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15 - book that made me cry: Most recently, "Boy's Life" by Robert R. McCammon. There was a chapter that just flat made me *ugly* cry, which is something that rarely happens. I love McCammon's writing. He knows how to get right at those ol' emotions!

26 - Fave non-fiction book: hmm. I'm not really much on non-fiction reading, per se, although I suppose biographies fall in that category, so I'll say "Maybe I'll Pitch Forever" by Satchel Paige. I'm fascinated by the history of Negro League Baseball and Satchel Paige was such a unique and wonderful individual, sort of a black Will Rogers as far as wit and wisdom goes (some of his expressions: "Don't look back, something might be gaining on you." and "Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter." I haven't read it in years and years, but I need to revisit it. Another good autobiography, "Failure Is Not An Option" by Gene Kranz, the NASA flight director during the Apollo 13 mission (the one played by Ed Harris in the movie). Finally, "John Ransom's Andersonville Diary," a first-hand account of a Union soldier's survival in the Confederate prison-of-war camp. How he kept his spirits up and his sanity and sense of humor intact is a wonder to read.

27 - Favorite children/middle-grade book: the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, for sure. I love them and still re-read them every few years. I also really liked Anne Of Green Gables, though I didn't read those until I was an adult. But they're also a favorite.