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All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
The Arctic Marauder by Jacques Tardi
Babymouse: Monster Mash by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Born to Rule by Kathryn Lasky
Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
The Conductor by Laëtitia Devernay
Fullmetal Alchemist 21 by Hiromu Arakawa
Fullmetal Alchemist 22 by Hiromu Arakawa
Fullmetal Alchemist 23 by Hiromu Arakawa
Funny How Things Change by Melissa Wyatt
Geektastic edited by Holly Black
Helen of Pasadena by Lian Dolan
The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate by Scott Nash
The Hole in the Wall by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
Images of Nature: The Photographs of Thomas D. Mangelsen by Charles Craighead
Just Like Bossy Bear by David Horvath
The Library by Sarah Stewart
The Lost Art of Reading by David L. Ulin
NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society by Michael Buckley
Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
Once in a Lifetime by Cathy Kelly
Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg
Punished! by David Lubar
Seeds of Change by Jen Cullerton Johnson
Sticky Burr: Adventures in Burrwood Forest by John Lechner
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 06 by CLAMP
When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
xxxHolic Volume 12 by CLAMP

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January in Review: 01/31/14

    Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Born to Rule by Kathryn Lasky
  2. City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
  3. The Conductor by Laëtitia Devernay
  4. Fullmetal Alchemist 21 by Hiromu Arakawa
  5. Helen of Pasadena by Lian Dolan
  6. Images of Nature: The Photographs of Thomas D. Mangelsen by Charles Craighead
  7. The Library by Sarah Stewart
  8. Sticky Burr: Adventures in Burrwood Forest by John Lechner
  9. When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest
  10. xxxHolic 12 by CLAMP

    Four Stars (Good but flawed)

  1. The Arctic Marauder by Jacques Tardi
  2. Fullmetal Alchemist 22 by Hiromu Arakawa
  3. Fullmetal Alchemist 23 by Hiromu Arakawa
  4. Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
  5. Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
  6. The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg
  7. Seeds of Change by Jen Cullerton Johnson
  8. Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 06 by CLAMP
  9. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
  2. Babymouse: Monster Mash by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
  3. Funny How Things Change by Melissa Wyatt
  4. The High Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate by Scott Nash
  5. The Hole in the Wall by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
  6. NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society by Michael Buckley

    Two Stars (Finished but it was a chore to read)

  1. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
  2. Just Like Bossy Bear by David Horvath
  3. Once in a Lifetime by Cathy Kelly
  4. Punished! by David Lubar

    One Star (Didn't finish)

  1. Geektastic edited by Holly Black
  2. The Lost Art of Reading by David L. Ulin

Books by Age

Books by Source

Books by Age Group

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. A. Hall & Co. by Joseph C. Lincoln
  2. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
  3. All Clear by Connie Willis
  4. Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis
  5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
  6. Poetics of Cinema by David Bordwell
  7. Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
  8. Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman
  9. Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle
  10. What Does the Fox Say? by Ylvis
  11. Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
    Library book
  1. Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
  2. Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez
  3. Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia by Won-Ldy Paye
  4. Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
  5. Lunch Lady and the Picture Day Peril by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  6. Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  7. One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo
  8. Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue
  9. Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom by Shane W. Evans
  10. Up, Tall and High by Ethan Long
  11. Wonderful Life With the Elements: The Periodic Table Personified by Bunpei Yorifuji
    Review copy
  1. Hey! Who Stole the Toilet? by Nancy E. Krulik
  2. I Am John I Am Paul: A Story of Two Soldiers in Ancient Rome by Mark Tedesco
  3. Reunification: A Monterey Mary Returns to Berlin by T.H.E. Hill
  4. Undead by Kirsty McKay

5 = all new books, -4 = all to be reads. The goal is to be as close to -4 as possible.
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 2014
Read vs Review by Date - January / January 2014

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