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Ballad by Blexbolex
BirdCatDog by Lee Nordling
Bird & Squirrel on Ice by James Burks
Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem by Steve Niles
Bulldog's Big Day by Kate McMullan
Calvin Coconut: Rocket Ride by Graham Salisbury
The Children's Book on How to Use Books and Libraries by Carolyn Mott
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Dragon Girl: The Secret Valley by Jeff Weigel
Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems
The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell
Half Magic by Edward Eager
Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang
Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors
Miss Lina's Ballerinas by Grace Maccarone
Monsters: An Owner's Guide by Jonathan Emmett
Ollie and Claire by Tiffany Strelitz Haber
Outside In by Sarah Ellis
The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale
Purple Springs by Nellie L. McClung
Rich Cat, Poor Cat by Bernard Waber
The Rising by Kelley Armstrong
Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale by Charles de Lint
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
The Thingamabob by Il Sung Na
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers
Wild Ocean by Matt Dembicki

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December in Review: 12/31/14

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Bird & Squirrel on Ice by James Burks
  2. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time by Frank Cottrell Boyce
  3. The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell
  4. In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang
  5. Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors
  6. Miss Lina's Ballerinas by Grace Maccarone
  7. Ollie and Claire by Tiffany Strelitz Haber
  8. Outside In by Sarah Ellis
  9. The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale
  10. Purple Springs by Nellie L. McClung
  11. Small Steps by Louis Sachar
  12. The Thingamabob by Il Sung Na
  13. Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers
  14. Wild Ocean by Matt Dembicki

    Four Stars (Good but flawed)

  1. Ballad by Blexbolex
  2. BirdCatDog by Lee Nordling
  3. Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem by Steve Niles
  4. Bulldog's Big Day by Kate McMullan
  5. Calvin Coconut: Rocket Ride by Graham Salisbury
  6. The Children's Book on How to Use Books and Libraries by Carolyn Mott
  7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
  8. Dragon Girl: The Secret Valley by Jeff Weigel
  9. Half Magic by Edward Eager
  10. Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale by Charles de Lint
  11. Rich Cat, Poor Cat by Bernard Waber
  12. The Rising by Kelley Armstrong
  13. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
  2. Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems
  3. Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa
  4. Monsters: An Owner's Guide by Jonathan Emmett

    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. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 3 by Gene Luen Yang
  2. Down under Donovan by Edgar Wallace
  3. The Secret Language of Color by Arielle Eckstut
  4. The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman
    Library book
  1. Around the World by Matt Phelan
  2. The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint
  3. Do You Know Dinosaurs? by Alain M Bergeron
  4. Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski
  5. Explorer 2: The Lost Islands by Kazu Kibuishi
  6. Extreme Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm
  7. Fleabrain Loves Franny by Joanne Rocklin
  8. The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Hot Air Baboons by Maxwell Eaton III
  9. The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Mud-Slinging Moles by Maxwell Eaton III
  10. Hildafolk by Luke Pearson
  11. Purple Springs by Nellie L. McClung
  12. Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie: A Friend Is Made by Cece Bell
  13. Sophie's Fish by A.E. Cannon
  14. Tune: Vanishing Point by Derek Kirk Kim
  15. The Weapon from Beyond by Edmond Hamilton
    Review copy
  1. A Boy & a Girl by Jamie S. Rich
  2. Buzz! by Ananth Panagariya
  3. The Case of the Good Boy by John Allison
  4. I Was the Cat by Paul Tobin
  5. Marx by Corrine Maier
  6. The Sixth Gun, Volume 1 by Cullen Bunn
  7. Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination by Dan Mishkin

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

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