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Amulet 6: Escape From Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi
Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble by Nick Bruel
Below by Meg McKinlay
Birdmen by Lawrence Goldstone
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
Comics Squad: Recess! by Jennifer L. Holm
The Curse of the Thrax by Mark Murphy
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Ghostbusters, Volume 7: Happy Horror Days! by Erik Burnham
Ghostbusters, Volume 8: Mass Hysteria! Part 1 by Erik Burnham
The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage
Hilda and the Black Hound by Luke Pearson
If This Be Sin by Hazel Newlevant
Little Bo in London by Julie Andrews Edwards
Maddy Kettle: The Adventure of the Thimblewitch by Eric Orchard
Madlenka by Peter Sis
Matched by Ally Condie
Neurocomic by Hana Ros and Matteo Farinella
1.4 by Mike A. Lancaster
Over The Wall by Peter Wartman
Sea of Shadows: Age of Legends by Kelley Armstrong
The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
The Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica Novgorodoff
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
The Wrenchies by Farel Dalrymple
xxxHolic: Rei Volume 01 by CLAMP

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November in Review: 11/30/14

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Amulet 6: Escape From Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi
  2. Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble by Nick Bruel
  3. Below by Meg McKinlay
  4. El Deafo by Cece Bell
  5. Ghostbusters, Volume 7: Happy Horror Days! by Erik Burnham
  6. Ghostbusters, Volume 8: Mass Hysteria! Part 1 by Erik Burnham
  7. The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage
  8. Hilda and the Black Hound by Luke Pearson
  9. If This Be Sin by Hazel Newlevant
  10. Little Bo in London by Julie Andrews Edwards
  11. Madlenka by Peter Sis
  12. Matched by Ally Condie
  13. Neurocomic by Hana Ros and Matteo Farinella
  14. 1.4 by Mike A. Lancaster
  15. Sea of Shadows: Age of Legends by Kelley Armstrong
  16. The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang
  17. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
  18. xxxHolic: Rei Volume 01 by CLAMP

    Four Stars (Good but flawed)

  1. Birdmen by Lawrence Goldstone
  2. Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle
  3. The Curse of the Thrax by Mark Murphy
  4. Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
  5. Maddy Kettle: The Adventure of the Thimblewitch by Eric Orchard
  6. Over The Wall by Peter Wartman
  7. The Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica Novgorodoff

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
  2. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
  3. Comics Squad: Recess! by Jennifer L. Holm
  4. The Wrenchies by Farel Dalrymple

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

  1. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

    One Star (Didn't finish)

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Ballad by Blexbolex
  2. Cast Away on the Letter A by Fred
  3. Clockwork Game: The Illustrious Career of A Chess-Playing Automaton by Jane Irwin
  4. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
  5. Explorer: The Hidden Doors by Kazu Kibuishi
  6. I Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached
  7. Moonhead and the Music Machine by Andrew Rae
  8. The People Inside by Ray Fawkes
  9. The Rise of Aurora West by Paul Pope
  10. Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince
  11. Transcendental by James Edwin Gunn
    Library book
  1. Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics by Chris Duffy
  2. Amy and the Missing Puppy by Callie Barkley
  3. Dinosaurs: In the Beginning... by Arnaud Plumeri
  4. Food Wars!, Vol. 1: Shokugeki no Soma by Yuuto Tsukuda
  5. Hello Kitty: Just Imagine by Jorge Monlongo
  6. How to Be Happy by Eleanor Davis
  7. Hyperactive by Scott Christian Sava
  8. Julia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke
  9. Leo Geo and the Cosmic Crisis by Jon Chad
  10. Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse by Torben Kuhlmann
  11. Orbiter by Warren Ellis
  12. The Printmaker's Daughter by Katherine Govier
  13. Rust: Visitor in the Field by Royden Lepp
  14. The Shadow Door by Nykko
  15. To This Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful by Shane Koyczan
  16. Wandering Son: Volume Two by Shimura Takako
    Review copy
  1. An Armadillo in Paris by Julie Kraulis
  2. Aw Yeah Comics! And... Action! by Art Baltazar
  3. The Hockey Saint by Howard Shapiro
  4. Muddy Max: The Mystery of Marsh Creek by Elizabeth Rusch
  5. Phoebe and Her Unicorn: A Heavenly Nostrils Chronicle by Dana Simpson
  6. Shackleton's Journey by William Grill
  7. Theseus and the Minotaur by Yvan Pommaux
  8. Tao, the Little Samurai: Pranks and Attacks! by Laurent Richard
  9. Toto Trouble #1: Back to Crass by Thierry Copee
  10. Tune: Still Life by Derek Kirk Kim

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 / November 2014
Read vs Review by Date - January / November 2014

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