August 1, 2012

August Reads

Congratulations to T Frances who completed the challenge in July. Please feel free to continue linking to your reviews throughout the rest of the year. Take a look at the rankings below.

Status as of end of July:

Twelve and Over: 
 Nicola: 53
 Tom: 23
Karissa's Reading Review: 22
Aaron: 20
 T Frances: 15
Mervi: 14

 Rankings: 
 Larissa: 10
Sandy: 8
Joseph: 6
Jim Black: 5
Joe: 5
Reading Challenged: 4
Kat: 4
John: 3
 Tif: 3
 Chris@ Nerf Reader: 3
Bex: 2
 Healiel: 2
 GuadiRC: 2
 Nancy: 1
The misanthropologist:1
 Jean-Paul: 1

Individual Books Read Up and Including August:

Jason Aaron:  Punisher Max: Kingpin (Jim)


Ninomiya Ai: Are You Alice? Vol. 1 (Healiel) 

Natsumi Ando:  Arisa, Vol. 2 (Sandy)

Anthologies: Tall: Great American Folktales (Nicola)

Arnold Are: The Mythology Class (Nancy)

Hiroyuki Asada: Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee, Vol. 1 (Larissa); Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee, Vol. 7 (Nicola); Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee, Vol. 8 (Nicola)

Atsuko Asano: NO.6, Vol. 1 (Healiel)

Penelope Bagieu: 
Cadavre Exquis (Larissa); La Page Blanche (Larissa)

Frank Beddor: 
Hatter M, Vol. 1 (Karissa); (TFrances); Hatter M, Vol. 2 (TFrances); Hatter M, Vol. 3 (TFrances)

Alison Bechdel: Fun Home (Bex)

Arne Bellstorf: Baby's in Black (Nicola)

Brian Michael Bendis: Torso: A True Crime Graphic Novel (Nicola)

Hannah Berry: Britten and Brulightly (Chris@Nerfreader)

Ned Bowden: Holliday (Nicola)


Raymond Briggs: 
When the Wind Blows (Nicola); Ethel & Ernest, a true story (Nicola)


Joe Brusha: Neverland (Karissa)

Charles Burns: Black Hole (John)

Kurt Busiek: 
Superstar: As Seen On TV (Jim Black);
Avengers: The Morgan Conquest (Mervi); Avengers: Assemble, vol.1 (Mervi); Avengers Assemble, vol. 2 (Mervi); Avengers: Living Legends (Mervi); Avengers Forever (Mervi)

Blair Butler:  Heart (Joe)

Gail Carriger:  Soulless, Vol. 1 (Sandy)

Michael Cavallero: The Wizard of Oz (Tom)

Scott Chantler: Two Generals (John)

Scott Ciencin: Power at the Plate (Nicola)

Clamp: X 3-in1. Vol.1 (Nicola); X 3-in-1. Vol. 2 (Nicola)

Chris Claremont:  Essential X-Men Vol. 3 (Mervi)

Daniel Clowes: The Death-Ray (Kat)

Max Allan Collins: Road to Perdition (John)

Tim Conrad: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Nicola)

Richard Corben: Creepy Presents Richard Corben (Nicola)

Paul Cornell: Batman & Robin: Dark Knight, White Knight (Karissa)

Willow Dawson: Hyena in Petticoats, The Story of Suffragette Nellie McClung (Nicola)

Keith R.A. DeCandido: Star Trek :TNG: Perchance to Dream (Mervi)

Nunzio DeFillipis: The Avalon Chronicles #1 (Nicola)

Guy DeLisle: Burma Chronicles (Larissa); Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City (Larissa)

Ian Edington:  Leviathon (Nicola)

Will Eisner: The Contract with God Trilogy (John)

Garth Ennis: The Boys, Vol. 9 (TFrances); The Boy, Vol.10 (TFrances)

Gerry Finley-Day: Rogue Trooper: Tales of Nu-Earth Vol. 01 (Nicola)

Christos Gage:  Sunset (Nicola)

Michel Gagne: The Saga of Rex (Karissa)

Neil Gaiman: 

The Sandman #1: Preludes & Nocturnes (TFrances); The Sandman #2 (TFrances)The Sandman #4 (TFrances); The Sandman #5 (TFrances); 
Death: The High Cost of Living (Larissa); Death: Time of Your Life (Larissa)
1602 (Bex)


Amy Kin Ganter: Sorcerers and Secretaries, Vol. 2 (Sandy)

Rick Geary: The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans (Nicola)

Kasra Ghanbari: Monocyte (Nicola)

Rene Goscinny: Asterix in Britain (Joseph)

