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=Reading books reshapes our brains. They affect how we think and leave deposits of thought and information. We are different for having read a book. Of course I can't remember what I've read unless I write it down. Even these ideas about reshaping came from an article I read, but I didn't write down where or when...= =Thanks to the middle schooler who said, "That should be a blog." Here is my simple journal of books I've read each month. The home page is a list. Each month has my comments on subsequent pages.=

**August:**
Spells by Aprilynne Pike Finally by Wendy Mass Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman Artemis Fowl The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer Crunch by Leslie Connor Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins


 * September**

Keeper by Kathi Appelt Pillage by Obert Skye The Magician of Hoad by Margaret Mahy Wolves of the Beyond: Lone Wolf by Katheryn Lasky Ivy and bean doomed to dance by annie barrows (Book 6) Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen 39 Clues: Into the Gauntlet by Margaret Peterson Haddix C losed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn Framed by Gordon Korman Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers by Megan McDonald The Talent Show by Dan Gutman Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Reckless by Cornelia Funke Sabotaged: The Missing Book 3 by Margaret Peterson Haddix


 * October **

I.Q. Book Two: The White House by Roland Smith Stink: Solar System Superhero by Megan McDonald Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Bradley, C. Alan Witch and Wizard by James Paterson Freddy in peril by Dietlof Reiche Dive: book one:the Discovery by Gordon Korman School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari Small Steps: the Year I got Polio by Peg Kehret Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School: We the Children by Andrew Clements The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger Guinea Dog by Patrick Jennings A Jigsaw Jones Mystery: the Case of the Runaway Dog by James Preller Rapture of the Deep by L.A. Meyer (a Bloody Jack Adventure) This is just to Say: poem of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman Night Wings by Joseph Bruchac Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry by Jack Prelutsky. Runaway Twin by Peg Kehret The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Lies (A Gone novel) by Michael Grant The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman Cover-up: Mystery at the Super Bowl by John Feinstein Star in the Forest by Laura Resau Everlost by Neal Shusterman Melting Stones by Tamara Pierce Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments Book 1 by Cassandra Clare
 * November**

**4 Kids in 5E and 1 Crazy Year by Virginia Frances Schwartz** **The Declaration by Gemma Malley** **Dive: Book Two The Deep by Gordon Korman** **Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord (of Rules)** **Feed by M T Anderson** **Hank Zipzer** **Emily's Fortune by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor** **How I, Nicky Flynn, Finally Get a Life (and a Dog) by Art Corriveau** **Everwild by Neal Shusterman** **Incarceron by Catherine Fisher**
 * December **
 * Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld**
 * A Dog's Purpose by W Bruce Cameron**
 * City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare**

** 2011 ** ** January ** Sapphique by Catherine Fisher Slob by Ellen Potter City of Glass by Cassandra Clare Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park Three Black Swans by Caroline Cooney Going Solo by Raold Dahl The Pharoah's Secret by Marissa Moss Dive, Book Three: the Danger by Gordon Korman Dark Life by Kat Falls Word after Word after Word by Patricia MacLachlan Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher The Pale Assassin by Patricia Elliott House of Dolls by Francesca Lia Block How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Claudia Mills Departure Time by Truus Matti


 * February **

**Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool** The Fashion Disaster that Changed my Life by Lauren Myracle The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sis Brixton Brothers: The Ghostwriter Secret by Mac Barnett, illus by Adam Rex My Rotten Life: Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie by David Lubar The Clockwork Three by Matthew J Kirby The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi Take Me With You by Carolyn Marsden Pirate's Guide to First Grade by James Preller and Greg Ruth Snook Alone by Marilyn Nelson and Timothy Basil Ering Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper Mr. Stink by David Walliams illus by Quentin Blake My mommy is in American and she met Buffalo Bill by Jean Regnaud and Emile Bravo Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter The Sherlock files: the 100-year-old Secret by Tracy Barrett Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford Evermore : the immortals #1 by alyson noel Girl Parts by John Cusick Museum of thieves by Lian Tanner Pemba's Song, a Ghost Story by Marilyn Nelson and Tonya C Hegamin Trash by andy mulligan Chicken big by Keith Graves Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware by M. T. Anderson T he Milo and Jazz Mysteries: The case of the Stinky Socks. #1 by Lewis B Montgomery Aggie the Brave by Lori Ries Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee illus by Tony Fucile March

