Currently reading: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling and Hatchet by Gary Paulson
Recently finished: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling and Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
We are close to the midpoint of the year, and having read 26 books so far, I think that I may be able to hit my annual goal of 52 by the end of 2022. If I do manage to hit 52, it will be because of all the kiddie lit. I decided it was long past time that I finished the Top 100 Children’s Books, especially since I had so many of the books on hand. So I recently knocked a slew of them off the list, including not just Swallows and Amazons, but also Number the Stars, Bridge to Terabithia, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. They were all excellent.