Painting Angels Book Review

To begin, I had my 10 year old daughter read Painting Angels and give me

her thoughts:

I liked the book because it was very exciting and interesting.  

It was a good book because it talks about being nice to people you

might not think you would be friends with.

I was able to make connections with my own visit to a monastery.

Some of the nuns reminded me of the nuns that I interacted with when I visited.

It made me really want to find out what was going to happen next.

While I was reading the book I understood what Macrina was feeling and

I was wondering why Sam was doing what he was doing.

I can really relate to Macrina.

While I was reading the book it felt like a short story but it still feels like

it had a lot of detail. I really felt like I could have been there in the story.

I could see the story unfolding in my head.

My thoughts on Painting Angels:

I was immediately drawn to the ease of reading this book.  The words are big

and the phrases are small.  The story moved at a quick pace and I did not

want to put the book down.  I actually finished it in one day!  I know that the

character Sam has been introduced in other books in this series.  While this

book stands alone, I do feel like I missed some history that could have helped

me understand his character better.  That being said, I really want to read the

other Sam and Saucer books!  I fell in love with Macrina and her frustrations. 

I ended up day dreaming of what it would be like getting to spend my summers

working at a monastery.  The style of the story reminded me of The Magic

Treehouse books.  I am thankful to have some easier chapter books for my

7-10 year olds to read.  The message was easy to understand and written in

an interesting format for a young (and even older) reader.  I really hope that

there are more books written about Sam and Macrina, I fell in love with the

characters!