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Black and White by David Macaulay
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
Eden's Everdark by Karen Strong
Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala and Danice Cabanela (Narrator)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime by Vicki Delany and Kim Hicks (Narrator)
The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest
Mermedusa by Thomas Taylor
My Teacher's a Chicken! by Alyssa Wilburn
She Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke
The Silencers by Donald Hamilton
Snow by Meera Trehan
Star-Crossed Egg Tarts by Jennifer J. Chow and Catherine Ho (Narrator)
Steeped in Secrets by Lauren Elliott and Stephanie Richardson (Narrator)
The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
A Story to Kill by Lynn Cahoon and C.S.E. Cooney (Narrator)
Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay and Susan Boyce (Narrator)
"The Sutton Place Story" by John Cheever
The Trouble with Harry by Jack Trevor Story
What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery
The Way of the Bear by Anne Hillerman
Whiskers and Lies by Sofie Kelly and Cassandra Campbell (2022)
With or Without You by Eric Smith

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February in Review: 02/28/25

    Five Stars:

  1. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry
  2. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
  3. Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala and Danice Cabanela (Narrator)
  4. Eden's Everdark by Karen Strong
  5. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
  6. The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime by Vicki Delany and Kim Hicks (Narrator)
  7. The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest
  8. Mermedusa by Thomas Taylor
  9. She Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke
  10. The Silencers by Donald Hamilton
  11. Snow by Meera Trehan
  12. Star-Crossed Egg Tarts by Jennifer J. Chow and Catherine Ho (Narrator)
  13. The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
  14. Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay and Susan Boyce (Narrator)
  15. The Trouble with Harry by Jack Trevor Story
  16. What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery
  17. Whiskers and Lies by Sofie Kelly and Cassandra Campbell (2022)

    Four Stars: (Good but flawed)

  18. Black and White by David Macaulay
  19. Steeped in Secrets by Lauren Elliott and Stephanie Richardson (Narrator)
  20. "The Sutton Place Story" by John Cheever
  21. The Way of the Bear by Anne Hillerman

    Three Stars: (Average)

  22. My Teacher's a Chicken! by Alyssa Wilburn
  23. A Story to Kill by Lynn Cahoon and C.S.E. Cooney (Narrator)
  24. With or Without You by Eric Smith

    Two Stars: (OK)

    One Star: (Did not finish)

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection

  1. Beautiful Shades of Brown: Laura Wheeler Waring, Artist by Nancy Churnin and Felicia Marshall (Illustrator) (2020)
  2. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry (2025)
  3. Booked on Murder by Allison Brook and Mia Gaskin (Narrator) (2024)
  4. From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris and Nancy Wu (Narrator) (2020)
  5. Good Night, Little Bear by Patricia M. Scarry and Richard Scarry (Illustrator) (1961)
  6. Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy (2023)
  7. I Feel Awful, Thanks by Lara Pickle (2024)
  8. Killer Party by Lynn Cahoon and Susan Boyce (Narrator) (2017)
  9. The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest (2025)
  10. Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander and Dina Pearlman (Narrator) (2014)
  11. A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke, Stefanie Kay and Petrea Burchard (Narrators) (2024)
  12. Partners in Lime by Bree Baker and Thérèse Plummer (Narrator) (2021)
  13. Sealed Off by Barbara Ross and Dara Rosenberg (Narrator) (2019)
  14. Space for Everyone by Seina Wedlick and Camilla Sucre (Illustrator) (2025)
  15. Wash Day with Mama by Monica Mikai (2025)
  16. Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis (2025)

    Research

  17. "Clancy in the Tower of Babel" by John Cheever (1951)
  18. Eden's Everdark by Karen Strong (2022)
  19. I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming
  20. It's Watching by Lindsay Currie (2025)
  21. She Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke (2025)
  22. Spice and Wolf, Volume 1 by Isuna Hasekura, Jyuu Ayakura (Illustrator) and Paul Starr (Translator) (2006)

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