All of a sudden I have been on a reading kick! Oh, how I love a good book! Of course I can't get anything else done which isn't such a bad thing. After reading "Guernsey" I turned back to a book Mom/Grama let me borrow ages ago called Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. Oh. My. Goodness. It was such a tearjerker!!!! Heartbreaking!! On the heels of reading a book about the German occupation of the Channel Islands, I read this novel centered around the Siege of Leningrad.
Winter Garden is about an old woman and the promise her daughters make to their dying father to get to know their emotionally distant mother. When they were children, Mom would tell a fairy tale. After their father's death, the daughters learn the true meaning of the story. Get a hanky. It's a doozy! I highly recommend the book.
And then! I read "Thursdays at Eight" by Debbie Macomber. Another "girly" book but a nice escape. I liked how the book's theme is related to a journal group and "words for the year". Since I have made a habit over the last several years of keeping a word for the year, I related to this book. It was an easy, fast and satisfying read, especially for someone like me who wants a happy ending!
I'm glad to hear from Karen about Dune. Grama really knows how to pick 'em! And Christie, I cried just reading the passage from your book....I'm looking forward to hearing what others are reading. Or want to read.
No comments:
Post a Comment