Book of the Week: Son

I finished Lois Lowry's Giver quartet this week, with the fourth novel, Son. I really loved the way that the book tied the stories of the main characters from the first three books together in Son. The two main characters are Claire, the birth mother of Gabriel (the baby from the The Giver), and Gabriel. Claire's story begins in the community in which The Giver takes place, and ends in the community in which Messenger takes place, and we also see Gabriel's interactions and relationships with Jonas and Matty. I think the author connected the stories and wrapped up the series really well. Loved it!

Planes, Trains, and Tricycles!

Happy Spring! To celebrate the "warmer" weather at our house, we busted out the red Radio Flyer tricycle today! While he doesn't have a clue how to push the pedals, Magoo is loving scooting around outside on his new trike by pushing off the ground.

Woo!! Tricycle!!

I can't wait for the weather to get a little warmer this spring! Normally, I'm stoked about it right about now, and it's actually been a pretty great winter (VERY cold for several weeks, but overall not bad), but I'm starting to get a little giddy about summer's (dare I say imminent) arrival. We're certainly enjoying seeing winter leave over here!

Baby raccoon :)

Book of the Week: Messenger

This week's book was Messenger by Lois Lowry. Another great read, it picked up the story of one of the side characters introduced in Gathering Blue. I loved the main character in this story, Matty, and thought it was a great continuation of the series.

Book of the Week: Gathering Blue

Following The Giver with Gathering Blue, also by Lois Lowry, made sense to me. This story follows a girl in a society similar to, but also different from that of The Giver. It was a good read, and I loved the characters. i highly recommend it to anyone!

Book of the Week: The Giver

I had to redeem myself after last week's book, so I chose The Giver, by Lois Lowry for my next read! This story was part of my sixth grade reading class curriculum, and although I couldn't remember any specific details about the book, I remembered that it was an excellent book! My memory served me well in that regard! The story is set in a community/society in which all deep feelings and memories involving the experiences brought on by those feelings have been removed from all members of society, with the exception of one person, the Giver. The Giver alone holds every single memory of feelings and sensations, in order to save the rest of his community from having to experience them. As he is growing older, a younger individual is selected from within the community to be the Receiver of memories, so that status quo can be maintained. The story follows the Receiver, Jonas, as he takes this on.

The Giver was such a great book that I poked around a bit and discovered that Lois Lowry actually wrote a series of books that went hand in hand with The Giver. I guess I don't need to do much hunting for the next several weeks' books!