The Sound of Glass

This was an ok book. Not really my style but it had a good message about cherishing your family and dealing with your problems. It took me a long time to get through this book because of the writers writing style. It was weird. Merritt inherited her husband's grandmothers house after she passed away. she packs up everything and moves to North Carolina to start over after her husband's death. She meets Loralee and Owen. Loralee is her stepmother. They move in with her to help her clean out the house. She also meets Gibbes who is her husband's brother. Loralee helps Merritt to face her past and she falls in love with Gibbes. She then helps raise Owen after Loralee dies.

Parenting Your Child with ADHD

This was a very good book regarding ADHD and the struggles someone goes through. Then it talked about proper ways for parents to help their kids. I have noticed that a lot of books have been written in the last few years about Adult ADHD. I wish I had had opportunities to read these types of books when I was a kid. But if I ever have a kid that has ADD I can help parent better because of this books and other books.

Orphan Train

I enjoyed this book very much. It was really interesting and I couldn't put it down. It talked about a time in history that was almost forgotten about. These orphan trains ran in the US from 1853 to 1929 relocating around 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children. They were unofficially adopted by families that wanted children. Most were not adopted and were treated terribly by their families because they were orphans. A lot were considered to be free labor. It reminded me a lot of the children that were moved from war torn areas in Europe during WWII. This was a fictional story that was based on real events. The author interviewed actual people that rode on the trains and did extensive research. This is thoroughly explained in the back of the book. I also really enjoyed this book because it went back and forth between the past and the present.