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July 2010 Reading List

August 1, 2010 @ 5:56 pm | Filed under:

(in reverse order of reading)

A very fine month it was! Every single one of these books knocked my socks off. I suppose July is a good time of year for perpetually bare feet.

The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan

A Long Walk to Water
by Linda Sue Park

Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens (in progress, rereading for the first time since high school)

Amelia Rules! Vol. 3: Superheroes
by Jimmy Gownley (middle-grade graphic novel)

Mouse Guard Vol. 2: Winter 1152
by David Petersen

Mouse Guard Vol. 1: Fall 1152
by David Peterson (reread)

GI Joe: Cobra
by Christos Gage & Mike Costa, art by Antonio Fuso

The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag
by Alan Bradley

Feed
by M. T. Anderson

Bamboo People
by Mitali Perkins

Calamity Jack
by Shannon & Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale (graphic novel)