GOING DARK

Well, I pushed it as much as I could, but it's time to go dark for, likely, the rest of the year.

Back at the end of 2025, I was looking forward to 2026 as a year where I could read WHATEVER I wanted without having to keep up with reading longer titles for work committees!  And then... I got appointed to...

THE 2027 SIBERT AWARD COMMITTEE

So, as mentioned, it's time that I got a firmer lead on titles in contention.  This means, of course, that I can't post anything about what I'm reading in any kind of social media forum.

See you in 2027 with the results of our committee choices... (or when I decide to take a brief break!)

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ABANDONED:

Milford, Kate. (2026). Rialto. New York: Clarion/HarperCollins.

[She's an amazing writer... but it is just taking WAY too long to get through this one and I've got MANY other things to get to...]

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FINISHED:

Day, Nicholas. (2025). A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out. New York: Random House/Penguin Random House.

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STARTED:

Milford, Kate. (2026). Rialto. New York: Clarion/HarperCollins.

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FINISHED:

Jacques, Brian. (2010). The Sable Quean. New York: Philomel/Penguin.

[Only 1 more to go in the Redwall series.]

STARTED:

Day, Nicholas. (2025). A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out. New York: Random House/Penguin Random House.

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FINISHED:

Vanderpool, Clare. (2010). Moon Over Manifest. New York: Delacorte/Random House.

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STARTED:

Jacques, Brian. (2010). The Sable Quean. New York: Philomel/Penguin.

[Redwall series #21.]

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FINISHED:

Miller, Arthur. (1949). Death of a Salesman. New York: Penguin.

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STARTED:

Vanderpool, Clare. (2010). Moon Over Manifest. New York: Delacorte/Random House.

[FINALLY getting around to reading this Newbery Award winner that I've owned since 2011.]

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FINISHED:

Higuera, Donna Barba. (2026). Don't Eat the Birthday Boy [The Unlikely Aventuras of Ramon and El Cucuy]. New York: Amulet/Abrams.

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STARTED:

Miller, Arthur. (1949). Death of a Salesman. New York: Penguin.

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FINISHED:

Safadi, Shifa Saltagi. (2026). Amina Banana and the Formula for Making Money. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House.

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STARTED:

Higuera, Donna Barba. (2026). Don't Eat the Birthday Boy [The Unlikely Aventuras of Ramon and El Cucuy]. New York: Amulet/Abrams.

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FINISHED:

Starmer, Aaron. (2026). You Are Now Old Enough to Hear This. New York: Penguin Workshop/Penguin Random House.

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STARTED:

Safadi, Shifa Saltagi. (2026). Amina Banana and the Formula for Making Money. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House.

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FINISHED:

Alexander, Kwame. (2026). The Mighty Macy. New York: Little/Brown/Hachette.

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STARTED:

Starmer, Aaron. (2026). You Are Now Old Enough to Hear This. New York: Penguin Workshop/Penguin Random House.

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