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July 2016 Wrap-up and Monthly TBR

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July's TBR Pile (11/15):

  1. Book Club Selection:The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
  2. MVPA Book Club Selection: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
  3. Series Pick: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
  4. Nonfiction Pick: Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
  5. Jar Pick: A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
  6. Jar Pick: The Lure of the Moonflower by Lauren Willig
  7. Additional: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (review pending)
  8. Additional: High Rise by J.G. Ballard (review pending)
  9. Additional: Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick
  10. Added: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
  11. Added: The Scorch Trials: The Graphic Novel Prelude
  12. Added: The Curious Case of the Werewolf that Wasn't... by Gail Carriger
  13. Added: Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger
  14. Added: The Last Star by Rick Yancey
  15. Added: George Washington's Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade

Picture Book Roundup:

  1. How to Train a Train by Jason Carter Eaton
  2. Dinosaur vs. Mommy by Bob Shea
  3. Larry Gets Lost in Prehistoric Times by Andrew Fox
  4. Froggy Goes to the Library by Jonathan London
  5. Calling All Cars by Sue Fliess
  6. Race Car Count by Rebecca Kai Dotich
  7. Go-Go Gorillas by Julia Durango
  8. Digger Dog by William Bee
  9. Red Car, Blue Car by Jonathan Litton
  10. Job Site by Nathan Clement
  11. Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus by James Dean
  12. The Little Shop of Monsters by R.L. Stine and Marc Brown
  13. The Pirate Jamboree by Mark Teague
  14. How to Find Gold by Viviane Schwarz
  15. The Rise and Fall of Oscar the Magician by Matthew Porter
  16. Let's Play by Herve Tullet
  17. Ten Playful Tigers by Betty Schwartz and Lynn Seresin
  18. Digger the Dinosaur by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
  19. Listen to My Trumpet by Mo Willems
  20. Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa Partners by Erica Silverman
  21. The Toy Breaker by Geoffrey Hayes
  22. Oliver, Amanda, and Grandmother Pig by Jean Van Leeuwen
  23. Happy Pig Day by Mo Willems
  24. Race Around the World by Susan Amerikaner
  25. Peep and Ducky Rainy Day by David Martin
  26. Tickle Monster by Edouard Manceau
  27. The Find It Book by Margaret Wise Brown
  28. One Bear Extraordinaire by Jayme McGowan
  29. Elmer and Grandpa Eldo by David McKee
  30. Billy and Goat at the Street Fair by Dan Yaccarino
  31. I'm Cool by Kate & Jim McMullan

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 3407 pages Pages Remaining: 750,218 pages

Current Read - An Innocent, A Broad by Ann Leary

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Challenges Completed  - Perpetual Challenges: I knocked 20 books off my extremely long list of perpetual reading lists.

Books bought/received 

2016 Total Spent: $15.27

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August's TBR Pile:

  1. Book Club Selection: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
  2. MVPA Book Club Selection: An Innocent, A Broad by Ann Leary
  3. Series Pick: Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
  4. Nonfiction Pick: Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
  5. Jar Pick: Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick
  6. Jar Pick: Waistcoats and Weaponry by Gail Carriger
  7. Series in August: Manners and Mutiny by Gail Carriger
  8. Carry-over: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
  9. Carry-over: High Rise by J.G. Ballard