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4 stars: Good but flawed
3 stars: Average
2 stars: OK
1 star: Did not finish
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January in Review: 01/31/17
Rating out of 5 stars
Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)
Because of the Sun by Jenny Torres Sanchez
Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation by Kyo Maclear
Bisbee, Arizona, Then And Now by Boyd Nicholl
CatStronauts: Mission Moon by Drew Brockington
The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
Finding Fortune by Delia Ray
The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg
Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia by Won-Ldy Paye
The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber
Pantomime by Laura Lam
Road Trip by Gary Paulsen and Jim Paulsen
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
The 39-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Four Stars: (Good but flawed)
CatStronauts: Race to Mars by Drew Brockington
Hello, My Name is Octicorn by Kevin Diller
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph M. Marshall III
"It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby
The Upper Mississippi: A Wilderness Saga by Walter Havighurst
Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
Three Stars (Average)
Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew
Glimmerglass by Jenna Black
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein
Pippi Moves In by Astrid Lindgren
Two Stars (Finished but it was a chore to read)
Azalea, Unschooled by Liza Kleinman
Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood
The Bubble Wrap Boy by Phil Earle
Drunk Tank Pink by Adam Alter
The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
One Star (Didn't finish)
Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)
Personal Collection
Because of the Sun by Jenny Torres Sanchez
Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation by Kyo Maclear
Blowing Clear by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
CatStronauts: Mission Moon by Drew Brockington
CatStronauts: Race to Mars by Drew Brockington
A Cookbook Conspiracy by Kate Carlisle
The 52-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala by Laura DiSilverio
Rock with Wings by Anne Hillerman
Seldom Disappointed by Tony Hillerman
Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
The 65-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
We Found A Hat by Jon Klassen
Witches' Bane by Susan Wittig Albert
Research
"It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby
Just Us Women by Jeannette Franklin Caines
Library book
Bluff and Bran and the Snowdrift by Meg Rutherford
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Edible Colors by Jennifer Vogel Bass
Giant Days, Vol. 1 by John Allison
Giant Days, Vol. 2 by John Allison
New Cat by Yangsook Choi
The Specific Ocean by Kyo Maclear
Tru & Nelle by G. Neri
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
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