Black hole of books?

I'm officially on winter break from school. And I'm in Michigan, visiting my family & friends. Of course, I brought a ton of books with me! I read one whole book on my plane rides. :) Yay!

I started reading the Marked series (or is it the Chosen series and Marked is one of the books?) by Cast & Cast. I was really into it too, it was interesting and I was nearly done. And suddenly, the book has disappeared into a black hole because I can't find the damn thing ANYWHERE!

I was reading it on Monday before my best friend came over. It was dark and she was unfamiliar with the road up to my parents' house. So when she called my cell, I put the book down on my bed (I thought), grabbed my phone and fleeces, and ran upstairs to meet her at the end of the driveway. And later the next evening, after our adventures talking all night and in Ann Arbor, I can't find the book. I thought maybe I had brought it upstairs, but it's not there. I thought it had fallen under or behind the bed, it's not. I thought I brought it into one of the other rooms, it's not there. I CAN'T FIND IT AT ALL! Where could it possibly have gone but in a black hole?

I'm upset because it was good and I'm almost done, but also because it's a library book!!! :(

Wish me luck. My last option is asking my best friend if it somehow ended up in her bag.

books i've read november 2009

11.1.09

• The Mice Templar: The Prophecy by Bryan J.L. Glass & Michael Avon Oeming (GN)

11.3.09

• Girls That Growl by Mari Mancusi (YA)
• Fables: The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Peter Gross, Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, & David Hahn (GN)

11.7.09

• Witch Ball by Linda Joy Singleton (YA)

11.9.09

• Kiss of Life by Daniel Waters (YA)

11.10.09

• Chowder by Peter Brown (PB)
• Zombie-Loan #7 by Peach-Pit (M)
• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow (A-NF)

11.12.09

• Leftovers by Heather Waldorf (YA)

11.13.09

• The Octonauts & the Great Ghost Reef by Meomi (PB)

11.14.09

• Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught (YA)

11.15.09

• Celebrate You!: Self-Healing Through Art and Affirmations by Faridi McFree (A-NF)
• Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul by Richard Bach (A-NF)
• Lucid Living by Tim Freke (A-NF)

11.16.09

• Monkey High! #7 by Shouko Akira (M)

11.18.09

• Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman & Brett Helquist (Y)

11.20.09

• The Tree Shepherd's Daughter by Gillian Summer (YA)

11.23.09

• A Taste of Red by Lewis Harris (Y)
• Wag! by Patrick McDonnell (PB)
• Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (GN)
• Spells by Emily Gravett (PB)
• Spy Goddess #2: The Quest for the Lance by Michael P. Spradlin (M)
• Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie: My Rotten Life by David Lubar (Y)

11.24.09

• Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (GN)
• It's a Woman's World: A Century of Women's Voices in Poetry edited by Neil Philip (YA-NF)

11.25.09

• Sword Play by Linda Joy Singleton (YA)
• The Unusual Suspects by Michael Buckley (Y)

11.27.09

• The Old Country by Mordicai Gerstein (Y)

11.28.09

• Vacations from Hell by Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Claudia Gray, Maureen Johnson, & Sarah Mlynowski (YA)

11.29.09

• Godless by Pete Hautman (YA)

11.09 total: 30
4 graphic novels; 9 young adult fiction; 4 picture books; 3 manga; 4 adult non fiction; 5 youth fiction; 1 young adult non fiction

So little pleasure reading...

Ahh...October was a sparse reading month. :( The evils of being in graduate school! Oh, so it's not evil, but...it leaves little time for reading whole books for pleasure.

And out of those 26 books in October, 2 were for a class!

I'm anticipating that November might be a bit better, reading-wise. I do have Thanksgiving Break coming up, after all. Of course, I also have 4 big papers (one for each class!) that will be due shortly after Thanksgiving Break... But I'm hoping to get some reading done. Or at least a big batch of picture books!

If November fails to be fruitful, there's always December. :) And the big winter break between semesters!

I have found some good book quotes in my various class reading. I should post those! I'll try. :)

books i've read october 2009

10.2.09

• Zombie-Loan #5 by Peach-Pit (M)

10.5.09

• Zombie-Loan #6 by Peach-Pit (M)
• Rogue by Rachel Vincent (A)

10.7.09

• Crickwing by Janell Cannon (PB)

10.11.09

• The Squad: Killer Spirit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)

10.14.09

• The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer (YA)
• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (A-NF)

10.16.09

• Ghost Huntress: The Guidance by Marley Gibson (YA)
• The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks (YA)

10.17.09

• The After Life by Daniel Ehrenhaft (YA)

10.18.09

• Horace and Morris Say Cheese (which makes Dolores sneeze!) by James Howe & Amy Walrod (PB)
• Actual Size by Steve Jenkins (Y-NF)
• Supersnouts! by Steve Bjorkman (PB)
• Roadrunner by Naomi John, Peter Parnall, & Virginia Parnall (PB)
• Little Louie the Baby Bloomer by Robert Kraus, Jose Aruego, & Ariane Dewey (PB)
• A Is for Salad by Mike Lester (PB)

10.20.09

• Bloggrls: nugrl90 (Sadie) by Cheryl Dellasega (YA)
• The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King (YA)

10.22.09

• The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart (YA)

10.28.09

• Looks by Madeleine George (YA)
• Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores by James Howe & Amy Walrod (PB)
• Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals by Steve Jenkins (Y-NF)
• Living Color by Steve Jenkins (Y-NF)
• What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page (Y-NF)

10.29.09

• If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians by Neenah Ellis (A-NF)
• Wonton Soup #1 by James Stokoe (M)

10.09 total: 26

3 manga; 1 adult fiction; 7 picture books; 9 young adult fiction; 2 adult non fiction; 4 youth non fiction

It's Banned Book Week!!!

Happy Banned Book Week!

There was a banned book event at the NMSU library this Wednesday that I meant to go to, but didn't make it. :( They were reading excerpts from banned books in front of the library and then having a discussion after each book. So cool. Sad I missed it.

I did, however, get some cool bookmarks and the list of challenged & banned books for 2008-2009 from the public library! I decided to go through and see which of the banned books I've actually read and it's quite a few of them. Check it out:

Books banned/challenged in 2008-2009 that I have actually read:

• Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah Brannen
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• King & King by Linda de Haan & Stern Nijland
• The Boy Book by E. Lockhart
• The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
• ttfn by Lauren Myracle
• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
• And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell
• The Book of Bunny Suicides by Andy Riley
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
• The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker

And I am proud to say I have these banned/challenged books in my personal library, I just haven't read them yet:

• The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
• The New Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
• Deal With It!: A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURL by Esther Drill
• The Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
• The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
• Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud

I also have two favorite quotes from the blurbs that describe the objections and actions taken on the books.

First, from the challenge to King & King, the objection was made that "by presenting this kind of issue at such a young age, they're trying to indoctrinate our children." The challenge was taken to various courts and I love the reply from the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit: "There is no evidence of systemic indoctrination." Ha!

Second, from the challenge to And Tango Makes Three, a parent in Ohio raised the concern that the book "is based on one of those subjects that is best left to be discovered by students at another time or in another place." *snorts* What?

