alsvidur's 2014 list

Edit: Ticker use suspended for now!

I'm Emilie, and this is my 5th year in the 75 challenge. I usually read a lot more; last year I hit 365 books, but I will try to keep it easy this year. I live in Michigan, am 32 years old, and work in the veterinary field. I enjoy classifying books, working with horses, and learning. Children's books (from board books to young adult), American and English fiction, animal books, and history/sociology are the topics I read most frequently.

Here's a breakdown of my 2013 stats:

Non-fiction total: 102
Non-fiction about animals: 57

Fiction total: 266
Adult: 57
YA: 50
Juvenile: 64
Picture books: 107

Dewey says I like folklore (398), zoology (591), animal husbandry (636), graphic novels (741), American fiction (813), British fiction (823), and European history (940). Thomas Jefferson says I'm big into world history (D), American history (E), general literature (PN), American literature (PS), children's literature (PZ), zoology (QL), and animal science (SF). All of these fields were in the double digits for books read last year.

I'm pretty burned out by 2013. I met my goal of a book a day for a year, but it made reading very stressful. I'd wake up in the middle of the night and rearrange the books on the shelves over and over. I'd have to start the next book within 5-15 minutes of finishing one. So many neuroses! My goal for this year is to relax and have fun. No personal goals whatsoever. (At least those having to do with hobbies!) I'm tempted to do away with my ticker. Hmmm...

Anyways, my first book of 2014 is a complete non-stressor, since it's about my favorite childhood author - and best author ever - Marguerite Henry.



Title: Write a Book For Me: The Story of Marguerite Henry (World Writers series)
Author: David R Collins
Genre: juvenile biography
Catalog: 813 / PS3515
Acquisition: 2 months ago

Marguerite was introduced to writing when she received a Christmas gift of a desk, paper, and pencils. It was 1909, and she was 7 years old. She loved to write, and as she grew up, she sold many articles to magazines while pursuing her teaching degree. She wrote a few children's books with the help of her illustrator neighbor. Her 'big break' was Justin Morgan Had a Horse. Once paired with the illustrator Wesley Dennis, they made a publisher's dream team - always selling big. From Justin Morgan, they went on to create Misty of Chincoteague, Bright of Grand Canyon, King of the Wind, Black Gold, and many more. Mrs Henry loved children and animals, and also loved researching books. After Dennis passed away, she considered never writing again; she eventually picked it back up, but at a much slower pace.

The book includes Mrs Henry's acceptance speech for the Newbery Medal for King of the Wind. (PS The book does not include Oxford commas, so watch out for funny phrases!)

Here's a lovely quote from Henry's Newbery speech: "It takes an understanding reader to discover his own book. The writer is no more than the farmer with his bag of seeds. The reader is a field, new plowed in spring. The farmer scatters his seeds, but all the plants that grow from them do not come up alike. Some are small and spindling and some are big and strong. That's the way it is with books. Sometimes a book gives you a small amount of happiness, and sometimes when you close the cover, the book grows big within you, like a boll of cotton bursting its seams."

And a bit from the book: "Sham, that grand and glorious stallion, pranced and danced, and flew with the lightning speed of a meteor. Yet Sham, like all of the author's horses, was a horse. Lesser writers created humanlike creatures, but Marguerite Henry never made that mistake. The courage and resourcefulness displayed by each of her horses were within the range of the animal world, true and crisp. To portray them too much like humans would be inaccurate. Worse than that, it would mislead her young readers. "A writer whose audience is young people must write with honesty and care," Marguerite wrote. "There is nothing more precious than a mind forming values, attitudes, and knowledge.""

This one is recommended for fans of Henry's works who have already read A Pictorial Life Story of Misty.

Happy New Year!

I am so impressed with your book a day last year--but I can see how stressful that would be.

I loved Marguerite Henry's books growing up. I think I have many of my childhood copies still in my possession, although in boxes and not cataloged neatly into LibraryThing.

Your review is the first I've read for the year--and a book bullet already!

Happy reading in 2014!

Welcome back Emilie. Looking forward to more reading feats from you in 2014. Happy New Year.

Thanks, guys!

I've kept my few childhood copies, but most of the books I read were from the school library. I've been trying to complete the 'set' as it were, and I have only a few left to collect. The good feelings I get from reading a Henry book stayed with me through adulthood. In fact, I'm getting another Henry book from Amazon in the mail tomorrow. Look for Dear Readers and Riders soon!

Happy New Year, Emilie! Wishing you all the best with your stress-free (non)plans for reading. :)

Starred you again for this year - I can't believe you made 365 books last year - congrats! :) And, I love your 1st read this year - I've never heard of it and love Marguerite Henry!!

A book about a favorite author is a great way to kick off your reading year!

Title: Weirdos from Another Planet (Calvin & Hobbes)
Author: Bill Watterson
Genre: humor/comics
Catalog: 741 / PN6728
Acquisition: ancient, re-read

Barnes and Noble has a sale on the whole collection in paperback form - $66 for the entire series. Too bad Kyle just bought us a TV. Weirdos is actually a bit preachy, but when I think about it, back in the late 80s/early 90s, a lot of people were starting to bang the pollution drum, so I can forgive a bit. My favorite cartoons are always the ones with the snowmen.

Title: Dear Readers and Riders
Author: Marguerite Henry
Genre: non-fiction, horses
Catalog: 636 / SF302
Acquisition: a few days ago

Mrs Henry answers children's letters about her books, horses, herself, and writing. While the section on horse care is charmingly out of date, the majority of the book is still timeless. Reading the locations of the writers was a childish thrill - 'Oh, Mankato, MN - that's where Betsy Ray was based on!' or 'Maybe that girl who was writing from my town is now an adult that still lives here. Why doesn't the library have a copy of this book, resting on a special shrine, opened to that page?' I have such happy memories of Marguerite Henry's works, and this one is no exception.

Edit: Mrs Henry's enthusiasm about learning anything to do with horses is so lovely. I can stand in front of my bookcases and just stare at the books. 'She would have loved this book.' 'This is the book that inspired "Mustang Spirit of the West".' 'Oh, just look at the old-fashioned Morgans in this book.' It's so unbelievably peaceful.

Starred for this year again! I always enjoy seeing what animal books you read (and then adding them to my own TBR list).

Here's to a year of less-stressful reading. I'm an ardent supporter of reading what you like, when you like, at the pace you need for that given day. :)

Accounting 1-3-14:
$0.00, Early Reviewers, 1 digital book
"The Bluffer's Guide to Surfing"

A digital book. Hmm... I thought I un-requested this one. Given only the following blurb for this book (which may be the best blurb ever written), I would buy it:

"When I read this, Mother Nature’s womb engulfed me. Totally." -‘CHIEF’, STAR OF THE SHAPER, WINNER ‘BEST SHORT’, LONDON SURF FILM FESTIVAL 2012

>12 alsvidur: That blurb is TERRIFYING. *shudders at imagery*

>13 MickyFine: I hadn't even thought of taking it literally. Ew!

How have I not heard of a graphic novel depicting the lives of Louis Leakey's students?!? Primates shows the struggles of Dian Fossey (who studied gorillas), Birute Galdikas (orangutans), and Jane Goodall (chimpanzees). Leakey funded these students out into the jungles, thinking that non-behavior-scientist women would be better observers of the great apes than the establishment. (He was pretty much right, as much as I hate to admit it.) I am SO picking this up at the library tomorrow!

Title: The Bluffer's Guide to Surfing
Author: Craig Jarvis
Genre: Non-fiction
Catalog: 797 / GV
Acquisition: yesterday

Oooo... My first digital book experience! I got a digital ER book for once. I am anti-digital-reader for several reasons, but I have nothing against those who love their e-readers. I borrowed my non-reader-but-tech-loving DH's Nook and took it out for a spin. Not too bad, but I stand by my little personal reasons for liking print.

Warning: I live in Michigan. While I have enjoyed many insane water sports on Lake Superior in my hedonistic and crazy college days, big wave surfing is something I have less than 0 experience with. I simply love the theory.

The Bluffer's Guide to Surfing is a (very) short summary of surfing. It dispenses with the 'hows' and 'whys' and gives you just the bullet points that will supposedly get you "in" with surfers, although I suspect a Bluffer's Guide to Wine, etc, would be safer than a cheat book about a sport that can kill you. I would not feel comfortable talking about surfing if this was my only information on the topic, but all the main points were there. I loved the humor, and the breezy writing style was perfect for the topic. There were a few places that could have done with pictures, diagrams, or just an illustration or two, but that tiny complaint aside, this was a fun book to read.

Title: What am I? Where Am I?
Author: Ted Lewin
Genre: picture book
Catalog: 590 / QL
Acquisition: library

This has the most interesting statement on the back in big, red type: "If you like to read, you will like this book."

Ted Lewin, animal painter extraordinaire, did a guessing game of sorts, where only a tiny portion of a painting is revealed on the right page, you guess what species or biome it is, and after the page flip, the whole illustration is shown. Cute idea, great illustrator, too bad there were only 22 pages.

Title: The Guardian Team: On the Job With Rena and Roo
Author: Cat Urbigkit
Genre: picture book
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library

Urbigkit takes us through the process of getting livestock protection animals and training them by telling the story of Great Pyrenees Rena and wild donkey Roo. The photos and text are crisp and clear, and I loved that the animal personalities came through. Looking at the different behavior signals of the different species was fun (not part of the book, but amusing extra credit all the same). Recommended for those interested in animals.



Edit: Grammar check!

Title: Presidential Pets
Author: Julia Moberg
Genre: kid non-fiction
Catalog: 973 / E
Acquisition: library

Each president is given 2 pages. One is an illustration, and the other has a short bio, facts about other pets, and rhyming anecdotes about an incident. Some of what is considered a pet is a bit of a stretch - wild animal gifts from foreign dignitaries that were sent to live in zoos, horses that were used for transport before cars, hunting dogs, etc. That's a tiny quibble though; the rest of the book is nice and attractive. Average fare.

Title: Capybara: the World's Largest Rodent
Author: Natalie Lunis
Genre: children's picture, non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

'Cause who doesn't love capybaras?!?

Title: Rats (Monsters of the Animal Kingdom)
Author: Rachel Lynette
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

I'm not terribly thrilled by the title of the series, but if it gets kids to read it.... Only other tiny quibble is they used a photo of a domestic pet black-colored Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and called it the black rat, which is an entirely different species (Rattus rattus). While they used pet rats as illustrations for wild rats, they did surprisingly have a few real wild rat photos - most rat books use domestic stand-ins exclusively. Not the best kid's book, but not the worst either.

Title: Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons
Author: Sara Levine
Genre: picture non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

The illustrator's nom de plume is TS Spookytooth. Pretty neat.

"What kind of animal would you be if we took away your leg bones?" Then the next page illustrates a simplistic whale skeleton. The book goes like that throughout. Pretty neat.

Title: Track that Scat!
Author: Lisa Morlock
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 591 / QL
Acquisition: library

Another nifty find: a kid's book about animal poop! Where are all these permissive publishers coming from? Kid's books at this level about topics like these are so rare.

Finn and her dog Skeeter take a walk through the woods. On the way, they see animal tracks, evidence of meals, and piles of scat (animal feces). They guess what kind of animal was there. Sidebars have a bit of information about the species mentioned. The illustrations were a bit cutesy for me, but maybe this topic needs that to make up for the grossness. This one is way neater than you would think a book on this topic could be. Recommended for Midwestern kids who enjoy time in nature, those that are studying forest/animals in school, or those who enjoy bodily functions like burping, farting, etc.

Title: Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas
Author: Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks
Genre: graphic novel
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

The famous anthropologist Louis Leakey funded the expeditions of 3 women to study primate behavior in the 1960s. This is the story of how they came to Leakey and their adventures in the wilds of Africa and Indonesia. Each girl had a very different voice; the author was very good about portraying them so. Highly recommended for anyone remotely interested in the topic!

Wow, that one sounds great! On the list it goes!

It was a super fun read! It had a hallmark of a good book: I wanted it to be longer.

Title: Teeth
Author: Sneed Collard 3
Genre: picture book
Catalog: 591 / QL
Acquisition: library

The illustrations were not up to the text. Sad.

Title: Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature's Undead
Author: Rebecca Johnson
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 578 / QL
Acquisition: library

Cool and disgusting and fascinating! Very well illustrated and designed. Super fun. Zombie Makers goes from rabies to guinea worms to parasitic wasps to fungi that attack ant colonies to....

I discovered an awesome series for kids called "Scientists in the Field". Each book profiles people working in a specific area; most books so far cover zoology, but there are a few other topics like astronomy. These books go over a project the scientist worked on. Most review research principles, how the person got into the field, information on the topic the scientist is working on, and the future of the field/project. Each book I've read so far is outstanding. I'd like to read the entire series. Here are the ones I've gotten to so far:



Title: Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes
Author: Pamela Turner
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / SF
Acquisition: library

Profiles the veterinary staff of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project in Africa, gorilla biology, human-animal interactions, and zoonotic diseases (diseases that can go from animal to people and vice versa).



Title: The Frog Scientist
Author: Pamela Turner
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 597 / QL
Acquisition: library

Dr Tyrone Hayes is studying the effects of a pesticide in frog development and pond ecosystems. Focused on experiment design, Dr Hayes, frogs, and pollution control.



Title: Emi and the Rhino Scientist
Author: Mary Kay Carson
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

I loved this one! Terri Roth is an animal scientist whose specialty is reproduction. She is part of a task force that was charged with breeding a Sumatran rhino - something that hasn't been done in over 100 years. (Spoiler: She did it, multiple times!) There was loads of information on rhinos, and the story of the female rhino Emi was woven throughout. Delightful and engaging, recommended.



Title: Science Warriors: The Battle Against Invasive Species
Author: Sneed Collard 3
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 578 / SB
Acquisition: library

The unifying thread is invasive species - fire ants in the southern US, brown tree snakes in Guam, zebra mussels in the Great Lakes, and melaleuca trees in the Everglades. Control and prevention methods are the focus of each research team.



Title: Wild Horse Scientists
Author: Kay Frydenborg
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / SF
Acquisition: library

Development of the horse contraceptive PZP, management of the Chincoteague ponies/Assateague wild horses, field research concepts, and population control. Slightly more advanced in reading level/maturity than the others so far.

