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What She's Reading Now

Time for an update! Tigers in Red Weather was a bust. We didn't even talk about it at book club. This month's bookclub was fun, our hostess had a bonfire and we sat around outside. Though we didn't talk about the book, we did cover a list of other worthy topics, like Sex (morning vs. night) Kids and toothpaste Our moms Getting pregnant Banana Cream Pie Corn yields (lots of farmers' wives in the group) So as you can clearly see, it was a great night, even though we didn't talk about the book.  Tigers in Red Weather was a mess of under developed stories lines.  I felt like none of the ideas ever got the full attention they deserved. A tennis match was written with more description and detail than a young girl and boy finding a dead body. It was weird. I didn't finish it. I tried to find the ending by Googling it but all I could find was that the ending was crazy. (so sounds like a fitting ending to a crazily boring book) One part I

What She's Reading Now

Short and Sweet: What She's Reading Now For Book Club: Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann 2 women in the 1950s, struggling in their roles as housewives and mothers. Lots of descriptions about the fashion and lifestyle of that era, which I love. Lots of love, relationships, struggles. Good so far!  Average 3.5 star rating on Good Reads. In the car:  Heartbroken By Lisa Unger Description: Heartbroken  is a tense, mesmerizing novel about the limits of dysfunctional families, of an island haunted by dark memories and restless ghosts, and of the all-too-real demons we must battle.  Wonderfully suspenseful, exquisitely crafted, and written with raw, emotional power, this is Lisa Unger at her very best. Average 3.5 rating on Good Reads. Next Up: Another Piece of My  Heart By: Jane Green From Good Reads:  From the New York Times bestselling author of JEMIMA J, and THE BEACH HOUSE, comes Jane Green’s most emotional and powerful novel yet: a story th