Hi readers! This is Linden, presenting another of my favorite books. Seriously, I was obsessed with The Penderwicks (and the rest of the Penderwicks series) for a whole summer a few years back. And after tons of rereads, it still holds its place as one of my top 10.
The first Penderwicks book starts off when four sisters, their single dad (their mom died a few years before), and their dog are in desperate need of a vacationing spot. The beach house they usually rented had been sold, so they head into the Berkshire Mountains in western Massachusetts for a new vacation spot: a nice, cozy little cottage. But when they get there, they discover it’s not just a cozy little cottage - it's a cozy little cottage next to a majestic mansion surrounded with mazes of elegant gardens, and the owner of the mansion turns out to be none other than the formidable Mrs. Brenda Tifton --snobby, selfish, and stiletto-heeled. If a vacation spent next to a snobby, uptight heiress sounds like no fun, you would be right. But there's a catch. Mrs. Tifton has a son-- Jeffrey-- who's just the right age to be included in all the Penderwick girls’ (mis)adventures… I love books with vivid and relatable characters, and I loved this book because the Penderwick girls were just that-- they truly feel like girls you might just meet sometime. I also appreciate a good plot, and while there’s no mystery to solve in this book, there are a whole lot of adventures: some exciting, some cozy, a few sad or bittersweet… but most of them hilariously funny! I almost guarantee you will read parts out loud to whoever happens to be around you. But my favorite thing about the Penderwicks? After reading this book, I was eager to read the other books in the series: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, and The Penderwicks in Spring. And at some point through the books, I really felt like I knew the four sisters personally. I laughed with them and shook my head over them, fully knowing every quirk of their personalities and seeing those personalities come out in their stories. Needless to say, I dearly love these books because to me, the characters are more than just characters: they're kinda like friends.
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Rachel Hendry
2/15/2018 04:35:54 pm
I enjoyed reading your post! This book sounds like a great book read.
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Rose E.
2/16/2018 12:51:54 pm
Loved this post. Loved the book. Skye was my favorite character<3
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Celestial Hersey
3/26/2018 10:48:08 am
This is one of my FAVORITE books! :-)
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