Title: Why Is a Frog Not a Toad?: Discovering the Differences Between Animal Look-Alikes
Author: QL Pierce
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 591 / QH
Acquisition: library

Questionable information, very sloppily presented. Avoid this one.

Title: Wild Horses: Galloping Through Time
Author: Kelly Milner Halls
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL(SF?)
Acquisition: library

Half of the book describes the ancestors of the horse, while the latter half goes over various species and breeds of wild/feral equids. There are the usual asses, horses, zebras, and Przwalskis, but the author and/or editor is not terribly clear on the difference of species vs breed and wild vs feral. Many feral horses are profiled amongst the undomesticated wild species. Either the editor or the book designer needed some help with this one.

When an regular outline goes something like this:
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---------a. fhgdfh
------2. dfgfsdg

This book's concepts were turned into
I. dfgffdg
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2. oihhjg

I'm not sure how to explain it. Anyways, this one was good in theory, and I suppose if you are really super passionate about equine evolution it would be a good read, but otherwise there are better ways to spend your time.

Title: The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal
Author: Sy Montgomery
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

Another entry in the "Scientists in the Field" series. This one had a higher reading level than others, but the concepts were easier. This one was more narrative non-fiction than the others, too. The author and photographer tag along with a research team trying to capture and tag tapirs in Brazil. Not as much info on tapirs, but many stories about the author's trip.

Title: The Bug Scientists
Author: Donna Jackson
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 595 / QL
Acquisition: library

Easier reading level than others in the series. Focuses on an entomology professor at Purdue who sounds like a fun teacher.



Title: Diving to a Deep-Sea Volcano
Author: Kenneth Mallory
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 551 / QE
Acquisition: library

Geothermal vents, research subs, lots of worms and clams.



Title: The Wildlife Detectives: How Forensic Scientists Fight Crimes Against Nature
Author: Donna Jackson
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 363 / HV
Acquisition: library

Shorter than others. Who killed a famous elk in Yellowstone? The story is interrupted by pages of facts.



Title: Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls and Songs of Whales, Elephants, and Birds
Author: April Pulley Sayre
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 595 / QH
Acquisition: library

Bio-acoustics around the world. Nice focus on how to get into the field and inspiring young scientists.

Title: What Did the Vet Say: The Best of Dr. Andy Roark
Author: Andy Roark
Genre: humor
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: 1 hour ago

A collection of jokes, memes, and humorous things that happened to Roark. I don't think any of them are new; it seemed like he had used them elsewhere (his articles, facebook, etc) already.

Title: Extreme Scientists:Exploring Nature's Mysteries from Perilous Places
Author: Donna Jackson
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 509 / Q
Acquisition: library

A women explores caves for bacteria, a guy flies his place into hurricanes, and another scientist spends his research time at the top of redwood trees.



Title: Stronger than Steel: Spider Silk DNA and the Quest for Better Bulletproof Vests, Sutures, and Parachute Rope
Author: Bridget Heos
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 595 / QL
Acquisition: library

I don't know what this is, but it's not a children's book. The author writes for an adult audience, but every so often interjects a condescending comment or idea. For use only with very high level kids, or not at all. Pretty spider pictures though.

Title: The Snake Scientist
Author: Sy Montgomery
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 597 / QL
Acquisition: library

Garter snakes gather in the tens of thousands every year at a place in Manitoba. Bob Mason has been studying them for the past 15 years. Aside from information about the phenomenon, there is a bunch of information on the different experiments Mason has done. Nicely done, good for younger audiences.

Title: Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks
Author: Kenneth Mallory
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 597 / QL
Acquisition: library

In the first half, a scientist talks about sharks and the sea-mounts where they gather. In the second half, the author describes his dive vacation to a place where hammerheads hang out. Eh, average.

Title: Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist's Microscope
Author: Stephen Kramer
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 570 / QH
Acquisition: library

Dennis Kunkel is essentially a professional microscope user. What I loved most about this book was the passion and outreach to kids that Kunkel does. Nice and encouraging, lots of pretty pictures don't hurt either.

Title: Project UltraSwan
Author: Elinor Osborn
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 598 / QL
Acquisition: library

Trumpeter swans were once common to the Eastern seaboard, but were wiped out by the early 1900s. A group is working to get populations living in New York to migrate down to Chesapeake Bay, like the swans used to do. Good for the series.



Title: Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion
Author: Loree Griffin Burns
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 551 / GC
Acquisition: library

Ocean currents. A bit on plastics and nets. This one really dug into the science portion. Nice.

Title: Digging for Bird-Dinosaurs: An Expedition to Madagascar
Author: Nic Bishop
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 567 / QE
Acquisition: library

going on a dig to find bones



Title: Anthropologist: Scientist of the People
Author: Mary Batten
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 989 / F
Acquisition: library - ILL

following Ache hunter-gatherers in Paraguay



Title: The Elephant Scientist
Author: Donna Jackson
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

finding out that elephants can hear through their feet



Title: The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable Species
Author: Peter Lourie
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

rehabbing and releasing Amazon manatees, talking to locals about African manatees, and counting Florida manatees



Title: The Polar Bear Scientists
Author: Peter Lourie
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

tagging and tracking bears



Title: Whaling Season: A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist
Author: Peter Lourie
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

working with Inuit to collect samples of killed whales

Peter Lourie's books were great; recommended for those looking for kids books about science or animals

Title: The Whale Scientists: Solving the Mystery of Whale Strandings
Author: Fran Hodgkins
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

This one doesn't follow any particular researcher or project, but just explains multiple theories about strandings.



Title: The Mysterious Universe: Supernovae, Dark Energy, and Black Holes
Author: Ellen Jackson
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 523 / QB
Acquisition: library

A professor at UC-Berkley spends a few nights looking for supernovae using the big telescopes. This one really reinforced the fact that while I may be 'in the know' in animal science, when it comes to things like space, I am apparently on the level with middle schoolers. I remember knowing these things, but I've forgotten everything. On the plus side, whenever I was mystified by the concepts, I could just look at the pretty space pictures.

Title: The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe
Author: Loree Griffin Burns
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 638 / SF
Acquisition: library

Colony collapse disorder is still killing off bees, but scientists are working on figuring out why. Interesting and educational. (Wow, can I ever make a good book sound boring!)



Title: The Tarantula Scientist
Author: Sy Montgomery
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 595 / QL
Acquisition: library

A scientist goes to French Guiana to collect tarantulas. The font is incredibly distracting, and the same photos of tarantulas on white in the borders do nothing to surprise or inspire.

Title: Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
Author: Sy Montgomery
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 598 / QL
Acquisition: library

The Kakapo parrot lives only in New Zealand, cannot fly, and weights 8 pounds. Because of predatory introduced species, they've become incredibly rare - only 87 left in the world, all on a protected island refuge. Montgomery visits the refuge and goes over what is involved in working with saving such an endangered animal, from bio-security to feelings of loss when a bird dies to the beauty of the surroundings. Really good, recommended to those interested in endangered animals/conservation.



Title: Project Seahorse
Author: Pamela Turner
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 597 / QL
Acquisition: library

Turner focuses on what people have to look out for when starting a refuge - the community's relationships with the animals, etc.



Title: The Bat Scientists
Author: Mary Kay Carson
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

A head of Bat Conservation Intl' goes over bat biology and conservation, focusing on dispelling myths about bats. This is a good one.

Accounting 1-28-14:
$10.75, library book sale, 31 books

Including

Toolbox for Remolding Your Problem Dog
Girls: A History of Growing Up Female in America
The Library Book: The Story of Libraries from Camels to Computers
Elmer and the Dragon
Ginger Pye
Rent a Third Grader
4 Thoroughbred series books

And some books *not* in the series I'm in the middle of....



Title: Surfer of the Century
Author: Ellie Crowe
Genre: picture book
Catalog: 797 / GV
Acquisition: 3 hours ago

Duke Kahanamoku is pretty much recognized as the father of surfing, but he was also an Olympic swimmer. This book is about his journey to the Olympics in the early 1900s. The illustrations took me a page or two to get used to, but they ended up suiting the book very well.

Title: The Great Kapok Tree
Author: Lynne Cherry
Genre: picture book
Catalog: fic / PZ
Acquisition: 3 hours ago

So... I am tripping balls on this one. The illustrations of rainforest animals are exactly like a stamp set I used to have when I was little. Exactly. Either the author/illustrator 'cheated' a bit or the stamp set was based on this book. Considering I have matching sets in Fantasy and Oceans, I doubt the book came first. I googled the shizz out of this, but I couldn't find the stamp set or any mention of them and the book together. I'm not crazy. I'm going to have to dig these stamps out of my parents' basement and compare them - are the pictures exact, or only based off on another?

This issue is pretty much taking up my whole brain right now. The book itself is a bit moralistic for me.





Title: Beatrice's Goat
Author: Page McBrier
Genre: picture book
Catalog: fic / PZ
Acquisition: 3 hours ago

Beatrice lives in Uganda and really wants to go to school. Her family gets a goat through Heifer International and sells the milk and kids. Based on a true story. Good book, cute illustrations.

The "Scientists in the Field" series looks fascinating. Do you know who produces/publishes them?

I can't get over how every book in the series is good. Some are better than others, but a bunch of them knock it out of the park. They're so cool! The book design and photos are awesome as well. I'm reading one right now about tree kangaroos in New Guinea. Not only does it cover the animal, the science, vocational advice, the habitat, and conservation, but it also covers the lifestyle of the people who live around the species.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt publishes them as "Scientists in the Field". They are releasing some of them in paperback now, as well as continuing to publish new books. The series even has a website at the aptly named ScienceMeetsAdventure.com.

Accounting 1-29-14:
$10.00, library book sale, 20 books

Including...

Prep
The Moffats
The Saturdays
Ballet Shoes
The Secret Garden
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Animal ER

Wow Emilie, that is a lot of books in January. A book a day last year and 50? already this year.
Have a great weekend and I hope your eyes don't get strained before Valentine's Day.

The Moffats! The Secret Garden! And so many books for so little money! Jealous...

Amber, I'm super excited to get started on the haul from that sale. I can't decide what to read first!

There's no goals this year though, Paul. If I feel like reading, I will. If I go a month or so without, that's OK too. I want to enjoy each book I read the whole way through and not go from finishing one book to starting another in 20 seconds. Between that and not spending much money buying new books, I'm actually trying to read less this year. :)

Title: You Wouldn't Want to Be Sick in the 16th Century!
Author: Kathryn Senior
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 610 / R
Acquisition: 1 day ago

Very basic, humorous introduction to the fact that medicine is always changing, and you had to take your chances back in the 1500s.



Title: Paul Bunyon
Author: Steven Kellogg
Genre: picture book
Catalog: 398 / PZ
Acquisition: 2 days ago

School Library Journal calls this "one of Kellogg's best books". I disagree. I just didn't care as much about Paul as I did Pecos Bill or Pinkerton the dog or the friends in Best Friends or....

Title: The Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the cloud Forest of New Guinea
Author: Sy Montgomery
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

Wrapping up the Scientists in the Field series soon...

The Matschie's tree kangaroo (see photo below) is super cute and also endangered. A group goes on an expedition to New Guinea to find and radio collar some roos for the first time ever. This book focuses on the effort expeditions take and working with locals.

January totals:

Books: 53
Total books: 53

Non-fiction, animals: 39
Non-fiction, other: 6
Fiction: 8

TBR Pit books read: 0
Time spent in TBR: 1 hour - 2 months
Library books read: 42
ILL books read: 1
Books borrowed and read: 0
% TBR/library/borrowed: 81%

Books acquired: 53
Cash spent: $20.75

Super proud that I limited myself at the library sales this time! Also good that I'm reading a lot of library books, and also in some genres that I wouldn't usually go near.

Genres:

6 - Children's picture
2 - Children's non-fiction, animals

1 - J Bio, animals
35 - J Non-fiction, animals
5 - J Non-fiction, other

2 - Adult humor
1 - Adult non-fiction, other
1 - Adult graphic novel

Classification:

1 - E
1 - F
1 - GC
2 - GV
1 - HV
1 - PN
1 - PS
3 - PZ
1 - Q
1 - QB
2 - QE
3 - QH
26 - QL
1 - R
1 - SB
7 - SF

1 - 363
1 - 398
1 - 509
1 - 523
2 - 551
1 - 567
1 - 570
2 - 578
1 - 590
3 - 591
4 - 595
4 - 597
2 - 598
16 - 599
1 - 610
3 - 636
1 - 638
1 - 741
2 - 797
3 - 813
1 - 973
1 - 989

Abandoned books:
Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's world War II Dispatches
Kept up through about 1/4, but when he got to Italy, it slowed down enough to put down 'for a bit'

Title: Once a Wolf: How Wildlife Biologists Fought to Bring Back the Gray Wolf
Author: Stephen Swinburne
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 333 / QL
Acquisition: library

Covers the disappearance of wolves from the US and the process of their reintroduction into Yellowstone



Title: The Woods Scientist
Author: Stephen Swinburne
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 591 / QL
Acquisition: library - ILL

A tracker discusses how we need forests. Definitely not the best in the series - a little preachy, not focused on the science or career path at all, and I'm even not quite sure how the woman covered counts as a scientist.



Title: Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives
Author: Elizabeth Rusch
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 363 / QE
Acquisition: library

A team of geologists runs around the globe whenever there is a volcano experiencing problems. They determine when and how the volcano might go, and how best to help the people that live near it. Interesting.

One thing - I would really love to meet one of the photographers in the series, Nic Bishop. His photographs are amazing, he's traveled the world, he has a graduate degree in bio, and he lives right here in Michigan! Some women fan-girl over singers or actors; I go for authors and biologists....

Charlie and I read a book last night that made me think of you and that you and yours might enjoy it:

Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives

Thanks for the recommendation, Amber! It looks like it's been getting good ratings. I placed a copy on hold at the library.



Title: Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness, and Perfection
Author: Megan McCafferty
Genre: middle grades fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Prequel to the great YA series Jessica Darling. Jessica is starting 7th grade, her best friend has turned pretty overnight, and her older sister gave her a list of things she had to do in order not to let the family down - including joining the cheer team. Easy, right? This is the first book in the prequel series, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest. You can breeze through them. Recommended for fans of Jessica Darling already, although it was pretty funny on its own.



