Books, Books and More Books

Several years ago (2004 to be exact)

I read a Memoir of Barbara Bush.

I'm sorry, I cannot remember the title and

she has written more than one.

In the memoir, she was constantly sharing books

that she had read. I realized that she

must be writing all these books down

in order to remember them.

I decided that I would do the same.

I started out writing the book titles and authors in

a paper journal. Then, a few years later,

I transferred the book to an electronic

format called GoodReads (which by the way, I love).

While unpacking from our move, I found

the paper journal, so over the past several nights

I have entered all the books into GoodReads.

Here is just a sampling of some of the books I listed in the journal.

If you would like to see my entire book list, check out the GoodReads site.

I LOVE TO READ!!!

I will make some random comments about some of the books

under the book cover.

All covers are courtesy of Titlewave Books.

PB = Picture Book

YA=Young Adult Book

C=Children's Book

C

C & YA

YA--This is a series that my niece,

Jenny turned me on to. Great!

YA Historical Fiction--one of my favorite

historical fiction authors

C--I like this one so much that it is

required reading in my UHCL

Children's Lit classes. The author also

wrote the Babysitter's Clubs books

years ago.

YA--surprise ending

PB--winner of Caldecott

This is a fantastic book--one of a kind.

YA--if you read this book, you will never forget it!

YA--fantastic author. I read everything

he writes.

My niece Stacie, introduced me to

Nicolas Sparks years ago and his books always

make me cry, sometimes even sob.

I read everything John Grisham writes.

He hooks me from the first paragraph.

Baldacci is one of the authors

that Barbara Bush said she read everything

he writes. I now do the same.

YA-I read this book as a

teenager. Loved it then, love it now.

Very poignant book.

Sorry for the small picture.

Written by Greg Taylor, a

personal friend and a much loved

youth minister to my son when he

was a teenager.

My friend LaJuana turned me on

to Jan Karon books. Father

Tim is a wonderful character.

Inspiring book.

All of the young adults at our

church were reading this book,

and I kept hearing them talk about it.

It really made me think.

If everyone else loves it, I am usually

a skeptic. However, this is a

WONDERFUL book. I know

God better for reading this book.

PB

This book is for Children's Lit enthusiasts. Especially

Picture Book enthusiasts.

YA

YA

C

Now, I have shared some of my favorite reads

with you.

What are some of your best loved books?