What I’m Going to Read: Round 19

Now that you likely think I have forgotten entirely about Tell Me What To Read, let me present the winner. . .  Wish You Well by David Baldacchi suggested by Lisa. It is, at this moment, residing happily on the hold shelf at the library, just waiting for me to venture over and pick it up.

And once again, y’all were full of terrific suggestions:

• • Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish (Mad Hadder)
  • Two-Part Invention by Madeline L’Engle (RA)
  • The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (Mia and Kimberly)
  • Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Burns (G)
  • The Magicians by Lev Grossman (NGS)
  • Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (Stefanie)
  • Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay (Mom)
  • The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (Amy Sorensen)
  • The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (Lexiloo)
  • Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein (Lisa)
  • Room by Emma Donoghue (Ang)
  • Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Jenae)
  • The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Lis)
  • East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Heidikins)
  • Committed by Liz Gilbert (Shannon)
  • Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger (Katie)
  • The Company She Keeps by Georgia Durante (Jenny)
  • Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (SSM)
  • Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery (Carly)
  • A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn (Mary)
  • The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Lauren)
  • Precious Bane by Mary Webb (Melissa)
  • The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Becca)
  • Into the Wind by Jean Ferris (Michelle)
  • The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Alisha Stamper)
  • Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy (Mary)
  • One Child by Torey Hayden (Melissa)

Now that you probably all think I’ve forgotten entirely about

• 365 Thank Yous by John Kralik (Holly)
• The Selected Works of TS Spivet by Reif Larsson (Saskia)
• Ella Minnow Pea By Mark Dunn (Parkers)
• At Home by Bill Bryson (JB)
• The Wee Free Men by  Terry Pratchett (ACQ)
• Letters from the Inside by John Marsden (Kimberly)

Of these, I’ve read:

• Room by Emma Donoghue (review here)
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (review here)
• Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery (one of my very favorite series of all time)
• A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
• At Home by Bill Bryson

You know I’m feeling ridiculously pleased to have read SIX of them. Ah yes, I am feeling good.