30 Day Book Challenge

Day #4: A Book That Reminds You of Home

I even wanted this hair! So flippy!

Oh Nancy, how I loved you! You had gal pals named Bess and George. (A girl named George, how groovy!) You had Ned, the adoring boyfriend. (A college man) You were fussed over by Hannah, your loving but stern housekeeper. I thought you were terribly glamorous and smart. I wanted to be you. So. Bad.

The Nancy Drew books will always remind me of home. They (and the Trixie Belden books) were the first series I ever read and probably the first books I read that didn’t have little golden spines and 5 words per page.

When I think of these books I can almost smell the house I grew up in. Man, I miss that place.

Thanks to my mom and her sisters for passing down these gems to me!

30 Day Book Challenge

Day #3: A Book That Completely Surprised You

Easy peasy answer: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

I was browsing around at the library and the cover of this struck me so I picked it up. I read the flap and thought, “Blech, fantasy.” A woman browsing close to me said that she loved it.  I didn’t want to be a jerk and discount her opinion so I checked it out. 

When I got home I decided to give it a shot. I was swept away. Completely sucked in. Absolutely surprised.  

This was before the buzz about this book became loud and insistent. I wanted the world to read it and now it seems that everyone has. Yay!