Impossiable - Nancy Werlin

 

I had hard time putting this book down. 

This is the story of Lucy who comes from a long lined of cursed women. Each one has gotten pregnant before 18, and then goes mad shortly after the birth of their daughters. Lucy knows nothing of the curse, just that her real mother is crazy. When she gets raped on Prom night, he whole world comes crashing down. 

Thankfully she has wonderful loving foster parents, and a very loving family friend, Zach to help her get through everything. The only problem is, to break the curse she must first perform three seemingly impossible tasks. Can she do it before she delivers? 

The story is based (inspired) but the old folk song Scarborough Fair. I think it was very imaginative and wonderfully written.

Fly Away Home - Jennifer Weiner

I really enjoyed this book! I think its a must read for anyone who enjoys a really long conversation with a good friend.

This book follows three women, from the same family, but all on much different paths. Sylvia - is watching her 30 odd year marriage fall apart in the midst of a scandal.
Diane - is a busy ER Doctor who is finds herself in a very unhappy marriage, and Lizzy is just getting out of rehab for the last time. All three women are trying to figure out, just where they want their lives to go. It seems when one door closes, another opens and for them, the hardest part is having the courage to step through.

This is an amazing book of love, trust, family and life. I think everyone can probably relate to at least one of the characters.

Water wars - Cameron Stracher

"A gripping environmental thriller with a with a too real message" Very true statement, least about the message. Unfortunately I didn't find the book griping. I found the writing boring. Which is unfair, I know, since I can't write. This book had such great promise. It was practically ready made for an awesome story. I just wish it was told by someone else.

In this Vera and Will meet a new kid Kai. Kai is rich, he drives around in a gas powered car, he was things they wish they had, and he has enough to waste. Water. He also has a secret. This secret gets all of them in way over their heads. Its takes Vera, Will and a band of misfits the world forgot to save Kai and his father. I...enjoyed the idea of this book. And I enjoyed some of it, but other parts were just lacking, hard to read. I wouldn't compare it to the hunger games. I would compare it to City of Ember...a nice super easy read...if not a little dull in places.

In her Shoes - Jennifer Weiner

Another really enjoyable book by Jennifer.
Rose and Maggie are as different as night and day, yet they do have one thing in common. Their DNA. Rose is practical, bookish and serious. Maggie, is thinks only of herself and her looks, is selfish and has a learning disorder that she has used to keep herself back her whole life.

When they get into the biggest fight of their lives they find out more about themselves then they ever had, and learn that by having a few of your sisters better traits really is a good thing.

Before I go to Sleep - S.J. Watson

This book was good. I spent most of the book wondering what they amazing twist would be. It really wasn't what I was expecting so that is always enjoyable.

Christina wakes up every morning with absoltly no memory. She thinks she is in her twenty's when in fact she is in her mid forties. Everyone morning when she looks in the mirror she finds a shock and has to be told, again, who she is, that she is married, and that she lost her memory due to an accident some twenty years prior.

Dr. Nash, who is doing clincial studies on the brain, has been helping her in secrete to recover her lost memories. He believe she can be cured. But are the memories worth retrieving?

This book keeps you guessing right up to the last page.

Forgotten - Cat Patrick

I enjoyed this book. It was a really good read.

London has a condition where when she goes to bed her memory gets 'erased'. The next day she reads notes from herself, and has 'memories' of the future. This has been okay for her until she meets Luke. She likes Luke a lot but try as she might, she can't remember him. Meaning, he has no place in her future. The more she tries to figure out why she can't see him in her future, the more her past comes back to haunt her.

As I said I quite enjoyed this book. It made me thankful to have a semi-working memory.

Enclave - Ann Aguirre 57

I think I found another author on my must devour every book they have ever written list. Awesome. Thankfully, this book did not have a squeal and for that I am grateful. I can't even begin to keep up with all the books that do.

In this after some unknown tragedy wipes out most of the population the people who live underground have never seen topside. They know its there, but they know its dangerous and that is all they need to know. Deuce is part of the Collage Enclave. Their nearest traders are Nassau, a three day hike. They are broken into three groups, and each on their fifteenth birthday, are put into one. Breeder's, Hunter's and Builder's. Deuce is a Huntress, and that is all she has ever wanted. When she gets paired up with the strange boy they found a few years back, Fade, she thinks its a test of her strength. Soon though, she begins to trust Fade more then the elders. When there is rumors of problems at the other Enclave Fade and Deuce are chosen to check it out. What they bring back is horrors that the Enclave isn't ready to deal with.

This is a gripping novel from page one. I spent most of the time wondering what happen to humanity. We get bits and pieces but nothing real concrete. For some reason this bugged me. I like the characters and really enjoyed the ending. So all in all a good read. I am looking forward to checking out more of her books in the future.