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November, 2017

Zanda Myrande--”Three Months After The Invasion”
Mercer Mayer--The Best Yard Sale
Paulette Bourgeois--Franklin Says I Love You
Paulette Bourgeois--Franklin Is Bossy
Kristine Kathryn Rusch--”Ghosting”
Zanda Myrande--”The Myth Of Fingerprints”
Neil Gaiman--”Bitter Grounds”
Zanda Myrande--”Homeless [The Adventures of Princess Colossica Of The Opaline Necropolis]”
Virginia Lowell--A Cookie Before Dying
Kristine Kathryn Rusch--”Un-Familiar”
Michael Garland--The Mouse Before Christmas
Deborah Wiles--Freedom Summer
Natasha Anastasia Tarpley--I Love My Hair!
Brenda Z. Guiberson--Cactus Hotel
Phyllis Root--Aunt Nancy And The Bothersome Visitors
Richard Buckley & Eric Carle--The Foolish Tortoise
Charles Reasoner--The Magic Amber
J. L. Ramirez--The Tiki Man And The Dragon Fly
C. W. Bowie--Busy Toes
Kristine Kathryn Rusch--”Domestic Magic”
Gerald McDermott--Arrow To The Sun
Barbara & Ed Emberley--Drummer Hoff
Jane Yolen--”The Jewel In The Toad Queen’s Crown”
Kristine Kathryn Rusch--”Snow Day”
Sarah Rees Brennan--In Other Lands
Chris Gall--Substitute Creacher
Keith Baker--Meet Mr. And Mrs. Green
Eric Carle--Mister Seahorse
Elizabeth Gordon Scanlon--A Sock Is A Pocket For Your Toes
Fred Gwynne--A Chocolate Moose For Dinner
Fred Gwynne--The King Who Rained
Tomie dePaola--Strega Nona Takes A Vacation
Tony Johnston--The Witch’s Hat
Michelle Markel--Tyrannosaurus Math
Catherine McLean--”For Whom The Bells Toll”
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen--The Science Of Discworld I [Mark Reads]
Jerry Pallotta--The Furry Animal Alphabet
Ruth Heller--Chickens Aren’t The Only Ones
Ruth Brown--If At First You Do Not See

Lots & lots of kid books & short stories. A major highlight were the Fred Gwynne books [yes, the actor who played Herman Munster on the tv show], whose prolific bad puns and fun illustrations filled my filker heart with glee.

September, 2017

Zanda Myrande--”The Boy In The Bubble”
Nancy Haddock--Basket Case
Nancy Haddock--Paint The Town Dead
Sherry Thomas--”Charlotte Holmes And The Locked Box”
Jennifer McAndrews--Ill-Gotten Panes
Katie O’Neill--Princess Princess
Lynn Cahoon--A Story To Kill
Kristine Kathryn Rusch--”SeniorSource”
Terry Pratchett--Thief Of Time [Mark Reads reread]
Betty Hechtman--Silence Of The Lamb’s Wool
Sadie Hartwell--Yarned And Dangerous
Julia Buckley--The Big Chili
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller--”To Cut An Edge” [reread]
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller--”A Day At The Races” [reread]
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller--”Roving Gambler” [reread]
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller--”Kin Ties” [reread]
Lynn Cahoon--Fatality By Firelight
Jessica Beck--Sinister Sprinkles
Ellen Herrick--The Sparrow Sisters
Jay Williams--The Reward Worth Having
Kiersten White--Beanstalker
Shannon & Dean Hale--The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World
Edith Maxwell--’Til Dirt Do Us Part
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller--”Eleutherios” [reread]
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller--”Landed Alien” [reread]
Kristine Kathryn Rusch--”Research And The Research Librarian”
Casey Chapel--”Lost Luggage”
Yvonne Jocks--”A Solitary Path”
Jean Rabe--”Misery And Woe”
Petronella Glover--”Quebec Romeo Victor”
Dayle A. Dermatis--”This Is The World Calling”
Deb Stover--”The Enchanted Garden”
Kristine Kathryn Rusch--”Incident At Lonely Rocks”
Diane Duane--A Wizards Of Mars [Mark Reads]
Paulette Bourgeois--Franklin’s Neighborhood
Janette Sebring Lowrey--The Poky Little Puppy
Little Golden Book--The Little Red Hen
Janell Cannon--Pinduli
Julia Donaldson--The Gruffalo’s Child
Nancy Van Laan--When Winter Comes
Nicholas Harris--Owlbert
Chris Van Allsburg--The Wreck Of The Zephyr
Jessica Beck--Evil Eclairs
Jane Cowen-Fletcher--It Takes A Village
Kristine Kathryn Rusch--”Little Miracles”
Julia Buckley--Cheddar Off Dead
Julia Buckley--Pudding Up With Murder
Zanda Myrande--”You Can Call Me Al”
Robin Sloan--”The Wrong Plane”
Robin Sloan--”The Writer & The Witch”
Betty Hechtman--Wound Up In Murder
Janell Cannon--Stellaluna
Jerry Pallotta--The Freshwater Alphabet Book
Ellen Jackson--Cinder Edna

