Happy New Year ladies! I hope that everyone had a fabulous holiday, and are ready to kick in their goals for the new year. One of those goals is to read a book a month for book club right?
This months book is The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. This book is a retelling of the famous Brothers Grimm fairy tale "The Goose Girl". I chose this book because I love a good fairy tale, (who doesn't) it brings me back to being a kid again. I have also had several friends that have read it, and loved it. So, hopefully we all like it too. It will be an easy read, because it's geared towards children I think.
First of all, this is a shout out to my sister who started this book club! I am one of the out of towners, and wish I could be there to join in all the fun in discussing the books and just hanging out. A little about me, I live in Denver with my husband and 3 great kids (1boy and 2 girls). I am a work at home mom meaning I stay home with my kids, but it's a lot of work. Currently, I am working on finding a 450 hour internship so that I can graduate. This is a task with a husband who works 70-80 hour weeks. I am confident that I will reach my goal either this summer, or in the fall when my 2 oldest are in school full time. When I do graduate, I will have a degree in exercise science and a nutrition minor. I am excited to be able to officially use this to my advantage.
Some of my hobbies are reading of course, jogging/exercise, playing the piano, and every once in a while singing along on Rock Band! My favorite book of all time is Pride and Prejudice, which I am not ashamed to admit I have read 7 times. I just finished reading Gone with the Wind, which is my sisters favorite book, and for me felt more like an accomplishment to finish it, because it's about 1000 pages. It's a good read though, and very well written. My favorite color is a toss up between yellow & green, both of which I will never wear, but I love the colors. My favorite food is fish tacos. I love being outside when it's nice and warm, I'm mostly indoors when it's cold and snowy. Maybe that's from growing up in Florida & Southern California. Well that's it for me.
Enjoy your read this month.
This months meeting will be on Saturday the 24th @ 6:00 at Becca's house. E-mail for directions: mejofred@yahoo.com
Well, I finished reading the book. I enjoyed it. The writing was of course juvenile, but I was expecting that because of the audience it is geared toward. It's a cute story that I will probably end up reading again to my 6 year old Mia. She will love it!
ReplyDeleteI loved her descriptions of Bayern and the country side. I also loved the characters. Ani was a strong character that was not annoying to me. I thought Enna rocked. The love story between "the guard"/prince was predictable but sweet. I really liked this story. That is my choppy brief critique of the book. What did you all think?
I,too,finished the book. While it took me a bit to get into it when I did it was enjoyable. It was a simple story that was both fun and endearing. I was sad that the author didn't feel the need to add the wedding and a proper follow up with some of the other characters. It would have been nice to end with the wedding in detail. Over all I liked it.
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ReplyDeleteI finished it and I enjoyed it. It was an easy read and entertaining. I knew as soon as Ani met Geric that he was the prince and I just had to keep reading to find out how they'd end up together. Maybe I missed a huge part of childhood but I don't think I've ever heard the story of the Goose Girl before, but it was a fun read.
ReplyDeleteI just finished the book, I did not guess Geric was the Prince right off, but glad he was. Liked the book and glad the lady-in-waiting got her just reward.
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