Most Read Authors/Illustrators of 2016
*Patricia MacLachlan
*Jane Yolen
*Cooper Edens
*Emily Arnold McCully
*Ruth Sanderson
*Shaune Tan
*Diane Muldrow
*Matt Phelan
*Eleanor Farjeon
*Kwame Alexander
*John Bude
*Shirley Jackson
*J. R. R. Tolkien
*Maya Angelou
*Roald Dahl

* Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild by Mary A. Kassian
*The Suspicion at Sanditon by Carrie Bebris
*White Fur Flying by Patricia MacLachlan
*The Lightning Dreamer by Margarita Engle
*The Winter Fortress by Neal Bascomb
*The End of the Perfect 10 by Dvora Meyers
*The Adventures of Miss Petitfour by Anne Michaels
*A Dance with Jane Austen ( Read more... )

2015 Summer reading total: 164 books

Top 12 Summer Reads:
*For Such a Time by Kate Breslin
*While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
*Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L'Engle
*A School for Brides: A Story of Maidens, Mystery, and ( Read more... )

*Can't believe I've worked at camp for 10 years. It does not seem that long, nor did I ever imagine I'd be allowed to do so. It has been a gift ( Read more... )

Grrr. For some reason the last couple of books I've read have not been as enjoyable as expected. I read my first Carol Higgins Clark book, Decked. I expected it to be pretty suspenseful since she is the daughter of the famous Mary Higgins Clark. Ha. I kept waiting for the suspense and...I missed it or something. *sigh* It was disappointing. And I ( Read more... )