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March in Review: 03/31/11

I read half again as many books in March as I did in February. Some of that increase is a result of the children's book project I was working on for school. The rest is a result of my return to reading manga. I am addicted to Fullmetal Alchemist.

As predicted last month, the vast majority of the books I read this month were from the library. I'm reading a ton of picture books for class. Also, my daughter is now reading, so she and her brother are both now reading books to me. I've included what they read in my list of books finished.

Ignoring the picture books which are blowing out the results, I mostly reviewed nonfiction, science fiction/ fantasy and graphic novels. My ROOB score rose to -2.42 due mostly to all those library picture books. I suspect April will have a similar score for similar reasons.

Books reviewed this month

Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

Five Stars:

1. Alison's Zinnia by Anita Lobel
2. Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray by Nick Bruel
3. Jellaby: Monster in the City by Kean Soo
4. Little Ballet Star by Adèle Geras
5. The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
6. Night-Night Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton
7. The Noisy Way to Bed by Ian Whybrow
8. Uh-oh! by Rachel Isadora

Four Stars:

1. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
2. The Boggart and the Monster by Susan Cooper
3. The Costume Copycat by Maryann MacDonald
4. Epidapheles and the Inadequately Enraged Demon by Ramsey Shehadeh
5. From the Devotions by Carl Phillips
6. Golden Conspiracy by Robert James Gilder
7. Here is Greenwood, Vol 1 by Yukie Nasu
8. The Morning Star by Nick Bantock
9. Storm Cats by Malachy Doyle
10. Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery

Three Stars:

1. An African Tale by Enna Neru
2. Angel of Forgetfulness by Steve Stern
3. Christmas Eve by Suçie Stevenson
4. Cuckoo by Lois Ehlert
5. Gerry Tales by Gerry Boylan
6. A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann
7. The Scrambled States of America Talent Show by Laurie Keller
8. Tsunami Warning by Taylor Morrison

Two Stars:

1. Aging with Grace by Greg Liberman
2. Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox
3. Nature's Building Blocks by John Emsley
4. No, David! by David Shannon
5. Tim and Pete by James Robert Baker

One Stars:

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

Personal Collection

1. Azumanga Daioh Omnibus by Kiyohiko Azuma
2. "Eating at the End-of-the-World Café" by Dale Bailey (FSF Sept/Oct 2010)
3. "How Seosiris Lost the Favor of the King" by James L. Cambias (FSF Sept/Oct 2010)
4. Kraken by China Mièville
5. The Organization of Information: Third Edition by Arlene G. Taylor
6. "Orfy" by Richard Chwedyk (FSF Sep / Oct 2010)
7. "The Window of Time" by Richard Matheson (FSF Sept/Oct 2010)

Library book

1. Adventures of a Cat Whiskered Girl by Daniel Pinkwater
2. Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
3. Almost Single by Advaita Kala
4. Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird
5. Another Jar of Tiny Stars by Bernice E. Cullinan
6. Banana by Ed Vere
7. Benny And Penny: The Big No-No by Geoffrey Hayes
8. Bird by Zetta Elliott
9. The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis
10. The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez
11. The Bora-Bora Dress by Carole Lexa Schaefer
12. Calvin Coconut: The Zippy Fix by Graham Salisbury
13. Cat the Cat, Who is That? by Mo Willems
14. Catch That Cat: A Picture Book of Rhymes and Puzzles by Monika Beisner
15. Cats' Night Out by Caroline Stutson
16. Coco The Carrot by Steven Salerno
17. Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
18. The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
19. The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss
20. Farm by Elisha Cooper
21. Fly Free! by Roseanne Thong
22. Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 05 by Hiromu Arakawa
23. Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 06 by Hiromu Arakawa
24. Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 07 by Hiromu Arakawa
25. Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd by Holly Black, et al
26. Ghosts for Breakfast by Stanley Todd Terasaki
27. The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr
28. Horrible Harry Goes to the Moon by Suzy Kline
29. The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson
30. Impossible by Nancy Werlin
31. In Dog Years I'd Be Dead: Garfield at 25 by Jim Davis
32. Last Night by Hyewon Yum
33. Let's Say Hi to Friends Who Fly! by Mo Willems
34. Lin Yi's Lantern by Brenda Williams
35. Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson
36. The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads by Ammon Shea
37. The Runaway Mummy: A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex
38. Sam and the Tigers: A Retelling of 'Little Black Sambo' by Julius Lester
39. Scaredy Squirrel at Night by M�lanie Watt
40. A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Christian Stead
41. Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei by Peter Sis
42. Stella, Princess of the Sky by Marie-Louise Gay
43. The Sun by Fran Howard
44. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
45. Thanking the Moon by Grace Lin
46. Under the Night Sky by Amy Lundebrek
47. The Widow's Season by Laura Brodie
48. Wombat Walkabout by Carol Diggory Shields

Review copy

1. Elephant à la Mode: An Epicurean Guide to Life by T Roy Nakai
2. The Finish Line by James Ross
3. Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics by Hillary L. Chute
4. Ruby of the Realms by Dan Kamin

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