Graphic Classics: Vol. 9, Robert Louis Stevenson (Nicola); Vol. 22, African-American Classics (Nicola);

Alan Grant: Judge Andersen: The Psychic Crime Files (Nicola)

Justin Gray: Trailblazer (Jim Black)

Nathan Hale: One Dead Spy (Nicola)

Steve Henglehart: Marvel Treasury Edition #26, The Rampaging Hulk (John)

Jim Henson: Tale of Sand (Jean-Paul)

Herge:
Cigars of the Pharoah (Aaron); The Blue Lotus (Aaron); The Broken Ear (Aaron); The Black Island (Aaron); King Ottokar's Sceptre (Aaron); The Crab with the Golden Claws (Aaron); The Shooting Star (Aaron); The Secret of the Unicorn (Aaron); Red Rackham's Treasure (Aaron); The Seven Crystal Balls (Aaron); Prisoners of the Sun (Aaron); Land of Black Gold (Aaron); Destination Moon (Aaron); Explorers on the Moon (Aaron); The Calculus Affair (Aaron); The Red Sea Sharks (Aaron); Tintin in Tibet (Aaron); The Castsifiore Emerald (Aaron); Flight 714 (Aaron); Tintin and the Picaros (Aaron)

Faith Erin Hicks: 
Friends with Boys (Nicola); Zombies Calling (Nicola)

Joe Hill: Locke and Key #1: Welcome to Lovecraft (Tif); Locke and Key #5: Clockworks (Karissa)

Gareth Hinds: The Odyssey (Tom)

Shane Houghton:  Reed Gunther,The Bear Riding Cowboy: Volume 1 (Nicola)

Humayoun Ibrahim: Jack Vance's The Moon Moth (Nicola); (Karissa)

Carla Jablonski: Victory, Resistance Bk 3 (Nicola)

Jeff Jensen: Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (Nicola)

Jeff Johns: The Brightest Day, Vol. 2 (Tom); The Justice League, Vol. 1: The Origin (Nicola)

R. Kikuo Johnson: The Shark King (Tom)

Antony Johnston: The Coldest City (Nicola)

Chigusa Kawai: Alice the 101st, Vol. 2 (Reading Challenged)

Kazu Kibuishi: Amulet #5 (Karissa)

Robert Kirkman: 
Super Dinosaur, Vol. 1 (Nicola); 
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 (GuadiRC); (Tom), The Walking Dead, Vol. 2 (Tom); The Walking Dead, Vol. 3 (Tom); The Walking Dead, Vol. 4 (Tom) (TFrances); The Walking Dead, Vol. 10 (Joseph); The Walking Dead, Vol. 11 (Joseph); The Walking Dead, Vol. 12 (Joseph)

Tite Kubo: Bleach, vol. 37 (Kat)

Lang, John: Lone Hawk: The Story of Air Ace Billy Bishop
 (Nicola)

Joseph Lanzara: 
Dante's The Inferno: The Graphic Novel (Tom); (Nicola)

Tony Lee:
Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur (Tom); Doctor Who: The Forgotten (TFrances)

Jeff Lemire: Animal Man, Vol. 1 (Tom)

Robert James Luedke: Eyewitness: Unknown God (Tom)

Brian Lynch: Angel, vol. 6: Last Angel in Hell (Larissa)

Ellie Mamahara: Double Cast (Reading Challenged)

David Michelini: The Avengers: Nights of Wondergrore (Mervi)

Mike Mignola: B.P.R.D.: Being Human (Joseph); 
Masks & Monsters (Joseph)

Frank Miller: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (John)

Rutu Modan: Maya Makes a Mess (Tom)

Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba: Daytripper (the misanthropologist)

Alan Moore: 
Tom Strong, Book 3 (Mervi); Tom Strong, Book 4 (Mervi); Tom Strong, Book 6 (Mervi)

Leah Moore: Doctor Who: Through Time and Space (TFrances)

Tom Morello: Orchid, Vol. 1 (Nicola)

Grant Morrison: Judge Dredd: Crusade & Frankenstein Division (Nicola)

Mozchops: Salsa Invertebraxa (Nicola)

Ted Naifeh: 
Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom (Karissa); Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics (Karissa); Courtney Crumrin's Monstrous Holiday (Karissa)


Jai Nitz: Tron: Betrayal (Tom)

George O'Connor: Hades: Lord of the Dead (Nicola)

Héctor Germán Oesterheld: El Eternauta (GuadiRC)

Bryan Lee O'Malley: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Nicola)

Megumi Osuga: 
MAOH: Juvenile Remix, Vol. 7 (Nicola); MAOH: Juvenile Remix, Vol. 8 (Nicola); MAOH: Juvenile Remix, Vol. 9 (Nicola); MAOH: Juvenile Remix, Vol. 10 (Nicola)

