Books and Stories I've Reviewed This Year

December 2011

• The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe by Robert Onopa (2010)
• The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King (1994)
• The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez (2007)
• The Bootlegger's Secret by Michael Springer (2010)
• The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer (2006)
• Clementine by Sara Pennypacker (2006)
• Crictor by Tomi Ungerer (1958)
• Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock (2007)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 12 by Hiromu Arakawa (2005)
• Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand (2006)
• Hollywood Stories by Stephen Schochet (2010)
• In Dog Years, I'd Be Dead by Jim Davis (2002)
• Just Breeze by Beverly Stowe McClure (2009)
• Just in Case by Yuyi Morales (2008)
• Kimchi & Calamari by Rose Kent (2007)
• Lin Yi's Lantern by Brenda Williams (2008)
• Maneki Neko by Susan Lendroth (2010)
• My Havana by Rosemary Wells (2010)
• Naked Heat by Richard Castle (2010)
• The Night Train by Kate Wilhelm (2010)
• Secret Letters from 0 to 10 by Susie Morgenstern (1996)
• The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings (2009)
• See You Soon Moon by Donna Conrad (2001)
• Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth by Sarah Weeks (2009)
• Starry Night by Peter Sis (1996)
• Thanking the Moon by Grace Lin (2010)
• Treasure Island by John Lescroart (2010)
• True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know) by Jimmy Gownley (2010)
• The Widow's Season by Lauria Brodie (2009)
• William Golding by John Carey (2009)
• xxxHolic 06 by CLAMP (2005)

November 2011

• The Arcanum by Thomas Wheeler (2003)
• Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? by Louise Rennison (2009)
• Athena by George O'Connor (2010)
• Bagelmania by Mountain Lion Books (1987)
• Bird by Zetta Elliott (2008)
• Busy Woman Seeks Wife by Annie Sanders (2007)
• The Clock Without a Face by Gus Twintig (2010)
• The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli (2010)
• Doctor Who: The Ripper by Tony Lee (2011)
• Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass (2008)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 11 by Hiromu Arakawa (2005)
• Going Around the Sun by Marianne Berkes (2008)
• How to Survive a Killer Seance by Penny Warner (2011)
• Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford (2009)
• Once Upon a Starry Night by Jacqueline Mitton (2003)
• The Pepins and Their Problems by Polly Horvath (2004)
• Pieces for the Left Hand by J. Robert Lennon (2005)
• Pining to Be Human by Richard Bowes (2010)
• Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson (2004)
• Pride and Prejudice (audio) by Jane Austen (1813, 2005)
• Rampant by Diana Peterfreund (2009)
• Slog's Dad by David Almond and Dave McKean (2009)
• "Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze!" by Patricia Thomas (1971)
• Steinbeck's Ghost by Lewis Buzbee (2008)
• Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh by R.L. LaFevers (2011)
• The Train by Georges Simenon (1961, 2011)
• Twin Spica 03 by Kou Yaginuma (2002)
• Under the Night Sky by Amy Lundebrek (2008)
• The Writing Circle by Corinne Demas (2010)
• xxxHolic 05 by CLAMP (2005)

October 2011

• Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl by Daniel Pinkwater (2010)
• Bait by Robin Aurelian (FSF Jan/Feb 2010)
• Banana by Ed Vere (2007)
• Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young (2003)
• The Best Birthday Ever by Me (Lana Kitty) by Charise Mericle Harper (2011)
• Boo to You! by Lois Ehlert (2009)
• Chasing Demons by R.L. Geerdes (2009)
• Coco the Carrot by Steven Salerno (2005)
• The Crocodiles by Steven Popkes (2010)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 10 by Hiromu Arakawa (2005)
• F U, Penguin by Matthew Gasteier (2009)
• The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr (1998)
• How You Got to Be So Smart by David Milgrim (2010)
• I Am Invited to a Party by Mo Willems (2007)
• I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed by Lauren Child (2001)
• Impossible by Nancy Werlin (2008)
• LMNO Peas by Keith Baker (2010)
• Madeline at the White House by John Bemelmans Marciano (2011)
• Magpie Magic by April Wilson (1998)
• Monster Hunt by Rory Storm (2008)
• Older than the Stars by Karen C. Fox (2010)
• Once I Was a Cardboard Box, Now I'm a Book About Polar Bears by Anton Poitier (2009)
• One Halloween Night by Mark Teague (1999)
• Ranma 1/2 Volume 01 by Rumiko Takahashi (1988)
• Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley (1999)
• The Runaway Wok by Ying Chang Compestine (2011)
• Sea Gifts by George Shannon (1989)
• Shape Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen (2007)
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (1970)
• A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry (1956)
• xxxHolic 04 by CLAMP (2005)

