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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang
Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon
The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Fullmetal Alchemist 24 by Hiromu Arakawa
Ghouls Gone Wild by Victoria Laurie
Golden Girl by Sarah Zettel
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
Hunting Badger by Tony Hillerman
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Imprisoned by Martin W. Sandler
Inferno by Dan Brown
Jane Vows Vengeance by Michael Thomas Ford
The Lies That Bind by Kate Carlisle
The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
The Magic Paintbrush by Laurence Yep
The Magician's Bird by Emily Fairlie
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
1985 by Anthony Burgess
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Ostrich and Lark by Marilyn Nelson
The Radleys by Matt Haig
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
Shatterproof by Roland Smith
1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen E. Lange
Trash by Andy Mulligan
$20 Per Gallon by Christopher Steiner

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June in Review: 06/30/14

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang
  2. Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
  3. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
  4. Golden Girl by Sarah Zettel
  5. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
  6. Hunting Badger by Tony Hillerman
  7. Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
  8. Imprisoned by Martin W. Sandler
  9. Jane Vows Vengeance by Michael Thomas Ford
  10. The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
  11. The Magician's Bird by Emily Fairlie
  12. Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett

    Four Stars (Good but flawed)

  1. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
  2. Inferno by Dan Brown
  3. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
  4. Ostrich and Lark by Marilyn Nelson
  5. The Radleys by Matt Haig
  6. Shatterproof by Roland Smith
  7. 1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen E. Lange

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon
  2. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer
  3. Fullmetal Alchemist 24 by Hiromu Arakawa
  4. The Lies That Bind by Kate Carlisle
  5. The Magic Paintbrush by Laurence Yep
  6. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
  7. 1985 by Anthony Burgess
  8. $20 Per Gallon by Christopher Steiner

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

  1. The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  2. Ghouls Gone Wild by Victoria Laurie
  3. Trash by Andy Mulligan

    One Star (Didn't finish)

Books by Age

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
  2. The Active-Enzyme Lemon-Freshened Junior High School Witch by E.W. Hildick
  3. Bad Kitty School Daze by Nick Bruel
  4. Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
  5. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
  6. Ghostbusters: Total Containment by Erik Burnham
  7. The Return of Zita the Spacegirl
  8. University by Bentley Little
  9. xxxHolic: Rei Volume 1 by CLAMP by Ben Hatke
    Library book
  1. Be Gentle With the Dog Dear by Matthew J. Baek
  2. Clementine, Friend of the Week by Sara Pennypacker
  3. The Dinosaur Tooth Fairy by Martha Brockenbrough
  4. Fraidyzoo by Thyra Heder
  5. Hero Mom by Melinda Hardin
  6. The Hudson by Carl Lamson Carmer
  7. The James: From Iron Gate to the Sea by Blair Niles
  8. Japanese Aesthetics and Anime: The Influence of Tradition by Dani Cavallaro
  9. Language and Art in the Navajo Universe by Gary Witherspoon
  10. Open This Little Book by Jesse Klausmeier
  11. Quiet! by Paul Bright
  12. Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats
  13. The Retired Kid by Jon Agee
  14. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
  15. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
  16. Sketchtravel by Gerald Guerlais
  17. The Trip by Ezra Jack Keats
  18. Vested Interests: Cross-Dressing and Cultural Anxiety by Marjorie Garber
  19. Water in the Park: A Book About Water and the Times of the Day by Emily Jenkins
    Review copy
  1. Afterparty by Daryl Gregory

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 / June 2014

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