A Year of Fog

Read in April

397 pages

Abby Mason, photographer, turns away from 6 year old Emma for just a moment, that's all it took to lose her fiance's little girl. With determination and heartache Abby searches her memory and San Fransico in search for Emma.



This book was very sad and bittersweet. I really did enjoy this book, the chapters are short so it was easy to find a stopping point without forgetting anything so I could take care of other things. There were a few chapters or parts of chapters that I thought were a bit dry and unneccessary. Abby's search for Emma takes her to Costa Rica, which really made me want to become and expat, learn to surf, and just live on the beach. This is a must read.



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Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Read in March/April
350 pages
Becky Bloomwood has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it -- not any of it.

I bought this book because it was on sale. I'm mildly interested in seeing the movie and I wanted to read the book before I saw the movie. I found Becky to be mostly really annoying and selfish. I really don't understand her thought process at all. What frightens me is that there really are people like her out there walking around. The end seemed to all just come together with a perfect pretty bow. However, through the whole thing I did laugh a few times. The letters from the bank responding to Becky's lame attempts to not pay her bills I found amusing. I'll probably read a few of other books in the series but not anytime soon. I was say this is good summer reading. I read it rather quickly, it didn't really take a lot of thinking. Easy plot, easy story, easy everything.

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