Beth Ann's 2009 Reading Challenge: The Christmas Sweater

Thursday, February 5, 2009

The Christmas Sweater

Read in January
284 pages
The story about a boy, Eddie, who only wants a bike from his mom for Christmas and ends up with the sweater that changes his views on life. After a heartbreaking Christmas Eddie ends up living with his grandparents for a year that changed their lives.

The first book of my reading challenge this year! This was a Christmas present from my husband, Scott. I really like listening to Glenn Beck on WOWO 1190 radio and was excited to read his book. I'm really not sure what I was expecting, but this wasn't it. I did enjoy the book though. I knew Glenn Beck believes in God, however, I wasn't sure as to what extent. Reading this book was like a direct view into his very heart and soul. It was a sweet story, very comforting, full of the spirit, and easily read in a day. This book is not just for Christmas but should be read throughout the year.

Check out the following links I like for this book.

www.glennbeck.com

http://www.wowo.com/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/141659485X/ref=s9_sdps_c2_s1_p14_t1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1SCN71QD9Y2ZNJTGEE3K&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383371&pf_rd_i=507846

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I am currently reading trying to figure out what I am going to read next. We are going on a vacation so I'm sure I'll have something by the time we leave tomorrow. I can't just sit in the car for the next 12 hours without anything to read!

Just a few books my To Be Read List:
March by Geraldine Brooks
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Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez
~Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skills–as doctors, nurses, and therapists–seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother of two from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she soon found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good haircut and by Afghan women, who have a long and proud tradition of running their own beauty salons. Thus an idea was born.

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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A Thousan Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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