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The Dead in their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
Don't Push the Button! by Bill Cotter
Everlasting by Angie Frazier
Floors by Patrick Carman
Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun by Victoria Laurie
The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine
I Could Pee on This by Francesco Marciuliano
Innocence by Jane Mendelsohn
The Lost Children by Carolyn Cohagan
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
The Mummy's Mother by Tony Johnston
My Favorite Band Does Not Exist by Robert T. Jeschonek
Nine Lives Last Forever by Rebecca M. Hale
Poetics Of Cinema by David Bordwell
The Pricker Boy by Reade Scott Whinnem
Reunification: A Monterey Mary Returns to Berlin by T.H.E. Hill
Shattered Silk by Barbara Michaels
The Solar System Through Infographics by Nadia Higgins
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris
Thud by Terry Pratchett
Timeless by Gail Carriger
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Turn Left at the Cow by Lisa Bullard
Voltron Force Volume 2: Tournament of Lions by Brian Smith
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
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April in Review: 04/30/14

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
  2. Floors by Patrick Carman
  3. Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun by Victoria Laurie
  4. The Haunted Mask by R.L. Stine
  5. I Could Pee on This by Francesco Marciuliano
  6. Making Money by Terry Pratchett
  7. Nine Lives Last Forever by Rebecca M. Hale
  8. The Solar System Through Infographics by Nadia Higgins
  9. My Favorite Band Does Not Exist by Robert T. Jeschonek
  10. Thud by Terry Pratchett
  11. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
  12. Voltron Force Volume 2: Tournament of Lions by Brian Smith
  13. Wacky Wednesday by Theo LeSieg

    Four Stars (Good but flawed)

  1. The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees by Sandra Marble
  2. The Dancing Floor by Barbara Michaels
  3. The Dead in their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
  4. Don't Push the Button! by Bill Cotter
  5. Innocence by Jane Mendelsohn
  6. The Lost Children by Carolyn Cohagan
  7. The Mummy's Mother by Tony Johnston
  8. Reunification: A Monterey Mary Returns to Berlin by T.H.E. Hill

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. The Care and Feeding of Books Old and New by Margot Rosenberg
  2. Poetics Of Cinema by David Bordwell
  3. Shattered Silk by Barbara Michaels
  4. Timeless by Gail Carriger
  5. Turn Left at the Cow by Lisa Bullard
  6. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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

  1. The Pricker Boy by Reade Scott Whinnem

    One Star (Didn't finish)

  1. Everlasting by Angie Frazier
  2. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Adrift on St. John by Rebecca M. Hale
  2. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang
  3. Bits & Pieces by Judy Schachner
  4. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
  5. Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
  6. Golden Girl by Sarah Zettel
  7. Grizzwold by Syd Hoff
  8. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
  9. Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
  10. Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff
  11. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
  12. Skippyjon Jones: Cirque de Ol&eaqute; by Judy Schachner
  13. The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague
    Library book
  1. Brown Rabbit in the City by Natalie Russell
  2. The Children's Book on How to Use Books and Libraries by Carolyn Mott
  3. Clementine and the Spring Trip by Sara Pennypacker
  4. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
  5. Little Bo in London by Julie Andrews Edwards
  6. Niño Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales
  7. The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems
  8. Scribble by Deborah Freedman Siamese Cats by Stuart A. Kallen
  9. The Suwannee: Strange Green Land by Cecile Hulse Matschat
  10. The Upper Mississippi: A Wilderness Saga by Walter Havighurst
  11. Where Are You, Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark
  12. Whiteoaks of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
    Review copy

5 = all new books, -4 = all to be reads. The goal is to be as close to -4 as possible.
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 / January 2014
Read vs Review by Date - January / April 2014

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