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1. Fuzzy Mud: Review Haiku

Ecoterrorism
with benign intent.
Scarily plausible.

Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar. Delacorte, 2015 192 pages.

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2. Being Mortal: Review Haiku

Hard conversations
that we can't seem to have well.
Alles fleisch indeed . . .

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. Metropolitan Books, 2014, 304 pages.

P.S. Apparently I took a weeklong blog break. Oops. I'm only mortal . . .

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3. Landline: Review Haiku

I didn't quite get
how the time travel worked, but
I didn't quite care.

Landline by Rainbow Rowell. St. Martin's Press, 2014, 320 pages.

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4. Noggin: Review Haiku

Moves beyond its
tabloid premise (DEAD FROZEN HEAD!)
to find real meaning.

Noggin by John Corey Whaley. Atheneum, 2014, 352 pages.

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5. The Fourteenth Goldfish: Review Haiku

Deeper than it looks
and expertly wrought.
Give that fish a sticker, eh?

The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm. Random House, 2014, 208 pages.

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6. The Great Greene Heist: Review Haiku

Is it creepy that
I want Jackson to be my
boyfriend? Probably.

The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson. Scholastic/Levine, 2014, 240 pages.

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7. Attachments: Review Haiku

Once you get over
Y2K as historical
fiction, it's swell.

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell. Plume, 2012, 336 pages.

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8. Grasshopper Jungle: Review Haiku

Profane, terrifying,
hilarious, and wise.
PLUS GIANT MANTIDS.

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith. Dutton, 2014, 432 pages.

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9. Dangerous: Review Haiku

Starts fast, finishes fast,
relentless in between.
Fasten your seat belts.

Dangerous by Shannon Hale. Bloomsbury, 2014, 416 pages.

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10. Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong: Review Haiku

Robotics geeks and
evil cheerleaders team up
for mutual gain.

Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks. First Second, 2013, 280 pages.

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11. Hollywood, Dead Ahead: Review Haiku

Predictable conflict,
unpredictable resolution.
Fun stuff.

Hollywood, Dead Ahead (43 Old Cemetery Road) by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise. Harcourt, 2013, 144 pages.

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12. The Madness Underneath: Review Haiku

Pants-wetting, in both
the "scary" and "funny" sense.
(YAY BETTER JACKET.)

The Madness Underneath (Shades of London #2) by Maureen Johnson. Putnam, 2013, 400 pages.

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13. Bomb: Review Haiku

Fast-paced, impressively
detailed, and ultimately,
terrifying.

Bomb: The Race to Build -- and Steal -- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin. Flash Point, 2012, 272 pages.

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14. Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities: Review Haiku

One part Incredibles,
two parts Superman, seven
parts awesomesauce.

Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities by Mike Jung. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2012, 320 pages.

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15. Legends of Zita the Spacegirl: Review Haiku

The hero's tour takes
an unexpected detour.
Ah, celebrity.

Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke. First Second, 2012, 224 pages.

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16. The Phantom of the Post Office: Review Haiku

Cute epistolary
series gets lost under
heavy messaging.

The Phantom of the Post Office (43 Old Cemetery Road #4) by Kate Klise and M. Sarah Klise. Harcourt, 2012, 160 pages.

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17. Pardon the Interruption

Those of you (those, er, seven of you) who check this blog regularly may have noticed that it was monkey broken all week. This was not a gremlin attack, but rather the consequences of my switching domain hosts (and, er, not actually knowing as much about switching domain hosts as I thought I did. Thanks, dreamhost.com, for fixing my stupid!).

So. All is well, I am back, and I promise I will never muck about with the back end again. (Heh heh. I am twelve.)

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18. Insurgent: Review Haiku

Took me 300
pages to remember what
was going on. Phew.

Insurgent by Veronica Roth. Tegen/Harper, 2012, 544 pages.

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19. Food Rules: Review Haiku

Slightly twee, but made
palatable by Kalman.
(SEE WHAT I DID THERE?)

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan, illustrated by Maira Kalman. Penguin, 2011, 240 pages.

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20. Cold Cereal: Review Haiku


Starts off brilliantly
absurd, then veers into just
absurd. Still, fun ride.

Cold Cereal by Adam Rex. Balzer + Bray, 2012, 432 pages.

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21. The Flint Heart: Review Haiku


A little crazypants,

but she's the National
Ambassador, y'all.

The Flint Heart by Katherine & John Paterson. Candlewick, 2011, 304 pages.

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22. Science Fair Season: Review Haiku


Totally made me
wish I'd been an engineer.
Rock on, smartypants.


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23. The Influencing Machine: Review Haiku


Brilliant, clear-eyed look
at the state of media
and how we got here.

The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media by Brooke Gladstone. Norton, 2011, 192 pages.

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24. Feynman: Review Haiku


Brilliant book, but I
still don't understand quantum
physics. Is it me?

Feynman by Jim Ottaviani. First Second, 2011, 272 pages.

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25. The Future of Us: Review Haiku


So we beat on, boats
against the current, borne back
ceaselessly into . . .

The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler. Razorbill, 2011, 356 pages.

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