April 2010 Reading Log

YA

• Borderline by Allan Stratton
• Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance 1973 by John Barnes
• If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen
• Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
• The Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
• The Maze Runner by James Dashner
• As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins
• The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (re-read)
• The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen turner
• The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
• A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

Middle Grade

• The Adventures of Jack Lime by James Leck
• The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
• Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ron Koertge
• The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett
• The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
• The Dreamer by Pam Munoz-Ryan

Kids and YA Nonfiction

• Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick Bowers

Graphic Novels

• Stitches by David Small
• Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things, Volume 1: The Night Things by Ted Naifeh
• The Eternal Smile: Three Stories by Gene Luen Yang

Adult Fiction

• Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Currently Reading

• Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
• This Book is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson
• We Hear the Dead by Dianne Salerni

(Side note: I am a reading machine!  23 books: my best month ever!  And in a month where I had houseguests three weekends in a row!  I am feeling a) very accomplished and b) like I should probably get out more.)