It’s November 1 and you know what that means?! Time to break out the Christmas music!!! 😂😂
Just kidding.
I started listening to it on my birthday a week ago. 😜
This past month I read three REALLY GOOD books! I’ve mentioned before that I have an addictive personality (thanks Mom) so when it comes to reading, once I find an author I really like, I read everything I can find by that person.
I started reading Elin Hilderbrand last year because Shay talked so much about her, and I can’t stop! I love her books! They are chick lit but her characters have real issues and it’s not all fluff.
I had a hard time getting into The Identicals, and it was mainly because I didn’t like one of the characters. But once I got over that hump, I couldn’t put it down. This book is about twin sisters whose parents divorce and the sister split up and each goes with one parent (how horrible). Something major has happened and the sisters can’t stand one another. Then their father dies and their mother has to undergo surgery, so the sisters are forced to reunite. I highly recommend this book!!
Remember last month when I read the Winter Street trilogy in less than 5 days?? Elin decided to put a 4th book out there (how could she not?!) so I read this as soon as it was released. I love the Quinn family and I loved that this time we got to read from Bart’s point of view. I was really rooting for him this whole book. Elin said this is her last Quinn family book, but she could honestly write a 5th one–I hope she does! These are fast, easy reads!
I loved reading Water for Elephants and when I saw this book by the same author at the library, I figured it would be good too. And it was! I still think Water for Elephants was better because it was a love story, but this had a small love story, too. Isabel Duncan is a scientist who works with bonobos (similar to chimps) and their language acquisition and use. Her clinic and bombed and she’s seriously injured. After recovering, she spends the whole book trying to rescue the bonobos which are like family to her. This book was so interesting–especially after finding out that the author visited a place in real life that worked with apes and their language. Even though this book wasn’t as good as Water for Elephants, I’ll read another Sara Gruen book!
What books have you read recently that you loved?
