A Room of One's Own

Our next book club pick is A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf.  Sarah requested that we read a classic since she always hears people talk about them, but wants to be included in the conversation more.  She picked this one because it is short.  I went to the Book Shoppe and bought it today.  I'm going to try to read it quickly so some other book club member can borrow it.  I have never read anything by Woolf, so I'm curious to learn if I like her style.  In this book, Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister with equal talent and genius, but who is never discovered.

The Maze Runner

Today I started The Maze Runner by James Dashner.  This book was recommended to me by my friend Stephanie.  She loved The Hunger Games and said that this is a similar series.  I'm only a few pages in, but so far it is holding my attention.  I'm curios to see what this world is that Thomas entered.

Finished #34

I just finished The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer.  It is the second book in the "Child Called It" series.  It covers the period of Dave's life that he was in foster care/juvenile hall (ages 12-18).  While his life wasn't as bad during this time, he still had many struggles.  His biggest problem was that he couldn't be himself and that he was trying to impress other kids by doing bad things.  It was an interesting book.  I loved seeing how he fit in with different families.

Finished #33

I finished A Child Called It this morning.  This story was sickening and sad.  I can't believe this really happened.  Most of all, I can't believe that a mother would torture 1 child, but treat the others normally. It makes you wonder if the story is completely true, or possibly a little embellished from a child's point of few.  There is criticism for the book saying that one brother disputes the events, but another brother says that some of it happened.  I just can't believe that the brothers and dad would let the mom treat the boy like this without doing anything to help.  Hmm.  I'm going to read the next book in the series which is about David's years in foster care.

A Child Called It

Mason came home with a summer reading list from school.  One of the series on the list is the "Child Called It" series.  The teacher made a note next to this saying it is a very scary and sad story and to make sure your child is mature enough to handle it.  Mason was really determined to read it and liked the book.  He wants to read the next one.  Reading the back the story sounds really interesting.  I want to read it and then discuss it with Mason.  I'm preparing myself to cry during this story.

Finished #32

I finished Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter this morning.  I am really surprised at how much I like this book.  Usually I'm not much of a history fan and I am kind of sick of the vampire craze, but this book was great.  I love reading about Lincoln's life and all the vampire stuff added in.  I can't want to read Grahame-Smith's other book.

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

I started Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith on Monday.  I am really enjoying this book.  It's interesting to get some facts about Lincoln's life while having the added vampire hunting journal added in.  I'm about half way done and still liking it.  I am looking forward to reading his other book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Finished #31

I read The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton while we were in Florida. I absolutely loved this book. There were so many twists to solving the true identity of Nell. I have to say that some of the twists were very surprising, but I did guess the last one. There were some things that I thought were going to happen that didn't. I really loved the characters of Cassandra and Christian. I would love to see another book about what happens to them.