I was assigned to read Old Yeller in 6th grade. For whatever reason, 6th grade was full of the tragedy books. I read about a childhood best friend dying, a dog dying, and watching someone you love grow old and die. Now that I think about it, that is a traumatizing year of … [Read more...]

I first read Artemis Fowl on my honeymoon. Jeff and I went to London and we spent a fair amount of time searching out obscure bookstores. At one stop I bought a fair number of YA fantasy books, most of these still sit on my shelves. Once my kids were born, I waited for them to be … [Read more...]