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Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Animal House by Candace Ryan and Nathan Hale
Blankets by Craig Thompson
The Dinosaur Tooth Fairy by Martha Brockenbrough
The Endangered Species Road Trip by Cameron MacDonald
Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit by Catherine Rayner
The Gray Prince by Jack Vance
The Hockey Saint by Howard Shapiro
Journey by Aaron Becker
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Louie by Ezra Jack Keats
Midori by Moonlight by Wendy Nelson Tokuaga
Miles to Go by Jamie Harper
Muddy Max: The Mystery of Marsh Creek by Elizabeth Rusch
The Power to Go by Merrill Denison
Pranks and Attacks! by Laurent Richard
The Retired Kid by Jon Agee
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Saturn Apartments Volume 1 by Hisae Iwaoka
The Secret Language of Color by Arielle Eckstut
Shoe-La-La! by Karen Beaumont
Sin Titulo by Cameron Stewart
The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman
Spacedog by Hendrik Dorgathen
Sticks and Stones by Peter Kuper
Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel
Theseus and the Minotaur by Yvan Pommaux
The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague
Trickster: Native American Tales by Matt Dembicki
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 07 by CLAMP

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June in Review: 06/30/15

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Blankets by Craig Thompson
  2. Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit by Catherine Rayner
  3. Journey by Aaron Becker
  4. Louie by Ezra Jack Keats
  5. Muddy Max: The Mystery of Marsh Creek by Elizabeth Rusch
  6. The Power to Go by Merrill Denison
  7. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
  8. The Secret Language of Color by Arielle Eckstut
  9. Sin Titulo by Cameron Stewart
  10. The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman

    Four Stars (Good but flawed)

  1. Animal House by Candace Ryan and Nathan Hale
  2. The Retired Kid by Jon Agee
  3. The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague
  4. Saturn Apartments Volume 1 by Hisae Iwaoka
  5. Shoe-La-La! by Karen Beaumont
  6. Theseus and the Minotaur by Yvan Pommaux

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
  2. The Dinosaur Tooth Fairy by Martha Brockenbrough
  3. The Endangered Species Road Trip by Cameron MacDonald
  4. Lady Susan by Jane Austen
  5. Miles to Go by Jamie Harper
  6. Pranks and Attacks! by Laurent Richard
  7. Spacedog by Hendrik Dorgathen
  8. Sticks and Stones by Peter Kuper
  9. Trickster: Native American Tales by Matt Dembicki
  10. Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 07 by CLAMP

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

  1. Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel

    One Star (Didn't finish)

  1. The Gray Prince by Jack Vance
  2. The Hockey Saint by Howard Shapiro
  3. Midori by Moonlight by Wendy Nelson Tokuaga

Books by Age

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Books by Age Group

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. A Study in Sherlock: Stories inspired by the Holmes canon edited by Laurie R. King
  2. Unraveled Sleeve by Monica Ferris
    Research
  1. American Road: The Story of an Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age by Pete Davies
  2. Blue Highways: A Journey Into America by William Least Heat-Moon
  3. Imaginary Communities: Utopia, the Nation, and the Spatial Histories of Modernity by Phillip Wegner
  4. The Vacation by Polly Horvath
    Library book
  1. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
  2. The Aviary by Kathleen O'Dell
  3. Babymouse: Bad Babysitter by Jennifer L. Holm
  4. Babymouse: Dragonslayer by Jennifer L. Holm
  5. Camp Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm
  6. Delphine by Richard Sala
  7. The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami by Matthew Carl Strecher
  8. Free Fall by David Wiesner
  9. Good-Bye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson Knight's Castle by Edward Eager
  10. Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
  11. Missy Violet and Me by Barbara Hathaway
  12. Mister Orange by Truus Matti
  13. Noragami, Vol. 2 by Adachi Toka
  14. Under New York by Linda Oatman High
  15. The Witchy Worries of Abbie Adams by Rhonda Hayter

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

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