September 27

Finished Orbiting Jupiter.  Highly recommend.  Easy read.  Hard content.  Life is not always easy or beautiful.  Gary Schmidt reminds us that there are deep deep troughs in life.  I am reminded again of that today.  My heart is heavy.

Orbiting Jupiter

I LOVE when someone I love and trust recommends a book to me.  On Monday my friend, Mark Hiskes put a book in my hand, Orbiting Jupiter by Gary Schmidt.  Immediately I was excited as I have read some other Schmidt works including Wednesday Wars.  Last night I read the first 65 pages and can see why my friend enjoyed it so much.  I'll be finished by Friday and the book will be back in the library.  Feel free to grab it then - I think you too will very much enjoy it.

Blessings,

The Hero of Ages

I spent the last part of my evening talking with my father-in-law.  We had just finished putting together a bunk bed for my boys.  By "we" I mean he put it together and I helped put it into the corner of the room at the end.  As we sat around the island in my kitchen we were chatting about all the many pieces that it took to put the bed together.  There were hundreds!!  He then picked up my book The Hero of Ages and asked if it was good.  I laughed into just how incredible the series (Mistborn) has been and how I am loving this final book.  It clicked to me thinking about just how many pieces go into writing a trilogy.  All the little details, the characters, the descriptions of the setting and all the sensory details that make the book really pop.  I smiled and then spent the next two hours reading.  I love books.  Happy reading friends.