Grown up books
Since it's winter break, I've had a chance to do some reading and I actually got to read some grown up books in the last few weeks! I love the end of the year lists of best books. I figure if someone is bothering to make a list of the best ones, they've read more than one or two and so it's worth at least looking at what other people are reading. This past week I read a couple that were highly rated this year. The first one (and my favorite) is called "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr. This is a great story. It's about two kids growing up during World War 2. If you think you've read enough about World War 2 (I think I have), don't skip this one. It's told from the perspective of two different characters. One is a girl in Paris who is blind. Her dad works in a museum and loves puzzles and models so he builds a model of their neighborhood so she can navigate the neighborhood by herself. They end up fleeing Paris an...