Title: Angels of Mercy: The Army Nurses of World War II
Author: Betsy Kuhn
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

Follows a few nurses throughout the war - from Africa into Italy, from Australia to POW camp in the Philippines, etc. Nice work.



Title: Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II
Author: Martin Sandler
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

Although the design was wonderful, I think this book looks bigger than it is. There are lots of photos, wide line spacing and margins, and huge sidebars. While there were some things that modern general WWII books don't mention, most of the info can be found in less specific books. The coverage of the reparation process was the only thing most other books don't spend time on. Beautiful photos.



Title: Franklin and Winston: A Christmas That Changed the World
Author: Douglas Wood
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

I was taken in by the cover illustration. I'm not sure the book lived up to it. There was not much of a plot or even an arc from beginning to end, just Winston visiting Franklin at Christmas 1941. Details of his visit were the focus, not details of their plans for the war.





Title: Hide-and-Seek Camouflage
Author: Emma Stevenson
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: 591 / QL
Acquisition: library - ILL

A 2-page spread animal habitat painting has a bunch of animals in it. Can you find all 43? (or 35? etc) The next 2-page spread has a numbered count, and a sentence or two about each animal depicted. I usually love Stevenson's paintings, but some of the animals still need a little work.





Title: Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
Author: Craig Hatkoff
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

Owen the baby hippo was displaced from his pod when a typhoon came through. He was moved to an animal sanctuary nearby where he started to follow a huge, old, cranky tortoise around. The hippo and tortoise became friends. Told through photos. Not as sappy or bad as I had anticipated, actually nicely done.



Title: Bill Nye the Science Guy's Big Blue Ocean
Author: Bill Nye
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 551 / QC
Acquisition: library

Much of Bill Nye's episodes on oceans are written about here - same experiments (plus some), same science terms, etc. The book has the same feel as the show, with energetic sidebars and illustrations. This is a good thing. (By the way, watching those episodes from 1993 was great blast from the past.)

Title: Living Things: Penguin
Author: Rebecca Stefoff
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 598 / QL
Acquisition: library

Penguin life for early readers. Photos are IDed with species names.



Title: Penguin Parade
Author: Robert Ollason
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 598 / QL
Acquisition: library

Penguin physiology, breeding, and species. The design is a bit dated now - and I'm horrified because 1994 was 20 years ago.



Title: Face to Face with Penguins
Author: Yva Momatiuk
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 598 / QL
Acquisition: library

Early readers. Gorgeous photos, produced by National Geographic. The 2 chapters on penguins were flanked by one on the author's visit and one on conservation.



Title: A Visual Introduction to Penguins
Author: Bernard Stonehouse
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 598 / QL
Acquisition: library

Mostly paintings instead of photos. Loads of info, focuses on the different species. If you had to pick one of these books for use on a school report on penguins, this would be the one. Very useful for learning to differentiate between the species.



Title: The Nature of Penguins
Author: Jonathan Chester
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 598 / QL
Acquisition: library

Kind of a paperback coffee-table book. Penguin facts, penguin species, and use of the penguin by humans. Lots of species info.

Accounting 2-13-14:
$3.98, nook books, 2 books

Periodic Tales
Suddenly Royal

I wanted something fun to read on Kyle's nook last night, so I was looking through the store and found the $2.99 section. I grabbed a book I had been eying and found what looked like a fun chick lit princess read. I am 1/4 of the way through Suddenly Royal and I've rolled my eyes so much that they're stuck like that. I *love* cliche and standard plots, but the prince seems like an ass who wants to get the heroine into bed as soon as they meet, and the writing is not the greatest. There is a lot of gasping: when she wakes up, when her feet touch the cold floor, when she's surprised, when she says something embarrassing, etc. I continue to read in hopes that it will get better, but how can I swoon when I think the prince is just going to pass on an STD and leave the heroine soon after?

Bummer about the disappointing book.

Accounting 2-19-14:
$3.43, Amazon.com, 1 book

"Horse of a Different Killer"

Title: Surfboards from Start to Finish
Author: Ryan Smith
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 797 / GV
Acquisition: library

How surfboards are made



Title: Surfing
Author: KC Kelley
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 797 / GV
Acquisition: library

History of surfing, surfing basics, famous surfers



Title: Surfer Chick
Author: Kristy Dempsey
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: E / PZ
Acquisition: library

Chick wants to surf like her dad, but it's a bit scary.





Title: Rhinos Who Surf
Author: Julie Mammano
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: E / PZ
Acquisition: library

Surfing terminology is illustrated by rhinos, eg "When they shoot the tube, they are way cool in the green room." Not the greatest introduction - a lot of new words for little kids with no story to give context.





Title: Military Animals
Author: Julie Murray
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 355 / UH
Acquisition: library

Beginning readers can find out that dogs, horses, sea lions, and dolphins can help out humans by assisting the military.



Title: Looking for Life in the Universe: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Author: Ellen Jackson
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 576 / QB
Acquisition: library

Part of the Scientists in the Field series. Jill, one of the ladies the movie Contact was based on, uses telescopes to look for signals that aliens might be sending through outer space. The chapter on how Jill got into school and the field is the best of the book.



Title: the Chronicles of the $700 Pony
Author: Ellen Broadhurst
Genre: humor
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: 1 month ago

Ellen buys a pony as a spur-of-the-moment decision and tries to bring the chestnut mare up to compete in eventing. True story. Laughed out loud at a few places.



Title: World War II for Kids
Author: Richard Panchyk
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: borrowed

Recommended! Detailed without being overwhelming for kids. Better than many of the adult books I've read on the topic.

Title: Dolphins the the Navy
Author: Meish Goldish
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 359 / UH
Acquisition: library

How dolphins search for underwater mines



Title: War Dogs
Author: Meish Goldish
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 355 / UH
Acquisition: library

How dogs are used in the military, what they're trained to do



Title: Horses, donkeys, and Mules in the Marines
Author: Meish Goldish
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 359 / UC
Acquisition: library

How mules are used as pack animals in Afghanistan and the training center in the US

(There is also one about Sea Lions in the series, but it was checked out at the library.)

Picture heavy, the design was a bit too flashy, but info interesting enough to encourage further research

Title: The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands
Author: Sneed Collard
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 635 / SB
Acquisition: library - ILL

Scientists in the Field series. Explains why we can't just plant the prairie back, details setting up a wildlife refuge.

Title: Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia
Author: Sy Montgomery
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

Scientists in the Field series. Emphasizes that fieldwork is really hard at times - both physically and mentally. Details on Mongolian life and environs. Recommended.

Title: Battle of Britain (Time Life)
Author: Leonard Mosley
Genre: non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: borrowed

Every time I grab one of the Time Life WWII series books, I'm surprised by how much I like them. I'm not big into airplanes like some WWII buffs. This was a nice introduction - not overwhelming, but intriguing.



Title: Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives
Author: Lola Schaefer
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: 591 / QH
Acquisition: library

Numbers (like 1, 10, 20, 30, 50, 100, 1000, etc) are the focus. The numbers are selected from animal ecology - the number of teeth a dolphin has, the number of egg sacs a spider weaves, etc. For example, the 900 flowers a butterfly visits are all drawn out, giving an easy visual to kids learning about numbers. Thanks to Amber for recommending this one to me!

Title: The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust
Author: Karen Ruelle
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

The mosque in Paris was the center for a lot of Northern African Muslims, and the staff members helped shelter Jewish children during WWII. What's interesting is the different stories - there aren't many people left to tell them, and historically the cultures have relied more on verbal narratives than written. No one knows how many people were saved, especially since many of the kids weren't told what was going on. Beautiful artwork. Recommended!



Title: The Flag with Fifty-Six Stars: A Gift from from the Survivors of Mauthausen
Author: Susan Goldman Rubin
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

The Mauthausen camp was one of Hitler's Level 3 camps - no one comes out alive. The prisoners still had hope though, and eventually heard about the coming American liberation forces. They managed to secretly sew a flag from old sheets and fallen German flags. Since they didn't have any photos or reference, they made an extra row of stars on the flag. They presented the flag to an officer, and he flew it over the camp. The story idea was wonderful, but I think the book could have been written better.



Title: Welcome to Molly' World, 1944: Growing Up in World War Two America
Author: Catherine Gourley
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

Very basic intro to the WWII Home Front



Title: Battle of Britain (World War II 50th Anniversary)
Author: Wallace Black
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

This one put me to sleep.

Title: Hayride: Saddle Club #31
Author: Bonnie Bryant
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition:

Carole's birthday is coming and her friends Stevie and Lisa are helping her plan their first 'boy-girl' party. Snooty Veronica overhears their plans and assumes she won't be invited. Aside from Veronica trying to sabotage everything, Carole also hurts her ankle and she doesn't want it to interfere with the party.



Title: Fly, Cher Ami, Fly!: The Pigeon Who Saved the Lost Battalion
Author: Robert Burleigh
Genre: children's picture
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library - ILL

A battalion had gotten themselves surrounded in WWII. They were down to 1 last pigeon as their only hope of carrying their location back to help. Cher Ami was wounded on his way, but was able to save the soldiers.





Title: The Bloody First Battles: World War II
Author: Deborah Grahame-Smith
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

Boring. The best thing about this book is the clear maps. Covers 1939-1941.



Title: The Battle of Britain
Author: Richard Hough
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

This older book has some nice 'action' shots of the planes over Dover.

February totals:

Books: 38
Total books: 91

Non-fiction, animals: 15
Non-fiction, other: 18
Fiction: 5

TBR Pit books read: 1
Time spent in TBR: 1 month - 6 months
Library books read: 30
ILL books read: 4
Books borrowed and read: 2
% TBR/library/borrowed: 97%

Books acquired: 4
Cash spent: $7.41

Genres:

2 - Children's picture
4 - Children's non-fiction, animals
3 - Children's non-fiction, other

1 - J Fiction
11 - J Non-fiction, animals
14 - J Non-fiction, other

1 - Adult humor
1 - Adult non-fiction, other

Classification:

12 - D
2 - GV
4 - PZ
1 - QB
1 - QC
1 - QE
1 - QH
10 -QL
1 - SB
1 - SF
1 - UC
3 - UH

1 - 333
1 - 355
2 - 359
1 - 363
1 - 551
1 - 576
3 - 591
5 - 598
2 - 599
1 - 635
1 - 636
2 - 797
2 - 813
12 - 940
2 - E

Abandoned books:
Suddenly Royal
Too poorly written to keep me reading when there's so much else out there.

Title: Horse of a Different Killer
Author: Jody Jaffe
Genre: mystery
Catalog: 813 /
Acquisition: 10 days ago

Woo-hoo! A well-written, accurate, adult horse book! Natalie is a fashion reporter in South Carolina. It's where she's stuck in the newsroom, but she's aching to cover 'real' news. When a horse person (and horse) end up dead - and on the farm where Natalie boards her own horse, Brenda Starr - Natalie is called in to help the investigative reporter through the horse show scene. I can't wait to get the other 2 books in the series!

Congrats on surpassing the 75 mark, Emilie. :)

Haha, thanks. :)

Oh, wow, I think I missed it. Congrats!

That is an early wish of congratulations for passing 75, Emilie.

accounting 3-1-14:
$0.00, Early Reviewers, 1 book
The Bluffer's Guide to Chocolate

Title: Yankee Doodle Gals: Women Pilots of World War II
Author: Amy Nathan
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

Well done! Tells the story of the WASPs, the army's group of women pilots who mainly ferried aircraft around the country, but also did other flying as needed. Goes into the training and lifestyle. Lots of quotes and photos.

Selected in part because this week is Women of Aviation Week. Demo flights, open houses, and flight simulators around the country are free for girls and women! The following was taken from A Mighty Girl's facebook page:

"If your Mighty Girl has always dreamed of flying a plane, she might just have a chance this week! Women of Aviation Worldwide Week starts tomorrow and many events are being held around the world to encourage girls' interest in aviation, including many offering free discovery flights for girls and women. Over 30,000 girls and women are expected to participate in aviation events this week, most of which are taking place in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia.

Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week is an annual, international week of awareness and outreach celebrating past, present, and future women of aviation. One of the goal's of the week is to encourage girls' interest in aviation and aviation careers. Currently, only 5% of the members of the Air Line Pilots Association, which represents pilots at major carriers in the US and Canada, are women, and only 6% of licensed pilots overall in the US and UK are women.

Events offered vary from location to location with most offering free discovery flights or the opportunity to try out a flight stimulator, while a few sites charge participation fees. To learn about events in your area, check out this interactive map that the Institute for Women for Women of Aviation Worldwide has created in conjunction with PlaneFinder (the red pegs are planned events while the blue planes represent current flights): http://woawevents.planefinder.net/

To learn more about the Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, check out their website at http://www.womenofaviationweek.org/"

Title: Shatter Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Genre: YA dystopic
Catalog: 813 /
Acquisition: Library

Holy smokes, you guys!

Given that the narrator has been locked in a mental ward for umpteen years, the writing (run-on sentences, phrases crossed out, Arabic numerals, etc) took about 1/4 of the book to get used to, but then it really took off. So the narrator, Juliette, was locked up because she accidentally killed a little boy - by touching him. Yep, anyone she touches she kills. One of the points of the book is that touch can be more necessary than food and water to survive. I immediately got the novella that goes between this book and #2 in the series, and went to a neighboring town's library for #2.



Title: Destroy Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Genre: YA dystopic
Catalog: 813 /
Acquisition: 1 hour ago

Novella told from Warner's perspective. Apparently it's very important to the series to read this before the #2 book. We'll see.

Accounting 3-5-14:
Kyle bought for me ($8.00), Amazon.com, 2 books
In Colt Blood
Chestnut Mare, Beware

Accounting 3-5-14:
Kyle bought for me ($5.98), bn.com, 2 books
Destroy Me
Fracture Me

accounting 3-7-14:
Kyle bought for me ($16.00), BNoble, 1 book
Ignite Me

Title: Unravel Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Genre: YA dystopic
Catalog: 813 /
Acquisition: Library

Book #2 - Juliette has escaped with Adam and found others like her.



Title: Fracture Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Genre: YA dystopic
Catalog: 813 /
Acquisition: 1 day ago

Book #2.5 - Adam's perspective on the end of Unravel Me.

Still so good! Also, the in-between, digital-only books are indeed essential to the story line.

