Finding Dad by Alma J. Yates

Not a bad book.  My husband and I listened to it on CD together.  It didn't really have an extremely exciting plot and there wasn't much of a love story either.  It did have a heartwarming ending but it was a little predictable.  It's not a book that you will regret reading but if you don't have your heart set on reading it then I don't know if I would waste my time.  If you are looking for a simple read that won't really get you emotionally attached, then read it.  Not bad but not one of the better books that I've read.

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

This story was a pretty good one.  I won't say it was one of my all time favorites though.  My husband and I listened to it together on a CD.  I liked the different characters and their points of view.  At first, I didn't like Ronnie at all.  She bugged me, but as the story progressed and she started to grow up I started to like her.  My favorite character of the book was her brother Jonah and he really didn't get much face time in the book.  It does have a love story in it that was pretty good.  I did like the relationship built between Ronnie and her dad.  It does have a sad ending.  Overall it was a decent book.

Promise Me-Richard Paul Evans

I saw an advertisement for this book a few months ago and was really excited to read it.  In the past, books by Richard Paul Evans have been fantastic and usually they are tearjerkers.  Right before I started reading it, my sister told me of someone who said that they really disliked the book.  Instead of deciding not to read it, it intrigued me as to why they wouldn't like it.  I didn't come to figure out why until near the end of the book.

If you are still planning on reading the book, you may not to read much farther.  It contains spoilers.

The beginning of the book started out about like any other of his books.  I was reading with an open mind or I wanted to say that this other person was dead wrong and it was a fabulous book.  I was enjoyable to read and it made you want to find out what happens.  I really like the short chapters as well.  Having three small kids, I can't just sit and read a big long chapter without interruption so the shorter chapters are appealing to me.  It was an easy read as well.  It's something that you can just breeze through if need be.

Toward the end of the book, I finally discovered what I didn't like about the book.  It was a love story and I usually love those.  I knew there was something funny going on but I wouldn't really explore the obvious option because I didn't think that Evans was a sci-fi writer.  It wouldn't have been so bad finding out that this man that Beth (the main character) had fallen in love with was from the future, but to have it be her daughter's future husband was weird.  The fact that he loved her as well and that they spent 10 months exploring Europe together with Charlotte (Beth's daughter) after she knew who he was was a little disturbing to me.  In fact, if that was ever to happen to anybody in real life, I highly doubt that you would still have contact with the man.  It was a weird ending to a book that could have been good had it not been the future son in law angle.

I have to say that I wouldn't read this book again and I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Book Reviews

As I've been reading quite a bit more than I used to, I realized that I have no opinion on whether I like the book or not.  I have a hard time saying "That was a good book!" or "That could have been better."  In an effort to think more about what I like and what I don't like, I've decided to start this blog so that I can think a little bit more about the books that I'm reading.