undaunted

 

one of my friends recently chose this is as our read for our book club.  i'm not going to lie....i was not excited. because i was being one of those people who put their opinion before their actual knowledge.

what i saw: 800+ pages, $40, church book, that i had 2 weeks to read.  deep sigh.

what i found out: i only needed 4 days, & i would have paid $80 without blinking.

in actuality i paid $18 on kindle and read it on ipad. if you have ability to read digital books, you should TOTALLY digital-borrow this from me....

i LOVED this book. There have been MANY books that have emotionally moved me - in all sorts of way - including making me feel like crying, but I can only remember one time, ONE time in my entire life, in ALL the books i've read, actually crying (Kite Runner, on a boat in greece, circa 2003.) ONE time where the emotion was strong enough to actually make tears come to fruition.

until now. i cried in the first 30 pages.  and then it just became the norm for the next 4 days. i would come out of my room to leave for work (which it made me late for work 2 days in a row) and zannie would say, "are you.....ok?"
"yeah, i'm good...."
"you look like you've been crying...."
"OH! yeah, yeah. i have been..."

i told my book club that i may be the only person left who hasn't read The Work & The Glory series, but that i was probably going to have to break down & read those too now...at least those won't end after 800 pages!

if you haven't already, then just trust me. read it. and then i want to arrange a road trip up to northern utah to actually SEE what's left of this trek. let me know if you want to be on the caravan list!

Comments

[Aurie]

ill caravan with you! It was an awesome book, defenitely on my fav list.

[Susan]

I bought this book before I left. I have been afraid to begin. You have inspired me. If you haven't taken the road trip before I get home, I am in! I love your new found cooking skills! I am so impressed that you make a goal and you accomplish it! I am learning!!! Love you!