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books i've read may 2011

5.5.11

• Magician's Muse by Linda Joy Singleton (YA)

5.7.11

• Bite Me! by Melissa Francis (YA)


• The Wonderful Future That Never Was: Flying Cars, Mail Delivery by Parachute and Other Predictions from the Past by Gregory Benford & the Editors of Popular Mechanics (A-NF)

5.10.11

• Love Sucks! by Melissa Francis (YA)

5.11.11

• Little Red Riding Wolf by Laurence Anholt & Arthur Robins (Y)

5.12.11

• Perfect Mistake by Kate Brian (YA)

5.14.11

• Sweet Deceit by Kate Brian (YA)


• Women of Color Pray: Voices of Strength, Faith, Healing, Hope and Courage edited by Christal M. Jackson (A-NF)


• Myths: Tales of the Greek and Roman Gods by Lucia Impelluso (A-NF)

5.15.11

• Hummingbirds: Facts and Folklore from the Americas by Jeanette Larson & Adrienne Yorinks (Y-NF)


• Ole Flamenco by George Ancona (Y-NF)


• Nola's World #1: Changing Moon by Mathieu Mariolle, Minikim, & Pop (GN)


• Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer by Van Jensen & Dusty Higgins (GN)


• Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer and the Great Puppet Theater by Van Jensen & Dusty Higgins (GN)


• Shadoweyes by Ross Campbell (GN)


• You Have Killed Me by Jamie S. Rich & Joelle Jones (GN)

5.16.11

• Pure Sin by Kate Brian (YA)

5.17.11

• Soon Baboon Soon by Dave Horowitz (PB)


• Little Rabbit Goes to School by Harry Horse (PB)


• Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton (PB)


• Nobunny's Perfect by Anna Dewdney (PB)


• Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj (PB)


• Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival by Grace Lin (Y-NF)


• Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie dePaola (PB)

5.18.11

• Fated by S.G. Browne (A)

5.20.11

• The Book of Spells by Kate Brian (YA)


• Angry Little Girls!: A Little Book on Love by Lela Lee (A-NF)


• Angry Little Girls!: A Little Book on Friendship by Lela Lee (A-NF)


• Instructions by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess (A-NF)

5.21.11

• Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum (A)


• Latin Matters: A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing by Simon James (A-NF)


• Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination by Hugh MacLeod (A-NF)

5.22.11

• Simple Gifts: A Shaker Hymn by Chris Raschka (PB)


• I Is for Inuksuk: An Arctic Celebration by Mary Wallace (Y-NF)


• The Earth Book by Todd Parr (Y-NF)


• Buddha Stories by Demi (Y-NF)


• Muhammad by Demi (Y-NF)

5.25.11

• The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan (Y)


• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (A)

5.26.11

• Chamelia by Ethan Long (PB)

5.27.11

• Light Beneath Ferns by Anne Spollen (YA)


• Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori (Y)

5.29.11

• Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown (PB)

5.30.11

• So Shelly by Ty Roth (YA)


• The Mindful Path Through Shyness: How Mindfulness Can Help Free You from Social Anxiety, Fear and Avoidance by Steve Flowers (A-NF)

05.11 total: 45

9 young adult fiction; 9 adult non fiction; 3 youth fiction; 7 youth non fiction; 5 graphic novels; 9 picture books; 3 adult fiction

Part time at Barnes & Noble

I started my new part time job at Barnes & Noble today! Yay! Okay, so retail is not my favorite, but I'm working with books! I'm so excited. I get to be around books and see the new stuff that comes out. And, of course, I get a discount. :) YAY!

books i've read april 2011

4.2.11

• I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip. by John Donovan (YA)

4.3.11

• Beegu by Alexis Deacon (PB)
• Night Lights by Susan Gal (PB)
• The Trouble with Dragons by Debi Gliori (PB)
• Thea's Tree by Alison Jackson & Janet Pedersen (PB)
• Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll by Karin Ireland & David Catrow (PB)
• Me, Frida by Amy Novesky & David Diaz (PB)
• The Shrinking of Treehorn by Florence Parry Heide & Edward Gorey (PB)
• The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas by Edward Gorey (A)

4.7.11

• Afterlife by Claudia Gray (YA)

4.8.11

• Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler (A)

4.9.11

• The Un-Spell Book: Energy Essentials for Mastering Magick by Mya Om (A-NF)

4.11.11

• The Carnival of Lost Souls by Laura Quimby (YA)

4.12.11

• Beautiful Dead: Summer by Eden Maguire (YA)

4.13.11

• About Grief: Insights, Setbacks, Grace Notes, Taboos by Ron Marasco & Brian Shuff (A-NF)

4.15.11

• Beautiful Dead: Arizona by Eden Maguire (YA)

4.17.11

• I Am J by Cris Beam (YA)
• The Death (and Further Adventures) of Silas Winterbottom: The Body Thief by Stephen M. Giles (Y)

4.18.11

• Killing Britney by Sean Olin (YA)

4.20.11

• Gemini Bites by Patrick Ryan (YA)

4.21.11

• Live and Let Love: Notes from Extraordinary Women on the Layers, the Laughter, and the Litter of Love edited by Andrea Buchanan (A-NF)

4.22.11

• Suck on This Year: LYFAO @ 140 Characters or Less by Denis Leary (A-NF)
• Ominous by Kate Brian (YA)
• Bleach #34 by Tite Kubo (M)

