Leaving Time

This is Jodi Picoult's newest book and she is one of my favorite authors.  This book is about Jenna a young girl and her search for her mom who went missing when Jenna was very young around 5 years old.  Jenna's mom worked with her dad on an elephant sanctuary, which her dad started.  There are so many interesting elephant facts in the book and a mystery to solve.  Definitely a fresh book for Picoult.

Goodnight June

Another wonderful book by Sarah Jio.  I have read several of her books and enjoyed them all.  This book ties in the children's book, Goodnight Moon with a bookstore in Seattle that June's aunt, Ruby left for her after she passed.  There's romance, books, food and a happy ending.  What more could you ask for?  Maybe to be the protagonist in the book?

The Witness

This book is a Nora Roberts which combines a romance between Abagail/Elizabeth and Brooks.  Nora Roberts does a fantastic job of combining a fast paced plot with a good romance.  That's The Witness.  The romance part can be tough to stomach if you really desire a relationship with some romance and you don't have one.  Personally, it's frustrating.

The Storyteller

The Storyteller is Jodi Picoult's new book.  As with Ms. Picoult's books, there are many characters whose lives become entwined in the book.  It's nice how she does that.  There is Sage, the baker.  Her grandmother was in a Holocaust survivor.  Leo, the agent Sage calls to report that she has met someone who was an SS officer.  Josef, Sage meets Josef at a grief group he is the former SS officer who would like Sage to help him die.  All of their stories come together in this heartfelt book that centers around Sage's grandmother's story from that horrific period of time. 

The Weird Sisters

My friend Cecilia read this book and I like her book recommendations.  The book is about three sisters that return home when their mom has cancer.  I wouldn't do the book justice if I didn't mention the numerous Shakespeare references.  Their father loves the Bard.  The book takes place during the time of the sisters return, but goes back in time to summarize what the girls did since leaving home and what even more than their mom's sickness brought them together again.  The plot moves forward enough to get a glimpse where they will be in the near future.  I can't comment on the book as far as sisters go, as I have no sisters.  All I can say is that I would have enjoyed a sister or two. 

Alys, Always

Alys, Always begins like a mystery.  On a dark and stormy night Frances sees a car on the side of the road and stops to help.  Alys the driver was injured and Frances calls for help.  Frances later finds out that Alys died after getting to the hospital.  Her family is interested in the person who was with her before she died and wanted to know what Alys said, etc.  So Frances meets the daughter and husband of Alys.  The book delves further into the friendship between Polly, Alys' daughter and Frances.  It's intriguing; especially due to the class difference between the families.  8/22/12

What Alice Forgot

I am currently reading, What Alice Forgot. I was immediately drawn into the character, Alice and the plot of the book. The book begins with Alice falling off a bike in a spin class at the gym. She is brought to the hospital and the reader slowly finds out that Alice does not remember the last ten years of her life. There is a lot that happened in Alice's ten years that she doe not remember. Imagine if you forgot the last ten years of your life? What major events occurred in that period that would have a significant impact on your life if you were to forget that time and let's say, wake up ten years later? I probably relate so well to the book because in the last ten years of my life, I was divorced. That's a big change in a person's life. In the book, Alice remembers how good her marriage was and that's a good thing, except that for Alice life has moved on. For me there was also a good time in my marriage. It would be nice to forget the bad part and just get to the part where we no longer live together yet have children. Because the children are also the good part. 7/6/12