L #36- The Baby Planner

This book, by Josie Brown, is about Katie Johnson.  When she loses her job due to budget cuts, she plans to open her own business.  Katie loves babies and decides to run a business helping women plan for the baby's arrival.  She helps them find the safest products, decorate their nursery, etc.  Her husband, Alex, doesn't want to have any children and this is a constant source of tension between them. 

This was another quick read that I enjoyed.  While I didn't agree with a lot of the choices Katie made, it was still fun to read about them.  There is a twist at the end that I definitely saw coming, so it wasn't as climactic as it probably should have been. 

This one had 278 pages.

L #35- Who Loves You Best

Who Loves You Best by Tess Stimson is the story of Clare.  A woman who supposedly has it all; her own business, a gorgeous, younger, husband and is expecting her first babies....twins.  When life doesn't go according to plan and Clare hires Jenna, a nanny, to care for her children, Clare and Jenna both learn valuable lessons about life and love and motherhood. 

I very much enjoyed this story.  Tess Stimson has a way of writing that makes it easy to flip through the pages quickly.  And while some of the story was very predictable, it was still a really fun read.

This one had 261 pages.

M #24-31

24 - The Warlock (Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #5) by Michael Scott
25- A Dance with Dragons (A song of Ice and Fire #5) by George R R Martin
26 - Tiassa (Vlad Taltos Series #13) by Steven Brust
27 - The Lost Hero (Heros of Olympus #1) by Rick Riordan
28 - The Son of Neptune (Heros of Olympus #2) by Rick Riordan
29 - Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles #2) by Rick Riordan
30 - A Kingdom Besieged (Chaoswar Saga #1) by Raymond Feist
31 - Inheritance (Inheritance Cycle #4) by Christopher Paolini

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.