#rita williams garcia

[anicarissi]

“Stack WISHING SEASON next to BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA. Anica Mrose Rissi paints a picture and sings a song with a tremendous, unforgettable voice. As emotionally healing as it is ultimately joyful.” —Rita Williams Garcia, Newbery Honor author of ONE CRAZY SUMMER

“Beautiful and moving, this book will make you cry. But it will also mend your heart. A story that reminds us that love will help see us through, even in the darkest of times.” —Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honor author of OTHER WORDS FOR HOME

“Tender, heart-shifting, and deeply absorbing, Anica Mrose Rissi’s latest novel is a magical exploration of what it means to love and let go. A truly beautiful and profoundly intimate story.” —Corey Ann Haydu, author of EVENTOWN

“With beautiful prose and quiet humor, Anica Mrose Rissi tells a story of grief and loneliness and love and joy, the meandering, maddening mess that is healing from a great loss, and the (kind, awkward, surprising) people who help you through it. A quietly powerful tale that feels like an ageless classic.” —Claire Legrand, author of SOME KIND OF HAPPINESS

"A startlingly honest portrayal of grief, WISHING SEASON carries us through the bewildering beauty of a perfect Maine summer and a season of terrible loss. I loved this wise, lovely, delicate story of what we hold onto and how we let go.” —Laurel Snyder, author of ORPHAN ISLAND

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Gone Crazy in Alabama | Author: Rita Williams-Garcia | Publisher: Quill Tree Books (2015)

[the-final-sentence]

'And every other time he'd look down the well, or up at the moon, and he'd just say, 'Whoa.''

Rita Williams-Garcia, from "Whoa!"

[ssriuser]

long list of celebs who are currently or have a history of supporting israel if u see someone not on this list please add to it in the comments or tags!!

amy schumer, sacha baron cohen, selena gomez, gal gadot, fran drescher, pharrell williams, jamie lee curtis, sarah silverman, gerard butler, ashton kutcher, katharine mcphee, arnold schwarzenegger, mayim bialik, michael rapaport, floyd mayweather, seal, debra messing, josh gad, noah schnapp, jerry seinfeld, timothee chalamet, madonna, chris rock, bella thorne, adam sandler, eugene levy, james corden, courteney cox, billy porter, barbra streisand, pamela anderson jack black, isla fisher, jason sudeikis, justin timberlake, jessica biel, jon hamm, judd apatow, annabelle dexter-jones, ben stiller, chelsea handler, mandy moore, eli roth, karlie kloss, chloe fineman, natalie portman, helen mirren, michael douglas, josh peck, jason alexander, lance bass, jim gaffigan, kris jenner, florence pugh, liev schreiber, ashley tisdale, reese witherspoon, justin bieber, mila kunis, sofia richie, nina dobrev, paris jackson, rita ora, katy perry, lindsay lohan, dwayne johnson, chris pine, andy garcia, nikki glaser, zachary levi, george lopez, howie mandel, quentin tarantino, nicholas sparks, kathy griffin, heather locklear, sarah michelle gellar, andy cohen, bono, max greenfield, jennifer love hewitt, busy philipps, alison brie, sara bareilles, sarah paulson, brooklyn beckham, jk rowling, patton oswalt, lebron james, jon voight, ellen degeneres, kim karshian, khloe kardashian, demi lovato, slyvester stallone, jessie j, addison rae, jon bon jovi, sharon osbourne, neil patrick harris

[joethetoonfanandoutcast]

Tall woman-little man pairings I adore

Here are a list of tall woman-little man pairings, canon or fanmade, that I adore.

Roger x Jessica (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)

Kermit x Miss Piggy (The Muppets)

Barney x Betty (The Flintstones)

Donkey x Dragon (Shrek)

Fox x Skunk (Skunk Fu; with Skunk being older than canon obviously, either it's an AU or it's a time skip where he's old enough to date Fox)

Fox (Skunk Fu) x William D. Ploohe (Disney Xover OC doppelganger of Winnie the Pooh)

Rita x Dodger (Oliver and Company)

Rita x Oliver (Oliver and Company; with Oliver being older than canon)

Rita (Oliver and Company) x Bolt (film of the same name)

Esme "Sukey" Lane x Baxter Crescent (Sing OC duplicates of Buster and Suki, since shipping MoonLane is pointless)

