The Horse Whisperer

I'm a weirdo who likes to reread books that really effect me. This is one of the best books I have ever read (granted that list is long), but every once in awhile I like to pick it up and read it again. Actually now that I think about it, when I first read it I believe I reread it immediately because of how amazing it was! Anyway, it is such a touching story about how even though you can go to hell and back, you can experience the absolute worst nightmare and your life can be completely unrecognizable to yourself. There is a point where you will reach the edge and chooose either to give in or to accept and bring back your life with that acceptance. Plus I love horses and it's amazingly well written.

For some reason, I always manage to forget the end as well. Which is weird becuase of how momentous it is... won't tell cause it will ruin the story but anyone and everyone should run out and read this!

TThis book was UNBELIEVABLY written!! I can't even write about what it is about because that is part of it's charm...that you figure it out as you go along. All I have to say is that you HAVE to read it. It is a short read, but one that you can't put down. I will also say that I tried to slow myself down because I didn't want it to end!! Check it out!!

Deliciously Amusing

Emma got me this book for Christmas because I LOVED another book by this author, The Elegance of a Hedgehog. This book, translated from french is delightfully written and while I did not love it like the other one, I did enjoy picking it up between other books just to read the descriptions of food and the delicacies of the life of a food critic who is on his death bed and in search of that one particular "taste" that he cannot seem to put his finger on. I will warn you...it will make you want to cook and eat!! It sent me into some experiments in the kitchen myself and I don't really LOVE to cook!!

The Pursuit of Happyness

I really enjoyed this book! The movie was amazing but it was incredible to read about the beginning of this man's life. How he managed to keep such a positive mood through all the things he went through, not only in childhood but as a young adult and up. I can't even imagine being homeless, much less being homeless while still working. just so sad.

It was an awesome read though! always better than the movies, books are!!

Sarah's Key

I LOVED this book! I love stories that are educational and yet completely engaging. This is set in Paris and goes back and forth in the beginning, from when Sarah and her family are arrested by french officials (for being Jewish) and then summarily sent to be killed in Auschwitz. The combination of her story and the story of the woman who is doing the research for a story in her magazine is quite compelling. And, I had never realized that the french had hated Jews as much as the Germans did.

Totally, totally recommend it. I read it in one day (okay, so I stayed up half the night) but I couldn't put it down. I had to know what was going to happen!

The Art of Racing in the Rain

This was a great read! You will never look at your dog the same again. It is written from the dog's point of view and although it might sound hokey, it is really quite engaging. I don't want to give much away, but if you are in the mood for a great little read, (I did it in a day) then grab this book.

Not a Girl Detective

This was a rather poorly written book but I wanted something that didn't take too much thought. I actually enjoyed it becuase the whole story was based around this woman who wrote a book researched Grace Horton, the Nancy Drew model, and throughout the story they threw in a bunch of tidbits about Nancy Drew history. I absolutely loved the Nancy Drew series while I was growing up so it was fun to see how many of the titles and storylines I remembered along with getting interesting facts about the author and the woman who portrayed her.

Beyond that it was a typical story, the older woman gets drawn into a murder/mystery of course and has to defy the police adn all logic to solve it and in the end her two best friends end up saving her life and everything is happy. I didn't need much from the book but if you are lookingn for a real mystery do not come here.