unreasonably fond of this photo I took during a friend’s recent move:


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I finished my list!

I read 142 books in 2017, and achieved my goal of 50% books by non-white authors. Thank you, Jason Reynolds. :D

Some notes from my 50% project:

• It’s like those studies with teachers who think the girls in their class are talking at least as much as the boys, probably more- but when you count it all up it’s more like 30 percent ( Read more... )

My list of books read in 2015, with a line or three about each. And even more briefly, here are my ten best for the year, which I added to my LibraryThing archive:

• Bright Morning, by Margery Williams Bianco. Her 1939 YA Other People’s Houses was also good.
• Kiss the Girl, by Melissa Brayden. Also enjoyed Waiting in the Wings and Just Three Words, and ( Read more... )

I just did the bulk of the work of alphabetizing and categorizing my “Books Read 2015” list. A few times I had to override my brain’s first inclination:


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