Lots of cozy mysteries with bad puns in the titles. I also made great progress reading those kid books from the library book sales.

July, 2017

Laura DiSilverio--Swift Edge
Seanan McGuire--”From A To Z In The Book Of Changes”
Jenny Colgan--The Bookshop On The Corner
Christopher Rowe--”Jack Of Coins”
JY Yang--”Waiting On A Bright Moon”
Becky Chambers--A Closed And Common Orbit
Terry Pratchett--The Truth [Mark Reads reread]
Wen Spencer--”Whoever Fights Monsters”
Arthur C. Clarke--”The Shining Ones”
Wen Spencer--”Away In A Manger”
Wen Spencer--”Once Upon A Toad”
Wen Spencer--The Black Wolves Of Boston [reread]
M. C. A. Hogarth--”Freedom, Spiced And Drunk”
L. Rowyn--A Rational Arrangement
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller--Change Management
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller--Due Diligence
Suzette Haden Elgin--Twelve Fair Kingdoms
Zanda Myrande--”Hedgehog Dialogue”
Marilyn Singer--A Strange Place To Call Home
Marilyn Singer--The Boy Who Cried Alien
Marilyn Singer--Every Day’s A Dog’s Day
Marilyn Singer--A Full Moon Is Rising
Ilona Andrews--Clean Sweep
Jennifer Estep--The Cold Burn Of Magic
Catherine McLean--”Mortal Clay”
Catherine McLean--”Grave Concerns”
Ryan North & Erica Henderson--The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Volume 2: Squirrel, You Know It’s True
G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona--Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal
L. M. Boston--The Guardians Of The House
A. Lee Martinez--The Last Adventure Of Constance Verity
Kiersten White--The Chaos Of Stars

Becky Chambers was definitely one of the finds of the year. I liked both her books so much, I read them twice in the same year [which almost never happens]!

