I read more than I reviewed this past month.  Looks like I am seven book reviews behind.  Read a lot of Young Adult Fiction this past month to try to complete 52 books in 52 weeks for that genre.  Getting closer.

Here’s a recap of what happened this past month here at the Maw Books Blog:

Books Read in November

Fiction

• The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
• The Romantics by Gail Niederhoffer
• Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Young Adult Fiction

• Identical by Ellen Hopkins
• Lessons From a Dead Girl by Johanna Knowles
• I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
• Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kristen Miller
• The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

Middle Readers

• Quake! by Joe Cottonwood
• The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis

Picture Books

• This is the Feast by Diane Z. Shore
• Amadi’s Snowman by Katia Novet Saint-Lot

Non-Fiction

• Stolen Innocence, My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride and Breaking Free by Elissa Wall
• Apples and Oranges, My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Marie Brenner

Abandoned

• none this month

How I Recommend Them

Highly Recommended

(this recommendation usually for social issues)

• Stolen Innocence, My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride and Breaking Free by Elissa Wall
• Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

I Enjoyed and Would Recommend

• The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
• Identical by Ellen Hopkins
• Lessons From a Dead Girl by Johanna Knowles
• I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
• Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kristen Miller
• The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
• This is the Feast by Diane Z. Shore
• Amadi’s Snowman by Katia Novet Saint-Lot
• The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis
• Quake! by Joe Cottonwood (Note:  Originally, I would have had this in the “Good but maybe you’ll like it more than me” category.  But my interaction with the author Joe Cottonwood was SO positive – especially after you know what – that I had to bump him up, simply because he had the kindest, most gracious author response to a less than steller, lukewarm review.  I still stand behind the review and I originally did say I would be willing to read more of his books and probably will do so at some point.  If you missed out on the conversation there, you should take a look.)

Good but Maybe You’ll Like It More Than Me?

• The Romantics by Gail Niederhoffer

Not Worth It

• Apples and Oranges, My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Marie Brenner (Going back and forth on this one.  I really hate rating books!)

Author Interviews/Guest Posts

• Diane Z. Shore, Author of This is the Feast

More Posts During October

• New York Times Bestsellers – November 30th
• New York Times Bestsellers – November 23rd
• Tell Me Your Thoughts About the Twilight Movie and Win the Books
• The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones Giveaway Winner
• 2008 National Book Awards Winners Announced
• Thanksgiving Traditions – Musings Inspired by This is the Feast by Diane Z. Shore
• New York Times Bestsellers – November 16th
• Is Your Book Club This Fun?
• Body Worlds Exhibit and Books About the Body
• Technical Difficulties
• My Losing Streak is Officially Over! New Book Arrivals
• Katherine Center Wasn’t Kidding! Yummiest Soup Ever
• New York Times Bestsellers – November 9th
• The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones by Helen Hemphill
• Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida
• Didn’t Get Enough Voting Yesterday?  Vote Some More!
• Thank You to My October Visitors
• Reading & Blogging Review for October

Challenge Updates

None finished this month.  The end of the year is getting close!  Must figure out which ones I can actually finish. Visit my Challenge Blog for progress on all of my challenges.  Challenges that I’m currently participating in are:

Jessica’s Lit Flick Challenge
Trish’s Classics Challenge
3M’s1% Well-Read Challenge
Joy’s A-Z Challenge
Africa Reading Challenge
Lynne’s I Heard it Through the Grapevine Challenge
My own 52 books in 52 weeks list.

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