One Good, One LOVED Book

Minding Ben
by: Victoria Brown
Finished: Sept 2011
rating: 8/9 Language

I really liked this book. Kind of reminded me of The Help. I don’t give it a full 9 because the author used language in parts that I did not like. It is a story of a young girl, 16, that leaves Trinidad to be a nanny in New York City. Her experiences are amazing. She worked for 2 different families, but the book mostly tells of her life with the 2nd family. I really liked her writing. You could hear and see what she was telling about. I would recommend it.

Left Neglected
by: Lisa Genova
Finished: Sept 2011
rating: 10 LOVED

This is the 2nd novel of the author. She writes so well. She writes about parenting in a funny way and if you are a parent, you can relate to. She is funny, and light, yet with a great story, great meaning great lessons. This book is about a woman how is a Harvard MBA, works 70 hours a week, has 3 children including a 9 month old. A husband that she loves who also works like crazy. They have a high moving, high cost lifestyle. While driving to work one rainy morning and trying to make a phone call, she gets in an awful car accident and has a brain injury. When she wakes up a week later in the hospital, she feels fine, mostly. What she does not realize is that she can no longer recognize her left side, or the left side of anything. It is a syndrome called Left Neglect. This is one of my TOP books I’ve read this year. All read it!!