The Worlds of Ashley Stangl

This has been an interesting reading year. I read over 90 books (most of them short, as I struggled to keep up with my Goodreads Challenge), but I was in a bit of a reading slump for a good portion of the year, and had trouble finding books that really kept my interest. I'm linking up with the Broke and the Bookish for this week's topic of "Top Ten Books Read in 2016" . I was a bit afraid that 2016's lack of reading enthusiasm meant I wouldn't find ten books that rose above the others. Instead, I had the opposite problem, and couldn't narrow it down to only ten. So instead, you get my Top 12 books of 2016. Listed roughly in the order I read them: Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery One of L.M Montgomery's lesser-known works, and in my opinion, one of her best. After Jane's parents separated, she went to live on the Canadian mainland with her mother in her grandmother's dreary house. When Jane is invited to spend the summe...

I was tagged by Rachel at Hamlette's Soliloquy for a tag meme with the following rules: Thank the person who nominated you  Nominate 3 new bloggers every day  Post a new quotation every day for 3 consecutive days The first step is easy. Thanks, Rachel! This looks like fun. I'm even going to steal your idea of sharing three quotes per day instead of just one, because I have a few ideas for themed quotes, and it'll be easier to narrow it down to three quotes per category. Today, I've decided to share quotes from the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers, as an excuse to gush about the series.  I've been working my way through these books, and a recent look at a short story collection reminded me of just how wonderfully quotable these books are.  In the 1920s and '30s, Dorothy L. Sayers wrote a series of mysteries about Lord Peter Wimsey, the second son of the Duke of Denver, who picks up a hobby of amateur detective work, and who obscures his ...