We are all the same

By Jim Wooten
Get out your Kleenex people. This is a tear jerker from the get go. This short story made me cry over and over! And I am not a book cryer! OUCH! Jim Wooten, a journalist, covers a story on a little boy that was born HIV postive. His mom died after she had found a place for him to live as long as he could. He was the child to live the longest in Africa after being infected by birth from his mother. The most amazing part is that a white woman and her family took him into their home and nursed him until he died. He was a motivational speaker that visited the US twice and advocated for AIDS medicines. This is not only and educating read, but moving. It is a somewhat adult topic so I would only recommend it to adults, but it is very clean. I was in awe of this little boys will to live and to help others live. I feel very blessed today.

Remembering Issac

The Wise and Joyful Potter of Niederbipp by Ben Behunin
This book was recommended to me by my boss, Dr. C. He has great taste for good clean uplifting books. This book is all three. About a young man that responds to an ad for a village potter. He quickly finds that this village is unlike any place he has ever been. He takes the place of Issac, the previous potter, and finds his shoes are very hard to fill. This book is about faith, love and service. This is a great book that I would recommend to anyone. There is also a sequel that I plan of reading. Oh and this book made we want to try my hand at pottery. (Right after I am a beekeeper.)
My favorite part about this book is the pictures on the edge of the book of a potter at the wheel. It reminds me of the old flip books. Does anyone remember these? The author is a local guy and also does little doodles on all the pages. It was as enjoyable to keep up with the doodles and picture flipping as it was to read the book. Loved it!

Currently reading...

Remembering Issac. It's taking me forever due to other activities, but getting close.

Graceling

OK. So this book was pretty good actually. It was recommended to Blythe and I at the Kings English Bookstore. It was good enough to read the sequel to. I wouldn't call it my favorite book ever and it did have some "Twilight" moments, but overall OK. I give it a B+
It has a bit of a "Lord of the Rings" time era to me. There is a lot of kings ticking off other kings to the story.
Who should read it? Funny you should ask. This book was written for young adults but the main characters enjoy some extracurricular activites together without any thought of getting married. In fact it is the heroines goal to not be tied down. AND, they talk about an herb that prevents pregnancy. So all of this is pretty minor in the whole scheme of the book, but if you have a very "with it" teen, she might notice this. P.s. It is no worse than "Twilight".
What's the Story? It's about a girl that has a "Grace". A grace can be anything like mind reading, strength, etc... but this girl has been able to kill a man since she was 8 years old. She becomes the thug for her uncle that is a king.
This story is about finding herself.
I liked it.