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August in Review: 08/31/11

In August I finished 44 books, up one books from July. We're back in school and have gotten back into the habit of reading picture books before bed. I haven't finished Fullmetal Alchemist but I've gone through all the xxxHolic volumes I can find. I plan to get back to reading more of Twin Spica and in finishing Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.

My favorite novels were two YAs: Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder and The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade. My favorite picture books were On a Windy Night by Nancy Raines Day and Square Cat by Elizabeth Schoonmaker.

Twelve of my finished books (or 1/4 of the total reads) came off my wishlist, up from one last month. I had fewer wishlist library books go back unread. My ROOB score is down to a -2.43, putting it right where I normally am in my reading. As always, I'm mostly reading library books.

Books reviewed this month

Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

Five Stars:

1. Angelfish by Laurence Yep
2. Azumanga Daioh Omnibus by Kiyohiko Azuma
3. The Doorbells for Florence by Andrew Losowsky
4. The Flotsam by David Wiesner
5. Fullmetal Alchemist 06 by Hiromu Arakawa
6. Gingerbread Girl by Paul Tobin
7. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
8. A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman
9. Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand
10. Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien
11. xxxHolic 02 by CLAMP
12. Yotsuba&! 01 by Kiyohiko Azuma

Four Stars:

1. 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert
2. Around the World with Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
3. Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
4. Mr. Sweetpants and the Living Dead by Albert E. Cowdry
5. Nylon Road by Pasua Bashi
6. The Sign Painter by Allen Say

Three Stars:

1. Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
2. The Best Cat in the World by Lesléa Newman
3. Brain Thief by Alexander Jablokov
4. The Country Child by Alison Uttley
5. Donorboy by Brendan Halpin
6. The Falling Raindrop by Neil Johnson
7. Kraken by China Miéville
8. Mañana Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul
9. The Night Owls by Peter Timony
10. Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
11. Yummy by G. Neri

Two Stars:

1. The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier

One Star:

1. Nick of Time by Ted Bell

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

Personal Collection

1. Bombardiers: A Novel by Po Bronson
2. Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
3. Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford
4. Mind Snare by Gayle Greeno
5. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

Library books

1. The Absolutely Awful Alphabet by Mordicai Gerstein
2. Angelina, Star of the Show by Katharine Holabird
3. Animal House by Candace Ryan
4. Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale (audio)
5. Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake by Michael Kaplan
6. Bulldog's Big Day by Kate McMullan
7. Curious George Goes to a Movie by Margret Rey
8. Disappearing Desmond by Anna Alter
9. Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit by Catherine Rayner
10. Emily the Strange: The Lost Days by Rob Reger
11. Eye of the Crow: His First Case by Shane Peacock
12. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 23 by Hiromu Arakawa
13. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 24 by Hiromu Arakawa
14. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 25 by Hiromu Arakawa
15. The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade
16. If Rocks Could Sing by Leslie McGuirk
17. I'm Going to Grandma's by Mary Ann Hoberman
18. Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
19. Libyrinth by Pearl North
20. Monkey Food: The Complete "I Was Seven in '75" Collection by Ellen Forney
21. Monkey Truck by Michael Slack
22. On a Windy Night by Nancy Raines Day
23. The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane Auch
24. Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
25. Square Cat by Elizabeth Schoonmaker
26. Tall Blondes: A Book About Giraffes by Lynn Sherr
27. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 8 by CLAMP
28. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 9 by CLAMP
29. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 10 by CLAMP
30. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 11 by CLAMP
31. The Twelve Bots of Christmas by Nathan Hale
32. The Wayside School Collection by Louis Sachar
33. The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker
34. The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock by Stephen Jacobs
35. Yoko's Show-and-Tell by Rosemary Wells

Review copy

1. Clementine and the Family Meeting by Sara Pennypacker
2. The Days of the King by Filip Florian
3. That Day In September by Artie Van Why
4. Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier

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