January Book Review

One of my biggest New Year's Resolutions is to read more! Between full time class, full time work and my internship I literally had no down time for any fun books, or "brain-candy" as my mom likes to call them! I got off to a good start in January with five books and I'm down two more this month!

Click the book title to go to the Amazon page for each book.

The Never List
This book is pretty grim; it follows a woman seeking the truth about the man who abducted her, her mission to ensure he stays in jail and her journey to find peace after the death of her best friend. It was a fast-paced read and you can probably guess the end about halfway through but there were a few fun twists.

A Year of Biblical Womanhood

This was an unusual choice for me. I am a very spiritual person but have never identified with any particular religion. When my cousin suggested this I was reluctant to get a copy, worried that it would be a couple hundred pages of someone pushing their beliefs on me. However, I turned out to be very happily wrong! This book is funny! It's the perfect balance between the history of Judaism and Christianity, modern day religion, current events and problems and the authors own journey to find herself and her faith.

The Husband's Secret
This is the first book that I read this year and I could not put it down! There really isn't a lot I can say without giving something away but I loved every second of it. I love the concept that everything happens for a reason. That all of our choices have consequences; both good and bad. 

The Memory of Running

This one took me awhile to get into. At first the main character annoyed me but I soon feel in love with him and the eclectic cast of characters he meets throughout his quest. It's the story of a man riding cross country on a bike after learning about he deaths of his parents and sister. Although we may not all have been through that particular trauma, I think most people can relate to his journey to find himself and come to terms with his life.  

The Snow Garden

Last up but not least, this was another dark and twisty book. I didn't see the end of this one coming though so I gets some brownie points! It's all about three college students who stumble into a murder case and fall into a world of, for all lack of a better term, sexual deviance. The characters are all broken and vulnerable but I didn't connect with them the same way I did with characters in the other books. 

Stay tuned for my February book review. Hopefully I'll get better at summing them up :)