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Road Narrative Update for June 2019: 07/03/19

Road Narrative Update for June 2019

I covered 19 narratives in the spectrum. That includes 11 reviews, 4 essays, and 5 books still needing to review.

Placement of the books read, reviewed, and essays written in June. Click to see a larger version
Placement of the books read, reviewed, and essays written in June. Click to see a larger version

  1. FFFF99: Emily the Strange: The 13th Hour by Rob Reger
  2. FFCC99: Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Watson Hackl
  3. CCFF66: Above by Roland Smith
  4. CCCC99: Siblings to uhoria via the labyrinth
  5. CCCC66: Siblings going offroad to uhoria
  6. CCCC33: siblings traveling to uhoria on the Blue Highway
  7. CCCC00: Siblings to uhoria along the interstate
  8. CC99FF: Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman
  9. CC3333: The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall
  10. 990066: The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton
  11. 66CCFF: Misfit City Volume 1 by Kirsten Smith
  12. 66CCCC: House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
  13. 66CCCC: The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
  14. 66CC99: The Clockwork Ghost by Laura Ruby
  15. 66CC33: Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
  16. 669999: We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
  17. 663300: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Choir by Sharon Kahn
  18. 33CC66: Just South of Home by Karen Strong
  19. 3300FF: Delicious in Dungeon, Volume 3 by Ryoko Kui
  20. 3300CC: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

I have 56 spots open in the road narrative spectrum where I still need to find an exemplar.

July I will be traveling and then teaching an art camp. I have no idea how much reading or research I will accomplish.

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