1. "What is an adventure? That depends on where you are starting from. Little girls in your country, they hide in the gap between the washing machine and the refrigerator and they make believe they are in the jungle, with green snakes and monkeys all around them. Me and my sister, we used to hide in a gap in the jungle, with green snakes and monkeys all around us, and make believe that we had a washing machine and a refrigerator. You live in a world of machines and you dream off things with beating hearts. We dream of machines, because we see where beating hearts have left us.” -Chris Cleave, Little Bee"

                                      

    Little Bee

    I don’t want to give away too much of this book, but I will tell you this, it’s amazing and it will stay with you forever. It is about a woman running from Africa to the only other people she knows, a family that she came across on the beaches of Africa, who witnessed one of the most horrific events any person could bear. It really opened my eyes to immigration, the hardships in Africa, and how impossible it is to escape. 

  2. "…when I was angry at God because I couldn’t go to my son, hold him, and comfort him, God’s son was holding my son in his lap.” -Todd Burpo, Heaven Is For Real"

    Heaven Is For Real - Todd Burpo 

    I have been hearing all the hype for this book for several months now and it had been siting in my room for a while, but I was not positive I would really connect with it. The thought of a child writing a book seemed hard to understand, and I’m a little bit of a pessimist when it comes to things like people swearing jesus is on their toasted bread. 

    But, I have to say, I was proved wrong with this book. The book is written from the father’s perspective and very believable. Being a preacher himself he is already very well spoken and good with words. I loved the fact that they never sat their child down and just said, “so tell us what you saw” but slowly put the pieces together. I read this book in a couple days. You could easily polish it off on a rainy day. Easy read and it is a great perspective. And Do I believe it? You bet! 

  3. Here is it in all it’s glory, my summer reading list. Above is a picture of the books on my list I’ve accumulated from Half Price Books, but I am still searchings for others on my list. I won’t go into detail on what they are about, but I will after I read them along with my two cents on what I’ve thought. I’m not promising to finish them all this summer but I will sure put a dent in it!  Summer Reading List Heaven Is For Real - Todd Burpo Little Bee - Chris Cleave The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky Room - Emma Donoghue  The Book Thief - Markus Zusak  The Art Of Fielding - Chad Harbach  A Voice In The Wind - Francine Rivers (mark of the lion series, book 1 of 3)  White Girl Problems - Babe Walker The Fault In Our Stars - John Green  Gold-Chris Cleave Girls In White Dresses - Jennifer Close Sun Stand Still - Steven Furtick


    Here is it in all it’s glory, my summer reading list. Above is a picture of the books on my list I’ve accumulated from Half Price Books, but I am still searchings for others on my list. I won’t go into detail on what they are about, but I will after I read them along with my two cents on what I’ve thought. I’m not promising to finish them all this summer but I will sure put a dent in it! 

    Summer Reading List

    Heaven Is For Real - Todd Burpo

    Little Bee - Chris Cleave

    The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

    Room - Emma Donoghue 

    The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 

    The Art Of Fielding - Chad Harbach 

    A Voice In The Wind - Francine Rivers (mark of the lion series, book 1 of 3) 

    White Girl Problems - Babe Walker

    The Fault In Our Stars - John Green 

    Gold-Chris Cleave

    Girls In White Dresses - Jennifer Close

    Sun Stand Still - Steven Furtick

About me

My name is Amy Urban, currently a college Senior at Texas A&M. I originally thought this tumblr account was going to be all about my photos that I take, but I realized the beauty of these accounts is that you can literally do anything with them. I am not set in stone on what all mine will entail, but I know what I like: photos, writing, food, music, traveling, family, and friends so be expecting some of that and then some!!