My Books This Week

The first book I finished this week was Accidentally On Purpose by Jill Shalvis. This came out a couple weeks ago and is the third book in the Heartbreaker Bay series. Any book by Jill Shalvis is an automatic read so I was very surprised to find that I had somehow missed the second book in this series. Not only did I miss the second book but the second one The Trouble With Mistletoe is going to be a movie. So, guess I need to get on reading that. The author does have a handy list on her blog for keeping all of these straight here. I will need to reference that in the future. I really enjoyed this book and love the setting that has been created for this series. Elle and Archer have a history that goes back to her being a teenager in trouble and him being a rookie cop. Now they work in the same building with him having his own security company and her being the building manager. Being pushed back into each others lives has meant that they will spend more time together and be unable to hide their true feelings.

The second book that I read this week was The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. As you can tell from the picture this is a library book that has been very well loved over the years. This has been on my to be read list since I finished Caraval last summer. They do both have a similar feel. This is a love story that is filled to the brim with magic. Two magicians are set up in a competition when they are children and do not really know much about what is going to happen. The competition becomes a traveling circus that keeps getting bigger and more magnificent as the two magicians fall in love. The story is not just about the magicians but all of the others in and around the circus that become a part of their story. This was beautifully written and I have already purchased my own copy because I know I will want to reread it again soon. The author also has a bunch of wonderful short stories on her blog that you can find here.

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The Light Before Day

The Light Before Day by Suzanne Woods Fisher is the third book in her Nantucket Legacy series. I did not read the first book in the series but I did read the second when it came out earlier this year. While I enjoyed the continuation of characters, I feel that this could be a stand alone novel. When I read book two in the series, I found the language of the book to be a bit of a challenge. I will say that having already once been emerged in this world, I did not find that to be an issue with this book. The author does however include a handy list of definitions if some of the language is tricky. This book follows the twins Hitty and Henry who are now grown and receiving an inheritance from their grandmother that has a few stipulations attached. Along with the story of the characters growing and developing relationships, this book also covers important social issues of the time. This was a part of the book that I really enjoyed. I also liked the inclusion of the ancestors journal wh...

Driftwood Bay

Driftwood Bay by Irene Hannon is a sweet and inspirational story. This is part of the Hope Harbor series but is the first one that I have read. I feel that this makes a good stand alone book but found myself becoming curious about the side characters in the story and would love to read the others in the series. Jeannette has created a new life for herself in the town of Hope Harbor. She owns a lavender farm and tea shop and spends most of her time alone. Her quiet world is shaken up when Logan moves in next door. Not only does he have a little girl, but also a trouble making dog that force their worlds to collide. Alongside the story of Jeannette and Logan is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of a family that has escaped persecution in Syria. Everyone in the story has their own heartbreak, but they all come together to create a new life and new relationships. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more books from Irene Hannon.

The New American Heart Association Cookbook

I love cookbooks! There is something that is just so wonderful about reading pages and pages of yummy inspiration. I received a copy of The New American Heart Association Cookbook . This is the 9th edition and it was just released last month. The cookbook has a helpful section in the beginning dedicated to healthy eating. There are a lot of great tips as to the foods that we should be incorporating more of in our diets and those that we should be avoiding. After this section the book is separated into the normal cookbook sections by dish. With my personal diet it can be difficult to find a cookbook that has recipes that I would actually be able to eat. My favorite part about this book is that not only are all of the recipes healthy, but there is a huge section devoted to vegetarian dishes. This can be rare to find with most cookbooks but this is full of wonderful options. The only downside of this book that I found is that there are no pictures of recipes other than those on the cove...

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