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September in Review: 09/30/10

In September I read 32 books and reviewed 30 I had finished in previous months. Most of my reading in the last two weeks has been research. I have two term papers in the works. The first is on the use of GIS in disaster response and the second is on the use of blogs in public libraries.

In terms of my ROOB score, my score stayed flat at -2.41.

Review wise the books were more evenly spread. Three quarters of them came from the library. Half of the books received a 4 or 5. A quarter received a 3 and the remaining quarter is divided between the 2 and 1 star ratings.

Books reviewed this month

Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

Five Star books:

1. Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (library book)
2. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (library book)
3. Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech (library book)
4. Kiss My Math by Danica McKellar (library book)
5. The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King (personal collection)
6. Our Town by Thornton Wilder (library book)
7. The Talking Baby by Jeremy and Karina Sweet (review copy)

Four Star books

1. The Adventures of the Hotsy Totsy by Clive Cussler (personal collection)
2. Bone: Old Man's Cave by Jeff Smith (library book)
3. Iris by Nancy Springer (personal collection)
4. Mr. Darcy Vampyre by Amanda Grange (personal collection)
5. The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine (library book)
6. Queen of Candesce by Karl Schroeder (library book)
7. The Revolutionary Paul Revere by Joel Miller (review copy)
8. Treehorn's Wish by Florence Parry Heide (library book)

Three Star books

1. Bone: The Dragonslayer by Jeff Smith (library book)
2. Bone: Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border by Jeff Smith (library book)
3. Cat and Canary by Michael Foreman (library book)
4. Elena's Serenade by Campbell Geeslin (library book)
5. Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo (library book)
6. Halloween Town by Lucius Shepard (personal collection)
7. The Magic Gourd by Baba Wagué Diakité (library book)
8. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (library book)

Two Star books

1. Celestine, Drama Queen by Penny Ives (library book)
2. Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance by Paul Park (personal collection)
3. The Last Ember by Daniel Levin (library book)
4. Monster Motel by Douglas Florian (library book)
5. Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House #27) by Mary Pope Osborne (library book)

One Star books

1. As Long as He Needs Me by Mary Verdick (review copy)
2. Gentleman Takes a Chance by Sarah A. Hoyt (library book)

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

Personal Collection

1. Always Looking Upby Michael J. Fox
2. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
3. How to Crash a Killer Bash by Penny Warner
4. Wizard World by Roger Zelazny

Library book

1. 1-2-3: A Child's First Counting Book by Alison Jay
2. Angelfish by Laurence Yep
3. Bannock Beans and Black Tea by John Gallant
4. Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries by Jeffrey A. Carver
5. The Blues Go Birding Across America by Carol L. Malnor
6. Chester's Back! by Mélanie Watt
7. Christmas Eve by Suçie Stevenson
8. Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth by Mary McKenna Siddals
9. The Costume Copycat by Maryann MacDonald
10. Donorboy by Brendan Halpin
11. The Emergence of Maps in Libraries by Walter William Ristow
12. Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers by Henry Jenkins
13. I Miss You Everyday by Simms Taback
14. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
15. Integrating Geographic Information Systems Into Library Services by John Abresch
16. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
17. Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon
18. Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks
19. Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins
20. The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc
21. Nylon Road by Parsua Bashi
22. Otto's Orange Day by Jay Lynch
23. The Political Mapping of Cyberspace by Jeremy W. Crampton
24. Say Everything by Scott Rosenberg
25. The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
26. The Tarot Cafe, #3 by Sang-Sun Park
27. What Can You Do With a Rebozo? by Carmen Tafolla

Review copy

1. Opur's Blade by James Ross

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