Mustang Sally here again - I just finished After River. I really enjoyed reading this novel, and liked the twists and turns the author weaves into the story. Ultimately, it is a story of family love, mistakes made, reconnecting and redemption - very moving and hard to put down.

It has been quite a wait but the new White Pine reads are here and I wasted no time at all getting started.

The first book I read was the Gravity Journal by Gail Sidonie Sobat.

It is the story of a young anorexic girl , Anise, written in journal form. It is a great read and a close look into the darkness of the journey many girls/boys take when self destruction takes the driver's seat.The simple assumption that the only problem anorexics have is not eating is dispelled in Anise's journey through depression, purging, and cutting . I learned a lot from Anise 's journal, including the fact that there is hope.

Little Brother

The white pine books are looking good this year. I've just finished reading Little Brother. I thought it was a decent book. Many technological aspects that got confusing at times. But it was good read and a nice story to follow.

Hello all White Pine Book Club members for 2008-9!
We are off to a great start with over 40 students signed up already!So now we can start discussing the books...I've just finished Gravity Journal - Life is hardly worth living for Anise. After all, she is in an institution for anorexia and self-cutting, her brother is a druggie, her parents are loathsome and witless, and she's falling in love with a guy who is bi-polar. Well, the darker the better for me, so I loved it!