In case you can't count (just kidding...) that's six books. I'll cover each...
Animal Farm
Of all the books, this is the one I read first, so my memory of it is a little rusty. I do remember that it took a few chapters to "get into" it, but after that, it was really good. According to the author, George Orwell, the book reflected the event leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on to the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Let me say - it doesn't reflect it in a very good light. While George Orwell himself was a communist/socialist, he was a democratic socialist, which basically means he wanted communism to come via democratic means, not revolutionary ones.
I'm doing a report on Communism for economics. Can you tell? ;)
Black Horses for the King
I really like this book. I'm a huge historical fiction fan, and this one is historical fiction. I had actually read it once before, but I liked it so much I went ahead and read it again this year. This one is about King Arthur (as in 'King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table') and his quest to find horses to defeat the Saxons in England. The main character is a English boy who helps Arthur to obtain his horses. It's a good story!
King Alfred's English
Okay, if you have not read this book you need to right now. It is probably one of the best books I've ever read, and for sure one of the best nonfiction books I've read. (That's saying a lot - I've read a whole bunch of books.) It tells the story of the development of modern English, and it's given me an amazing respect for my language. Even if it is one of the strangest, hardest languages out there (New and knew? Pneumonia? Like, how did we end up with that? The book tells you part of it.) If there's one book on this list you need to read right now, it's this one.
Kisses from Katie
I've been wanting to read this book for several years now. It was on my list a few years ago, but we didn't own it, so Mom had me skip it. This time, however, we got it from the library. It tells the story of a girl named Katie who goes on a missions trip to Uganda and ends up out there taking care of orphaned children. I love missions and I love kids, so this is kinda something I would be open to doing in the future (if it's what God wants me to do), and reading about another girl not that much older than me doing it was really fun. :)
Live Smart
This book is written by Dan Dumas, whom I think my dad used to know. Either that, or my uncle knew him. Something along those lines. Basically: someone in my family knew this man at some point. Mom told me, but I forgot. Anyway, this is a really great book. It's written for teenagers, but I think people of all ages will appreciate this book. For teenagers especially though, this was super helpful and applicable.
What's Your Worldview
This wasn't so much as a "favorite book" as an "I found this really interesting" book, if that makes any sense. It's super short, and it's kinda like one of those Make Your Own Adventure books. It basically tells you what your worldview is. Everyone has one, and this book helps you figure out what yours is. (Totally a sale spiel right there. Someone needs to hire me for marketing.)
And that brings to an end my six favorite books from this school year. I hope you all enjoyed and that you found something new (and hopefully interesting) to read.
With that, it's time for a very special announcement: I'm starting a new blog series. I'm going to start posting on Saturdays! Oh yeah! I'm going to continue posting on Mondays, but on Saturdays I'll give you a little peak into what I've been doing the past week.
With the end of school, I thought this might be a fun thing to do. It will only last through summer (aka through the end of July), but I think it will be fun for me and for y'all. It might end up being a biweekly feature, but I'm hoping to keep it at every week. We'll see how it goes!
Thanks for reading, have a great week, and I'll "see" you on Saturday!
~Anna
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