Cold Sassy Tree

I just finished listening to Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. I've read this book a couple times now, and I just love it! Its about a boy in Georgia, his feisty grandpa and the trouble he stirs up in the community.

The author talks about religion in the book quite a bit. She talks about praying for things and the scripture.. Ask and ye shall recieve. What she said made a lot of sense and it was great to hear it in such a fun setting.

This is definately one of my favorite books!

A Room With a View

I liked this book. Its about a girl in England, who is trying to figure out who she wants to be. There were a couple different lines in there that made me think. The author talked about music a bit because the main character played the piano well. It was fun to relate... I don't read about pianists in novels very often. It was a really good read!

Constant Princess

Okay.. so I haven't been reading as much lately, for a couple reasons. I'm currently on page 40 of Kim, by Rudyard Kipling, and I just can't get into it. I've told myself not to start anything else until I finish, but I can't get through 2 pages without wanting to fall asleep. So I am now going to send it back to the library. Its about a boy in India who follows a "lama" (not the animal.. think Dali Lama) on a religious quest and gets mixed up in intrigue. It is just hard to follow.

I have been listening to "A Constant Princess" by Phillippa Gregory. It is about Queen Catherine (daughter of Isabella and Ferdinand) who ends up marrying Henry VIII in England. I have no idea how historically accurate it is, but even if the details are wrong, I have become familiar with different monarchs and how they came to power. There are a few too many references to sex, but they actually do have to do with the plot. It was just kind of weird to listen to it.. I skipped over some things. Anyways, overall and interesting read.

My next books to read are "A Room With a View" and "Howards End" by E.M. Forster