September 2011

• Ambient Findability by Peter Morville (2005)
• Amulet 3: The Cloud Searchers by Kazu Kibuishi (2010)
• Cat the Cat, Who is That? by Mo Willems (2010)
• The Cats of Roxville Station by Jean Craigshead George (2009)
• Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin (1988)
• Chester by Mélanie Watt (2007)
• Chester's Back by Mélanie Watt (2008)
• Collective Intelligence by Pierre Lévy (1997)
• Dr. Death and the Vampire by Aaron Schutz (2010)
• Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers by Henry Jenkins (2006)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 07 by Hiromu Arakawa (2004)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 08 by Hiromu Arakawa (2004)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 09 by Hiromu Arakawa (2004)
• Ghostly Ruins by Harry Skrdla (2006)
• The Goddess Test by Aimée Carter (2011)
• Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry (2008)
• How Many Cats? by Lauren Thompson (2009)
• Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey (1993)
• Librarian on the Roof by MG King (2010)
• A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan (2011)
• Oz: The Hundredth Anniversary edited by Peter Glassman (2000)
• Sam and the Tigers by Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney (1996)
• The Secret Box by Barbara Lehman (2011)
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (2009)
• That Day in September by Artie Van Why (2006)
• This Book is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson (2010)
• Virtual Worlds, Real Worlds by Lori Bell and Rhonda Trueman (2008)
• Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals by Ellyssa Kroski (2008)
• xxxHolic 03 by CLAMP (2004)
• The Yggssey by Daniel Pinkwater (2009)

August 2011

• 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert (2008)
• Angelfish by Laurence Yep (2001)
• Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman (2010)
• Around the World with Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis (1958)
• Azumanga Daioh Omnibus by Kiyohiko Azuma (2007)
• The Best Cat in the World by Lesléa Newman (2010)
• Brain Thief by Alexander Jablokov (2010)
• The Country Child by Alison Uttley (1931)
• Donorboy by Brendan Halpin (2004)
• The Doorbells for Florence by Andrew Losowsky (2009)
• Empress of the World by Sara Ryan (2001)
• The Falling Raindrop by Neil Johnson (2010)
• The Flotsam by David Wiesner (2006)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 06 by Hiromu Arakawa (2003)
• Gingerbread Girl by Paul Tobin (2011)
• Kraken by China Miéville (2010)
• Mañana Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul (2004)
• Mr. Sweetpants and the Living Dead by Albert E. Cowdry (FSF: July / August 2010)
• Nick of Time by Ted Bell (2008)
• The Night Owls by Peter Timony (2010)
• Nylon Road by Pasua Bashi (2006)
• Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (1929)
• The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx (1993)
• The Sign Painter by Allen Say (2000)
• A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman (2008)
• The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier (2010)
• Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand (1994)
• Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien (2008)
• xxxHolic 02 by CLAMP (2004)
• Yotsuba&! 01 by Kiyohiko Azuma (2003)
• Yummy by G. Neri (2010)

July 2011

• Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello (1990)
• And a Bottle of Rum by Wayne Curtis (2006)
• Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (1908)
• Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan (2010)
• Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet by Graham Salisbury (2009)
• A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve (2009)
• City of Spies by Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan (2010)
• Compost Stew by Mary McKenna Siddals (2010)
• The Daddy Book by Todd Parr (2002)
• The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson (2007)
• Filipinos in Alaska by Thelma Buchholdt (1996)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 05 by Hiromu Arakawa (2003)
• Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris (2005)
• Junonia by Kevin Henkes (2011)
• Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems (2010)
• Labyrinth by Kate Mosse (2005)
• The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto (2005 / 2011)
• Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers (2009)
• My Dog Toby by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha (2000)
• Olivia Ges to Venice by Ian Falconer (2009)
• Once Wicked, Always Dead by T. Marie Benchley (2010)
• Our Lady of Immaculate Deception by Nancy Martin (2010)
• The Sevenfold Spell by Tia Nevitt (2010)
• Something to Do by David Lucas (2007)
• Stella, Princess of the Sky by Marie-Louise Gay (2004)
• The Tale of the Namelss Chameleon by Brenda Carre (2010)
• A Toast to Tomorrow by Manning Coles (1941)
• Tuey's Course by James Ross (2009)
• Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield (2009)
• Vampire Theory by Lily Caracci (2010)
• Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert (2001)

