364 books overall; 188 books read in the last year; 16 books read in the last month. That's an average of 0 books each month.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare is a 1959 Newbery Award winner and deservedly slow. From the back cover:
Kit Tyler knew, as she gazed for the first time at the cold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home would never be like the shimmering Caribbean islands she left behind. She [...]
Wow. Big mistake here. I started to read Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott about an hour before we were supposed to be to church this morning. Which meant that I had to put it down. And I did not want to put this book down. As soon as we walked back in the door [...]
I was excited to read X-Indian Chronicles by Thomas Yeahpau for the A-Z challenge hosted by Joy (see my entire list here) So I was sad when I didn’t make it past page 54. The language was just too much. Those X-Indians have quite the potty mouth. I can handle a moderate amount of foul [...]
Unlike everybody else I know my age I made it through my childhood without reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, the 1963 Newbery Medal winner. Because everybody seems to rave about this book, I thought it was about time I read it for myself. To tell you the truth, I just didn’t get [...]
I have always wanted to read anything by Jean Craighead George after hearing her and Wendell Minor (the illustrator) speak at a conference about five years ago. Took me long enough as I’m finally reading my first book, Julie of the Wolves, the 1973 Newbery Winner.
Miyax, also known as Julie as her English name, lives [...]
