Thank you/Alice books

I was a librarian serving teens for many years, until I burned out and started a new career. I once posted on Facebook that “a lot of what I know about writing, I learned from Mary Stewart’s “The Crystal Cave”. Today I’m posting “a lot of the rest of what I know about writing, I learned from Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s “Alice” books.

And I have a confession: I haven’t finished them. I stopped short by a book or two because I wasn’t ready for it to be over. But I’m finally coming to terms with it! And so I’m looking forward to reading the last couple of books.

A few years ago it stuck me that I could have written to Mary Stewart up until 2014, but I missed that chance. Now I’m trying to keep track of other favorite authors in order to express my appreciation. And so:

Thank you for a wonderful series of books.

It was kind of you to “look me up.”  I can understand your feelings about not wanting the series to end.   It was sad for me when I wrote the last book, and yet a relief to know that I was able to wrap up all the loose ends.  I do hope you will read the last books before others tell you who married whom and how Alice’s life goes on from here.  Enjoy, enjoy!