I'm gearing up for my next in person book club in a few days so it was time to share the rest of my recent reads! I posted
my last books right before Christmas and since then I got together with my book club for a fun holiday party complete with a gingerbread house competition, lots of yummy snacks, and of course plenty of wine as well.
I posted a random poll on my instagram to vote on all the different gingerbread houses that were made to pick a winner and surprisingly enough my own house ended up the winner!!! I think it was the broccoli shrubbery that really took it over the top ;)
Besides fun at book club, I've been enjoying lots of down time at the house reading. My boyfriend isn't as big of a reader as I am, but he recently bought a book on Einstein and has been powering through it. Consequently we've had lots of cozy evenings at home just reading together in the living room. On Christmas day, we actually only had family events in the morning and afternoon, so Christmas evening was spent wearing Santa Clause socks and cozied up on the couch with our books together :)
Here's the full list of the books I just read: I loved three of these, only one was actually a bummer!
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By Catherine Steadman. Synopsis from Amazon:
If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you?
Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional
breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans.
Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical
island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other.
Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something
in the water. . . .
Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares?
Suddenly the newlyweds must make a dangerous choice: to speak out or to
protect their secret. After all, if no one else knows, who would be
hurt? Their decision will trigger a devastating chain of events. . . .
Have you ever wondered how long it takes to dig a grave?
Wonder no longer. Catherine Steadman’s enthralling voice shines
throughout this spellbinding debut novel. With piercing insight and
fascinating twists, Something in the Water challenges the reader
to confront the hopes we desperately cling to, the ideals we’re tempted
to abandon, and the perfect lies we tell ourselves.
This was a great read that I really enjoyed. Basically, two newlyweds
go on a charming honeymoon where they discover something one day while
out boating that changes their lives forever. This very normal couple
is then thrust into making
some very questionable ethical decisions and navigating their way
through some potential criminal activity that they never would have
been involved in before. I thought at first that the book started off a
little slow, but I do realize now after finishing
the book that the slower portions were laying some important framework
for the rest of the novel, so make sure you power through those early moments! Things
really picked up after the couple finds that “something” in the water,
and there was a LOT of action after that.
Besides just the story of the couple, the novel also delves into some
background and storylines of some characters in Erin’s documentary that
she was working on which was a nice reprieve from the main storyline,
but also ended-up intertwining with the main
story after all. The ending of this book TOTALLY surprised me and I
did not see it coming at all. I read most of this book while on a
flight down to Nashville and after we landed I only had 7 minutes left
in the book and I KNEW I just couldn’t do anything
else until I finished!!! I made my boyfriend wait for my suitcase to
get off the plane while I sat in a corner of the airport and finished
the book – lol!!! I just needed the closure!!! I would definitely
recommend giving this one a read.
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