Esme "Sukey" Lane (Sing OC) x Sylvester (Looney Tunes)

Stanley the cat x Alicia the dog (my Bremen/Sing OCs)

Furrball x Fifi La Fume (Tiny Toons; I think Fifi is like an inch taller than him, though that's not much)

Furrball x Julie Bruin (Tiny Toons)

Gomez x Morticia (The Addams Family)

Buzz x Jessie (Toy Story)

Beast Boy x Raven (Teen Titans)

Beast Boy x Terra (Teen Titans)

Ted Wiggins x Audrey (The Lorax (2012))

Felix x Calhoun (Wreck-It Ralph)

Tails x Zooey (Sonic Boom)

Tails x Barby Koala (Sonic comics)

Tails x Lupe (Sonic AU where Tails is older)

Tails x Blaze (Sonic AU where Tails is older)

Spike x Applejack (MLP:FIM AU)

Shackelford x Dorothy (Clifford's Really Big Movie)

Drake Mallard x Morgana McCawber (Darkwing Duck)

Iago x Thundra (Aladdin)

Timon x Shenzi (The Lion King AU)

Timon x Piper (The Lion King AU)

Cody Maverick x Lani Aliikai (Surf's Up)

Dixie x male version of Zelda (The Fox and the Hound 2 AU)

Twig x Anna (Amphibia AU)

Mike Wazowski x Celia Mae (Monsters Inc.)

Tom (Tom & Jerry) x Brenda Springer (Animalympics)

Leshawna x Harold (Total Drama)

WALL-E x Eve (WALL-E)

Phineas Flynn x Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (Phineas and Ferb)

Chicken Little x Abby Mallard (Chicken Little)

Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio) x Rosie (A Bug's Life)

Lady Kluck (Robin Hood (1973)) x the White Rabbit (Alice in Wonderland (1951))

[pop-pop-pop-popculture]

MY 2023 Met Gala Guest List :)

(previous // there will be new people and old people as well as some changes)

Anya Taylor-Joy

Zendaya

Sadie Sink

Elle Fanning

Dakota Fanning

Margot Robbie

AnnaSophia Robb

Sarah Hyland

Lily Collins

Madelaine Petsch

Camila Mendes

Saoirse Ronan

Noah Schnapp

Melissa McCarthy

Florence Pugh

Rebecca Ferguson

Halle Berry

Keke Palmer

Miranda Cosgrove

Madison Pettis

Millie Bobby Brown (the so-called "boyfriend” stays at his own house!!!)

Awkwafina

Amy Adams

Jessica Alba

Jessica Chastain

Phillipa Soo

Lupita Nyong’o

Gal Gadot

Anna Kendrick

Blake Lively

Jessica Biel

Ariel Winter

Winona Ryder

Zoe Saldana

Charlize Theron

Natalia Dyer

Nicole Kidman

Emilia Clarke

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Idina Menzel

Viola Davis

Emily Blunt

Sofía Vergara

Meryl Streep

Anne Hathaway

Amanda Seyfried

Constance Wu

Elizabeth Olsen

Ana de Armas

Karen Gillan

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Madelyn Cline

Hugh Jackman

Daveed Diggs

Jared Leto

Finn Wolfhard

Tom Holland

James McAvoy

Leslie Odom Jr.

Regé-Jean Page

Ryan Reynolds

Chris Hemsworth

KJ Apa

Idris Elba

David Harbour

Bebe Rexha

Caleb McLaughlin

Bill Skarsgård

Alexander Skarsgård

John Krasinski

Dua Lipa

Stanley Tucci

Charlie Heaton

Robert Downey Jr.

Taron Egerton

Selena Gomez

Ariana Grande

Beyoncé

Rihanna

Halle Bailey

Chloe Bailey

Alessia Cara

Alicia Keys

Céline Dion

Taylor Swift

Lady Gaga

Ciara

Cassie

Elton John

Madonna

The Weeknd

Lily-Rose Depp

Cara Delevingne

Taylor Hill

Elsa Hosk

Josephine Skriver

Romee Strijd

Jasmine Tookes

Lais Ribeiro

Sara Sampaio

Heidi Klum

Candice Swanepoel

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Behati Prinsloo

Miranda Kerr

Jacopo Venturini (CEO for Valentino since 2020)

