Almost forgotten new books

It's been awhile...the pile is pretty big! :)

Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:

• Night Rising by Chris Marie Green
• How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan
• The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes by Beatrix Potter
• The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter

Borders tempted me to buy:

• Princess Resurrection #4 by Kasunori Mitsunaga
• The Q Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Gregory L. Norris
• Blacklisted by Gena Showalter
• Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both by Laura Sessions Stepp
• The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
• Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow
• Beyond Cool by Bev Katz Rosenbaum
• Vamps by Nancy Collins
• The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
• How to Make Books by Esther K. Smith

From beloved Vault:

• After School Nightmare #8 by Setona Mizushiro
• Spike: After the Fall #2
• BtVS Season Eight #17
• NYX: No Way Home #1
• Angel: After the Fall #11
• Runaways #1

Bought online, for various reasons:

• Babymouse: Monster Mash by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm
• Owly: A Time to Be Brave by Andy Runton
• Temping Fate by Esther Friesner
• The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms by Jordan Tate
• City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
• Hotter Than Hell edited by Kim Harrison
• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
• The Big Bang: Nerve's Guide to the New Sexual Universe by the writers of Nerve

Found:

• The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
• One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

monthly favorites august 2008

most empowering book of the month:

• Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution edited by Alix Olsen

saddest graphic novel i've ever read:

• The Last Lonely Saturday by Jordan Crane

now that i've read the manga, i have to watch the anime:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena series by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas

non fiction book i learned the most from:

• Flush!: The Scoop on Poop Throughout the Ages by Charise Mericle Harper

best & weirdest short stories i've read in a long time:

• Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan

hottest yaoi:

• My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor by Kazuka Minami
• Man's Best Friend by Kazusa Takashima

hottest implied yaoi:

• Godchild series by Kaori Yuki

biggest attack of cuteness EVER:

• The Octonauts & the Sea of Shade by Meomi

book that makes me wish i knew a dragon:

• Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi

cutest manga characters:

• Free Collars Kingdom series by Takuya Fujima

bestest picture books this month:

• Cesar Takes a Break by Susan Collins Thoms & Roge
• The Octonauts & the Sea of Shade by Meomi
• Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski & Lee Harper

best Meg Cabot book i read this month:

• How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot

most interesting (and creepy) book concept:

• Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

best graphic novel of the month:

• Fables: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham & others

books i've read august 2008

8.2.08

• Pretty Face #5 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
• Safe House by Meg Cabot (YA)
• Click #5 by Youngran Lee (M)
• Nodame Cantabile #1 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
• Stray Little Devil #1 by Kotaro Mori (M)
• Party Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)
• Sweet Sixteen Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)
• Valentine Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)

8.3.08

• Hunter & Painter by Tom Gauld (GN)
• Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz (YA)

8.4.08

• Heaven!! #2 by Shizuru Seino (M)
• Skip-Beat! #12 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)

8.5.08

• Click #6 by Youngran Lee (M)
• Click #7 by Youngran Lee (M)
• Stray Little Devil #2 by Kotaro Mori (M)
• Nodame Cantabile #2 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
• Chibi Vampire #4 by Yuna Kagesaki (M)

8.6.08

• Free Collars Kingdom #1 by Takuya Fujima (M)
• The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (PB)
• Boris and the Snoozebox by Leigh Hodgkinson (PB)
• Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution edited by Alix Olsen (A)

8.7.08

• The Last Lonely Saturday by Jordan Crane (GN)
• B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth and Other Stories by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski, Brian McDonald, Derek Thompson, & Matt Smith (GN)
• Gothic Sports #3 by Anike Hage (M)

8.9.08

• Revolutionary Girl Utena #2: To Plant by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
• Nana #11 by Ai Yazawa (M)

8.10.08

• Tempted by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)
• Revolutionary Girl Utena #3: To Sprout by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
• Revolutionary Girl Utena #4: To Bud by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
• Revolutionary Girl Utena #5: To Blossom by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
• X-Men--The End: Heroes & Martyrs by Chris Claremont & Sean Chen (GN)
• The Good Ghouls' Guide to Getting Even by Julie Kenner (YA)
• Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot (YA)
• The Diamond District by 50 Cent & Derrick R. Pledger (A)
• Sanctuary by Meg Cabot (YA)

8.11.08

• Princess Mia by Meg Cabot (YA)
• Yubisaki Milk Tea #4 by Tomochika Miyano (M)

8.12.08

• Night Road by A.M. Jenkins (YA)

8.13.08

• Wild Adapter #1 by Kazuya Minekura (M)
• Hellboy: Weird Tales v. 1 by Arcudi, Casey, Cassaday, Cortes, Ellington, Fingerman, Hollingsworth, Kim, Langridge, Liever, Maleev, Nedelcu, Nicieza, Parkhouse, Pearson, Powell, Raffaele, Ricketts, Ryan, Sniegoski, Showman, Stradley, Stout, Watson, Wight, & Yu (GN)
• Love*Com #4 by Aya Nakahara (M)
• Flush!: The Scoop on Poop Throughout the Ages by Charise Mericle Harper (Y-NF)

8.14.08

• Stray Little Devil #3 by Kotaro Mori (M)
• Mail Order Ninja #1 by Joshua Elder (M)
• Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
• Nodame Cantabile #3 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)

