Books.

I finished two books yesterday.  I love finishing books.  I always feel so accomplished; not to mention it means I get to start another one.  The two books were Ford County Stories by John Grisham and Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson.

The John Grisham book was really good.  I'm normally not a big fan of the type of stories John Grisham writes, but this was great.  It's a collection of short stories, which made it really fast-paced and easy to read.    All of the stories are about small town Mississippi, and as much as I hate to admit it, they often hit close to home.  The setting was familiar and the types of people were like people I know or have met.  I highly recommend it.

Catalyst is a young adult book.  It didn't start out so great, but once I got into the meat of it, it was really good.  It turned out to be quite a touching story.  It's about a pastor's daughter who is a senior in high school whose dream is to get into a certain college; it's all she thinks about.  Then her neighbor--and meanest girl in school--has to move in with her because her house burns down.  The main character learns that life is about more than her selfish dreams.  Like I said, touching.