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Fighting Fire! Ten of the Deadliest Fires in American History and How We Fought Them by Michael L. Cooper (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on November 13, 2015 tagged nonfiction
Vincent by Barbara Stok, Laura Watkinson (2015)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on November 6, 2015 tagged biography • graphic novel
Apocalypse How: Turning the End Times Into the Best of Times by Rob Kutner (2008)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on October 23, 2015 tagged humor • nonfiction
I'm Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton (2015)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on October 16, 2015 tagged picture book
I Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on October 9, 2015 tagged classic • coming of age
Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto by Steve Almond, Peter Berkrot (2015)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on October 2, 2015 tagged audiobook • nonfiction
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill (2005)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on September 25, 2015 tagged mystery
This Is What You Just Put In Your Mouth? From Eggnog to Beef Jerky, the Surprising Secrets of What's Inside Everyday Products by Patrick Di Justo (2015)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on September 11, 2015 tagged nonfiction
The Age of Selfishness: Ayn Rand, Morality, and the Financial Crisis by Darryl Cunningham (2015)
Reviewed in the form of a comic strip by sarahhunt on September 4, 2015 tagged graphic novel • nonfiction
Robbers! True Stories of the World's Most Notorious Thieves (It Actually Happened) by Andreas Schroeder, Rémy Simard (2012)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on August 28, 2015 tagged chapter book • history • nonfiction
Earmuffs for Everyone! How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs by Meghan McCarthy (2015)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on August 28, 2015 tagged history • picture book
Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It (Scientists in the Field) by Loree Griffin Burns (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on August 14, 2015 tagged nonfiction
V is for Villain by Peter Moore (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on August 7, 2015 tagged coming of age • superhero
Toilet: How It Works by David Macaulay, Sheila Keenan (2015)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on July 24, 2015 tagged nonfiction • picture book
Eye: How It Works by David Macaulay, Sheila Keenan (2015)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on July 24, 2015 tagged nonfiction • picture book
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on July 17, 2015 tagged coming of age • graphic novel
Displacement by Lucy Knisley (2015)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on July 17, 2015 tagged graphic novel • nonfiction
Tiny Creatures The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies, Emily Sutton (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on July 10, 2015 tagged picture book • science
Armond Goes to a Party A Book About Asperger's and Friendship by Nancy Carlson, Armond Isaak (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on June 26, 2015 tagged picture book
One-Hour Cheese by Claudia Lucero (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on June 19, 2015 tagged cookbook
When Lunch Fights Back Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses by Rebecca L. Johnson (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on June 12, 2015 tagged picture book • science
Tomboy a graphic memoir by Liz Prince (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on May 29, 2015 tagged biography • coming of age • graphic novel
Nocturne Creatures of the Night by Traer Scott (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on May 8, 2015 tagged coffee table book • science
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 2: 1981 - 1983 by Ed Piskor (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on May 1, 2015 tagged art • graphic novel • history
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 1: 1970s - 1981 by Ed Piskor (2013)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on May 1, 2015 tagged art • graphic novel • history
El Deafo by Cece Bell (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on April 24, 2015 tagged coming of age • graphic novel • superhero
The Freedom Summer Murders by Don Mitchell (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on April 3, 2015 tagged history
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on March 27, 2015 tagged science
Wrapping with Fabric Your Complete Guide to Furoshiki: The Japanese Art of Wrapping by Etsuko Yamada, Kanji Okamoto (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on March 6, 2015 tagged art • nonfiction
The Mutts Diaries by Patrick McDonnell (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on February 27, 2015 tagged comic strips
I Wish I Had a Pet by Maggie Rudy (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on February 13, 2015 tagged picture book
Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill (2011)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on January 30, 2015 tagged mystery
Strange Fruit Volume 1: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History by Joel Christian Gill (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on January 23, 2015 tagged graphic novel • history
Crap Taxidermy by Kat Su (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on December 12, 2014 tagged art
Taxidermy photos of strangely posed and weirdly expressive dead animals, along with a tutorial.
Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy Frank (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on December 5, 2014 tagged coming of age • poetry
Two young people in the hospital for Crohn's disease share their stories in poems.
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on November 28, 2014 tagged biography • coming of age • graphic novel
Raina wanted a little sister to play with, but Amara doesn’t want to do anything her older sister does.
Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov, Hugh Aplin (2013)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on November 14, 2014 tagged historical fiction
A young Russian doctor’s first person account of his morphine addiction, set in the early 1900s.
An Age of License A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on October 10, 2014 tagged biography • graphic novel
Cartoonist Lucy Knisley travels to a Norwegian comics festival and then around Europe as she examines her life.
Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine by Gloria Whelan, Nancy Carpenter (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on October 3, 2014 tagged history • picture book
Queen Victoria can’t simply go for a swim. So her husband builds her a contraption to give her some privacy.
Cast On, Bind Off by Leslie Ann Bestor (2012)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on September 19, 2014 tagged nonfiction
An illustrated guide to fifty-four techniques to start and end knitting projects.
Pyg The Memoirs of Toby, The Learned Pig by Russell Potter (2012)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on September 12, 2014 tagged historical fiction
In 1780s England, a pig named Toby avoids becoming dinner, joins a show, and learns to communicate with humans.
God Loves Hair by Vivek Shraya, Juliana Neufeld (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on August 29, 2014 tagged biography • short stories
Short, illustrated stories from Vivek Shraya’s life about growing up Indian-Canadian and LGBTQ.
Pretty Good Number One An American Family Eats Tokyo by Matthew Amster-Burton (2013)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on August 15, 2014 tagged cookbook • nonfiction
An American family spends a month in Tokyo eating the best, worst, and most Japanese foods they can find.
Knitting Yarns Writers on Knitting by Ann Hood (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on August 1, 2014 tagged essays • nonfiction
Writers write about why they knit: stress relief, connecting with friends, grief, and getting through crises.
Ant Colony by Michael DeForge (2014)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on July 18, 2014 tagged graphic novel
The collapse of an ant colony as seen through the stories of ants who don't fit in.
Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaks by Drew Friedman, K. Bidus (2010)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on June 27, 2014 tagged coffee table book • history
Color portraits and biographical information on sideshow performers from the 1800s to 1960s.
The Chinese Takeout Cookbook Quick and Easy Dishes to Prepare at Home by Diana Kuan (2012)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on June 13, 2014 tagged cookbook
Recipes for food found in American Chinese restaurants.
Shiro Wit, Wisdom & Recipes from a Sushi Pioneer, a Memoir by Shiro Kashiba (2011)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on June 6, 2014 tagged biography • cookbook
The life of Shiro Kashiba, one of the first sushi chefs in Seattle.
Woman Rebel The Margaret Sanger Story by Peter Bagge (2013)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on May 23, 2014 tagged biography • graphic novel
Margaret Sanger put her freedom on the line so that women in the U.S. could get access to birth control.
Lost at Sea The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson (2013)
Reviewed by sarahhunt on March 28, 2014 tagged essays
An investigative journalist interviews oddballs, insane “clowns,” and looks into a few mysteries.