two recommendations

March 5, 2014

Right now I'm about three books behind schedule on my goal of reading 100 books this year. I've read a few really great ones and a few I haven't loved as much as I would have hoped, but I'll write more about that later.

I started Gone With the Wind a few weeks ago, and am about halfway through - it is so long, but SO GOOD. Of course I had seen the movie before I picked up Mitchell's book to read for myself, so I didn't know how much I'd get into it already knowing the story beforehand, but let me just tell you -- it's amazing. Her characters Scarlett, Mammy, Rhett, and Melanie are some of my favorites (whether or not they're always likeable) - up there on my list with unforgettable Atticus Finch and Rudy Steiner (but who can compete with them?) And the way she describes Southern gentility and way of life two hundred years ago, you just can't help but fall in love with Georgia and Tara too. It makes me want to pack my bags up and move there tomorrow!



Also, for those of you who haven't read Unbroken - you need to go read it. Today. Or at least pick it up at a bookstore sometime before December when the movie comes to theaters. It has to be one of my favorites (and Max's too!) - something we both read a few summers ago and loved. This story is something you can't walk away from without feeling incredibly inspired and uplifted, (and in my opinion, we could use a lot more examples in media and literature with these kinds of messages today!) So, so, so good!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

oh my goodness oh my goodness! gone with the wind, literally was my favorite movie when i was 8 and i read it by the time i was 10. i seriously have it memorized and love it. i sound like such a weird child.. but i seriously love that book & am SO happy you are reading it!

Mary said...

Oh I just adored Gone with the Wind...I read it twice, and I remember sitting outside during lunch in the 8th grade, just devouring it. So so good. Maybe it's time to pick it up again.

Unbroken was an amazing story and a wonderful book - my husband and I both really loved it too.

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