Night by Elie Wiesel

I'd read this book in jr. high school and I'd completely forgotten what it was like.  It wasn't as graphic as some of the other things I've read about the holocaust.  I'm sure he witnessed many more terrible things than he included in this.  This is a survivor's true account.  What sticks out for me now, is the hours and hours of running.  Having no food or water, being treated so poorly, and being expected to run vast distances.  The holocaust fascinates me.  That something like this happened.  It is horrific.  Death marches.  Anyway, it is short and a quick read if you're interested in this history.

Looking for Alaska by John Green

I've grown tired of writing a bit underneath these pictures.  The point of the blog for me is just to keep track of what I've read.  I will say this, I've read all but one of John Green's books, and I love him.  I can't say any of my comments without spoiling, so just read this one.  He writes young adult fiction, and always makes me chuckle.  It is a great book.

Bared to You by Sylvia Day

The entire time I was reading this I kept thinking I was re-reading 50 Shades of Grey.  A lot of similarities.  Minus the BDSM.  Also, this one has a bit more storyline to it than the first book in the Shade series. 

City of Thieves by David Benioff

This was a great book.  It's during the war, and these two young men are asked to find a dozen eggs for the Colonel as his daughter is getting married and he needs them to be able to bake a wedding cake.  So the tale is of their adventure in trying to survive, locate a dozen eggs, and then try to get them back to the Colonel...they have one week to do this.  I didn't like the ending of the story but I can't tell you why without giving anything away.

Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner

I finished this book last night, and although it took a while for me to get into, it wasn't too bad.  I didn't enjoy the book as much as I remember enjoying "Good In Bed".  I was hoping for funnier.  So this woman from New York moves to this crappy town where she feels she doesn't fit in (in the middle of the story we find out that her husband wanted to move because one day she was out with their three kids and somebody mugs her...stroller.  Just takes the stroller.)  And one of the ladies of the town (they are all married with kids and have 'perfect' lives) gets murdered.  Then the woman gets caught up trying to solve who did it.

In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner

I read this book last month, bringing my total number of books read for 2012 to 40.  I'm pretty sure I had seen the movie a long time ago, but didn't remember that when I picked it out to read.  It was a bit disappointing because I really like reading the books first, and also, I like to picture the characters in my head.  Having seen the movie, and having Cameron Diaz on the front cover, I had to picture the stars that were cast in the movie.  I didn't enjoy the story very much.