Status Updates From The Giver Quartet

5 Star Review of Gathering Blue
I adore this story. The messages are so powerful and gently told. The true meaning of friendship is described from beginning to end, and it is so pure and genuine. I love the idea of an intuitive understanding of the world around you and your purpose in that world. This story speaks the truths of my own heart and reminds me of the values and feelings I hold most deeply.

5 Star Review of The Giver
A Meditation on What Makes Life Worth Living

What makes life worth living?
Connection. Feeling. Meaning.

Every time I read The Giver, different themes stand out. It is a book that can be revisited throughout life and continue to leave a deep impression.

I had remembered the ending as hopeful and full of potential. This time, it feels like hope balanced against real mortality.

“If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways. He would have lived a life hungry for feelings, for color, for love.”

“I liked the feeling of love,” he confessed.