The War That Saved My Life. This made me cry
-- and then the sequel The War I Finally Won made me cry harder. (Favorite line: "What if my fear keeps me safe?" I had an ah-ha moment.)
-- very much like Goodnight, Mr. Tom, which I recommended last time
The Reckoners series by Brandon Sanderson. Max and Ben loved it and I loved it. Start with Steelheart.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. We read it for book group and wow. It dealt with two themes that each could have been their own book - blue people/discrimination, and pack horse librarians.
Beyond the Bright Sea. I loved the imagery, and her finding herself. It is suitable for teens/tweens.
A Gentleman in Moscow. This is such a sweet book. Don't read it thinking something major is going to happen and you need to read fast; just savor it.
The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek. It's brand new, and it's like Stranger Things in North Carolina. It's by my favorites, Rhett and Link, whom I wrote about here.
Throne of Glass. Intriguing and page turning. But NOT the sequels. Bleh.
I was lukewarm on The Library Book (too many facts, felt like a textbook) and I quit halfway during America's First Daughter.
JB has been reading The Case for the Book of Mormon by Tad R Callister. If I can get it back from the library I want to read it, too. There are a lot of holds.
Movies
I have been watching TV Christmas movies for a month now and I am not ashamed.
Christmas Around the Corner - struggling family bookshop revived. It's on Lifetime, directed by Anne Shirley herself, Megan Follows. This is one TV Christmas movie I saw last year and recorded it to watch again this year. Blatant dog food ad in the middle though.
The Christmas Contract - woman takes her best friend's brother back home to Louisiana as a date. Reviewers pointed out being distracted by the cicadas but I didn't even notice. It's what my childhood in Missouri sounded like.
A Very Merry Mix-up - she's going home to meet her fiance's family without him, but goes to the wrong house.
Cute, but one and done: Nine Lives of Christmas, Trading Christmas, A Christmas Detour, and The Mistletoe Promise.
Before Christmas movies started playing, I liked Hallmark's My Favorite Wedding, The Last Bridesmaid (Paul Campbell is v funny), and Love Fall & Order because it was filmed in Utah. Falling Inn Love on Netflix was cute, too.
Shows
Provo's Most Eligible, season 2. It's on YouTube, and I want other people to Binge the Cringe and talk about it all with me. JB is a great sport and laughs about it with me. (We like Scott and Caleb)
We have a lot of episodes of Modern Family and This is Us and Big Bang Theory on the DVR to watch together if we ever can again. It's college football and NBA season so that's what we watch as a family.
2 comments:
I've got the inside scoop on Provo's most eligible. My old Bishop's son is one of the guys. Austin if you've seen him. His brother is in carpool on Mondays and he and another kid talk about it all the way to school. I'll have to talk more about it and possibly watch it if I can not gag first
I'm so glad you liked The War I Finally Won!! Are you on Goodreads? I'mma go look...
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