So, if you can find one, check out the little booklet "Books Challenged & Banned in 2008-2009" by Robert P. Doyle. :) And visit the Banned Book store and order cool stuff at www.alastore.ala.org. :) YAY!

books i've read september 2009

9.2.09

• The Squad: Perfect Cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)
• Understanding Your Grief by Alan Wolfelt (A-NF)

9.4.09

• Babymouse: Dragonslayer by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (GN)
• Little Polar Bear: A Mini Pop-Up Book by Hans de Beer (PB)
• The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (Y)

9.5.09

• The Mob by Clem Martini (YA)
• Rosario + Vampire #8 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)
• Zombie-Loan #2 by Peach-Pit (M)

9.8.09

• The Joy of Spooking: Fiendish Deeds by P.J. Bracegirdle (Y)

9.12.09

• Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (YA)
• Zombie-Loan #3 by Peach-Pit (M)

9.13.09

• Kiss Me, Kill Me by Lauren Henderson (YA)

9.14.09

• Fat Hoochie Prom Queen by Nico Medina (YA)

9.16.09

• The Queen Geek Social Club by Laura Preble (YA)

9.20.09

• Highway to Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore (YA)

9.21.09

• Gifted: Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Marilyn Kaye (YA)

9.22.09

• Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales: Sanctuary #1 by Melissa Marr & Xian Nu Studio (M)
• Leonardo's Dream by Hans de Beer (PB)

9.23.09

• Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death, and Grief: Diversity in Universality edited by Donald P. Irish, Kathleen F. Lundquist, & Vivian Jenkins Nelsen (A-NF)
• Misery Moo by Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross (PB)
• The Little Blind Goat by Jan Wahl & Antonio Frasconi (PB)
• The Little Red Fish by Taeeun Yoo (PB)
• Let's Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile (PB)
• Last Dance by Linda Joy Singleton (YA)

9.24.09

• Get Backers #11 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)
• Get Backers #12 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)

9.27.09

• Scoring in Heaven: Gravestones and Cemetery Art of the American Sunbelt States by Lucinda Bunnen & Virginia Warren Smith (A-NF)
• The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley (Y)
• Desert Light: Myths and Visions of the Great Southwest by Dean Lee Uhlinger & John Miller (A-NF)

9.28.09

• Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess (YA)
• Going Out Green: One Man's Adventure Planning His Own Burial by Bob Butz (A-NF)

9.29.09

• Zombie-Loan #4 by Peach-Pit (M)

9.30.09

• Snow #1 by Morgan Luthi (M)
• Bleach #28 by Tite Kubo (M)
• The Curious Garden by Peter Brown (PB)

09.09 total: 35
7 picture books; 9 manga; 5 adult non fiction; 10 young adult fiction; 3 youth fiction; 1 graphic novel

books i've read august 2009

8.2.09

• Spy Goddess: The Chase for the Chalice #1 by Michael P. Spradlin (M)
• Rosario + Vampire #6 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)

8.5.09

• Rosario + Vampire #7 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)

8.6.09

• Guji Guji by Chih-Yuan Chen (PB)
• Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein & Ed Young (PB)
• Deja-Vu by Youn In-Wan, Yang Kyung-Il, Yoon Seung-Ki, Kim Tae-Hyung, Park Sung-Woo, Byun Byung-Jun, & Lee Vin (M)
• Hell Girl #1 by Miyuki Eto (M)
• Mob Princess: For Love or Money by Todd Strasser (YA)

8.11.09

• Talk by Kathe Koja (YA)
• Red River #24 by Chie Shinohara (M)
• Red River #25 by Chie Shinohara (M)
• Beauty by Nancy Butcher (YA)

8.12.09

• Love from Woolly by Nina Michaels & Nicola Smee (PB)
• Mob Princess: Stolen Kisses, Secrets, and Lies by Todd Strasser (YA)
• Dead Girl Walking by Linda Joy Singleton (YA)

8.13.09

• Murder Princess #1 by Sekihiko Inui (M)

8.14.09

• Margaux with an X by Ron Koertge (YA)

8.16.09

• Ghost Huntress: The Awakening by Marley Gibson (YA)
• Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (PB)

8.18.09

• Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (A)
• Too Cool to Be Forgotten by Alex Robinson (GN)
• Wolverine: Prodigal Son #1 by Antony Johnston & Wilson Tortosa (M)
• Ghost Hunt #1 by Shiho Inada & Fuyumi Ono (M)

8.19.09

• That Pesky Dragon by Julie Sykes & Melanie Williamson (PB)
• Mrs Muffly's Monster by Sarah Dyer (PB)
• Fillmore & Geary Take Off! by Mark Shulman & Phillip Fickling (PB)

8.20.09

• Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black & Kevin Hawkes (PB)
• Sputter, Sputter, Sput! by Babs Bell & Bob Staake (PB)
• The Cow That Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill & Russell Ayto (PB)
• A Garden for a Groundhog by Lorna Balian (PB)
• Little Polar Bear and the Whales by Hans de Beer (PB)
• The Story of Little Babaji by Helen Bannerman & Fred Marcellino (PB)
• Verdi by Janell Cannon (PB)
• Enigma: A Magical Mystery by Graeme Base (PB)

8.21.09

• The Exorsistah by Claudia Mair Burney (YA)
• Rock and Roll Love by Misako Rocks! (GN)
• Bad Kitty: Catnipped #1 by Michele Jaffe & Lince (M)

8.23.09

• Crowned by Julie Linker (YA)
• Street Angel v. 1: The Princess of Poverty by Jim Rugg & Brian Maruca (GN)

8.25.09

• Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons by Lynn Peril (A-NF)
• Pinduli by Janell Cannon (PB)

8.26.09

• Get Backers #9 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)
• Get Backers #10 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)

8.28.09

• Don't Die Dragonfly by Linda Joy Singleton (YA)
• Zombie-Loan #1 by Peach-Pit (M)
• Ghost Hunt #2 by Shiho Inada & Fuyumi Ono (M)
• Pieces of Me by Charlotte Gingras (YA)
• Count Your Blessings by Todd Strasser (YA)

8.29.09

• Zany Zoo by William Wise & Lynn Munsinger (PB)
• Chalk & Cheese by Tim Warnes (PB)
• Pugdog by Andrea U'Ren (PB)
• Ruby and Bubbles by Rosie Winstead (PB)
• Badness for Beginners by Ian Whybrow & Tony Ross (PB)
• Grumpy Cat by Britta Teckentrup (PB)
• Animal Farm by George Orwell (A)

08.09 total: 55
15 manga; 22 picture books; 12 young adult fiction; 2 adult fiction; 3 graphic novels; 1 adult non fiction

A good book day at Goodwill

My partner stopped into Goodwill to find some toys for his dog. While browsing, I figured I'd check out the books. And I found quite a bunch! Yay books!

• The Seven Wise Princesses: A Medieval Persian Epic by Wafa' Tarnowska & Nilesh Mistry
• The New Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
• More Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
• How to Deal by Sarah Dessen
• American Girl Library: Tiny Treasures

Plus! But I already had it:

• Handbook for the Heart: Orginal Writings on Love edited by Richard Carlson & Benjamin Shield

AND both these, one of which I read but figured I could swap and the other is exactly the one I was trying to find to read!

