Bookworm Wednesday: Family Read Aloud: The Giver

I read this book in middle school and remember loving it, so I picked it up again to read to my kids. My 8 and 10 year old were riveted and often had outbursts of why the seemingly perfect society with no choices, love, happiness or color was so wrong even though it...

Bookworm Wednesday: Dandelion Summer

After Mountains Beyond Mountains, you may be looking for a light read, and Dandelion Summer is great for that. I always looked forward to climbing into bed and reading this one. It was a very readable, sweet story about an unlikely friendship that changes both people...

Bookworm Wednesday: Mountains Beyond Mountains

This book was a fantastic read, and a life and perspective changer. I love reading about determined people doing insurmountable things. Mountains Beyond Mountains is a Pulitzer prize winner for a reason. Kidder’s writing makes this non-fiction tale read like a...

Bookworm Wednesday: Heaven is Here

A riveting story about motherhood and hope and finding joy in the simple things. The book was well written and the story was addictive…I’m sure I finished the book in just a couple of days. The first 1/3 of the book was much too sappy for me; however, it...

Bookworm Wednesday: The Story of Beautiful Girl

I loved this book and couldn’t read it fast enough. Definitely full of sadness but also full of hope. Sweet, good, loving characters and characters who were mean, ugly and flawed. There are some tough, sad scenes, so if you are a sensitive reader, it might be...

Bookworm Wednesday: The Forgotten Garden

image via Goodreads.com A fun summer mystery. The author did a great job of keeping so many perspectives and time periods (same story over 100 years) easy to follow and enjoy.The beginning was a touch slow but then I was totally hooked. Fantastic story, and I even...