Reader's Book Nook discussion

Here is your thread! You can comment the books you've chosen to read for every letter of your name. Whenever you finish one of them comment here and you can share your thoughts/review on it as well.

tyvm! K, I'll start tomorrow

K Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters. LGBTQ content, Keeping You a Secret
A Accidental Heroes Accidental Heroes
R The Return Nicholas Sparks, The Return
E An Excellent Choice (I'm ignoring An which I believe is ok) by Emma Brockes An Excellent Choice: Panic and Joy on My Solo Path to Motherhood
N No Safe Secret by Fern Michaels. No Safe Secret

Skipping 'an' is totally fine as I mentioned in the Challenge Info! Good luck with your challenge!

I'm currently on E. I didn't start K until 10/1. I just read fast. I cannot say enough good things about Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters. I wish she hadn't retiredJulie Anne Peters. Holland's mom's reaction when she found out about Holland being a lesbian, throwing her out of the house, still upsets me. I was afraid my parents would do that when I came out also but luckily they did not.

The relationship between Holland and Cece is so sweet and innocent. I wish this book was longer or there was a sequel hehehe. Also, Holland's mom upset me when Cece came over, with how Holland's mom acted with Hannah, like Cece had a disease, I felt sorry for Faith, but at least she doesn't have to live there full time. I thought Faith was developed really well and she was a great support to the girls. I could relate to Cece's insecurity about losing Holland because it had happened with Joanie.

I also enjoyed how the 'relationship' between Holland and Cece developed. I thought it was very realistic. I could relate to Holland's feelings from my first love. I love how Julie described how Holland was feeling at various times, thought the descriptions were very accurate and realistic.

Accidental Heroes by Danielle Steel. Danielle Steel I really enjoyed this book. I can't remember how many books ago I thought several in a row were 'formulaic' (is that even a word lol), woman and man meet and fall in love and experience some sort of tragedy then ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after. I was pleasantly surprised by this one and the last several I've read.

This was the first book that surrounded a plane crash, at least that I remember reading by her. I like that she finds new and different things to write about. I was nervous when the TSA agent found the card in the empty bin and worried that she wouldn't be able to stop anything bad from happening. I was afraid someone had a bomb on board. I'm glad it wasn't a bigger disaster than it was and that I was wrong.

I liked the character development and how we got to see some of the characters' personal lives outside of flying, like the co-pilot. I felt bad for the pilot that wasn't allowed to fly any longer, but safety has to come first. I wish there was an epilogue or something so I could find out if the stewardess' (I think that's who it was?) pregnancy resulted in a successful birth, but maybe that's just me?

R The Return by Nicholas Sparks I really enjoyed this book. I have to say that I'm terrified of bees, but since it was just in the book and there were no pictures, I was ok reading about them. I wasn't sure I would be. I liked how he had Trevor suit up in the protective gear and Trevor had Natalie do the same when he was showing her around. I did like the description of the hives and how the honey was extracted and learning about bees. I loved the relationship between Trevor and Natalie. I did NOT see the twist coming toward the end that was I guess the main reason why Natalie could not be with Trevor.

I love how in the Nicholas Sparks books I've read, he has the characters that are together be together for a long time, like Allie and Noah in the Notebook (I think those are their names?) I like that this was relatively fast reading but I was sad when I finished. I liked how even though Trevor had his issues, they didn't stop him from living his life. I enjoyed reading about his relationship with his grandfather as well. I honestly thought Natalie was going to end up being Callie's mother, but I was wrong. I really enjoyed the character development of Callie, Natalie and Trevor. It was neat reading about the town and the farmers market. I also liked how after Natalie couldn't see Trevor anymore, he still made sure she had honey. I wish it had been different, though I did admire Natalie's commitment to her husband. A lot of people in that situation would have left, thinking he would never wake up.

I thought the PTSD and other emotional issues were handled nicely and I liked that Trevor spoke to a therapist regularly. I would have liked to possibly seen a panic or anxiety attack, but overall I really enjoyed this and it was very well written. Anyone else read it? Or any of the others above?

Congrats on doing so well with your challenge!

tyvm!! I'm a fast reader and I haven't had a lot to do this week.

An Excellent Choice: Panic and Joy on My Solo Path to Motherhood

E this one was a faster read than I thought. I found it interesting, it was just her experience trying to have a child without facts and figures etc. What I also found interesting was that she and her partner, L, were together, or it seemed like it, but they didn't live together. Their children (L had a son first and I believe Emma was there for the birth also,) didn't think of the other parent as Mom. She is originally from England and I like how she mentions different things about England and goes back to visit a few times during the book. Her father and at least one friend from there comes to the US to visit her also.

The first I would say 2/3 or so deals with her thinking about and then trying to become pregnant. Some people may find it boring, but I found it interesting. She had to be inseminated 2 or 3 times before it resulted in a pregnancy.

I also found interesting that she didn't want her partner to come to drs appointments and ultrasounds. However, L, the partner, was there for the c-section birth and came to visit in the hospital as well as drove Mother and babies home.

Emma chose to have a baby nurse for the first month and after that did it mostly alone, she had friends pop in occasionally, and L of course. Overall, I thought this was a fairly realistic book especially the part where the twins were newborns, and it showed the issues with IUI, meaning it doesn't always work on the first try. I recommend this book to anyone looking to have a baby on their own or anyone curious about going through a pregnancy basically alone while you're in a relationship. I thought it was very well written. It did bother me though, that we didn't know L's son's name, but I think I understand why.

Karen, wow, you're cruising through this challenge

Congratulations on doing so well with your challenge!!