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

They Cybils are announced!
I had a fun time serving as a judge for the graphic novel category.

Harry Potter Knitting

Books
The Ice House by Minette Walters
The Miernik Dossier by Charles McCarry
Tears of Autumn by Charles McCarry
I am the Messanger by Marcus Zusak
Manga and Graphic Novels
Banya the Explosive Delivery Man #1
Hayate the Combat Butler #1
To Dance: a Ballerina story
American Born Chinese
Baby Sitter’s Club
train + train #1
Trinity Blood #1
Sugar Sugar Rune #3

The Cybils finalists are up. I was a little disappointed that no manga titles made it to the final round for the graphic novels category. Still, as a judge I’m happy to see that some strong contenders made the first cut.

This year I read 86 books. 52 were fiction, 16 were re-reads, 16 were YA books, and I read 2 non-fiction books. This was up from last year’s total of 59 books, I think mostly because YA books are quick reads. I read 174 manga volumes and 32 graphic novels. This was also up from [...]