Ghost stories
I am not a super big fan of ghost stories. I like historical fiction. I like magical realism. I don't like scary things. I don't like monsters. So ghosts do not typically figure prominently into the books I read. Until the CYBILS award period, where I read virtually all of the fantasy or speculative fiction that has been published in the current year. It turns out that other people DO like to read about ghosts and scary things so I read along. It's super fun but it can be a bit daunting to see a TBR pile that stretches all over the house. Or when someone asks you when you leave the library "Are there any books left?". Then you channel your inner Dory ("just keep swimming, swimming, swimming"). So here are two I really liked. The first one I finished this morning and I'd had my eye on it for awhile, because it's written by a favorite author-RJ Palacio. You might remember her first book that had some critical and fan acclaim "Wo