May, 2017

Zanda Myrande--”The Will Of The People”
Wallace Tripp--Granfa’ Grig Had A Pig
Catherine McLean--”The Lion, The Witch, And The Railway”
Zoya1416--”Ivan-You-Emperor” [Bujold fanfic]
Jo Walton--”The Name Of Blue”
Jo Walton--”Out Of It”
Gwynne Powell--”Nightmare” [Bujold fanfic]
Lynne Cherry--The Dragon And The Unicorn
Lynne Cherry--How Groundhog’s Garden Grew
Lynne Cherry--The Shaman’s Apprentice
Lynne Cherry--The Armadillo From Amarillo
Lynne Cherry--The Sea, The Storm, And The Mangrove Tangle
Gail Oust--Rosemary And Crime [reread]
Gail Oust--Kill ‘Em With Cayenne
Terry Pratchett--The Fifth Eelphant [Mark Reads reread]
Sarah Gailey--”The Art Of Asterculture”
Kelly Link--”The Girl Detective”
Nancy J. Parra--Engaged In Murder
Wallace Tripp--Marguerite, Go Wash Your Feet
Wallace Tripp--Sir Toby Jingle’s Beastly Journey [reread]
Joanne Ryder--Chipmunk Song [reread]
Joanne Ryder--The Snail’s Spell [reread]
Lynne Cherry--Archie, Follow Me
Jan Andrews--Very Last First Time
Virginia Bishop Tawresey--J. G. Cougar’s Great Adventure
Margriet Heymans--Cats And Dolls
Nancy J. Parra--Bodice of Evidence
Laura DiSilverio--Swift Justice
Laura DiSilverio--The Readaholics And The Falcon Fiasco
Catherine McLean--”Dragon’s Venom”
DuBose Heyward--The Country Bunny & The Little Golden Shoes
Vicki Delany--In The Shadow Of The Glacier
Seanan McGuire--”Cabbages And Kings”

Several great mystery novels, along with the kids' books and short stories.

Seanan McGuire--”Carry On”
Seanan McGuire, Amber Benson, Sarah Kuhn--”Magical Girls”
Bryan Cranston--A Life In Parts
Seanan McGuire--”Lady Antheia’s Guide To Horticultural Warfare”
John Lithgow--Marsupial Sue
John Lithgow--Marsupial Sue Presents The Runaway Pancake
Kathleen N. Daly--The Big Book Of Backyard Birds
Maurice Sendak--Outside Over There
Adventures Of Superman--4 Adventures
Cari Best--Sally Jean, The Bicycle Queen
Susan Wojciechowski--The Christmas Miracle Of Jonathan Toomey
Deborah Kogan Ray--Lily’s Garden
Yoshiko Uchida--The Two Foolish Cats
Diane Wolkstein--The Magic Wings
Diane Kelly--Death, Taxes, & Extra-Hold Hairspray
Maurice Sendak--We Are All In The Dumps With Jack And Guy
Leon Garfield--Fair’s Fair
Michael Bedard--The Lightning Bolt
Simon James--The Birdwatchers
Nonny Hogrogian--The Cat Who Loved To Sing
Dean Morrissey--Ship Of Dreams
Seanan McGuire--”Persephone”
Kameron Hurley--”Our Faces, Radiant Sisters, Our Faces Full Of Light!”
Alyssa Wong--”God Product”
Charlie Jane Anders--“Margot And Rosalind”
Maria Dahvana Headley--”Astronaut”
Nisi Shawl--”More Than Nothing”
