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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
A Bit Lost (Little Owl Lost) by Chris Haughton
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly
Cat Tale by Michael Hall
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
Flu by Wayne Simmons
Freddy Goes to Florida by Walter R. Brooks
Fullmetal Alchemist 20 by Hiromu Arakawa
Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon
Go, Dog. Go! by P. D. Eastman
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Hot Rod Hamster! by Cynthia Lord
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson
Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent by Lauren Child
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to Sleep? by Bill Martin Jr.
The Last Train by Gordon M. Titcomb
Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
The Maze of Bones (audio) by Rick Riordan
Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer
Pirate vs. Pirate by Mary Quattlebaum
Sacré Bleu by Christopher Moore
Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit by Il Sung Na
The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan
Teeth, Tails & Tentacles by Christopher Wormell
The Three Weissmanns of Westport (audio) by Cathleen Schine
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
Vanished by Sheela Chari

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January in Review: 01/31/13

    Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

    Five Star books:

  1. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
  2. A Bit Lost (Little Owl Lost) by Chris Haughton
  3. Cat Tale by Michael Hall
  4. Freddy Goes to Florida by Walter R. Brooks
  5. Go, Dog. Go! by P. D. Eastman
  6. Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent by Lauren Child
  7. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
  8. Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to Sleep? by Bill Martin Jr.
  9. The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
  10. Sacré Bleu by Christopher Moore
  11. The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan
  12. Teeth, Tails & Tentacles by Christopher Wormell
  13. Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
  14. Vanished by Sheela Chari

    Four Star books

  1. Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
  2. Fullmetal Alchemist 20 by Hiromu Arakawa
  3. The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson
  4. The Last Train by Gordon M. Titcomb
  5. Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan
  6. The Maze of Bones (audio) by Rick Riordan
  7. Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer
  8. Pirate vs. Pirate by Mary Quattlebaum
  9. Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit by Il Sung Na

    Three Star books

  1. Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
  2. Flu by Wayne Simmons
  3. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
  4. Hot Rod Hamster! by Cynthia Lord
  5. Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  6. The Three Weissmanns of Westport (audio) by Cathleen Schine
    Two Star books
  1. Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly
    One Star books
  1. Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters
  2. The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum by Kate Bernheimer
  3. The Grilling Season (audio) by Diane Mott Davidson
  4. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
  5. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
  6. Piece of Mind by Rob Reger
  7. The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
  8. The Shadows by Jacqueline West
  9. Soulless by Gail Carriger
  10. Wet Cats by Rita Gelman
  11. Yoga For Cats by Traudl Reiner
    Library book
  1. The Bumper Book of Nature: A User's Guide to the Great Outdoors by Stephen Moss
  2. Claude Monet: The Painter Who Stopped the Trains by P.I. Maltbie
  3. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan by Nancy Springer
  4. Dandelion by Don Freeman
  5. The Emperor's Code (audio) by Gordon Korman
  6. Stitches in Time (audio) by Barbara Michaels
  7. The Viper's Nest (audio) by Peter Lerangis
    Review copy
  1. Exploding the Phone by Philip Lapsley
  2. Man in the Empty Suit by Sean Ferrell
  3. Odd Duck by Cecil Castellucci
  4. Son of Slappy by R.L. Stine
  5. Zed: A Cosmic Tale Tp by Michel Gagné

5 = all new books, -4 = all to be reads. The goal is to be as close to -4 as possible.

Read vs Review by Date - Jan / January 2013

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