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100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson
1 2 3 A Child's First Counting Book by Alison Jay
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Book of a Thousand Days (audio) by Shannon Hale
The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer
Cats' Night Out by Caroline Stutson
Copper by Kazu Kibuishi
Curious Georges Learns to Count 1 to 100 by H.A. Rey
The Daily Comet by Frank Asch
Dandelion Fire by N.D. Wilson
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Farm by Elisha Cooper
Fly Free by Roseanne Thong
Goddess Interrupted by Aimée Carter
Hard Hat Area by Susan L. Roth
Hot X by Danica McKellar
Job Site by Nathan Clement
Mr. Maxwell's Mouse by Frank Asch
The Naked Mole-Rat Letters by Mary Amato
Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori
Pirate King by Laurie R. King
The Precedent by Sean McMullan
San Leandro by Cynthia Vrilakas Simons
The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague
Venues by Richard Bowes
Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen
The Wailing Wind (audio) by Tony Hillerman
With Hearts Courageous by Jon Steven Nappa
xxxHolic 08 by CLAMP
Zero by Kathryn Otoshi

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Comments for April in Review

April in Review: 04/30/12

    Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

    Five Star books:

  1. 1 2 3 A Child's First Counting Book by Alison Jay
  2. Curious Georges Learns to Count 1 to 100 by H.A. Rey
  3. Hard Hat Area by Susan L. Roth
  4. Hot X by Danica McKellar
  5. Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori
  6. Pirate King by Laurie R. King
  7. San Leandro by Cynthia Vrilakas Simons
  8. Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen
  9. The Wailing Wind (audio) by Tony Hillerman
  10. xxxHolic 08 by CLAMP

    Four Star books

  1. Book of a Thousand Days (audio) by Shannon Hale
  2. The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer
  3. Cats' Night Out by Caroline Stutson
  4. Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
  5. Fly Free by Roseanne Thong
  6. Mr. Maxwell's Mouse by Frank Asch
  7. 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson
  8. The Precedent by Sean McMullan
  9. The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague
  10. With Hearts Courageous by Jon Steven Nappa

    Three Star books

  1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  2. Copper by Kazu Kibuishi
  3. The Daily Comet by Frank Asch
  4. Farm by Elisha Cooper
  5. Goddess Interrupted by Aimée Carter
  6. Job Site by Nathan Clement
  7. Venues by Richard Bowes
  8. Zero by Kathryn Otoshi

    Two Star books

  1. Dandelion Fire by N.D. Wilson

    One Star books

  1. The Naked Mole-Rat Letters by Mary Amato

Books by Age

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection

  1. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
  2. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems
  3. Liberty Falling by Nevada Barr
  4. The Lost Cities: A Drift House Voyage by Dale Peck
  5. Mark Tidd in the Backwoods by Clarence Budington Kelland
  6. Old Man's War (Old Man's War #1) by John Scalzi
  7. Silverlicious by Victoria Kann

    Library book

  1. Al Capone Shines My Shoes (audio) by Gennifer Choldenko
  2. Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
  3. The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar
  4. Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires
  5. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
  6. Brownie & Pearl Take a Dip by Cynthia Rylant
  7. The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
  8. The Fifteenth Pelican by Tere Rios
  9. Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage
  10. The Frightened Man by Kenneth M. Cameron
  11. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
  12. I Am Half Sick Of Shadows by Alan Bradley
  13. I Love Bugs! by Philemon Sturges
  14. The Eternal Hourglass (Magickeepers, #1) by Erica Kirov
  15. Kyo Kara MAOH! Volume 01 by Tomo Takabayashi
  16. Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
  17. Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer
  18. Pie by Sarah Weeks
  19. The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
  20. The Police Cat by Enid Hinkes
  21. The Pricker Boy by Reade Scott Whinnem
  22. Sapphique by Catherine Fisher
  23. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters (did not finish)
  24. Street Music: City Poems by Arnold Adoff
  25. Stuck on Earth by David Klass
  26. To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel by Siena Cherson Siegel
  27. When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest
  28. The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran

    Review copy

  1. Adventures in Cartooning: Christmas Special by James Sturm
  2. Amped: A Novel by Daniel H. Wilson
  3. Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
  4. Railsea by China Mieville

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Comment #1: Monday, April 30, 2012 at 19:37:32

Freda

WOW!
Happy May reading!



Comment #2: Saturday, May 05, 2012 at 20:02:00

Pussreboots

Thank you.

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