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

New books (because I have no willpower)

Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:

• I Do, Don't I? by Catherine Clark
• Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism edited by Daisy Hernandez & Bushra Rehman

And I BOUGHT these (damn, again, to Borders 5-for-4 manga sale and other good sales!):

• Glister #3 by Andi Watson
• Bumperboy Loses His Marbles! by Debbie Huey
• Fruits Basket #20 by Natsuki Takaya
• Tactics #4 & #5 by Sakura Kinoshita & Kazuko Higashiyama
• Never Give Up #8 by Hiromu Mutou
• Angel Diary #6 by Kara & Lee YunHee

Oh yes, you read right. Angel Diary #6!!!!! The one I've been waiting FOREVER for. It finally came out! YES!

Comics:

• Buffy Season Eight #16
• Angel: After the Fall #10
• Spike: After the Fall #1

It might be time for a personal manga challenge again. I've fallen so behind. AND a comics challenge, since I've read NONE of the Buffy Season Eight comics. :( I am a bad fan. I should get on that. When my life calms down. *snorts*

I ROCK!!

AADL Summer Reading Game: Under Construction COMPLETE!!

I will collect my prize tomorrow.

1. Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
2. Stray by Rachel Vincent
3. American Photobooth by Nakki Goranin
4. Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
5. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot

And hopefully sometime in the next couple days, I'll get at least two of those submitted to the Northfield Township Summer Reading Program too!

Piles & piles of new books

I'm so behind on my new book updating! Well, it doesn't help that I got a ton of new books from Borders graphic novel/manga sale plus the Friends of the AADL annual booksale. So... Here we go!

Comics from Vault:

• Angel: After the Fall #8 & #9
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #15
• Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #12
• Runaways #30

Remind me later to read all my comics, please!!!!

From Borders:

• Nosatsu Junkie #6 by Ryoko Fukuyama
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
• Her Majesty's Dog #8 by Mick Takeuchi
• Tramps Like Us #14 by Yayoi Ogawa
• Hands Off! Don't Call Us Angels #1 by Kasane Katsumoto
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #4 by Arina Tanemura
• Black Sun Silver Moon #5 by Tomo Maeda
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #5 by Arina Tanemura
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #6 by Arina Tanemura
• Never Give Up #7 by Hiromu Mutou
• In the End by Pink Psycho
• House of Cards by C.E. Murphy
• Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich

Library acquisitions:

• Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
• Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead
• The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
• Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr
• America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Stewart, Karlin, & Javerbaum

Preorders from amazon.com:

• Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach by Melanie Watt

Paperbackswapped:

• Babymouse: Heartbreaker by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm

Phew! That was a lot. And I won't do the books I got from the booksale now...I'll save them for later. :) Now, don't you have something to look forward to?

Update: Summer Reading

AADL's Summer Reading Game (which is titled Under Construction, btw)

1. Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
2. Stray by Rachel Vincent
3.
4.
5.

I have to stop by the Northfield Township Library and drop Stray into the drawing. We'll see if I win anything. :)

watch for new books by these authors!

I realized the other day that I'm waiting on new books from lots of authors. I have a little notebook of books that I want to read (as well as my goodreads page), but maybe I need a little notebook of authors to check on. Hmmm...

But I can start here, can't I? :)

Let's see. I just read two awesome new graphic novels last night and I'd like to keep an eye on those authors. Check them out for yourself! Also, I have some favorites where I'm waiting for the next book in the series... Oh, I'll just list them.

• Aaron Renier (Yay for Spiral-Bound!)
• James Turner (Rex Libris is awesome, especially if you love librarians)
• Kaza Kingsley (Erec Rex, of course, and I just looked and the 3rd book is coming out in November!)
• Lee Welles (3rd Gaia Girls book)
• Laurell K. Hamilton, Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher (my usuals)
• JT Petty (Clemency Pogue books--why aren't there more???)
• Andy Runton (Owly #5 will be out soon)
• Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (b/c you have to love Babymouse & there's a new one in August!)
• Melanie Watts (um, hello, Scaredy Squirrel!)
• Meg Cabot (particularly Being Nikki or whatever the sequel to Airhead will be)

That's all I can think of right now...I know there are more. I'll add as I see fit. I'm glad I checked on some of those authors--I found some new books coming out! Yay! Then I can indulge my love of pre-ordering... :)

books i've read june 2008

6.1.08

• I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone by Shiuko Kano (M)
• Love Bus Stop by Ritsu Natsumizu (M)
• Maburaho #1 by Toshihiko Tsukiji, Eiji Komatsu, & Miki Miyashita (M)

6.2.08

• Jack of Fables: Jack of Hearts by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, Stever Leialoha, & Andrew Pepoy (GN)
• Uncanny X-Men: Holy War by Chuck Austen, Ron Garney, Mark Morales, Philip Tan, & Steve Kim (GN)
• Atlantis: The Legend of the Lost City by Christina Balit (PB)

6.4.08

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by John Jackson Miller, Luke Ross, & Cliff Richards (GN)
• DearS #4 by Peach-Pit (M)

6.5.08

• The Wizard by Jack Prelutsky & Brandon Dorman (PB)
• Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta by Lisa Wheeler & Mark Siegel (PB)
• I.N.V.U. #4 by Kim Kang Won (M)
• Red River #5 by Chie Shinohara (M)

6.6.08

• Heart of Stone by C.E. Murphy (A)
• Dramarama by E. Lockhart (YA)

6.7.08

• Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren's Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatures from the Sky, Parents Who Disappear in Peru, a Man Named Lars Farf, and One Other Story We Couldn't Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out edited by Ted Thompson & Eli Horowitz (YA)