Adut Akech

Paloma Elsesser

Kaia Gerber

Adriana Lima

Alessandra Ambrosio

Gisele Bündchen

Valentina Sampaio

Karlie Kloss

Gigi Hadid

Bella Hadid

Kendall Jenner

Lily Aldridge

Soo Joo Park

Paris Jackson

Daphne Groeneveld

Blanca Padilla

Sophie Turner

Nick Jonas

Jennifer Lopez

Ben Affleck

Billie Eilish

Billy Porter

Zoë Kravitz

Tiffany Haddish

Dakota Johnson

Kerry Washington

Mindy Kaling

Donatella Versace

Anna Wintour

Vera Wang

Tory Burch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Serena Williams

Kasey Musgraves

Katy Perry

Frank Ocean

Julianne Moore

Michael B. Jordan

Jordan Peele

Janelle Monáe

Ashley Graham

Mary-Kate Olsen

Ashley Olsen

Jennifer Connelly

Irina Shayk

Christian Bale + Mrs. Bale

Diane von Furstenberg

Gabrielle Union-Wade

Jeremy Scott (designer for Moschino)

Katie Holmes

Emily Ratajkowski

Gwen Stefani

Julia Garner

Angelina Jolie

Alicia Vikander

Lizzo

Adwoa Aboh

Jourdan Dunn

RuPaul

Solange Knowles

Billie Lourd

Daisy Ridley

John Boyega

Emma Stone

Eddie Redmayne

Bri Larson

Rita Ora

Dua Lipa

Naomi Scott

Law Roach (March 15, 2023: I would still invite him despite his decision to retire, but it’d be understandable if he chose not to attend.)

Kate Moss

Victoria Beckham

David Beckham

Mila Kunis

Natalie Portman

Zoey Deutch

Halsey

Michelle Williams

Winnie Harlow

Kiernan Shipka

Rachel McAdams

Florence Welch

Danielle Bernstein (@weworewhat on Instagram)

Grace Elizabeth

Joey King

Dan Stevens + Mrs. Stevens

Christian Siriano

Jeremy Scott

Alessandro Michele (designer for Gucci)

Miuccia Prada

Elie Saab

Iris Van Herpen

Han Chong (designer for Self-Portrait)

Maria Grazia Chiuri (designer for Christian Dior)

Anthony Vaccarello (designer for Saint Laurent)

Silvia Ventura Fendi

Giambattista Valli

Zuhair Murad

Virginie Viard (designer for Chanel)

Elaine Welteroth

Nina Garcia

Imaan Hammam

Sara Paulson

Julia Roberts

Brandon Maxwell

Pierpaolo Piccioli (designer for Valentino)

Yara Shahidi

Gemma Chan

Laverne Cox

Lucy Boynton

Naomi Campbell

Penelope Cruz

Salma Hayek

Gwyneth Paltrow

Rami Malek

Sienna Miller

Aurora James

Carey Mulligan

Charli XCX

Alexa Chung

Stella Maxwell

Sofía Sánchez Barrenechea

Dapper Dan

Aquaria

Timothée Chalamet

Normani

Camila Coelho

Deepika Padukone

Tommy Hilfiger

Violet Chachki

Nasiba Adilova

Shailene Woodley

Joe Jonas

Megan Fox (MGMK stays home.)

Laura Haddock

Orlando Bloom

Willow Smith

Jason Sudeikis

Ewan McGregor

Coco Rocha

Ralph Lauren

BTS - Jungkook, V, Park Ji-min, Jin, Suga, RM, J-Hope

Blackpink - Jennie, Lisa, Rosé, Jisoo

Doja Cat

Sam Claflin

Kiera Knightley

Sebastian Stan

Alexina Graham

Rachel Zegler

Sophia Lillis

Sam Smith

Mimi Cuttrell

Aubrey Plaza

Adam Driver

Kate McKinnon

Aidy Bryant

Thomasin McKenzie

Evan Peters

Maddie Ziegler

Colin Farrell

Kristen Bell

Idina Menzel

Michelle Dockery

Chris Evans

Peter Dinklage

Luke Evans

Amy Poehler

Liam Hemsworth

Robert Pattinson

Christian Louboutin

Stuart Weitzman

Nicola Glass (designer for Kate Spade)

