Beneath the Wraps

         Often when I check out books from the library, it will be with the intention of proof reading materials that Jenna might enjoy.   Occasionally I’ll check out books that I know she has absolutely no interest in but might interest me.   I generally read young fiction because I don’t have time for wordy adult novels. I still have not read Watt Key’s Alabama Moon , but I did just finish Fourmile .   Loved the book.   Easy reading (finished it in less than two weeks – even with Jenna’s constant interruptions) and good for imagination.          I’m guessing Foster (who tells the story) is an eleven year old boy who lives with his mom on the farm (Fourmile) that was his dad’s dream.   Only his dad had died the year before. Foster has a dog named Joe who came to him right after his father died.   He hates his mom’s social interest, Dax.   When Fo...

         There is always a risk factor involved with selecting videos I have not previously seen or may have never even heard of before.   For the most part I have read the description, visualize the setting of the story and may check it out.   But most often I have made poor selections as there have been many that I cannot be drawn in due to bad acting or poor dialogue or lame writers or what have you.   I actually haven’t been successful in my gambles.   But on Saturday we checked out a video I rather enjoy and will have to look into reading the award winning novel by Watt Key (as books are generally much much better than the movie)          “Alabama Moon” was great.   I enjoyed watching Moon grow and allow himself to make choices and find strengths in those he associated with.   The story starts off with Moon burying his father, and as he is digging we see ...