Title: Sea Lions in the Navy
Author: Meish Goldish
Genre: Juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / UH
Acquisition: 1 day ago

Same as the rest of the series - picture heavy, flashy design, not a lot of meat.

>85 alsvidur: I just learned on Saturday that one of the Sea Lions at the National Zoo (where I volunteer) is ex-Navy. So cool!

Oh, that's really cool! Do trainers work with them at all as part of their enrichment, or do they stop learning different things and 'retire'? (Edit: I'm a bit loopy right now and am having problems with coherency. I know the sea lions won't be trained Navy tasks, but I meant other things.) Also, is the National Zoo where most of them retire?

Title: Outlaws of Sherwood
Author: Robin McKinley
Genre: Fiction
Catalog: 398 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Robin Hood. SO good! Wish she would have made it a lot longer, included more adventures, etc. Sad to see it end.



Title: Cher Ami: WWI Homing Pigeon
Author: Robin McKinley
Genre: Graphic novel, juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: library

Oh, dear. No. The story of WWI and the lost battalion is not told very well, the illustrations are 'eh', and it's just... no. Cher Ami deserves better. The only good thing is that it went into what happened to Cher Ami on his flight - the lost eye, limb, and bullet hole in the chest - and how he was put back to rights, including an artificial limb (wow for 1919, huh?), and how he went on tour afterwards. Most books don't cover the aftermath.

Your time spent reading Cher Ami wasn't totally wasted. I wasn't familiar with that story so I went to Wikipedia to find out a little more! Fascinating. Now I want to read more about the Lost Battalion for my WWI reading.

>87 alsvidur: Only one of the 6-ish sea lions is ex-Navy so I don't think that's where all of them go to retire. I would guess it would be somewhere on the West Coast, since the Pacific has a larger US Navy presence than the Atlantic.
The keepers do training and enrichment with all of them but it's mostly limited to health and safety behaviors. They can be instructed to go to a particular part of the pool, get their teeth examined, roll over, etc. They will also fetch things from the pool (usually floating things, not sinking things). I don't know how many of those are Navy behaviors, but the zoo is very careful about all their enrichment being purposeful and not just entertainment for the visitors.

Title: Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing
Author: Chas Smith
Genre: Non-fiction, memoir-ish
Catalog: 797 / GV
Acquisition: library - ILL

A personal narrative about the toughness of the North Shore's surf scene. Not tough like hard to compete, but tough like gangs, drugs, and beatings. Sometimes it veers off path and into the author's personal life a bit too much to stay on track. He mentions his clothes a lot. And he can be pretty cruel. "I have unwarranted belief in my own charm." At least the author is aware of his issues.

Aside from that quibble, Smith can actually write well. And while he's not the kind of guy I would become besties with, he sounds interesting enough that I wouldn't mind meeting him. And again, he can really write. I just wish he would write about something other than himself.

Title: Drama
Author: Raina Telgemeier
Genre: Graphic novel
Catalog: 741 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Callie is the set designer for her middle school's musical production. She deals with theatre and personal issues - so many 7th grade crushes. It was a nice read, dealt with volatile topics, and was cutely illustrated, but for some reason, I didn't fall in love with it like so many others did.



Title: V Is for Victory: The American Home Front During World War II
Author: Sylvia Whitman
Genre: Juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 973 / E
Acquisition: library

Covers all the bases. Nothing stellar, but nothing lacking.



Title: The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story
Author: Peter Taylor
Genre: Juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / DS
Acquisition: library

Such a great story, yet told so poorly. A group of Jews survived the Holocaust by living in a cave system in Ukraine for years. However, the story was told spliced with the author narrating his exploring the caves, which took away from the survivors' stories.

Title: Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Genre: Juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Flora loves comics and reading things like 'Terrible Things Can Happen to You'. Her life changes when her neighbor vacuums up a squirrel. She names the squirrel Ulysses, who is suddenly imbued with superhero powers.

Cute and quirky.

Accounting 3-22-14:
Kyle bought for me, nook book, 1 book
"The Selection"



Title: Chestnut Mare, Beware
Author: Jody Jaffe
Genre: Cozy mystery
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 3 weeks ago

Reporter Natalie Gold is looking into a death of a socialite. The girl's mother thinks that Josane wasn't thrown from her horse, but murdered. Natalie is also helping out her colleague Henry with his story - someone is threatening a lot of wealthy people. Amidst all this, she has a riding clinic with George Morris! (Frankly I would be more terrified by the clinic. George is the caustic-mouthed guru of hunt seat riders everywhere.)



Title: The Selection
Author: Kiera Cass
Genre: YA
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 day ago

America is selected by lottery to be one of 35 girls in a Bachelor-style competition for Prince Maxon. The problem is, she's in love with a boy at home - a boy who's also a caste lower than her.

bn.com, tricksies! you filthy hobbitses! offering the first book in the series for $2.99 and the rest for retail?

Title: Hard Luck: Dairy of a Wimpy Kid #8
Author: Jeff Kinney
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Jeff is having problems making friends in middle school now that his best friend Rowley is dating a girl. There's also extended family get-togethers to deal with. Jeff decides to save time and let a Magic 8 ball make his decisions (including test answers) for him.

I think maybe I chucked a few times, but I'm not sure. At least I learned to get them from the library.

Title: My Soul to Take
Author: Rachel Vincent
Genre: YA
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Kaylee can sense when people around her are going to die, and when that happens, she has to scream. (Banshee, anyone?) Kaylee just wants to be normal and spend time with Nash, but young girls keep dropping dead.

This series was pimped out by my friend years ago. Finally got around to it. So the writing is really rough at first, but the plot and world-building grow on you. I'll be reading the rest of the series.

Title: My Soul to Save
Author: Rachel Vincent
Genre: YA
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Teenagers are trading their souls for fame and fortune, and not reading the fine print. Kaylee gets dragged into helping someone keep their soul from being tortured forever.

Eh. My friend swears they get better and better, and the world mythology is intriguing. I'm over Nash though. Next!

Accounting 3-28-14:
Kyle bought for me, bn.com, 1 nook book
"Reaper: Soul Screamers Novella 3.5"



Title: My Soul to Keep
Author: Rachel Vincent
Genre: YA
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Kaylee's boyfriend Nash gets addicted to Demon Breath.



Title: Reaper
Author: Rachel Vincent
Genre: YA
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 hour ago

E-book only novella. Tod's death story.



Title: My Soul to Steal
Author: Rachel Vincent
Genre: YA
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Nash's ex-girlfriend Sabine transfers to their school. Sabine's a Nightmare, and she's not above using her powers on Kaylee to get Nash back.



Title: If I Die
Author: Rachel Vincent
Genre: YA
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Kaylee's new math teacher is an incubus, out to impregnate and kill a bunch of high-schoolers. Kaylee needs to team up with Sabine to take him down. Also, Kaylee gets some disturbing news about her own lifeline.

This one is where the series, which had been entertaining before, actually gets good. Huzzah!



Title: Before I Wake
Author: Rachel Vincent
Genre: YA
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Kaylee has to cover up her own murder and start her new job - reclaiming stolen souls. When Thane and Avari come for her, her job gets personal.



Title: Blueberry Girl
Author: Neil Gaiman
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 823 / PZ
Acquisition: library

A pretty poem about a parent's wish for their daughter



Title: The Dangerous Alphabet
Author: Neil Gaiman
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 823 / PZ
Acquisition: library

An alphabet adventure for more mature children. Not my favorite.



Title: Instructions
Author: Neil Gaiman
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 821 / PZ
Acquisition: library

General rules for life in fairy tale land

The Dangerous Alphabet is a little on the creepy side, isn't it? Definitely not for wee ones! I do love the other two Gaiman books, though. Just lovely, both of them.

I completely agree; Instructions and Blueberry Girl are wonderful!

Forgot to log a book!!!



Title: Ignite Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Genre: YA dystopic
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 day ago

Last book of of the Shatter Me series. Good series, recommended to fans of the genre.

March totals:

Books: 28
Total books: 119

Non-fiction, animals: 2
Non-fiction, other: 4
Fiction: 22

TBR Pit books read: 0
Time spent in TBR: 1 hour - 3 weeks
Library books read: 20
ILL books read: 2
Books borrowed and read: 0
% TBR/library/borrowed: 78%

Books acquired: 8
Cash spent: $0.00 thanks to Kyle

Genres:

3 - Children's picture

2 - J Fiction
2 - J Non-fiction, animals
3 - J Non-fiction, other

1 - YA graphic novel
4 - YA dystopic
6 - YA paranormal
3 - YA novella

2 - Adult mystery
1 - Adult non-fiction, other

Classification:

1 - 398
1 - 599
1 - 741
1 - 797
17 - 813
1 - 821
1- 823
3 - 940
1 - 973

2 - D
1 - DS
1 - E
1 - GV
2 - PS
20 - PZ
1 - UH

Abandoned Books:
Stoked: A History of Surf Culture
The book is just too big and heavy to carry around with me and read when I have the moments

Title: Billy and Blaze
Author: CW Anderson
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Billy loves horses very much. When his father buys him a pony for a birthday present, Billy and Blaze go on many adventures together: jumping over a log, saving a dog, and going to a horse show. CW Anderson usually illustrates in the softer mediums of pencil or charcoal, but used ink this time. It still works very well for him.



Title: Blaze and the Lost Quarry
Author: CW Anderson
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Poor Rex. Apparently Rex the dog didn't live that long after Billy saved him, since Billy saves another dog in this book. Billy has also changed physically a bit. No matter, CW Anderson's illustrations are lovely as always, and are almost the entire point of the books.



Title: Blaze and the Mountain Lion
Author: CW Anderson
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Billy and Blaze (changed again) have moved out west with their family. Cowboy Jim tells him to beware of the mountain lion that's been eating calves. Billy saves a calf from a cliff and finds out where the lion has been hiding. As an aside, what does this family do with all the dogs they keep losing?

Title: Ponyella
Author: Laura Numeroff
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Ponyella is a horse Cinderella. Mean ponies Plumpkin and Bun Bun make Ponyella do the heavy pulling. When it comes time for the big show, can Ponyella get a special wish? Cute, but maybe only for horse people?

Holy cow. I've been doing so great on not concerning myself with logging my reading on time or hopping from one book to the next that I completely forgot to log a book! I only noticed on the monthly tally that the last book in the series wasn't mentioned. Go me! :)

Also, I'm proud of myself for remembering how to make graphs on MS Excel. I haven't had to do that since high school, and MS Office has changed a lot since then. I wish I could paste the graph here, because it's a colored graph of how many books I've read by month, each year since I joined LT. Am I weird for getting geeked out over this? Probably.

>104 alsvidur: You could probably find a way to save the graph as a picture file and then post it here, or take a screenshot and post that as a picture. I'd be interested to see it :-)

I'll figure out how to post the graphs somehow.

Abandoned books:
World War II in Numbers: I love graphs and I enjoy reading about WWII, but this book made it super dull

Accounting 4-3-14:
Kyle bought for me ($3), bn.com, 1 nook book
Night of Cake and Puppets



Title: Night of Cake and Puppets
Author: Laini Taylor
Genre: YA novella, fantasy
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 3 days ago

Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy's supporting character Zuzana gets her own novella. Can she get 'violin boy' to notice her?



Title: With All My Soul
Author: Rachel Vincent
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Final book in the Soul Screamers series. Kaylee needs to get rid of Avari once and for all, but how and at what cost?



Title: Fortunately, the Milk
Author: Neil Gaiman
Genre: J fiction
Catalog: 823 / PZ
Acquisition: library

A father goes out for milk and is out longer than expected. When he returns, he tells a tall tale about where he was. Very cute illustrations by the guy who does Marvel's Oz graphic novels.



Title: War Stories: Animal Heroes
Author: Jane Bingham
Genre: J non-fiction
Catalog: 355 / SF
Acquisition: library

Lots of photos and design, very short on specific info, but good for younger grade schoolers.

>106 alsvidur: Oh, I loved Fortunately, the Milk!

As did I! I most enjoyed the sister's request for ponies and a lonely, misunderstood vampire. The wumpires and female professor are the things I'm thinking about now that I returned the book to the library. I might put that book on my wish list to buy.

Title: Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Author: Laini Taylor
Genre: YA fantasy
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: reread

So excited that the third book in the trilogy comes out today!

Karou is an art student in Prague. Her classmates love her sketchbook full of monsters and chimera. The thing is, the monsters are real. Karou was raised by chimera and does some errands for them as well. But she wants to know how she got there in the first place.

Accounting 4-8-14:
Kyle bought for me, amazon, 1 book
Dreams of Gods and Monsters

>108 alsvidur:: Charlie has a copy waiting for him on his shelves... :)

Even though I have tons of good books out from the library that I'm really excited to read, reading in general is on pause while I slam through Veronica Mars tv show. Almost through season 1 already!

Excellent life choice. Veronica is always worth spending time with.

Although I wouldn't call it a better show than Buffy (in fact, I wouldn't call ANY show better than Buffy), it's SOOO good! I'm partway through season 3. Piz has yet to impress me, but it's early in the season. Definitely digging the LoVe. After I finish the show, it's straight on to the movie and the book!

I like Piz but not so much for Veronica. I'll just take a Piz for me. :)

I was so very happy with the movie. I hope you are too.

OK, series and movie are done. Loved the movie! Perfect ending to the series.

The problem with good tv shows and book series is what to do when they end. I'm adrift. There's no VMars show to look forward to watching once a week. It's all gone! :( I do have to say, I haven't seen a tv show as good as that one in a really super long time. I guess it's on to the books now, but I'll miss the actors' voices and the theme song music, which happens to be my SO's earworm for the past week. (I have my own Piz!, who only understood my passion for the Logan-Veronica relationship after several discussions.)

Sigh.... Now what to read, what to read....? The final Daughter of Smoke and Bone book? The newest Bridget Jones? Maybe The Selection's sequel, The Elite? Or Hyperbole and a Half? More Fables? A new series, like the Goddess Test or Ruined/Unbroken? So many choices, and they all pale next to watching Veronica. I can't believe I actually asked for the day off to finish watching the series today. I've asked for about 3 days off in the past 2+ years, and all of those times were weddings, so this is pretty big for me.

There needs to be a support group for new fans.

