Trying to finish! CYBILS books 2015
I'm getting down the end of the list (and sadly, the end of the time frame!). We are supposed to come to consensus this week about which books made the short list. Fortunately, the other people on the committee are WAY more decisive than I am so it sounds like the process shouldn't be too painful, I hope! I did read a few this week that I really loved. The first one is historical fiction. It's called "I Don't Know How the Story Ends" by J. B. Cheaney. It's set in Hollywood during the first World War, which, in my opinion, is an underserved era of historical fiction. What's great about this book is that the war serves as a backdrop to the story, it really isn't THE story. THE story is about the beginning of the film industry and telling a story and it is terrific. Isobel's dad has gone off to serve in the war and rather than stay in their home town of Seattle during the summer vacation, Isobel's mom decides to take her and her sist...