I enjoyed reading so much that as a child my sister would steal my books and hide them so that I would play with her.  One book went missing for over a year. When I found it, squirreled into a pocket of an old winter dress, even she had forgotten she had put it there. Not a lot has changed as far as my love of books is concerned, although I do not have the luxurious summers of my childhood to stretch out on a bedspread and spend the entire day reading. Still, I can think of few delights outside of reading that draw out my dreams and inspire my yearnings.  I could chastise myself for not being "in the know" about the latest books, poets and trends, but I think I won't.  Negativity dispels the dream...
	Like most readers, I enjoy different books from a variety of genres, including young adult and children's fiction. Love 'em List: Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Still Life with Rice by Helie Lee Wild Swans by Jung Chang Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Golden Compass Trilogy by Philip Pullman Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling The Giver by Lois Lowry Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Little House in the Big Woods and the others by Laura Ingalls Wilder All Things Bright and Beautiful and others by James Herriot Slaughter House Five and others by Kurt Vonnegut To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler House of the Spirits by Paula Allende Watership Down by Richard Adams The Sabriel trilogy by Garth Nix Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan Beloved by Toni Morrison A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton The House Made of Dawn by M. Scott Momaday Poets: Dogfish by Mary Oliver Apple Picking by Robert Frost William Blake Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats In Addition to Faith, Hope and Charity by Pattiann Rogers Life doesn't frighten me at all by Maya Angelou Furious Versions by Li-Young Lee

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