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.

Shanghai girls - Lisa See

I picked this novel mainly because of the author. I loved her previous book Snow Flower and the secret fan that I've read.
This book too didn't fail. I was engrossed and always waiting to see what would happen in the end. It is a story of two sisters May and Pearl who are forced to marry two Chinese guys from US i.e. Vern and Sam respectively. They try to not go to US but are forced to go there. How they spend time on the immigration island (Angel Island) because of some problems and then go to US. 'Paper sons' and 'paper wives' is a concept new to me. I was only a bit disappointed in the end. I expected something more. :)

A man's heart - Lori Copeland

I liked this novel. Jules broke off her engagement to Cruz twice before and she returns back from her college when her father passes away. She is not close to her sister Crystal and this story is now about Jules and how she gets back with Cruz, Crystal and also about her close friend Sophia. Jules ends up having to take care of Sophia's two little kids and also a potato farm left to her by her father. I really enjoyed reading this novel :)

The accidental virgin - Valerie Frankel

This was a chickflick novel that I had picked up. Didn't like it much. It is about Stacy Temple , a designer at an online lingerie store, who broke up with her boyfriend one year back and hasn't gone on a date since a year and how she tries to get laid with anyone before that one year is up. It was just okay for me and I didn't quite like it.

The red scarf - Kate Furnivall

This book actually captured me because of its cover and story line. It is set in Russia and is during a very brutal time during communism.


Sophia Morozova and Anna Fedorina are in a Russian labor camp. They both become friends and Sophia vows to get Anna out. Anna had told her about her beau Vasily who she had last met when she was twelve and he was fourteen. Sophia has to escape from the camp and convince Vasily to help her and on the way, there are many interesting things that happen and how she mistakes different people who ultimately all come together to help her achieve her goal.

The first time - Joy Fielding

I was having a hazy feeling when I picked this book that I had read it earlier before. I wasn't 100% sure though, so I started reading and by the first chapter, I realised I had read it before :D to my surprise I hadn't reviewed it here. It is an interesting one and brings up lots of issues. Mattie Hart is married to Jake and has a teenage daughter Kim. Jake is leaving her and is with another woman Honey Novak. Then tragedy strikes and Mattie has Lou Gehrig's disease. Jake feels guilty and comes back and starts living with Mattie and Kim again. Unresolved issues start coming back and the three of them are forced to deal with it. Nice book :)