I finished

Just after the new year started, I finished reading all of the MHL winners to celebrate 30 years of the award. I must admit that last one was a struggle for me...Silverwing by Ken Oppel. It is a good book, but not my cup of tea. Fantasy where animals take on human traits such as talking just don't do it for me. To top it off, the characters in this one are bats. Also, not my cup of tea, to put it mildly. Lasky's Guardians of Ga'hoole series featuring owls doesn't grab me either. But there are kids who just devour them. So, to each his own.

Adult read I just finished is The Hungry Season by T. Greenwood. It's about a man and wife and their son, Finn, and what happens to their family following the death of Finn's twin sister, Franny. Basically, they are all adrift, each reacting to the death in his/her own way. They come to realize that they need each other and to come to terms with it together as a family. I'll let you figure out how Franny died. Very well done.