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 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!

Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

Very very touching, heart breaking novel. I just loved the ending scene, it was really a tear jerker :(

Seeing the cover of the book, I got a bit frightened. It looked too serious for my liking :) but I enjoyed the book thoroughly.

The storyline is about a Joad family in Oklahoma and how they migrate to California for work. The story is of their struggle on daily things like food, baths, clothes etc. The central character I feel is the mother of the family who takes on a lot and knows how to push buttons of every person in the family to get things done.

It's a lovely story and definitely a must read.

The Abstinence Teacher - Tom Perrotta

From the title of the book and the way it starts out, it literally gives me a scare about what is happening in that book :) But it turns out for the better as it progresses in the story. I liked the story but I don't agree as such with everything in the book.

It talks about a sex - education teacher whose thoughts are that kids should know how to use a condom and blah blah and it sort of encourages sex while at a young age. I am not for that. I agree that we should be educated but we should know that it should be abstained until marriage. But it was a lovely book and I enjoyed reading it.

The funny thing right now is that one of my friends wanted to learn sketching and the cover of this book has two birds and few bees on it. I also want to learn how to sketch it :)) Probably will sketch it someday and post it here.

Remembering Sarah - Chris Mooney

This is a good mystery book about the murders of three young girls. It is about priest, abortions and how our beliefs lead us to do many things.

The suspense is kept till the very end. I really enjoyed this book. It talks about the emotions of a father who feels responsible for the death of his child, about a son who feels unloved by his father, about a husband who is unable to connect with his wife.

Talks about the wife who is hiding a secret and many other smaller stories entwined in this.
A must-read in the section of mystery novels.

Goodbye and Amen - Beth Gutcheon

Hmm this book was a bit weird in the way that it is written from different people's perspectives. So at one point in time I got confused who was related to whom and in what way are they talking.

It is mainly about a family whose mother and father have passed away and about a cottage "Leeway Cottage" that is left to them. There are three sisters and one brother who are all married and have kids and how life passes on for them with various misunderstandings and surprises.

I expected more from this book but was just satisfied with it. Wasnt a very memorable book for me.