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On My Bookshelf this month:
Astonish Me | I have always been fascinated by professional ballerinas, and this was an interesting look inside that life. I tried to read Maggie Shipstead’s first book, Seating Arrangements, and just couldn’t, so I didn’t have high hopes for this book, either. But I needed a book to read and it was available at the library. It was an enjoyable read, but nothing spectacular. | “How strange it was that a dream, once realized, could quickly turn mundane.”
Girl on the Train | Rachel rides the train every day, and daydreams about the lives of the couple who live in one of the houses along her route. When the woman who lives in the house disappears, Rachel finds herself in the middle of the investigation. This was one of those books that completely halted my life until I finished it. I could not stop reading. The characters are all completely wacked out, the situation is crazy and get crazier as the story goes on, and I completely loved it. | “The holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.”
Where She Went | After finishing If I Stay, I immediately got on the waitlist for this one. This book is told from Adam’s point of view, and picks up a few years after the tragic accident that killed everyone in Mia’s family. | “A day might be just twenty-four hours but sometimes getting through just one seems as impossible as scaling Everest.”
Nurture Shock | I first read this book a few years ago, and it completely challenged everything that I thought I knew about parenting. I told everyone I knew about it, and talked about it to anyone who would listen. Now that I have a few more years of parenting experience under my belt, and another daughter in the house, I figured it was worth another read. I loved it just as much the second time, and it is still one of my all time favorite parenting books! | “The more controlling the parent, the more likely a child is to experience boredom.”
I’m always looking for book recommendations! What are you reading?
