In a letter to John Adams, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "I cannot live without books," and we understand how he felt. Books have been our best friends ever since we can remember and we're going to celebrate our love for them with this 'reading challenge.' The aim is to tick one book off every month!

Although our lives have taken us in different directions, this challenge, and this blog, is also a way for us to celebrate our friendship as well as our love of reading.

This blog is really just for fun and each entry will explain how the 'book of the month' fits into the category, why we made our choices, and include some comments/thoughts on each book.

Let the challenge commence!!

Donna and Ida

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Challenge 19: A Book You Were Supposed to Read in School But Didn't

Berlie Doherty, Street Child ( HarperCollins, 2009)
I have to confess that I cheated on this one.  There honestly isn't a single book from school that I was supposed to read, but didn't.  So I took advice from my friends who are parents, and this seemed like a great suggestion for a book that is being read in schools today.

Comments: 

 Reading this book made me understand (even more than I did already) why this is a good theme for a reading challenge.  Books aimed at children are GOOD!  I really enjoyed this, and even thought it was clearly written for children there was enough sophistication to the language and storyline to satisfy any reader.  The only thing is that I ended up wanting to know more about Dr Barnardo!  But again, that's what makes it a great book for children, and for adults!

Thanks to all my friends who suggested this book!  Definitely a good suggestion.
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