Header image with four cats and the text: Pussreboots, a book review nearly every day. Online since 1997
Now 2024 Previous Articles Road Essays Road Reviews Author Black Authors Title Source Age Genre Series Format Inclusivity LGBTA+ Artwork WIP

Recent posts


Month in review

Reviews
The Amazing World of Gumball Vol. 1: Fairy Tale Trouble by Ben Bocquelet
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Curse of the Arctic Star by Carolyn Keene
Demon Book 1 by Jason Shiga
The Dragon That Lived Under Manhattan by E.W. Hildick
The Drowning Spool by Monica Ferris
Fenway and Hattie by Victoria J. Coe
Ghostbusters International by Erik Burnham
Graveyard Slot by Michelle Schusterman
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 4: 1984-1985 by Ed Piskor
How to Avoid Extinction by Paul Acampora
Imagine a World by Rob Gonsalves
It's a Tiger by David La Rochelle
Just Like Me by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
The Lost Compass by Joel N. Ross
The Magic Mirror by Susan Hill Long
The Mechanical Mind of John Coggin by Elinor Teele
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Ottoline and the Purple Fox by Chris Riddell
Pouncing on Murder by Laurie Cass
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart
The Soprano's Last Song by Irene Adler
Stealing the Game by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
The Underdogs by Sara Hammel

Miscellaneous
November reading and looking towards the last month
Reading goals for 2017

Previous month


Rating System

5 stars: Completely enjoyable or compelling
4 stars: Good but flawed
3 stars: Average
2 stars: OK
1 star: Did not finish

Reading Challenges

Canadian Book Challenge: 2024-2025

Beat the Backlist 2024

Ozathon: 12/2023-01/2025

Artwork
Chicken Prints
Paintings and Postcards


Privacy policy

This blog does not collect personal data. It doesn't set cookies. Email addresses are used to respond to comments or "contact us" messages and then deleted.


November in Review: 11/30/16

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
  2. Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
  3. Ghostbusters International by Erik Burnham
  4. Hip Hop Family Tree Book 4: 1984-1985 by Ed Piskor
  5. How to Avoid Extinction by Paul Acampora
  6. Imagine a World by Rob Gonsalves
  7. It's a Tiger by David La Rochelle
  8. The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
  9. The Lost Compass by Joel N. Ross
  10. Ottoline and the Purple Fox by Chris Riddell
  11. Pouncing on Murder by Laurie Cass

    Four Stars: (Good but flawed)

  1. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
  2. Curse of the Arctic Star by Carolyn Keene
  3. Demon Book 1 by Jason Shiga
  4. The Dragon That Lived Under Manhattan by E.W. Hildick
  5. Fenway and Hattie by Victoria J. Coe
  6. Graveyard Slot by Michelle Schusterman
  7. The Mechanical Mind of John Coggin by Elinor Teele
  8. Stealing the Game by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. The Amazing World of Gumball Vol. 1: Fairy Tale Trouble by Ben Bocquelet
  2. The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
  3. Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin
  4. Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart
  5. The Soprano's Last Song by Irene Adler

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

  1. The Drowning Spool by Monica Ferris
  2. Just Like Me by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
  3. The Magic Mirror by Susan Hill Long
  4. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin
  5. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World by Bryan Lee O'Malley
  6. The Underdogs by Sara Hammel

    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. Archie vs Predator by Alex de Campi
  2. Graveyard Slot by Michelle Schusterman
  3. Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
  4. The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
  5. The 39-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
  6. This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
    Research
  1. How to Avoid Extinction by Paul Acampora
    Library book
  1. The BFF Bucket List by Dee Romito
  2. The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough
  3. Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin
  4. Edible Numbers by Jennifer Vogel Bass
  5. Finding Fortune by Delia Ray
  6. Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom by Booki Vivat
  7. Gertie's Leap to Greatness by Kate Beasley
  8. Itty Bitty by Cece Bell
  9. Just My Luck by Cammie McGovern
  10. The Last Boy at St. Edith's by Lee Gjertsen Malone
  11. A Long Pitch Home by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
  12. Monster Trouble! by Lane Fredrickson
  13. Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  14. The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs by Cylin Busby
  15. Noragami: Stray God, Vol. 8 by Adachitoka
  16. The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey
  17. Sealed with a Secret by Lisa Schroeder
  18. Soar by Joan Bauer
  19. Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand
  20. They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
  21. The Thing About Leftovers by C.C. Payne
  22. Two Naomis by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick
  23. The Wolf's Boy by Susan Williams Beckhorn
  24. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

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 / November 2016
Read vs Review by Date for 2016

Comments (0)

Name:
Email (won't be posted):
Blog URL:
Comment:

Twitter Tumblr Mastadon Flickr Facebook Facebook Contact me

1997-2025 Sarah Sammis