I'll Give You The Sun
by Jandy Nelson

Not your boy meets girl romance novel, but a story of love nonetheless. A generous dose of realism also takes over the storyline. Familiar love, teenage love, & love for self carries through as twins work to find themselves apart from each, while always connected. Unfortunately there is a lot of distaction throughout the book that took away from the beauty of interconnectedness I believe is the end goal. A book that is interesting, but one that is easy to take a break from until it's finally complete.
 
 

The Nix
by Nathan Hill

A story of family secrets and the impact they have on people's lives. The story easily keeps you hooked to know how the pieces will come together and resolution will unfold. Problem is, the seems to end abrupt & resolved. The cheaping college student was an unnecessary story arc that really had no connection other than sticking it to the man. The main characters life was a sad tale of unfortunate events, but so sad you kinda couldnt get behind him. And the mother, although the glue holding the story together, seemed to have gotten off either way too easy or never wss really main event worthy to begin with. A book that certainly holds attention start to finish, but overall underwhelming.
 
 

Malibu Rising
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Good read!
 
 

Tuesdays With Morrie
by Mitch Albom

The movie is definitely better than the book. The author doesn't make the characters seem real
 
 

The Sentence
by Louise Erdrich

Very emotional and heavy, but you get drawn in and connected to the stories and the characters. I was sad to have reached the end.
 
 

Hang The Moon
by Jeannette Walls

Great book with lots of twists and turns. Lots of death, too
 
 

Black Velvet
by Steven Henry

Good story line - police interaction, an art theft and a little romance.
 
 

Deadly Connections
by Renee Pawlish

I don't typically read books involving children, this was a well written story, with a twist at the end.
 
 

The Lost Bookshop
by Evie Woods

This novel relates the tales of two different women from different time periods who find connections in an old bookshop
 
 

A Flicker In The Dark
by Stacy Willingham

Disappointing. I did not care