Who doesn't love curling up to a good book? I am a reader, always have been. I've always been an inquisitive person, in school, at work, in life. I am hungry for information and history. I want to understand the "why". Books have allowed me the luxury of the "why". Books allow for the full range of human emotion and authors are our unsung heroes in a world that idolizes celebrities, but I digress. I read a full range of books from novels to historical pieces. If you follow me on instagram you know that I have been putting my local library to task. Where I was once a book buyer, I am now a book borrower. It saves, money, space AND a due date keeps me accountable (I never want to return a book unfinished, it bothers me, I. Just.Cant.) I am always looking for a good recommendation and in that spirit I have rounded up a few of my latest reads.
1. A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal by Jen Waite
I read this book in a little over a day, it was THAT good. As the title suggests this is the memoir of a woman who shortly after giving birth to her first child realizes that her marriage was nothing but a sham. This was Jen's first book and she is currently pursuing a degree in psychology but I wouldn't be surprised if she gets behind a computer again and writes a follow up. This book will leave you in nothing short of suspense and if you have ever been cheated on, a little heartbroken. I found many parallels in Jen's memoir and my own experiences.
2) The End of Men by Karen Rinaldi
This one took me a little longer to get through. I typically don't gravitate towards these types of books BUT I had just completed The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson and that book was INTENSE. Don't get me wrong, my true passion lies in history but the hard reality of the past and realizing we aren't that far advanced even 50 years later can do a number on my mood. Back to this book, it is about four girlfriends in their late 20's, early 30's balancing career, motherhood and marriage. There are some interesting storylines, one that actually inspired a movie you may have heard about called Maggie's Plan. In that movie the mistress of a married man actually GETS the man when his wife finds out and leaves him, along with their two kids and flies off to Paris destroying the carefree bubble their cheating left them in. After a year, she realizes how incompatible they are and decides to come up with a plan to get him back with his ex. Juicy, right?
3) The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel by Nina George
Be still my beating heart..this book has everything. It has a super romantic story of unrequited love, friendship, parent/child relationships and it is set in Paris! I mean need I say more? This is Nina's first book and it left me totally in love and smiling hours after I finished it. It is the story of an old recluse who never recovered from the loss of his true love many, many years ago. But, did she really choose someone else or was this a total misunderstanding? Ok, I won't say more. Highly recommend you get your hands on this, read a little every night before bed. Thank me later.
4) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Ok, confession time. This is the first Charles Dickens book I have ever read. I may or may not have read A Christmas Carol, but I feel if I had read it I would know with certainty because a Dickens book is just a treat! Truly. He loves the characters he creates, Pip is just a wonderful and heartwarming character in this story. I am not done with this read yet, truth be told I have been watching a LOT of TV movies lately and I am not proud of it but I am not going to judge myself too harshly. Shit happens.
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