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Month in review

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An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley
Alienated by Melissa Landers
American Panda by Gloria Chao
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
Book Clubbed by Lorna Barrett
The Case for Jamie by Brittany Cavallaro
Cold War on Maplewood Street by Gayle Rosengren
A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano
Dragons Beware! by Jorge Aguirre
A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O'Leary
Giant Days, Volume 6 by John Allison
Internet Famous by Danika Stone
The Kairos Mechanism by Kate Milford
Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle
Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff
Monsters Beware! by Jorge Aguirre
Out of Tune by Gail Nall
Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Peeny Butter Fudge by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison
The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd
A Side of Sabotage by C.M. Surrisi
Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami
Sweet Shadows by Tera Lynn Childs
Sweet Tooth: Deluxe Edition, Book One by Jeff Lemire
Topsy-Turvies: Pictures to Stretch the Imagination by Mitsumasa Anno
The Way to Bea by Kat Yeh
The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown

Miscellaneous
February 2018 Sources
February 2018 Summary
It's Monday, what are you reading (March 05) It's Monday, what are you reading (March 12) It's Monday, what are you reading (March 19) It's Monday, what are you reading (March 26)

Road Essays
Introduction to the road narrative project
Metaphoric language of marginalized travelers
Place Character Shibboleth: Towards an understanding of bypass stories
Rethinking Urban Fantasy: Where is Nagspeake?
Road trip to the underworld: the Nome King and Hades

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5 stars: Completely enjoyable or compelling
4 stars: Good but flawed
3 stars: Average
2 stars: OK
1 star: Did not finish


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March in Review: 03/31/18

Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. American Panda by Gloria Chao
  2. The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
  3. A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano
  4. Dragons Beware! by Jorge Aguirre
  5. Giant Days, Volume 6 by John Allison
  6. The Kairos Mechanism by Kate Milford
  7. Monsters Beware! by Jorge Aguirre
  8. Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
  9. Peeny Butter Fudge by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison
  10. The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
  11. A Side of Sabotage by C.M. Surrisi
  12. Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee
  13. Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami
  14. The Way to Bea by Kat Yeh
  15. The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown

    Four Stars: (Good but flawed)

  1. An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley
  2. Book Clubbed by Lorna Barret
  3. The Case for Jamie by Brittany Cavallaro
  4. A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O'Leary
  5. Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle
  6. The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall
  7. Sweet Shadows by Tera Lynn Childs

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Alienated by Melissa Landers
  2. Internet Famous by Danika Stone
  3. Out of Tune by Gail Nall
  4. The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd
  5. Topsy-Turvies: Pictures to Stretch the Imagination by Mitsumasa Anno

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

  1. The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
  2. Cold War on Maplewood Street by Gayle Rosengren
  3. Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff

    One Star (Didn't finish or absolutely cannot recommend)

Books by Age

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. American Panda by Gloria Chao
  2. The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
  3. The Case for Jamie by Brittany Cavallaro
  4. A Just Clause by Lorna Barrett
  5. Monsters Beware! by Jorge Aguirre
  6. A Side of Sabotage by C.M. Surrisi
  7. Sovereign by April Daniels
  8. The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
  9. Wonder Valley by Ivy Pochoda
    Research
  1. Adele in Sand Land by Claude Ponti
  2. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
  3. Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing by Erika Lopez
  4. Interpretive Conventions: The Reader in the Study of American Fiction by Steven Mailloux
  5. Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
  6. The Left-Handed Fate by Kate Milford
  7. The Minotaur Takes His Own Sweet Time by Steven Sherrill
  8. The Once Upon a Time Map Book by B.G. Hennessy
  9. Questions Asked by Jostein Gaarder
    Library book
  1. The Bookshop at Water's End by Patti Callahan Henry
  2. Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
  3. If Someone Says “You Complete Me," RUN! by Whoopi Goldberg
  4. The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams
  5. The Phantom of Nantucket by Carolyn Keene
  6. The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd
  7. The Reader by Traci Chee
  8. Thornhill by Pam Smy
  9. The Troubleshooter's Guide to Do-It-Yourself Genealogy by W. Daniel Quillen

Read vs Review by Date - Jan / February 2018
Read vs Review by Date for 2018

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