• Get Backers #4 byRando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki
• Get Backers #9 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki

My partner found a whole bunch of books too. I think we walked out with 17. :) YAY BOOKS!

books i've read july 2009

7.1.09

• Fashion Kitty and the Unlikely Hero by Charise Mericle Harper (GN)
• 100 Girls by Adam Gallardo & Todd Demong (GN)
• Queen Bee by Chynna Clugston (GN)
• Halo and Sprocket: Welcome to Humanity by Kerry Callen (GN)

7.2.09

• Coraline by Neil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell (GN)
• Avalon High Coronation #2: Homecoming by Meg Cabot & Jinky Coronado (M)
• Monkey High! #1 by Shouko Akira (M)

7.3.09

• Weregirls: Birth of the Pack by Petru Popescu (YA)
• That Salty Air by Tim Sievert (GN)
• Beautiful Disaster by Kate Brian (YA)
• Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel by Jordan Mechner, A.B. Sina, LeUyen Pham, & Alex Puvilland (GN)

7.4.09

• Fall in Love Like a Comic #1 by Chitose Yagami (M)
• Monkey High! #2 by Shouko Akira (M)
• Rogelia's House of Magic by Jamie Martinez Wood (YA)

7.5.09

• Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby (YA)
• This Is What I Did: by Ann Dee Ellis (YA)

7.6.09

• Monkey High! #3 by Shouko Akira (M)
• Monkey High! #4 by Shouko Akira (M)

7.7.09

• Must Love Black by Kelly McClymer (YA)
• One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (A)

7.8.09

• Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale by Daniel Kirk (PB)
• Monkey High! #5 by Shouko Akira (M)
• Monkey High! #6 by Shouko Akira (M)

7.9.09

• Blood Is the New Black by Valerie Stivers (A)

7.11.09

• Skip-Beat! #16 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• Skip-Beat! #17 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)

7.12.09

• Love*Com #9 by Aya Nakahara (M)
• 50 Rules for Teenagers #1 by Na Ye-Ri (M)

7.13.09

• Love*Com #10 by Aya Nakahara (M)

7.14.09

• Rosario + Vampire #3 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)
• Love*Com #11 by Aya Nakahara (M)
• Scaredy Squirrel at Night by Melanie Watt (PB)
• An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris (A)

7.16.09

• Othello by Toui Hasumi (M)
• Rosario + Vampire #4 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)
• Rosario + Vampire #5 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)

7.17.09

• Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey (YA)

7.18.09

• Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire (A-NF)

7.19.09

• Moon Boy #1 by Lee Young You (M)
• Impossible Things by Robin Stevenson (YA)
• I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder (YA)

7.21.09

• Poseur by Rachel Maude (YA)

7.23.09

• The Coffin Club by Ellen Schreiber (YA)

7.24.09

• Moon Boy #2 by Lee Young You (M)
• Hellboy Animated: The Black Wedding by Jim Pascoe, Rick Lacy, Tad Stones, & Fabio Laguna (GN)
• Pedro and Me by Judd Winick (GN)

7.25.09

• B.O.D.Y. #1 by Ao Mimori (M)
• Stay Away from Rat Boy! by Laurie Lears & Red Hansen (PB)
• A Book by Mordicai Gerstein (PB)

7.26.09

• A Field Guide to High School by Marissa Walsh (YA)
• Love*Com #12 by Aya Nakahara (M)
• The Land of the Dragon King and Other Korean Stories by Gillian McClure (PB)

7.27.09

• Penguin Revolution #6 by Sakura Tsukuba (M)
• Red River #23 by Chie Shinohara (M)

7.29.09

• Gear by Doug TenNapel (GN)
• Tommysaurus Rex by Doug TenNapel (GN)
• Monster Zoo by Doug TenNapel (GN)

7.30.09

• The Wallflower #20 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
• Moon Boy #3 by Lee Young You (M)

07.09 total: 59
12 graphic novels; 26 manga; 12 young adult fiction; 3 adult fiction; 5 picture books; 1 adult non fiction

You know you're loved...

...when your partner brings you a book back from his business trip. :)

My partner, Chase, brought me a book back from Denver! Yay! It looks pretty cool too.

• The Art of Digital Photography by Tom Ang
  

Yay for Borders gift cards!

B/c we know I love Borders. But there's no Borders store around here. But there is borders.com! :)

With my Borders gift card:

• Killer by Sara Shepard
• Being Nikki by Meg Cabot
• Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
• Ottoline Goes to School by Chris Riddell

More Spanish books to help me!:

• Oxford Color Spanish Dictionary Plus edited by Nicholas Rollin
• The Usborne Picture Dictionary in Spanish by Felicity Brooks & Mairi Mackinnon
• Let's Learn Spanish Picture Dictionary edited by Passport Books

So that I don't freak out as much:

• Insects of the Southwest by Floyd Werner & Carl Olson

From paperbackswap!:

• Navigating the Golden Compass: Religion, Science & Daemonology in Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials edited by Glenn Yeffeth
  

Every day is like Christmas

...b/c I ordered a zillion books!

More for school:

• Walking on the Wind: Cherokee Teachings for Harmony and Balance by Michael Garrett
• Handbook of Multicultural Counseling, 2nd Ed. edited by Joseph G. Ponterotto, J. Manuel Casas, Lisa A. Suzuki, & Charlene M. Alexander

Book that I got for free:

• Readings for Diversity and Social Justice edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Rosie Castaneda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L. Peters, & Ximena Zuniga

Don't I wish I hadn't gotten rid of my old one:

• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Another Spanish book:

• Disney's Magic Spanish: Spanish Picture Dictionary

For fun and gardening:

• Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels
• Simon & Schuster's Guide to Cacti and Succulents edited by Stanley Schuler

I can't wait to see what comes tomorrow!

More books, books, books!

New books for school!

• Writings for a Liberation Psychology by Ignacio Martin-Baro
• Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies edited by Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, & Linda Tuhiwai Smith
• Power Vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by David R. Hawkins

Not quite for a class, but to help me in school:

• Merriam-Webster's Pocket Spanish-English Dictionary
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Ed. by APA

And, of course, b/c I was getting books, I had to get FUN books!

• Where There's a Witch by Madelyn Alt
• Angel Diary #9 by Lee YunHee
• Scaredy Squirrel at Night by Melanie Watt

And that's just the start!

Know what I forgot about being in school?

You get to buy books every semester!! YES!

I went online and ordered a whole bunch of books--only some of them required for my two classes. The others were suggested by one of my professors, so of course I bought them! Well, granted, they were also on topics that interest me. But books will be streaming into my house through the mail over the next two weeks and I can't tell you how excited I am about it! :)

So far, I've gotten:

• Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
• Development Through the Lifespan, 4th ed. by Laura E. Berk
• Native American Postcolonial Psychology by Eduardo Duran & Bonnie Duran

YAY!

Revisiting the challenge!

It's the A-Z challenge! I have some new books to ad...or maybe just one. :) I'm still working on it!

A - As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! by Donna Gephart
B - Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
C - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt
D - Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
E - Evernight by Claudia Gray
F - The Four Dorothys by Paul Ruditis
G - Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
H - Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt
I - An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
J -
K -
L - Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret by Obert Skye
M - A Mystery of Wolves (Little Fur) by Isobelle Carmody
N - Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
P - Pretty Little Devils by Nancy Holder
Q -
R - River Secrets by Shannon Hale
S - Stargazer by Claudia Gray
T - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
U - Unhappy Medium (Suddenly Supernatural) by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
V - Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler
W - What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
X - Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters
Y -
Z - Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby

p.s.

