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