Hope was Here

This month I have read a book called Hope was Here by Joan Bauer. This book was very engaging from the minute I opened the book to read it. It's a book that you don't really want to put down when it is time to go to bed. There were a few  minor things that the author could have done a little better.Things that appealed to me in this book were the characters, Hope dreaming of her father, and G.T. becoming mayor after all. Non appealing things to me was that when a chapter ended it started something different than what you just read, that Hope's mother just dumped her off on her aunt, and that G.T died and didn't get to finish his term as mayor.Overall, I loved this book and wish to read it again sometime.

Bean Trees

 I read a book this month called Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. It was an interesting book that engaged a reader from the beginning. The things I liked about this book are: it's an easy read, the characters, and it kind of reminded me of Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery. The thing I did not like about this book were: the pages at the end of the chapter that don't help bring you into the new one,the language, and lots of complaining by one of the characters. Overall, I would recommend this book to anybody who wants to read it. I really enjoyed this book because it just made me want to be outside enjoying spring weather like the characters were.