One Thousand Gifts

This was the June book for Book Club.  I have been really excited to read it.  A little over a year ago a friend (who rarely reads) read this and l.o.v.e.d it!  I had high hopes since the last two books I have tried have just not resonated with me.  Well this lived up to all I hoped for it!

This is a book about a farmer's wife who begins on a journey to thank God for 1,000 gifts in her life.  She thanked him for all sorts of miniscule things... (many of my book club friends didn't really care for this part).  While in my personal praises and thanksgivings I am not so detailed I really appreciate the book.  I could relate to her in so many ways:  trying to trust God, trying to find him in everyday life, being transformed by thanksgiving.

I thought it was easy to read and the chapters were nice and short.  It took maybe a week or two to read, just reading a few chapters each night.  {These are my favorites....  short chapters, can read a little each day...}

I recommend it {I may just read it again, believe it or not}.  :)

Read: early June 2012
Pages: 240

Bossypants

So this was our May book club book.  Only two of us read it because we are just in some sort of book club funk...  It's really more of a dinner club lately.  ;)

This is another one that I wanted to hold off on writing about because I really, really wanted to finish it.  I kinda quit In the Woods so I could jump into to this one.  I had really high hopes.  It was cute.  But I don't really know that much about Tina Fey and just wasn't totally feeling this one...  I read about 3/4 of it though.  So my recommendation is that if you really like Tina Fey read it...  if you don't then don't!  :)

And just so you know I am really digging the June book club book so far.  ;)  So hopefully I will be writing about it very soon!!!

Read:  May 2012
Pages:  304

In the Woods

So I have been totally slacking lately...  mostly because I have had a lot of trouble finding a book that I love...  I have avoided posting about this one because I really wanted to finish it... alas, I haven't and have officially given up!

This one had an interesting story line...  but it was a little too much for me... it is the story of two Irish detectives who are investigating the death of a twelve year old girl.  One of the detectives had been involved in a similar tramatic event in the same woods.

It went back and forth between the two stories and was just too long for me.  For some reason I just couldn't get into it...  but you may be able to...

Read:  May 2012
Pages:  429