Three Wishes

Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty


My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was cute, a good beach read about triplets and their grown up lives with all the messiness that entails with the underlying message that life goes on, whether or not you want it to.




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Night Road

Night Road by Kristin Hannah


My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book certainly was timely for me as I am the mother of teenagers and believe (falsely I suppose) that I have given them all the tools to handle drinking and driving responsibly. It was the type of book that sticks in your head as a warning, but it also was a good story with real characters and a believable plot line. I would recommend it.




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State of Wonder

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was a good book -- but not the type that you can't put down.  I found it enjoyable, but more like an old friend that you can instantly catch up with.  It took me a few days to read this and it was easy to fall right back into it.  I liked the subject matter but I was kind of bummed about the end.



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To Be Sung Underwater

To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I think I liked it!  I pretty much read it cover to cover because I had to know how it turned out.  I felt a little disappointed at the ending -- but then again, only because it wasn't happily ever after, but realistic.  But it was thoroughly enjoyable (despite some words I had to look up, and I have a decent vocabulary!) and I would highly recommend it.   I read about it yesterday in Oprah magazine, started reading the sample, moved on to the book, put it down to live life, but then returned and read it pretty much all night long!  It was cool because the full moon was reflected in my iPad as I lay in bed!!!  Then I finished it up this morning.



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the perks of being a wallflower

I pretty much raced through this book... a story written in letters of a young boy very shy, self conscious, awkward young boy coming through his teenage years. It is written surprisingly well and as you sympathize with this poor kid over the hard parts you also get to feel those pure moments of joy felt when something went right and that was your whole world! It was a decent read but not something I was really in the mood for so the reading may not have been thorough.

Seeing Me Naked

Seeing Me Naked by Liza Palmer

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


After coming off two really good reads in a row, this book was like the rebound boyfriend -- it never really had a chance!  It was definitely entertaining, and I definitely enjoyed it.  But it wasn't "all that and more."   Elisabeth Page has sort of just been living her life through work as a pastry chef at a chi chi French L.A. restaurant.  Her family is comprised of a famous author father and a possibly even more famous author brother, and they show their love for each other by trying to cut each other down.  She comes from a privileged background and she sleeps with and is in love with a childhood friend who has commitment issues and is a bit of a jerk due to the fact that his mommy never loved him enough.  Yeah, I know.  Elisabeth falls in love with the guy from the wrong side of the tracks and has to come to terms with showing her feelings to him.  It was okay.



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