A Review - Seven Months Late

Way back when Kaitlyn was a newborn, I expressed interest in reviewing Braden Bell's new novel, The Roadshow. He graciously sent me a PDF file of the book. I immediately read the first chapter.


And then, life happened. As you all know, a newborn + two other children = insanity (for me, anyway).

It was too hard to sit at my computer to read for any period of time.

But then, because of the wonders of Christmas in the form of an iPad, I had a revelation last week. I could download the book onto my iPad and read it on my couch! And voilà, I finished it in two evenings.

It's an LDS (Mormon) book written by an LDS author, but what I loved about it is that it featured normal people with real problems. And I loved how all of the problems weren't miraculously solved by the end of the book. The book showed a snippet of these people's lives during the creation and production of a roadshow (a roadshow is like a play. I've never actually seen a roadshow performance.). I could really relate to the feelings of most of the main characters, even if I have never directly experienced their difficulties. And, I swear to you, I almost never cry while reading books, but I had tears running down my face at the very end during the scene with Sister MacDougal. (You'll have to read it to find out why.)

This was a quick read, and a great book. Thanks, Braden, for giving me the opportunity to review it. Sorry it took so long!