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Bad Neighbors by Maia Chance
Bat and the Waiting Game by Elana K. Arnold
The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli by Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad
Canada and the Canadian Question by Goldwin Smith
Dear Mrs Bird by A.J. Pearce
Don't Cosplay with My Heart by Cecil Castellucci
Flo by Kyo Maclear and Jay Fleck
A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! by Kir Fox and M. Shelley Coats
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
Locke & Key, Volume 3: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill
The Mad Apprentice by Django Wexler
March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
The Mushroom Fan Club by Elise Gravel
My Boyfriend Bites by Dan Jolley and Alitha E. Martinez
My Little Pony: Micro-Series: #2: Rainbow Dash by Ryan K. Lindsay
My Little Pony: Micro-Series: #5: Pinkie Pie by Ted Anderson
The Night Garden by Polly Horvath
Not a Sound by Heather Gudenkauf
The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet
Ratscalibur by Josh Lieb
Rhymoceros by Janik Coat
The Sandwich Swap by Rania al-Abdullah
Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore
Secret at Mystic Lake by Carolyn Keene
Slider by Pete Hautman
Soupy Leaves Home by Cecil Castellucci
Sunny by Jason Reynolds
This is Paris by Miroslav Sasek
The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones by Will Mabbitt
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant

Miscellaneous
April 2018 sources
April 2018 summary
It's Monday, What Are You Reading (May 07)
It's Monday, What Are You Reading (May 14) It's Monday, What Are You Reading (May 21) It's Monday, What Are You Reading (May 28) Reading Current

Road Essays
Getting there: it's the road, stupid
In the upside-down: the hobo life in Oz
Re-Mapping the road narrative project
Sibling magic on and off road in the fantasy and horror road narrative
Small towns and out of the way places
Traveling party

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2 stars: OK
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May in Review: 05/31/18

Rating out of 5 stars

    Five Stars: (Completely loved the book)

  1. Bad Neighbors by Maia Chance
  2. Dear Mrs Bird by A.J. Pearce
  3. Flo by Kyo Maclear and Jay Fleck
  4. A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! by Kir Fox and M. Shelley Coats
  5. March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
  6. The Mushroom Fan Club by Elise Gravel
  7. The Night Garden by Polly Horvath
  8. Not a Sound by Heather Gudenkauf
  9. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet
  10. Rhymoceros by Janik Coat
  11. Secret at Mystic Lake by Carolyn Keene
  12. Sunny by Jason Reynolds
  13. This is Paris by Miroslav Sasek

    Four Stars: (Good but flawed)

  1. Bat and the Waiting Game by Elana K. Arnold
  2. Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli by Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad
  3. The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
  4. Ratscalibur by Josh Lieb
  5. The Sandwich Swap by Rania al-Abdullah
  6. Soupy Leaves Home by Cecil Castellucci

    Three Stars (Average)

  1. Don't Cosplay with My Heart by Cecil Castellucci
  2. Locke & Key, Volume 3: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill
  3. The Mad Apprentice by Django Wexler
  4. My Boyfriend Bites by Dan Jolley and Alitha E. Martinez
  5. My Little Pony: Micro-Series: #2: Rainbow Dash by Ryan K. Lindsay
  6. The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones by Will Mabbitt

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

  1. The Bicycle Spy by Yona Zeldis McDonough
  2. Canada and the Canadian Question by Goldwin Smith
  3. My Little Pony: Micro-Series: #5: Pinkie Pie by Ted Anderson
  4. Slider by Pete Hautman
  5. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant

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

  1. Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore

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Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

    Personal Collection
  1. Bad Neighbors by Maia Chance
  2. Bat and the Waiting Game by Elana K. Arnold (ebook)
  3. Dear Mrs Bird by A.J. Pearce (ebook)
  4. The Alcatraz Escape by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
  5. Depth by Lev A.C. Rosen (audio)
  6. French Pressed by Cleo Coyle (audio)
  7. The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
  8. The Mushroom Fan Club by Elise Gravel
  9. The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet
  10. Runaways, Vol. 1: Find Your Way Home by Rainbow Rowell
  11. Sunny by Jason Reynolds
    Research
  1. Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher
  2. Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
  3. A Friendly Town That's Almost Always by the Ocean! by Kir Fox and M. Shelley Coats
  4. Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City by Will Mabbitt
  5. Paradox in Oz by Edward Einhorn and Eric Shanower
  6. The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
  7. The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
  8. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
    Library book
  1. Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli by Kyo Maclear
  2. Don't Cry for Me, Hot Pastrami by Sharon Kahn
  3. If I Had a Little Dream by Nina Laden
  4. The Speaker by Traci Chee
  5. Spy on History: Victor Dowd and the World War II Ghost Army by Enigma Alberti

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

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