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BLAME! MASTER EDITION 2 by Tsutomu Nihei and Melissa Tanaka (Translator)
The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan Case of the Bleus by Korina Moss
Death by the Sea by Kathleen Bridge and Lauren Ezzo (Narrator)
Flyte by Angie Sage and Mark Zug (Illustrator)
Goodbye, My Brother by John Cheever
Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca and Jeannie Sheneman (Narrator)
Haunting License by Carol J. Perry and C S E Cooney (Narrator)
How to Talk Like a Chicken by Charlie Grandy and Alex G. Griffiths (Illustrator)
Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow and Catherine Ho (Narrator)
Kill or Bee Killed by Jennie Marts and Cris Dukehart (Narrator)
Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner
The Plant Sitter by Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham (Illustrator)
Premeditated Mortar by Kate Carlisle and Angela Starling (Narrator)
Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum and John R. Neill
The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum and John R. Neill
Seams Deadly by Maggie Bailey and Allyson Johnson (Narrator)
Sun Up by Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin (Illustrator)
Tea Cups and Carnage by Lynn Cahoon and Susan Boyce (Narrator)
Trouble is Brewing by Vicki Delany and Shaina Summerville (Narrator)
The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer (Illustrator)


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September in Review: 09/30/24

    Five Stars:

  1. BLAME! MASTER EDITION 2 by Tsutomu Nihei and Melissa Tanaka (Translator)
  2. The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan
  3. Flyte by Angie Sage and Mark Zug (Illustrator)
  4. Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca and Jeannie Sheneman (Narrator)
  5. Haunting License by Carol J. Perry and C S E Cooney (Narrator)
  6. How to Talk Like a Chicken by Charlie Grandy and Alex G. Griffiths (Illustrator)
  7. Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow and Catherine Ho (Narrator)
  8. Kill or Bee Killed by Jennie Marts and Cris Dukehart (Narrator) (2024)
  9. Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner
  10. The Plant Sitter by Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham (Illustrator)
  11. Sun Up by Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin (Illustrator) (1949)
  12. The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer (Illustrator)

    Four Stars: (Good but flawed)

  13. Case of the Bleus by Korina Moss
  14. Death by the Sea by Kathleen Bridge and Lauren Ezzo (Narrator)
  15. "Goodbye, My Brother" by John Cheever
  16. Seams Deadly by Maggie Bailey and Allyson Johnson (Narrator)
  17. Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum and John R. Neill (1916)
  18. The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum and John R. Neill (1915)
  19. Tea Cups and Carnage by Lynn Cahoon and Susan Boyce (Narrator) (2016)
  20. Trouble is Brewing by Vicki Delany and Shaina Summerville (Narrator)

    Three Stars: (Average)

  21. Premeditated Mortar by Kate Carlisle and Angela Starling (Narrator)

    Two Stars: (OK)

    One Star: (Did not finish)

Books by Age

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection

  1. Astoria: the Land of Better Living by the Astoria Chamber of Commerce (1925)
  2. Death by Cashmere by Sally Goldenbaum and Julie McKay (Narrator) (2008)
  3. Deep Fried Death by Maddie Day and Laural Merlington (Narrator) (2023)
  4. A Distant Soil, Volume 1: The Gathering by Colleen Doran (1997)
  5. French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron and Amy Melissa Bentley (Narrator) (2024)
  6. How to Talk Like a Chicken by Charlie Grandy and Alex G. Griffiths (Illustrator) (2024)
  7. If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb (1990)
  8. Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow and Catherine Ho (Narrator) (2024)
  9. Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places by Claire Kann (2024)
  10. Monster Hands by Karen Kane, Jonaz McMillan and Dion MBD (Illustrator) (2024)
  11. The Plant Sitter by Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham (Illustrator) (1959)
  12. Steamed Open by Barbara Ross and Dara Rosenberg (2018)
  13. Strawberried Alive by Jenn McKinlay and Susan Boyce (Narrator) (2022)
  14. Supergirl: Being Super by Mariko Tamaki and Joëlle Jones (Illustrator) (2018)
  15. Trouble Is Brewing by Vicki Delany and Shaina Summerville (Narrator) (2024)

    Research

  16. BLAME! MASTER EDITION 2 by Tsutomu Nihei and Melissa Tanaka (Translator) (2016)
  17. "The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever (1947)
  18. Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner (2010)
  19. "O City of Broken Dreams" by John Cheever (1948)
  20. The Prince & The Apocalypse by Kara McDowell (2023)

    Review

    Library book

  21. Picture Book of Kansas by Bernadine Bailey (1954)

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