Wish You Well (David Baldacci) ***

This is about a 12 year old girl and her 7 year old brother who live in New York in 1940, then move to the mountains of Virginia with their great-grandmother after a family tragedy. It was a fun read, imagining the family learning to live off the land and all the struggles that go along with it. I got pretty wrapped up in it. My ward book group read it last month, and again, I'm behind. 400 pages.

O'Henry's Short Stories - part 1

I've been reading a collection of O'Henry's short stories. I'm about a third of the way trough and I thought I'd share a list of the ones that are best:

The Gift of the Magi - Story about true giving.

The Trimmed Lamp - Story about what makes people truly happy.

The Social Triangle - Ironic story about people's perspective of social status.

The Guilty Party - The responsibility of parents to children.

The Last Leaf - I read this as an interesting metaphor for the Atonement. Christ makes the ultimately sacrafice for us, even though we act silly.