You with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate is a raw, emotional, and deeply vulnerable memoir. I have always loved Christina as an actress, but this book made me appreciate her even more as a person. She shares her story with honesty, humor, and courage, opening up about painful parts of her life, fame, illness, and survival in a way that feels incredibly human. What I loved most was her vulnerability. She does not try to make her life sound perfect or polished, and that honesty makes the book powerful. It is heartbreaking at times, but also moving and inspiring because you see her strength beneath the sadness. A beautiful, brave memoir from someone I already admired.

true story of his swimming career and Olympic medals BLUE COVER

Lots of giggles!

Predictable light summer read

In my opinion, this was a terrible book and after I finished it and saw that it was a book of some acclaim, I was shocked. The writing is very stiff though that may be because it is told by the central character who comes across as a socially and psychologically disturbed person. The way I read it, his behaviors and thoughts are supposed to be considered normal but come across very damaged. He doesn’t care if he loses his job, gets married or not, or even goes to jail. I just could not get past the disturbed behavior in this book.

This was my first book by Grisham, and at first I did not like it. It seemed like it was going to be a sad, dark story. But THEN it got going and you start to see how this new young lawyer who was being blackmailed is really going to turn the tables and have the upper hand. A really good read with an ending that will leave you thinking.

Novella in which Harry Dresden helps a former criminal go straight.

This book was a true Sherlock Holmes mystery and was very good. The characters are few and the plot is simple to follow and so this telling lets you focus on the character of Holmes, which I enjoyed. This offers a nice glimpse into his personality, seeing how he is when bored, frustrated, and exhausted. The only thing I was not thrilled with was the long description of the backstory at the end by one of the criminals

Overall a good book. The beginning is a bit dry with focus on the lives and habits of the rich people who come out from the city to summer at Montauk, but as the book continues you see beneath their superficiality. One woman, Beatrice initially driven by her own unhappiness and later by her true love of the people of Montauk and of one person in particular, begins to assert herself and make real changes both in life and in the community. The ending is great and is unexpected.

set on a beach. Young woman is abused by her husband. She runs away faking her death. She ends up on this magical island. She often goes to the beach . Meeting new friends , starting a business and finding love.