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Month in review

Reviews
Adventures in Cartooning: Christmas Special by James Sturm
Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Amulet 4: The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi
Angels by Marian Keyes
Arthur's Nose by Marc Brown
Bad Kitty Meets the Baby by Nick Bruel
Bedtime for Mommy by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Bog Baby by Jean Willis
Calvin Coconut: The Zippy Fix by Graham Salisbury
Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss
Disappearing Desmond by Anna Alter
Emily the Strange: Lost Days by Rob Reger
Everything on a Waffle (audio) by Polly Horvath
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Food, Girls and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff
Fullmetal Alchemist 17 by Hiromu Arakawa
I'm Going to Grandma's by Mary Ann Hoberman
Maggie's Monkeys by Linda Sanders-Wells
Mooshka, A Quilt Story by Julie Paschkis
My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear and illustrated by Anne Mortimer
Soul Eater 01 by Atsushi Ohkubo
Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Spork by Kyo Maclear
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 03 by CLAMP
Twin Spica 06 by Kou Yaginuma
Wow! Ocean! by Robert Neubecker
xxxHolic 10 by CLAMP

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Comments for July in Review

July in Review: 07/31/12

    Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

    Five Star books:

  1. Amulet 4: The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi
  2. Arthur's Nose by Marc Brown
  3. Bad Kitty Meets the Baby by Nick Bruel
  4. Bedtime for Mommy by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
  5. The Bog Baby by Jean Willis
  6. Catering to Nobody (audio) by Diane Mott Davidson
  7. The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
  8. The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
  9. Everything on a Waffle (audio) by Polly Horvath
  10. My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete
  11. The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear and illustrated by Anne Mortimer
  12. Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
  13. Spork by Kyo Maclear
  14. Twin Spica 06 by Kou Yaginuma
  15. xxxHolic 10 by CLAMP

    Four Star books

  1. Calvin Coconut: The Zippy Fix by Graham Salisbury
  2. The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss
  3. Disappearing Desmond by Anna Alter
  4. Emily the Strange: Lost Days by Rob Reger
  5. Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
  6. Food, Girls and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff
  7. Fullmetal Alchemist 17 by Hiromu Arakawa
  8. I'm Going to Grandma's by Mary Ann Hoberman
  9. Maggie's Monkeys by Linda Sanders-Wells
  10. Soul Eater 01 by Atsushi Ohkubo
  11. Wow! Ocean! by Robert Neubecker

    Three Star books

  1. Adventures in Cartooning: Christmas Special by James Sturm
  2. Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
  3. Angels by Marian Keyes
  4. Mooshka, A Quilt Story by Julie Paschkis
    Two Star books
  1. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 03 by CLAMP

    One Star books

Books by Age

Books by Source

Books by Age Group

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
  2. Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 5 by Kanata Konami
  3. f2m by Hazel Edwards and Ryan Kennedy
  4. Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon
  5. Monster by A. Lee Martinez
  6. Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl
  7. The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
  8. Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson
    Library book
  1. All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
  2. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
  3. Babymouse: Monster Mash by Jennifer L. Holm
  4. Bake Sale by Sara Varon
  5. Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
  6. Boy and Bot by Ame Dyckman
  7. Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 2 by Kanata Konami
  8. Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 3 by Kanata Konami
  9. City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
  10. City of Thieves (audio) by David Benioff
  11. The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman
  12. Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
  13. Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
  14. Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale by Pamela Duncan Edwards
  15. Drive by Andrew Bush
  16. Drood by Dan Simmons
  17. The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
  18. The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
  19. Flash Forward by Robert J. Sawyer
  20. The Floating Girl by Sujata Massey
  21. How Did You Get This Number (audio) by Sloane Crosley
  22. How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend by Gary Ghislain
  23. Iguanas in the Snow/Iguanas en la nieve by Francisco X. Alarcón
  24. The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
  25. Nothing But the Truth by Avi
  26. One Moon, Two Cats by Laura Godwin
  27. Skywalkers: Mohawk Ironworkers Build the City by David Weitzman
  28. The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine
  29. The Twins' Blanket by Hyewon Yum
  30. Will Supervillains Be on the Final?: Liberty Vocational Volume 1 by Naomi Novik
  31. Yotsuba&! Vol. 6 by Kiyohiko Azuma
  32. Yotsuba&! Vol. 9 by Kiyohiko Azuma
    Review copy
  1. Amulet, Vol. 5: Prince of the Elves by Kazu Kibuishi
  2. Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things by Ted Naifeh
  3. Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite by Barry Deutsch
  4. Yesterday by C.K. Kelly Martin

5 = all new books, -4 = all to be reads. The goal is to be as close to -4 as possible.

Read vs Review by Date - Jan / Jul 2012

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Comment #1: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 at 10:45:25

Freda

Another great month!
Happy August reading!



Comment #2: Sunday, August 05, 2012 at 22:12:02

Pussreboots

Thank you. Happy reading.

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