I found my little "books read" notebook! It was in a place I thought I'd remember before I started traveling...and clearly didn't remember. :)

books i've read june 2009

6.1.09

• A Curious Collection of Cats by Betsy Franco & Michael Wertz (PB)
• Emily's Tiger by Miriam Latimer (PB)
• Paradise Lost by Kate Brian (YA)
• Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look & LeUyen Pham (Y)
• The Midnight Twins by Jacquelyn Mitchard (YA)

6.2.09

• Dishes by Rich Wallace (YA)

6.3.09

• Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters (YA)

6.4.09

• No Rest for the Wiccan by Madelyn Alt (A)
• The Four Dorothys by Paul Ruditis (YA)

6.5.09

• Tortuga in Trouble by Ann Whitford Paul & Ethan Long (PB)
• A Birthday for Cow! by Jan Thomas (PB)
• This Little Bunny Can Bake by Janet Stein (PB)
• Sergio Saves the Game! by Edel Rodriguez (PB)

6.6.09

• Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler (YA)
• Stargazer by Claudia Gray (YA)

6.7.09

• The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (Y)

6.8.09

• Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas (PB)
• Sergio Makes a Splash! by Edel Rodriguez (PB)
• Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris (A)

6.9.09

• The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (Y)

6.11.09

• Polo and the Magic Flute by Regis Faller (PB)
• There's No Such Thing as Ghosts! by Emmanuelle Eekhout (PB)
• Undead and Unwelcome by MaryJanice Davidson (A)

6.12.09

• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (Y)

6.13.09

• Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Princess Resurrection #4 by Yasunori Mitsunaga (M)
• Babymouse: Monster Mash by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (GN)

6.14.09

• Demon Flowers #4 by Mizuki Hikase (M)
• Manga Claus: The Blade of Kringle by Nathaniel Marunas & Erik Craddock (GN)
• The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming by Lemony Snicket & Lisa Brown (PB)
• Black Sun Silver Moon #3 by Tomo Maeda (M)
• Black Sun Silver Moon #4 by Tomo Maeda (M)
• Black Sun Silver Moon #5 by Tomo Maeda (M)

6.15.09

• Re:Play #2 by Christy Lijewski (M)
• Vampire Knight #3 by Matsuri Hino (M)
• Vampire Knight #4 by Matsuri Hino (M)
• Vampire Knight #5 by Matsuri Hino (M)
• Vampire Knight #6 by Matsuri Hino (M)

6.16.09

• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #4 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #5 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #6 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #7 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #8 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #9 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Tramps Like Us #14 by Yayoi Ogawa (M)
• S.A. #5 by Maki Minami (M)

6.23.09

• Death's Daughter by Amber Benson (A)

6.24.09

• Bleach #27 by Tite Kubo (M)

6.25.09

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan (Y)

6.26.09

• Bizenghast #3 by M. Alice LeGrow (M)

6.27.09

• Bizenghast #4 by M. Alice LeGrow (M)
• Bizenghast #5 by M. Alice LeGrow (M)

6.28.09

• Suzi Clue: The Prom Queen Curse by Michelle Kehm (YA)

6.29.09

• Food Hates You, Too and Other Poems by Robert Weinstock (PB)
• Aya of Yop City by Marguerite Abouet & Clement Oubrerie (GN)
• Everyone's a Critic by Paul Ruditis (YA)

6.30.09

• The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service #8 by Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki (M)
• Skip-Beat! #15 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)

06.09 total: 58

12 picture books; 9 young adult fiction; 5 youth fiction; 4 adult fiction; 4 graphic novels; 24 manga

Hello Thomas Branigan Memorial Library!

So, I am finally in NM. And I went today and got my library card! YAY!! I can't tell you how excited I am to have a working library card again. Even though my new library (TBML?) doesn't have the same loan rules and stuff as AADL. But it's still AWESOME!

Now all I need to internet access at home!

Oh, and to find my little "books read" book b/c I seem to have lost it in the moving shuffle. :(

Goodbye AADL!

In two days I will have to say goodbye to the Ann Arbor District Library. Not working there, but as a patron. I will be moving to New Mexico in exactly a week, but on Saturday, I will be leaving Ann Arbor for good.

I have to turn in all my library books! Right now, I have less than 10 out and it seems so weird! Has that ever happened? :) I was frantically trying to finish them before I had to leave, but I was just too ambitious. Ah, well... My goodbye letter:

Dear AADL,

Despite the craziness that occurs when someone is an employee there, you are an excellent library. I will DEFINITELY miss the four weeks you can have books, the unlimited renewals of items, the no limit on how many items you can take out, the 50 item limit on interlibrary loans, and the fantastic selection. And the new branches. And of course, all my library friends. Please know that I will always think of you fondly. And perhaps, I will be back! :) Please don't miss me too much, although I was an ideal employee and an ideal patron (very very few fines & I always read my books with holds on them first!).

Sincerely,
Dawn

PS. I won't hold it against you that Remus & the Lupins are coming the day AFTER I leave Ann Arbor!

Will I ever get this done?

A - As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! by Donna Gephart
B - Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
C - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt
D - Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
E - Evernight by Claudia Gray
F - The Four Dorothys by Paul Ruditis
G - Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
H - Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt
I -
J -
K -
L - Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret by Obert Skye
M - A Mystery of Wolves (Little Fur) by Isobelle Carmody
N - Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy
O -
P - Pretty Little Devils by Nancy Holder
Q -
R - River Secrets by Shannon Hale
S - Stargazer by Claudia Gray
T - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
U - Unhappy Medium (Suddenly Supernatural) by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
V - Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler
W - What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
X - Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters
Y -
Z -

books i've read may 2009

5.1.09

• The Doghouse by Jan Thomas (PB)
• Henry's Night by D.B. Johnson & Linda Michelin (PB)
• There's Nothing to Do on Mars by Chris Gall (PB)
• The Foggy Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt (PB)
• Loose Leashes by Amy Schmidt & Ron Schmidt (PB)
• A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt (A)

5.2.09

• Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy (YA)
• Moonpowder by John Rocco (PB)
• Henry Climbs a Mountain by D.B. Johnson (PB)
• Henry Builds a Cabin by D.B. Johnson (PB)
• Henry Works by D.B. Johnson (PB)
• Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson (PB)
• River Secrets by Shannon Hale (YA)

5.3.09

• Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (GN)

5.5.09

• Wild Ones #4 by Kiyo Fujiwara (M)
• Wild Adapter #6 by Kazuya Minekura (M)

5.6.09

• Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris (A)
• Pretty Little Devils by Nancy Holder (YA)

5.7.09

• What Would You Do If You Ran the World? by Shelly Rachanow (A-NF)

5.10.09

• Destiny Kills by Keri Arthur (A)

5.12.09

• Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt (A)

5.13.09

• B.P.R.D.: 1946 by Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart, & Paul Azaceta (GN)

5.18.09

• How to Get Married by Me, the Bride by Sally Lloyd-Jones & Sue Heap (PB)
• Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson & Tiphanie Beeke (PB)
• Bear's Picture by Daniel Pinkwater & D.B. Johnson (PB)

5.19.09

• Love Attack #3 by Shizuru Seino (M)
• Rosario + Vampire #1 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)
• Professor Winsnicker's Book of Proper Etiquette for Well-Mannered Sycophants by Clover Ernest & Obert Skye (Y)
• Wild Ones #5 by Kiyo Fujiwara (M)
• Wild Ones #6 by Kiyo Fujiwara (M)

5.20.09

• Jack of Fables: Turning Pages by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Russ Braun, Tony Akins, Jose Marzan Jr., & Andrew Pepoy (GN)
• The Wallflower #19 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
• The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang & Derek Kirk Kim (GN)
• Nana #16 by Ai Yazawa (M)

5.22.09

• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (YA)
• Pillage by Obert Skye (YA)
• Wanted by Matsuri Hino (M)
• The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (Y)
• Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott (YA)

5.23.09

• Lucky Breaks by Susan Patron (Y)
• Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters (YA)

5.24.09

• Evermore by Alyson Noel (YA)
• Dead Is the New Black by Marlene Perez (YA)

5.25.09

• Owly: Tiny Tales by Andy Runton (GN)
• Babymouse: The Musical by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (GN)
• Babymouse: Puppy Love by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (GN)

