Thursday, October 23, 2008

I'm a Esme! I found out through TwilightersAnonymous.com. Which Twilight Female Are You? Take the quiz and find out!
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You are thoughtful and care very deeply for your family. A loving home is of great
importance to you and you always try to make people feel welcome. Although you have a great capacity to love, you also have a great capacity to hurt, so at times you can be
sensitive. You're firm when you need to be, but people trust your judgment and
appreciate the kind way you always handle things.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks

I LOVED this book. I could not put it down and finished it in 2 days, sometimes (gasp) ignoring the children a bit so I could get in a chapter or two.

The book describes the 17th-century plague that is carried from London to a small village by an unknowing tailor on a bolt of cloth. The result: the villagers, one by one, become infected and begin to die. The minister of the village boldly declares that in order to spare surrounding villages from contracting the plague, the people should stay to contain the disease and prevent it from spreading further.

The book focuses on one villager, Anna Firth, a housemaid, and her growth and determination through it all.

READ IT!! It was great.