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Well, Freckles was so good that I finished it over the weekend. If you've never read it, go right now and do so. Stratton-Porter writs books about characters that are unhealthy, poor, or heart broken and by the end of the book they are whole and happy. Reading her books make you feel clean and make you want to smile when you finish it. Definitely a need to read.

This week I am continuing Wives and Daughters.

From Gaskell To Porter

During the begging of Wives and Daughters, I found myself at a slow part. I was on our living room couch and looking over at the coffee table I saw the book, Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter. I placed my book down and picked up the new one. I couldn't put it down till I finished it. It was amazing. Absolutely amazing.

Wives and Daughters will have too wait another week because I am going to read the prequel to Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles.

If you have never read a Gene Stratton-Porter novel, go, right now, and read: Freckles, Girl of the Limberlost, then Keeper of the Bee's.

Another Movie to Book Instance

A few weeks ago my sisters and I began to watch the BBC production of the classic, Wives and Daughters. I really liked it! The characters were interesting and funny. Curious, I decided to begin the book by Elizabeth Gaskell. I am only in the third chapter so far but it is really good. It is a different style of writing than, say, Jane Austin; but still enjoyable.

Of A Good Book And A Finished Project

Well, Ride The River was a fantastic book! I really liked it. The main character Echo Sackett was funny and interesting. Any heroine who carry's a rifle has got to be interesting. :)

In other news I have finished the third, and I hope, the final draft of my very own book. The Dying King. I am so excited! Anyone know a publisher?

Sacketts

Well as you can see from how little I've been blogging (as in not at all) you can tell that my summer has been busy. Well now that school is back up I am on track and back to reading.


my mom got me a book that she saw in Goodwill. She gave it to me and told me that I would enjoy it. She was right. I am now in the middle of it after making it the book of the week.
It is Ride the River, by Louis L'amour. It is amazing!

Enchanted Book

Well, last week I finished a book that I had always  wanted to read, but for some reason had never started it. The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit. I loved it! If you have read, Five Children and It, or The Amulet, and enjoyed them, then you will love this book.

It had mystery, humor, wit, magic, and secret passageways. I would count it one of my favorite Nesbit books.

This week will be War of the Worlds, by Wells. I hope I'll like it.

White Witch

I finished the White Witch last week. I had never read an Elizabeth Goudge book before so this was a new experience for me.

I really liked the book's writing style. It was descriptive, informative, and a little poetic. I likes the story but did not entirely like the ending. It ended too quick and without enough information. And two of my favorite characters did not end as I wanted. Ah-well.

It looks like the Enchanted Castle, by Nesbit.