8.15.08

• Free Collars Kingdom #2 by Takuya Fujima (M)
• Godchild #1 by Kaori Yuki (M)
• Blood Roses by Francesca Lia Block (YA)
• Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan (YA)

8.16.08

• Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Jen Corace (PB)
• Take Care, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas & Paul Meisel (PB)
• Love*Com #5 by Aya Nakahara (M)
• Stray Little Devil #4 by Kotaro Mori (M)
• Wild Adapter #2 by Kazuya Minekura (M)
• Fendi, Ferragamo, & Fangs by Julie Kenner, Johanna Edwards, & Serena Robar (YA)

8.17.08

• Missing You by Meg Cabot (YA)

8.18.08

• Competition's a Witch by Kelly McClymer (YA)
• My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor by Kazuka Minami (M)
• Man's Best Friend by Kazusa Takashima (M)

8.19.08

• A Isn't for Fox: An Isn't Alphabet by Wendy Ulmer & Laura Knorr (PB)
• The Octonauts & the Sea of Shade by Meomi (PB)
• Jason and the Argobots v. 1: Birthquake by J. Torres & Mike Norton (GN)
• The Invisible Moose by Dennis Haseley & Steven Kellogg (PB)
• Ernest and Elston by Laura T. Barnes & Carol A. Camburn (PB)
• The Adventures of Max and Pinky: Superheroes by Maxwell Eaton III (PB)
• Kaput & Zosky by Lewis Trondheim & Eric Cartier (GN)
• Little Apple Goat by Caroline Jayne Church (PB)
• Stray Little Devil #5 by Kotaro Mori (M)
• The Wallflower #16 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
• Pandora by HAI! (M)

8.20.08

• That Darn Yarn! by Tony Millionaire (PB)
• Cesar Takes a Break by Susan Collins Thoms & Roge (PB)
• Wild Adapter #3 by Kazuya Minekura (M)
• Godchild #2 by Kaori Yuki (M)

8.21.08

• Venus Versus Virus #1 by Atsushi Suzumi (M)
• Amulet, Book 1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi (GN)
• X-Men--The End: Men & X-Men by Chris Claremont, Sean Chen, & Sandu Florea (GN)
• How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot (YA)

8.22.08

• The Clique by Lisi Harrison (YA)
• Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi (Y)
• New X-Men: Childhood's End v. 1 by Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, Mark Brooks, & Paul Pelletier (GN)

8.23.08

• Mail Order Ninja #2: Timmy Strikes Back! by Joshua Elder & Erich Owen (M)
• Pretty Face #6 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
• Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski & Lee Harper (PB)

8.24.08

• Degrassi: The Next Generation: Extra Credit #4: Safety Dance by J. Torres & Steve Rolston (GN)
• Teen Idol by Meg Cabot (YA)
• Undead and Unworthy by MaryJanice Davidson (A)

8.25.08

• Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure edited by Rachel Fershleiser & Larry Smith (A-NF)
• Nodame Cantabile #4 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
• Generation Dead by Daniel Waters (YA)

8.26.08

• Love*Com #6 by Aya Nakahara (M)
• Love*Com #7 by Aya Nakahara (M)
• Best Friends for Never by Lisi Harrison (YA)

8.27.08

• Heaven!! #3 by Shizuru Seino (M)
• Skip-Beat! #13 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)

8.28.08

• Wild Adapter #4 by Kazuya Minekura (M)
• Wild Adapter #5 by Kazuya Minekura (M)
• High School Debut #1 by Kazune Kawahara (M)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation: Extra Credit #1: Turning Japanese by J. Torres & Ed Northcott (GN)
• Nodame Cantabile #5 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)

8.29.08

• Yurara #5 by Chika Shiomi (M)
• Free Collars Kingdom #3 by Takuya Fujima (M)
• Red River #8 by Chie Shinohara (M)
• Hellboy: Weird Tales v. 2 by Asamiya, Bermejo, Blackman, Cassaday, Cho, Dolan, Dorkin, Edwards, Fassbender, Fields, Kaluta, Marz, Morse, Noto, Pascoe, Petrie, Pfiefer, Purcell, Russell, Starlin, Stevens, Stewart, Templesmith, Thompson, Thompson, Walker, Wilkins, Williams III, & Yoshida (GN)
• Sweetblood by Pete Hautman (YA)
• American Nerd: The Story of My People by Benjamin Nugent (A-NF)

8.30.08

• The Very Best Bed by Rebekah Raye (PB)
• Never Tease a Weasel by Jean Conder Soule & George Booth (PB)
• Godchild #3 by Kaori Yuki (M)
• Mister i by Lewis Trondheim (GN)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days #1 by Fumino Hayashi (M)
• Nodame Cantabile #6 by Tomoko Ninomiya (M)
• Peanutbutter & Jeremy's Best Book Ever! by James Kochalka (GN)
• Perfect Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)
• Fables: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Aaron Alexovich, & Andrew Pepoy (GN)

8.31.08

• My Imaginary Enemy by Julie Gonzalez (YA)

08.08 total: 117

55 manga; 24 young adult fiction; 16 graphic novels; 15 picture books; 3 adult fiction; 1 youth non fiction; 1 youth fiction; 2 adult non fiction