bo in Italy by Julie Andrews Edwards
- Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren
- The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
- The Naked Mole-Rat Letters by Mary Amato
- Navajo ABC: A Diné Alphabet Book by Lucy Tapahanso
- The Otherworldlies by Jennifer Anne Kogler
- Perfect Square by Michael Hall
- Pigs Make Me Sneeze! by Mo Willems
- Rebecca's World by Terry Nation
- Ribbit Rabbit by Candace Ryan
- Secret Letters From 0 To 10 by Susie Morgenstern
- Slog's Dad by David Almond
- Treasure Hunt by John Lescroart
- Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE Volume 4 by CLAMP
- Twin Spica, Volume: 04 by Kou Yaginuma
- Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen
- xxxHolic Volume 08 by CLAMP
- xxxHolic Volume 09 by CLAMP
- xxxHolic Volume 10 by CLAMP
- xxxHolic Volume 11 by CLAMP
- xxxHolic Volume 12 by CLAMP
Review copy
- Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello
- Blood Fruit by James E.M. Rasmussen
- The Bootlegger's Secret by Michael Springer
- Bumped by Megan McCafferty
- Cara Mia - Book One of the Immortyl Revolution by Denise Verrico
- Finders Keepers by Russ Colchamiro
- Junonia by Kevin Henkes
- The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
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