Baby Talk by Mike Wells

Synopsis: In this creepy horror novel, Neal Becker is convinced that his 5 month old baby daughter can talk. But that's impossible...isn't it? Except that Neal didn't really want to get married in the first place and pushed his wife for an abortion. And now, Baby Natasha knows it. She's out to get Neal, or so he believes. Join the two in a terrifying battle for survival that will make your blood run cold!

Thoughts: I started this thinking it was supposed to be a horror story, but it wound up being more of a comedy,at least to me. I didn't find anything in it to be the least bit scary.

I don't think I will be reading Book 2, mainly because the prologue told me all I need to know about what it contains. Not a big fan of books that start with the ending,especially when the actual ending doesn't come until the second book.
My rating:  Two stars

Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon, Day Four Update

Thursday, September 11, 2014
What I read today:  358 pages
Total pages read for challenge so far: 2119
Today's finished books: An Inconvenient Year, by Yvonne Joye
Books I made progress in: The Moment Of Everything, by Shelly King --86%
                                         The Kennedy Connection, by R.G. Belsky--29%
                                          Chocolate Covered Murder, by Leslie Meier--64%
Total number of finished books: 5
Titles of finished books: The Book Stops Here, by Kate Carlisle
                                    Dissonance, by Erica O'Rourke
                                    Watercolor Dreams, by Sherry Kyle
                                    Confessions of a Teenage Rape Survivor, by Holly Dae
                                    An Inconvenient Year, by Yvonne Joye

Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon Challenge: Five Favorite Books

My Five Favorite Books: 

The Shack by William Paul Young
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Confessions Of A Teenage Rape Survivor by Holly Dae

And here are the covers for each of them:
 

An Inconvenient Year by Yvonne Joye

Synopsis:  It is a book that deals with the social side of cancer, as a parent, a lover and a friend. It is a story of coping with uncertainty, the reactions of others and living with them too. It documents the total shock and utter fear that a diagnosis brings and the hopelessness of surrendering to a treatment that brings its own baggage yet ultimately insures life. It talks about confronting hair loss along with discovering the more covert assault on all things feminine. Yet at the very root of the book, ahead of the fear and anger, there is humour and laughter. Though the story of cancer has been told before, it has not been told like this.

Thoughts: This book really resonated with me...so much of it could have been my own story from 2013. Finding out that the lump you kept telling yourself was nothing was breast cancer, dealing with chemo and the side effects,radiation and the side effects,surgery,recovery, etc.---and still trying to lead a "normal" life and convince the rest of the world that everything is "fine."

I've read several books by cancer survivors, but this one is the one I've found to be the most realistic, with all the raw emotions you feel but can't always express.

I am going to be recommending this book to anyone I know who is a survivor, a fighter, or a caregiver.
Rating: Five stars

Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon Update for Day Three

Wednesday, September 10, 2014
What I read today:  352 pages (didn't have quite as much free time as on Tuesday!)
Total pages read for challenge so far: 1761
Today's finished books: 0
Books I made progress in: The Moment Of Everything, by Shelly King --60%
                                         The Kennedy Connection, by R.G. Belsky--18%
                                          Chocolate Covered Murder, by Leslie Meier--44%
Total number of finished books: 4
Titles of finished books: The Book Stops Here, by Kate Carlisle
                                    Dissonance, by Erica O'Rourke
                                    Watercolor Dreams, by Sherry Kyle
                                    Confessions of a Teenage Rape Survivor, by Holly Dae

Tackle Your TBR Read-a-thon Challenge: Life's A Beach Contest

The Challenge: Post a picture of your favorite beach, along with the name of the beach and location. 


My picture:


Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Tackle Your TBR Readathon--Day Two Update

Tuesday, September 9, 2014
What I read today: 1005 pages
Total pages read for challenge so far: 1409
Today's finished books: Watercolor Dreams, by Sherry Kyle
                                     Confessions of a Teenage Rape Survivor, by Holly Dae
Total number of finished books: 4
Titles of finished books: The Book Stops Here, by Kate Carlisle
                                    Dissonance, by Erica O'Rourke
                                    Watercolor Dreams, by Sherry Kyle
                                    Confessions of a Teenage Rape Survivor, by Holly Dae