Marie listened to the audiobook for the VMars book which is read by Kristen Bell. So you may want to try that if you're suffering withdrawal from the cast.

Title: Hyperbole and a Half
Author: Allie Brosh
Genre: humor
Catalog: ? / ?
Acquisition: library

Humor blogger creates a book. Half was previously published, half new material. Love the column, book was great.



Title: The Cold War Pigeon Patrols
Author: Danielle Denega
Genre: Juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 327 / UB
Acquisition: library - ILL

Short, clipped sentences with a crowded design make this a bit difficult to really get into. The facts are there though, and with the index, glossary, sidebars, etc, it's a nice introduction to the concept of non-fiction books.

Title: Animals at War
Author: Isabel George
Genre: Juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: ? / UH
Acquisition: library - ILL

British-based book. Horses, dogs, pigeons, and mascots are covered. Really nice book for kids. Wonderful photos.

Accounting 4-20-14:
$0.00, Early Reviewers, 1 book
"Gigi and Her Girl"

Title: The Goddess Test
Author: Aimee Carter
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Kate's mother is dying of cancer, and her one wish is to move back to the town where she grew up - a tiny place up in the UP of Michigan. She meets a guy named Henry, who claims to be Hades, and who will keep her mother alive if she passes a series of tests made up by the other Olympians.

Not a Pulitzer winner for sure, but still fun brain candy.



Title: The Elite
Author: Kiera Cass
Genre: YA dystopia
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Sequel to The Selection. America has made it to the final 6 of a Bachelor-type competition for Prince Maxon's hand in marriage. But she's taking so long to decide if Maxon is who she wants - or if it's her old boyfriend Aspen - that Maxon's started to look at the other contestants. And what's with all the rebel attacks on the castle?

More mindless fluff.



Title: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Author: Helen Fielding
Genre: Chick lit
Catalog: 823 / PR
Acquisition: library

Sequel to the Bridget Jones books. So Bridget has 2 wonderful small children, but Mark has passed away. She's single, trying to date again, and attempting not to be a horrible mother.

This one took a bit to get into; I kept setting it down. It picked up towards the end though. Amusing, and a bit more touching than the other books.



Title: Snow White: Fables #19
Author: Bill Willingham
Genre: Graphic novel
Catalog: 751 / PN
Acquisition: library

Bigby Wolf goes off in search for his missing kids while Snow White deals with an old suitor. Also, Buffkin the flying monkey takes back Oz from the Nome King.

Has the series jumped the shark? The past few books have lacked the excitement and romance of the earlier works.



Title: Gigi and Her Girl
Author: Kathy Brandt
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 2 days ago

Early Reviewers.

Gigi the Cavalier isn't sure she likes how her young girl owner treats her - taking her on slides and trampolines, dressing her up, and squeezing her tightly. When Gigi starts preferring to spend her time with the more considerate older sister, the young girl tries to play more conscientiously.

The illustrations are different enough from more children's books to make it stand out. The story is told through alternating points of view - Gigi is in black text and her owner is in pink. I'm not sure if that's enough distinction for little kids learning to read by themselves, but it was fine for reading aloud. It's not a terribly original way to deal with the concept of teaching kindness to animals, but it's effective.

Title: Ruined: A Novel
Author: Paula Morris
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Rebecca's father moves her from NYC to NOLA in the middle of the school year to stay with her tarot card-reading aunt Claudia. Rebecca is feeling a bit lonely, strolling through local cemeteries, when she finally meets a friend - who turns out to be a ghost.

Title: Unbroken: A Ruined Novel
Author: Paula Morris
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

A year after she escaped being murdered, Rebecca is back in New Orleans. Another ghost wants help solving a mystery and murder.

April totals:

Books: 19
Total books: 138

Non-fiction, animals: 3
Non-fiction, other: 0
Fiction: 16

TBR Pit books read: 0
Time spent in TBR: 2 days - 3 days
Library books read: 14
ILL books read: 2
Books borrowed and read: 0
% TBR/library/borrowed: 84%

Books acquired: 10
Cash spent: $0.00

Genres:

5 - Children's picture

1 - J Fiction
3 - J Non-fiction, animals

1 - YA dystopic
4 - YA paranormal
2 - YA fantasy

1 - Adult chick lit
1 - Humor
1 - Graphic novel

Classification:

1 - 327
2 - 355
2 - 741
12 - 813
2 - 823

2 - PN
1 - PR
13 - PZ
1 - SF
1 - UB
1 - UH

Abandoned books:
World War II in Numbers: See notes earlier in month

Title: The Goddess Hunt
Author: Aimee Carter
Genre: YA paranormal novella
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago

The Goddess Test series. Kate is on her break before she returns to Henry (Hades) and the Underworld for the winter. She and James meet Castor and Pollux, on the run from Zeus.



Title: The Prince: A Selection Novella
Author: Kiera Cass
Genre: YA dystopic novella
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago

The Selection series. Maxon's viewpoint of the Selection process.

Title: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
Genre: J fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 18 months ago

Rebecca is taken in by her elderly aunts to get an education and proper upbringing. I was looking forward to watching the movie that I've never seen, but the IMDB description is absolutely nothing like the book. The ending was a bit of a cliffhanger, but it seemed to fit the story alright.

Accounting 5-15-14:
$11.00, library sale, 18 books

Including a first edition of CW Anderson's Complete Books of Horses and Horsemanship
The New Dogsteps

Accounting 5-21-14:
$7.99, PetSmart, 1 book
"Rabbits USA 2014"

Title: The Horse in War
Author: Bill Felber
Genre: J non-fiction
Catalog: 357 / UE
Acquisition: library - ILL

Felber picks and chooses what topics he wants to cover - this is not an all-encompassing history of the horse in war. The author focuses on cavalry charges, generals of the Civil War, and the Indian Wars of the late 1800s. The names and dates seem of more concern than the horses themselves. Not particularly recommended, but it wasn't a bad book.



Title: Mr. Wuffles!
Author: David Wiesner
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Told through pictures, tiny aliens land in a house where Mr Wuffles the cat has a high prey drive. The aliens need to fix their damaged spaceship. Cute.



Title: Little House in the Big Woods
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 year ago



Title: Little House on the Prairie
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 2 years ago



Title: Farmer Boy
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 year ago



Title: On the Banks of Plum Creek
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 16 months ago



Title: By the Shores of Silver Lake
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 16 months ago



Title: The Long Winter
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 16 months ago



Title: Little Town on the Prairie
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago



Title: These Happy Golden Years
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago



Title: The First Four Years
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Genre: juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Confession: I never read The Little House books before. At the age when everyone else was loving them, I was obsessed with horses. If the book didn't feature a horse, I wasn't reading it. My coworkers were aghast. I felt so ashamed that I finally got around to reading the series. I'm glad I did.

When Farmer Boy abruptly switched families, I was at first miffed that I would have to wait to see what happened to the Ingalls family, but I ended up enjoying reading about Manzo more. I wasn't terribly impressed with Manzo's courtship of Laura in These Happy Golden Years though. Laura seemed pretty passionless, but maybe she was just keeping it out of the stories. I wish I hadn't read The First Four Years - since it was only a first draft that was published, it lacked a lot of details that the other stories specialized in. It was also a bit depressing; there weren't as many happy stories to lighten the overwhelming downtrodden feeling of the book.

My mom read all of the Laura Ingalls books aloud to me as a kid. I have fond memories of the reading time but I have to admit I remember very little of the actual plot.

When I was a kid my mom decided that the Little House books were my favorite books and we had to read them over and over again. They were NOT my favorites. Thank goodness Harry Potter came around eventually because those really were my favorites.

We're just about finished reading Little House in the Big Woods aloud to Charlie and he's really enjoying it. I loved them when I was a kid, too.

May totals

Books: 14
Total books: 152

Non-fiction, animals: 1
Non-fiction, other: 0
Fiction: 13

TBR Pit books read: 7
Time spent in TBR: 1 week - 2 years
Library books read: 2
ILL books read: 1
Books borrowed and read: 0
% TBR/library/borrowed: 71%

Books acquired: 19
Cash spent: $18.99

Genres:

1 - Children's picture

10 - J Fiction
1 - J Non-fiction, animals

1 - YA dystopic
1 - YA paranormal

Classification:

1 - 357
13 - 813

13 - PZ
1 - UE

Abandoned books:
None this month

Accounting 6-1-14:
$0.00, from Kyle, 1 book
"The One"

Title: The Prince and The Guard
Author: Kiera Cass
Genre: YA dystopic novellas
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

The book has extended endings for both The Prince and The Gard novellas, previously available only on digital formats. I enjoyed the short stories in the other viewpoints since it fleshed out the story so much more.

Accounting 6-6-14:
$14.99?, amazon, 1 book
"Clinical Laboratory Animal Medicine" incl CD

Accounting 6-7-14:
$22.00, B&N, 3 books
Pearls Before Swine
1-800-Where-R-U
Jean Donaldson book

Accounting 6-13-14:
$1.98, amazon, 2 books
Sophia Yin booklets

Accounting 6-3-14:
$25.15, amazon, 1 book
Veterinary PDQ

Accounting 6-17-14:
$1.78, amazon, 1 book
pre-ordered in April
Stephanie Plum #21

Accounting 6-17-14:
$13.97, amazon, 1 book
Perfect Puppy in 7 Days

Title: How to Greet a Dog and What to Avoid
Author: Sophia Yin
Genre: non-fiction dogs
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: 1 hour ago

24-page digital booklet, mostly illustrated. Might be better as a large poster to hang in the vet clinic exam room than booklets to hand out.



Title: Teaching Fido to Learn to Earn
Author: Sophia Yin
Genre: non-fiction dogs
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: 1 hour ago

32-page digital booklet. Summary of chapter 5 of Perfect Puppy in 7 Days.

Title: The Elite
Author: Kiera Cass
Genre: YA dystopic
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: re-read

I had no memory of what happened, even though I read it a month ago. So...re-read.



Title: The One
Author: Kiera Cass
Genre: YA dystopic
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago

America *finally* decides between Maxon and Aspen, but does her choice want her? (That plot line makes the book seem really stupid and shallow. There's a revolution going on too.)



Title: Pearls Freaks the #*%# Out
Author: Stephan Pastis
Genre: Humor, comics
Catalog: 741 /
Acquisition: library

Collection of Pearls Before Swine comics. Rat and Pig amuse me.

Working so many jobs and so many hours has really put a cramp in my reading time. I think I've read more books in the past few weeks, but have completely forgotten them. I may have been sleeping while reading.

Accounting 6-22-14:
$1.75, amazon, 1 book
"Dogs Are from Neptune"



Title: The Talking Eggs
Author: Robert San Souci
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: 398 / PZ
Acquisition: re-read

A Creole Cinderella story illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. One of my old favorites.



Title: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Author: John Steptoe
Genre: children's picture book
Catalog: 398 / PZ
Acquisition: re-read

A Kaffir folktale. Another one of my absolute favorites.



Title: Top Secret Twenty-One
Author: Janet Evanovich
Genre: chick lit
Catalog: 813 /
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Stephanie Plum is trying to help out Randy Briggs, catch a skip, help Ranger, and avoid being tortured by a Russian mobster. Cute.



Title: Perfect Puppy in 7 Days: How to Start Your Puppy Off Right
Author: Sophia Yin
Genre: non-fiction, dogs
Catalog: / SF
Acquisition: 1 week ago

A photo-illustrated guide of things to work on as soon as you get your puppy. This is as cookbook as good training manuals can go. It's slightly confusing; I'd recommend Yin's How to Behave So Your Dog Behaves instead, but I'm not sure average owners would slog through the text of that one as well as glance at the pictures in this one.

Accounting 6-23-14:
1 Early Reviewers book
"The Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes"

Title: Animal ER
Author: Vicki Croke
Genre: non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: 6 months ago

Scenes and stories from Tufts Veterinary School's emergency/critical care department. Nicely done. Personal bonus: one of the residents featured in the book is now a professor at Michigan State and treated (and saved!) my dogs at MSU's ER department.

Title: Emergency Vets (Animal Planet)
Author: Betsy Marino
Genre: juvenile fiction(ish)
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library

A veterinarian's niece visits him for a summer and observes at his practice. This practice happens to be one featured on a show on Animal Planet. The niece learns about veterinary medicine. It has the basics and a nice storyline, but I wouldn't recommend it to adults.



Title: Animal Tongues
Author: Dawn Cusick
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 591 / QL
Acquisition: library

What to say, what to say...uh... it's about tongues? Basic. With activities to try.



Title: Anteaters (Nature's Children)
Author: Lorien Kite
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

Focuses on giant anteaters. Information is there, but average presentation.



Title: Giant Anteaters (South American Animals)
Author: Chadwick Gillenwater
Genre: children's picture non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

Beautiful pictures! Loved this one. Very basic for early readers.



Title: Anteaters (Child's World)
Author: Sandra Lee
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

More anteaters, more photos of tamanduas and silkies.

I started to go through all of the finalists and winners of the Animal Behavior Society Outstanding Children's Book Award. The books in this post are all from the list. To be honest, some of these books are a little boring or blah. The really cool ones didn't win in their years. Maybe my library just doesn't have the good ones on the list; there are dozens that I have to request through ILL.



Title: Animal Eggs: An Amazing Clutch of Mysteries and Marvels
Author: Dawn Cusick, Joanne O'Sullivan
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 591 / QL
Acquisition: library

Lots of colors and splash to keep kids entertained. Lots of info too. Won the ABS award.



Title: Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator
Author: Sarah Campbell
Genre: children's picture non-fiction
Catalog: 594 / QL
Acquisition: library

Beautiful pictures, engaging story. Very cool! Recommended!



Title: Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed...and Revealed
Author: David Schwartz
Genre: children's picture non-fiction
Catalog: 590 / QL
Acquisition: library

The pages flip in the one. The left page has a poem with hints at what the hidden animal might be. The right side is a picture with an animal camouflaged. Flip the right page open and the animal is highlighted and information about the animal is presented. This would be a fun one to look at with kids! Won the ABS award.



Title: What in the Wild? Mysteries of Nature Concealed...and Revealed
Author: David Schwartz
Genre: children's picture non-fiction
Catalog: 508 / QL
Acquisition: library

The pages flip in the one. The left page has a poem with hints at what the hidden item might be. The right side is a picture. Flip the right page open and there is a big picture showing what the item is and information on the system. Eg worm castings, owl pellets, spittlebug nest. Not as good as 'where in the wild', but more variety is presented.



