The Brain Lair: Books Read in 2011

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January 2011

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
Friday Night Lights by HG Bissinger
Water Wars by Cameron Stracher
Five Flavors of Dumb by Anthony John
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Beautiful by Amy Reed
Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze by Alan Silberberg
Scrawl by Marc Shulman
Here Lies Bridget by Paige Harbison
The Thirteenth Princess by Diane Zahler
A True Princess by Diane Zahler
Split by Swati Avasthi
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February 2011

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Ghostopolis by Doug Tennapel
Lost and Found by Shaun Tan
You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua
Knights of the Lunch Table Frank Cammuso
Language of Love by Deborah Reber
The Hidden Gallery: Incorrigibles 2 by MaryRose Wood
The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
Empire State by Jason Shiga
Janes in Love by Cecil Castellucci
Voices by Ursula LeGuin
Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon
Okay For Now by Gary Schmidt
Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
Sudden Moves by Kelli Sue Landon
Taking Sides by Gary Soto
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Haunted by Joy Preble
The Good, The Bad, and The Barbie by Tanya Lee Stone
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
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March 2011

The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds
A Visit from The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Beatrice And Virgil by Yann Martell
So Much For That by Lionel Shriver
Paranormalcy by Keirstin White
DemonGlass by Rachel Hawking
Warp speed by Lisa Yee
Red Glove by Holly Black
My One and Only by Kristan Higgans
Trash by Andy Mulligan
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1st Quarter 52 Books

April 2011

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Trauma Queen by Barbara Dee
Fracture by Megan Miranda
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
The Loser List by HN Kowitt
It Only Looks Easy by Pamela Curtis Swallow
The Death of Joan of Arc by Michael Scott
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
The Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
Sidekicks by Dan Santat
The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta
The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry
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May 2011

The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
Ten Things We Did (and probably shouldn't have) by Sarah Mlynowski
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
Hidden by Helen Frost
Morning Glories by Nick Spencer
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Chime by Franny Billingsley
The Warlock by Michael Scott
When Bob Met Woody by Gary Golio
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lo
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
Dark Water by Laura McNeil
When The Stars Go Blue by Caridad Ferrar
The New World by Patrick Ness
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June 2011

Sidekicks by Jack Ferraiolo
Thoughts Without Cigarettes by Oscar Hijuelo
#####summer reading - 72 bookaday goal starts here####

When A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami
The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Reiner
Virals by Kathy Reichs
Palace Beautiful by Sarah DeFord Williams
Shine by Lauren Myracle
Bossypants by Tina Fey
The Art of Forgetting by Camille Noe Pagan
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Breadcrumbs by Anna Ursu
A Game of Character by Craig Robinson
The Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
Conspiracy 365: January by Gabrielle Lord
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
Fury of the Phoenix by Cindy Pon
Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
Worldshaker by Richard Harlan
Odd Girl In by Jo Whittemore
All The World's A Stage by Gretchen Woelfe
Three Quarters Dead by Richard Peck
Nickel Plated by Aric Davis
Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister
Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
Blindsided by Priscilla Cumming

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2nd Qtr 65 Books
Mid-Year Total 117 Books

July 2011

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
True...Sort of by Katherine Hannigan
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Immortal Beloved by Cate Tiernan
The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima
Sources of Light by Margaret McMullan
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
Ancient, Strange, and Lovely by Susan Fletcher
All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Hourglass by Myra McEntire
The Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
Sass and Serendipity by Jennifer Ziegler
Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson
Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
Crunch by Leslie Connor
Alex Van Helsing: Voice of the Undead by Jason Henderson
Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti
Remember Me by Cheryl Robinson
Karma by Cathy Ostlere
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Supernaturally by Kiersten White
Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

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August 2011

Black Elk's Vision by SD Nelson
The Bat Scientists by Mary Kay Carson
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
Zeus by George O'Connor
Stoner and Spaz by Ron Koertge
The Limit by Kristen Landon
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Now Playing by Ron Koertge
The Magician King by Lev Grossman
Forgotten by Cat Patrick
Human.4 by Mike Lancaster
Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson
The Absolute Value of Mike by Kathy Erskine
Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Addie on the Inside by James Howe
The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
Silhouetted By The Blue by Traci L. Jones

****summer bookaday ends! Goal reached!!***
War and Watermelon by Rich Wallace
Second Fiddle by Rosanne Parry
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall
The Challengers (Galaxy Games, 1) by Greg Fishbone
Tankborn by Karen Sandler
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September 2011

The Hive Detectives by Loree Griffin Burns
The Sword Thief (39 clues, 3) by Peter Lerangis
Beyond the Grave (39 Clues, 4) by Jude Watson
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
Pick-up Game by Marc Aronson
The Black Circle (39 Clues, 5) by Patrick Carman
In Too Deep (39 Clues, 6) by Jude Watson
Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
Clara's War by Clara Krame
T4: A Novel by Clare LeZotte
Viper's Nest (39 Clues, 7) by Peter Lerangis
Emperor's Code (39 Clues, 8) Gordon Korman
Storm Warning (39 Clues, 9) by Linda Sue Park
Into The Gauntlet (39 Clue, 10) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Michael Vey by Richard Paul Evans
Mo Wren, Lost and Found by Tricia Springstubb
Junonia by Kevin Henkes
Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio
This Plus That by Amy K. Rosenthal
We Are America by Walter Dean Myers
Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima
Want to Go Private by Sarah Darer Littman
The Awakening (Quantum Prophecy, 1) by Michael Carroll
With a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo
Vesper's Rising (39 Clues, 11) Rick Riordan et al
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

3rd Qtr: 79 books
So Far: 196 books

October 2011

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephenie Perkins
The Medusa Plot (39 Clues, Cahills vs Vespers, 1) by Gordon Korman
Descent of the Go Master (Hikaru No Go, 1) by Yumi Hotta
Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, 2) by Rick Riordan
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairlyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M Valente
A Dog's Way Home by Bobby Pyron
Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman by Meg Wolitzer
Bloodrose (Nightshade, 3) by Andrea Cremer
I am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia De Luce, 5) by Alan Bradley