Love all the peeks into your reading pasts. And Maria! I LOVED The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Must have read that in the 5th or 6th grade. A LONG time ago.
V Scott, I think there are good and bad books in all genres--it's as subjective as your taste in music. But I'm glad you've found some authors you like. That's what we all aim to do--please the readers.
Colleen, that's the kind of conversion we like to see!
Thanks, Jane! I love this part of the process. I still love mysteries and used to read comics, but don't so much any more. Some of the graphic novels look pretty cool, though.