Title: Octopuses (Animal Prey)
Author: Sandra Markle
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 594 / QL
Acquisition: library

Gorgeous photos, great information and story. Recommended.



Title: Bug Shots: The Good, the Bad, and the Bugly
Author: Alexandra Siy, Dennis Kunkel
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 595 / QL
Acquisition: library

Colored scanning electron microscope images illustrate general information about perceptions on bugs. The information contained is a bit scattered, but the colored images are nicely done.



Title: Giant Pandas
Author: Gail Gibbons
Genre: children's picture non-fiction
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

Eh?



Title: Little Lost Bat
Author: Sandra Markle
Genre: children's picture
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

Follows a mother bat, the birth, and then the baby bat. What happens to baby bat when his mother doesn't come back one night? Very sweet, pretty illustrations. "Aww"-inspiring (not so much the awe).

Title: Life on a Dairy Farm
Author: Judy Wolfman
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library



Title: Life on a Cattle Farm
Author: Judy Wolfman
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library



Title: Life on a Goat Farm
Author: Judy Wolfman
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library



Title: Life on a Sheep Farm
Author: Judy Wolfman
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library

Kids talk about their life on farms. Each book goes over the basics of their animal, birthing and young animal life, and the work the kids do on the farm. Each book goes into some detail that many other animal books leave out. The kids describe how much work it is (which many other animal books leave out) but also how much they love their animals. Life on a Farm series seems to be a winner overall.

Title: ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room
Author: Donna Jackson
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library

Triage and diagnostics, a brief history of veterinary care, a day in the life, and sample cases at Colorado State's teaching hospital. Very nice presentation and information.

Title: Lads before the Wind
Author: Karen Pryor
Genre: non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / QL
Acquisition: library - ILL

Karen Pryor brought clicker training and science to the field of animal training. Here, she details her work with dolphins at Sea Life in Hawaii and her life afterwards. Highly recommended to those interested in animal behavior and learning theory - not 'just a dolphin book'.



Title: Veterinary Instruments and Equipment: A Pocket Guide
Author: Teresa Sonsthagen
Genre: non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library - ILL

Flashcard-like photos and short descriptions of tools used in veterinary medicine. I got it to review a few of the surgical instruments and update the clinic's flashcards, although most of the book was basic non-surgical instruments. Great for studying for boards, but you can make flashcards yourself for much cheaper than the cost of the book.

Title: Life on an Apple Orchard
Author: Judy Wolfman
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 634 / SB
Acquisition: library



Title: Life on a Chicken Farm
Author: Judy Wolfman
Genre: juvenile non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library

Some more of the Life on a Farm series. The chicken one wasn't as detailed describing the whole chicken, but was enough for the chick to broiler.

More of the Animal Behavior Society's Outstanding Children's Book Award finalists. These are nice, but not terrific. I wonder if the ABS focuses on factual information more than engagement when selecting the finalists.



Title: A Little Lemur Named Mew
Author: Joyce Powzyk
Genre: children's picture
Catalog: 599 / QL
Acquisition: library

Mew, a ringtail lemur, grows up in Madagascar. Informative and nicely illustrated.



Title: LLook Closer: An Introduction to Bug Watching
Author: Gay Holland
Genre: children's picture non-fiction
Catalog: 595 / QL
Acquisition: library

Examples of insects one might find.



Title: It's a Hummingbird's Life
Author: Irene Kelly
Genre: children's picture non-fiction
Catalog: 598 / QL
Acquisition: library

Cute design and illustrations scrapbook-style about hummingbird life and habits. Cute paintings. I could see this one being a finalist.

June totals

Books: 36
Total books: 188

Non-fiction, animals: 28
Non-fiction, other: 1
Fiction: 7

TBR Pit books read: 1
Time spent in TBR: 1 hour - 6 months
Library books read: 24
ILL books read: 2
Books borrowed and read: 0
% TBR/library/borrowed: 75%

Books acquired: 12
Cash spent: $81.62

Genres:

4 - Children's picture
7 - CPic Non-fiction, animals

1 - J Fiction
12 - J Non-fiction, animals
1 - J Non-fiction, other

6 - Adult non-fiction, animals

3 - YA dystopic
1 - chick lit
1 - Humor

Classification:

2 - 398
1 - 508
1 - 590
2 - 591
2 - 594
2 - 595
1 - 598
6 - 599
1 - 634
13 - 636
1 - 741
4 - 813

1 - NC
1 - PS
5 - PZ
16 - QL
1 - SB
12 - SF

Abandoned books:
The Goddess Test #2 (a few months ago)

Half-year stats

Total books: 188

Non-fiction, animals: 88
Non-fiction, other: 29
Fiction: 71

TBR Pit books read: 9
Time spent in TBR: 1 hour – 2 years
Library books read: 132
ILL books read: 12
Books borrowed and read: 2
% TBR/library/borrowed: 82%

Books acquired: 106
Cash spent: $128.77

Genres:

21 - Children's picture
13 - Children's non-fiction, animals
3 - Children's non-fiction, other

15 - J Fiction
64 - J Non-fiction, animals
23 - J Non-fiction, other
1 - J Bio, animals

9 - YA dystopic
11 - YA paranormal
2 - YA fantasy
1 - YA graphic novel
3 - YA novella

2 - Adult chick lit
5 - Humor
2 - Graphic novel
2 - Adult mystery
3 - Adult non-fiction, other
6 - Adult non-fiction, animals

Classification:

3 - D
1 - DS
2 - E
1 - F
1 - GC
5 - GV
1 – HV
1 - NC
3 – PN
1 - PR
4 - PS
58 - PZ
1 - Q
2 – QB
1 - QC
3 - QE
4 - QH
52 - QL
1 - R
3 - SB
21 – SF
1 - UB
1 – UC
1 - UE
5 – UH

1 - 327
1 - 333
3 – 355
1 - 357
2 - 359
2 - 363
3 – 398
1 - 508
1 - 509
1 - 523
3 - 551
1 - 567
1 – 570
1 - 576
2 - 578
2 - 590
8 – 591
2 - 594
6 - 595
4 - 597
9 - 598
25 - 599
1 – 610
1 - 634
11 - 635
17 - 636
1 - 638
5 - 741
5 - 797
51 – 813
1 - 821
3 - 823
15 – 940
2 - 973
1 – 989
2 – E

(Accounting that was already acounted for in June)

Title: You Belong in a Zoo!: Tales from a Lifetime Spent with Cobras, Crocs, and Other Creatures
Author: Peter Brazaitis
Genre: memoir
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library

A curator of reptiles at New York City zoos talks about his life growing up, assisting the FWS and DEA with inspecting shipments containing dangerous animals, managing the collection, traveling to Africa and Venezuela to collect specimens, and working with reptiles. The chapters skipped around and repeated themselves a bit, but it was a fun and enjoyable read.

Accounting 7-18-14:
$16, assorted shops, 3 books
Code Name Verity
Veronica Mars Tan Line
Manger

Accounting 7-20-14:
Kyle bought for me, assorted shops, 3 books
What I Thought Was True
Horse Called Hero
Rose Under Fire



Title: Code Name Verity
Author: Elizabeth Wein
Genre: YA historical fiction
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 3 days ago

Two friends go into occupied France, one flying the other. When the plane crashes, one of them gets captured by the Gestapo.

Wonderful writing and suspense.

Title: Rose Under Fire
Author: Elizabeth Wein
Genre: YA historical fiction
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 3 days ago

Rose, an American pilot, lands in the wrong place during WWII. She's sent to a concentration camp.



Title: Anna and the French Kiss
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Genre: YA fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 3 days ago

Reread. Anna is sent to boarding school in France. She meets Etienne St Clair, a popular boy who is completely awesome.



Title: No Foal Yet
Author: Jessie Haas
Genre: children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 days ago

A girl waits for her mare to have a foal; patience is the name of the game.



Title: The Tale of Two Bad Mice
Author: Beatrix Potter
Genre: children's picture
Catalog: 823 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 day ago

A couple of mice ransack a girl's dollhouse for their own use. Super cute!



Title: Quiet! There's a Canary in the Library
Author: Don Freeman
Genre: children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 day ago

Cary is librarian for a day and lets all the animals in to read.

July totals

Books: 7
Total books: 195

Non-fiction, animals: 28
Non-fiction, other: 1
Fiction: 7

TBR Pit books read: 0
Time spent in TBR: 1 day - 3 days
Library books read: 1
ILL books read: 0
Books borrowed and read: 0
% TBR/library/borrowed: 14%

Books acquired: 61
Cash spent: $46.00

Genres:

3 - Children's picture

1 - Adult non-fiction, animals

3 - YA fiction

Classification:

1 - 636
5 - 813
1 - 823

2 - PS
4 - PZ
1 - SF

Abandoned books:
On Behavior - Karen Pryor
Really sad about this one; I wish I had more time to read!!!

How Smart Is Your Dog? - Caroline Coile
Again, just need more time

Mathematics for Veterinary Medical Technicians - Edward Stumpf
I miss math worksheets. The problems were straight out of middle school though.

Title: Life on a Horse Farm
Author: Judy Wolfman
Genre: children's non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: library

The last of the Life on a Farm series. Sarah grows up on a mare boarding facility.



Title: Mirandy and Brother Wind
Author: Patricia McKissack
Genre: children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Mirandy wants to win a cake walk. To do so, she sets out to capture Brother Wind.



Title: When Dinosaurs Came with Everything
Author: Elise Broach
Genre: children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago

A boy suddenly starts to enjoy running errands with his mother when places of business hand out real dinosaurs instead of balloons. His mother doesn't enjoy it quite so much. This one is way cuter than I thought it would be.

Title: Morgan and Yew
Author: Stephen Cosgrove
Genre: children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Yew the sheep is envious of his unicorn friend Morgan.

Accounting so far:

amazon.com, $20.80, 2 books
Lola and the Boy Next Door
Isla and the Happily ever After

amazon.com, $120.85, 1 book
Manual of Rabbit Medicine

e-bay, 1 book, $52.97
Rabbit Dentistry

Classic Book Shop, 5 books, $50.35
Sand
My Friend the Dog
Brother Eagle Sister Sky
Cavalry in WWII
Common Dz Companion Animals

amazon.com, 1 book $6.97
Rabbit Language

amazon.com, 3 books, $86.97
Rabbit Internal Medicine
Rabbit Med Vet Nurses
Rabbit Health Husbandry Dz

So... $338.91 in 16 days. No wonder 'm broke.

Title: Lola and the Boy Next Door
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Genre: YA contemporary
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: reread

Lola enjoys dressing up and her older boyfriend Max. Then her old neighbors move back in. I liked Lola much better on the second reading, when I wasn't expecting her to be Anna.



Title: Isla and the Happily Ever After
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Genre: YA contemporary
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Isla's had a crush on Josh for years. They finally start dating, but isn't that when the hard part starts? 'Isla' seemed a bit more real than 'Anna' or 'Lola' - not quite so much fluff in this one. Still excellent!



Title: What I Thought Was True
Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick
Genre: YA contemporary
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 month ago

More YA romance, this time featuring a resort town in CT, a hot blond swimmer's abs, and summer. Tasty.

Title: September Girls
Author: Bennett Madison
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: library

Sam is dragged to a summer resort island filled with beautiful women who all notice him. The women are...off...somehow.

Eh. I was more in a romance mood or something, so it didn't really do it for me today. Not a bad book though.

Title: This Is What Happy Looks Like
Author: Jennifer Smith
Genre: YA
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 3 days ago

Ellie and Graham have been exchanging anonymous emails for months, but each have been keeping something from another. Ellie has been hiding her family past and Graham has been hiding his real name - and his job as a successful actor. When Graham's movie takes him to Ellie's hometown, the two finally meet.

Accounting 8-28-14:
$31.45, bn, 3 books

August totals

Books: 9
Total books: 204

Non-fiction, animals: 1
Non-fiction, other: 0
Fiction: 8

TBR Pit books read: 0
Time spent in TBR: 13 days - 1 month
Library books read: 2
ILL books read: 0
Books borrowed and read: 0
% TBR/library/borrowed: 22%

Books acquired: 22
Cash spent: $419.95

Genres:

3 - Children's picture
1 - Children's non-fiction, horses

4 - YA contemporary
1 - YA paranormal

Classification:

1 - 636
8 - 813

8 - PZ
1 - SF

Abandoned books:
Unknown

Accounting 9-9-14:
$33.32, bn, 5 books
Opposition, White Hot Kiss, Half Blood, Pie in the Sky, Akin to Anne

Accounting 9-3-14:
Free, ER program, 2 books
Slug, Renegade Champion

Accounting 9-1-14:
$21.92, bn, 2 books
My Life Next Door, Lux



Title: Hush, Hush
Author: Becca Fitzpatrick
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago

I loved the cover, so I made it bigger. :) Alas, the book, while decent, is not as good as the cover art. More details to come.



Title: Crescendo
Author: Becca Fitzpatrick
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago



Title: Silence
Author: Becca Fitzpatrick
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago



Title: Finale
Author: Becca Fitzpatrick
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago



Title: Obsidian
Author: Jennifer Armentrout
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago



Title: Onyx
Author: Jennifer Armentrout
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago



Title: Opal
Author: Jennifer Armentrout
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago



Title: Rabbit Language or "Are You Going to Eat That?"
Author: Carolyn Crampton
Genre: Illustrated non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: 2 weeks ago

One side is illustrated in watercolor and ink, while the other has a cute meaning of what a basic rabbit behavior means. Hint: most mean "Give me your veggies!" This is a slim paperback, and not a 'real' non-fiction book on rabbit behavior.



Title: The Slug
Author: Elise gravel
Genre: Children's non-fiction
Catalog: 594 / QL
Acquisition: 1 week ago

I got annoyed with the third book in the Hush Hush series and never made it through the whole series.

You didn't miss much. I kept reading just to know what happened at the end. I didn't really give a darn about the characters. The plot had so much potential, but I think it needed a different writer to take it in another direction. I put the book down so frequently that even my SO noticed and thought it must not be that good. I can't bad mouth it too much though, because I did keep reading until the end.

