His Banner Over Me, by Jean Little

Despite having really loved Jean Little's books for as far back as I can remember, I somehow managed to miss reading this one? I think I was put off by the religious title (a reference to the hymn "His Banner Over Me Is Love"). But now I've actually read it! And it's really good and really interesting.

It's a fictionalized, mostly-true story about Jean Little's mother's life. ( Read more... )

And... idk, I feel like I had other thoughts? But then I proceeded to read From Anna afterwards and all thoughts about this book flew from my head, and then I followed that up with beginning a reread of the Queen's Thief series, which didn't help either. I need to get better at writing my book thoughts directly after finishing reading a book!