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I really did enjoy this book. The writing was superb and she manages to balance out the sides to each story. In a book like this I find that I have to judge based on how much the plot moves me emotionally - for good or for bad. Unfortunately some of the ways the plot led made me feel rather conflicted and uncomfortable, leading me to give this one a rating lower than it could have potentially had. If there were half scores, I would give it a 3.5. I had quite powerful opinions that formed throughout the development of the story. The case of assisted suicide is presented quite well. Even though I found myself often torn about Maggie's death, I could understand the pain. Though I could never put myself in the position of either Jamie or Maggie with regard to her death, I could see how such a tragic illness could tear two people apart. I did find it slightly distracting that the book began to sway more heavily towards the relationship between Cam and Mia. I felt that the focus left the Jamie story line too much and I was absolutely disgusted by Cam. He wants to have his cake and eat it too. I found it highly upsetting. I would've changed a few things about the story to make it more palatable, but she does keep it realistic. Though I may not like the way things turned out, this is the way that they certainly could've occurred in real life. I just felt disappointed in the development of Allie's character. I found her so charismatic and loving at the beginning. I hated to see her become more and more of a doormat as things progressed.

CeeCee Wilkes is conned into aiding Timothy Gleason and his brother kidnap the Governor's wife, Genevieve. She is naive and unaware that she is being used. When Genevieve's remains are found twenty years later, the child she was carrying missing, CeeCee's life turns upside down. She was there and she knows what has happened. How much should she do?

It's difficult to review this book without giving away too much of the story. Though this wasn't what I was expecting, I found myself enjoying this book. There were a few uncomfortable moments and times when I would have written things differently, but the plot weaves a good sense of conflict among the characters. I formed very strong feelings about the main characters - their dynamics lent themselves to frustration. I had a hard time deciding on my rating for this book. Once again, I am wishing there were half stars. I actually would place this at a 3.5. I did enjoy reading it. It just didn't suck me in as much as it had the potential to do.

I'm not sure what I was expecting here, but this wasn't it. Lift is an open letter to her daughters. While it's cute and in some places very endearing, it doesn't really have a good flow and seems to wander aimlessly from one topic to the next. She has a nice style of writing and she does well with speaking directly to her daughters, I just wish it were organized a little bit differently.

Historical fiction, but not my favorite read. A bit of a slow storyline along with a very confusing narration. For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/02/2012-boty-once-on-moonless-night-by-dai.html

If you need help sleeping, start reading. Do not torture yourself and read this whole thing like I did thinking that it will get better. If you don't like it in 20 pages, you won't like it. It's all the same. For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/04/2012-boty-girls-in-white-dresses-by.html

Cute and quirky read. A little bit rough on the verbiage here and there, but overall a good book. For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/05/2012-boty-ella-minnow-pea-by-mark-dunn.html

I had mixed feelings about this book. I wanted to like it more than I did, but there were a few distracting things that kept me from really latching on. The premise for the story is good and the character of Elza is well built, but there were pieces of the story that were needless and simply took up space - occasionally even causing a jarring of the flow. With a little more editing and development, this book could have been great. For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/04/2012-boty-elzas-kitchen-by-marc-fitten.html

I liked this book, but I didn't love it. The writing is descriptive and good, but the plot just didn't suck me in. I had some issues with transitions and got confused a few times because there seemed to be some choppiness here and there.

I was left wanting more and felt that the story didn't really have the solid ending that I needed.

For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/03/2012-boty-forgotten-country-by.html

I received this book as a Goodreads First Read.

A dark and quirky comedy. It read easily, but the characters were a bit over the top. It had a promising plot and the writing is good, but too much on the odd side for me. Not really my style of book, I suppose.

For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/08/east-of-denver-by-gregory-hill.html

An interesting and unique plot, but somewhat spoiled by the author's voice and somewhat wandering focus. For the full review: http://erraticprojectjunkie.blogspot.com/2012/11/middlesex-by-jeffrey-eugenides.html