books i've read april 2008

4.1.08

• Menkui! #2 by Suzuki Tanaka (M)
• Penguin Revolution #2 by Sakura Tsukuba (M)
• Reconstructing Aphrodite by Terry Lorant (A-NF)
• Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)

4.2.08

• Rabbit's Gift by George Shannon & Laura Donzek (PB)
• That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell & Neal Layton (PB)
• The Chocolate Cat by Sue Stainton & Anne Mortimer (PB)
• Phooey! by Marc Rosenthal (PB)
• Love by Ferdinand Protzman (A-NF)
• Dumped by Andi Watson (GN)

4.3.08

• Love Fights #2 by Andi Watson (GN)

4.5.08

• Song for Night by Chris Abani (A)
• Banana Fish #5 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Banana Fish #6 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Bobbie Dazzler by Janine Dawson (PB)

4.6.08

• Banana Fish #7 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Derby Girl by Shauna Cross (YA)
• Project: Romantic edited by Chris Pitzer (GN)
• Bow Wow Meow Meow by Douglas Florian (PB)
• Grosse Pointe Girl by Sarah Grace McCandless (YA)

4.8.08

• Ichigenme...The First Class Is Civil Law #1 by Fumi Yoshinaga (M)
• The Paradise on the Hill by Momoko Tenzen (M)

4.9.08

• Kabuki: Dreams by David Mack (GN)
• Banana Fish #8 by Akimi Yoshida (M)

4.11.08

• Banana Fish #9 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Banana Fish #10 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Quiet Storm: Voices of Young Black Poets edited by Lydia Omolola Okutoro (YA)
• We Goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera by Doris Orgel (Y)

4.13.08

• Banana Fish #11 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Banana Fish #12 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Red River #1 by Chie Shinohara (M)
• A Ring of Tricksters by Virginia Hamilton & Barry Moser (Y)
• Pssst! by Adam Rex (PB)

4.14.08

• Outside Rules: Short Stories About Nonconformist Youth edited by Clare Robson (YA)

4.15.08

• Banana Fish #13 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Banana Fish #14 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kiney (Y)

4.18.08

• How to Make Friends With a Giant by Gennifer Choldenko & Amy Walrod (PB)
• Gorgeous Carat #3 by You Higuri (M)
• Menkui! #3 by Suzuki Tanaka (M)
• Banana Fish #15 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Banana Fish #16 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Banana Fish #17 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Banana Fish #18 by Akimi Yoshida (M)
• Banana Fish #19 by Akimi Yoshida (M)

4.19.08

• Z Is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet by Helen L. Wilbur & Victor Juhasz (Y)
• Get Backers #3 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)
• Skinny by Ibi Kaslik (YA)
• Scooter Girl by Chynna Clugston-Major (GN)
• Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin (YA)

4.20.08

• The Nature of Dogs by Mary Cudington (A-NF)
• The Elephant-Headed God and Other Hindu Tales by Debjani Chatterjee (Y)
• Redwall: The Graphic Novel by Brian Jacques & Bret Blevins (GN)

4.21.08

• From Up Above by Sakuya Kurekoshi (M)
• Dash! by Isuku Natsume (M)

4.22.08

• Red River #2 by Chie Shinohara (M)
• Reckless by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)
• In the Cards: Fame by Mariah Fredericks (YA)

4.24.08

• Wave by Suzy Lee (PB)

4.25.08

• Maybe a Bear Ate It! by Robie H. Harris & Michael Emberly (PB)
• Penguin Revolution #3 by Sakura Tsukuba (M)
• Rin! #3 by Satoru Kannagi & Yukine Honami (M)
• Too Much Hopeless Savages by Jen Van Meter & Christine Norrie (GN)
• Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero by Jen Van Meter & Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)
• Gray Horses by Hope Larson (GN)

4.26.08

• Three Little Ghosties by Pippa Goodhart & AnnaLaura Cantone (PB)
• Stuck in the Mud by Jane Clarke & Garry Parsons (PB)
• Fred Stays With Me! by Nancy Coffelt & Tricia Tusa (PB)
• Louder, Lili by Gennifer Choldenko & S.D. Schindler (PB)
• The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (PB)
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (YA)
• Kabuki: Masks of the Noh by David Mack (GN)
• Back In Black by Zoey Dean (YA)
• Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell (Y)

4.28.08

• Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot (YA)
• Romance Without Tears edited by John Benson (GN)

4.29.08

• M Is for Magic by Neil Gaiman (YA)

4.30.08

• Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story by Frederik Peeters (GN)
• Catwoman: The Dark End of the Street by Brubaker, Cooke, Allred, & Stewart (GN)

04.08 total: 79

28 manga; 3 adult non fiction; 14 graphic novels; 15 picture books; 1 adult fiction; 12 young adult; 6 youth fiction