This week for outside I read The Christmas Box, by Richard Paul Evans. My mom read this book and she told me I should read it too. I haven't gotten very far into it yet, but so far it is about a man and his wife and their life. The author wrote this about his own life. He moved to California when he was 14 because his dad lost his job. Soon after college he met his wife Keri. 15 months after the wedding their daughter Jenna was born. The family was having money troubles and were crammed in a small one bedroom apartment. They were having troubles even paying the bills. One day they saw an ad in the paper about a old lady with a big house looking for a live-in family to do her yard work and some housekeeping. They would get large living quarters so they decided to look into it. They go and meet her and everything goes well. They come to an agreement about what is expected and the living conditions. So far this book isn't too exciting, but I haven't gotten too far so I think soon something will happen with a Christmas Box. The last quote is "very good. It will be nice to have someone in the house for the holidays." I think this foreshadows something will happen over the holidays, along with the title that will involve a Christmas Box that will provide some big change for the family.
4 comments:
Caitlin,
This book sound like it could be really interesting! After reading I your blog i am curious about what will happen with the christmas box too. Good job!
Alex
This book seems boring at first but i bet it all of a sudeen gets very interesting. I like books that do that where it is kind of boring at the starting but you know something good is about to happen but you just dont know when. I am curious about the title of the book though.
Caitlin,
As you stated, the book seems a little dull at first, but most times those kind of books turn into something totally unexpected. Im sure you will grow to love it. The foreshadowing of that last quote is very true, and i hope you enjoy it!
This story sounds like something an author would make up, but that's so neat that it's actually about the author's life! I think that makes it 100 times better when you know what you're reading actually happened. Hopefully the book won't stay boring for you. It may be one of those things where you don't really like the book that much, but after you're done reading it you can look back and say you're glad you read it.
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