Tuesday Book Review

This is a late addition to my blog. I just finished "A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal 1830-1832" by Joan W. Blos - another Newberry Award winning book. I took me literally an hour to read the book. It was well worth my time. I highly recommend it. I have a hard time reading 'journals' but this one was well written and went fast. It was a little like reading "Anne of Green Gables" - it would fall in that genre. It would be a book I would love my granddaughters to read.

This has been a very interesting week of reading. "Hide in Plain Sight" by Marta Perry was a free download on my Kindle. I have to say it was an enjoyable read and I am very glad that I downloaded it. It was not a waste of time - in fact I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. The ending to the 'mystery' that was somewhat unfolding was a real twist. You suspect just about everyone but the person that is actually the culprit. Read it and find out. It is in the Christian Genre but not in your face so much that it is annoying like some of them can be.

"A Year In Provence" by Peter Mayle is the book for our bookgroup for February. It was suggested by our late friend Helen Athay, just before she passed away - so in a sense we are reading it for her. What a fun book. I read it in just a day and loved it. I never lived in France but living in Germany - I knew locals very similar to what he was talking about. The work ethic in Europe is a little different than it is here. It will be done but in their good time. German's are a little better about days and weeks instead of months and years like it is in this book but just because you call for an appointment tomorrow - doesn't mean that they will show up tomorrow. It could be a day or two before they get to you. I loved the book. I highly recommend it.

I ordered this book from the library in early November. I finally got it last week! "The Christmas Jars Reunion" by Jason F. Wright is as good or better than the first book. It makes you want to do service and be a better person. I love books like that.

Heidi listed the Newberry Award winning books on her blog. I was going through it and was really astonished at the number of books that I had read. She has the goal of reading all of the winners and as many of the honor books as she can. I thought that was a worthy goal. I ordered this book because I thought I had read it. Not only had I read it - but I had read the series. I was very caught up in it originally but now I wonder why. However if you like stories of fantasy and Welsh tales of Mountain folk and fairies (about the best way I can describe this series) then read these books. They are quite well written for older childrens books.

"Gypsy Legacy: The Marquis" by Denise Patrick was another free download on my Kindle. It was fun book to read. It would not have been a book I would have just picked up and read ordinarily but it was a great book to escape the awful weather of the last few days with.

I have some great books ready to pick up at the library and several free ones that I have downloaded on my Kindle. I can't wait to see what new reading adventures this week brings.