I finished another library book last night (one that is on my Fall Reading Challenge), “Sophie’s Heart” by Christian author Lori Wick. My sister Gail had previously read this book and recommended it to me. She wrote a review of it here on our main site, Hambones.org.
I agree with what Gail wrote. This book is like a modern day fairy tale, told from the Christian perspective. Sophie is a young woman, living in Czechoslovakia with her grandmother. She works as a translator and speaks 5 languages. Her dream is to come to America, which she does. She starts off with a menial job of busing tables in a restaurant in Chicago. She meets a lady at a Bible study group at church, and is introduced to her brother, Alec, a widower who recently lost his wife and is struggling to raise his 3 children alone. Sophie ends up going to work as their housekeeper, and the book follows her life in America. It’s a good book, although a little on the long side (I thought it could have wrapped up a little sooner, but it was still engrossing). My attention span seems to wane after about 325 or 330 pages or so, and this book was 425 pages 🙂
For the record, that makes 62 books read so far this year, with a total of 21,814 pages. Up next is another library book, also on my Fall Challenge List, called “The Reading Group”, by Elizabeth Noble. After that, I’ll try to finish the other books on my challenge list. I have 4 more to go, then I hope to switch to some of the Beverly Lewis books I’ve bought, or the ones that Tim gave me for my birthday. So many books, so little time! 
Yay, I did like this book! Glad you did too. It was long but at the time I read it, I was reading a lot of “series” books. So for me it was good because I finished the whole story then & didn’t have to go to another book to continue.
I wish that I could read that much…no time unless you count Microbiology made ridiculously easy…NOT! I liked that book too but I think that I agree that it was drawn out just a bit. I seem to be enraptured by the books about the Amish…they are so interesting to me.
My mom really liked this book. I tried reading it and never finished it. I did enjoy Pretense by Lori Wick.
The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble is in my TBR mountain. I’ve nominated it for our blogger book group.
I enjoy Lori Wicks books, but even though I have looked at this one several times at the bookstore, I haven’t read it yet. I just didn’t feel “attracted” to it, you know?? But I will have to put it on my need to read list since you all liked it.
I think I either read that book, the Reading Group or else I wanted to read it. Let me know how it is.
Girl, we got some fab rain last night and this morning. I wish it would keep it up. 🙂
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