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Blowing Clear by Joseph C. Lincoln
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The Divided Earth by Faith Erin Hicks
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Flotsametrics and the Floating World by Curtis Ebbesmeyer
Giant Days Volume 8 by John Allison
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
If Someone Says 'You Complete Me,' RUN! by Whoopi Goldberg
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Just Like Jackie by Lindsey Stoddard
The Law of Finders Keepers by Sheila Turnage
Little Red Rodent Hood by Ursula Vernon
The Lotterys More or Less by Emma Donoghue
Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan
The Mystery of the Missing Mask by M.A. Wilson
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Promise the Night by Michaela MacColl
The Rhino in Right Field by Stacy DeKeyser
Runaways, Volume 2: Best Friends Forever by Rainbow Rowell
Secret Coders: Potions & Parameters by Gene Luen Yang and Matthew Holmes
Seldom Disappointed by Tony Hillerman
Show Me a Story! by Leonard S. Marcus
Small Favor by Jim Butcher
Soof by Sarah Weeks
The Speaker by Traci Chee
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
Very Rich by Polly Horvath
Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™ by Rebecca Roanhorse

Miscellaneous
Cybils Update (December 04)
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (December 03)
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (December 10)
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (December 17)
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (December 24)
It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (December 31)
November 2018 Sources
November 2018 Summary

Best of the Year
Favorites of the second half of 2018

Thirteen favourite Canadian reads of 2018

Twelve favorite diverse books read in 2018

Twelve Favorite graphic novels read in 2018

Twelve favorite mysteries read in 2018

Twelve favorite Road Narrative Spectrum books read in 2018

Twelve favorite road narrative spectrum essays written in 2018

Road Essays
FF9900 Orphan Wildlands Blue Highway

FF66FF: orphan home cornfield: or who lives alone in a cornfield?

FF66CC: Orphans at home in the maze

FF6699: orphans at home in the labyrinth

Road Narrative Update for November 2018

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Cybils Update (December 04): 12/04/18

Cybils update

My group is planning to meet in twelve days. Thankfully my remaining pile of things to look over is small enough to get through by then!

The Numbers:

  • Nominations: 132
  • Read: 76
  • On hand: 26
  • Samples on iPhone: 32

What I read last week:

  • Betty before X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Rene Watson; library book
  • Revenge of the Teacher's Pets by Jennifer Ziegler; library book
  • The Sky at our feet by Nadia Hashimi; ebook
  • Summer Camp is Cancelled by Darlene P. Campos; publisher copy
  • Annie B. Made for TV by Amy Dixon; ebook
  • Zora and Me: the Cursed Ground by T.R. Simon; ebook
  • The House that Lou Built by Mae Respicio; library book
  • The Journey of Pale Bear by Susan Fletcher; ebook
  • Just Under the Clouds by Melissa Sarno; library book
  • The War Below by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch; ebook
  • Breakout by Kate Messner; library book
  • One true way by Shannon Hitchcock; library book
  • Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book Is a Classic by Susan Tan and Dana Wulfekotte; library book
  • The Girl with More Than One Heart by Laura Geringer Bass; publisher copy
  • My Life as a Diamond by Jenny Manzer; publisher copy
  • The Hollow Under the Tree by Cary Fagan; library book

What's on hand:

  1. Everlasting Nora by Marie Miranda Cruz; personal collection
  2. P.S. I miss you by Jen Petro-Roy; personal collection
  3. The science of breakable things by Tae Keller; library book
  4. The season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon; library book
  5. Property of the Rebel Librarian by Allison Varnes; publisher copy
  6. Im Your Shoes by Donna Gephart; publisher copy
  7. Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein by Jennifer Roy and Ali Fadhil; library book
  8. Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen; library book / publisher copy
  9. Grenade by Alan Gratz; library book / publisher copy
  10. Me, Frida, and the secret of the peacock ring by Angela Cervantes; library book
  11. My year in the middle by Lila Quintero Weaver; library book
  12. Samantha Spinner and the super-secret plans Russell Ginns and Barbara Fisinger; library book
  13. Squirm by Carl Hiaasen; library book
  14. My Deal with the Universe by Deborah Kerbel; publisher copy
  15. Once Upon a Princess by Christine Marciniak; publisher copy
  16. Return to Mystery Mesa by George Goldthwaite; publisher copy
  17. The Lake of Fire by Donald Willerton; publisher copy
  18. The Bookshop Girl by Sylvia Bishop and Poly Bernatene; publisher copy
  19. Daphne Definitely Doesn't Do Drama by Tami Charles; publisher copy
  20. Copyboy by Vince Vawter; publisher copy
  21. The Dollar Kids by Jennifer Richard Jacobson; publisher copy
  22. Smart Cookie by Elly Swartz; publisher copy
  23. From You to Me by K. A. Holt; publisher copy
  24. Cruise Bully by Lawrence W. Baxter; publisher copy
  25. Skyward: The Story of Female Pilots in WWII by Sally Deng; publisher copy
  26. Swallow's Dance by Wendy Orr; publisher copy

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