february

for february we are going to be reading peace like a river by leif enger. it will be at 8pm on the 10th at my house. so until then, happy reading!

the good girl

so after reading jacob have i loved, we decided we liked sara louise way better than caroline! i think overall everyone enjoyed this book. easy read, a newbery medal book, what is not to like? apparently there is a lot of controversy over it, but it is up for you to decide why that is. this story is about twin girls, the older one who does not feel loved and the younger who gets too much of everything. it is told from the older twin's perspective. sara louise. she is complicated and endering. hard working and pleasing. has dreams but doesn't go too far from her island home. caroline who sings well gets off the island. has her dreams and others rush to fulfill them, this in turn hurts sl deeply. it takes place ww2 era on the tiny island of rass. i think it was hard to see the parents of these girls not be a little more fair towards sl. they took it for granted that she could just do it all and get by or get alone without too much cottling. whereas with c, they babied and made sure she was ok and didn't have to lift a delicate finger for anything. when sl has friends or something going for her c kindof takes over and moves on in like with call and the captain. i wonder what the story would have been if told from a different character view. i wish sl would have been more vocal about what she wanted and didn't want. i wonder if it is the time period or the bible thumping island she is on, or her own flaws that made her feel like she couldn't branch out. overall, it was a good solid choice to start off our new year.