June 2011

• Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo (2006)
• Babymouse Burns Rubber by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (2010)
• Babymouse Cupcake Tycoon by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (2010)
• Bite Me by Christopher Moore (2010)
• Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (1973)
• Bumped by Megan McCafferty (2011)
• Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (1987)
• Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve (2002)
• A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle (1960)
• For Biddle's Sake by Gail Carson Levine (2002)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 03 by Hiromu Arakawa (2002)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 04 by Hiromu Arakawa (2003)
• Ghostopolis by Doug TenNaple (2010)
• The Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald (1979)
• The Lost Elephants of Kenyisha by Ken Altabef (FSF Jul/Aug 2010)
• Meanwhile by Jason Shiga (2010)
• Mercury by Hope Larson (2010)
• The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart (2008)
• The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc (1993)
• The Odyssey (All Action Classics 03) by Homer and Tim Mucci (2009)
• Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (2005)
• Queer Phenomenology by Sara Ahmed (2006)
• The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (2010)
• Tuesday by David Wiesner (1991)
• Twin Spica 01 by Kou Yaginuma (2002)
• Twin Spica 02 by Kou Yaginuma (2002)
• Urgent 2nd Class by Nick Bantock (2004)
• The Way They Wove the Spells in Sippulgar by Robert Silverberg (FSF Oct/Nov 2009)
• West Coast Journeys by Caroline C. Leighton (1883)
• Writers of the Future by Charles Oberndorf (FSF Jan/Feb 2010)

May 2011

• The Android's Dream by John Scalzi (2006)
• At Ease by Evan Bachner (2004)
• The Avenue of the Dead by Evelyn Anthony (1981)
• Bannock, Beans and Black Tea by John Gallant and Seth (2004)
• Bollywood Babes by Narinder Dhami (2004)
• Bone 09: Crown of Horns by Jeff Smith (2004)
• Brain Camp by Susan Kim (2010)
• Diamond Ruby by Joseph Wallace (2010)
• Doodlebug by Karen Romano Young (2010)
• Early Hayward by Robert Phelp (2004)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 01 by Hiromu Arakawa (2002)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 02 by Hiromu Arakawa (2002)
• Hands of My Father by Myron Uhlberg (2009)
• Hattie the Bad by Jane Devlin (2010)
• Havana Mañana by Consuelo Hermer and Marjorie May (1941)
• How to Crash a Killer Bash by Penny Warner (2010)
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff (1985)
• Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Waking Up? by Bill Martin Jr. (2008)
• Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart by Beth Pattillo (2010)
• The Neddiad by Daniel Pinkwater (2007)
• The New Gay Teenager by Ritch C. Savin-Williams (2005)
• The Nightmarys by Dan Poblocki (2010)
• The Octonauts and the Only Lonely Monster by Meomi (2006)
• The Octonauts and the Sea of Shade by Meomi (2009)
• Olivia Helps with Christmas by Ian Falconer (2007)
• The Phone Book by Ammon Shea (2010)
• Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton (2010)
• Ten Little Mummies by Philip Yates (2003)
• Welcome to Monster Town by Ryan Heshka (2010)
• The World at Night by Alan Furst (1996)
• xxxHolic 01 by CLAMP (2004)

April 2011

• Ann Can Fly by Fred Phleger (1950)
• The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry (2010)
• The Blues Go Birding Across America by Carol L. Malnor and Sandy F. Fuller (2010)
• The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd (2008)
• The Egyptian Jukebox by Nick Bantock (1993)
• Flanimals Pop-up by Ricky Gervais (2009)
• The Function of Ornament by Michael Kubo (2006)
• The Illusions of Tranquility by Brendan DuBois (2009)
• In Mike We Trust by P.E. Ryan (2009)
• The Iron Man by Ted Hughes (1968)
• The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (2009)
• Love that Dog by Sharon Creech (2001)
• The Most Wonderful Egg in the World by Helme Heine (1983)
• My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Bachelet (2006)
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (2007)
• On a Scary Scary Night by Walter Wick (2008)
• Owls by Gail Gibbons (2005)
• Owl Lake by Keizaburo Tejima (1987)
• Paula Bunyan by Phyllis Root (2009)
• Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf (2007)
• Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi (2008)
• Sky Burial by Xinran (2004)
• Smile by Raina Telgemeier (2010)
• Three Leaves of Aloe by Rand B. Lee (FSF Aug/Sept 2009)
• Tirissa and the Necklace of Nulidor by Willow (2009)
• Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White (1996)
• Treehorn's Treasure by Florence Parry Heide (1981)
• What Do You Love? by Jonathan London (2000)
• Wheel of the Moon by Sandra Forrester (2000)
• Where is that Cat? by Carol Greene (1999)

