Read This!

Okay, I'm not a book critic by any means.  In fact I could never be one because I never take the time to finish a book I don't love.

LTS # 10:  Life's too short to read a bad book.

So, when I get a book that I can't put down, I literally want to tell everyone about it so they can get that same feeling I have right now.  I know that everyone doesn't always have the same reaction as I do, but for the most part, the books I love are the ones that will make you think about your own life.

So my latest Read This book is What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty, an Australian author that I've read before.  One thing you'll get with her books is a quirky mix plot lines, characters, and problems.  Sometimes it's choppy, but the end, I get it.  I understand why she writes and edits the way she does.  It's all for the reader's experience of the story, and reads somewhat like a movie.

The gist of the story line is about a 39 year-old woman who hits her head during a spinning class.  When she comes to, she cannot remember the last ten years of her life.  She believes she is 29 and pregnant with her first child.  Needless to say, a lot can happen in ten years, and she is shocked to find out what kind of person she has turned out to be.  Her marriage is failing, her friends are vicious, and her kids can't seem to stand her.

To get any more you'll have to read the book.  What I found myself doing though is looking back ten years ago in my own life and seeing how I was different, and ultimately how different our marriage was.  There are so many factors that go into a marriage that change who used to be.

Kids
Money or lack thereof
Work
Family
Friends
Death
Dreams

All of it is one thing at the beginning of a marriage and completely different ten years later.  To weather the storms of life you must be able to continue seeing the good in everyone around you.  To just see what's wrong is misery for everyone involved.

I hope you read this book.  I know it'll change the way you see your own life.

Have a fabulous week!