On a Someday - Roxanne Henke

This story is about Claire West and her family. Claire is a college professor and close to retirement. She had tried to author a book for the past five years but has not gotten it to be reviewed by a book publisher. One of her friends asks her to give it a shot and it turns out to be a best seller and there starts her chain of lectures to promote the book.

Claire is married to Jim who is a owner of grocery stores. He bought an old car to restore 'someday' when he retires.

His son Drew is a loan officer in New York and gets married and then his wife pushes him to move to his home town. She feels being closer to grandma and grandpa would be nicer for the son they now have.

Jim initially wants Drew to take over his business and Drew doesnt want to. How does the story end? It's all about 'someday'. When will that blessed 'someday' come in our lives?

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot

I loved this book. I came across this book because my book club is reading it this month. Rebecca Skloot writes a sort of biography of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks is a black woman in the 1950s who died from cervical cancer. Her doctor had taken a sample of her cancer cells and that cell was the first one to survive in a lab. It was responsible for many breakthroughs in science, especially the cure for polio. But no one knew in the beginning whose cells they were. Rebecca followed up with Henrietta's daughter Deborah and there in begins the story of how the book is written. Lovely book!

A Child called It - Dave Pelzer

It's a sad story of child abuse. I felt really bad while reading the book. I didnt like it much probably because there is no conclusion at the end. But truly, while reading it, I was much hurt that parents could be like this. I wouldn't recommend it because it is a sad story!

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate DiCamillo

Heheh this was actually a colleague's recommendation for kids. But I read it :D The story is about the china rabbit Edward. It starts out with Abilene and her granny. Granny had given Abilene the rabbit as a gift. Edward is a bit vain. When Abilene and her parents are going on vacation, she takes him to play with. But due to some fight with kids, he gets thrown overboard. Then Edward is passed onto different people - a hobo, a girl with pneumonia, a fisherman etc. All the lessons learnt on the way help make Edward a selfless rabbit. He is eventually broken and is taken to a doll maker to be repaired. He lies on the shelf and is finally bought by a little girl Maggie whose mother turns out to be Abilene :D

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog - John Grogan

Oh I had heard a lot about this book and the movie. But Im a book lover and hence wanted to read the book before watching the movie. I loved the book! I must say I've never been much happy with the idea of a dog at home. But after reading the book, I want one and want one NOW! Especially a lab. I find them as puppies so cute. I want them to never grow :D always be those cute adorable puppies.

Now onto the book review, it's about the newly married couple John and Jenny who are settling down in Florida. Jenny decides she wants a dog to nurture so that she can practise her mothering skills :) They get Marlet and life changes totally heheh. He's a cute puppy who grows up into a huge dog who acts crazy. The book is about the life of John and Jenny and how their life changes through Marley. A good read!

True Colors - Kristin Hannah

This is an extremely dramatic book. I liked it in the sense since it is about three sisters - the Grey sisters. How they are together and how they break up because of certain circumstances. The oldest is Winona who is fat and who longs for her father's approval. She is a good lawyer in town and everyone values her advice. The second one is Aurora who married her lover but he dies leaving her a widow. She remarries again but is not happy. She is the peacemaker between Winona and the youngest one, Vivi Ann. Vivi is carefree and generous. No thoughts about the future. Everything comes easily for Vivi Ann. She falls in love with a native Indian and that's where the trials start!

The Winter Rose - Jennifer Donnelly

I loved this book :D I don't know why but I just couldn't put it down once I started reading it. It's set in London and India Jones wants to work at a clinic in the slum-sections of London. She is a aristrocrat and her fiance is set to take over London's parliament. She meets Sid Malone, the underworld don there and she is confused as to her emotions. On the other hand, we have Fiona Bristow who is a big-time tea merchant and she is the sister of Sid. No one knows about this other than her husband Joe Bristow. Interesting storyline of how India has to convince Sid to leave his ways. She tries to but in the end, the cops catch up with him. Does he survive? That's for you to read and find out!

The Godmother - Carrie Adams

It is an average book for me. I wasn't much impressed by this book. I'm still not sure how it got on my 'To-read' list :D It is the story of Tessa King who comes back from India after taking a vacation from her stalker boss. She now has to find a new job and she is the godmother of her friends' children. She sees the life of Nick and Fran who struggle bringing up their son Caspar; her friend Al and Claudia struggle through fertility treatments to have a child; Neil and Helen have twins but Helen has her own deep dark problems;Billy is a single mom to Cora and can't break it with her ex even though he treats her badly and lastly;Ben and Sasha who have no plans to have children. Tessa was in love wih Ben once and she is confused about relationships. It's confusing for her and she has to re-examine many things in her life!

Savannah from Savannah - Denise Hildreth

I found this book very hilarious. The story is about Savannah who is from a place Savannah in Southern US. According to Savannah, her mom Victoria Phillips is constantly meddling in her life and she wants to do something for herself. She wins a publishing contest and thinks that her mother had something to do with it and hence she rejects the offer of a book publication and comes home to become a human-interest writer. She gets fodder for her story through some investigation that she is doing :D and it is so funny the situations she gets herself into. Really lovely book! I want to read some more by this author.