Michael Kors

Manolo Blahnik

Alberta Ferretti

Kim Jones (designer for Fendi)

Viktor Horsting

Rolf Snoeren

Richard Madden

Giorgio Armani

Isabel Marant

Nicky Zimmermann

Simone Zimmermann

Gimmo Etro

Abigail Breslin

Lana Del Rey

Natalia Dyer

Molly Ringwald

Adele

Giambattista Valli

Tamara Ralph

Michael Russo

Isla Fisher

Anastasia Soare (founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills)

Charlotte Tilbury

Allan Avendaño

Danielle Priano

Pier Gelardi (founder of Refinery29)

Aubrey Plaza

Philippe von Borries (founder of Refinery29)

Christene Barberich (founder of Refinery29)

Justin Stefano (founder of Refinery29)

Sara Moonves (editor-in-chief for W Magazine)

Arnaud de Contades (CEO of Marie Claire Magazine)

Anne Fullenwider (editor-in-chief of Marie Claire Magazine)

Lauren Conrad

Miles Socha (editor-in-chief of Women’s Wear Daily)

Jay Penske (CEO of Women’s Wear Daily)

Jessica Pels (editor-in-chief for Cosmopolitan Magazine)

Rob Zangardi

Mariel Haenn

Michael Fassbender

Jason Bateman

Elliot Page

Betsey Johnson

Jonathan Groff

Anna Faris

Sabrina Carpenter

Meryl Streep

Brie Larson

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Jasmine Cephas Jones

Cindy Crawford

Nicholas Hoult

Jennifer Garner

Zac Posen

Taraji P. Henson

Joan Smalls

Samira Nasr (editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar Magazine)

Lily James

Thandiwe Newton

Ciara Bravo

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Phoebe Dynevor

Allison Janney

Daniel Levy

Claire Foy

Lisa Eldridge

Kale Teter

LaQuan Smith

Lacy Redway

Alexandra DiRoma

Alex White (fashion director for Elle Magazine U.S.)

Carine Roitfeld (founder and editor-in-chief of CR Fashion Book)

Carine Backoff

Zoey Grossman

Tyler Shields

Joy Sunday (’Bianca’ in Wednesday)

Greg Williams

Cass Blackbird

Kacey Musgraves

Owen Gould

Tobi Henney

Marc Eram

Charlotte Prevel

Romy Soleimani

Rebecca Minkoff

Joseph Altuzarra

Gabriela Heart (designer for Chloé)

Hedi Slimane (designer for Céline)

Phoebe Philo (designer for Céline)

Jonathan Anderson (designer for Loewe)

Saweetie

Kelsey Deenihan Fisher

Lorde

Harry Styles

Demna Gvasalia (designer for Balenciaga)

Anok Lai

Precious Lee

Michelle Yeoh

Storm Reid

Jennifer Hudson

Maisie Williams

Tom Ford

Iman Abdulmajid

Ella Emhoff

Regina King

Amandla Stenberg

Eiza González

Stella McCartney

Edward Norton

Vittora Ceretti

Leslie Grace

Cynthia Erivo

Alton Mason

Mary J. Blige

Carey Mulligan

Ming Xi

Donald Glover

Brooke Shields

Tracee Ellis Ross

Maya Hawke

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Symone

Chiara Ferragni

Ewan McGregor

Laura Dern

Anthony Mackie

Barbara Palvin (Dylan stays at home!!!! He does not need to be at every single event with her.)

Pharrell Williams

Frank Ocean

Dove Cameron

Daniel Craig

Queen Latifah

Jason Wu

Shawn Mendes

Camila Cabello

Jenna Ortega

Olivia Rodrigo

Emma Myers (‘Enid’ in Wednesday)

Tyler Doohan

Christina Ricci

Ke Huy Quan

Demi Lovato

Kristen Stewart

Hailee Steinfeld

Anyone who works in corporate fashion, is a fashion designer, a makeup artist, fashion stylist, fashion model, or hairstylist is invited. There’s just SO many of them, though... . Also, significant others are an automatic +1 unless I said they are not invited :)

