books i've read july 2008

7.1.08

• Born to Rock by Gordon Korman (YA)
• The Black Book of Secrets by F.E. Higgins (Y)

7.2.08

• Micrographica by Renee French (GN)
• Owly: A Time to Be Brave by Andy Runton (GN)

7.3.08

• Tumble Bunnies by Kathryn Lasky & Marylin Hafner (PB)
• Spiral-Bound by Aaron Renier (GN)
• Rex Libris: I, Librarian by James Turner (GN)
• As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial by Derrick Jensen & Stephanie McMillan (GN)

7.4.08

• Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness by Kaza Kingsley (Y)
• Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (YA)

7.5.08

• The Land of Sokmunster by Mike Kunkel & Randy Heuser (Y)
• Yurara #2 by Chika Shiomi (M)
• Yurara #3 by Chika Shiomi (M)
• Catwoman: When in Rome by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale (GN)
• Emo Boy v. 1: Nobody Cares About Anything Anyway, So Why Don't We All Just Die? by Steve Emond (GN)
• Moon Child #1 by Reiko Shimizu (M)
• Good As Lily by Derek Kirk Kim & Jesse Hamm (GN)
• Project Princess by Meg Cabot (YA)

7.6.08

• Translucent #1 by Kazuhiro Okamoto (M)
• Translucent #2 by Kazuhiro Okamoto (M)
• Translucent #3 by Kazuhiro Okamoto (M)
• The Clouds Above by Jordan Crane (GN)
• Hero by Perry Moore (YA)

7.7.08

• St. Lunatic High School #1 by Majiko! (M)
• S.A.: Special A #1 by Maki Minami (M)

7.8.08

• S.A.: Special A #2 by Maki Minami (M)
• S.A.: Special A #3 by Maki Minami (M)
• What's Michael? Planet of the Cats by Makoto Kobayashi (GN)
• The Recipe for Gertrude #1 by Nari Kusakawa (M)
• St. Lunatic High School #2 by Majiko! (M)
• Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa (GN)

7.9.08

• Love*Com #1 by Aya Nakahara (M)
• Pretty Face #1 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
• Skip-Beat #6 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)

7.10.08

• The Ticking by Renee French (GN)
• Jellaby by Kean Soo (GN)
• The Soap Lady by Renee French (GN)
• Our Walk in the Woods by Charity Nebbe & Jeffrey Ebbeler (PB)
• Serenity Rose v. 1: "Working Through the Negativity" by Aaron Alexovich (GN)
• Doubt!! #4 by Kaneyoshi Izumi (M)

7.11.08

• Stray by Rachel Vincent (A)
• The Cain Saga #1: Forgotten Juliet by Kaori Yuki (M)
• Skip-Beat #7 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• Skip-Beat #8 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• Skip-Beat #9 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• Doubt!! #5 by Kaneyoshi Izumi (M)
• Doubt!! #6 by Kaneyoshi Izumi (M)
• Iron Man: Extremis by Warren Ellis & Adi Granou (GN)

7.12.08

• Uncanny X-Men: Bright New Mourning by Chuck Austen, Salvador Larroca, & Ron Garney (GN)
• Love as a Foreign Language v. 1 by J. Torres & Eric Kim (GN)
• Kitsune Tales by Woodrow Phoenix & Andi Watson (GN)
• Glister #2: House Hunting by Andi Watson (GN)
• Hellboy: Strange Places by Mike Mignola (GN)
• Jinx by Meg Cabot (YA)

7.13.08

• Herobear and the Kid: The Inheritance by Mike Kunkel (GN)
• American Photobooth by Nakki Goranin (A-NF)
• When Lightning Strikes by Meg Cabot (YA)

7.14.08

• Heaven!! #1 by Shizuru Seino (M)
• Yurara #4 by Chika Shiomi (M)
• Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (YA)

7.15.08

• Flight Explorer v. 1 edited by Kazu Kibuishi (GN)
• A.L.I.E.E.E.N.: Archives of Lost Issues and Earthly Editions of Extraterrestrial Novelties by Lewis Trondheim (GN)
• Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Others by Mike Mignola, Richard Corben, & P. Craig Russell (GN)

