Here is my latest list of books I have read recently. I wish I could find more time to read but I just can't. Eventually I will be able to read more.
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
When a white servant girl
violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that
exposes the worst and best in the people she has come to call her
family.
Orphaned while onboard ship from
Ireland, seven-year-old Lavinia arrives on the steps of a tobacco
plantation where she is to live and work with the slaves of the kitchen
house. Under the care of Belle, the master’s illegitimate daughter,
Lavinia becomes deeply bonded to her adopted family, though she is set
apart from them by her white skin. Eventually, Lavinia is accepted into
the world of the big house, where the master is absent and the mistress
battles opium addiction. Lavinia finds herself perilously straddling two
very different worlds. When she is forced to make a choice, loyalties
are brought into question, dangerous truths are laid bare, and lives are
put at risk.
This tragic story drew me in right away and I loved the characters. If you are like me and like historical fiction you will enjoy this book.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.
Now, it's the dawn of the 5th
wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The
beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they
see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to
stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and
mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her
brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust
and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To
give up or to get up.
I am not big into young adult series but I could not put this book down! I can't wait to see what happens next.
On Littler Wings by Regina Sirois
Jennifer is an only child, and so
were her parents—at least that's what she thinks, until she finds an
old photo in the back of one of her mother's books. The woman in the
photo looks just like Jennifer, down to the smattering of freckles
across her nose. And her mother refuses to talk about it.
Compelled to find answers,
Jennifer embarks on a quest that takes her from the wheat fields of
Nebraska to the fishing town of Smithport, Maine, home to the one person
who can help her solve this family secret—the woman in the photo. But
Jennifer learns that it takes the entire village of Smithport to piece
together the story of her mother's hidden past.
This was an endearing book that dug deeper than the young adult novel it claims to be. I really enjoyed reading this one.
What books have you been reading?