Brooke Bolander--”The Last Of The Minotaur Wives”
Amal El-Mohtar--“Anabasis”
Catherynne M. Valente--”The Ordinary Woman And The Unquiet Emperor”
Jo Walton--”The Jump Rope Rhyme”
Carrie Vaughn--”Alchemy”
James Daugherty--Andy And The Lion
Judy Corbalis--Porcellus, The Flying Pig
William Allingham & Michael Hague--The Fairies
Kathleen & Michael Hague--East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon
Margaret Mahy--17 Kings And 42 Elephants
William Mayne--A House In Town
Joanna & Paul Galdone--The Tailypo
Jane Yolen--The Little Spotted Fish
Jane Yolen--The Girl Who Loved The Wind
Jane Yolen--The Bird Of Time
Jane Yolen--The Seeing Stick
Jane Yolen--Piggins
Jane Yolen--Picnic With Piggins
Theodora Goss--”Come See The Living Dryad”
Anne Rockwell--Our Yard Is Full Of Birds
M. C. A. Hogarth--”Snow Maiden” [reread]
Catherynne M. Valente--”Fade To White”
Wen Spencer--”Peace Offering” [reread]
Wen Spencer--”The Price Of Peace” [reread]
M. C. A. Hogarth--Mindtouch [reread]
M. C. A. Hogarth--Mindline [reread]
M. C. A. Hogarth--”Gwydion”
M. C. A. Hogarth--Claws And Starships
Wen Spencer--Tinker [reread]
Wen Spencer--Wolf Who Rules [reread]
Wen Spencer--Elfhome
Wen Spencer--Wood Sprites
Wen Spencer--Project Elfhome
Thomas Noel Turner--Hillbilly Night Afore Christmas
Matthew Kessel--”The Last Novelist”
Terry Pratchett--Carpe Jugulum [Mark Reads reread]
Zanda Myrande--”Conversation Piece”
Charlotte Zolotow--My Friend John
Charlotte Zolotow--Mr. Rabbit And The Lovely Present
Charlotte Zolotow--Someday
Charlotte Zolotow--When The Wind Stops
Ted Hughes--Nessie The Monster
Jay Williams--The Silver Whistle [reread]
Jay Williams--Forgetful Fred
Jay Williams--Seven At One Blow
Jay Williams--The Youngest Captain
Amanda Cooper--Tempest In A Teapot
Edward Ardizzone--Tim’s Friend Towser
Edward Ardizzone--Tim’s Last Voyage
Sonia Levitin--All The Cats In The World
Marilyn Hirsh--George And The Goblins
Ursula K. LeGuin--Fire And Stone
John Scalzi--”After The Coup”
Julianna Baggott--”Ecdysis”
The Opie Rhyme Book--Tail Feathers From Mother Goose
Martin Waddell & Sarah Fox-Davies--Snow Bears
Nicola Davies & Sarah Fox-Davies--Bat Loves The Night
Janni Howker & Sarah Fox-Davies--Walk With A Wolf
Angela McAllister & Sarah Fox-Davies--Little Mist
Amy MacDonald & Sarah Fox-Davies--Little Beaver & The Echo
Tomie de Paola--The Prince Of The Dolomites
Dean Morrissey--The Christmas Ship
Dean Morrissey--The Wizard Mouse
Dean Morrissey--The Monster Trap
Dean Morrissey--The Great Kettles: A Tale Of Time
Dean Morrissey--The Crimson Comet
Amanda Cooper--Shadow Of A Spout