5.26.09

• Take a Chance on Me by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)

5.27.09

• The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (YA)
• The Library Diaries by Ann Miketa (A-NF)

5.28.09

• Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne (YA)
• Rosario + Vampire #2 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)
• Close the Last Door! #1 by Yugi Yamada (M)
• Dead Is a State of Mine by Marlene Perez (YA)

5.29.09

• Does This Book Make Me Look Fat? edited by Marissa Walsh (YA)

5.30.09

• Little Vampire by Joann Sfar (GN)
• Dead Is So Last Year by Marlene Perez (YA)

5.31.09

• Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, & Warren Pleece (GN)
• Squirrel's World by Lisa Mosher & Valeri Gorbachev (Y)
• Pitch Black by Youme Landowne & Anthony Horton (GN)

total 05.09: 59

13 picture books; 4 adult fiction; 15 young adult fiction; 10 graphic novels; 11 manga; 2 adult non fiction; 4 youth fiction

Working on that challenge

A - As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! by Donna Gephart
B - Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
C - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt
D - Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
E - Evernight by Claudia Gray
F -
G - Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
H - Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt
I -
J -
K -
L - Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret by Obert Skye
M - A Mystery of Wolves (Little Fur) by Isobelle Carmody
N - Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy
O -
P - Pretty Little Devils by Nancy Holder
Q -
R - River Secrets by Shannon Hale
S -
T - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
U - Unhappy Medium (Suddenly Supernatural) by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
V -
W - What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
X -
Y -
Z -

books i've read april 2009

4.1.09

• Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke (Y)
• Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison (YA)
• Knitting for Good!: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social, and Political Change, Stitch by Stitch by Betsy Greer (A-NF)

4.2.09

• The Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale by Jack Kent (PB)
• Boys Don't Knit! by Janice Schoop & Laura Beingessner (PB)
• Crime Seen by Victoria Laurie (A)
• My So-Called Digital Life: 2,000 Teenagers, 300 Cameras, and 30 Days to Document Their World edited by Bob Pletka (A-NF)

4.3.09

• Token by Alisa Kwitney & Joelle Jones (GN)
• Bound Beauty #1 by Mick Takeuchi (M)
• Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure! by Giles Andreae & Russell Ayto (PB)
• The Good Neighbors: Kin by Holly Black & Ted Naifeh (GN)
• Enna Burning by Shannon Hale (YA)

4.4.09

• He Said, She Said by Daisy de Villeneuve (GN)
• Crimes of the Sarahs by Kristen Tracy (YA)
• Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin (Y)

4.5.09

• Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake by Jennifer Allison (YA)

4.6.09

• The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle by Jim Butcher & Ardian Syaf (GN)
• The New York Four by Brian Wood & Ryan Kelly (GN)
• Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs by Giles Andreae & Russell Ayto (PB)

4.7.09

• Suck It Up by Brian Meehl (YA)
• Speed Demon by Erin Lynn (YA)

4.8.09

• The Red Lemon by Bob Staake (PB)
• In the Town All Year 'Round by Rotraut Susanne Berner (PB)
• Passion and Poison: Tales of Shape-Shifters, Ghosts, and Spirited Women by Janice M. Del Negro (YA)
• All We Know of Love by Nora Raleigh Baskin (YA)

4.9.09

• Gilda Joyce: The Ghost Sonata by Jennifer Allison (YA)

4.10.09

• Death Perception by Victoria Laurie (A)

4.11.09

• Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld (PB)
• A Roomful of Questions by Tracy Gallup (PB)
• Peep: A Little Book About Taking a Leap by Maria Van Lieshout (PB)
• Funny Farm by Mark Teague (PB)

4.12.09

• The Trouble with Magic by Madelyn Alt (A)
• Dingo by Charles de Lint (YA)
• Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway (YA)

4.13.09

• Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle (Y)
• Sexy Chix edited by Diana Shutz (GN)
• Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem by Chris Monroe (PB)
• Pieces of Georgia by Jan Bryant (YA)
• Lush by Natasha Friend (YA)

4.14.09

• Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie (A)
• Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale (YA)

4.15.09

• What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles (YA)

4.16.09

• If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond (PB)
• 30 Days to Getting Over the Dork You _Used_ to Call Your Boyfriend by Clea Hantman (YA-NF)

4.18.09

• Albert2 by Lani Yamamoto (PB)
• Albert3 by Lani Yamamoto (PB)
• Change Has Come: An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit by Kadir Nelson & Barack Obama (PB)
• A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton (PB)

4.20.09

• Evernight by Claudia Gray (YA)
• Sherman Crunchley by Laura Numeroff, Nate Evans, & Tim Bowers (PB)

4.21.09

• Timothy and the Dragon Gate by Adrienne Kress (Y)

4.22.09

• Uno's Garden by Graeme Base (PB)
• Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• You Can't Go to School Naked! by Dianne Billstrom & Don Kilpatrick III (PB)
• Patrick's Dinosaurs on the Internet by Carol Carrick & David Milgrim (PB)
• The Bully Blockers Club by Teresa Bateman & Jackie Urbanovic (PB)
• "I Have a Little Problem," Said the Bear by Heinz Janisch & Silke Leffler (PB)
• Little Fur: A Mystery of Wolves by Isobelle Carmody (Y)

4.23.09

• Tickets to Ride: An Alphabetic Amusement by Mark Rogalski (PB)
• Zara's Hats by Paul Meisel (PB)
• Moondogs by Daniel Kirk (PB)
• Jabela by Cristina Kessler & JoEllen McAllister Stammen (PB)
• Go Track a Yak! by Tony Johnston & Tim Raglin (PB)
• Buckamoo Girls by Ellen A. Kelley & Tom Curry (PB)
• The Queen of Style by Caralyn Buehner & Mark Buehner (PB)

4.24.09

• Dog Eared by Amanda Harvey (PB)
• 39 Uses for a Friend by Harriet Ziefert & Rebecca Doughty (PB)
• Zoo Dreams by Cor Hazelaar (PB)
• Sebastian's Roller Skates by Joan de Deu Prats & Francesc Rovira (PB)
• Epossumondas by Colleen Salley & Janet Stevens (PB)
• Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg (PB)
• Oliver Nocturne: The Demon Hunter by Kevin Emerson (Y)
• As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! by Donna Gephart (Y)

4.25.09

• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (YA)

4.27.09

• Olivia by Ian Falconer (PB)
• Fiona's Luck by Teresa Bateman & Kelly Murphy (PB)
• Sneaky Weasel by Hannah Shaw (PB)
• When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein & R. Gregory Christie (PB)
• Trudy by Henry Cole (PB)
• Little Rabbit Lost by Harry Horse (PB)
• Larabee by Kevin Luthardt (PB)
• Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster by Laura Numeroff & Nate Evans (PB)
• Roawr! by Barbara Joosse & Jan Jutte (PB)
• Pirate Girl by Cornelia Funke & Kerstin Meyer (PB)
• Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret by Obert Skye (YA)

4.28.09

• Between Mom and Jo by Julie Anne Peters (YA)
• Suddenly Supernatural: Unhappy Medium by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel (Y)

4.29.09

• Alex and the Box Shop: The Sound of X by Cecilia Minden & Joanne Meier (PB)

4.30.09

• Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet (PB)
• Z Goes Home by Jon Agee (PB)
• Noah's Mittens: The Story of Felt by Lise Lunge-Larsen & Matthew Trueman (PB)

04/09 total: 91

8 youth fiction; 19 young adult fiction; 2 adult non fiction; 50 picture books; 4 adult fiction; 6 graphic novels; 1 manga; 1 young adult non fiction

The A-Z Picture Book Challenge

I did it! With minor cheat with X. :) Finished today.

