Have you read. . . .

So lately I've been doing a little reading. . . .
And since I'm ALWAYS on the hunt for a good book recommendation I thought I'd give you my opinion on the book I've read in the past few weeks.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: It's brilliant. Enough said. The writing style took a few chapters to get use to, but it's perfect.

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BOOK: It takes place in Germany under the reign of Hitler in the height of WWII, so I don't have to tell you there is much much sadness involved.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: I'm always trying to expand my reading into different genres, but Science Fiction is always the hardest for me to commit to. But this one was really good! Plus it kind of made me think of the Space Mountain ride at Disneyland.

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BOOK: The alien bad guys are refered to as "buggers". Whenever I hear/read the word bugger I hear/read it in an English accent. So they didn't really strike terror in me.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: I can't really say you should read this book. It does make you want to buy and wear a necklace with an old fashioned key on it. So thats something!

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BOOK: It was kind of boring. The main character was bland, it was predictable. But I was also not in the best mood while i read it, so that probably didn't help.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: Because you do not want to be the frazzled lady on the cover who looks like she has no control over her kids.

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BOOK: Some people don't agree with the Love and Logic method - which is basically letting your child experience natural consequences from their actions, and guiding them with controlled choices.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: "We can not change the cards we are delt, just how you play the hand."

WHY YOU SHOULD'NT READ THIS BOOK: The author, Randy Pausch wrote this book after being diagnosed and eventually dying of Pancreatic Cancer. If you have a relative, like my mom who died of Pancreatic Cancer it hits pretty close to home.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: It's part of a trilogy (i love series books), it's about time travel (in a good non-confusing way) and features a main character from Italy.

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BOOK: It kind of reminded me of Twilight as far as having an average girl who suddenly everyone couldn't live without, and I just didn't get that. Didn't get it in Twilight, didn't get it here. Plus there wasn't a whole lot of chemistry between the 2. But still SUPER good!!

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: The writing is like poetry. Beautifully written lines such as "The nights were blinding cold and casket black and the long reach of the morning had a terrible silence to it."

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BOOK: It's a post apocalyptic tale of a man & his son fighting to survive. A lot of things are never explained, such as how this horrible situation came about: asteroid? Nuclear war? And what is the boys name?! He's only referred to as "the boy".

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: It makes you want to go camping and think that walking across the United States is a good idea.

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BOOK: Within the first few chapters this poor guy has lost his wife, his company and his house. Sad.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: Hardly any mention of the whiny man voiced Bella.

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BOOK: Hardly any mention of golden eyed Edward.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: Its a fun light CLEAN romance book. Trust me those are hard to find. Plus Marcia Lynn McClure always names her characters really great names like Rake.

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BOOK: Too much hand wringing, trembling, crying done by the heroine Aspen.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK: It takes about an hour or two to get through b/c it's written in stanzas, but it really packs a punch.

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BOOK: "Out of more than a quarter of a million people, only about 800 walked out of the ghetto. Of those who survived, only twelve were children. I was one of the twelve."
Spoiler alert, people die.