It’s been a fun ride with The Year of Fog, which came out in April and went into its fourth printing a couple of months ago. I’m thrilled that The Year of Fog is included in Library Journal’s list of the Best Books of 2007. And I found this Library Journal editorial by Francine Fialkoff, quoting LJ editor Wilda Williams, to be particularly encouraging:

Williams predicts that one of her picks for LJ’s list, Michelle Richmond’s The Year of Fog (Delacorte) could be the next Memory Keeper’s Daughter. That book, which LJ starred and called “a natural” for book groups, started moving when it went into paperback and went on to be a big book club read. It hit national bestsellerdom and is still number ten on LJ’s books most borrowed.

Thanks to librariansfor giving readers a chance to discover a book that otherwise might have fallen through the cracks. The Year of Fog has been very much a word-of-mouth book, one which owes a great deal of its success to the librarians and booksellers who have been so kind as to give a novel by a relatively unknown writer prominent placement on their shelves. And of course, thanks to the readers!