Comments for October 2011 in Review

October in Review: 10/31/11

Books reviewed this month

Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

Five Stars:

1. Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl by Daniel Pinkwater
2. Bait by Robin Aurelian
3. Banana by Ed Vere
4. Coco the Carrot by Steven Salerno
5. The Crocodiles by Steven Popkes
6. I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed by Lauren Child
7. I Am Invited to a Party by Mo Willems
8. Magpie Magic by April Wilson
9. Once I Was a Cardboard Box, Now I'm a Book About Polar Bears by Anton Poitier
10. The Runaway Wok by Ying Chang Compestine
11. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
12. xxxHolic 04 by CLAMP

Four Stars:

1. Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young
2. Fullmetal Alchemist 10 by Hiromu Arakawa
3. F U, Penguin by Matthew Gasteier
4. The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr
5. How You Got to Be So Smart by David Milgrim
6. Impossible by Nancy Werlin
7. Madeline at the White House by John Bemelmans Marciano
8. Older than the Stars by Karen C. Fox
9. One Halloween Night by Mark Teague
10. Ranma 1/2 Volume 01 by Rumiko Takahashi
11. Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley
12. Sea Gifts by George Shannon
13. A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry

Three Stars:

1. Boo to You! by Lois Ehlert
2. LMNO Peas by Keith Baker
3. Shape Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen

Two Stars:

1. The Best Birthday Ever by Me (Lana Kitty) by Charise Mericle Harper

One Star:

1. Chasing Demons by R.L. Geerdes

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

Personal Collection

1. Happy Pig Day by Mo Willems
2. Pirate King by Laurie R. King
3. The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
4. The Wailing Wind by Tony Hillerman
5. xxxHolic Volume 17 by CLAMP

Library books

1. ABC Book by C. B. Falls
2. Apt. 3 by Ezra Jack Keats
3. Arthur's Nose by Marc Brown
4. A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns by Ruth Heller
5. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and Lois Ehlert
6. Chicken Big by Keith Graves
7. Clive Eats Alligators by Alison Lester
8. Crictor by Tomi Ungerer
9. Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
10. Day and Night by Teddy Newton
11. Dog Days: A Year in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile by Dave Ihlenfeld
12. Don't Forget the Bacon! Big Book by Pat Hutchins
13. Elsie's Bird by Jane Yolen
14. The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat
15. Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
16. A Friend for Einstein, the Smallest Stallion by Charlie Cantrell
17. Heroes!: Draw Your Own Superheroes, Gadget Geeks & Other Do-Gooders by Jay Stephens
18. Madlenka by Peter Sis
19. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (audio)
20. Miles to Go by Jamie Harper
21. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola
22. Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico by Marie Hall Ets
23. The Paper Crane by Molly Bang
24. Pinkalicious and the Pink Pumpkin by Victoria Kann
25. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
26. Reading by Jan Ormerod
27. Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst
28. Six Chinese Brothers: An Ancient Tale by Hou-Tien Cheng
29. Spectra by Joanne Elder
30. Tell Me the Day Backwards by Albert Lamb
31. Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break if You Want to Survive the School Bus by John Grandits
32. Thirteen by Remy Charlip
33. Tiger Trek by Ted Lewin
34. The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
35. The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
36. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE Vol. 14 by CLAMP
37. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE Vol. 15 by CLAMP
38. Where Is Tippy Toes? by Betsy Lewin
39. The Wing on a Flea by Ed Emberley (1961 version)
40. Who's Seen Scissors by Fernando Krahn
41. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
42. Worldshaker by Richard Harland

Review copy

1. The Train by Georges Simenon
2. Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick

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