The Book: The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
The Story: This is the story of the 1960’s in the deep south. More specifically what it was like to be a black maid during this time of racial upheaval. There are three points of view represented: an older maid who is alone in the world after white bosses [...]
I emailed my husband this morning and told him that he could finally order his coveted macbook… if only he got this to go with it:
Isn’t that awesome? I’m totally in love.
I even love that they call it “bookbook”… like macbook…only bookbook. Get it? Awesome.
Unfortunately for my husband and myself, a macbook [...]
The Book: Pregnancy Sucks: What to Do When Your Miracle Makes You Miserable, by Joanne Kimes
The Story: The story is simply this: Joanne got pregnant after months and months of trying. Joanne got whiny.
That’s basically it.
This book is set up in a month-by-month format, which is kinda funny because in the start of the book [...]
The Book: That Old Cape Magic, by Richard Russo
The Story: This book centers around Jack Griffin and his relationship with his wife, Joy. It kind of made me think of when my husband and I were going through pre-marital counseling and the pastor asked us about our relationships with our future in-laws. He said that [...]
The Book: In The Woods, by Tana French
The Story: Adam Ryan and two of his friends disappear into the woods in a small Ireland town about 20-something years ago. The two friends are never found. Adam is found, but with shoes full of blood and absolutely no memory of what happened.
Fast-forward 20ish years. Adam Ryan [...]
The Book: Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Child birth, by Jenny McCarthy
The Story: Former Playmate and host of that hilarious show on MTV (Singled Out?) gets pregnant. She and her husband had been trying for awhile, so she was excited but also totally shocked.
The book is set up in these short little [...]
The Book: Lost in the Forest, by Sue Miller
The Story: Like most of Sue Miller’s books, Lost in the Forest is a family drama. Of course, this is a more “modern” family, with divorced parents, a step-dad and friends who are considered family. Let me lay some groundwork. Eva and Mark were married and had [...]
I don’t know if that’s right? I am still a little lost on all the Twitter lingo and have never fully understood how it all works, but to overcome my Twitter-phobia, I signed up for an account yesterday. I plan to put blog updates and just fun, personal stuff on there too.
Here is the link [...]
The Book: What to Expect When You’re Expecting
This review is going to be a little bit different than my normal review set-up. The reason? I do not want to pass on any of the information that I got from this book. I don’t want to tell you the “story,” so I’ll just hop right to [...]