Greg Pak: Alpha Flight, Vol. 1 (Jim Black)

JT Petty: Bloody Chester (Nicola)

James Patterson: Maximum Ride, Vol. 3 (Sandy); Maximum Ride, Vol. 4 (Sandy); Maximum Ride, Vol. 5 (Sandy)

David Peterson: 
Mouse Guard: Fall of 1152 (Karissa); Mouse Guard: Winter of 1152 (Karissa)

Peyo: The Smurfs #8: The Smurf Apprentice (Tom); The Smurfs #10: The Return of Smurfette (Tom)

QuinRose: Alice in the Country of Hearts, v.1 (Sandy)

Mike Raicht: The Jungle (Karissa)

Scott Mitchell Rosenberg: Cowboys and Aliens (Tom)

Greg Rucka: Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia (Tom)

Chris Ryell: Complete Zombies Vs. Robots (Joseph)

Marjanne Satrapi: Embroideries (Larissa); Chicken with Plums (Larissa); Persepolis 1 (TFrances); Persepolis 2 (TFrances)

Bob Schrek: Jurassic Park: Redemption (Tom)

Mark Schultz: Tom Strong, Book5 (Mervi)

Chris Schweizer: Crogan's Loyalty (Nicola)

Tim Seeley: The Occultist, Vol. 1 (Nicola)

Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Manga Edition (TFrances)

Hiroshi Shiibashi: 
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Vol. 5 (Nicola); Nura:Rise of the Yokai Clan, Vol. 6 (Nicola); Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Vol. 7 (Nicola), Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Vol. 8 (Nicola); Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Vol. 9 (Nicola)

Brian Smith: The Stuff of Legend #3: A Jester's Tale (Karissa); 

Voltron Force, vol. 1: Shelter From the Storm (Nicola); Volton Force v.2: Tournament of Lions (Nicola)

Kevin Smith: The Bionic Man Vol. 1 (Nicola)

Scott Snyder: 
American Vampire Vol.1 (Tom); American Vampire vol. 2 (Tom); Batman: Black Mirror (Tom); (Joe)

Kean Soo: Jellaby (Nicola); (Chris@Nerfreader); Jellaby:Monster in the City (Nicola)

Nadja Speigelman:  Zig and Wikki in the Cow (Tom); (Nicola)

Ashley Spires: Binky, The Space Cat (Karissa); Binky Under Pressure (Nicola)


John Stanley:   Yow! Drawn & Quarterly Presents A "John Stanley Library" Grab-Bag for Free Comic Book Day 2010 (Nicola)


Roger Stern: Avengers: Under Siege (Mervi) 

Studio Ghibli: 
The Secret World of Arrietty, vol. 1 (Nicola); The Secret World of Arrietty, vol. 2 (Nicola)


Mary M Talbot - Dotter of her Father's Eyes (Nicola)


Brandon Terrell: Riptide Pride (Nicola) 

Yumi Tsukirino: 
Fluffy, Fluffy Cinamoroll, Vol.1 (Nicola); Fluffy, Fluffy, Cinnamoroll, vol. 2 (Nicola)

Sara Varon: Bake Sale (Karissa)


Brian K. Vaughn: Pride of Baghdad (John)

John Wagner: Judge Dredd: When Judges Go Bad (Nicola); Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 05 (Nicola)

Aron Warner: Pariah, Issue #2 (Sandy)
Zeb Wells: X-Men: Second Coming (Merv)

Scott Westerfield:
Ugly's: Shays Story (Karissa)

Joshua Williamson:  Xenoholics, Vol. 1 (Nicola)

Willingham, Bill: 

Fables #2: Animal Farm (Bex); 
Fables #3: Storybook Love (Bex); 
Fables #4: March of the Wooden Soldiers (Karissa) (Larissa) (Bex); 
Fables #5: The Mean Seasons (Karissa); 
Fables #8: Wolves (Karissa); 
Fables #10: The Good Prince (Karissa); 
Fables #11: War and Pieces (Karissa); 
Fables #12: The Dark Ages (Karissa); 
Fables #13: The Great Fables Crossover (Karissa); 
Fables 14: Witches (Karissa); 
Fables #16:Super Team (Kat)

Marv Wolfman: Teen Titans: Games (Jim Black)

Craig Yoe: Bob Powell's Terror, Vol. 2 (Kat)

Boaz Yakin: Marathon (Nicola)

Jane Yolen: The Last Dragon (Nicola); (Chris@NerfReader

Kiiro Yumi: Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 7 (Nicola)