I simply love books. And I love to share books with others. Often my own library suffers from giving books that I love away in hopes someone else will love them too.
These are some of my favorites:
Adult:
-Wicked by Gregory Maguire
-C'mon Papa: Dispatches from a Dad in the Dark by Ryan Knighton
-The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows-Still Alice by Lisa Geneva
-The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
-The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
-The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
-The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
-Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
-Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
-The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
-Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
-Stitch'n Bitch by Debbie Stoller (not fiction, but a great intro to knitting!)
-Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas (unabridged!)
-Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
-Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
-The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
Young Adult:
-Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
-Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
-The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
-The House of the Scorpian by Nancy Farmer
-The Giver by Lois Lowry
-The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
-The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
-Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
-Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
-Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
-Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
-Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
-Princess Academy by Shannen Hale
-Just Juice by Karen Hesse
-Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer (don't judge me...)
-Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (again...)
Professional:
-Conversations by Reggie Routman
-"You Gotta BE the Book" by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
-The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene
-The First Six Weeks of School by Paula Denton and Roxann Kriete
-The Morning Meeting Book by Roxann Kriete
-Punished by Rewards by Alphie Kohn
-Words Their Way by Donald Bear, et al.
-Creating Lifelong Readers Through Independent Reading by Barbara Moss and Terrell A. Young