A - Albert2 by Lani Yamamoto (& Albert3 by Lani Yamamoto)
B - The Bully Blockers Club by Teresa Bateman & Jackie Urbanovic
C - Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
D - Dog Eared by Amanda Harvey
E - Epossumondas by Colleen Salley & Janet Stevens
F - Fiona's Luck by Teresa Bateman & Kelly Murphy
G - Go Track a Yak! by Tony Johnston & Tim Raglin
H - Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton
I - If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond
J - Jubela by Cristina Kessler & JoEllen McAllister Stammen
K - Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet
L - Little Rabbit Lost by Harry Horse
M - Moondogs by Daniel Kirk
N - Noah's Mittens: The Story of Felt by Lise Lunge-Larsen & Matthew Trueman
O - Olivia by Ian Falconer
P - Patrick's Dinosaurs on the Internet by Carol Carrick & David Milgrim
Q - The Queen of Style by Caralyn Buehner & Mark Buehner
R - Roawr! by Barbara Joosse & Jan Jutte
S - Sherman Crunchley by Laura Numeroff, Nate Evans, & Tim Bowers
T - Tickets to Ride: An Alphabetic Amusement by Mark Rogalski
U - Uno's Garden by Graeme Base
V - A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton
W - When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein & R. Gregory Christie
X - Alex and the Box Shop: The Sound of X by Cecilia Minden & Joanne Meier
Y - You Can't Go to School Naked! by Dianne Billstrom & Dan Kilpatrick III
Z - Zara's Hats by Paul Meisel

I think I'll do one for picture books too!

The A-Z Picture Book Challenge

A - Albert2 by Lani Yamamoto (& Albert3 by Lani Yamamoto)
B - The Bully Blockers Club by Teresa Bateman & Jackie Urbanovic
C - Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
D - Dog Eared by Amanda Harvey
E - Epossumondas by Colleen Salley & Janet Stevens
F - Fiona's Luck by Teresa Bateman & Kelly Murphy
G - Go Track a Yak! by Tony Johnston & Tim Raglin
H - Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton
I - If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond
J - Jubela by Cristina Kessler & JoEllen McAllister Stammen
K -
L - Little Rabbit Lost by Harry Horse
M - Moondogs by Daniel Kirk
N -
O - Olivia by Ian Falconer
P - Patrick's Dinosaurs on the Internet by Carol Carrick & David Milgrim
Q - The Queen of Style by Caralyn Buehner & Mark Buehner
R - Roawr! by Barbara Joosse & Jan Jutte
S - Sherman Crunchley by Laura Numeroff, Nate Evans, & Tim Bowers
T - Tickets to Ride: An Alphabetic Amusement by Mark Rogalski
U - Uno's Garden by Graeme Base
V - A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton
W - When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein & R. Gregory Christie
X -
Y - You Can't Go to School Naked! by Dianne Billstrom & Dan Kilpatrick III
Z - Zara's Hats by Paul Meisel

Like I need anymore challenges in my life...

...but I saw the subject of someone's post on Goodreads and thought it sounded cool, so...

I'm going to read books with titles from A-Z! :)

And I'll start with the two I finished last night! *laughs* And I'm not reading them in alphabetical order--that'd probably take too long and soon I'll have other things to worry about (like packing and moving). And some of the harder letters, I might have to cheat a little...

So!

A - As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! by Donna Gephart
B - Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
C -
D - Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
E - Evernight by Claudia Gray
F -
G -
H -
I -
J -
K -
L - Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret by Obert Skye
M - A Mystery of Wolves (Little Fur) by Isobelle Carmody
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
U - Unhappy Medium (Suddenly Supernatural) by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
V -
W - What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
X -
Y -
Z -

book quote motherload

I've found lots of good things lately, but haven't included them. Some are from books I've read recently, some are just quotes plucked from quote books or included in journals and such. So, here we go!

We are strong enough to stand tearlessly
We are brave enough t bend to cry
And sad enough to knkow we must laugh again
--Nikki Giovanni from "We Are Virginia Tech"

What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence?
--Audre Lorde

If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
--Jean Cocteau

It is always hazardous to express what one has to say indirectly and allusively.
--Walter Pater

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.
--William Inge

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I'm with you, kid. Let's go.
--Maya Angelou

Success consists of getting up just one time more than you fall.
--Oliver Goldsmith

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.
--Jack Canfield

It's funny how bed and pillows and covers can change a conversation. Words turn quiet and you mean more and say less. It's like you can build your own little world, Population: 2.
--Robin Benway from Audrey, Wait!

Leave being kind and selfless to the people who can afford it. To the people who have experienced it for themselves. Do unto others is a very nice saying, but it doesn't really take certain things into account. Basically, how do you know what to do unto others when nobody's done it unto you?
--Nora Raleigh Baskin from All We Know of Love

"All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell," he says, and he is talking as if he is talking only to me. "Long after we are gone, our words will be all that is left, and who is to say what really happened or even what reality is? Our stories, our fiction, our words will be as close to truth as can be. And no one can take that away from you."
--Nora Raleigh Baskin from Anything But Typical

favorites and such from march 2009

sad to see the series end:

• Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

most depressing book that convinced me i'll never get out of debt:

• Generation Debt by Anya Kamenetz

book i cried the most reading (the cat dies & she talks about family members dying!):

• Dewey by Vicki Myron

best new supernatural ya author i discovered:

• Rosemary Clement-Moore

best picture book (duh, it's about squirrels!):

• Those Darn Squirrels! by Adam Rubin

most surprising type of book i read bunches of this month:

• adult non fiction books

guiltiest pleasure of the month:

• Kate Brian books

best recommendation of the month (from Rheja):

• The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

author/illustrator explored:

• Lane Smith

best day to read books this month:

• March 11th (my birthday!)

books i've read march 2009

3.2.09

• Bleach #25 by Tite Kubo (M)
• The Peace Book by Todd Parr (PB)

3.3.09

• What It Is by Lynda Barry (A-NF)

3.4.09

• Master Pieces: The Curator's Game by Thomas Hoving (A-NF)
• You Know Where to Find Me by Rachel Cohn (YA)

3.5.09

• Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology by Lawrence Weschler (A-NF)

3.6.09

• Charlotte and the White Horse by Ruth Krauss & Maurice Sendak (PB)
• Starlight Goes to Town by Harry Allard & George Booth (PB)
• The Runaway Dinner by Allen Ahlberg & Bruce Ingman (PB)

3.8.09

• Proposition Player by Bill Willingham, Paul Guinan, & Ron Randall (GN)
• Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton (A-NF)
• Into the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst (Y)

3.9.09

• Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design edited by Faythe Levine & Cortney Meimerl (A-NF)

3.10.09

• Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales (PB)
• Dream Machines by Mark Rogalski (PB)
• The Donut Chef by Bob Staake (PB)
• Mortimer's First Garden by Karma Wilson & Dan Andreasen (PB)
• Dogs on the Bed by Elizabeth Bluemle & Ann Wilsdorf (PB)
• Joker by Brian Azzarello & Lee Bermejo (GN)
• Prom Dates from Hell by Rosemary Clement-Moore (YA)

3.11.09 (my birthday!)

