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May in Review: 05/31/09

By genre, I mostly read science fiction, children's and adult fiction.

1. Alphabet Rescue by Audrey Wood (May 12)
2. The Avenger of Love by Jack Skillingstead (May 23)
3. Blaze by Stephen King (May 27)
4. The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman (May 14)
5. The Brave Little Toaster by Thomas M. Disch (May 16)
6. The Eighth Day of the Week by Marek Hlasko (May 1)
7. The Elephants of Style by Bill Walsh (May 5)
8. Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki (May 28)
9. Father Malachy's Miracle by Bruce Marshall (May 29)
10. Free to Be... You and Me by Marlo Thomas (May 15)
11. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (May 10)
12. Harold's Fairy Tale by Crockett Johnson (May 6)
13. Hunger by Elise Blackwell (May 17)
14. Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz (May 3)
15. Look at Me by Anita Brookner (May 4)
16. Lost by Gregory Maguire (May 7)
17. The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Randy Udall (May 8)
18. Poor Poor Ophelia by Carolyn Weston (May 11)
19. Recovering Charles by Jason F. Wright (May 13)
20. The Ride by Tom Brandner (May 18)
21. Shadow-Below by Robert Reed (May 2)
22. The Sneakiest Pirates by Dalton James (May 31)
23. Sorcerers of Majipoor by Robert Silverberg (May 19)
24. The Spiral Briar by Sean McMullen (May 9)
25. The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken Geist (May 20)
26. Through Endangered Eyes by Rachel Allen Dillon (May 22)
27. Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans (May 21)
28. The Tribes of Bela by Albert E. Cowdrey (May 3)
29. The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. Kyne (May 24)
30. "A Wild and Wicked Youth" by Ellen Kushner (May 30)
31. Without Sin by J. Thomas (May 25)
32. Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth (May 26)

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Comment #1: Monday, June, 1, 2009 at 02:56:16

Alan

wow. I can't imagine where you find the time for so many great books and reviews. I find myself working hard to do three a week. Any chance you'd consider contributing a guest review to my site?

Comment #2: Monday June 1, 2009 at 11:41:01

Pussreboots

I read whenever I can and I spend about an hour blogging after my kids go to bed. I've done guest reviews in the past but it's been awhile. What sort of review are looking for?

Comment #3: Thursday, June, 4, 2009 at 19:54:39

cynthia newberry martin

Wow! 32 books in one month!!!Do you do anything besides read? Also love the cool graphics. How do you produce them?

Comment #4: Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 20:17:33

I have a full time job, two kids and a number of hobbies. Many of the things I review each month are either picture books or short stories, so the overall page count isn't as high as you might think.

I make the graphics in Photoshop. I use a different layer for each book cover and put a drop shadow on each layer. Then I move around each layer until I get something that looks good and where I can read all the titles.