Why I have this book: I may have seen it in a catalog from a local bookstore. I'm not sure. It looked good, though, so I bought it on Kindle.
I thought there were a lot of good tidbits of insight, and I highlighted those. In all honesty, though, I thought it was a bit long-winded and the message could have been given in the length of a magazine article. I had to really push to finish it up. The writing style was pretty clinical, like a college essay. If I remember correctly, the authors (or at least one of them) are professors, so...
Still, I liked it enough to give it 3/5 stars on Goodreads.
Clean.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Monday, August 22, 2016
Juliet (Anne Fortier)
Why I have this book: My friend recommended it after someone recommended it to her. (Although my friend hadn't read it yet.) I got it for a great price for Kindle.
I really liked this book. It was interesting and entertaining and kept my mind jumping back and forth with what was going on. I'm not sure all the loose ends were tied up, but so much was going on that either I missed some things or I can't remember what those loose ends are.
The ambience of the writing is still sticking with me.
I would call this book "earthy." It wasn't completely clean - a bit of swearing here and there, and some sensuality, but for the most part, that was more of the tone of the book than actual descriptions.
I really liked this book. It was interesting and entertaining and kept my mind jumping back and forth with what was going on. I'm not sure all the loose ends were tied up, but so much was going on that either I missed some things or I can't remember what those loose ends are.
The ambience of the writing is still sticking with me.
I would call this book "earthy." It wasn't completely clean - a bit of swearing here and there, and some sensuality, but for the most part, that was more of the tone of the book than actual descriptions.
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Happily Ever After: My Journey with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and How I Got My Life Back (Holly Gerlach)
Why I have this book: I had seen the youtube video about her journey, then I saw the book (for not very much money) on Amazon, so I bought it.
This was an interesting read and really informative about Guillain-Barré Syndrome. It's not necessarily well-written, but it's honest and in her own words. It was kind of hard to read in some spots, because some of the procedures she had were the same I had when I was in a medical crisis, and I didn't really want to think about it. I'm impressed she could write a whole book about her experience. I tend to try to avoid thinking about my own.
I'm glad I read it. She does put things in perspective, and I'm glad she's been able to recover so well from this traumatic disease.
Clean.
This was an interesting read and really informative about Guillain-Barré Syndrome. It's not necessarily well-written, but it's honest and in her own words. It was kind of hard to read in some spots, because some of the procedures she had were the same I had when I was in a medical crisis, and I didn't really want to think about it. I'm impressed she could write a whole book about her experience. I tend to try to avoid thinking about my own.
I'm glad I read it. She does put things in perspective, and I'm glad she's been able to recover so well from this traumatic disease.
Clean.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
The Guardian (Nicholas Sparks)
Why I have this book: A friend recommended it to me years ago. It went on sale for Kindle, so I bought it.
It was the weirdest thing... toward the very end, it all seemed so familiar. The sand dunes, the dog situation... now I'm wondering if I read it before. None of the rest of it was familiar to that point, so I don't know. Maybe another book had a similar situation at the end, but there's a good chance I did read this before when I was reading a bunch of Nicholas Sparks books.
I enjoyed it. It was a thriller, in addition to the love story angle, so it was a little intense at times. In all honesty, the bad guy was a bit cheesy, in my opinion, but I still enjoyed the read.
I don't recall any swear words, but there might have been one or two. There is a bit of sexuality between unmarried people, but not super descriptive. Typical Nicholas Sparks in that regard.
It was the weirdest thing... toward the very end, it all seemed so familiar. The sand dunes, the dog situation... now I'm wondering if I read it before. None of the rest of it was familiar to that point, so I don't know. Maybe another book had a similar situation at the end, but there's a good chance I did read this before when I was reading a bunch of Nicholas Sparks books.
I enjoyed it. It was a thriller, in addition to the love story angle, so it was a little intense at times. In all honesty, the bad guy was a bit cheesy, in my opinion, but I still enjoyed the read.
I don't recall any swear words, but there might have been one or two. There is a bit of sexuality between unmarried people, but not super descriptive. Typical Nicholas Sparks in that regard.
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Three Wishes (Liane Moriarty)
Why I have this book: Because I've liked the other books I've read by this author, and my ebook library carries them all to borrow.
I liked this one okay. I didn't love it as much as the other books she's written... the storyline seemed to jump around more and I'm not really sure there was a really strong point to it. So it wasn't my favorite, but I did still enjoy it. I think if this had been the first book of hers that I had read, I probably woudn't have read any others. The profanity wasn't really worth it in this one.
I really do like that way she describes the observations the characters make. Their brains work like mine. Overactive, really.
Sadly, the profanity in this one was more than the last one (and maybe more than any of the others), but again, it's that kind of "Australian/British" way of swearing. Maybe I'm up in the night, but it would bother me more from an American author. I don't know why. There were lots of F-bombs in this one.
Also, like in her other books, sleeping together doesn't really have a moral basis to it. It's just a "third date or fourth date?" kind of decision.
I liked this one okay. I didn't love it as much as the other books she's written... the storyline seemed to jump around more and I'm not really sure there was a really strong point to it. So it wasn't my favorite, but I did still enjoy it. I think if this had been the first book of hers that I had read, I probably woudn't have read any others. The profanity wasn't really worth it in this one.
I really do like that way she describes the observations the characters make. Their brains work like mine. Overactive, really.
Sadly, the profanity in this one was more than the last one (and maybe more than any of the others), but again, it's that kind of "Australian/British" way of swearing. Maybe I'm up in the night, but it would bother me more from an American author. I don't know why. There were lots of F-bombs in this one.
Also, like in her other books, sleeping together doesn't really have a moral basis to it. It's just a "third date or fourth date?" kind of decision.
Friday, August 5, 2016
Unstuck: How the Savior Frees Us from Our Favorite Sins (Robert Reynolds)
Why I have this book: Because why wouldn't I want to be freed from my favorite sins? ;) I saw it in the book store catalog and thought it looked good, so I bought it on Kindle.
I liked it okay. I did highlight a bunch of stuff (especially towards the end of the book), so there was definitely good content. I just thought it could have been shorter and packed more of a punch. It seemed a little ramble'ish.
It was kind of interesting that the author is the brother of the lead singer for Imagine Dragons, and also manages other bands.
Clean.
I liked it okay. I did highlight a bunch of stuff (especially towards the end of the book), so there was definitely good content. I just thought it could have been shorter and packed more of a punch. It seemed a little ramble'ish.
It was kind of interesting that the author is the brother of the lead singer for Imagine Dragons, and also manages other bands.
Clean.
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