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Around the World by Matt Phelan
A Boy & a Girl by Jamie S. Rich
Clementine and the Spring Trip by Sara Pennypacker
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Down Under Donovan by Edgar Wallace
The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Jimmy Gownley
Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski
Explorer 2: The Lost Islands edited by Kazu Kibuishi
Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Mud-Slinging Moles by Maxwell Eaton III
Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse by George Selden
Hildafolk by Luke Pearson
How to Make Friends with Demons by Graham Joyce
I Was the Cat by Paul Tobin
The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan
Leo Geo and the Cosmic Crisis by Jon Chad
Lunch Lady and the Picture Day Peril by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
The Martian by Andy Weir
Marx by Corrine Maier
Rust: Death of the Rocket Boy by Royden Lepp
The Sea, the Storm, and the Mangrove Tangle by Lynne Cherry
The Sixth Gun, Volume 1 by Cullen Bunn
Sock Monkey Goes To Hollywood: A Star Is Bathed by Cece Bell
The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth by Ian Lendler
The Summer of Love by Debbie Drechsler
The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
The 26-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
Tune: Still Life by Derek Kirk Kim
Z Is for Moose by Kelly Bingham

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August in Review: 08/31/15

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Around the World by Matt Phelan
  2. Clementine and the Spring Trip by Sara Pennypacker
  3. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
  4. The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Jimmy Gownley
  5. Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski
  6. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
  7. Hildafolk by Luke Pearson
  8. I Was the Cat by Paul Tobin
  9. The Martian by Andy Weir
  10. Rust: Death of the Rocket Boy by Royden Lepp
  11. The Sea, the Storm, and the Mangrove Tangle by Lynne Cherry
  12. The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth by Ian Lendler
  13. The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
  14. The 26-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

    Four Stars (Good but flawed)

  1. A Boy & a Girl by Jamie S. Rich
  2. Explorer 2: The Lost Islands edited by Kazu Kibuishi
  3. Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
  4. The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Mud-Slinging Moles by Maxwell Eaton III
  5. Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse by George Selden
  6. The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan
  7. Leo Geo and the Cosmic Crisis by Jon Chad
  8. Lunch Lady and the Picture Day Peril by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  9. Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  10. The Sixth Gun, Volume 1 by Cullen Bunn
  11. Sock Monkey Goes To Hollywood: A Star Is Bathed by Cece Bell

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. How to Make Friends with Demons by Graham Joyce
  2. Marx by Corrine Maier
  3. Tune 02: Still Life by Derek Kirk Kim
  4. Z Is for Moose by Kelly Bingha

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

  1. Down Under Donovan by Edgar Wallace
  2. The Summer of Love by Debbie Drechsler

    One Star (Didn't finish)

Books by Age

Books by Source

Books by Age Group

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Book of the Dead (TombQuest, #1) by Michael Northrop
  2. Cat vs Human: Another Dose of Catnip by Yasmine Surovec
  3. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  4. Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow
  5. Lord and Lady Bunny — Almost Royalty! by Polly Horvath
  6. One Book in the Grave by Kate Carlisle
    Research
  1. Icons of Popular Culture by Marshall Fishwick
  2. Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid
  3. Out West: A Journey through Lewis and Clark's America by Dayton Duncan
  4. Pastoral Cities: Urban Ideals And The Symbolic Landscape Of America by James L. Machor
  5. Romance of the Road: The Literature of the American Highway by Ronald Primeau
    Library book
  1. Crewel Yule by Monica Ferris
  2. Cutwork by Monica Ferris
  3. Death Cloud by Andy Lane
  4. The Ghoul Next Door by Victoria Laurie
  5. My Little Pony: Micro-Series: #4: Fluttershy by Barbara Randall Kesel
  6. My Little Pony: Micro-Series: #6 : Applejack by Bobby Curnow
  7. No Place for Magic by E.D. Baker
  8. Noragami, Vol. 3 by Adachi Toka
  9. Old Magic by Marianne Curley
  10. Rutabaga the Adventure Chef: Book 1 by Eric Colossal

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

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