Shannan's Review of "She Walks in Beauty"

I know we talked a little about this book, but I wanted to write my review in case anyone wanted to read it. It is called "She Walks in Beauty" by Siri Mitchell. The story is about a girl in the early part of the century in New York who is going through her debut, which is where the girls are presented to society in order to find a husband. It is a great story about being happy with yourself and not trying to be something you aren't. I would highly recommend it.

Mockingjay

Has anyone else read Mockingjay yet? I know Erin is reading it right now. Just wondering what anyone else thought about it. We had our book club discussion about it last night.

Shannan's Review of "Drowning Ruth"

I bought this book, written by Christina Schwarz, at the library on their 3 for $1.00 table. I didn't know anything about it other than the book looked fairly new and taken care of and that it had been an Oprah's book club choice. Usually that deters me from reading a book, since I am not an Oprah fan, but I bought it anyway.

That being said, I really liked this book. It is a story about two sisters and a tragedy that happens between them. You don't find out the answer to the mystery until the end of the book, and up to that point, you are given bits and pieces of the story and have to put them together yourself. The book is written from different characters perspective, as well as in third person, which gives it an interesting twist. I would recommend it and give it 4 stars.

Meghan Read "Hunger Games"

After hearing that so many people liked this book, I figured I'd give it a try. I really liked it (and Jay ended up reading it in about 2 days once I finished it and he really liked it.) I did think it was a little barbaric that the Capitol makes 24 kids fight to the death and broadcasts it for all of Panem to watch. It really bothered me that they made it seem like it was an honor to be a tribute by dressing them up and parading them around for all of Panem to see. The whole time they were in the arena I just kept thinking, "what would the Capitol do if they didn't all kill each other? Would the Capitol kill them off themselves?" I'm excited to read "Catching Fire" as soon as I can get it from the library. I thought it was very intriguing and was an easy read. Did all three of you read this book already? I can't remember...

Review of "Last Song"

I finally read a book! I know, it was a cheesy Nicholas Sparks book, but it was on the shelf right in front of me, and I kind of wanted a fast read. I've only read one other Nicholas Sparks book, "A Walk to Remember" and I saw "The Notebook" (edited version), but I get the feeling that all of Sparks' books have some sad incident in them.

Ronnie is a teenage girl who lives in New York and just graduated high school. She and her 10 year old brother are sent to live with their father for the summer to spend time with him since they haven't seen him in three years since their parents got divorced. Ronnie is a little rebellious and would rather be in New York going to clubs than spending time with her dad whom she hasn't spoken to for three years since she thinks he left them. She meets a few other rebellious teenagers the first day she's there but realizes they're trouble, and they continue to give her trouble the whole book. She also meets this handsome, charming guy that ends up liking her and she likes him. So basically it's about their relationship and their summer together. I won't give away too many details in case anyone wants to read it. A movie based on the book is coming out in the next few weeks with Miley Cyrus, but I can already tell that it won't be that close to the real story.

I would give it 3 out of 5 stars.

Moonraker's Bride

Okay, so I know that this is the last blog you are going to be reading right now, but I just wanted to say that I just finished Moonraker's Bride last night, and I loved it! I thought the main character, Lucy, was just a strong, amazing girl and I loved the romantic mystery angle. Thanks for the suggestion!

Did I ever post about

The Moonraker's Bride? If not, man I really should have. I totally forgot how much I loved it until someone brought up the title at bookclub tonight. Now I want to re-read it. It is out of print but so worth the read if you can find it. Set in the 1970's in China and has mystery, romance, a good plot and intriguing characters. You'll have to look it up online to find out more about it because I honestly can't remember but I do remember it being a really good clean engaging read.