I'm trying to summarize the plot without looking at the books themselves, and I can't even remember the heroine's name. Anyways, she falls for a bad boy fallen angel named Patch. There's war between the fallen angels, archangels, and nephilim. Mostly what sticks with me is the fallen angel wing scars, feather saving, and how much I'm over bad boys.

And going on the the Lux series, now THERE'S a series I can get behind! I'm SO not a sci fi/alien person, but there are so many neat elements to the story. And I have to go, so I'm going to save my raving about the series until later!

Accounting 9-12-14:
$3.99, bn.com, 1 book
Lux: Obsession



Title: Lux: Origin
Author: Jennifer Armentrout
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 3 days ago

More alien goodness.



Title: Lux: Opposition
Author: Jennifer Armentrout
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 3 days ago

The conclusion to the series!



Title: Lux: Shadows
Author: Jennifer Armentrout
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 3 days ago

Companion to the Luz series - the tale of Dawson and Bethany, the couple that started the whole thing in motion.



Title: Obsession
Author: Jennifer Armentrout
Genre: paranormal romance
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 1 day ago

So when my friend said that there was an adult companion novel the Lux series, she really mean 'adult'. Yowza.

Accounting 9-16-14:
$21.00, library sale, 37 books
Mostly classic kids books

Accounting 9-16-14:
birthday gift, 1 book
"Heroines on Horseback: The Pony Book in Children's Fiction"

Accounting 9-17-14:
birthday gift, 1 book
Road to Oz

Accounting 9-17-14:
Birthday gift, 4 books
Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Landline, Scorpio Races

Accounting 9-17-14:
Birthday gift, 6 books
Non-fiction horse books from John King Booksellers

Accounting 9-17-14:
$62.49, John King Books, 16 books

Title: White Hot Kiss
Author: Jennifer Armentrout
Genre: paranormal romance
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Layla can't kiss anyone. If she did, she would suck out their soul, since she's half-demon and half-gargoyle. It makes it hard to be 17 years old, especially since she's crushing on Zayne. But then hottie demon Roth shows up. Since he lacks a soul, she's free to kiss him without killing him, but hey - he's a demon. What to do, what to do...?

oohhhhhhh, death and dying. I thought I would be ecologically responsible - and avoid construction traffic at the same time - by walking to the library book sale. I took my biggest canvas tote and hoped I would find a few things. The last few sales haven't been too great. Of course, this sale was terrific. I had to make 3 trips, loaded down with multiple bags of non-fiction books, through downtown. My arms are about to fall off and I haven't sweat this much in awhile. TMI, I know. Anyways...

Accounting 9-24-14:
$50.00, library sale, 81 books

>178 alsvidur: 81 books for $50???? Nicely done!

I don't know what it is this month. I've spent more on books in the past few weeks than I have for the past year or so - combined. It's not like I have time to read them. It's not like I have anywhere to put them. I just keep buying them anyway.

Accounting 9-26-14:
$107.20, Schuler's, 17 books

Alright sports fans! Anyone see what I see? Like, the same horse on 3 different covers of 2 different series?

Image isn't showing up for me. :(

Title: Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything
Author: E. Lockhart
Genre: middle grades/YA
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: library

In an homage to Kafka's Metamorphosis, Gretchen Yee is turned into a fly when she suffers from too much ennui. Stuck in the boy's locker room, she has to figure out how to return to her human state before she finishes out her short life as a fly. Very cute, but more for middle grades than young adult.



Title: The Boyfriend List
Author: E. Lockhart
Genre: YA contemporary
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 3 days ago

Ruby Oliver has a shrink. It's not her fault that she thinks she's neurotic. It seems like she's a regular high school girl obsessed with boys, having issues with friends, and dealing with her family. Ruby doesn't always go about doing things the right way; it's so realistic at times that it hurts.



Title: The Boy Book
Author: E. Lockhart
Genre: YA contemporary
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 2 days ago



Title: The Treasure Map of Boys
Author: E. Lockhart
Genre: YA contemporary
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 2 days ago



Title: Real Live Boyfriends
Author: E. Lockhart
Genre: YA contemporary
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 2 days ago



Title: My Life Next Door
Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick
Genre: YA contemporary
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 3 weeks ago

Samatha's mother borders on OCD in her quest for perfection - in her politician career, her clean house, and her daughter's lifestyle. The neighbor family is beneath them: too many children means not a perfect yard. Samantha doesn't see things that way, and eventually falls in love with Jase. Plot twist: Jase's father is seriously injured. What happens after that will make take this book from ho-hum YA into something a little more unique.



Title: When Lightning Strikes
Author: Meg Cabot
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 3 months ago

In the 1-800-Where-R-You series, Jessica can find missing people in her dreams. (I think they made a TV show based on the books, but I've never seen it.) Typical Meg Cabot YA fare. Lovely.



Title: Code Name Cassandra
Author: Meg Cabot
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 3 months ago



Title: Safe House
Author: Meg Cabot
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition:



Title: Sanctuary
Author: Meg Cabot
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition:



Title: Missing You
Author: Meg Cabot
Genre: YA paranormal
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Title: Kat Kong
Author: Dav Pilkey
Genre: Children's picture/humor
Catalog: - / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago

So freakin' funny! The tale of King Kong is told from the perspective of mice, with the cat as King Kong.



Title: Rainbows of the Sea
Author: Meredith Thomas
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 591 / QL
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Cut paper illustrates fish and color. Pretty.



Title: The Pumpkin Book
Author: Gail Gibbons
Genre: Children's non-fiction picture
Catalog: 635 / SB
Acquisition: 1 week ago

All about pumpkins and gardening.



Title: Cowboys (National geographic)
Author: Pilip Silcott
Genre: Children's non-fiction picture
Catalog: - / F
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Beef cattle ranching in the 1970s.

September totals

Books: 29
Total books: 233

Non-fiction, animals: 4
Non-fiction, other: 1
Fiction: 24

TBR Pit books read: 0
Time spent in TBR: 1 day - 3 months
Library books read: 2
ILL books read: 0
Books borrowed and read: 0
% TBR/library/borrowed: %

Books acquired: 218!!!
Cash spent: $353.24

Genres:

1 - Children's picture
3 - Children's non-fiction, animals
1 - Children's non-fiction, other

5 - YA contemporary
1 - YA fantasy
16 - YA paranormal

1 - Adult paranormal
1 - Adult non-fiction, animals

Classification:

1 - 591
1 - 594
1 - 635
2 - 636
24 - 813

1 - F
5 - PS
19 - PZ
2 - QL
1 - SB
1 - SF

Abandoned books:
Unknown

Title: Games and House Design for Dwarf Rabbits
Author: Esther Schmidt
Genre: Non-fiction
Catalog: 636 / SF
Acquisition: 1 day ago

Terrific! Plans for building modular furniture, outdoor runs, and toys for rabbits. Lots of ideas.

Accounting 10-2-14:
1 book, amazon, $6.03
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2)

Title: Outlander
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Genre: Adult fiction
Catalog: 813 / PS/UA?
Acquisition: 3 days ago

Claire is on a second honeymoon after the end of WWII when she walks into a small stonehenge in Scotland. She's sucked through time back to 1743, where she's kidnapped/taken in by a clan of Scots.

Watched the TV show on recommendation of a friend. Promptly read the book, watched the series again, and continued into the next book in the series. Jamie is not bad to look at or read about, that's for sure.

Accounting 10-6-14:
$6.03, B&N, 1 book
Voyager (Outlander #3)

Accounting 10-8-14:
gift card, amazon, 4 books
books 4-7 in Outlander series

Accounting 10-17-14:
3 books, gifts
Road to Oz
Wicked Lovely 3 and 5

Title: Dragonfly in Amber
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Genre: Adult fiction
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Continuing the Outlander series, Claire and Jamie go to France. Their goal is to stop the Jacobite rebellion so their friends and family don't die on the battlefield of Cullidon; to do this, they have to persuade Prince Charles that it would be a lost cause.

While I wasn't a fan of the court intrigues, the book picked up again halfway through. And the ending.... nothing like building a love story up for 2,000 pages only to rip it up in less than 20. 'It" being both the love story and my heart.



Title: Voyager
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Genre: Adult fiction
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Outlander series book #3. After being apart from Jamie for 20 years, Claire still can't forget him. A family friend informs her that Jamie survived the Battle of Cullodon, and she has to decide if she should leave her grown daughter in the 1960s and travel back in time again to be with Jamie once more. (Of course the answer is yes.) She meets Jamie suspiciously easily, but they get into their usual troubles later in the book - sailing from Scotland to the Caribbean to rescue their kidnapped nephew, for one. The flashbacks revealing how they both spent the past 20 years are full of surprises.

Claire and Jamie's relationship is less about the romance now and more about being true partners. It grew up with the characters. The villains are sufficiently villainous and heroes are, well, Jamie Fraser.

Accounting 10-29-14:
gift card, 2 books, amazon.com
Shopaholic to the Stars
Stone Cold Touch

Owls
Gail Gibbons
QL / 598

Facts about owls.



Town Mouse, Country Mouse
Jan Brett
3 months ago

The town mice trade spaces with two country mice, each thinking that the grass is greener. It isn't. The illustrations are intricate and detailed.



Inch by Inch
Leo Lionni
3 months ago

An inch worm is kidnapped by a bird and made to measure other birds. How will he escape?



Hunwick's Egg
Mem Fox
3 months ago

Bandicoot Henwick finds an egg. The egg doesn't hatch. Beautiful, soft illustrations, but the story is still a bit sad.

All books are PZ/E: children's picture books, and acquired 1 month ago



A Halloween Happening
Adrienne Adams

Giving this one away. Weird and who-cares plot.



The Experiments of Doctor Vermin
Tim Egan

A pig confronts his fears in a roundabout way on Halloween. The story just wasn't for me. Giving this one away.



The Wild Christmas Reindeer
Jan Brett

Jan Brett's usual detailed Scandinavian style serves this story well. Teeka is put in charge of getting the reindeer ready to pull the sleigh for Christmas, but goes about doing it the wrong way.



The Christmas of the Reddle Moon
J Patrick Lewis

Two children get lost on the moors of England on Christmas Eve. They're saved by a woman who is thought to be a witch because she lives alone and digs up red clay to sell. She sends for St Nick. I love origin stories like this.



The Crippled Lamb
Max Lucado

A crippled lamb feels left out from the frolicking flock. When they change fields, he is left behind in the stable, where he meets baby Jesus.



Little Bear's Visit
Else Holmelund Minarik

Little Bear visits his grandparents. His grandmother tells a story about Little Bear's mother and a bird, and his grandfather tells a scary story about a gnome.



Walpole
Syd Hoff

Walpole is the biggest walrus, but he doesn't want to lead the herd. I'm not quite sure this one held up very well as an adult. Why did Walpole make that decision at that time?



The Witches' Supermarket
Susan Meddaugh

Helen dresses her dog Martha up as a cat to go with her own witch costume. She follows a woman into a special grocery store. Cute.



There's a Nightmare in My Closet
Mercer Mayer

A boy conquers his fear of the thing in the closet.



There's Something in My Attic
Mercer Mayer

A girl captures the thing in her attic.



Moses the Kitten
James Herriot

Country vet James Herriot finds a half-dead kitten on a farm. The farmer saves the kitten, and the kitten ends up with a pig.



Anno's USA
Anno

Pictures of America through the ages.



Little Rabbit's Baby Brother
Fran Manushkin

Little Rabbit gets a little brother. The illustrator is the same, as is Little Rabbit, but the story is a bit off. New author of the series, it looks like.



Black Cat
Christopher Myers

Beautiful illustrations! Wonderful beat to the poetry. Recommended. (I only wish I could get over the outdoor cat loose in a big city. Black cat will soon be road-kill cat. Sad.)



Whistle for Willie
Ezra Jack Keats

A boy walks around his city trying to whistle.



Harriet
Deborah Inkpen

Harriet the hamster escapes her cage and goes on an adventure in the yard. Cute.



A Change of Plans
Alan Benjamin
3 months ago

A family decides to go for a picnic, but they invite too many people.



The Wizard Next Door
Peter Glasman
3 months ago

A boy wonders why no one else can see that the neighbor has magical powers.



Barney Bipple's Magic Dandelions
Carol Chapman
3 months ago

A boy makes 3 wishes on dandelions, but has to deal with the phrase 'Be careful what you wish for.'



Jack and the Beanstalk
Steven Kellogg

Wonderfully illustrated retelling of the fairy tale.



Mike Fink
Steven Kellogg
3 months ago

Riverboat wrestler Mike Fink gets his tall tale retold by Kellogg.



The Island of the Skog
Steven Kellogg
3 months ago

Mice escape off to an island terrorized by the mysterious Skog. Eh.



A-Hunting We Will Go!
Steven Kellogg
3 months ago

Siblings get ready for bed, told by the melody of the old song.



Much Bigger than Martin
Steven Kellogg
3 months ago

A boy wants to be bigger than his older brother.



The Mystery of the Stolen Blue Paint
Steven Kellogg

A girl is missing her paint and tries to find out which younger child took the paint.



The Mysterious Tadpole
Steven Kellogg

A boy is sent a tadpole for his birthday, but the tadpole is not a frog, but a Loch Ness monster.



The Missing Mitten Mystery
Steven Kellogg

A girl goes backward through her day to track down her mitten.

Title: Drums of Autumn
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Genre: Adult fiction
Catalog: 813 / PS
Acquisition: 3 weeks ago

Outlander #4. Jaime and Claire set out to North Carolina to make a homestead in the 1760s. They meet Aunt Jocosta, who offers them her plantation. They have to avoid the British army, who looks unkindly on the illegal making of alcohol - they want the taxes on all alcohol above ale. Meanwhile, Claire's daughter Bree finds proof that Jaime and Claire die in a fire in the 1770s. She goes back in time to tell them, but encounters her own troubles on the way. Roger, her love, follows her back in time, but screws things up for the couple.

This installment is a bit heavier on the historical fiction, and less on the romance. That's actually OK, but I miss the love. I don't dislike Bree anymore. She's a heroine in her own right. The surprise in the middle of the book takes up the rest of the story - don't try to stay awake for the resolving of that problem, thinking it's just another chapter-long adventure for Bree. Nope. It'll take you *all* through night to get to the end of that one. You'll be tired at work the next day. Trust me.

