I am keeping track of the books I read and my sunshine rating here for 2026. I hope to update it monthly or sooner when I share my reading update posts. It didn’t go so well last year, but 2026 could be my year for keeping up with this. You can always check in on Goodreads to see the most up to date books I’ve read. I am Sarah Parsons. I am reading on the beach in the sunshine, of course!

**I do not add a rating for kids books. I am happy to share my sunshine rating and thoughts if you would like to email me, but as an elementary school librarian in a county with many book challenges I do not feel comfortable publishing them here. It stinks, but that is the way it is right now.**

1-Yours for the Season by Emily Stone☀️☀️☀️☀️

2-Bear Bottom by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

3-The Phone Swap by Lia Louis ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

4-The Correspondent by Virginia Evans ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️+

5 – In Your Dreams by Sarah Adams ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

6 – My Southern Kitchen by Ivy Odom ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

7 – We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman ☀️☀️☀️☀️

8 – Always Anthony by Terri Libenson (kids)

9 – The Star Society by Gabriella Saab ☀️☀️☀️☀️

10 – Whale Done by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

11 – This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

12 – The Favorites by Layne Fargo ☀️☀️☀️☀️

13 – The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

14 – And Then There Was You by Sophie Cousens ☀️☀️☀️☀️

15 – The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis ☀️☀️☀️☀️

16 – Summer State of Mind by Kristy Woodson Harvey ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

17 – All Ears by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

18 – Radically Content by Jamie Varon (audio) ☀️☀️☀️

19 – Leave It Up to Love by Kristy Woodson Harvey ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

20 – Ape Escape by Stuart Gibbs (kids audio)

21 – Down with the Shipmans by Meg Mitchell Moore ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

22 – Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser ☀️☀️☀️

23 – Falling by Jane Green ☀️☀️☀️☀️

24 – Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate (kids)

25 – Story Spinners by Cassandra Federman (kids graphic)

26 – Mr. Muffins: Defender of the Stars by Ben Kahn (kids graphic)

27 – Millie of the Manor by Karina Evans (kids graphic)

28 – Spell of a Time by Sophie Escabasse (kids graphic)

29 – Curse and Reverse by Sophie Escabasse (kids graphic)

30 – The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner (kids)

31 – I’m a Dumbo Octopus! by Anne Lambelet (kids graphic)

32 – The Puzzling Fate of Millicent Graves by Dora M. Mitchell (kids graphic)

33 – Creaky Acres by Calista Brill (kids graphic)

34 – Growing Home by Beth Ferry (kids)

35 – Octopus Moon by Bobbie Pyron (kids)

36 – Creature Clinic by Gavin Aung Than (kids graphic)

37 – Jupiter Nettle and the Seven Schools of Magic by Sangu Mandanna (kids graphic)

38 – Speak Up, Santiago! by Julio Anta (kids graphic)

39 – The Insomniacs by Allison Winn Scotch ☀️☀️☀️☀️

40 – The Secret of Moonrise Manor by Stephanie Bearce (kids graphic)

41 – Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

42 – Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes (kids)

43 – The MASH Up by Laura Marie Myers ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

44 – Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

45 – Brighter than Before by Courtney Walsh ☀️☀️☀️☀️

46 – Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

47 – The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Susan Patterson and James Patterson ☀️☀️☀️☀️

48 – Abby Offsides by Anna McCallie ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

49 – Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

50 – Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

51 – Dogs on the Trail: A Year in the Life by Blair Braverman ☀️☀️☀️☀️

52 – The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson ☀️☀️☀️☀️