The Bright Side of Disaster

The Bright Side of Disaster by Katherine Center


This was a really good book. The author got first time motherhood right on, especially learning how to breastfeed and putting the baby to bed. It was a very funny, light, easy read with an endearing, likable main character. Much better than most mommy lit. Great book! 4 stars.

The Yoga Zoo Adventure

The Yoga Zoo Adventure: Animal Poses and Games for Little Kids (SmartFun Activity Books by Helen Purperhart

This is such a neat book! My children are still too young (2 and 9 months) for these games and yoga in general, but I really look forward to using this book with them when they are a little older. As an actor and college graduate with a degree in children's theatre, I think this book would be ideal for teaching children creative movement and drama. It inspires me to one day want to use this book to teach such a class. I find the games and yoga very similar to classes I took as a young adult and college student. These games help a student to pay attention to all of their senses and how to use their body as an acting instrument (not to mention, it's great exercise for kids!). I think this is such a good book with so many different games and activities that teach a child creative movement, help them learn about animals and help them learn to use their imagination and pretend. I would recommend it highly to anyone looking for games to play with their children that are innovative and creative. 4 stars.

Suburbanistas

Suburbanistas by Pamela Redmond Satran

This book is a little slow starting, but once you get into it, it isn't too bad. The characters are not people I can identify with and seem to be stereotypes of certain personalities. But it was a pretty easy read and the overall story was pretty good. 3 stars.

The Ivy Chronicles

The Ivy Chronicles by Karen Quinn

A pretty entertaining book about a woman who starts a company consulting parents about how to get their children into stuffy private schools. It was a pretty good book. It was a funny, easy read. The main character wasn't easy to like for me because she was dishonest, but I wanted to like her so I tried to overlook her character flaws. 3 stars.

The Belles of Charleston

The Belles of Charleston by Steve Brown

Quite possibly one of the worst books I have every read. I bought this book at a local bookstore when in SC because the author was there doing a book signing. I love historical fiction about Charleston, since I lived there during college. So I was looking forward to reading this book. However, I was disappointed to find that there were very poor character descriptions and a very meandering storyline which made no sense. It had no beginning, middle and definitely no ending. It was a total waste of time and money. A really, really, really bad book. (1/2 a star)

Remember Me?

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

This is just the prologue and first 3 chapters (40 pages of reading). A free sampler they had a B & N. I can't wait to read the full book. The sampler was really good! I normally love Kinsella's work.

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(Actual book read 3/29-3/31)

I loved this book. I always love Kinsella's books and this was no different. It was funny and cute and a really good story. One of the best books I've read in a long time. A satisfying read. 5 stars.

What is this Librarything?

I found Librarything.com off a link on someone else's blog. It's a very cool site to keep track of the books your reading or have read and find new books to read. I love to read, so much so that I never remember what I have read. So this site is a godsend to me. Now I can keep track of my books. I don't have as much time to read as I used to (sans kids), but I'm going to join the 50 book challenge and try to read 50 books in a year. I honestly don't know if this will be easy or hard as I have no idea how many books I usually read in a year. I think it will be close. There are some readers that read over 100 books a year, so 50 sounds like a nice even number. Wish me luck on that!

I also am an "Early Reviewer" on their site. Members of the Early Reviewer group on Librarything sign up for advance copies of new books from publishers. I signed up for and received an advance copy of No Place Like Here by Cecilia Ahern and it was a good read. You don't always get chosen to read and review a book, because they only have a certain number of ER copies and many more requests, but you can sign up every month and hopefully get chosen. The January early reviewer books will be posted soon, so I'm hoping to be chosen to get another ER book.If you want to see my Librarything library, click on the books on the right. If anyone else joins Librarything, let me know and I'll add you to my friend list.