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All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Ascender, Volume 1: The Haunted Galaxy by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen
Dear Martin by Nic Stone Death by Tea by Alex Erickson
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
If da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur by Amy Newbold
Go to Sleep (I Miss You) by Lucy Knisley
Gone with the Whisker by Laurie Cass
The Haunting of Vancouver Island by Shanon Sinn
The Haunting on Heliotrope Lane by Carolyn Keene
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Robin Mayhall
Heartwood Hotel: Home Again by Kallie George
The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part Three by Michael Dante DiMartino
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan
Lyle and the Birthday Party by Bernard Waber
Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow
Nate Expectations by Tim Federle
No Mallets Intended by Victoria Hamilton
Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux
Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
This is Rome by Miroslav Sasek
The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower
We Are the Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian
When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri

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April in Review: 04/30/20

Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
  2. Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
  3. Go to Sleep (I Miss You) by Lucy Knisley
  4. Gone with the Whisker by Laurie Cass
  5. If da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur by Amy Newbold
  6. The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part Three by Michael Dante DiMartino
  7. Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow
  8. No Mallets Intended by Victoria Hamilton
  9. Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux
  10. Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
  11. This is Rome by Miroslav Sasek
  12. Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower

    Four Stars: (Good but flawed)

  1. Death by Tea by Alex Erickson
  2. The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee
  3. The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
  4. The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
  5. The Haunting on Heliotrope Lane by Carolyn Keene
  6. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Robin Mayhall
  7. Heartwood Hotel 4: Home Again by Kallie George
  8. Nate Expectations by Tim Federle
  9. The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
  10. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  11. We Are the Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian
  12. When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri

    Three Stars: (Average)

  1. All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
  2. Ascender, Volume 1: The Haunted Galaxy by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen
  3. Dear Martin by Nic Stone
  4. The Haunting of Vancouver Island by Shanon Sinn
  5. The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan
  6. Lyle and the Birthday Party by Bernard Waber

    One Star: (Did not finish)

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Death and Daisies by Amanda Flower and Eilidh Beaton (Narrator)
  2. Death by Eggnog by Alex Erickson
  3. Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
  4. The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
  5. Gone with the Whisker by Laurie Cass
  6. Grand Theft Horse by G. Neri and Corban Wilkin (Illustrations)
  7. Gotham High by Melissa de la Cruz
  8. The Haunting of Vancouver Island by Shanon Sinn
  9. Leave It to Cleaver by Victoria Hamilton
  10. Nothing O'Clock by Neil Gaiman
  11. The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert
  12. Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux (Illustrator)
  13. Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
  14. Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner
  15. We Are the Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian
    Research
  1. Delicious in Dungeon, Volume 5 by Ryoko Kui
  2. The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Joseph Fink
  3. Heartwood Hotel: Home Again by Kallie George
  4. The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott
    Library book

Read vs Review by Date - 2020
Read vs Review by Date for 2020

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