Seventh Son

I really wanted to like this book. I have heard some good things about it. But, I am not a fan. As the books description states: Alvin Maker: the seventh son of a seventh son. Born into an alternative frontier America where life is hard and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted with the power. He must learn to use his gift wisely. But dark forces are arrayed against Alvin, and only a young girl with second sight can protect him.
Not really knowing if it was Fantasy or Quasi Historical or what may have been part of the problem. However the main reason I was not a fan is that I found that I did not care about the characters. They were written well, the style was easy to read but I just didn't care what happened top them. This may be due to my state of mind right now, I am not finding that I care about alot of characters i am reading, so I will give the 2nd book a chance later...maybe.

The White Dragon

This was the first book on the World of Pern that I ever read. Many years ago. I was attracted by the cover and was not disappointed. Rereading it so many years later I found this to be even more enjoyable.
I enjoy her style of writing and the story has some very memorable characters. In fact some of my favorite characters in any book I have ever read are in here.
I was asked once what characters I would love to spend time with and Master Robbinton from the Pern novels is top on my list.
If you want to dive into Pern this is the 3rd in the group but not a bad place to start

Be of Good Cheer

This book seemed to read like Elder Ashton's talks. Simple straight forward and uplifting.
I greatly enjoyed it. Written in 1987 (well published) it speaks to today's challenges rather well.
Just as the title says "Be of good cheer"
This did not fail in helping me accomplish that