Monday, April 30, 2012

#4

We're having baby #4, and it's a girl!  She's due January 1st, but my doctor usually induces me a week early to make sure he can be there when I'm in labor.  So she'll probably be arriving between Christmas and New Years.  We're all excited, but I think Rebecca is the most excited of everyone.  She can't wait to have a sister!


Monday, April 23, 2012

Book Review: Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon

I recently got a text from Amy Harmon, who I used to work with, letting me know that she is selling two new books on Amazon.com.  Each book is only $1.99 if you have a Kindle or the Kindle app, so I downloaded my free Kindle app, and then I bought her two books for less than $4.

I finshed Running Barefoot yesterday, and it is the sweetest story I've read in a long time.  I started reading it Saturday morning, and I let Amy know that I loved the beginning.  I picked it up again on Sunday and stayed up until 3:00 am to finish it because I did not want to put it down.

Running Barefoot  is a Young Adult novel written by an LDS author, which is a double plus for me.  I like to read a good story without being distracted by bad language and/or morality issues, and this book is just that.  It's set in Levan, Utah which is near Nephi, and it is about a girl named Josie who is forced to grow up way too fast.  I thought I had the ending figured out from the beginning, but after a lot of unexpected twists and turns, I ended up being dead wrong.  I give this book 4 1/2 out of 5 stars. 

If you read my blog regularly, you know that I don't do book reviews.  But I was so impressed with this book that I want to share it with my friends.  I think you all will love it just as much as I did.  It's not available at the library yet, but you can't beat $1.99!  

The other book she is selling is called Slow Dance in Purgatory.  I'm starting to read that one today.  If you end up buying either book or both, let me know what you think!