Summer Reading Celebration

This one definitely kept you guessing until the very end.

This was a amazing book. I enjoyed reading about the "sea women" and went further to find videos about these amazing women. This is a way of life that I never knew existed!! I have read other books by Lisa See and this is definitely my favorite.

Wonderful, if not sad book about family and the deep history behind the women in the story.

Never, ever trust that you know who the “good guy” and/or “bad guy” is in a Freida book. This one stunned me in the epilogue.

If you are a fan of Backman you will enjoy this little book filled with humor and a bit more serious insight on Father-Son relationships. It will give you some food for thought and perhaps a slightly different perspective on situations we encounter in life. Parents will understand and parents to be can get some insights!

As someone who has experience with dealing with people in toxic relationships, this book hit a tad harder than I expected. Freddy's situation is all too familiar. It was refreshing to see her get out of it. Relationships where the people keep breaking up and getting back together are, in my opinion, romanticized far too much, so the author treating it as a bad thing was nice to see.

Heart of Darkness was a fantastic read. It told of a thrilling adventure and depicted the main character, Marlow, as brave, but not faultless. The story had many ups and downs, I never knew what was going to happen next!

Isla loves how this book is full of photographs that match up to each different section, so she can learn simple ballet while going through the book.

I liked this book. It’s wasn’t my favorite. Can’t wait to read Jasper and Sloane’s story.

I ordered this book for my husband and me too listen to together. We both enjoy history and it sounded like an interesting story. I should have been forewarned by the almost opening page which described two survivors of the wreck found engaging in an act which could only be described as cannabilism. Philbeook doesn't spare any detail in this book. From that opening scene to the blood spurting out of a harpooned whale's spout he almost seems to revel in bringing the grotesque to light, and he spates no detail. I actually think that there was not enough of a story here and Philbeook had to add every detail and side excursion into other related and unrelated incidents to flesh it out. I much preferred the story of Shackleton and the Endurance to this book.