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Archie vs Predator by Alex de Campi
Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti by Bailey Cates
Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett
Carson Crosses Canada
Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
Giant Trouble by Ursula Vernon
The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
It Might Have Been Worse by Beatrice Larned Massey
It's a Book by Lane Smith
Kleine Katze Chi #1 by Kanata Konami
No Place for Magic by E.D. Baker
Nooks & Crannies by Jessica Lawson
Lumberjanes, Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson
Mystery of the Midnight Rider by Carolyn Keene
Paper Girls, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
Road of Her Own: Women's Journeys in the West by Marlene Blessing
A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett
Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella
Song of the Lion by Anne Hillerman
There Are No Cats in this Book by Viviane Schwarz
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Winnebago Graveyard #1 by Steve Niles
Winnebago Graveyard #2 by Steve Niles
Woof by Spencer Quinn
Yours Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick

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August 2017 Reading Sources
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Crossing the Cornfield and Saving the World: The Neddiad by Daniel Pinkwater
Greenglass House by Kate Milford: A road narrative deconstruction
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (September 04)
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (September 25)
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September in Review: 09/30/17

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. It's a Book by Lane Smith
  2. The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
  3. Greenglass House by Kate Milford: A road narrative deconstruction
  4. I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
  5. Kleine Katze Chi #1 by Kanata Konami
  6. Lumberjanes, Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson
  7. The Neddiad (audio) by Daniel Pinkwater
  8. Paper Girls, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
  9. Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella
  10. Song of the Lion by Anne Hillerman
  11. Yours Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick

    Four Stars: (Good but flawed)

  1. Archie vs Predator by Alex de Campi
  2. Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett
  3. Carson Crosses Canada
  4. Giant Trouble by Ursula Vernon
  5. There Are No Cats in this Book by Viviane Schwarz
  6. Winnebago Graveyard #1 by Steve Niles
  7. Winnebago Graveyard #2 by Steve Niles

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti by Bailey Cates
  2. It Might Have Been Worse by Beatrice Larned Massey
  3. Mystery of the Midnight Rider by Carolyn Keene
  4. No Place for Magic by E.D. Baker
  5. A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett
  6. This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
  7. Woof by Spencer Quinn

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

  1. Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
  2. Nooks & Crannies by Jessica Lawson
  3. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
  4. Road of Her Own: Women's Journeys in the West by Marlene Blessing
  5. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

    One Star (Didn't finish or absolutely cannot recommend)

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. The Dragon Princess by E.D. Baker
  2. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
  3. Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle (audio)
  4. Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan (audio)
  5. Wrong Side of the Paw by Laurie Cass
    Research
  1. Carrying Albert Home by Homer Hickam
  2. The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
  3. I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
  4. The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang
    Library book
  1. All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
  2. The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
  3. Bow Wow by Spencer Quinn
  4. The Fog by Kyo Maclear
  5. Hear the Wolves by Victoria Scott
  6. I, Freddy by Dietlof Reiche
  7. Ivy by Katherine Coville
  8. Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
  9. The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
  10. One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes
  11. Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
  12. Outside In by Jennifer Bradbury
  13. A Perfect Day by Lane Smith
  14. Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali

Read vs Review by Date - Jan / August 2017
Read vs Review by Date for 2017

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