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Pie by Sarah Weeks
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July in Review: 07/31/13

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang
  2. Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
  3. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan by Nancy Springer
  4. Don't Forget the Bacon! by Pat Hutchins
  5. Emile by Tomi Ungerer
  6. Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
  7. The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson
  8. Gunnerkrigg Court, Vol. 2: Research by Thomas Siddell
  9. A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
  10. How Did You Get This Number by Sloane Crosley
  11. The Monstore by Tara Lazar
  12. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
  13. Pie by Sarah Weeks
  14. Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
  15. Tough Cookie by Diane Mott Davidson
  16. The Viper's Nest by Peter Lerangis

    Four Stars (Good but flawed)

  1. Angelina on Stage by Katharine Holabird
  2. Arthur and the Invisibles by Luc Besson
  3. Bad Machinery: The Case of the Team Spirit by John Allison
  4. Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates
  5. The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters
  6. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
  7. Let's Meet a Librarian by Gina Bellisario
  8. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola
  9. Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa by Shonto Begay
  10. The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Amelia Peabody's Egypt by Elizabeth Peters
  2. The Cats on Ben Yehuda Street by Ann Redisch Stampler
  3. Daisy's Defining Day by Sandra V. Feder
  4. My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
  5. Ruth Fielding in the Saddle by Alice B. Emerson
  6. Yoga For Cats by Traudl Reiner

    Two Stars (Finished but it was a chore to read)

    One Star (Didn't finish)

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Birds of a Feather by Bernadette Gervais
  2. The Calling by Kelley Armstrong
  3. Crunch Time (audio) by Diane Mott Davidson
  4. Firestorm by Nevada Barr
  5. Heartless by Gail Carriger
  6. Jenny and the Cat Club by Esther Averill
  7. A King's Ransom (audio) by Jude Watson
  8. Scholastic Dictionary of Spelling by Marvin Terban
  9. Wind Song by Carl Sandburg
  10. Zombies Calling by Faith Erin Hicks
    Library book
  1. The Book of Gin by Richard Barnett
  2. The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  3. Dust Girl by Sarah Zettel
  4. Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature by Paul Martineau
  5. Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke
  6. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
  7. Line 135 by Germano Zullo
  8. Lucky by Gabrielle Bell
  9. Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 2 by Gail Carriger
  10. Squid and Octopus Friends for Always by Tao Nyeu
  11. Varjak Paw by S.F. Said
  12. Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
  13. Zombies Calling by Faith Erin Hicks
    Review copy
  1. The Accidental Law Librarian by Anthony Aycoch
  2. Doctor Who Series 1: Winter's Dawn, Season's End by Tony Lee
  3. Know the Parts of a Book by Janet Piehl
  4. No Ordinary Owl by Lauraine Snelling
  5. Phantom Eyes by Scott Tracey
  6. The Pirate's Eye by Guy Bass
  7. The Very Big Carrot by Satoe Tone

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 / July 2013

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