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December in Review: 12/31/11

Rating out of 5 stars (as posted on GoodReads)

Five Stars:

1. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe by Robert Onopa
2. The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez
3. Fullmetal Alchemist 12 by Hiromu Arakawa
4. Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand
5. The Night Train by Kate Wilhelm
6. Secret Letters from 0 to 10 by Susie Morgenstern
7. See You Soon Moon by Donna Conrad
8. Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth by Sarah Weeks
9. xxxHolic 06 by CLAMP

Four Stars:

1. The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
2. The Bootlegger's Secret by Michael Springer
3. The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
4. Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
5. Crictor by Tomi Ungerer
6. Lin Yi's Lantern by Brenda Williams
7. Maneki Neko by Susan Lendroth
8. My Havana by Rosemary Wells
9. Starry Night by Peter Sis
10. Thanking the Moon by Grace Lin
11. The Widow's Season by Lauria Brodie

Three Stars:

1. Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock
2. In Dog Years, I'd Be Dead by Jim Davis
3. Just in Case by Yuyi Morales
4. Kimchi & Calamari by Rose Kent
5. Naked Heat by Richard Castle
6. The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings
7. True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know) by Jimmy Gownley
8. William Golding by John Carey

Two Stars:

1. Hollywood Stories by Stephen Schochet
2. Just Breeze by Beverly Stowe McClure
3. Treasure Island by John Lescroart

One Star:

Books and stories read this month (reviews coming)

Personal Collection

1. All by Myself by Mercer Mayer
2. Bad Kitty Meets the Baby by Nick Bruel
3. Ballet School by Sierra Harimann
4. Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
5. Blood Lure by Nevada Barr
6. Corduroy by Don Freeman
7. Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
8. Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson (audio)
9. The Homecoming by Ray Bradbury
10. I Don't Want to Take a Bath! by Julie Sykes
11. Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott
12. Sheep in a Shop by Nancy E. Shaw
13. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
14. Vacationers From Outer Space by Edward Valfre
15. Zen Ties by Jon J. Muth

Library books

1. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
2. Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
3. Doctor Who: Volume 1 - Fugitive by Tony Lee
4. Dot by Patricia Intriago
5. Empire State: A Love Story (or Not) by Jason Shiga
6. F in Exams: The Funniest Test Paper Blunders by Richard Benson
7. Flight by Sherman Alexie
8. Hannah's Bookmobile Christmas by Sally Derby
9. Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
10. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
11. Hot Rod Hamster! by Cynthia Lord
12. I Spy With My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs
13. The Last Train by Gordon M. Titcomb
14. Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman (audio)
15. Long Tail Kitty by Lark Pien
16. Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer
17. Mr. Ouchy's First Day by B.G. Hennessy
18. One Of Those Days by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
19. Penny Dreadful by Laurel Snyder
20. Posy by Linda Newbery
21. Pssst! by Adam Rex
22. Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull
23. Stitches by David Small
24. The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan
25. Twin Spica Volume 06 by Kou Yaginuma
26. Twin Spica, Volume 07 by Kou Yaginuma

Review copy

1. Adventures of Rusty & Ginger Fox by Tim Ostermeyer
2. A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files
3. Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller
4. Gay Men Don't Get Fat by Simon Doonan
5. Lincoln, Inc.: Selling the Sixteenth President in Contemporary America by Jackie Hogan
6. Lost Kingdom by Julia Flynn Siler

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