Alice Love is twenty-nine, crazy about her husband, and pregnant with her first child.
So imagine Alice’s surprise when she comes to on the floor of a gym (a gym! She HATES the gym) and is whisked off to the hospital where she discovers the honeymoon is truly over — she’s getting divorced, she has three kids, and she’s actually 39 years old. Alice must reconstruct the events of a lost decade, and find out whether it’s possible to reconstruct her life at the same time. She has to figure out why her sister hardly talks to her, and how is it that she’s become one of those super skinny moms with really expensive clothes. Ultimately, Alice must discover whether forgetting is a blessing or a curse, and whether it’s possible to start over…
A quick, easy read. It made me think about my past and the steps I have taken to get to where I am. I kept thinking about how different my life is now then from ten years ago.
Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield
From the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Tale comes a “poetic and mysterious” ghost story that will haunt you to your very core.
Caught up in a moment of boyhood
competition, William Bellman recklessly aims his slingshot at a rook
resting on a branch, killing the bird instantly. It is a small but cruel
act, and is soon forgotten. By the time he is grown, with a wife and
children of his own, William seems to have put the whole incident behind
him. It was as if he never killed the thing at all. But rooks don’t
forget…
Years later, when a stranger
mysteriously enters William’s life, his fortunes begin to turn—and the
terrible and unforeseen consequences of his past indiscretion take root.
In a desperate bid to save the only precious thing he has left, he
enters into a rather strange bargain, with an even stranger partner.
Together, they found a decidedly macabre business.
And Bellman & Black is born.
When I first started reading this book I couldn't wait to see what Dianne Setterfield would do with the book and where it would go. Not long into the book I was disappointed. If you are going to read one of her books I would suggest The Thirteenth Tale and pass on this one.
Girl Unmoored by Jennifer Gooch Hummer
Apron Bramhall has come unmoored. It's 1985 and her mom has passed away, her evil stepmother is pregnant, and her best friend has traded her in for a newer model. Fortunately, she's about to be saved by Jesus. Not that Jesus—the actor who plays him in Jesus Christ, Superstar. Apron is desperate to avoid the look-alike Mike (no one should look that much like Jesus unless they can perform a miracle or two), but suddenly he's everywhere. Until one day, she's stuck in church with him—of all places. And then something happens; Apron's broken teenage heart blinks on for the first time since she's been adrift.
I really liked Apron's character. A pretty decent read overall.
Thanks for sharing.
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