Books

I've been meaning to blog about some of the books I've been reading.  These are books I have actually gotten something out of, not my "beach" reads.

First, Time of My Life
This is a book about what ifs.  A woman is looking at her life and wondering how it got that way.  She has become a stay-at-home mom who has lost herself.  Around this time she hears her ex-boyfriend is getting married.  She begins to wonder what happened with them.  Would life be better if they'd never broken up?  Magically, she goes back in time to learn the grass isn't always greener.  It made me think a lot about my life.  No matter how long you are with one person there are going to be some kinds of problems.  Whether it is over an unbudgeted shopping trip (not that I would ever do that) or leaving the tube off the toothpaste or whose turn it is to do the dishes.  Being married is about compromise and making it work no matter what.

Second, The Girl Who Chased the Moon

I absolutely love Sarah Addison Allen!  Her books have just enough magic mixed in to make them fantasy, but it's mostly a simply good story about real, normal people.  17-year old Emily goes to live with her grandfather after her mother passes away.  The strange thing is until her mother died she didn't even realize she had a grandfather.  Emily soon learns the reasons her mother didn't talk about her hometown and why the people there still talk about what happened with her mother.  Even more enjoyable than that is the side story of Julia and Sawyer.  Julia, a girl Emily's mom use to torture, is a baker at her dad's old restaurant and is trying to save enough money to get out of town as soon as possible.  She is also running from a high-school fling with a surprising twist!


Next, Saving CeeCee Honeycut
The best way I can describe this book is that it is very similar to The Secret Life of Bees.   It's about a girl whose mentally disabled mother dies and therefore she is sent to live in Savannah, GA with her great-aunt.  I loved the characters here and all of CeeCee's adventures.






Then, Divergent
I predict this series of books is going to be the next big thing.  Move over Harry Potter, Twilight, and Hunger Games!  When teenagers in this book turn 16, they must choose what faction they are going to live in for the rest of their lives.  Factions are divided by what character trait the members value most.  Tris leaves her faction of selflessness and joins the faction that values bravery.  And of course that's when both the excitement and romance begin.




Finally, Heaven is for Real
This book has changed me forever.  This is the amazing story of a boy, Colton, who claims to have gone to Heaven while being operated on at the age of 3.  When first hearing about this book, I have to admit I thought it was some crazy person just trying to get attention.  It's not that I don't believe in Heaven, I truly do, but I've personally never met anyone who claims to have been there.  It's amazing that the boy's description matches up so much with that Jesus promises us of Heaven in the Bible.  I honestly think this book could make a believer out of anyone.  All you need is a little faith.  I was amazed over and over again!