NOT Invited

Justin Bieber

Hailey Baldwin

Austin Butler

Pete Davidson

Cole Sprouse

Lili Reinhart

Kim Kardashian

Ansel Elgort

Khloé Kardashian

Kris Jenner

Caitlyn Jenner

Miles Teller

Kylie Jenner

Emma Chamberlain

Addison Rae

Percy Hynes White

Charlie D'Amelio

Dixie D'Amelio

James Charles

Cardi B

Nicki Minaj

Miley Cyrus

Priyanka Chopra

Jeffree Star

ALL social media influencers (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram)

Lena Dunham

John Legend

Chrissy Teigen

Kanye West

Doutzen Kroes

Ezra Miller

Johnny Depp

Amber Heard

Armie Hammer

Travis Scott

Emma Roberts

Tom Cruise

Henry Cavill

Alida Morberg (Bill Skarsgård’s problematic “girlfriend”)

David Dobrik

Madison Beer

Domenico Dolce

Stefano Gabbana

Lil Nas X

Olivia Wilde

Alexander Wang

Justin Timberlake

Adam Levine

Machine Gun Kelly

21 Savage

French Montana

Chloë Grace Moretz

Chris Pratt

Bella Thorne

Scarlett Johansson

Jennifer Lawrence

Emma Watson

Vanessa Hudgens

Sacha Baron Cohen

Dylan Sprouse

Sarah Jessica Parker

Olivia Jade

Kid Cudi

Channing Tatum

Paris Hilton

Nicky Hilton

A$AP Rocky

Jeremy O. Harris

John Mulaney

Olivia Munn

Elon Musk

Chris Brown

MGMK

▪️ March 1, 2023 ▪️

[finalgirlfall]

bookposting... currently reading:

clarissa, samuel richardson ed. angus ross, 1985 [1748]

the women of colonial latin america, susan migden socolow, 2nd edition, 2015

the haunting of hill house, shirley jackson, 2006 [1959]

up next:

gender, sexuality, and power in latin america since independence, ed. william e. french, 2006

female husbands: a trans history, jen manion, 2021 (cc: @halfelvesarepeopletoo)

edith wharton: a study of the short fiction, barbara a. white, 1991

the gaither sisters series, rita williams-garcia, 2010-2015 (cc: @kirstensleepey)

exciting!! :-)

[giftideasfromaycaramba]

Ten unforgettable short stories -- written by award-winning authors for young adults -- reflect the stunning diversity of experience among teenagers from many countries who make the United States their new home.

It's hard enough to be a teenager, trying to fit in, trying to get along with your parents, trying to figure out how the world works. Being from a different culture makes everything that much harder.

Fleeing from political violence in Venezuela, Amina and her family have settled in the United States. Sarah, adopted, is desperate to know her Korean birth parents. Maya is adapting just fine to life in the U.S. and wishes her strict Kazakh parents would follow suit. Adrian's new friends have some spooky -- and hilarious -- misconceptions about his Romanian origins. Whether they've transitioned from Mexico to the United States or from Palestine to New Mexico, the characters in this anthology have all ventured far and have faced innumerable challenges.

Like the hundreds of immigrants who arrive on U.S. soil every year, each courageous teenager in FIRST CROSSING is unique.

With stories by: Alden R. Carter Minfong Ho Marie G. Lee David Lubar Elsa Marston Lensey Namioka Jean Davies Okimoto Dian Curtis Regan Pam Munoz Ryan Rita Williams-Garcia

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

Looking for books to read at the beach, during a vacation, or even during a staycation? Check out our BEACH READS virtual display, which was created with the help of our teens during our latest Teen Advisory Group meeting!

Here are the titles we featured in this display:

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

One Crazy Sumer by Rita Williams-Garcia

The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright

Girl, Unframed by Deb Caletti

The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

Beach Cute by Beth Reekles

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

The Summer of Broken Rules by K. L. Walther

[emilylovesbooks]

Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia

Genre: Coretta Scott King Award winner

Targeted Age Group: elementary school age

Summary: Three sisters travel from Brooklyn to rural Alabama for the summer to spend time with their grandma and great-grandmother. During this summer they play, fight, and learn a lot about their extended family dynamics, as well as their own relationships with each other.

Why I chose this book: I chose this book partially because it was available to me as an eBook, and I needed to find a good eBook for this assignment. I was also intrigued by the summary I read online.

