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Ammie, Come Home by Barbara Michaels
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu
Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges
Charlie and Lola: My Best, Best Friend by Lauren Child and Carol Noble
Day of Doom by David Baldacci
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
Finch's Fortune by Mazo de la Roche
Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle
The Ghost Prison by Joseph Delaney
Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns by Hena Khan
Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez
Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Happy Families by Tanita S. Davis
Here She Is, Ms Teeny-Wonderful by Martyn Godfrey
Hey! Who Stole the Toilet? by Nancy E. Krulik
How to Be a Cat by Nikki McClure
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
Julia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke
Line 135 by Germano Zullo
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny — Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath
Night Soldiers by Alan Furst
Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats
Scribble by Deborah Freedman
Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break if You Want to Survive the School Bus by John Grandits
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
To This Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful by Shane Koyczan
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Your Food Is Fooling You by David A. Kessler
Zak's Lunch by Margie Palatini
Zen Attitude by Sujata Massey

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May in Review: 05/31/15

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu
  2. Charlie and Lola: My Best, Best Friend by Lauren Child and Carol Noble
  3. Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle
  4. Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez
  5. Greenglass House by Kate Milford
  6. How to Be a Cat by Nikki McClure
  7. Julia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke
  8. Line 135 by Germano Zullo
  9. Mr. and Mrs. Bunny — Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath
  10. To This Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful by Shane Koyczan
  11. Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats

    Four Stars (Good but flawed)

  1. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
  2. Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns by Hena Khan
  3. Here She Is, Ms Teeny-Wonderful by Martyn Godfrey
  4. I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
  5. Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats
  6. Scribble by Deborah Freedman
  7. Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break if You Want to Survive the School Bus by John Grandits
  8. Zen Attitude by Sujata Massey

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Ammie, Come Home by Barbara Michaels
  2. Finch's Fortune by Mazo de la Roche
  3. Zak's Lunch by Margie Palatini

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

  1. Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel
  2. Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges
  3. Hey! Who Stole the Toilet? by Nancy E. Krulik
  4. Night Soldiers by Alan Furst
  5. Your Food Is Fooling You by David A. Kessler

    One Star (Didn't finish)

  1. Day of Doom by David Baldacci
  2. The Ghost Prison by Joseph Delaney
  3. Happy Families by Tanita S. Davis
  4. Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner

Books by Age

Books by Source

Books by Age Group

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Aground on St. Thomas by Rebecca M. Hale
  2. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
  3. Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly
  4. Emily and the Strangers Volume 2: Breaking the Record by Rob Reger
  5. The Endless Pavement by Jacqueline Jackson
  6. FBP: Federal Bureau Of Physics Vol. 2: Wish You Were Here by Simon Oliver
  7. Here She Is, Ms Teeny-Wonderful by Martyn Godfrey
    Research
  1. The Big Roads by Earl Swift
  2. Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway by Matt Dellinger
  3. The New Yorker Book of True Love Cartoons by The New Yorker
    Library book
  1. Beneath by Roland Smith
  2. The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee by Barry Jonsberg
  3. Cupcake Cousins by Kate Hannigan
  4. Don Eddy: The Art of Paradox by Donald B. Kuspit
  5. The Dragon That Lived Under Manhattan by E.W. Hildick
  6. The Enduring Navaho by Laura Gilpin
  7. Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Gray by Frank J. Barbiere
  8. Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle by George Hagen
  9. A Haunting Dream by Joyce Lavene
  10. The Haunting of Fabian Gray by Frank J. Barbiere
  11. Noragami, Vol. 1 by Adachi Toka
  12. Oz: Road to Oz by Eric Shanower
  13. Queen and Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1 by Greg Rucka
  14. Red Knit Cap Girl by Naoko Stoop
  15. Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald
  16. What a Ghoul Wants by Victoria Laurie
  17. The Zoo at the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gale

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 / May 2015
Read vs Review by Date - January / May 2015

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