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Month in review

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The Adventures Of Vin Fiz by Clive Cussler
Bellwether by Connie Willis
The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
Body & Soul by Stacey Kade
The Cat Who Robbed a Bank by Lilian Jackson Braun
Crescent Dawn by Clive and Dirk Cussler
The Empire Strikes Out by Robert Elias
Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
Gay Men Don't Get Fat by Simon Doonan
The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum by Kate Bernheimer
Gracie, The Lighthouse Cat by Ruth Brown
Homicide In Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
I Am Half-Sick Of Shadows by Alan Bradley
I Am Not Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle
Island Sting by Bonnie J. Doerr
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
Monster by A. Lee Martinez
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
One False Note by Gordon Korman
Planting Dandelions by Kyran Pittman
A River in the Sky (audio) by Elizabeth Peters
Sink Trap by Christy Evans
The Sword Thief (audio) by Peter Lerangis
The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Wet Cats by Rita Golden Gelman
Whad'ya Know? by Michael Feldman Withering Tights by Louise Rennison
Zed: A Cosmic Tale by Michel Gagné

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Comments for December in Review

April in Review: 04/30/13

    Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

    Five Star books:

  1. Bellwether by Connie Willis
  2. Body & Soul by Stacey Kade
  3. I Am Half-Sick Of Shadows by Alan Bradley
  4. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
  5. If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle
  6. Island Sting by Bonnie J. Doerr
  7. The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
  8. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
  9. Withering Tights by Louise Rennison

    Four Star books

  1. The Cat Who Robbed a Bank by Lilian Jackson Braun
  2. Crescent Dawn by Clive and Dirk Cussler
  3. The Empire Strikes Out by Robert Elias
  4. The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum by Kate Bernheimer
  5. Homicide In Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
  6. I Am Not Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos
  7. One False Note by Gordon Korman
  8. The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
  9. Wet Cats by Rita Golden Gelman

    Three Star books

  1. The Adventures of Vin Fiz by Clive Cussler
  2. The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
  3. Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
  4. Gracie, The Lighthouse Cat by Ruth Brown
  5. Monster by A. Lee Martinez
  6. Planting Dandelions by Kyran Pittman
  7. A River in the Sky (audio) by Elizabeth Peters
  8. Sink Trap by Christy Evans
  9. The Sword Thief (audio) by Peter Lerangis
    Two Star books
  1. Gay Men Don't Get Fat by Simon Doonan
  2. Whad'ya Know? by Michael Feldman
  3. Zed: A Cosmic Tale by Michel Gagné
    One Star books

Books by Age

Books by Source

Books by Age Group

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Arthur and the Invisibles (audio) by Luc Besson
  2. Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang
  3. The Big Wander by Will Hobbs
  4. The Boggart by Susan Cooper
  5. The Frog Princess (audio) by E.D. Baker
  6. Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
  7. So Thick the Fog by Catherine Pomeroy Stewart
  8. Sorcerers & Secretaries, Volume 1 by Amy Kim Ganter
  9. Sticks & Scones (audio) by Diane Mott Davidson
  10. Storm Front (audio) by Jim Butcher
  11. The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A.E. van Vogt
    Library book
  1. Blue Sky by Audrey Wood
  2. Confessions of a Werewolf Supermodel by Ronda Thompson
  3. Dead City by James Ponti
  4. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
  5. Glasses: Who Needs 'Em? by Lane Smith
  6. Graceling (audio) by Kristin Cashore
  7. Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
  8. Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse by George Selden
  9. The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate by Scott Nash
  10. NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society by Michael Buckley
  11. The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg
  12. Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
  13. Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age by David M. Levy
  14. Stars by Mary Lyn Ray
    Review copy
  1. Accidental Time Traveller by Janis MacKay
  2. Adventures in Cartooning: Characters in Action by James Sturm
  3. Daisy's Defining Day by Sandra V Feder
  4. In Lucia's Neighborhood by Pat Shewchuk
  5. Mr. Flux by Kyo Maclear
  6. Saints by Gene Luen Yang
  7. Super Boys by Brad Ricca
  8. Where Do The Animals Go When It Rains? by Janet S. Crown

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 / April 2013

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