October totals

Books: 36
Total books: 269

Non-fiction, animals: 2
Non-fiction, other: 0
Fiction: 34

TBR Pit books read: 0
Time spent in TBR: 1 day - 3 months
Library books read: 0
ILL books read: 0
Books borrowed and read:
% TBR/library/borrowed: 0%

Books acquired: 11
Cash spent: $12.06

Genres:

30 - Children's picture
1 - Children's non-fiction, animals

4- Historical fiction/fantasy

1 - Non-fiction, animals

Classification:

1 - 598
1 - 636
33 - 813
1 - 823

4 - PS
30 - PZ
1 - QL
1 - SF

Abandoned Books:
None

Accounting 11-2-14:
1 book, B&N, $12.97
"The Secret Life of Squirrels"



Title: The Secret Life of Squirrels
Author: Nancy Rose
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 4 hours ago

A photographer made little model houses and set them out for wild squirrels to explore. The resulting story tells of Mr Peanut, who learns that having a friend around makes life better. Wonderful photos.

Accounting 11-4-14:
gift card, Amazon.com, 1 book
Mortal Heart: His Fair Assassin #3

Accounting 11-5-14:
6 books, BN, $58.35



Title: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 4 hours ago

The 75th anniversary edition is narrated by Matthew Boderick online. The background noise was a little off-putting, but I enjoyed being able to sit there and relax while reading.



Title: Home for a Bunny
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 4 hours ago

It's springtime and Bunny is looking for a home. Is it in the tree with Robin? in the swamp with Frog?

Title: The Princess and the Foal
Author: Stacy Gregg
Genre: Juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 day ago

The semi-fictionalized story of young Princess Haya, an Olympic equestrian and president of the FEI (the world governing organization of horse sports), is meant for younger readers than other pony books - maybe 7-10yos. Haya's mother died when she was 6-years-old, and Haya's father gave her an orphaned foal to raise and break. It's not all about the foal though - it's about Princess Haya's beginning as a rider and horseman. Wonderful story and writing.



Title: Katy and the Big Snow
Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 3 months ago

Katy the snowplow plows the town after a blizzard. Not as interesting as Burton's other books, but still nice for kids who loves trucks and machines.

Accounting 11-14-14:
7 books, B&N, $9.57



Title: The Night Before Christmas
Author: Clement Moore
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 811 / PZ
Acquisition: 5 days ago

A nostalgic edition - not the most perfectly illustrated, but it'll certainly do.



Title: Richard Scarry's Christmas Mice
Author: Richard Scarry
Genre: Children's picture
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 2 days ago

Richard Scarry! Mice! Christmas! Cute.



Title: Horse Diaries: Jingle Bells
Author: Catherine Hapka
Genre: Juvenile fiction
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 1 week ago

A series of historical fiction books with horses telling the story. Each book focuses on a different time and place. Jingle Bells is a Clydesdale in Wisconsin in 1915 - when cars are becoming more common and replacing horses. Jingle's family comes home with a new Model T, but they still need Jingle when the snow comes down.



Title: Our Finest Hour: The Triumphant Spirit of America's WWII Generation
Author: Life
Genre: Non-fiction
Catalog: 940 / D
Acquisition: 2 months ago

Photos and quotes from Life magazine in the early 1940s. Most of the photos have been reproduced in other books, but it was nice to see them large and clear.

Accounting 11-24-14:
1 book, B&N, $19.84
As You Wish

Accounting 11-19-14:
1 book, nook, $6.99
Lion, Witch, Wardrobe



Title: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Author: Cary Elwes
Genre: Memoir
Catalog: 791 / PN
Acquisition: 1 day ago

Elwes talks about his time with The Princess Bride - the cast, the process, and some tales. It wasn't very meaty, but was still very fun. (I doubt many people reading the book would not have seen the movie, so there were some descriptive scenes that might have been edited out - with some more details put in their place instead.) Fun, fluffy, and nostalgic.



Title: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Author: CS Lewis
Genre: Juvenile fiction
Catalog: 823 / PN
Acquisition: 2 days ago

I last read this one as a child. I remember that I didn't particularly like bits of it - it seemed complicated and long then. Now, it seems short, over-simplistic, and violently clubbing you over the head with the allegory. I will likely go through the whole series though.



Title: Manger
Author: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Genre: Children's poetry
Catalog: 811 / PS
Acquisition: 4 months ago

Hopkins has collected poems told about the Nativity from the view of various animals. Manger would make a wonderful read-aloud book during December. The illustrations are lovely, bright and expressive. The artwork alone makes the book worth it. The species chosen are all inclusive - no matter if they existed in the Middle East then or would be found near the stable, they are welcomed here. Like all poetry collections, some individual poems are more on-point than others, and some authors perhaps haven't even met a member of the species they are writing as. That bit aside, it's a very nice collection for the holidays.

Title: The Slug
Author: Elise gravel
Genre: Children's non-fiction
Catalog: 594 / QL
Acquisition: reread



Title: The Bluffer' Guide to Chocolate
Author: Neil Davey
Genre: Non-fiction
Catalog: 641 / ?
Acquisition: 8 months ago

Old Early Reviewer books. The Slug is a great picture book, very cute! The Bluffer Guide took me 8 months to finish, if that tells you anything.

Title: Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Author: Eric Kimmel
Genre: Children's picture book
Catalog: 244 / PZ
Acquisition: reread

Hershel comes across a town that is plagued by goblins. The goblins don't allow anyone to light menorahs or celebrate Hanukkah. He offers to break the curse, but to do so, he must stay in the haunted synagogue and light the candles every night. On the last night, the goblin king must light the menorah himself. The witty Hershel solves the problem by tricking each goblin in turn.

This is one of my favorite holiday stories. Trina Schart Hyman did the wonderful illustrations.



Title: The Spotted Pony: A Collection of Hanukkah Stories
Author: Eric Kimmel
Genre: Juvenile fiction, short stories
Catalog: 244 / PZ
Acquisition: 3 years ago (!)

Eight nights of stories are provided. Each is started with a shorter tale so there are 16 enthralling adventures in all. Lovely stories.

Title: On Noah's Ark
Author: Jan Brett
Genre: Children's picture book
Catalog: 240 / PZ
Acquisition: 4 months ago

Jan Brett's illustrations being Jan Brett's illustrations are the whole book.

Accounting 11-26-14:
2 books, Meijer, $26
Let It Snow
Greek Gods

November totals

Books: 17
Total books: 286

Non-fiction, animals: 1
Non-fiction, other: 2
Fiction: 14

TBR Pit books read: 4
Time spent in TBR: 4 hours - 3 years
Library books read: 0
ILL books read: 0
Books borrowed and read: 0
% TBR/library/borrowed: 24%

Books acquired: 19
Cash spent: $133.72

Genres:

9 - Children's picture
1 - Children's non-fiction, animals

2 - JFiction, horse
2 - Juvenile fiction, other

1 - Memoir

1 - Non-fiction, history
1 - Non-fiction, food

Classification:

1 - 240
2 - 244
1 - 594
1 - 641
1 - 791
2 - 811
7 - 813
1 - 823
1 - 940

1 - D
2 - PN
1 - PS
11 - PZ
1 - QL

Abandoned Books:
Outlander #4 - just don't have the emotional energy to get invested right now

Title: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
Author: Maureen Johnson, John Green, Lauren Myracle
Genre: YA contemporary
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: 5 days ago

Three interlocking short stories about the day before Christmas, when a train gets stuck in a North Carolina town. Jubilee is on the train to go to her grandparents' house after her parents are arrested in a shopping mall fight. Another group of teens goes on a scavenger hunt for the right to hang out with a group of stranded cheerleaders at the local Waffle House. In the third story, a broken-hearted barista learns to think of others - and a mini piglet named Gabriel.

Accounting 12-3-14:
$16.20, 2 books, BN
Esperanza Rising
The name of the Star

Title: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Author: Dr Seuss
Genre: Picture book
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: re-read

Here's a secret: I sometimes sympathize with the Grinch. All he wanted was some peace and quiet early in the morning, without children banging their toys and all the singing....

Accounting 12-24-14:
10 books, gifts, including
"Wagging Tails: An Album of Dogs" by Marguerite Henry
more of the Oz graphic novels
The last of the Covenant YA series
"BSAVA Manual of Rabbit Surgery, Dentistry and Imaging"

*snork!* I can understand that sympathy, too!

Happy Christmas, Emilie!

Accounting 12-25-14:
2 book, gifts
Braiding Manes and Tails
Appaloosa Spirit



Title: Carl's Christmas
Author: Alexandra Day
Genre: Picture book
Catalog: 813 / PZ
Acquisition: re-read

Carl the rottweiler takes the baby on a Christmas adventure.



Title: Childhoods of the Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Author: Anne Marie Sullivan
Genre: Juvenile non-fiction, history
Catalog: 973 / E
Acquisition: 3 months ago

The title neatly sums the book up all by itself. Engaging.



Title: Smile
Author: Raina Telgemeier
Genre: Graphic novel
Catalog: 617 / RK
Acquisition: 6 days ago

Graphic novel. A girl grows through middle school and high school with the usual problems, along with massive dental work. Since it was based on the author's life, the timing for fads was terrific - Joey McIntyre of the New Kids printed on a girl's retainer?!? So jealous!!! Little Mermaid, Teen Spirit, bands on molars, and lots of other little things will probably slip by the intended audience, but even as an adult, the book smoothed over some of my old fears about my braces. (I fainted when I got mine on.) Loved this book and will recommend.

Title: Marvel Ozma of Oz
Author: Eric Shanower
Genre: Graphic novel
Catalog: 741 / PN
Acquisition: 1 year ago



Title: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Author: Eric Shanower
Genre: Graphic novel
Catalog: 741 / PN
Acquisition: 1 week ago

Books 3 and 4 of the graphic novel adaptation of the Oz series. The colors and artwork are wonderful and delicious.

December totals

Books: 7
Total books: 293

Non-fiction, animals: 0
Non-fiction, other: 1
Fiction: 6

TBR Pit books read: 1
Time spent in TBR: 5 days - 1 year
Library books read: 0
ILL books read: 0
Books borrowed and read: 0
% TBR/library/borrowed: 14%

Books acquired: 14
Cash spent: $16.20

Genres:

1 - Children's picture
1 - Children's picture, animals

1 - Juvenile non-fiction, history

1 - Young adult, short stories

3 - Graphic novels

Classification:

1 - 617
2 - 741
3 - 813
1 - 973

1 - E
2 - PN
3 - PZ
1 - RK

Abandoned Books:
Christmas Carol
Ponies of Chincoteague #1: Maddie's Dream

2014 year-end totals

Total books: 293

Non-fiction, animals:
Non-fiction, other:
Fiction:

TBR Pit books read:
Time spent in TBR:
Library books read:
ILL books read:
Books borrowed and read:
% TBR/library/borrowed:

Books acquired:
Cash spent: $

Genres:

Abandoned Books:

Dewey Classification:

LOC Classification

General yearly report

293 books were read

-- books were rescued from the TBR Pit of Despair
-- books were read courtesy of the library
-- books were added to the shelves

-- books on horses
-- books on other animals
-- non-fiction books on topics other than things that move
-- lovely fiction escapes
-- classics added to my brain size

Non-fiction, animals: 124
Non-fiction, other: 34
Fiction: 164

TBR Pit books read: 14
Time spent in TBR: 1 hour – 3 years
Library books read: 137
ILL books read: 12
Books borrowed and read: 2
% TBR/library/borrowed:

Books acquired: 451
Cash spent: $1109.94 (over $800 in August/Sept alone!)

Genres:

68 - Children's picture
20 - Children's non-fiction, animals
4 - Children's non-fiction, other

15 - J Fiction
66 - J Non-fiction, animals
26 - J Non-fiction, other
1 - J Bio, animals

9 - YA dystopic
28 - YA paranormal
3 - YA fantasy
1 - YA graphic novel
3 - YA novella
3 – YA fiction (general)
9 – YA contemporary
1 – YA short stories

2 - Adult chick lit
5 - Humor
5 - Graphic novel
2 - Adult mystery
5 - Adult non-fiction, other
8 - Adult non-fiction, animals
4 – Adult historical fiction/fantasy
1 – Adult memoir

Classification:

1 – 240 Christian moral theology
2 – 244 Religious fiction
1 – 327 International relations and politics
1 – 333 Economics of land and energy
3 – 355 Military science
1 – 357 Military mounted services
2 – 359 Military sea forces
2 – 363 Other social problems and services
3 – 398 Folklore
1 – 508 Natural history
1 – 509 Natural history, geography, biography
1 – 523 Specific celestial bodies and phenomena
3 – 551 Geology, meteorology
1 – 567 Fossils of cold-blooded vertebrates
1 – 570 Biology (general)
1 – 576 Genetics and evolution
2 – 578 Natural history of organisms
2 – 590 Animals
9 – 591 Specific topics in history of animals
4 – 594 Mollusks
6 – 595 Arthropods
4 – 597 Cold-blooded vertebrates
10 – 598 Birds
25 – 599 Mammals
1 – 610 Medicine and health
1 – 617 Sx, dentistry, ophthal, otology
1 – 634 Orchids, fruits, forestry
12 – 635 Horticulture
22 – 636 Animal husbandry
1 – 638 Insect culture
1 – 641 Food and drink
7 – 741 Drawing and graphic novels
1 – 791 Public performance
5 – 797 Equestrian sports
2 – 811 American poetry
131– 813 American fiction
1 – 821 English poetry
6 – 823 English fiction
16 – 940 History of Europe
3 – 973 History of the USA

4 – D History (general)
1 – DS History of Asia
3 – E History of USA
2 – F History of the Americas
1 – GC Oceanography
5 – GV Recreation, leisure
1 – HV Social pathology
1 – NC Drawing, illustration
7 – PN Literature (general)
1 – PR English literature
16 – PS American literature
133 – PZ Juvenile literature
1 – Q Science (general)
2 – QB Astronomy
1 – QC Physics
3 – QE Geology
4 – QH Natural history, biology
56 – QL Zoology
1 – R Medicine (general)
1 – RK Dentistry
4 – SB Plant culture
25 – SF Animal culture
1 – UB Military administration
1 – UC Military maintenance and transport
1 – UE Cavalry
5 – UH Other military services

I finally joined the correct year over here