Book Update

I'm checking back in on my Reading List and I realize that I've yet to finish the book that was in the "Now Reading" spot when last I posted - oh, 3 months ago!  (The Place Between)  Sad... I need to finish it.  I have been reading some, however, and in the meantime, I read a book called A Northern Light which I enjoyed quite a bit.  It's set in the Northwoods - very poor people, very hard times.  The main character is a bright young lady who wants to go to college to become a writer.  Her teacher has discovered that she has quite a talent and is doing everything she can to make the college dream come true.  But circumstances conspire against her making it seem quite impossible for this dream to come to pass.  She is following quite a different path, as a matter of fact!  Her father agrees to let her work at one of the resort hotels to make some extra money for the family and there she encounters a mystery - which she resolves - that sets her mind in the direction of her heart.  The author has some beautiful passages about words and reading - passions of the main character - that are quite lovely!  Especially poignant for someone who loves words and reading! :o)