The Eye of the Crow (the Boy Sherlock Holmes) by Shane Peacock The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh Choke by Obert Skye The Thirteenth Princess by Diane Zahler Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulsen Th e Genius Wars by Catherine Jinks Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L Holmes Spaceheadz by Jon Scieszka Summer Sanctuary by Laurie Gray Winter Awakening by Dana Bell Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Adventures of Nanny Piggins by RA Spratt Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

April

Dragonfly by Julia Golding The Limit by Kristen Landon Big Nate Strikes Again by Lincoln Peirce 13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison The Toymaker by Jeremy de Quidt Trouble is My Beeswax by Bruce Hale My Father's Son by Terri Fields Chosen by Ted Dekker House rules by Jodi Picoult

May 2011

Vespers Rising, Book Eleven of 39 Clues by Riordan, Lerangis, Korman, and Watson The Maze Runner by James Dashner Cloaked by Alex Flinn Magic Pickle and the Planet of the grapes by Scott Morse Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices book One) Prequel to Mortal Instruments--City of Bones, etc. Hero by Mike Lupica Firehorse by Diane Lee Wilson No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko. Black: the circle Book One by Ted DeKker"The Birth of Evil". Thomas and the Dragon Queen by Shutta Crum Red: the circle Book Two by Ted DeKker"The Heroic Rescue" Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

White: the circle Book Three"The Great Pursuit" Linger by maggie stiefvater ** June ** 2011 Fat Cat by Robin Brande Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illus by Jane Dyer LaRue Across america by Mark Teague Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman The Scorch Trials by James Dashner The Naming: First Book of Pellinor by Alison Croggon ** July **2011 Th1irteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter Everfound by Neal Shusterman Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich Middle School the Worst Years of my Life by James Patterson Nerds, National Espionage, Rescue and Defense Society. Book One by Michael Buckley (of the Sisters Grimm series) Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck Blank Confession by Pete Hautman Plague by Michael Grant "A Gone Novel" Fakie by Tony Varrato Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-so-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell Skellig by David Almond Theodore Boone: the Abduction by John Grisham Scorpia Rising: Alex Rider, the Final Mission by Anthony Horowitz Twice Told: Original stories inspired by original art. Drawings by Scott Hunt Dewey, the Library Cat by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. Avielle of Rhia by Dia Calhoun I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 by Lauren Tarshis

=August 2011= Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkerban by J K Rowling Darke (Book 6) by Angie Sage **September 2011**

What happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments Book Four) by Cassandra Clare Forever by maggie stiefvater

Torn: The Missing book 4 by Margaret Haddix

The Bridge to Never Land by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Janitors by Tyler Whitesides Clementine by Sara Pennypacker Bruiser by Neal Shusterman Leap Day: a novel by Wendy Mass = **October 2011** = = = Matched by Ally Condie

Big Nate on a Roll by Lincoln Peirce Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan Fang by James Patterson Goliath by Scott Westerfeld Selling Hope by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb The Death Cure by James Dashner Wonder Struck by Brian Selznick Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger Going Underground by Vaught, Susan,

= ** November 2011 ** = Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck The Candymakers by Wendy Mass The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot Crossed by Ally Condie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney 13 Gifts by Wendy Mass Fish by Gregory Mone City of Orphans by Avi = **December 2011** = = = = = This Dark Endeavor : the Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel Beryl: A Pig's Tale by Jane Simmons In a Heartbeat by Ellsworth, Loretta. Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo

Floors by Patrick Carman Pie by Sarah Weeks The Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L Holm Ten miles past normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell Young Fredle by Cynthia Voight The Fox Inheritance by Mary Pearson Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare Radiance by A. Noel. True (...sort of) by Katherine Hannigan