Evaluation:

The setting of this book is both important and well described. The story is set in rural Alabama in the late 60s, a time when slavery is gone but racism is far from gone. Three of the main characters are from Brooklyn, and a very different story could have been told about them in their hometown. But because of the Alabama setting, it can be seen more how the South is further behind than the North in terms of equality. The rural setting also creates a different feel, as the city girls get to learn about cows and chickens.

Another defining aspect of this book is the characters. Each and every one has a strong personality and is well described. Even though there are some characters with very little presence in the book (such as the girls' mother), a lot can be learned about who they are from the writing. The author creates believable personalities, as well as believable relationships between the characters. The three sisters argue like all siblings do (and often everyone is in the wrong in one way or another).

I read this book on a kindle, and this was my first experience reading a book on a kindle since my Grandpa gave me his old one very recently. I ended up enjoying this kind of reading a lot more than I thought I would. For one, I love the percentage it shows of how much of the book you have read, as this was a great motivator for me to read quickly. Additionally, I enjoyed being able to lay on my side in a way that is not possible with a regular book. It was also nice to read in bed without a lamp, since the kindle screen is bright enough to be read in the dark (but not so bright to cause eye strain). I will definitely be reading more books on the kindle in the future, now that I have learned it is an option I can enjoy.

Citation: Williams-Garcia, R. (2016). Gone Crazy in Alabama. Quill Tree Books.

[bookcoversonly]

Title: P.S. Be Eleven | Author: Rita Williams-Garcia | Publisher: Quill Tree Books (2013)

[ricmlm]

Chelsea Clinton, Rita Williams-Garcia and Meg Medina

[ktquimby]

2022 Reading

My reading habits for 2022 suggest that this was the year life began to creep back toward normal. For that, I am profoundly grateful.

I read a total of 110 books (I’m not likely to finish 111 before midnight December 31). The vast majority were fiction, and of the novels, most were YA, because that’s my sweet spot. Most were published in 2020 or 2021, with some earlier, and a few current. That’s because most of my reading comes from libraries.

Several years ago, I started tagging books I loved as possible Top Ten books. This year, I refined that further, with Top Twenty and Top Five. Today, I compiled the lists, only to discover I had 12 books in the “Top Ten” list. Try as I might, I could not move them elsewhere. All but one “Top Ten” are YA novels; that one is a picture book. The other lists are much, much shorter. 

As I compiled the lists, I noticed was how often the top listings came in groups. One particular library haul in August yielded three Top Tens and one Top Twenty. 

And here <drum roll> they are, in reading order, with links to Bookshop.org:

Top Twenty:

1.     Ryan, Tom and Robin Stevenson. When You Get the Chance. Running Kids Press, 2021. Audiobook. (8/16/2022)

2.     Kulper, Kendall. Murder for the Modern Girl. Holiday House, 2022. (8/27/2022)

3.     Emezi, Akwaeke. Bitter. Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. (10/18/2022)

4.     William, Sean. Impossible Music. Blackstone, 2019. Audiobook. (11/23/2022)

Top Ten:

1.     Williams-Garcia, Rita. A Sitting in St. James. Quill Tree—HarperCollins, 2021. (3/3/2022)

2.     Dugan, Jennifer. Verona Comics. Listening Library, 2020. (6/29/2022)

3.     Lo, Malinda. Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Dutton—Penguin Random, 2021. (7/25/2022)

4.     Nedd, Alexis. Don’t Hate the Player. Bloomsbury, 2021. (8/14/2022)

5.     Sharpe, Tess. The Girls I’ve Been. GP Putnam, 2022. Print. (8/25/2022)

6.     Zentner, Jeff. In the Wild Light. Crown Books for Young Readers—Penguin Random House, 2021. (8/30/2022)

7.     Wilson, Kip. The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin. Versify—HarperCollins, 2022. (8/31/2022)

8.     McBride, Amber. Me (Moth). Feiwel and Sons, 2021. (10/10/2022)

9.     Stoeve, Ray. Arden Grey. Recorded Books, 2022. Audiobook. (10/26/2022)

10.  Gilliland, Raquel Vasquez. How Moon Fuentes Fell in Love with the Universe. Simon & Schuster BYFR, 2021. (11/?/2022)

11.  Price, Tirzah. Pride and Premeditation. 2021; HarperTeen, 2022. (11/26/2022)

12.  Sonderguin, Alfredo. The Capybaras. Greystone Kids, 2021. (Picture book) (11/30/2022)

Top Five:

1.     Albertalli, Becky. Kate in Waiting. Balzer + Bray—HarperCollins, 2021. (12/1/2022)

2.     Reck, Jared. Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love. Alfred A. Knopf—Random House Children’s, 2021. (12/7/2022)

[readingbooksinisrael]

Winnie-the-Pooh Reads

(explanatory post) The first prompt was, of course, a spell-out of Winnie-the-Pooh.

