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!
2 comments:
I will have to check those books out. I love young adult fiction and I've been looking for a new book. I'm excited for you to be home with your kids, but I'm sorry for all your students. Im sure you are the most amazing math teacher ever and I think those are hard to find. My math teachers were awful! Maybe we'll move to Las Vegas so you can teach my boys because they sure as heck won't learn it from me. I still have to count on my fingers :(.
Thanks for the book recommendation, I just finished it and loved it!!! It made me want to listen to more classical music.
I'm hope to start the second one next week:)
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