Girls in Trouble - Caroline Leavitt

This book made me angry several times. Just when I thought I knew where it was going, it completely changed directions. The plot is good - 16-year-old girl has a baby and puts it up for adoption but clings to the adopting family, only to have them uproot themselves to get rid of the birth mother- which started out great but you can imagine how complicated the situation became. And rather quickly.

Sara Rothman gives birth at 16 and looses contact with the baby shortly thereafter (after an attempted kidnapping), but comes to realize she wants to know her daughter after all. She sets out looking for her, finds her, is reunited with the father of the child, whom she has not seen in 16 years- and who, as it turns out, didn't know the baby was ever even born- and realizes her love for him has not faded. Enter confused now 16-year-old girl who never knew she was adopted, and you have quite an interesting situation.

I did enjoy the book; it was a rather quick read, but there are some things I would like to have seen turn out differently.

Back to books!

After a brief hiatus, I'm back to reading for fun - yay!! I'm getting into the 8-5 workday groove so it's time to bust out the books again :)

I just finished The Picker Who Perished, a To Good To Be Threw consignment shop mystery, and for some reason it took me a couple weeks to finish. It wasn't even a hard read, I just kept going from thinking I knew what was going to happen to being totally confused that I had to stop reading. I think being sick the entire time I read it forced me to lose concentration easily, not something that usually happens to me.

This weekend I borrowed a great stack of books from my reading pal Kay:

• Jodi Picoult's newest, Change of Heart, which I've heard MANY good things about
• Caroline Leavitt's Girls In Trouble
• Dr. Judy Goldstein and Sebastian Stuart's 24-Karat Kids, which looks like a fun, easy read
• and a Memoir about autism, Running with Walker by Robert Hughes

Today I started Girls In Trouble, and I'm going to try my hardest to finish it by the end of the week..wish me luck!

Sick!

I've had a horrible time the past week with these darn allergies, and unfortunately I've been hitting the sheets early every night, which really cuts into my reading time. So, no real updates on the book front, except that I have one chapter remaining in Good to Great, and I just started The Picker Who Perished.

Lately I've been reading many business related articles, books and the like since I started my new job last Monday. I've got to get my mind to transition more easily from business to fluff, because lately I can only concentrate on one or the other, and business usually wins! I imagine once I get more accustomed to my job responsibilities, I'll have more time for the easy reading.

Happy reading to all!