Top 10 Books of 2016
1. The Adventures of Miss Petitfour by Ann Michaels
2. Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild by Mary A. Kassian
3. Greater Than Gold: From Olympic Heartbreak to Ultimate Redemption by David Boudia
4. Jubilee by Patricia Reilly Giff
5. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
6. Snow White: a Graphic Novel by Matt Phelan
7. Suspicion at ( Read more... )

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

Below (in chronological order of my reading them) are the books to which I gave five stars this year on Goodreads.

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Your main fandom of the year? NCIS: New Orleans, Grimm Reflections webseries, The Cate Morland Chronicles webseries, Northbound webseries, The Little Mermaid.
Your favorite film watched this year? The Jungle Book (2016)
Your favorite book read this year? So many!!
Your favorite album or song to listen to this year? Album: The Hunchback of Notre ( Read more... )

Hard to believe but the 2016-2017 figure skating season is almost halfway over! The Grand Prix series is a wrap and the Grand Prix Final's next weekend. So I thought this would be a good time to share my 10 favorite performances from the Grand Prix. :)

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Title: I See the Light
Rating: PG (K+)
Disclaimer: Bleak House, all characters, places, and related terms are the sole property of Charles Dickens and BBC.
Summary: Chaos, gloom, peace, joy…ten Allan Woodcourt and Esther Summerson moments. No chronological order. Bookverse, 1985 BBC-verse, 2005 BBC-verse, AU.
Author’s Note: Written for the 10 ( Read more... )

* 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... )

Have stumbled onto new (re)discoveries...!

*During the past week I've been watching on YouTube fanmade trailers of the 2015 Cinderella in Non/Disney styles. Very cool! They have reintroduced me to the interesting notion of crossover pairings, too!( Read more... )

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