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by Stephenie Meyer

I really enjoyed this book.

I am NOT a science fiction fan. The first 50 pages of this book were really hard to me. I just kept reading because Tatia said she liked it and because I have enjoyed Stephanie's other books.

By around page 51, it got really good, I couldn't put it down.

The story is about aliens invading our world. The alien's can only live if they invade a human body. Tatia, smartly, pointed out that the book really is about good and evil. Freedom of choice, or forcing every one to be good and kind. If everyone is made to be good, the world is a much better place, everyone happy, healthy, no money worries.

Hmm, that plan sounds familiar.

I thought the book really showed all our human emotions and how they affect us. Really it is an interesting book. Read it.

Stolen Innocence

Stolen Innocence

by Ellisa Wall

This is the story of one of Warren's Jeff's people. She was assigned, (very unwillingly) at 14 to marry her cousin, who she did not like, he was 19.

To think that this was all going on in the last 20 years and currently! As you Utah people know, these people are all over Utah, many different sects.

Warren's people were raised in fear and guilty. It is very sad to me. I enjoyed the book, glad that this girl got herself out and is trying to live in the real world. I would love to talk to her about what her knowledge is of the LDS church.

Something Blue

Something Blue

by: Emily Giffin

Her books have an interesting twist, in that the titles are not always what you think the book will be about.

Should you read this book; I am not sure. In the end, it has been interesting to me, something to think about.

In the beginning, Darcy, the main character, is selfish and beautiful, which makes for a yucky person. How could you write about someone so selfish, lacking morals? To be with that person day in and day out. She ends up losing it all. And at that point begins to turn her life around. She connects again with a friend, boy, that really puts her straight. I liked that part. I re-read it. That he had the words and the courage to tell her like it was and Darcy listened. It helped her. This was the redeeming part of the whole book for me.

One of the shocking parts was where Darcy finally realized that it was a good thing and right thing to marry someone because you loved them. Not just for their money or position or because you looked good together. That was shocking to me. It made me realize that people out there have different morals, thoughts, reasons for doing what they do. To just go out and date people (meaning have sex) is just fine, it means nothing; it is just what people do. Sex without love, marriage, commitment is not good, healthy or fulfilling. It is lacking (I presume). But to be with the one person that you love and loves you, that you are both committed to is a delightful thing.

I do think the author at some points is a bit too graphic, sometimes her language is not good either. I would like to take a black sharpie and mark a few words out.

So there.

The Double Bind

The Double Bind
by: Chris Bohjalian

Ok, this book was written by the same author as Midwives. A few books down - Body Surfing- that author wrote The Pilot's Wife. I wrote in the Body Surfing review that that author wrote Midwives...mistake.

The end of the review: It was a GREAT book. Quite an ending. I HAD to come and do some research about the book when I had finished. It was amazing, shocking.

The hard part about this book is about the first 100 pages. I liked the very beginning. Then it got confusing, hard to remember about the characters, like the characters. In fact, I was so frustrated and the work in reading that I picked up Baby Proof, during the reading of this book. When I finished Baby Proof, I felt a bit bad about this book, and tried again. I read another night and that was all it took, I was VERY hooked. I got it. If you don't mind a hard start, read this book, then, please, Let's Talk!!

This is a psychological mystery.

Baby Proof

Baby Proof

by: Emily Giffin

I got this book because I thought it was going to be about a couple who has a baby, then sees that it has some difficulty about it. Thought it would be funny, easy.

It is NOT about that AT ALL! Shocking to me. It is about a happy couple that does NOT want children! I enjoyed them. Then, one of them starts to kind of want a baby. The book is all about what happens when you start a marriage with one set of rules, then the rules change. Very interesting. I quite enjoyed this book, where it went, where it finished.

It was somewhat like the Shopaholic books.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

I tried to find a picture, but it's been so long that I forgot how to save it and retrieve it - sorry. Anyway, I'm in the middle (or beginning more like it) of reading this book and I like it so far. It's about twins that are born and the one is a down syndrome child. The father tells the mother that that baby died and so the nurse takes her to raise her herself. Sorry it that doesn't make sense. I'm in the Vegas airport waiting to get back to Salt Lake and I'm tired. Anyway, it's an easy read book and it still has my attention so that's good. I'll let you know the final opinion once I get there. Maybe next year!

Body Surfing

Body Surfing

by: Anita Shreve

I got this book because I have read another book by her, Midwives, which I thought was interesting.

I liked this book. It's tempo was different, the writing was different. It is written from the perspective of a 29 year old woman who ends up being a tutor for a rich 18 year old girl that seems a bit slow. She is to help her to pass her SAT's. The woman has been married twice - divorced once and widowed once.

My library categorized this book as a romance. I guess it is, but I think the Twilight series is WAY more romancie, (yes, I made that word up, but who reads this blog anyway.)

Go ahead, read it!

Nights in Rodanthe

Nights in Rodanthe
by: Nicholas Sparks

Because my last book was SUCH a loser, I had to quickly come up with another book.

It was fine, a usual Nicholas Sparks book. Romantic, sadish, just flows along. It is not challenging, but it does fill the void.

It is about a woman who falls in love 14 years ago, how, when it all happened....romance happens!

Rodanthe is a city in North Carolina? Georgia? Something like that.

Plain Truth

Book: Plain Truth

by: Jodi Picoult

I was VERY excited to read this book. It is about the Amish people. I knew that someone had a baby and that the book was a mystery. I thought it would be about an Amish girl who got pregnant, but would not tell how the father was, mystery ensues.

It was not that at all. It was AWFUL!!

The Amish girl has a baby right off the bat, says she never had the baby. The baby is found, dead in a trash can after being alive. Who killed the baby? It was awful. There was NO thought for that baby. I could not read it, I skimmed through to find out what happened. In the end, it was the Amish girl's mother that killed that baby!!! Oh my! It made me angry. The end of the book was just a sad pat on the back for the poor Amish mother. Gross. The answer to problems is NOT murder! Do NOT read this book. Do NOT read this awful author. I can't imagine sitting down at the computer and writing such a horrible story line. How she came up with it, thought about it, wrote about it, then thought it a great idea to publish it. Gross. Gross. I hope one million people read my review.

Lost and Found

Lost and Found
by: Carolyn Parkhurst

I really enjoyed this book!

The premise is there is a reality show on TV called Lost and Found. It is like the Amazing Race, but with a scavenger hunt included. Each chapter is from a different contestant's perspective.

It was written so well, it was like watching this show on TV. I really enjoyed it

Finally, a book I really enjoyed!