Wreck and Order

After I had been reading Wreck and Order for many, many days I realized I was only about a third of the way thought it.

I also realized I would not make it all the way through this novel.

First, I loathed the main character.  She was the dictionary definition of the "poor little rich girl."  She doesn't have to work because her dad casually drops her checks for thousands of dollars at a time.  She's not happy in the relationship she's in, so she travels to places like Sri Lanka in hopes to "get over" a man.

I think the point was that she was looking for, and unable to find, emotional fulfillment, but all I got from it is "the sex isn't good enough."

And there is quite a bit of sex in this novel.  Elsie, (our main character) is very casual with sex, even though she seems to be looking for some emotional meaning.  Most of her sexual encounters seems to end with her being annoyed or angry that she didn't climax.

When she found herself becoming too comfortable in a relationship she did things to sabotage it, and then threw herself a little pitty party when it came (seemingly) to an end.

That  is when I decided to give up on this book.  (somewhere around page 107 of a 290 page novel)

I didn't hate this novel the same way I did A Girl is a Half Formed Thing.  I could possibly pick it up again in the future, picking up where I left off, or starting fresh from the beginning.  But for now, I've just got to move on to the next book in my to be read pile.

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Summer Secrets

A compelling story of a woman
struggling with addiction
and seeking forgiveness"
--Booklist

To an outsider it would appear that Cat Coombs is living a glamorous life as a journalist.  But she has a problem.  She feels like she doesn't fit in, and since she was a teen has been turning to alcohol to make her feel like he belongs.

Cat is an alcoholic.

One morning she feels she has had enough, and tells her mother she wants/needs help.

That is when her mother drops a bombshell on her that will change her life forever, in more ways than one.

Summer Secrets by Jane Green takes place in London, where Cat lives, and during summers in Nantucket.

While everyone in Summer Secrets loves the American island, it also harbors many secrets.

This novel follows Cat from her 20s, as a party girl, to her 40s, as a divorced mom of one, still trying to find her place in life.  There are flashback to her teens and childhood, and even a flashback or two before she was born.

This novel centers around Cat's alcoholism, and how it effects her life.  How she battles it and how it continues to affect her life even once she is sober.

This novel is also about family, and about love. It is about the bonds of family, about love found and lost.  Its about distrust and grudges, but it is also about friendship and forgiveness.

 I did enjoy this novel and finished it in just a few days.

There were a couple of jumps in time that threw me off.  There were parts of Cat's life I would like to have seen more detail of, but I guess that wasn't what this book was really about.

I would like to see a second book with the characters who LIVE in Nantucket as the central characters.  I think that would be interesting.

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365 Inspirational Quotes - Review

Available on Amazon as a paperback
or a kindle book.

This 5x7 collection of quotes is a hefty little paperback book, and it should be since it is packed with 366 quotes. (The cover says 365, but they did include one for Feb. 29th, making it 366)  It is over an inch thick.

The title, 365 Inspirational Quotes: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Great Thinkers, Books, Humorists, and More   promises inspirational quotes, and it starts off with a bang on Jan. 1. "This is where it all begins.  Everything starts here, today."

I have not read all of the quotes in this book, but I did read through January to catch up.  I have opened a page here and a page there as well (because you KNOW I had to go see what my birthday quote would be)

Not all of them are "inspirational" to me for example, January 3rd was "If life is a bowl of cherries, what's inside of it?"  I don't see inspiration in that one (because there is nothing but pits in a cherry, so life is the pits? but I guess they must have all inspired the collector to some degree.

The book itself is fun to flip through though.  The quotes are not just black font on white pages.  They have different fonts, different colors.  Each month has its own main color (red, purple, green, blue, orange)

The only negative thing I have to say about this book involves the cover.  It feels waxy and is somewhat unpleasant to hold in my hands for a long time.

Other than that, this book gives you what it promises on the front, 365 (366) quotes to (hopefully) inspire you.

(I received this book free in exchange for my honest review)