My Heart Remembers by Kimberly Vogel Sawyer

This novel made me cry so much! I would not expect to get so drawn in to the story from the beginning of the book. The three children are orphaned right away. We see the oldest daughter, Maelle, allows herself to be mistaken for a boy so that she could stay with her brother, Matttie. From the moment that we meet these children, they seem lost and feel lost until the almost the very end of the book. There were some story lines that were not really finished, I am wondering if this book will be followed by another in the series. I would like to see some things have more closer, such as, if anything will be done about a murder that we learn about in this book. This was one of my first reads of this summer and it was really a wonderful book the characters feel multidimensional and one wants to see how their lives will play out. There is one conflict that is resolved a little easier than we might have expected but it does not detract from the story too much. Maelle, Mattie, and Molly are worth reading about Ms. Sawyer did a great job, this book does not disappoint.

I'm glad I didn't buy this book- The Perfect Life by Robin Lee Hatcher

I am a great fan of Robin Lee Hatcher. I have read almost all of her books. I have missed some of her recent offerings. I was really impatient to read this book. I read the back cover and wanted to rush to the register with it.

I had like, a milion, books at home that I had to read. Some given to me by friends, some I had chosen. So, I decided to wait to read this book.

I sat down to read it not long ago and I have to say, I understood where she was trying to take us but I felt manipulated and preached to. I mean for me, this book felt like a long sermon. Fine, I understand that Christian novels have a point of view but please let me feel like I am immersed in a life and not just engaged in a morality lesson. While her charachters were given authentice reactions to the stimuli pressented. It felt so sterile, I couldn't connect with these charachters, which is demonstrated for me, by the fact that I read this book this week and I cannot remember the name of a single person.

I have to say, that I don't buy the ending of this book. It sounds wonderful but if you read it and think you know one person who would have done what the hero does, let me know. I don't by it

I love love love Hatcher but I didn't even like this book.