Charline Davis

It's difficult to process that not only is 2026 here, but we are already in the second month of it! Once more, BookDNA.com (Formerly Shepherd.com ) invited me to share my three favorite reads of the just completed year. I procrastinated much, not only because my schedule was so packed, but because it was so hard to choose! But as I looked back over my reads of 2025, the top three rose to the top and asserted themselves. Each one of these books has been deeply impactful to me

Alou has changed a lot over the years. His ears have grown, and his ear tips have rounded. His eye has grown bigger. He's gotten chubbier...

Does this look familiar, but more...3-D? Yes! Fans will readily recognize a picture from Alou: The Martian Agent  recreated into a...