Children’s author Margaret Wise Brown was born on 23 May 1910. She is best known for the books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny.

Margaret Wise Brown. Brooklyn Museum.
Children’s author Margaret Wise Brown was born on 23 May 1910. She is best known for the books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny.

Margaret Wise Brown. Brooklyn Museum.
What is on your reading list this month?
Do your reading habits change with the seasons, or are you always equal opportunity?
I’ve kind of been all over the place this month, reading wise, which is pretty typical of me.
Since 1st May, I’ve finished:
I’m in the midst of reading:
To be finished by 31st May:
What is your favourite book this month?
Which book on your list do you most look forward to reading?
Please share with me in the comments.
Happy reading!

Victor Hugo Quote
“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.”-Truman Capote
I’ve shared this quote before, but it’s good enough to share again:

Wise words from Sylvia
Sir James Matthew Barrie was born on 9 May 1860.

Portrait of J.M. Barrie. 1904 or earlier.

Peter Pan and Wendy by J.M. Barrie.

Charles Dickens Giving a Reading, 1867
This engraving is from a sketch by Charles A. Barry. It appeared in Harper’s Weekly in December 1867.
“A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.”-Randall Jarrell (born 6 May 1914)

Orson Welles (born 6 May 1915), giving a press interview following the WAR OF THE WORLDS broadcast, October 31, 1938.
If I’m not reading, I’m adding books to my to-be-read list. That list is monstrously long–maybe not a mile, but getting there!
Here are some of my newest additions, courtesy of the Spring Preview 2016 Catalog from Daedalus Books.