Title: A Christmas CarolAuthor: Charles Dickens# of Pages: 110 This novella has been on my to-read list forever, and, when I found out how short it actually was, I was sheepish that it had taken me 25 years to finally get around to it. I mean, this is probably the most quoted Christmas text next …
Book #17: Chains
Title: ChainsAuthor: Laurie Halse AndersonNumber of Pages: 300 It’s been awhile since I’ve read a really well-crafted historical fiction novel, so I was glad when an assignment in my Teaching Social Studies class forced me to read this one. You see, even though most students hate being forced to read anything, I love it because …
Book #16: Breaking Night
Title: Breaking NightAuthor: Liz MurrayGenre: Memoir# of Pages: 329 I don’t normally go for memoirs (not for any particular reason), but when I heard my Ethnic Lit teacher last semester talking about how excited she was to read this book based on a true story about a girl who went from being homeless at 16 …
Book #15 : Gifted
Title: GiftedAuthor: Karey WhiteNumber of Pages: 224 I will begin by saying that I’ve never read any book like this before. I’m not one to normally go for LDS fiction, but that’s not because I have anything against the genre–more than anything, I just am very unfamiliar with it (and often I’ve found that unfamiliary breeds avoidance). …
Book #14: The Help
Title: The HelpAuthor: Kathryn Stockett# of Pages: 544 It seems like about once a year, everyone’s buzzing about some hit book. Last year, it was The Hunger Games, before that, there was Twilight, The Da Vinci Code (which I still haven’t been able to convince myself to read), and, of course, Harry Potter. Generally the …
Book #13: I Am the Messenger
Title: I Am the MessengerAuthor: Markus ZusakNumber of Pages: 357 After the last few disappointing reads, I knew it was high time to get my hands wrapped around something that wouldn’t make me want to hurl it against the window after a few hours of reading. So I picked up I Am the Messenger, a …
Book #12 – The Lace Makers of Glenmara
Title: The Lace Makers of GlenmaraAuthor: Heather BarbieriPages: 288 I don’t know why book reviews always seem to make me confess something, but here goes another one: I confess that I never–never!–read any book unless it’s a classic/on a book list/a bestseller/or highly recommended by someone close to me. Which is why I was so surprised …
Books #9, 10, & 11 – The Hunger Games Trilogy
Title: The Hunger Games trilogyAuthor: Suzanne Collins Confession: I hate being left out of stuff. Well, I guess I don’t mind being left out of some stuff (e.g., politics, lawsuits, and pretty much every t.v. drama known to man), but I do rather loathe that left-out-of-the-loop feeling when it comes to books. Maybe it’s my …