7.16.08

• Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting (A-NF)
• Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot (YA)

7.17.08

• Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot (A)
• How to Be Bad by E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowksi, & Lauren Myracle (YA)

7.18.08

• I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss & Mary Blair (PB)
• Max's Words by Kate Banks & Boris Kulikov (PB)
• Help Me, Mr Mutt!: Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel (PB)
• Chibi Vampire #2 by Yuna Kagesaki (M)
• X-Men: The End: Dreamers & Demons by Chris Claremont & Sean Chen (GN)
• Catwoman: The Replacements by Will Pfeifer, David Lopez, & Alvaro Lopez (GN)
• The Collected Alison Dare, Little Miss Adventures v. 2 by J. Torres & J. Bone (GN)

7.19.08

• Days Like This by J. Torres & Scott Chantler (GN)
• Get Backers #6 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)
• S.A. #4 by Maki Minami (M)

7.20.08

• The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary by P.D. Eastman (Y-NF)
• Scrapbook: Uncollected Work: 1990-2004 by Adrian Tomine (GN)
• Princess in Training by Meg Cabot (YA)
• The Princess Present by Meg Cabot (YA)

7.21.08

• Skip-Beat! #10 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• Skip-Beat! #11 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• The Cain Saga #2: The Sound of a Boy Hatching by Kaori Yuki (M)
• Biker Girl by Misako Rocks! (GN)
• Crayon Shinchan v. 1 by Yoshito Usui (GN)
• The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur (A)

7.22.08

• Devi: Namaha by Shekhar Kapur, Siddharth Kotian, Samit Basu, & Mukesh Singh (GN)
• The Straight Road to Kylie by Nico Medina (YA)
• All-American Girl by Meg Cabot (YA)

7.23.08

• Pretty Face #2 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
• Revolutionary Girl Utena #1: To Till by Chiho Saito & Be-Papas (M)
• Love*Com #2 by Aya Nakahara (M)
• Love Roma #4 by Minoru Toyoda (M)

7.24.08

• Demon Flowers #1 by Mizuki Hakase (M)
• Cain Saga #3: Kafka by Kaori Yuki (M)
• Chibi Vampire #3 by Yuna Kagesaki (M)
• A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (PB)
• Big Boned by Meg Cabot (A)

7.25.08

• Devi v. 2 by Shekhar Kapur, Samit Basu, Aditya Chari, & Saumin Patel (GN)
• Skeleton Key: Beyond the Threshold by Andi Watson (GN)
• The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems (PB)
• Pretty Face #3 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)

7.26.08

• Devi v. 3 by Shekhar Kapur, Saurav Mohapatra, Saumin Patel, Edison George, Siddarth Kotian (GN)

7.27.08

• Ready or Not by Meg Cabot (YA)
• Code Name Cassandra by Meg Cabot (YA)
• Into the Mists by Patrick Carman (Y)

7.28.08

• Demon Flowers #2 by Mizuki Hakase (M)
• Love Roma #5 by Minoru Toyoda (M)
• Pretty Face #4 by Yasuhiro Kano (M)
• Click #3 by Youngran Lee (M)

7.29.08

• The Cain Saga #4: The Seal of the Red Ram Part 1 by Kaori Yuki (M)
• The Cain Saga #4: The Seal of the Red Ram Part 2 by Kaori Yuki (M)
• The Boy Next Door by Meggin Cabot (A)
• The Great Women Superheroes by Trina Robbins (A-NF)

7.30.08

• Demon Flowers #3 by Mizuki Hakase (M)
• Click #4 by Youngran Lee (M)
• Sidekicks: The Transfer Student by J. Torres & Takeshi Miyazawa (GN)

7.31.08

• Love*Com #3 by Aya Nakahara (M)

07.08 total: 119

15 young adult fiction; 4 youth fiction; 37 graphic novels; 7 picture books; 47 manga; 5 adult fiction; 3 adult non fiction; 1 youth non fiction