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26. Gemma Correll captures the creative process perfectly here!

By: John, on 10/28/2011
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Gemma Correll captures the creative process perfectly here!

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27. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 9/23/2011
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Is it normal that
I found the pictures scarier
than the monsters?

Miss Pettigrew's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Quirk, 2011, 352 pages.

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28. Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 8/29/2011
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Debunks "lizard brain"
idea, but not as clever
as he thinks he is.

Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life: A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity Are Revolutionizing Our View of Human Nature by Douglas T. Kenrick. Basic Books, 2011, 256 pages.

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29. Crazy U: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 8/26/2011
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Hapless dad tackles
college admissions while
trying not to succumb.

Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College by Andrew Ferguson. S&S, 2011, 240 pages.

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30. Swimming in the Steno Pool: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 8/1/2011
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Packaged like chick lit;
dry like academia.
Caveat reader.

Swimming in the Steno Pool: A Retro Guide to Making It in the Office by Lynn Peril. Norton, 2011, 291 pages.

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31. The Trouble with Chickens: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 3/25/2011
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Canine gumshoe doesn't
look for trouble, but nonetheless
finds chickens.

The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin. Balzer + Bray, 2011, 128 pages.

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32. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 3/23/2011
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Cautionary tale
or instruction manual?
You be the judge, Mom.

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua. Penguin, 2011, 240 pages.

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33. Reckless: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 2/23/2011
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Twisted, heavy-themed
fairy-tale horror about
love and betrayal.

Reckless by Cornelia Funke. Little Brown, 2010, 400 pages.

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34. Mary Mae and the Gospel Truth: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 11/10/2010
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Would've been more
effective if the creationists
weren't hillbillies.

Mary Mae and the Gospel Truth by Sandra Dutton. HMH, 2010, 134 pages.

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35. Brains for Lunch: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 10/8/2010
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Sadly, not nearly
as awesome as the title/
concept would imply.

Brains for Lunch: A Zombie Novel in Haiku by K. A. Holt. Roaring Brook, 2010, 96 pages.

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36. Mergers & Acquisitions from A to Z: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 9/27/2010
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What? It's the only
book I've been able to read
for the past three weeks.

Mergers & Acquisitions from A to Z by Andrew J. Sherman. AMACOM, 2006, 288 pages.

(Or as I like to call it, Mergers & Acquisitions from A to Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz . . . )

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37. The Dreamer: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 9/6/2010
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Beautiful package,
but too in love with itself
for its audience?

The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan. Scholastic, 2010, 372 pages.

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38. You Are Not a Gadget: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 8/30/2010
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The worst of both worlds:

academic jargon AND
technobabble! Wheeeee . . .

You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier. Knopf, 2010, 209 pages.

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39. The Unusual Mind of Vincent Shadow: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 6/14/2010
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Twenty-two minute
Nickelodeon sitcom
dressed up like a book.

The Unusual Mind of Vincent Shadow by Tim Kehoe. Little Brown, 2010, 185 pages.

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40. Imperfect Birds: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 5/17/2010
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Wanted to love it
but just cannot understand
addiction like this.

Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott. Riverhead, 2010, 288 pages.

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41. My Life as a Book: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 5/7/2010
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Heffley wannabe
and a mysterious death
oddly juxtaposed.

My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian. Holt, 2010, 224 pages. (ARC from IRA 2010.)

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42. Incarceron: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 4/5/2010
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Maybe I'm having
dystopian overload,
but this? Just okay.

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher. Dial, 2010, 448 pages.

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43. The 3-2-3 Detective Agency: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 1/4/2010
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Fun, forgettable
mystery offers proof that
poodles are evil.

The 3-2-3 Detective Agency: The Disappearance of Dave Warthog by Fiona Robinson. Amulet, 2009, 73 pages.

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44. The Problem with the Puddles: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 12/2/2009
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Wants to be Horvath,
but isn't. Totally heart
Tricia Tusa, though.

The Problem with the Puddles by Kate Feiffer. S&S, 2009, 208 pages.

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45. Any Which Wall: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 11/20/2009
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Half-baked (overbaked?)
Eager homage is good, but
I wished for more meat.

Any Which Wall by Laurel Snyder. Random, 2009, 245 pages.

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46. The Miles Between: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 11/16/2009
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From the Calder Game
school of coincidences,
a road trip writ large.

The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson. Holt, 2009, 272 pages.

P.S. Really? This is the final jacket? Bleah.

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47. Angry Management: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 10/30/2009
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Might be nice stories
without the heavy thwacking
of moral lessons.

Angry Management by Chris Crutcher. Greenwillow, 2009, 246 pages.

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48. Home Game: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 10/14/2009
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Sort of like labor
stories: most interesting to
the people in them.

Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood by Michael Lewis. Norton, 2009, 190 pages.

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49. Lost in the Meritocracy: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 10/12/2009
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Midwestern boy goes

East to find -- surprise! -- he's no
F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever by Walter Kirn. Doubleday, 2009, 211 pages.

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50. One False Note and The Sword Thief: Review Haiku

By: Emily, on 9/23/2009
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The clues fly fast and
furious: a convoluted,
high-stakes muddle.

One False Note: 39 Clues #2 by Gordon Korman. Scholastic, 2008, 174 pages.
The Sword Thief: 39 Clues #3 by Peter Lerangis. Scholastic, 2009, 160 pages.

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