A few recommendations

Thanks to AnnMarie for coming through for us. I didn't realize that my love for books was shared by so many of my relatives!

You will notice a common theme among most of my recommendations - that the majority of them are juvenile fiction. I recently asked some members of my book club why this was and many of them felt it was because most current novels are smeared with vulgar language and explicit scenes, and that while not all juvenile fiction is "clean," the majority of it is a lot cleaner than its adult fiction counterparts. That being said, my recent reads that I would recommend are:

1. The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (series of 3 books, the third has not yet been released)

2. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (nonfiction)

3. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (series of five books)

4. Among the Hidden byMargaret Haddix (series of seven books)

5. The Uglies, The Pretties, The Specials by Scott Westerfield (these are three separate books all in one series)

6. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (won the 1977 Newberry Award)- Jon and I listened to this on our trip down to St. George.

7. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Jon and I listened to this epic on our trip to CA. I have heard that the abridged version is much better b/c the book is very wordy, but we enjoyed listening to it.