Weather in Books Tag

I don't think I've done a book tag in a while, so I thought I'd have a little fun with one this time around. I hope you enjoy!

1. Sunshine: a book that made you smile

The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic by Jennifer Trafton. Though this story is more intended for the middle-grade audience, I still enjoy this story. It’s about a young girl, Persimmony, who discovers that beneath her homeland, the Island in the Center of Everything, lies a giant who has been asleep for a very long time. She tries to convince everyone that this is true, but no one believes her and the giant gets closer and closer to awakening. It’s a fun story, and full of humor. Definitely a great read-aloud for the whole family.

2. Rain: a book you couldn’t put down

Can I answer with the name of Serena’s WIP? The amount of times I lost all sense of time and stayed up far too late because I was so immersed in her story…

I should probably branch out into more answers and share more stories with you all, but for this one I am going to answer The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson. That series is so, so amazing, and I often stayed up far too late reading this story as well. It gripped me and pulled me into one of the most beautiful stories I have ever read. Highly recommend it if you haven’t read it already.

3. Wind: a book that blew you away

Usually I’ve answered with fiction books when I’m doing one of these book tags, but this one is not. God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew is my favorite non-fiction book of all time. It is a missionary story, and is it ever amazing. Not only Brother Andrew’s testimony of how he went from a boy who constantly skipped out on church to a missionary behind the Iron Curtain, but the miracles that happened in that story. Suffice it to say, I was blown away and left in awe of the power of God.

4. Hurricane: a tragic book

The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. Again, this is a non-fiction autobiography, but it is one of my favorite non-fiction reads. Definitely a lot of tragic things happened to Corrie and her family during the Holocaust, but that isn’t the end of the story. A thread of hope and light and faith in God runs throughout the whole story and also tells of the miracles and the power of God.

5. Blizzard: a book you had high expectations for

I’m going to change the tense of the verb here and answer with a book I have high expectations for. I’ve had a few very close friends highly recommend the Knights of Arrethtrae series to me, and the first book, Sir Kendrick and the Castle of Bel Lione, is next on my reading list after the book I am currently reading. (Thanks again, Evelyn!) I’ll have to come back with an update once I do read it.

6. Tornado: a book you didn’t like at first but ended up loving

For the Temple, by G. A. Henty. I read this first years ago for school, and I’d read one other of Henty’s books before and not liked it, so I started this book with the idea that I didn’t like Henty’s writing. I ended up loving the story! It is the story of a Jewish boy, John, who wants to remain faithful to his family and his betrothed, but also to his land and most of all to the Temple in Jerusalem, and for a long time he fights against the Romans to achieve this end. It’s a pretty good story, and though I no longer read G. A. Henty’s books in the volume I used to, I do still enjoy reading this story once in a while.

(And just as a random side note, every time I do one of these book tags I end up struggling to think of a published book that fits the category because I’m always thinking of my friends’ stories! I know so many young writers out there who are writing incredible stories, and I hope that one day many of them will publish their stories so that more people can read and love them like I do!)

Until next time!

- Auriel