This was when I got very serious about clearing out the many boxes of kid books. Who knew so many sf authors had written kid books?

January, 2017

Bruce Coville--Diary Of A Mad Brownie
M. C. A. Hogarth--Mindtouch
M. C. A. Hogarth--Mindline
Margaret Wise Brown--My World
Miska Miles--Annie And the Old One
Joylee--”A Change Is As Good As A Rest” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Maple_clef--”Posh” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Telarna--”Forces Impressed Thereon” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
green lily--”Till Eight Bells Do Ring Out” [Barrett’s Privateers fanfic]
MixolydianGrey--”Yours” [Tam Lin fanfic]
Anr--”Which Way To Go” [The Martian fanfic]
Lanna Michaels--”Revisions To A 'Dear Writer' Letter, Yuletide 2035.” [The Martian fanfic]
Ryfkah--”Or, What You Will” [Twelfth Night fanfic]
Philomytha--”Intelligent Disobedience” [Bujold fanfic]
Lanna Michaels--”Never Getting Back Together (Like, Ever)” [Bujold fanfic]
Philomytha--”The Huntsman’s Reel” [Bujold fanfic]
Alessandriana--”Peace And Quiet” [Bujold fanfic]
Patrokla--”The Last” [Megan Whalen Turner fanfic]
Shewhoguards--”Arguments And Agreements” [Megan Whalen Turner fanfic]
Thelittlestbird--”Something Splendid” [Alcott fanfic]
Tequila_mockingbird--”All The Words That Ever Were Or Ever Will Be” [Bujold fanfic]
Rsadelle--”First Choices” [Bujold fanfic]
Elemental--”Gytha And Esme’s Ill-Advised Adventure” [Pratchett fanfic]
harborshore--”One Another’s All” [Sayers fanfic]
Leiascully--”Service” [Sayers fanfic]
Persiflager--”Like As The Hart” [Sayers fanfic]
Pressdbtwnpages--”761 British Nights” [Sayers fanfic]
Whetherwoman--”Therefore Is Winged Cupid Painted Blind” [Kerry Greenwood fanfic]
riverlight--”To Begin With” [Kerry Greenwood fanfic]
Often_adamanta--”What Brings Us Together” [Kerry Greenwood fanfic]
KiaraSayre--”The Wake, The Current, The Tide” [Kerry Greenwood fanfic]
Betony--”The Thin Man’s Bride” [Thin Man fanfic]
Lost_spook--”The Spirit Of St. Mary Mead” [Agatha Christie fanfic]
Michael Bond--The Tales Of Olga da Polga
Jane Yolen--How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?
John Lithgow--Micawber
Edward Ardizzone--Tim In Danger
Julia Drum & Harry Sutton--The Celts
Vicki Delany--Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen
Bruce Coville--Hatched
Danielle Hart--”Games Aren’t Always Fun” [D & D cartoon fanfic]
Danielle Hart--”Just A Quiet House Party [Poirot-Capt. America crossover]
Danielle Hart--”Journey To A New World” [Nantucket fanfic]
Danielle Hart--”Dearer Than Any Blood Sister” [GWTW fanfic]
Danielle Hart--”Unwritten” [Back To The Future fanfic]
Danielle Hart--”Relief” [Bujold fanfic]
Margaret Mayo--Magical Tales From Many Lands
Seanan McGuire--”In The Before, When Legends Were True”
Seanan McGuire--”Waking Up In Vegas” [reread]
Seanan McGuire--”My Last Name”
Edna Romero--A Bug C
Caroline Royds, ed.--The Dragon, Giant, And Monster Treasury
Waspabi--”A Country You Remember” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Maple_clef--”Team-Building” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Shoemaster--”Every Word I’m Heeding” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Raven--”A Spell Against The Lonely” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Maple_clef--”Style It Out” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Couldaughter--”Do Whatever The TV Tells Us” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Rabidsamfan--”Berkeley Square” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Deviant Accumulation--”Bridge Over Troubled Water” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Eudaimon--”The Cartographer Tries To Map A Course” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Raven--”That Shall Be Bright” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Disturbing The Dust” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Demob” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Retrieval” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Lone Wolf” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Target Practice” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“The Librarian” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Philomytha--“Reasonable Adjustments” [Rivers Of London fanfic]
Seanan McGuire--”Threnody for Little Girl, with Tuna, at the End of the World”
Margaret Wise Brown--Christmas In The Barn
Anita Lobel--The Dwarf Giant
Mem Fox--Possum Magic
Edward Lear--The Owl & The Pussycat & Other Poems (illustrated by Michael Hague)
Tomie dePaola--The Mysterious Giant Of Barletta
David Wisniewski--Elfwyn’s Saga
Tomie dePaola--The Legend Of The Indian Paintbrush
Tomie dePaola--Bonjour, Mr. Satie
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Vs. The Retroactive Continuity” [reread]
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Presents Jacqueline Claus Vs. The Lost And The Found”
Catherine McLean--”Ella / Cinders”
Tomie dePaola--Days Of The Blackbird
Kelly Paul Briggs--Lighthouse Lullaby
John Schoenherr--Bear
Diane Willow--At Home In The Rain Forest
Paul Goble--The Gift Of The Sacred Dog
Marianna Mayer--Beauty & The Beast
Jane Yolen--The Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Book
Dylan Thomas--A Child’s Christmas In Wales
Paul O. Zelinsky--Rumpelstiltskin
Alison Stewart--Junk: Digging Through America’s Love Affair With Stuff
Ronald Kidd--On Top Of Old Smoky
Tomie dePaola--Tomie dePaola’s Front Porch Tales & North Country Whoppers
James Rice--Cajun Alphabet
Diane Duane--A Wizard Alone [Mark Reads]
Diane Kelly--Paw Enforcement
Susan Furlong--Rest In Peach
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Vs. Recovery”

My word, that's a whole lot of fanfic & other goodies, right there!