4.24.11

• Dead Is Just a Rumor by Marlene Perez (YA)

4.25.11

• Bizarre Botanicals: How to Grow String-of-Hearts, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Panda Ginger, and Other Weird and Wonderful Plants by Larry Mellichamp & Paula Gross (A-NF)

4.27.11

• Revamped by Lucienne Diver (YA)

4.30.11

• "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth by Eric Carle (PB)
• The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter (Y-NF)
• Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox & Jan Thomas (PB)
• Otto: The Story of a Mirror by Ali Bahrampour (PB)
• Chopsticks by Jon Berkeley (PB)
• Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox by Susan Blackaby & Carmen Segovia (PB)
• The Great Doughnut Parade by Rebecca Bond (PB)
• Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats by Alyssa Satin Capucilli & Joan Rankin (PB)
• The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery by Maryrose Wood (YA)
• The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin & Kevin Cornell (Y)
• Bloody Valentine by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)

04.11 total: 38

13 young adult fiction; 14 picture books; 2 adult fiction; 5 adult non fiction; 2 youth fiction; 1 manga; 1 youth non fiction

$250 Barnes & Noble gift card!

I participated in a program at my university and my compensation was a $250 Barnes & Noble gift card. I'm SUPER EXCITED about it! Oh, what can I buy, what can I buy? *laughs*

I got it today and went to drop off my application at B&N after my meetings. I, of course, had to get something. So I got the next two books in the Jane True series by Nicole Peeler. YAY!!

I think I'm kind of a geek to be this excited about a gift card... *wanders off to dream about what to buy*

I think I need this shirt...

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Bibliophibian Shirt

It says:

You've got too many books. They crowd the shelves two or three deep, sideways or stacked any way they'll fit; they pile on tables waiting to be read, re-read, or simply kept forever. It's gotten to the point where they've started to multiply when you're not watching -- there's definitely more today than yesterday. And it'll keep on like this, until there's nothing at all left but books, books, and more books. How glorious.

Others don't understand, but you -- you breathe the stuff. You inhale paper and exhale ink; you live between pages, and your habitat is the written word. For you are a bibliophibian.

books i've read march 2011

3.6.11

• Changing the World: All-New Tales of Valdemar edited by Mercedes Lackey (A)
• Geomancy for Beginners: Simple Techniques for Earth Divination by Richard Webster (A-NF)

3.8.11

• The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming (Y)

3.14.11

• The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore (YA)

3.15.11

• Death Benefits by Sarah N. Harvey (YA)

3.16.11

• Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker (A)
• Other Goose: Re-Nursuried!! and Re-Rhymed!! Childrens Classics by J. Otto Seibold (PB)
• Horse, Flower, Bird by Kate Bernheimer (A)
• Knights of the Lunch Table: The Dodgeball Chronicles by Frank Commuso (Y)
• Hard Times Require Furious Dancing by Alice Walker (A-NF)

3.17.11

• Ribbit Rabbit by Candace Ryan & Mike Lowery (PB)
• Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes (PB)
• King Puck by Michael Garland (PB)
• Lucky Tucker by Leslie McGuirk (PB)
• Chick 'n' Pug by Jennifer Sattler (PB)
• Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld (PB)
• Say Hello to Zorro! by Carter Goodrich (PB)
• You Are Not Alone by Samantha Schutz (YA)

3.18.11

• True Prep by Lisa Birnbach & Chip Kidd (A-NF)

3.21.11

• Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King (YA)

3.23.11

• Season of Secrets by Sally Nicholls (Y)
• Jack of Fables: The Big Book of War by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, Russ Braun, Jose Marzan, Jr., & Dan Green (GN)

3.24.11

• Where's Walrus? by Stephen Savage (PB)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney (Y)
• Miami Beach Deco by Steven Brooke (A-NF)

3.25.11

• The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou (A-NF)

3.26.11

• Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire by Tim Collins & Andrew Pinder (YA)
• Dare...to Try Bisexuality by Pierre des Esseintes (A-NF)

3.27.11

• The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming (Y)
• Death: The Time of Your Life by Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, & Mark Pennington (GN)
• Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman, Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, & Dave McKean (GN)
• Jack of Fables: The New Adventures of Jack and Jack by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Chris Roberson, Russ Braun, Tony Akins, Jose Marzan, Jr., & Andrew Pepoy (GN)

3.28.11

• 101 Things I Learned in Film School by Neil Landau & Matthew Frederick (A-NF)
• Jack of Fables: The Fulminate Blade by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, Jim Fern, Andrew Pepoy, & Joe Rubinstein (GN)
• Chalk by Bill Thomson (PB)
• What Elephant? by Genevieve Cote (PB)
• Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale by Jan Carr & Ethan Long (PB)
• The Black Book of Color by Menena Cottin & Rosana Faria (PB)
• LaRue Across America: Postcards from the Vacation by Mark Teague (PB)
• A Home for Mr. Easter by Brooke A. Allen (GN)

3.29.11

• Arata the Legend #1 by Yuu Watase (M)

3.30.11

• Vesper by Jeff Sampson (YA)

3.31.11

• Fables: Witches by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, David Lapham, Jim Fern, Andrew Pepoy, & Craig Hamilton (GN)
• Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde (YA)

03.11 total: 44

3 adult fiction; 7 adult non fiction; 5 youth fiction; 7 young adult fiction; 14 picture books; 7 graphic novels; 1 manga