I am a little behind this month on our Community Reads feature, but looking forward to sharing some of your book selections for February. You can read what I read this month and today’s selections include what YOU have been loving this month! Yay!
If you are a part of our MomAdvice Hangout Group, each month I will ask about what you are reading and ask for a short blurb on a book. You can also email books you are loving to me to amy(at)momadvice(dot)com and I can also add them to our monthly lists. By joining this group, you can also take part in a REALLY awesome online book club- I wouldn’t want you to miss this fun discussion and exploration of a new book each month.
My hope is to inspire you to connect with at least one incredible book this year and I hope you will enjoy this new feature with even more reads each month!
I am reading this and it is AMAZING! What a fascinating story and Mr. Gortner is a true storyteller and gifted writer. Historical fiction at its finest!
Read It: Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
Recommended by: Kendra
I read Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith as a book club pick for my 7th grade daughter’s Mother-Daughter book group. It’s one of my favorite of our picks. She is a compelling character who held my interest all the way through. Not all happy endings or completely resolved plot lines but a great character driven story.
Read It: Saving Lucas Biggs by Marisa de los Santos & David Teague
Recommended by: Kendra
I started this on audiobook and wasn’t enjoying it so switched to print. For the record though, I think my daughter enjoyed Saving Lucas Biggs maybe a bit more. I’m still reading through it, but don’t think I’ll enjoy it as much as Flygirl.
Read It: Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser
Sweetgirl by Travis Mulhauser is definitely going to be one of my favorite books of 2016. Sixteen-year-old Jenna, while searching for her addict mother at a meth dealer’s home, comes across a crying baby in a freezing room. Jenna knows instantly she must save her, and thus sets off the events of a night she will never forget. Sweetgirl moves at breakneck speed, barely giving you time to catch your breath. It is darkly humorous and sweetly, achingly heartbreaking.
Read It: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Recommended by: Enid
This was a re-read for me to lead a discussion in a book club. I have the feeling that for the next week or so, I am going to be annoying all of my reader friends by telling them they need to read this book, just like I did with The Martian (editor’s note: read our author interview) and All the Light We Cannot See (editor’s note: read our author interview). This was a very well-done take on what could have been a very melodramatic story. I loved the way the author handled flipping back and forth in time and following different characters. I had trouble putting it down.
Recommended by: Enid
A fun read- promising start to a new series set in South Africa. As one person said, it is a cross between The #1 Ladies Detective Agency and the Goldie Schultz books. I enjoyed the characters and the plot as well as the South African touches (although I found myself saying “now-now” today). I will definitely read the second book in the series, if there is one.
Read It: The Revenant by Michael Punke
Recommended by: Enid
I really enjoyed this quick read, and I found it hard to put down. I was worried that the descriptions of the various attacks and the injuries would be too intense for me, but that was not the case- there was enough detail so the reader could understand the amount of trauma, but there was no lingering over gory details. The main character is based on a pretty amazing guy. However, I do feel the subtitle is a bit misleading- I will leave it at that in order to not be more of a spoiler. If you are looking for a story that grabs you right from the start, give this a try.
Recommended by: Tanya
This was a memoir of the life of polygamy from the eyes of a child. Very eye opening to see her struggles and hardships in life.
This is an excellent book about a man’s experience leaving his well-paying job to become a teacher to teach in a tough NYC high school.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get these books and read them myself! What did you read this month that you loved? Feel free to recommend your favorite reads below or join us in the group to chat about your favorites! We love new friends!
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