Bath Time! by Sandra Boynton (amazon)
Sandra Boynton is the queen of board books, but does her appeal translate to a different format, namely plastic floating books? Bath Time! tells the story of a little pig who goes on an epic quest for cleanliness after getting messy from a mysterious painting project. The pig must be [...]

It is difficult to keep up my normal reading pace, what with the whole needing to take care of the babies thing, but I was still able to read a few things.
Books
Kushiel’s Justice by Jacqueline Carey
Skellig by David Almond
Owl Service by Alan Gardner
Manga
Hana Kimi #20
Yurara #2
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne 1-4
Crossroad #1
Devil Within #1
INVU #4
Emma #5
Nodame Cantible [...]

The folks at Chronicle Kids sent me a package, and this is what I got:
Squiggles: A Really Giant Drawing and Painting Book
by Taro Gomi (amazon)
Taro Gomi is the author of the legendary classic picture book Everyone Poops. Squiggles is his take on the interactive coloring book. It reminded me a bit of the Anti-Coloring [...]

Nominations for the Cybils are now open. Once again, I’m going to be judging the graphic novel category, so head over there and nominate your favorite graphic novel from 2007.

Books
Third Woman by Mark Burnell
Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotsen
Eclipse by Stefanie Meyer
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
Storm Front and Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Manga
To Terra # 3
Wild Adapter #2
Tail of the Moon #6
Penguin Revolution #4
Canon # 2
I Hate You More Than Anyone #1
Gon #1
Blood Alone #3
Yakitate Japan! #6,7
Kitchen Princess #3
Nodame Cantible #3
Xxxholic [...]

I spent a bunch of time rereading books this month, because it is too hot outside to go to the library or a bookstore.
Books
The Looking Glass War by John le Carre
Of Darkness, Light and Fire by Tanya Huff
Secret History of the Pink Carnation, Deception of the Emerald Ring, Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren [...]

Ragnell points to this handy chart that lists the changes the movie folk are making in their version of The Dark Is Rising. I’m not sure if I’ll want to see the movie - maybe only if I’m going with someone else whose read the books so we can heckle the whole thing like Statler [...]

Books
Last Life by Claire Messud - For some reason this book about a French family and Algeria took me months to read. I’d read a chapter or two, and put it aside for several weeks. It was well written, but I didn’t find any of the characters very sympathetic.
Bone in the Throat by Anthony Bourdain [...]

Austenland by Shannon Hale (amazon.com)
This book was not very good, for a variety of reasons. I guess I had high expectations because I enjoyed reading Princess Academy, so I was hoping that Shannon Hale’s first non YA book would be a fun summer read. It ended up being merely okish.
One thing that I thought was [...]

This was a big month of rereading, since I finished up reading the Harry Potter series again, and also read the His Dark Materials Trilogy and a couple of manga series again.
Books
Harry Potter books 4-6 (reread)
Sabriel by Garth Nix
His Dark Materials Trilogy (reread)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Gone Bamboo By Anthony Bourdain
Manga and [...]