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Bera the One-Headed Troll by Eric Orchard
Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly
Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon
Borrowed Crime by Laurie Cass
Dark Days by James Ponti
Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood
The Detective's Assistant by Kate Hannigan
Doctor Who: The Roots of Evil by Philip Reeve
The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Crazy Critter Race by Maxwell Eaton III
For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu
Fred and Ted's Road Trip by Peter Eastman
Free Fall by David Wiesner
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
Ghostbusters: Get Real by Erik Burnham
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 3: 1983-1984 by Ed Piskor
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth by Cathy Camper
The Master of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood
Nothing Up My Sleeve by Diana López
Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses by Kimberly and James Dean
The Pharos Gate by Nick Bantock
Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
The River by Alessandro Sanna
Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat by Gary Paulsen
The Sleepover by Jen Malone
Threadbare by Monica Ferris
To Catch a Cheat by Varian Johnson
Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters

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September in Review: 09/30/16

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Bera the One-Headed Troll by Eric Orchard
  2. Borrowed Crime by Laurie Cass
  3. Dark Days by James Ponti
  4. Doctor Who: The Roots of Evil by Philip Reeve
  5. The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Crazy Critter Race by Maxwell Eaton III
  6. Ghostbusters: Get Real by Erik Burnham
  7. Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 3: 1983-1984 by Ed Piskor
  8. Lowriders to the Center of the Earth by Cathy Camper
  9. Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood
  10. The River by Alessandro Sanna
  11. Threadbare by Monica Ferris

    Four Stars: (Good but flawed)

  1. Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly
  2. Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon
  3. Fred and Ted's Road Trip by Peter Eastman
  4. Free Fall by David Wiesner
  5. Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat by Gary Paulsen

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood
  2. The Detective's Assistant by Kate Hannigan
  3. For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu
  4. The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
  5. Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
  6. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
  7. Nothing Up My Sleeve by Diana López
  8. Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses by Kimberly and James Dean
  9. The Pharos Gate by Nick Bantock
  10. Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
  11. Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters

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

  1. To Catch a Cheat by Varian Johnson
  2. The Sleepover by Jen Malone

    One Star (Didn't finish)

  1. The Master of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche

Books by Age

Books by Source

Books by Age Group

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Bera the One-Headed Troll by Eric Orchard
  2. Darned if You Do by Monica Ferris
  3. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
  4. It Ain't So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
  5. Jem and the Holograms, Volume 2: Viral by Kelly Thompson
  6. Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint
  7. Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks
  8. Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier
    Research
    Library book
  1. A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York by Liana Finck
  2. Cotton Tenants: Three Families by James Agee
  3. Daring Do and the Eternal Flower by A.K. Yearling
  4. Empty Places by Kathy Cannon Wiechman
  5. The Firefly Code by Megan Frazer Blakemore
  6. Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of Tassajara by Colleen Morton Busch
  7. The Ghost in Love by Jonathan Carroll
  8. Goodnight June by Sarah Jio
  9. Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl
  10. The Last Monster by Ginger Garrett
  11. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
  12. The Magic Mirror by Susan Hill Long
  13. The Mechanical Mind of John Coggin by Elinor Teele
  14. Mothership by Martin Leicht
  15. Musique Fantastique by Randall D. Larson
  16. The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson
  17. Sea Change by Frank Viva
  18. The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
  19. Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
  20. The Uncertain Places by Lisa Goldstein
  21. Under the Jolly Roger by L.A. Meyer

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.

5 = all new books, -4 = all to be reads. The goal is to be as close to -4 as possible.
Same data as the above graph, just broken out by year.

Read vs Review by Date - Jan / September 2016
Read vs Review by Date for 2016

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