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All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
Big Dog...Little Dog: A Bedtime Story by P.D. Eastman
The Book Stops Here by Kate Carlisle
By Motor to the Golden Gate by Emily Post
Chapter and Hearse by Lorna Barrett
Cleopatra in Space: The Golden Lion by Mike Maihack
Cotton Tenants: Three Families by James Agee
Crafty Cat and the Crafty Camp Crisis by Charise Mericle Harper
Demon, Volume 3 by Jason Shiga
The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
The Fog by Kyo Maclear
The Great Good Summer by Liz Garton Scanlon
Lumberjanes, Volume 2: Friendship to the Max by Noelle Stevenson
Max Versus The Cube by Hanne Türk
Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
Once Upon a Thriller by Carolyn Keene
The Painted Queen by Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess
A Perfect Day by Lane Smith
Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers by Harold Davis
Race the Night by Kirsten Hubbard Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar
Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
Say No to Murder by Nancy Pickard
Sentenced to Death by Lorna Barrett
Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Stone Warriors by Michael Northrop
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Under the Dragon's Tail by Maureen Jennings
The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang
Watch the Sky by Kirsten Hubbard

Miscellaneous
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (October 02)
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (October 09)
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (October 16)
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (October 23)
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (October 30)
September 2017 Sources
September 2017 Summary

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


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October in Review: 10/31/17

Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
  2. Demon, Volume 3 by Jason Shiga
  3. The Fog by Kyo Maclear
  4. Lumberjanes, Volume 2: Friendship to the Max by Noelle Stevenson
  5. Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  6. The Painted Queen by Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess
  7. A Perfect Day by Lane Smith
  8. Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers by Harold Davis
  9. Race the Night by Kirsten Hubbard
  10. Sentenced to Death by Lorna Barrett
  11. Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan
  12. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

    Four Stars: (Good but flawed)

  1. Big Dog...Little Dog: A Bedtime Story by P.D. Eastman
  2. Chapter and Hearse by Lorna Barrett
  3. Cleopatra in Space: The Golden Lion by Mike Maihack
  4. The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
  5. On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
  6. Once Upon a Thriller by Carolyn Keene
  7. Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar
  8. Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. The Book Stops Here by Kate Carlisle
  2. By Motor to the Golden Gate by Emily Post
  3. Cotton Tenants: Three Families by James Agee
  4. Crafty Cat and the Crafty Camp Crisis by Charise Mericle Harper
  5. Max Versus The Cube by Hanne Türk
  6. Say No to Murder by Nancy Pickard
  7. The Stone Warriors by Michael Northrop
  8. Under the Dragon's Tail by Maureen Jennings
  9. The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang

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

  1. The Great Good Summer by Liz Garton Scanlon
  2. Watch the Sky by Kirsten Hubbard

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

Books by Age

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Armstrong and Charlie by Steven B. Frank
  2. Bad Housekeeping by Maia Chance
  3. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
  4. The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
  5. One Mixed-Up Night by Catherine Newman
    Research
  1. Winnebago Graveyard #3 by Steve Niles
    Library book
  1. An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley
  2. Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
  3. A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
  4. A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O'Leary
  5. Iron Tomb by Peter Vegas
  6. Karma Khullar's Mustache by Kristi Wientge
  7. Koko Be Good by Jen Wang
  8. The League of Beastly Dreadfuls Book 2: The Dastardly Deed by Holly Grant
  9. Lights, Camera, Middle School! by Jennifer L. Holm
  10. Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
  11. The Losers Club by Andrew Clements
  12. The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue
  13. Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds
  14. Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
  15. Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
  16. Race the Night by Kirsten Hubbard
  17. Rooster Joe and the Bully by Xavier Garza
  18. Rueful Death by Susan Wittig Albert
  19. See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
  20. Smarty Marty Steps Up Her Game by Amy Gutierrez
  21. Spy on History: Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring by Enigma Alberti
  22. Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry by Susan Vaught

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

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