Recent Reads

I don't know about you, but I love getting book recommendations from someone who has already read it so I don't waste my precious free time reading a terrible book. I honestly look forward to crawling into bed at night and diving into a good book. Here are my most recent reads!

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NINETEEN MINUTES

By Jodi Picoult

"In nineteen minutes you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist. You can fold laundry for a family of five... In nineteen minutes you can stop the world or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes you can get revenge." This book is about a 17-year-old high school student who has endured years of physical and verbal abuse from his classmates and he is finally pushed over the edge and commits an act of violence at his school. It is a great read. Emotional and thought provoking.

BIG LITTLE LIES

By Liane Moriarty

"A brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive." An entertaining book about three very different women who all have children at the same school. Someone ends up dead but it isn't your typical murder novel! A must read and now I'm dying to see the tv series.

SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF SIMPLE

By Kristy Woodson Harvey

A great southern novel about a mother whose 3 grown daughters move back in with her in a small beach town. They are all going through personal struggles and trying to find the balance between love, family, work,  etc. This book has lots of twists and turns and keeps you on your toes! It really reminded me of my family since I am one of 3 sisters. Would read again!

WHEN GOD DOESN'T FIX IT

By Laura Story

Such a great read by Christian singer Laura Story about her husband being diagnosed with a brain tumor. She talks about how their "picture perfect" life was shattered and how her perspective changed when she realized that God may not fix everything. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has lost someone they love or is currently going through hardships.

WE NEVER ASKED FOR WINGS

By Vanessa Diffenbaugh

A story about a mom who is working three jobs to make ends meet while her mom raises her children. Her parents decide to return to Mexico and she has to step up and become a mom for the first time in her life. A pretty good book about young love, family, and hard choices.

ORDINARY GRACE

By William Kent Krueger

A story about a teenage boy who experiences multiple deaths in his town in a summer. It is told from his perspective forty years after all the events of that summer. It has a lot of characters which I don't really like because it gets confusing. It took my forever to read this book because I couldn't get into it but it starts to get really good about halfway through. I would recommend it.

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If you missed my last recent reads post, you can catch it here!