Beauty Sleep, Cameron Dokey. This was a fun spin on Sleeping Beauty. It keeps you wondering what will happen in the end the entire book. Read it, you'll like it.
Book of a Thousand Days,Shannon Hale. I recommended this for book club so of course I had to re-read it. I may have even liked it better the second time. Set in a setting not unlike Mongolia a young girl struggles defying her class. She is caught so many times in between gentry (the higher class) and serving them, without misbehaving herself. I have been pondering on social classes... at first I asked myself if there is any where in the world where they still raise people to believe they are lower than another human being. I have thought of the Middle East and Africa and the role of women. Polygamy, the role of women, children and the "Lost Boys." Any abusive relationship can do that to a person, make them lose their confidence and their knowledge of their divine worth. Once again I am so grateful for my upbringing, for the gospel and for this country!Book club is on Wednesday and I think it will be really fun. Many people have loved the book. All hail to Shannon Hale!
