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Month in review

Reviews
ABC Book by CB Falls
Also Known as Rowan Pohi by Ralph Fletcher
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
Blackout by Connie Willis
The Blessing Way (audio) by Tony Hillerman
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault
Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars by Douglas Florian
Dying for Chocolate (audio) by Diane Mott Davidson
From a Changeling Star by Jeffrey A. Carver
Gemini Bites by Patrick Ryan
If Rocks Could Sing by Leslie McGuirk
Imagine a Night by Sarah L. Thomson and Rob Gonsalves
Introduction to Joyous Cooking 200th Anniversary Edition by Heather Lindsey
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Mark Tidd in the Backwoods by Clarence Budington Kelland
Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren
Monkey Food by Ellen Forney
The Monster Princess by DJ MacHale
Navajo ABC by Lucy Tapahonso
The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz
One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Perfect Square by Michael Hall
The Road to Oz by Kathleen Krull
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
Thirteen by Remy Charlip
Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend by Carrie Jones
Twin Spica 05 by Kou Yaginuma
The Window of Time by Richard Matheson
The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg

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Canadian Book Challenge 6
Twenty-Five Years of Reading

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2 stars: OK
1 star: Did not finish

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Comments for June in Review

June in Review: 06/30/12

    Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

    Five Star books:

  1. ABC Book by CB Falls
  2. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
  3. Blackout by Connie Willis
  4. The Blessing Way (audio) by Tony Hillerman
  5. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr and and John Archambault
  6. Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars by Douglas Florian
  7. Dying for Chocolate (audio) by Diane Mott Davidson
  8. If Rocks Could Sing by Leslie McGuirk
  9. Imagine a Night by Sarah L. Thomson and Rob Gonsalves
  10. Introduction to Joyous Cooking 200th Anniversary Edition by Heather Lindsey
  11. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
  12. Perfect Square by Michael Hall
  13. Thirteen by Remy Charlip
  14. Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend by Carrie Jones
  15. Twin Spica 05 by Kou Yaginuma
  16. The Window of Time by Richard Matheson

    Four Star books

  1. Also Known as Rowan Pohi by Ralph Fletcher
  2. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
  3. Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren
  4. Monkey Food by Ellen Forney
  5. The Monster Princess by DJ MacHale
  6. The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz
  7. One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
  8. Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner

    Three Star books

  1. Gemini Bites by Patrick Ryan
  2. Mark Tidd in the Backwoods by Clarence Budington Kelland
  3. Navajo ABC by Lucy Tapahonso
  4. The Road to Oz by Kathleen Krull
  5. The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
    Two Star books
  1. From a Changeling Star by Jeffrey A. Carver

    One Star books

Books by Age

Books by Source

Books by Age Group

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Body and Soul by Stacey Kade
  2. Emily the Strange: Dark Times by Rob Reger
  3. Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
  4. The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (audio) edited by John Joseph Adams
  5. Mary's Rainbow by Mary Hughes Clementia
  6. The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
  7. Swahili for the Broken-Hearted by Peter Moore
    Library book
  1. Alameda County Breeding Bird Atlas by Bob Richmond (et al)
  2. Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 1 by Kanata Konami
  3. Emile by Tomi Ungerer
  4. The Empire Strikes Out by Robert Elias
  5. Everything but the Horse by Holly Hobbie
  6. Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
  7. For the Love of Autumn by Patricia Polacco
  8. The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
  9. The God Engines by John Scalzi
  10. Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye
  11. In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente
  12. The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin
  13. Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion by Alan Goldsher
  14. The Pirate's Daughter by Robert Girardi
  15. Planting Dandelions: Field Notes From a Semi-Domesticated Life by Kyran Pittman
  16. Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen by Marilyn Chin
  17. A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California by Laura Cunningham
  18. A Timely Vision by Joyce Lavene
  19. Vanished by Sheela Chari
    Review copy
  1. Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly
  2. Demon Eyes by Scott Tracey
  3. One Year in Coal Harbor by Polly Horvath

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