2011 Reads: Books 36-40
This is the third in their Acts of Faith series. I enjoyed this one just as much as the first two, especially once I realized that the title was referring to the conversion of Saul and was looking forward to seeing how the story would lead us to that point. This is a wonderful book that ties in people that Jesus met and spoke to with fictional characters and circumstances in an exciting and encouraging way. Definitely a strong finish to the series!
This is a contemporary novel that I wasn’t sure at first whether I would finish. There were several books over the last couple of months that I couldn’t quite get into, but I decided to give this one a fair chance and was very happy that I did so. I was especially surprised to find out that it was originally self-published and is now an Amazon Encore
The book takes places over the course of a year and focuses on three women, Skyla, her mother-in-law and her new best friend. I loved how the story shifted between the perspectives of the different women and gives you a richer picture of their personalities and relationships that you would get with one central character.
Room is a book that I have to admit I avoided for quite a while simply because I read so many rave reviews for it and have a tendency to run the other way when that happens. I don’t know why I do that, and I am glad that I finally took the plunge and checked this one out. I think I was afraid there would be a lot of graphic violence or gratuitous descriptions, but it wasn’t like that at all.
This was actually a brilliantly written, thought-provoking story of Jack, a five year old whose mother was abducted as a young woman and held captive in one room without every going outside for the last seven years. Perhaps the best thing I can say about it, other than how it kept me on the edge of my chair to see what would happen next, is that I am determined to read more by this author as a result.
As with the first book in the series, I found this one to be a bit plodding at times, although I was interested enough to read the entire thing. The story jumped around a lot, as we hear the events (both recaps of the first book and what is happening in the present) from a variety of different characters’ perspectives. I haven’t decided if I’m going to read books 3 & 4 yet. I am sort of interested to find out more about Ara, so I may yet pick them up.
This little book is a wonderfully handy compilation of tips covering a wide variety of issues that can crop up when you have a child with an autism spectrum disorder. It is organized by topic, and the tips are listed in bullet form, making this an extremely easy book to use as a quick reference when you are faced with a particular situation (read full review here).
You can see all the books I’ve finished so far this year on the bookshelf on my Books page or read all of my mini reviews by clicking on the 2011 Reads tag. I am also joining in on the Spring Reading Thing hosted by Callapidder Days, and you can see my list of what I plan to read this spring at my SRT11 post.
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