Summer Reading

I haven't been posting on here because of Goodreads, but they don't keep track of when you read books so doing a yearly count would be hard. So, just finished Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier. It was so sweet and so full of folklore and fairytales. I loved it, and I'm sure I would have loved it more when I was younger and going through my Ella Enchanted phase. It was aimed for younger kids but I still found it impossible to put down. It was predictable, but in a good heartwarming way. Also read Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham. Another beautiful book full of retold fairy tales, though this one was darker and very clever. I would love to read more books in this series. I reread The Perilous Gard, by Elizabeth Marie Pope. I loved this when I was younger, and it's definitely good for a rainy day. Unfortunately it lacked in adventure and I read it in the sun, so it was almost like I would rather be having my own adventure in real life. Also read 100 Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades and 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington by William L. Sullivan. I can vouch for how awesome these books are in beautiful pictures, because they show without a doubt that Billy Sully knows how to lead a kid through the wilderness. Also, Pirates! by Celia Rees. This book tried..but ultimately wasn't too impressed by it. I don't mean to compare it to better books with similiar themes like Bloody Jack, but it just wasn't that awesome. The romance was terrible and not that heartwrenching, the adventure was somewhat dull, and it was far too anticlimactic. I think that's about it though. Wow I need more adventure novels!