Today I’m linking up with one of my favorite bloggers, Modern Mrs. Darcy, for her monthly post, Quick Lit.

Here is a quick look at what I have been reading this month.

 11/22/63 by Stephen King. I keep going back and forth about the value of reading super long books that take me forever to read. I started and stopped 11/22/63 about three times before finishing it on this go round. I am really glad that I stuck with it. This is a unique story that I really enjoyed. I do think I have discovered something really important about long books and it is counterintuitive. While I like the ease of reading a long book on my Kindle, it ends up frustrating me. I can’t really see my progress because the percentages go up so slowly and if I need to look back on something, it is really hard. I finally gave in and read 11/22/63 in paperback even though it was so big it was almost uncomfortable to read. I hurt my back during the time I was reading it and Rob joked that it might have been because I was carrying around such a heavy book!

Z is for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brian. Z is for Zachariah is an upcoming movie so there’s been lots of talk about this book lately. As soon as I heard the title I was transported back to fifth grade. This is one of the books that I remember reading when I switched schools and realized there were many, many important books to be read. This is the story of a young girl who believes she is the only person left after nuclear war. I put it in the same thoughtful-ness category as Tuck Everlasting and Bridge to Terabithia.

A Window Opens by Elisabeth Eagen. I have so much to say about this book that I’m pretty sure I will write a separate post about it soon. Elisabeth Eagen is signing books at Words in Maplewood next month and I am going to my best to get there. I will have a lot more to say on this must read to come soon. For now, let’s just say  I felt like Eagen must have snuck in to our town and spent time with us all as she wrote this book- in an almost creepy but still super interesting way.