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I downloaded this book to my kindle, started reading, and didn't get up until I finished it. It's fabulous. I would recommend this book to young readers, and even older readers that just love to read. It was nice and refreshing to read a book that tackled the subject of teenage morals and ethics without shoving them down the readers throat. Check this book out. You'll be glad you did!


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Donut Days Lara Zielin Books Reviews

Emma Goiner's father informs her one night that the only universities her college fund will help support are those that her parents approve of. In other words, any secular school is OUT.

Both of Emma's parents are pastors at Living Word Redeemer, so they expect Emma to be guided by their choices. But Emma knows they are disappointed in her. Since her baptism not so long ago, she's yet to speak in tongues. And she's inflamed that the church can be influenced by the wealthiest member of the congregation.

So it's with these thoughts in her mind that she's determined to win the Paul Bunyan Press contest.

The paper is holding a competition. Crispy Dream Donuts is opening a new store, and the paper is offering a college scholarship to the best story written about the opening. Emma isn't sure what angle she will take with her story, but she's going to camp out and interview people who are also camping there waiting for the celebration.

It's during her time at Donut Camp that Emma learns more about herself than she ever expected. She encounters a Harley group that turns out to be the most unusual group of Christians she could imagine. And she meets a couple that have been camping for thirteen days, hoping that with the RV Crispy Dream will give a prize to the person who has logged the longest time at camp. And, though she struggles with herself, she winds up calling on Jake, a boy who had declared his love for her not so long ago, only to have her remain speechless and leave him hanging.

During the time at Donut Camp, Emma's parents have to fight for their own dreams. Mr. O'Connor, the richest member of the church, has his own agenda, and when Emma's mom preaches that men and women are equal, it starts a cascade of events that soon envelopes everyone with their consequences.

DONUT DAYS is a great, insightful novel by Ms. Zielin. It reads quickly and touches the heart. Though Emma grows up in a minister's home, the story is so much more than that. Yes, Emma tries to make her parents see that she's her own person and wants a world beyond what they have in mind for her. But it's also a story of fighting for what you believe in and achieving your own dreams.

Emma is a strong character with her own insecurities - but a strong belief in herself and her dreams.

Reviewed by Jaglvr
Summary Emma is the daughter of evangelical minister parents who is having quite the difficult time. Her mom may lose her position as co-preacher at their church, one of her friends is newly hot and in love with her, her best friend isn't speaking to her, and her parents have announced their financial support only if she attends a Christian college. This takes place over a three day period as people camp out to see the opening of a new donut store.

I really liked Emma-she was very likable and I enjoyed her feelings about her parents. She feels completely left out over the things that are happening that will affect her. But the end promises hope for a stronger family unit and reevaluation of how each views the others.

At the donut campout, I really enjoyed her interactions with Bear and his evangelical biker gang. They showed a more human face of Christianity. Most are able to realize that they are not perfect and they do not act like they are. They just try their best to live out Jesus' teaching and improve themselves.

Her friendships are not as important. Lately it seems like I've read a lot of books where the female main character is not speaking to her friends due to a fight and thus female friendship is not important to the book. I'm not trying to single this book out because I feel like I've seen that a lot; this just happens to be the review where I'm writing about it.

I also thought that not all of the subplots got enough attention. I would have liked more with the hot guy in love with Emma; I thought it got short shrift. I also would have liked more with her younger sister, who was adorable in the little we read about, and the sibling rivalries that always seem to appear in families. I also think the girl on the cover doesn't look old enough to be a senior in high school-she looks maybe 14. That doesn't detract from the story; it's just something I noticed.

Overall 4/5 for funny (predictable) story with a sweet narrator and good message. Recommended.
The book focuses on Emma's attempts to try to understand the concepts of God and religion. I could definitely relate to Emma as she struggled to try to figure out her own particular stance when it came to what she believed. Zielin does a great job of highlighting different factors that made Emma's struggle so difficult her parents' rules, her own aspirations and beliefs, what was happening to her friends, what was happening in church and what was not happening to her, to name most of them. The reality of Emma's situation hit a nerve with me and made the entire story very relatable.

The Donut Camp (which is basically when fans of donut stores camp out for a new branch's opening) was a hilarious concept to me, but I loved it. (And if I had the opportunity and the right company, I'd probably do it.) It gave an interesting twist to the story and plus, we were able to meet the Angelfire Witnesses (a group of born again bikers), who were my favorite characters apart from Emma.

There's a lot of things going on in this novel, but the events are, to me, part and parcel of the whole ordeal that Emma goes through. It warms my heart to see how it ends - and I thought it was a pretty realistic conclusion.

Donut Days was a delightful little book, and I'm glad to finally have been able to read it.
I downloaded this book to my kindle, started reading, and didn't get up until I finished it. It's fabulous. I would recommend this book to young readers, and even older readers that just love to read. It was nice and refreshing to read a book that tackled the subject of teenage morals and ethics without shoving them down the readers throat. Check this book out. You'll be glad you did!