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It is that time again when I re-read one of my all time favorite books, Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg (a favorite author too!)

Harvesting the Heart

Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors. Her stories keep you coming back, needing to know what happens to the characters.
This weekend I read Harvesting the Heart. I have to say I was frustrated with the story, namely the main characters (the husband). He came across as so self absorbed and self righteous that it was hard to read without wanting to throw the book across the room. The story ended abruptly and left me wondering if in fact there was salvation for the couple or if the world had torn them apart. Either way that man needs to be slapped.

New books lost

So recently I have read a couple of books and now for the life of me I cannot remember the title or author. What does this say about me? Or the books? Hopefully I will remember...


I REMEMBER!!!
Nicholas Sparks, Lucky One.
I will post more later but am so totally happy that I remembered ! YAY!

If I Stay

What do you do when you realize everyone you love is gone? How do you find the strength to carry on? If you don't have that strength is it ok to just let go...?
Heartbreaking story of a young girl's choice to live or die when her world is shattered.

Losing Faith

A terrible secret.
A terrible fate.

Denise Jaden captures the secrecy and desperation of a sister looking for answers and a young girl lost to her faith. The tragic events that lead to peace pull the reader from page to page, desperately wanting the truth; desperately wanting normalcy, a new normalcy. A story of a family's struggle with grief and moving on.

In the Wilderness

This memoir about growing up in the 1960's & 1970's during the logging era in North Idaho strikes a cord with every reader. The struggles a young girl faces as she finds her place in this ever-changing world speak to each of us and remind us of the personal journey we all must take.
A fabulous book!!

More of the Sisters Grimm

Last month I read Book 8 & 9 of the Sisters Grimm series. After years of failed attempts to rescue their parents Sabrina and Daphne finally rescue their parents. But their struggles are far from over. An Ever After War, re-writing the Fairy Tales history and betrayal from a trusted friend test the sisters and their family.

Between Here to April

My best friend April is gone. She left yesterday with her mother and never returned. As an adult walking her path I see her life with new eyes and my pain over her loss grows.

The Wrong Mother

Weaving together a tale of lives gone awry Hannah explores what it is like to step outside of yourself and come back around. What if a person from your past turns up again unexpectedly, but they are not the person you think they are or were.

What I Saw and How I Lied

A story that appears simple at first and then delves deeper into issues and situations that no teen wants to find themselves facing. Young love gone terribly wrong. Parents behaving badly is an understatement.

Hate List by Jennifer Brown

Airing your frustrations with people and ideas just became a life or death situation. As a survivor you are now the target of all the anger felt by classmates and guilt by association makes you the number one target.
A powerful story of finding yourself amid tragedy and learning the hard way what it means to be you.

Unwind

The order has been signed. Your life will now end...sort of. You will still be "alive". Just that your body will be parceled out to people in need of your eyes, limbs, organs, tissue, blood...everything. And once your parents sign the order it is law. If you run you will be arrested. So this is what 13 years old feels like.

And what happens if I run...where do I go? And what happens at the Graveyard?

When You Reach Me

Sixth-grader Miranda lives in 1978 New York City with her mother, and her life compass is Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. When she receives a series of enigmatic notes that claim to want to save her life, she comes to believe that they are from someone who knows the future. Miranda spends considerable time observing a raving vagrant who her mother calls the laughing man and trying to find the connection between the notes and her everyday life. Discerning readers will realize the ties between Miranda's mystery and L'Engle's plot, but will enjoy hints of fantasy and descriptions of middle school dynamics. Stead's novel is as much about character as story. Miranda's voice rings true with its faltering attempts at maturity and observation. The story builds slowly, emerging naturally from a sturdy premise. As Miranda reminisces, the time sequencing is somewhat challenging, but in an intriguing way. The setting is consistently strong. The stores and even the streets–in Miranda's neighborhood act as physical entities and impact the plot in tangible ways. This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers.–Caitlin Augusta, The Darien Library, CT

Funny How Things Change

The more things change the more they stay the same.
Remy Walker has some hard choices to make about his life. A rich tale about life in Dwyer, West Virginia, deep in the mountains of Appalachia. Remy must learn how much he as to give up for a girl and how much he needs to give up for a mountain.

Liar

I have a brother. My brother is dead. I don't really have a brother. Ok I do have a brother and he is alive.

The truth gets wound around in the head of Micah and when her secret boyfriend is found dead all eyes are on the Liar.

Monsters of Men

I can hear you Todd, every thought, every breath, I can hear you.

The gripping end to the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness leaves you breathless and your heart racing to the very last page.


This story of redemption, war, love, loyalty, perseverance and control consume the reader and delve you into New World hoping to keep your head above water.

LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!

Life As We Knew It

Who would have thought when they went home after the Moon Party that their world was forever changed.