6.8.08

• Baby Einstein: Cats by Julie Aigner-Clark (PB)
• Xombie: Dead on Arrival by James Farr (A)
• Cheat by Christine Norrie (GN)
• Things I've Learned from the Women Who've Dumped Me edited by Ben Karlin (A-NF)

6.9.08

• Things I Learned from Knitting...whether I wanted to or not by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (A-NF)
• Love Roma #1 by Minoru Toyoda (M)
• Legends of Light: A Michigan Lighthouse Portfolio by Ed Wargin (A-NF)

6.10.08

• Ghost World by Daniel Clowes (GN)
• Evil's Return #1 by Hwan Shin & Jong-Kyu Lee (M)
• Evil's Return #2 by Hwan Shin & Jong-Kyu Lee (M)
• A Perfect Day for Love Letters #1 by George Asakura (M)
• Lost at Sea by Bryan Lee O'Malley (GN)

6.11.08

• Catwoman: Wild Ride by Ed Brubaker & Cameron Stewart (GN)
• Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (YA)

6.13.08

• Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignolia & Joohn Byrne (GN)
• Breakfast After Noon by Andi Watson (GN)
• Love Roma #2 by Minoru Toyoda (M)
• Empowered #1 by Adam Warren (GN)

6.15.08

• Land of the Blindfolded #9 by Sakura Tsukuba (M)
• Chibi Vampire #1 by Yuna Kagesaki (M)
• DearS #5 by Peach-Pit (M)
• Girl Stories by Lauren R. Weinstein (GN)
• Uncanny X-Men: The Draco by Austen, Tan, Phillips, Miyazawa, Yeung, & Elmer (GN)
• David Boring by Daniel Clowes (GN)

6.16.08

• Love Is Like a Hurricane #1 by Tokiya Shimazaki (M)
• Constellations in My Palm by Chisako Sakuragi & Yukine Honami (M)
• DearS #6 by Peach-Pit (M)
• This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen (YA)

6.17.08

• Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See edited by Bill Shapiro (A-NF)
• The Keepers, Book One: A Wizard Named Nell by Jackie French Koller (Y)
• Lucky by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)

6.18.08

• La Corda d'Oro #2 by Yuki Kure (M)
• Can't Win With You! #1 by Yukine Honami & Satosumi Takaguchi (M)
• Paris by Andi Watson & Simon Gane (GN)
• Girls and Boys by Lynda Barry (GN)
• DearS #7 by Peach-Pit (M)
• Evil's Return #3 by Hwan Shin & Jong-Kyu Lee (M)
• Evil's Return #4 by Hwan Shin & Jong-Kyu Lee (M)

6.19.08

• Forbidden Dance #4 by Hinako Ashihara (M)
• Magical x Miracle #2 by Yuzu Mizutani (M)
• Blue Monday: The Kids Are Alright by Chynna Clugston-Major (GN)
• Glister #1 by Andi Watson (GN)
• Little Star by Andi Watson (GN)
• Airhead by Meg Cabot (YA)

6.21.08

• DearS #8 by Peach-Pit (M)
• Catwoman: It's Only a Movie by Will Pfiefer, David Lopez, & Alvaro Lopez (GN)
• Hellboy: Wake the Devil by Mike Mignola (GN)
• The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #3 by Arina Tanemura (M)
• Four Letter Worlds edited by Eric Stephenson (GN)

6.22.08

• Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others by Mike Mignola (GN)
• Kabuki: Skin Deep by David Mack (GN)
• The Keepers, Book Two: The Wizard's Apprentice by Jackie French Koller (Y)
• Princess in Waiting by Meg Cabot (YA)

6.23.08

• The Keepers, Book Three: The Wizard's Scepter by Jackie French Koller (Y)
• Beastly by Alex Flinn (YA)

6.24.08

• Uncanny X-Men: She Lies With Angels by Chuck Austen, Salvador Larroca, & Danny Miki (GN)
• Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom by Mike Mignola (GN)
• The Best American Comics 2006 edited by Harvey Pekar (GN)
• Red River #6 by Chie Shinohara (M)

6.25.08

• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, & Lynn Varley (GN)
• Salamander Dream by Hope Larson (GN)
• Spent by Joe Matt (GN)
• Lust: Kinky Online Personal Ads from Seattle's "The Stranger" adapted by Ellen Forney (A-NF)
• A King's Lesson by Aoi Futaba & Kurenai Mitsuba (M)
• Nosatsu Junkie #5 by Ryoko Fukuyama (M)

6.26.08

• Skip-Beat! #5 by Yoshiki Nakamura (M)
• Slow News Day by Andi Watson (GN)
• Queen Bee by Chynna Clugston (GN)
• Stuff on My Cat: The Book by Mario Garza (A-NF)

6.27.08

• Ultimate Iron Man by Orson Scott Card, Andy Kubert, Danny Miki, & Richard Isanove (GN)
• Magical X Miracle #3 by Yuzu Mizutani (M)
• Love Roma #3 by Minoru Toyoda (M)
• Red River #7 by Chie Shinohara (M)

6.29.08

• Grrl Scouts by Jim Mahfood (GN)
• Get Backers #5 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki (M)
• Hellboy: Conqueror Worm by Mike Mignola (GN)
• The Collected Alison Dare: Little Miss Adventures by J. Torres & J. Bone (GN)
• Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot (A)
• The Somebodies by N.E. Bode (Y)
• kimmie66 by Aaron Alexovich (GN)

6.30.08

• The Carlyles by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)
• Lost It by Kristen Tracy (YA)

06/08 total: 97

34 manga; 36 graphic novels; 4 picture books; 3 adult fiction; 10 young adult; 6 adult non fiction; 4 youth fiction