Reading Report 17

What I read from 

November 15 to December 15

At Wit's End

by Erma Bombeck

Nonfiction, Humor

I picked this up for book club. This is more from my moms generation but still so fitting to any woman and mother.  Humor that women and moms would enjoy the most. 

Things I Can't Forget

by Miranda Kenneally

Young Adult, Contemporary

Hundred Oaks #3 is a companion book. Kate is heading up the mountains to be a camp counselor sponsored through a few churches in her area. She's always viewed the world as very black and white but after spending the summer with other kids her age she starts to view the world with a little more grace.

Persuasion

by Jane Austen

Classic, Romance

My first read of Persuasion. :)

This is What Happy Looks Like

by Jennifer E. Smith

Contemporary, Young Adult, Romance

An email gone to the wrong recipient turns out to start up a friendship she never could have imagined. I mostly liked this one. Not near as much as the other J E Smith book I've read but it was a light easy read if you're looking for that. 

The Book of Broken Hearts

by Sarah Ockler

Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Judes journey as she's trying to come to terms and be a main care giver for her father who has Dementia.  Jude hires a boy (who we find out quickly is from a forbidden family, so says her sisters) to help restore her fathers bike in hopes it'll help his memory. Sassy and heartbreaking.I really enjoyed this one. 

Janitors 

by Tyler Whitesides

Childrens, Fantasy

First in a trilogy about a magical society trying to help rid the schools of the nasty creatures lurking around. My 5th grader and I read it. She loved it and I thought it was cute.

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Dec 15-Dec 31

Garlic and Sapphires 

by Ruth Reichl

Non fiction, Foodie, Memoir

Read this one for book club. A New York food critic has to use disguises to get her stories so that she's able to get honest reviews and not the special treatment of those chefs who would certainly recognize her.

I very much enjoyed the first 1/3 of the book. It was terribly lengthy and I honestly got bored as it seemed she just felt that everything she ever thought needed to be included. 

However it did make for a fun book club discussion on numerous topics. 

The Dream Thieves 

by Maggie Stiefvater

Fiction, YA, Fantasy /Paranormal

The Raven Cycle #2 

I really loved the first one, and like most books expected the second to be more of a bridge. It was certainly overall darker than the first. 

Getting Over Garrett Delaney 

by Abby McDonald

Contemporary, YA

Sadie and Garrett have been best friends for years but Sadie has to come to terms that Garrett only sees her as such and nothing more. So begins the summer of detox. 

Overall this was a fun, quick, easy book. I was hoping for a little more meat but it was still enjoyable.

School Spirits 

by Rachel Hawkins

Paranormal, Young Adult

A companion novel to the Hex Hall series this book follows Izzy Brannick on her first solo mission: attending high school. There's been a ghost sighting and Izzy must banish it. But it's never just as easy. 

This is true to Rachels style and another great book to add to your list if you enjoyed the last series. Izzy and her new friends certainly add a flair to their small town high school. I'll be reading the next one.

The Apple Orchard 

by Susan Wiggs

Romance, Mystery, Contemporary

The first in the Bella Vista Chronicles. After growing up with only her mom, Tess finds out she has a sick grandfather. She heads to Bella Vista out of obligation (she's been named in the will) but finds out it might just be the place she's meant to be. A little bit of romance, a little bit of mystery a lot of self discovery. 

I also reread two books I've read this year so I wont repost them other than listing them. 

Wonder by RJ Palacio and Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen