BOOKS - Question 1 (well, my only Question)

So, I have to honestly say I was a little disappointed that I only got one question!  After all my followers and people that email me, only one person???  But that's okay, it was a good question!  (I will take more though if anyone feels so inclinded :-)

Shannon asked: If you had thirty extra minutes, what would you do with your time?

Answer:  I either craft or read and as of late, it has been much more reading due to the hectic family schedule.  My husband purchased a Kindle as a present for my birthday last year, so in the last 8 months I have read lots of books (see list below)!  I know Husband's cousin is reading this thinking "darn Kindle" as it's not exactly the author's best friend and in that sense I feel guilty.  What I mean is, the authors don't receive nearly as much royalty from Kindle.

Moving on, what are the books I've read in the last few months and which would I suggest.

1.  Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner - That was a great read about an overweight women's struggles with finding true love.  I would recommend anything by Jennifer Weiner.

2.  The Help by Kathryn Stockett - An unbelievably enlightening book set in 1950's deep south about the friendship forged btween a young, white writer and several black women with the nickname "the Help."

3.  The Nanny Diaries and The Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughlin - I know several friends who have LOVED the Nanny Diaries but I honestly have to say they were just "eh" for me.

4.  Overnight Socialite by Birdie Clark - loved this book!  Would definately recommend.

5.  Prep - A Novel by Curis Sittenfeld - About a young, not-so-rich girl experiencing a well-to-do prep school and all the social struggles that come with it.  By the same author of American Wife, which I've also read, I thoroughly enjoyed both novels.

6.  Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter by Lisa Patton - loved, loved, loved this book.  I really don't want to say to much about the plot as it doesn't really thicken until about 1/4 of the way through and I don't want to give it away.  But basically, it's about a Memphis family moving to northern Vermont to run a Bed and Breakfast.  Loved it!!  Read it!!

7.  Tainted by Brooke Morgan - Okay, honestly, this book completely creeped me out because I'm a mother and this book was just weird on so many levels.  If you're not a mom, read it, if you're a mom, steer clear.

8.  The Swan Thieves: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova - I loved The Historian but I'm on the edge with this one.  I haven't finished reading it yet so maybe it will become apparent soon and then I'll let you know!

9.  Emma by Jane Austen - I LOVE Jane Austen.  My all time favorite author.  There is nothing by her that I wouldn't recommend.

10.  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - the annotated version.  I could read this book a million times over.  BUT, when I read it with the annotations, it became so much more elightening.  I suggest everyone read this book with annotations.

11.  Firefly Lane - I loved this book, but make sure you have a kleenex box handy.  Wow, tear jerker!

12. Sarah's Key - I am a sucker for any book surrounding World War II.  Mainly because my final paper in college was to take my major (applied music) and connect it some other course I had studied in my four years.  I chose philosophy and more specifically the use of music as propaganda in Nazi Germany during World War II.  Ever since I've had a soft place for WWII novels, biographies.  This was a real eye opening book regarding one particular Aryan family's connection to a Holocaust survivor.

 

There you have it.  I hope you enjoy