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 [...]

Happyville Library Blog says goodbye
Evilsevier Seeks Victims
Plum blogging - Bully blogs Wodehouse

Twelve Kingdoms Volume 1: Sea of Shadow by Fuyumi Ono(amazon.com)
The anime series Twelve Kingdoms is a bit of an anomaly - it starts out looking like it is going to be a typical magical girl story, but the series ends up dwelling more on interlocking stories among a large cast of characters and the geopolitics [...]

Books
Fox Evil by Minette Walters - So far both of the books I’ve read by Walters feature reclusive residents of stately old English country homes being terrorized. I’m starting to detect a pattern.
How Doctors Think by Dr. Jerome Groopman - One of the few non-fiction books I’ve read recently.
Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt [...]

Total Constant Order by by Crissa-Jean Chappell (amazon.com)
Fin moves to Florida from Vermont and her parents split up. She’s having trouble adjusting in her new school, and her habit of compulsive counting isn’t helping her to blend in. She’s told she needs to work harder by her teachers, and she’s a social outcast. Fin’s mother [...]

Books
Last Supper by Charles McCarry - This goes into great detail about the background of McCarry’s master spy Paul Christopher.
Amazing Grace by by Megan Shull - I read this for my YA book group. It was a cute chick-lit style novel about a teen tennis sensation dropping out and living a normal life, but I [...]

I (heart) were-koalas, Happy Villain takes on the supernatural romance genre.
The Cyblils site has an interview with Gene Yang, author of American Born Chinese. They’re also asking for feedback for next year’s awards.
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms - I really want to read this.

I didn’t read very much this past month.
Books
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
The Pydrian Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander (reread)
Manga
Queen’s Knight #8
From Far Away #14
Vampire Game #7
Wild Adapter #1
Vampire Knight #1,2
Skip Beat #4
Kare Kano #21
Punch! #1, 2
Cantarella #5,6
Sensual Phrase #3, 4, 5