L #34- Making Toast

I picked up this Roger Rosenblatt story awhile ago.  It's about grandparents who unexpectedly lose their daughter.  They move in with her husband and her 3 young children to help care for the family.  I started reading it and didn't even realize this is a non-fiction story until I was halfway through.  The way it is written is completely unexpected.  It is like snippets of Roger's new life, moments in time where small things or large things make him sad or happy or filled with despair.  It is almost like a journal of jotted down notes from day to day life.  It is written without emotion---that isn't to say the story isn't sad.  It's just that he presents all the snippets as facts, as just the way of his new life.  And there is something incredibly beautiful about that.  It brought tears to my eyes several times.  I enjoyed it very much.  It had 166 pages.

L #33- Love You More

Well, I will admit that Lisa Gardner certainly knows how to write a murder mystery.  Everything that I've picked up of hers has been dark and twisted.  There are parts that are hard to stomach.  But she definitely keeps you turning the pages.  This one is about Tessa Leoni, a state trooper who has murdered her husband.  Their 6 year old daughter is missing.  It is up to detective D.D. Warren to crack the case.  And of course, things are never what they appear to be.  I finished this book very quickly.  It had 351 pages.

L #32- Chasing Harry Winston

I had a REALLY hard time getting into this Lauren Weisberger book.  I've really enjoyed some of her other works, so I'm not sure why this one was tough to adapt to.  But in any case, I had to push myself through.  This one is about 3 friends who make a pact to change their lives.  And honestly, I don't even feel like writing anything else because I thought it was boring.

278 pages.

L #31- She Went All the Way

This book, written by Meg Cabot, was an impulse buy.  It was definitely a fluff piece, without much substance.  But it was somewhat enjoyable.  It's about a screenwriter whose helicopter crash lands with an actor.  Someone is trying to kill the actor and the two of them must trek through the Alaskan wilderness, hoping to survive.  It was a quick read, but I doubt I'll pick up a Meg Cabot book again.

It had 354 pages.