March 2011

• An African Tale by Enna Neru (2009)
• Aging with Grace by Greg Liberman (2009)
• Alison's Zinnia by Anita Lobel (1990)
• Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox (2008)
• Angel of Forgetfulness by Steve Stern (2005)
• Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray by Nick Bruel (2010)
• The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (2008)
• Christmas Eve by Suçie Stevenson (1988)
• The Costume Copycat by Maryann MacDonald (2006)
• Cuckoo by Lois Ehlert (1997)
• Epidapheles and the Inadequately Enraged Demon by Ramsey Shehadeh (FSF July/ August 2010)
• From the Devotions by Carl Phillips (1998)
• Gery Tales by Gerry Boylan (2010)
• Golden Conspiracy by Robert James Gilder (2009)
• Here is Greenwood, Vol 1 by Yukie Nasu (2004)
• Jellaby: Monster in the City by Kean Soo (2009)
• A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann (2008)
• Little Ballet Star by Adèle Geras (2008)
• The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (1942)
• The Morning Star by Nick Bantock (2003)
• Nature's Building Blocks by John Emsley (2002)
• Night-Night Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton (2009)
• No, David! by David Shannon (1998)
• The Noisy Way to Bed by Ian Whybrow (2003)
• The Scrambled States of America Talent Show by Laurie Keller (2002)
• Storm Cats by Malachy Doyle (2002)
• Tim and Pete by James Robert Baker (1992)
• Tsunami Warning by Taylor Morrison (2007)
• Uh-oh! by Rachel Isadora (2008)

February 2011

• At Home with Books by Estelle Ellis and Caroline Seebohm (1995)
• The Batman Handbook by Scott Beatty (2005)
• Class Trip by Rand B. Lee (Mar/ Apr 2010)
• Cook-a-doodle-doo by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel (1999)
• The Diary of Pelly D by L.J. Adlington (2005)
• Echoes from the Macabre by Daphne du Maurier (1976)
• Epidapheles and the Insufficiently Affectionate Ocelot by Ramsey Shehadeh (Mar / Apr 2010)
• The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King (2010)
• The Gypsy's Boy by Lokiko Hall (May / June 2010)
• The Improbable Cat by Allan Ahlberg (2003)
• Influences: A Lexicon of Contemporary Graphic Design Practice by Anna Gerber (2006)
• The Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters (2008)
• Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks (2007)
• My Big Dog by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel (1999)
• Nanosferatu by Dean Whitlock (Jan / Feb 2010)
• Oops-a-Daisy by Claire Freedman (2004)
• Pink Brain, Blue Brain by Lise Eliot (2009)
• Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink by Victoria Kann (2010)
• Pokémon Adventures Volume 08 by Hidenori Kusaka (2010)
• Saving Max by Antionette van Heugten (2010)
• Sharing Geographic Information edited by Gerard Rushton and Harlan Joseph Onsrud (1995)
• Stardust (Audio) by Neil Gaiman (1999 / 2006)
• Seven Sins for Seven Dwarves by Hilary Goldstein (May / June 2010)
• Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss (1961)
• Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus by R.L. LaFevers (2010)
• The Tilting House by Tom Llewellyn (2010)
• Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery (2008)
• Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (2009)
• Yo, Jo! by Rachel Isadora (2005)

January 2011

• Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature by John Mullan (2008)
• Baby Proof by Emily Giffin (2006)
• A Barnstormer in Oz by Philip José Farmer (1982)
• Bastard Tongues by Derek Bickerton (2008)
• The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald (1945)
• Foiled by Jane Yolen (2010)
• Fort Clay, Louisiana: A Tragical History by Albert E. Cowdrey (March / April 2010)
• The Frog Comrade by Benjamin Rosenbaum (March / April 2010)
• Fundaments of Geographic Information Systems by Michael DeMers (1996)
• Gallop by Rufus Butler Seder (2000)
• Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr. (1987)
• Indigo Blue by Cathy Cassidy (2005)
• Information Seeking in Electronic Environments by Gary Marchionini (1995)
• The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry (2006)
• Looking for Lost Bird by Yvette Melanson (1999)
• Lucifer Rising by Barbara Fifield (2009)
• Northward to the Moon by Polly Horvath (2010)
• On the Bluffs by Steven Schindler (2009)
• The Osiris Alliance by Jack Ford (2009)
• Otto's Orange Day by Jay Lynch (2008)
• Patricia von Pleasantsquirrel by James Proimos (2009)
• Peekaboo Baby by Rachel Isadora (2007)
• Pinkalicious: Tickled Pink by Victoria Kann (2010)
• The Portable MLIS edited by Ken Haycock and Brooke Sheldon (2008)
• Remotest Mansions of the Blood by Alex Irvine (FSF May / June 2010)
• Silence by Dale Bailey (FSF May / June 2010)
• A Short History of Rudeness by Mark Caldwell (1999)
• Ten Tiny Babies by Karen Katz (2008)
• Textual Poachers by Henry Jenkins (1992)
• Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris by R. L. LaFevers (2008)
• A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris (2009)