Heart of the Matter

I had lots of time to read while I was away. Read and catch up on all  of Bravo's shows that I am completely hooked on now.

I finally finished Francine River's Her Mother's Hope. 

This book was very different from all of River's other books I have read. It took me a little while to finally get into it. I have been so busy at home lately, or atleast if feels that way, that it has taken me a couple months to finish reading it. The story is a good one about the relationships between mothers and daughters and their struggle for approval from one another. Obviously being the only daughter in my family, and growing up in a family that is very female dominated the context registered with me. It is a two-part book and upon finishing part one I was not jumping at the bits to start part two. In fact I went to Barnes and Noble, bought part two Her Daughter's Dream, sat in the coffee shop waiting on my family to finish and changed my mind. I wanted to read something a little more light-hearted at the moment, something I could jump into and not want to put down. Something that would make me not thing about hardship or what is going on in my own life right now.

I remembered too that Nana told me once that her English teacher in high school said "Never waste your time reading a book that you don't like because there are too many great books to read."

It wasn't that I didn't want to finish the story of Marta and Hildie in Francine's book. I just needed a little break.

So I am now reading.... Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin.

This is one of those books... I literally cannot put down.  On my lunch break yesterday I sat in a parking lot eating and reading it. I had to fight the  urge to read it while at work or even while driving my car.

She is an great author that Neeley discovered and her books just draw you in. This one was on the New York's Times List so it had to be great right?!

Not exactly the light heartedness I was looking for but enough of a distraction I simply can't stop reading it.

Her writing is very much like Sophie Kinsella who I love... author of Confessions of a Shopaholic.

If anyone is looking for a nice book to read... any of Emily's are fun and will take you no time to read cause you can't put them down!

P.S. Whitney Ann you may be getting one in a care package :)

Am I so boring because I just wrote a WHOLE post about the book I am reading?!!?