Mexico Reads

Pat and I spent Presidents week in Cancun, Mexico.  I did a ton of reading by the pool, and it would just take forever to do a post for each book.  So I'll give a few sentences about each here:

by Jeffrey Masson

I was already reading this before I got to Mexico, so I had to finish it before I started anything else.  It wasn't what I was expecting.  I thought it was going to be a nice little story about a dog who loved too much.  It wasn't.  It was nonfiction about how dogs think.  I found it very interesting.

3 out of 5 stars.

  by Jen Lancaster

This was next.  I found her self confidence amazing!  She knew what she wanted and went for it.  Things didn't always work out the way she hoped, but she tried.  And she talked about the failures as well as the successes.  Can't wait to read more by her!

4 out of 5 stars.

   by Spencer Quinn

This is the book club book.  I knew I had to read it before we came home, otherwise I wouldn't have time to finish it before the meeting.  This is the story of Private Investigator Bernie and his dog Chet, a failed K-9.  It's the first in the Chet and Bernie Mystery series.  I'll read more.  I'm a sucker for a good story with a dog.  I could have done without the violence to poor Chet, but it was part of the story, and he seemed to be fine.

3.5 out of 5 stars.



  by Rene Gutteridge

I would never have read this if it wasn't the "Friday Free Book" from Nook the day before we left for Mexico.  That, and had I not read through everything else so fast.  This is about what happens when private conversations become public.  Very interesting!  I'm thinking about suggesting it for the next book club!

4 out of 5 stars.



  by Paula McLain

This is the first non-Nook book I read that wasn't school related since I got my Nook.  I won it from Goodreads.com a while back.  It's an advanced reader copy, not available to the public until March 8th.  It's the story of Ernest Hemingway's first wife, Hadley.  I had to keep reminding myself that this was FICTION!  I've never read anything by Hemingway and don't really care to.  Had no idea how many times he'd been married and wasn't sure I cared about his first wife.  But since I won it, I gave this a try.  I brought it to Mexico just in case.  And since I read everything else I brought, I read it.  Couldn't put it down.  Going to suggest this for book club too!

4 out of 5 stars.



Currently reading:  How Did You Get this Number? by Sloane Crosley