Preface

I love to read!  I've been reading for at least 18 years now, which is longer than I've been able to do many other things, and I want to share my love of reading with a wider audience than just myself and those of my friends and family who are willing to listen to me ramble on about my most recent read.  I especially love children's and young adult literature, and while I do read literature for adults as well, it never seems to grab me in quite the same way...  So this will mostly be about the joys I find from reading (and re-reading, and re-reading) great (and not-so-great) children's and young adult literature.  If you're already a fan of this genre, I hope I can give you some good recommendations.  If you're sitting out there wondering why an adult would bother to spend (or waste) their time on books for kids, all I can say is read on!  Maybe you'll be surprised.