• Spectre by Phaedra Weldon (A)
• Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg (PB)
• Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus (PB)
• The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg & Bruce Ingman (PB)
• The Police Cloud by Christoph Nieman (PB)
• Inside All by Margaret H. Mason & Holly Welch (PB)

3.12.09

• Forever Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)

3.14.09

• Sisters of Misery by Megan Kelley Hall (YA)

3.15.09

• Killer Insight by Victoria Laurie (A)

3.16.09

• Nana #15 by Ai Yazawa (M)
• Bleach #26 by Tite Kubo (M)

3.17.09

• Dinosaur Vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea (PB)
• Red River #22 by Chie Shinohara (M)
• Wild Ones #3 by Kiyo Fujiwara (M)
• A Wise Man Sleeps #2 by Mick Takeuchi (M)
• Fluffy by Simone Lia (GN)
• Backup by Jim Butcher (A)

3.18.09

• Louvre Up Close by Claire d'Harcourt (Y-NF)
• Club Meds by Katherine Hall Page (YA)

3.19.09

• Out of the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst (Y)
• New Socks by Bob Shea (PB)

3.20.09

• The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Y)
• Revelation by Kate Brian (YA)

3.21.09

• Last Christmas by Kate Brian (YA)

3.22.09

• The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (YA)

3.23.09

• Blood Alone #4 by Masayuki Takano (M)
• Camera Camera Camera #2 by Kazura Matsumoto (M)
• Little by Little by Amber Stewart & Layn Merlow (PB)
• The Robot and the Bluebird by David Lucas (PB)
• The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country! by Lane Smith (PB)
• John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith (PB)
• Pinocchio, the Boy (or Incognito in Collodi) by Lane Smith (PB)
• Spooky ABC by Eve Merriam & Lane Smith (PB)
• Forest Bright, Forest Night by Jennifer Ward & Jamichael Henterly (PB)

3.24.09

• Generation Debt: How Our Future Was Sold Out for Student Loans, Credit Cards, Bad Jobs, No Benefits, and Tax Cuts for Rich Geezers--and How to Fight Back by Anya Kamenetz (A-NF)
• Privilege by Kate Brian (YA)

3.25.09

• Stargazer by Patrick Carman (Y)

3.26.09

• Big Plans by Bob Shea & Lane Smith (PB)
• Baloney (Henry P.) by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith (PB)
• Hell Week by Rosemary Clement-Moore (YA)
• Suddenly Supernatural: Scaredy Kat by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel (Y)

3.28.09

• Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron & Bret Witter (A-NF)

3.29.09

• The Happy Hocky Family! by Lane Smith (PB)
• Yozakura Quartet #2 by Suzuhito Yasuda (M)
• Ultimate X-Men: Absolute Power by Aron E. Coleite, Mark Brooks, Clay Mann, Jaime Mendoza, Carlos Cuevas, & Troy Hubbs (GN)

3.30.09

• Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs (YA)
• Those Darn Squirrels! by Adam Rubin (PB)
• Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan (Y)
• How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier (YA)

03.09 total: 69

9 manga; 27 picture books; 7 adult non fiction; 12 young adult fiction; 4 graphic novels; 6 youth fiction; 3 adult fiction; 1 youth non fiction

Young Adult fiction editor

I want to read young adult books for a living. I want to edit them. How can I do that? Someone tell me! :) I love young adult books.

I was talking to some of my students about young adult books the other day and it was so much fun. And my partner's daughter and I talk about them too--she even recommended a good series to me by Shannon Hale that is her favorite.

Why can't I just read for a living? Or at least read and get paid for it? How do people end up doing that?

What It Is by Lynda Barry

I've always liked Lynda Barry. And her newest book is the best yet. It's a book about writing, but it's all these drawings and collages and she tells her own personal stories too. I love it. Maybe what I liked best were the questions she asks in her collages at times. Here are my favorites.

What is the difference between imagination and memory? Which is stronger?

To follow a wandering mind means having to get lost. Can you stand being lost?

Is reminded the same as remembered?

What is the difference between lying and pretending? There is no lie in pretending.

And a favorite quote:
I believe there is something in these old stories that does what singing does to words. They have transformational capabilities, in the way melody can transform mood. They can't transform your actual situation, but they can transform your experience of it. We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay. I believe we have always done this, used images to stand and understand what otherwise would be intolerable.

Cool book. You should check it out.

books i've read february 2009

2.2.09

• Suddenly Supernatural: School Spirit by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel (Y)
• Unbelievable by Sara Shepard (YA)

2.3.09

• Museum ABC by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (PB)
• The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections by Jan Mark & Richard Holland (Y-NF)

2.4.09

• Broken Angels #4 by Setsuri Tsuzuki (M)
• Broken Angels #5 by Setsuri Tsuzuki (M)
• To Quote a Queer edited by John Lessard (A-NF)

2.5.09

• Bleach #16 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Bleach #17 by Tite Kubo (M)
• The Garden of Eve by K.L. Going (Y)

2.6.09

• Get Backers #8 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)
• Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for True Blue Love by Patricia Martin (Y)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (Y)

2.8.09

• Better Read than Dead by Victoria Laurie (A)

2.9.09

• Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat edited by Nikki Giovanni (Y)
• Rhinoceros by Kelly Enright (A-NF)

2.10.09

• The Grasshopper's Song: An Aesop's Fable Revisited by Nikki Giovanni & Chris Raschka (Y)
• The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett (PB)
• Nana #12 by Ai Yazawa (M)
• Bleach #18 by Tite Kubo (M)

2.11.09

• The Wallflower #18 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)

2.12.09

• A Wise Man Sleeps #1 by Mick Takeuchi (M)
• The War at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks (GN)
• The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Bleach #19 by Tite Kubo (M)

2.13.09

• serafina67 *urgently requires life* by Susie Day (YA)

2.14.09

• Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak edited by Smith Magazine (A-NF)
• Nana #13 by Ai Yazawa (M)

2.15.09

• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Y)

2.17.09

• What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie (A)
• Platinum Garden #6 by Maki Fujita (M)

2.18.09

• Wonder Bear by Tao Nyeu (PB)
• Previously by Allan Ahlberg & Bruce Ingman (PB)
• You Wouldn't Want to Be a mayan Soothesayer!: Fortunes You'd Rather Not Tell by Rupert Matthews & David Antram (Y-NF)
• Boogie Knights by Lisa Wheeler & Mark Siegel (PB)
• Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie dePaola (PB)
• The Last Polar Bears by Harry Horse (Y)
• Bleach #20 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Bleach #21 by Tite Kubo (M)
• You Can Save the Earth: 7 Reasons Why & 7 Simple Ways: A Philosophy for the Future (A-NF)
• Tupac Remembered: Bearing Witness to a Life and Legacy edited by Molly Monjauze, Gloria Cox, & Staci Robinson (A-NF)

2.19.09

• Curiosa: Celebrity Relics, Historical Fossils, and Other Metamorphic Rubbish by Barton Lidice Benes (A-NF)
  
• Nana #14 by Ai Yazawa (M)
• Wicked by Sara Shepard (YA)

2.20.09

• You Wouldn't Want to Be Cleopatra!: An Egyptian Ruler You'd Rather Not Be by Jim Pipe & David Antram (Y-NF)
• You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy!: Disgusting Things You'd Rather Not Know by David Stewart & David Antram (Y-NF)
• You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pirate's Prisoner!: Horrible Things You'd Rather Not Know by John Malam & David Antram (Y-NF)
• Sailor Moo: Cow at Sea by Lisa Wheeler & Ponder Goembel (PB)
• You Wouldn't Want to Be a Greek Athlete!: Races You'd Rather Not Run by Michael Ford & David Antram (Y-NF)
• You Wouldn't Want to Be an Aztec Sacrifice!: Gruesome Things You'd Rather Not Know by Fiona Macdonald & David Antram (Y-NF)
• Bleach #22 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Bleach #23 by Tite Kubo (M)
• The Last Gold Diggers by Harry Horse (Y)
• The Last Cowboys by Harry Horse (Y)

