Fun but absurd premise, but just went with it and enjoyed.

Great book to accompany the journey of the Lenten season. I thoroughly enjoyed how Esau wove his personal experiences of encountering a tradition outside of his childhood religious tradition. It is an excellent primer for understand one season of the liturgical calendar.

Good

Another young adult genre read. This one was personally driven by my love of poet, Pablo Neruda. I loved the author's interpretation of what his childhood was like (with creative liberties of course). It seems he had a very stereotypical Hispanic upbringing, where he needed to be more of a man's man, and not a writer, dreamer and collector. Seeing how he breaks the mold of what is expected of him and becoming who he is destined to be is heartwarming.

I will have to say right upfront that this should have a domestic violence warning. With that being said, I really enjoyed this book. Watching a mother, her mother and her daughter going through a life littered with teen pregnancies and trying to break generational curses was so deep and sad in ways. Trying to break away from a life with a man that was abusive did not help her cause. The moments that struck me the deepest were watching her not think she deserved a better life. I love Esmeralda Santiago's writing and thought this book was wonderful!

Enjoyable romantic comedy. Very different premise from the usual romance.

This book had me in the beginning, but then in the middle it got a little slow. I think it was supposed show me that women are just pawns for men. It kinda did, but mostly I was just thinking that these women are kinda dumb. I did enjoy the stories and the myths being told out though. Trust no man, basically.

This book talks about when a babysitter named Kristy has a wedding for her mom and she needs to prepare for it. And with her 5 friends she has to take care of 14 children. This is a great book.

Oh the length of this book in audio version... I really struggled to finish this book. The first half of the book seemed to drone on forever, without ever really getting interesting. The second half of the book is where it finally picked up! The tennis driven family of 6 in a twisting and turning whirlwind of who did it, where is mom, who is this stranger living with my parents, did dad kill mom was intriguing to say the least. I did watch the series after I read the book, it took some different turns, but ultimately told the same story. I would recommend watching the series, as it does the book justice, though reading the book - know it gets better in the second half when things are moving faster!

This was a fun little thriller to read, pretty fast paced. It had me guessing and second guessing but I did eventually guess the ending. Kind of, not the entire ending, but the main mystery. The main character was pretty dumb, but maybe not as bad as some of the the reviews of her I have seen. It makes me want to read more books by the author, so I guess that is a good thing.