>I had the chance to read some books over the summer, thanks to Ty taking long naps. I really enjoyed getting back into reading. I used to read a lot but haven’t in a while. Here is what I read while in Utah.
“The Five People You Meet in Heaven” Albom’s achingly moving and inspirational tale of an elderly amusement park worker who dies thinking he was a nobody on earth has stirred readers around the world. “Eddie” is killed trying to save the life of a little girl during a tragic ride accident: he wakes up in heaven to learn that the first stage is where you meet five people who were affected by your life, some of whom you might know, some you might not. Eddie’s “journey” through his life and the people he touched opens his eyes to the interconnectivity of us all.
First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes . . . a baby carriage? Isn’t that what all women want? This is the witty, heartfelt story about what happens to the perfect couple when they suddenly want different things. It’s about feeling that your life is set and then realizing that nothing is as you thought it was–and that there is no possible compromise. It’s about deciding what is most important in life, and taking chances to get it. But most of all, it’s about the things we will do–and won’t do–for love.
John Boyne’s novel is the gripping story of two boys — one the son of a commandant in Hitler’s army and the other a Jew — who come face-to-face at a barbed wire fence that separates, and eventually intertwines their lives.
It has been ten years since twenty-one-year-old Charles MacKenzie Jr. (“Mack”) went missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already accepted at Duke University Law School, he walked out of his apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side without a word to his college roommates and has never been seen again. However, he does make one ritual phone call to his mother every year: on Mother’s Day. Each time, he assures her he is fine, refuses to answer her frantic questions, then hangs up. Carolyn’s (Mack’s sister) passionate search for the truth about her brother — and for her brother himself — leads her into a deadly confrontation with someone close to her whose secret he cannot allow her to reveal.
>Wow! I’m impressed. I finished 2 whole books this summer and was very proud of myself. Take advantage of the sleeping baby as long as possible. I always like to see what others are reading.
>Thanks for all the great book reading ideas. I am almost finished with Breaking Dawn and ready to start another. You have been busy reading!