We Are the Ants/Shaun David Hutchinson-This was a reread while I was sick and a wonderful reread it was. One of my favorite books ever and also the book that introduced me to just really weird fiction.

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691/Lisa Rowe Fraustino-I picked this up because I was looking for a quick read, but I enjoyed it more than I expected. It was surprisingly insightful at how people join such craziness as happened during the Salem Witch Trials.

Novelets of Science Fiction/ed. Ivan Howard-Loved two stories, was ambivalent to detesting the rest.

The New Mistress at the Chalet School/Elinor M. Brent Dyer-Another reread (this will be a theme). Part of the Chalet School series and probably my favorite one (along with Shocks for the Chalet School). It’s the only one to follow a teacher and not a student and, boy, was it weird to reread this and suddenly be older than the main character.

In Other Lands/Sarah Brennan Rees-Extremely unpopular opinion, but possibly the book I most disliked this year and still read it all through.

The Empire of Gold/S.A. Chakraborty-In stark contrast, one of my favorite books all year. It is the conclusion to the Daevabad trilogy and it takes all of the threads that were woven throughout the books (including the ones that I had by this point forgotten about) and pulls them all together while still adding new things and not just rehashing.

The Tale of Desperaux/Kate DiCamillo-And a drop to the bottom again. I enjoyed this book as a kid but upon rereading it as an adult I was disappointed to see how it treated ‘ugly’ people.

Harbor Me/Jacqueline Woodson-I honestly forgot about this book but that’s not because the book wasn’t good but because it wasn’t the timing that would have it make a deep impact on me. There are definitely kids, though, that this will make an impact one.

Eliza and Her Monsters/Francesca Zappia-I put down this one a few years ago because the timing wasn’t right and I’m so glad I picked it back up. While i don’t think it is a book I’ll reread it was an enjoyable experience that left me with things to think about.

Passport to Russia/Sukey S. Gross-Another reread. I read this first in 1st grade and adored it. Reading it again now I still enjoyed some parts but other parts I can see are messed-up. I won’t be continuing with the series I now know exists.

One Crazy Summer/Rita Williams-Garcia-I enjoyed this one, enough to read the sequel almost right away, not something I usually do. (I dnf’d the sequel but that’s the sequel.)

On the Far Side of the Mountain/Jean Craighead George-Penultimate book on this list and penultimate reread. While I’d never want to live the way the main character in this book does and I don’t particularly like the woods reading this always makes me daydream about the woodland.

Henry Huggins/Beverly Cleary-Not a book I had ever planned to reread, but I am reading all of Beverly Cleary’s books in publication order. Fun, but I was waiting for the girls.

[blackinperiodfilms]

It was a strange, wonderful feeling. To discover eyes upon you when you expected no one to notice you at all.

Rita Williams-Garcia, One Crazy Summer

[finalgirlfall]

1, 4, 5 & 6!!!💌💌💌

1. what are 2-5 already published fiction books you think you want to read in 2023?

carmilla by j. sheridan le fanu, ed. carmen maria machado

moby-dick, or the whale by herman melville

the sentence by louise erdrich

one crazy summer by rita williams-garcia

the turnout by megan abbott

4. do you plan to read any genres you hadn't read much of before? well, ideally i'll tackle some of the books i already own in 2023—a number of which are nonfiction or memoirs.

5. what 2023 new releases are you most looking forward to? guy who didn't really think books were coming out in 2023: 🧍🏻

but umm, based on a cursory google search:

the last tale of the flower bride by roshani chokshi

how to sell a haunted house by grady hendrix

wolfish: wolf, self, and the stories we tell about fear by erica berry

a mystery of mysteries: the death and life of edgar allen poe by mark dawidziak

6. do you have any conceptual reading goals? i uhh. am going to try and read more nonfiction . and also finish clarissa hopefully. if those count?