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christianreaderWhat Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
Alice hits her head and wakes up thinking it's 1998 when it's actually 2008. In 1998 she was 29, happily married and pregnant with her first child. Now in 2008, everything has changed, seemingly for the worse. Alice has to be reintroduced to her life, relationships and the person she has become. This was recommended to me by more than one of you. Thank you--I loved it! It's light-hearted and funny, but also touching and sad at parts. I felt like I cried a little every time I listened to it, but that might say more about my lately state of emotions than anything else. :P The book actually switches between three perspectives: Alice, her sister Elizabeth, and their grandma Frannie. Elizabeth and Frannie's perspectives are both shared through their writing to other people--Elizabeth to her therapist in a journal format, Frannie to her late fiance. At first I found the switches kind of distracting, but got used to them. I actually really identified with Elizabeth's thoughts and attitude the most. She is struggling with infertility, and though I don't relate to that specifically, I understood the hopelessness and how it feels to strive for something for so long when efforts keep failing. Anyway, I totally recommend this book, and the audio version is great.
*Penny For Your Thoughts - Mindy Starns Clark
A reread, because I love this Christian mystery series. This book introduces Callie, a 30-something widow who investigates nonprofits before her boss (the very wealthy and mysterious Tom, whom she's never met in person) gives them large grants. There are little annoying/silly things about the characters and dialog--Callie seems older than she is (and the reader for the audio version sounds too old), and there is the usual evangelism scene--but I do like the clean, light story throughout this series. I recommend reading it rather than listening, unless you can forget how old the reader sounds.
The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty
Cecelia finds a sealed note to her, from her husband, marked to be read in the event of his death. When she asks him about it, he acts really strange and pleads with her not to read it. But other strange things have been happening in her marriage, lately, and she's very tempted to break her promise. The book also speaks from the perspective of Tess and Rachel, as all three women's stories are loosely connected. I enjoyed What Alice Forgot so much that I wanted to try something else by Moriarty. Wow...this book was much more tragic than I anticipated. It still has some funny, light-hearted parts, but it addresses some serious topics that sometimes really affected my mood. I really enjoy Moriarty's writing, but I think I'd rather avoid this type of story in the future.
Books for 2015: 17
Alice hits her head and wakes up thinking it's 1998 when it's actually 2008. In 1998 she was 29, happily married and pregnant with her first child. Now in 2008, everything has changed, seemingly for the worse. Alice has to be reintroduced to her life, relationships and the person she has become. This was recommended to me by more than one of you. Thank you--I loved it! It's light-hearted and funny, but also touching and sad at parts. I felt like I cried a little every time I listened to it, but that might say more about my lately state of emotions than anything else. :P The book actually switches between three perspectives: Alice, her sister Elizabeth, and their grandma Frannie. Elizabeth and Frannie's perspectives are both shared through their writing to other people--Elizabeth to her therapist in a journal format, Frannie to her late fiance. At first I found the switches kind of distracting, but got used to them. I actually really identified with Elizabeth's thoughts and attitude the most. She is struggling with infertility, and though I don't relate to that specifically, I understood the hopelessness and how it feels to strive for something for so long when efforts keep failing. Anyway, I totally recommend this book, and the audio version is great.
*Penny For Your Thoughts - Mindy Starns Clark
A reread, because I love this Christian mystery series. This book introduces Callie, a 30-something widow who investigates nonprofits before her boss (the very wealthy and mysterious Tom, whom she's never met in person) gives them large grants. There are little annoying/silly things about the characters and dialog--Callie seems older than she is (and the reader for the audio version sounds too old), and there is the usual evangelism scene--but I do like the clean, light story throughout this series. I recommend reading it rather than listening, unless you can forget how old the reader sounds.
The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty
Cecelia finds a sealed note to her, from her husband, marked to be read in the event of his death. When she asks him about it, he acts really strange and pleads with her not to read it. But other strange things have been happening in her marriage, lately, and she's very tempted to break her promise. The book also speaks from the perspective of Tess and Rachel, as all three women's stories are loosely connected. I enjoyed What Alice Forgot so much that I wanted to try something else by Moriarty. Wow...this book was much more tragic than I anticipated. It still has some funny, light-hearted parts, but it addresses some serious topics that sometimes really affected my mood. I really enjoy Moriarty's writing, but I think I'd rather avoid this type of story in the future.
Books for 2015: 17
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