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Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir and Sarah Andersen
Devils in Daylight by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Dragonfell by Sarah Prineas
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
The Ethan I Was Before by Ali Standish
Gertie's Leap to Greatness by Kate Beasley
Gideon Falls, Volume 2: Original Sins by Jeff Lemire
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Great Shelby Holmes and the Haunted Hound by Elizabeth Eulberg
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
Internment by Samira Ahmed
A Killer Edition by Lorna Barrett
Midnight Radio by Iolanda Zanfardino
My Fate According to the Butterfly by Gail D. Villanueva
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi
Past Due for Murder by Victoria Gilbert
A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying by Kelley Armstrong
Runaways, Volume 3: That Was Yesterday by Rainbow Rowell
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
The Tale Teller by Anne Hillerman
Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
The Train to Impossible Places by P.G. Bell
The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden by Karina Yan Glaser
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
What Elephants Know by Eric Dinerstein
When the Sky Fell on Splendor by Emily Henry
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman and Peter Sís
Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (September 09)
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (September 30)

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Road Narrative Update for August 2019: 09/05/19

Road Narrative Update for September 2019 2019

I covered 16 narratives in the spectrum. That includes 13 reviews and 3 books still needing to review. I'm taking a break right now from writing essays to focus on reading.

Placement of the books read, reviewed, and essays written in August 2019. Click to see a larger version
Placement of the books read and reviewed in August. Click to see a larger version

  1. FFFF99: Emily the Strange: The 13th Hour by Rob Reger and Buzz Parker
  2. CC6633: The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante
  3. CC00FF: All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil
  4. 99CCFF: Gideon Falls, Vol. 1: The Black Barn by Jeff Lemire
  5. 99CC99: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
  6. 66CC66: The Boy from Tomorrow by Camille DeAngelis
  7. 669966: Lions and Liars by Kate Beasley
  8. 666666: Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
  9. 666666: Heartwood Hotel 3: Better Together by Kallie George
  10. 663366: Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian
  11. 660000: Everything I Know About You by Barbara Dee
  12. 339933: Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
  13. 3366CC: The Secrets of Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
  14. 336666: The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall
  15. 336633: Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
  16. 3300FF: Delicious in Dungeon, Volume 3 by Ryoko Kui

I have 53 spots open in the road narrative spectrum where I still need to find an exemplar. That's down from 56. Put another way, I've found exemplars for 75% of the spectrum.

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