I've been reading some great books lately! I got to do a little more reading than normal this past month because I went on a quick weekend trip to Nashville and plane rides always force me to read more.
This was my second trip to Nashville (you can read all about my
first trip here!) and I just love that little town so much. There is such great music, food, and so many friendly people all around! I flew out on a Friday evening and came back Monday evening so it was a short trip, but we packed a lot into our time there. Now that I'm back home though I'm in full on Christmas mode! We went to get our Christmas tree this weekend and it gave the perfect ambiance to finish my first Christmas book of the season in front of this morning.
This was the book we are reading for my in person book club this month, and I'm looking forward to discussing it at our Christmas party next week! We are having a party on the weekend instead of our normal dinner/drinks on a weeknight and I'm really excited for it: I bought eight gingerbread house kits to have a gingerbread house decorating competition, and I'm pretty pumped to try and deck my house out the best haha. I'll be sure to share some pictures on my next book post.
Here are the rest of the books I've read recently!
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By Bill Clinton & James Patterson. Synopsis from Amazon:
The
President Is Missing
confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardizes not just Pennsylvania
Avenue and Wall Street, but all of America. Uncertainty and fear grip
the nation.
There are whispers of cyberterror and espionage and a traitor in the
Cabinet. Even the President himself becomes a suspect, and then he
disappears from public view . . .
Set over the course of three days,
The President Is Missing sheds a stunning light upon the inner
workings and vulnerabilities of our nation. Filled with information that
only a former Commander-in-Chief could know, this is the most
authentic, terrifying novel to come along in many years.
I don’t read many political style books, but I was very intrigued when
this book came out since it is written by such a famous author AND
co-authored by an ex US president as well. I REALLY enjoyed this book!
There was a TON of action
in the book and I read the book very quickly because I was dying to
know what would happen next. Most of the book’s drama takes course over
only about a 48 hour period, so the constant action reminded me of the
TV show “24” that used to be on back in the day
(which I was obsessed with) which was shot and played out in real time
over 24 hours. The main character of this book is the President, and he was a very likeable guy. I feel like the media always
focuses on so many negatives of current presidents,
(which took place in the media of this book too) but it was really nice
to actually be able to follow along the story line with a President that
truly was a good guy just trying to save America. The book focused
mainly on the drama of the president trying
to save America from a cyber-attack, but it did get into politics
towards the end of the story. Regardless of your views on any of the
topics it brings up at the end of the novel, I appreciated the
overarching motif that too much “politics” and fighting between
different political parties can prevent actual work being done and
progress being made in America.
