Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

You'll find this either in the kids section or the young adult section. I'd like to mention however that this book is a first in a series. It may be a trilogy, but I'm not sure the third one isn't out yet that I know of. I say since we're all not paying too much attention to this blog or at least I haven't been we have it read by Friday September 12th. That gives everyone a month to get on the blog, find the book, and then read it. For those of you in the Provorem area I own it and will let you borrow it.

I Am a Mother

I'm going to post this on three of the blogs I post on so more people see it. Sorry for those of you who read all those blogs. I just loved this book!!!

I Am a Mother by Jane Clayson Johnson

It's the story of an LDS woman who chooses to be a stay-at-home mom rather than continue in her successful, high profile career. She refutes myths the world would have women believe about motherhood being inferior somehow.

My sister, Laurel recommended this book to me - no surprise. We talked about it yesterday, and she said that she was surprised how much it touched her because it was already all what she totally believed in. I felt that way, too. Her story was encouraging and inspirational and fun to read. She had great things to say about motherhood. Reading her book is quite similar to reading Elder Ballard's conference talk from last conference in that it makes you just feel good about being a mom and takes off a bit of the ridiculous and unnecessary pressure we moms sometimes put on ourselves. Enjoy!

What Should I Read Next?

In the Reader's Digest I found mention of a website called What Should I Read Next? You can put in a book you liked, and it comes up with a short list that's somehow related. I tried it with a few books, and I had never heard of the other ones that came up. I have no idea what they base their comparison on so I don't know if any of the recommendations will be good. But I thought I'd pass on that tidbit in case anyone is interested. Let us know if you try it out and what you think.

Inkheart it is

Sorry I was so slow to do this. Partially I was waiting for more responses, and partially I was just lazy. :-) Emily, please let us know who the author is on that, by the way, and I turn it over to you to lead!

Let's get started

Great idea Emily! In an effort to make that happen may I suggest the following. Anyone with a suggestion as to what book we all should read, please post it as a comment to this post. On Sunday, 29-Jun (or as soon after that date as I remember to do so), I'll draw numbers out of a hat that correspond to the suggestions made, and will then post which book was chosen, along with a date to have it read by.

I think I will keep track of books suggested for choosing in future picks as well, so please feel free to comment away!

Just an idea.

Most of you have book clubs that you go to, but I only have this blog and it's not at all like a book club. I was thinking that if you're all amenable to the idea that we would have a monthly or every other monthly book that we all read and then post our feelings on. We could also do updates or "I'm at this part" posts. We could switch off picking the books and so forth. I don't know it's just an idea. Let me know what you think.

Green Rider and First Rider's Call by Kristen Brittain

I'm actually not sure if I've posted about these books before, but I just finished them again and wanted to talk about them.
They are adult fantasy/fiction. I've read them both several times and I just love them. I find the main characters believable and the story engaging. The main character is Karigan G'ladheon who, after running away from school because of being wrongfully suspended, finds herself thrown into an adventure that includes magic and much danger. Both books are wonderful and very well written. They are also two of only a few adult/high fantasy books I've found that don't have any questionable material or outright gross ideas.
The problems and the ideas are more adult, but the content is clean which I love for a change when I've been reading a bunch of young adult fantasy. I would highly recommend them to anyone.