New Book Choice

I started looking for a new book to read before I finished The White Queen. I was ready to move on to something totally different. Well, I do believe I accomplished that mission. I am currently reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This book has a unique narrator, Death. The book is set in Nazi Germany, thus the narrator actually seems appropriate. I was intrigued by the concept of this book and I could not pass it up. I am about a third of the way through and I have enjoyed it thus far. I won't go into details yet, but I'm hoping to have it finished by this weekend. Stay tuned for the review!

Book Choice Number Two

I have chosen the next book I plan to review: Everyone is Beautiful: A Novel by Katherine Center. The book synopsis tells me it is about Lanie, a mother of three small boys who relocates from her native Houston, TX to Cambridge, MA for her husband's career. She leaves behind the family that lived just ten minutes away and upon whom she depended for help. Lanie's first day in Cambridge she runs into a woman with whom she attended high school back in Houston. While talking to her and a well-meaning stranger at the park, the stranger asks her when she is due with baby number four. Lanie is not pregnant. Embarrassed, she lies and confirms that she is expecting. She realizes how crazy she is to lie about the pregnancy. She decides she needs to make some changes in her own life. She needs her own life, not just the one that revolves around the kids and her husband. The story progresses from there.

I am also feeling the need to make some changes in my life. The past couple of years have been a huge struggle and that struggle has yet to end. Thus, the book choice. Here's hoping it is a nice read that does not disappoint.

First Book Choice

The first book I plan to review is The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I chose this book because I wanted a book that would take me out of my daily life. The book I read just prior to this, which I will review soon, was very personal and heavy. It discussed demons I am currently fighting and I was ready for something light. Well, The Help is not as light as I had envisioned, but it is compelling. Once I finish the book, the review will be up. I'm hoping to finish it in the next day or two.

The two little ladies are currently wrestling, screeching at each other and laughing. The younger, Panda, is less than ten pounds lighter than the elder, Sweet Pea. Thus, it is fun to watch them wrestle (since I know they can't really hurt each other). I am blessed in that they not only love each other, they genuinely like each other. It's not that they don't fight, because they do. At the end of the day though, they always want to hug and love on each other. While I know they will go through fazes when they are not getting along, I am enjoying the bliss that is watching them grow together as sisters.