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Month in review

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Reviews
Advances in Modern Chemotherapy by Michael Alexander
Cara Mia by Denise Verrico
Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj
Chester's Masterpiece by Mélanie Watt
Clementine's Letter by Sara Pennypacker
Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson (audio)
Frost Moon by Anthony Francis
Fullmetal Alchemist 13 by Hiromu Arakawa
Fullmetal Alchemist 14 by Hiromu Arakawa
Ghosts for Breakfast by Stanley Todd Terasaki
How Seosiris Lost the Favor of the King by James L. Cambias
Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
King & King & Family by Linda de Haan
Kitten's Autumn by Eugenie Fernandes
The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming
Lincoln Inc. by Jackie Hogan
Lost Kingdom by Julia Flynn Siler
Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
Rebecca's World by Terry Nation
Recrossing the Styx by Ian R. McLeod
The Secret of Ka by Christopher Pike
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 01 by CLAMP
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
White Cat by Holly Black
Why that Crazy Old Lady Goes up the Mountain by Michael Libling
The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker
xxxHolic 07 by CLAMP
Yoko's Show and Tell by Rosemary Wells
Yotsuba&! 02 by Kiyohiko Azuma

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Comments for January in Review

January in Review: 01/31/12

    Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

    Five Stars:

  1. Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson (audio)
  2. Fullmetal Alchemist 14 by Hiromu Arakawa
  3. Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj
  4. Chester's Masterpiece by Mélanie Watt
  5. How Seosiris Lost the Favor of the King by James L. Cambias
  6. The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming
  7. Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr
  8. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
  9. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
  10. White Cat by Holly Black
  11. xxxHolic 07 by CLAMP
  12. Yotsuba&! Volume 2 by Kiyohiko Azuma

    Four Stars:

  1. Advances in Modern Chemotherapy by Michael Alexander
  2. Clementine's Letter by Sara Pennypacker
  3. Fullmetal Alchemist 13 by Hiromu Arakawa
  4. Ghosts for Breakfast by Stanley Todd Terasaki
  5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  6. Kitten's Autumn by Eugenie Fernandes
  7. Lincoln Inc. by Jackie Hogan
  8. Recrossing the Styx by Ian R. McLeod
  9. The Secret of Ka by Christopher Pike
  10. Yoko's Show and Tell by Rosemary Wells

    Three Stars:

  1. Cara Mia by Denise Verrico
  2. Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler
  3. King & King & Family by Linda de Haan
  4. Rebecca's World by Terry Nation
  5. Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 01 by CLAMP
  6. The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker

    Two Stars:

  1. Frost Moon by Anthony Francis
  2. Why that Crazy Old Lady Goes up the Mountain by Michael Libling

    One Star:

Genre Source

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection

  1. Blackout by Connie Willis
  2. Drift House by Dale Peck (audio)
  3. Heat Rises by Richard Castle
  4. Home by Marilynne Robinson
  5. If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Joffe Numeroff
  6. Llama Llama Home with Mama by Anna Dewdney
  7. Magyk by Angie Sage
  8. Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade
  9. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
  10. This Perfect Day by Ira Levin
  11. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
  12. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
  13. xxxHolic Volume 18 by CLAMP

    Library book

  1. 0.4 by Mike A. Lancaster
  2. Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson (audio)
  3. The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories by Alberto Manguel
  4. E-mergency! by Tom Lichtenheld
  5. Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin
  6. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 27 by Hiromu Arakawa
  7. The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
  8. The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
  9. Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
  10. The Hotel Under the Sand by Kage Baker
  11. Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
  12. Little Bo in France by Julie Andrews Edwards
  13. Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  14. Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  15. Maggie's Monkeys by Linda Sanders-Wells
  16. No by Claudia Rueda
  17. The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels by Ree Drummond
  18. Prime Cut by Diane Mott Davidson (audio)
  19. Red Glove by Holy Black
  20. Secret Agents by Zina Saunders
  21. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
  22. Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
  23. Strega Nona's Gift by Tomie dePaola
  24. A Study in Scarlet by Ian Edginton
  25. The Wet/Dry Book by Kate Spohn
  26. Time to Sleep, Sheep the Sheep! by Mo Willems
  27. Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
  28. Wow! School! by Robert Neubecker

    Review copy

  1. Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming (read for Cybils)
  2. Castle of Shadows by Ellen Renner
  3. Croak by Gina Damico
  4. Flirting with Forever by Gwyn Cready
  5. How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg (read for Cybils)
  6. Immortal by Gene Doucette
  7. Into the Unknown by Stewart Ross by Stewart Ross (read for Cybils)
  8. The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon by Carla Killough McClafferty (read for Cybils)
  9. My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer by Jennifer Gennari
  10. The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin (read for Cybils)
  11. A Tinfoil Sky by Cyndi Sand-Eveland
  12. Unraveling Freedom by Ann Bausum (read for Cybils)

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Comment #1: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 at 09:53:26

Ann

The Hunger Games is the only one I've read from your list. I'll look out for some of the others you've recommended.



Comment #2: Friday, February 03, 2012 at 21:25:59

Pussreboots

If you're looking for other YAs, The Gathering, White Cat, Red Glove and Incarceron are all good. 0.4 (Human.4) is a great tween science fiction.



Comment #3: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 at 12:50:01

freda

You always have awesome monthly stats! A couple of those books I'd like to read.
Happy February reading!



Comment #4: Friday, February 03, 2012 at 21:28:25

Pussreboots

Thank you. I was on vacation for much of January. Now that I'm back in school and getting up early to excercise, my reading stats are dropping.

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