Saturday, September 3, 2011

books i've read august 2011

8.1.11


  • Bone: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith (GN)
8.2.11


  • Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland (A-NF)

  • Everyday Cat Excuses: I Can't Do What You Want by Holly Brandenberg (GN)

  • Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (A)
8.3.11


  • Dancing Larry by Daniel Pinkwater & Jill Pinkwater (PB)

  • The Useful Moose: A Truthful, Moose-full Tale by Fiona Robinson (PB)

  • Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen & Quentin Blake (PB)

  • Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni (PB)

  • Cornelius by Leo Lionni (PB)

  • I Need My Mother by Amanda Noll & Howard McWilliam (PB)

  • Posy by Linda Newbery & Catherine Rayner (PB)

  • Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit by Catherine Rayner (PB)

  • Alex and Lulu: Two of a Kind by Lorena Siminovich (PB)

  • Bear Portraits by Jill Greenberg (A-NF)

  • Bone: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith (GN)

  • Bone: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith (GN)
8.4.11


  • Manuelo the Playing Mantis by Don Freeman (PB)

  • I Am I by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (PB)

  • A Particular Cow by Mem Fox & Terry Denton (PB)

  • Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie de Paola (PB)

  • Burger Boy by Alan Durant & Mei Matsuoka (PB)

  • Batman: Harley and Ivy by Paul Dini, Judd Winick, Bruce Timm, & Joe Chiodo (GN)

  • Bizenghast #7 by M. Alice LeGrow (M)

  • Stupid, Stupid Rat-Tails by Tom Sniegoski, Jeff Smith, & Stan Sakai (GN)

  • Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield (GN)

  • Possessions, Book One: Unclean Getaway by Ray Fawkes (GN)
8.5.11


  • ABC in Albuquerque by Robin Segal (PB)

  • A Simple Suburban Murder by Mark Richard Zubro (A)
8.6.11


  • Troublemaker, Book One by Janet Evanovich, Alex Evanovich, & Joelle Jones (GN)

  • A Kiss Before the Apocalypse by Thomas E. Sniegoski (A)
8.7.11


  • Artichoke Tales by Megan Kelso (GN)
8.8.11


  • The Crow (A Not So Scary Story) by Alison Paul (PB)

  • Otis and Rae and the Grumbling Splunk by Laura Espinosa & Leo Espinosa (PB)

  • Chalk & Cheese by Tim Warnes (PB)

  • Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry by Joyce Sidman & Michelle Berg (PB)

  • Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris (A)
8.9.11


  • Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies: Compendium Monstrum by Rene J. Smith & Margaret Rubiano (A-NF)

  • F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers by Richard Benson (A-NF)

  • Keep Calm and Carry On: Good Advice for Hard Times (A-NF)
8.10.11


  • Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola & John Bryne (GN)

  • Little Lit: Folklore and Fairy Tale Funnies edited by Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly (GN)

  • Guardians of Being by Eckhart Tolle & Patrick McDonnell (A-NF)

  • Psychiatric Tales by Darryl Cunningham (GN)
8.11.11


  • Crictor by Tomi Ungerer (PB)

  • Suki's Kimono by Chieri Uegaki & Stephane Jorisch (PB)

  • Who Hid the Easter Eggs? by Pirkko Vainio (PB)

  • Roadrunner by Naomi John, Peter Parnall, & Virginia Parnall (PB)

  • The Surprise Visitor by Juli Kangas (PB)

  • The Mystery of Eatum Hall by John Kelly & Cathy Tincknell (PB)

  • Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers (PB)

  • A Book of Books by Abelardo Morell & Nicholson Baker (A-NF)

  • Yosemite by Ansel Adams (A-NF)

  • The Grand Canyon and the Southwest by Ansel Adams (A-NF)

  • A Dog's Life: A Book of Classic Photographs by the Editors of Life Magazine (A-NF)

  • Stems by Lee Friedlander (A-NF)

  • Cattitudes by Victoria Robers (A-NF)

  • Deadville by Ron Koertge (YA)
8.12.11


  • Bone: The Dragonslayer by Jeff Smith (GN)

  • Bone: Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border by Jeff Smith (GN)

  • Bone: Old Man's Cave by Jeff Smith (GN)

  • The Fledgling Handbook 101 by P.C. Cast & Kim Doner (YA)
8.13.11


  • Pandora Gets Vain by Carolyn Hennesy (Y)
8.15.11


  • The Weiser Field Guide to Witches by Judika Illes (A-NF)
8.16.11


  • Scenes from an Impending Marriage: A Prenuptial Memoir by Adrian Tomine (GN)

  • Mutts II: Cats and Dogs by Patrick McDonnell (GN)

  • Bone: Rose by Jeff Smith & Charles Vess (GN)

  • Bone: Tall Tales by Jeff Smith & Tom Sniegoski (GN)
8.17.11


  • Welcome to the N.H.K. #1 by Tatsuhiko Takimoto & Kendi Oiwa (M)
8.19.11


  • All My Friends Are Dead by Avery Monsen & Jory John (GN)

  • Simon's Cat: Beyond the Fence by Simon Tofield (GN)

  • Simon's Cat by Simon Tofield (GN)

  • Evil Cat: A Fluffy Kitty Gets Mean by Elia Arie (GN)

  • Lesson of a Turtle (The Little Book of Life) by Sandy Gringas (A-NF)

  • Thank You Notes by Jimmy Fallon & the writers of Late Night (A-NF)

  • Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (GN)
8.20.11


  • Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, & Meljean Brook (A)
8.21.11


  • The Dylan Dog Case Files by Tiziano Sclavi (GN)

  • The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo (Y)
8.22.11


  • Bad Kitty Gets a Bath by Nick Bruel (Y)
8.23.11


  • The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Weird Junior Edition by David Borgenicht, Justin Heimberg, & Chuck Gonzales (Y-NF)
8.25.11


  • Hogg, Hogg, & Hog by Margie Palatini (PB)

  • The Runaway Wok by Ying Chang Compestine & Sebastia Serra (PB)

  • Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown & John Parra (PB)

  • Mutts by Patrick O'Donnell (GN)
8.26.11


  • Undead and Undermined by MaryJanice Davidson (A)

  • Aisha's Moonlit Walk: Stories and Celebrations for the Pagan Year by Anika Stafford (Y-NF)
8.27.11


  • The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Work by Joshua Piven & David Borgenicht (A-NF)

  • Growing Up Pagan: A Workbook for Wiccan Families by Raine Hill (Y-NF)

  • Inkblot: Drip, Splat, and Squish Your Way to Creativity by Margaret Peot (Y-NF)
8.28.11


  • Count, Dagmar! by J. Otto Seibold (PB)

  • Big Nate: Out Late by Lincoln Peirce (GN)

  • That's Not My Monster... by Fiona Watt & Rachel Wells (PB)

  • Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney (PB)

  • Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney (PB)

  • Llama Llama Home with Mama by Anna Dewdney (PB)

  • A Dome for a Home by Ruth Martin & Michael Garton (PB)

  • Clackers: Black Cat by Luana Rinaldo (PB)

  • Clackers: Little Witch by Luana Rinaldo (PB)

  • The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan Berenstain & Jan Berenstain (PB)

  • The Quotable Thoreau edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer (A-NF)

8.29.11



  • Book Love: A Celebration of Writers, Readers, and the Printed & Bound Book edited by James Charlton & Bill Henderson (A-NF)

08.11 total: 101


28 graphic novels; 18 adult non fiction; 6 adult fiction; 38 picture books; 2 manga; 2 young adult fiction; 3 youth fiction; 4 youth non fiction