2.21.09

• Cattitude: The Feline Guide to Being Fabulous by Kim Levin & Christine Montaquila (A-NF)

2.22.09

• Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz (YA)

2.23.09

• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (YA)

2.25.09

• I'd Rather We Got Casinos and Other Black Thoughts by Larry Wilmore (A)
• You Wouldn't Want to Be a Medieval Knight!: Armor You'd Rather Not Wear by Fiona Macdonald & David Antram (Y-NF)
• You Wouldn't Want to Be a Suffragist!: A Protest Movement That's Rougher Than You Expected by Fiona Macdonald & David Antram (Y-NF)
• A Vision of Murder by Victoria Laurie (A)

2.26.09

• Bleach #24 by Tite Kubo (M)

02.09 total: 62

10 youth fiction; 5 young adult fiction; 8 picture books; 9 youth non fiction; 18 manga; 7 adult non fiction; 4 adult fiction; 1 graphic novel

Holiday appropriate books

I had purchased Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak some time ago. It was short, I knew I could finish it in a day. But I left it for awhile. I wanted to savor it at an appropriate time because I know how much I liked the first six-word memoir book.

About a week before Valentine's Day, I decided that was when I'd read it. And I did.

I actually read in the restaurant where my partner and I had reservations during the hour that he was late for said reservations. Kind of bittersweet, you know? And the book was good, as I suspected. There were memorable memoirs, but of course, I wasn't in the mood or place to write them down, so I'll have to read through the book again. And I even got him to read a bit of the book.

It also inspired me to write my own six word memoirs (again), but I decided to do them on my previous relationships--my own little zine of six-word memoirs on love & heartbreak. :) I'm working on it now...

It's the first time I've ever read a holiday appropriate book on the actual holiday. Well, maybe I've read picture books before, but... It was fun.

Awwww....

"I don't think there's any limit on True Blue Love. The more the merrier, I say," said Harry.
--Patricia Martin from Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for True Blue Love

look at all these new books!

They've been piling up next to my computer desk...

From Vault:

• Tactics #7 by Sakura Kinoshita & Kazuko Higashiyama
• The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #8 by Arina Tanemura
• After School Nightmare #10 by Setona Mizushiro

It's so time to do a MY manga challenge again...

From Borders:

• Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak edited by Smith Magazine
• Special by Bella Bathurst

Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:

• Hug Time by Patrick McConnell
• Snog: A Puppy's Guide to Love by Rachael Hale
• Y: The Last Man: Cycles by Vaughan, Guerra, & Marzan Jr.
• Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter by Alison Hansel
• Jimi's Book of Japanese: Hiragana by Peter X. Takahashi
• The Psychology of Harry Potter edited by Neil Mulholland

I've had good luck with the swapping sites lately. :)

Librarything Early Reviewers books:

• The Singing by Alison Croggon
• The Highly Intuitive Child by Catherine Crawford
  

books i've read january 2009

1.2.09

• Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz (YA)

1.3.09

• The Naughty Bits: The Steamiest and Most Scandalous Sex Scenes from the World's Great Books edited by Jack Murnighan (A)
  
• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (YA)

1.4.09

• Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (YA)
• Psychology: A Very Short Introduction by Gillian Butler & Freda McManus (A-NF)

1.5.09

• Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel by Anthony Horowitz, Antony Johnston, Kanako Damerum, & Yuzuru Takasaki (GN)
• B.P.R.D.: Killing Ground by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, & Guy Davis (GN)
• Utterly Otterly Day by Mary Casanova & Ard Hoyt (PB)
• Mouse Noses on Toast by Daren King & David Roberts (Y)

1.7.09

• La Corda d'Oro #5 by Yuki Kure (M)
• La Corda d'Oro #6 by Yuki Kure (M)
• My Heavenly Hockey Club #4 by Ai Morinaga (M)
• Skim by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (GN)
• Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye (Y)
• Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole (YA)

1.8.09

• Flawless by Sara Shepard (YA)

1.9.09

• Best Erotic Comics 2008 edited by Greta Christina (GN)
• Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary by Julie Larios & Julie Paschkis (PB)

1.11.09

• Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh #1 by Kouji Ogata & Kouhei Kadono (M)
• Challengers #1 by Hinako Takanaga (M)
• Almost Crying by Mako Takahashi (M)
• In the End by Pink Psycho (M)
• Hot Gimmick S by Megumi Nishizaki & Miki Aihara (YA)
• Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz (YA)

1.12.09

• Zombies Calling by Faith Erin Hicks (GN)

1.13.09

• Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age edited by Ariel Schrag (GN)
• Ida B...and her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan (Y)

1.14.09

• Broken Moon by Kim Antieau (YA)

1.15.09

• Night of the Beasts #2 by Chika Shiomi (M)
• La Corda d'Oro #7 by Yuki Kure (M)
• The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan (PB)
• Singular Pleasures by Harry Mathews (A)

1.18.09

• Chickenhare: Fire in the Hole by Chris Grine (GN)
• My Heavenly Hockey Club #5 by Ai Morinaga (M)
• Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie (A)

1.19.09

• Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell (Y)
• CLAMP: North Side by CLAMP (A-NF)
• CLAMP: South Side by CLAMP (A-NF)
• The Trouble with Dragons by Debi Gliori (PB)
• Queen of Halloween by Mary Engelbreit (PB)
• Art Dog by Thacher Hurd (PB)
• Albert by Lani Yamamoto (PB)

1.20.09

• American Widow by Alissa Torres & Sungyoon Choi (GN)
• Suppli #1 by Mari Okazaki (M)

1.21.09

• Oh, Theodore! Guinea Pig Poems by Susan Katz & Stacey Schuett (PB)
• Bleach #11 by Tite Kubo (M)

1.23.09

• Goodnight Bush: A Parody by Erich Origen & Gan Golan (A)

1.24.09

• Fables: War and Pieces by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Niko Henrichon, & Andrew Pepoy (GN)

1.25.09

• Fresh Off the Boat by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
• Bleach #12 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Suppli #2 by Mari Okazaki (M)
• The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger (PB)

1.26.09

• Demonkeeper by Royce Buckingham (Y)
• My Heavenly Hockey Club #6 by Ai Morinaga (M)

1.27.09

• Writ in Blood by James A. Moore (A)

1.28.09

• Perfect by Sara Shepard (YA)

1.29.09

• Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems (PB)
• Not So True Stories & Unreasonable Rhymes by Carin Berger (PB)
• Rosa by Nikki Giovanni & Bryan Collier (Y-NF)
• The Monster Who Ate Darkness by Joyce Dunbar & Jimmy Liao (PB)
• Ahwoooooooo! by Yannick Murphy & Claudio Munoz (PB)
• Bleach #13 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Suppli #3 by Mari Okazaki (M)
• Bicycles: Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni (A)

1.30.09

• The Genie in the Jar by Nikki Giovanni & Chris Raschka (PB)
• The Inner City Mother Goose by Eve Merriam & David Diaz (Y)
• Bleach #14 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Bleach #15 by Tite Kubo (M)
• Ghost of a Chance by Yasmine Galenorn (A)

01.09 total: 69

10 young adult fiction; 7 adult fiction; 3 adult non fiction; 9 graphic novels; 14 picture books; 6 youth fiction; 19 manga; 1 youth non fiction