I’m so excited about this book that I just picked up at the store. I wasn’t even intending to buy myself anything, but, a cup of coffee. I was taking my son and his friends to buy snacks and goodies for a party they are throwing tomorrow night. My daughter went along with us, and she and I went off wandering while we waited for the boys to pick out their stuff. We wound up at the books section, and that is when I saw it….

It’s called Speak and it’s by Laurie Halse Anderson. The librarian at my children’s last school (in Texas) had told me about this book at the end of our last year there. I’ve been meaning to pick it up ever since, and just haven’t done it.

There it was tonight, though, begging me to bring it home. It was calling to me… Really! Books do that, you know! I’ve got a bit of a tummy ache, so I think I’ll just go curl up in bed with my new book and relax.

The book covers a heavy topic, and it might be very depressing, but, I am very interested to read it after the glowing review from the librarian. I’ve been meaning to email her to say hello, anyway – now I definitely will have to, so that I can let her know I’ve finally read this book!

I’ll let you know my thoughts on it when I’ve finished reading it.