Insurgent

Spoilers! (This is a book discussion more than a book review.) I really liked insurgent. I love trilogies, I love seeing the characters grow. 

Tris is struggling with the fact that she killed Will, and who can blame her? She shot one of her best friends! I would struggle with that guilt for the rest of my life. I know a lot of people say she just needs to get over it, I disagree. That would make her less realistic. Life hurts sometimes. 

I want some bread from Amity. That's all I have to say about that. :)

I feel for Tobias. His parental situation is hard. I can understand. When your parent leaves you it hurts. You want to forgive them, you want to love them, you want to tell yourself it will all be ok. But they left you. And it's not easily forgiven. You don't want to be hurt again. It's hard to trust. I didn't trust her. 

I felt relieved when Tris told Christina and Tobias that she shot Will. It's so much easier to deal with emotions when close ones are there for you. 

Marlene! Uriah! :.....(

Jeanine. Oh boy oh boy. I hate her even more in this book and ... I can't hold back any longer... Caleb! What the heck, Caleb?! I trusted you!

Peter, thank you for saving Tris. I did not see that coming, ok kind of, but not really. I figured somehow she'd be saved but I didn't expect it to be by Peter.

The fight against herself was intriguing to me. We all fight ourselves on a daily basis. I love how that played into the book. Which part of ourself do we choose to win? 

Evelyn is the enemy at the end of insurgent. It makes me sad that Tobias can't count on his parents. 

I love that it ended with the video clip. I admit that as soon as I finished  insurgent, I picked up Allegiant. I really wanted to know more, to see what they found out and how they handled it all. And I'm glad I did. 

Lift by Kelly Corrigan

This book is a blessing. It's a quick read. It's emotional. I cried a lot, I was happy, sad, happy. This book is a letter from a mother to her children. I've also been recording memories for my little guys, and it's nice to see a "completed" one. I use "" because there is more to come, but this is where she chose to end the letter. 

I'm very grateful for having read this special book and I recommend it to every mother or child. So basically everyone. Happy reading. 

March Book Club - Divergent

Divergent by Veronica Roth. 

This is the first book I've read of this years book club selections. Honestly, I forgot it was a book club book. Someone recommended it to me last year, but it sounded lame. I got another recommendation; and my SIL asked if I'd read it because she was getting recommendations for it, but also thought it sounded lame. Well I was out picking up my wedding ring (I needed it sized a bit bigger for post baby fingers) and Aiden had to go to the bathroom. So I pulled into Barnes and noble. They had one set left on a display and I grabbed it before anyone else could. I get like that sometimes. I read the first eight chapters in one sitting from an online excerpt, and the rest two days ago. I loved it. I loved getting lost in it. The action and budding romance. I love Four, I just do. If I detailed how much I like his character it would take way more time than I have at the moment. ;) I like Tris but felt like she was slow to catch onto things. (Like her mothers past, it was pretty darn obvious). I appreciated that it was easy reading. It's a little harder to get into more complex books at this point in my life. Having a 2 1/2 year old boy and a six month old boy takes up a lot of energy. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore my children. I love them. I love to play with them. But sometimes I want my own time to do what I love. And I love to read. Lucky (kind of) for me, I got a cold. So two days ago Aiden was fine playing by himself in the living room with pbs kids on for when he wanted an occasional break; and Carter was fine being held and playing independently in his jumper or on the floor when not napping. So I spent most of the day on the couch. Resting my body and reading Divergent. It's true that both being home and working have their challenges. At work I always missed Aiden. So much. I wanted to be the one to teach him everything and watch him grow. I love that I have that opportunity now. The hard part about being home is usually not getting a break. I've had to interrupt writing this a few times to tend to the boys. So now that this has turned into a mom post...shall we get back on track? I felt conflicting emotions about Al's death. It seemed like he was a really good guy who was just acting on hurt emotions. Although definitely in the wrong way. Then another emotions based act, and he's gone. Pardon my language but Peter can just go...you know. I really want to use bad language here because he's such a...you know. Oh and Will! Poor Will! 

I recommend Divergent for a quick read and am looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy. 

Fifty Shades Trilogy

I had my second child in September. A little boy named Carter Jacob. I still have the three books from bons book club of last year to get to, but at the time I was expecting to be returning to my day job, so I wanted to read the fifty shade trilogy before returning. It's not something I wanted to read at work. I ended up staying home, and I got a job working some evenings when my husband is here. I am, however, very glad I read them. I had gotten several recommendations for them, oddly enough, most of them were coworkers. But I was very hesitant because I heard they were trashy. Parts of them are a bit intense, but overall I enjoyed them. It has a good story line and I loved getting to know the characters. I really enjoyed the parts that went into Christian's childhood. And I loved when his mom found out about the pedo. I definitely recommend the trilogy if you can keep an open mind in the beginning.