Thursday, November 18, 2010

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Product DetailsThe Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
Recommended by: Marla ( my rock star partner at MOPS)
Also recommends: The Space Between Us by Thirty Umrigar
Dates read: Nov. 5  - Nov. 12

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resiliencee and redemption, and revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant.When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.
The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.
The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.

My Thoughts:
I not normally a fan of memoirs. They sound whiny alot. But I did like this one. It made me love my family more and made our deals seem not so bad. I did like the way the author wrote, it was easy to keep with the story. And you could enjoy the humor even when she telling something kind of sad. Cause really the way that family lived was pretty sad. I thought is was good.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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Product DetailsThe Oath
Frank Peretti
Recommended by Erica (one of my favorite people in the world)
Dates read: 10/5- 11/1


An ancient sin. An ancient oath. A town with a deadly secret.....

Something sinister is at work in Hyde River, an isolated old mining town in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.
Something evil.
Under the cover of darkness, it strikes without warning, taking life in the most chilling and savage fashion. The latest victim, nature photographer Cliff Benson, was brutally killed while camping in the mountains.
With little hard evidence to go on, Sheriff Les Collins closes the case, chalking it up to the work of a rogue bear-just like so many other unsolvable deaths and disappearances that have plagued Hyde River over the years.
But wildlife biologist Steve Benson refuses to let the cause of his brother's death remain a mystery. He is joined in his investigation by attractive, auburn-haired Sheriff's Deputy Tracy Ellis. She has grown up in Hyde River. She's seen enough things swept under the rug by local law enforcement to know that something's amiss.
The harder townsfolk are pressed for information, the more they close ranks, as if sworn to secrecy. It is only when Steve gains access to old letters and diaries of the town's forefathers that he begins to peel away the layers of mystery surrounding Hyde River. Steve and Tracy are drawn closer to each other and to the town's terrible secret. What they discover is a predator more terrifying than anything they had imagined and a town in the grip of unspeakable evil.

My thoughts:
I loved the ending!! I'll amitt the beginning is a little slow. But on my last day reading it I did nothing but read. I couldn't put it down. I love the good vs. evil. I read a review that Frank Peretti is the Christan version of Stephen King and they were right. It had all the good stuff and a great message. I enjoined all the charatchers, the twist and turns the book takes you through. Erica recommended it because she had a hard time reading it and wanted me to read it for her. But it's hard to explain unless you read it. Great book!