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Oh Book Blog I have ignored you for so long! I have a new goal to return to you more frequently! So some good reads:
Days Of Gold: Jude Deveraux: If you like Scottland and love stories this is definitely a good read for you. I do like myself a good love story, however I did feel that this one lagged somewhat. It was a little meager in the villain plot, and I do feel like the four year gap was a tad too long. Also there was some really surprising love connections at the end, and it felt like the author was just trying to have all of the characters have a happy ending. I mean I like myself some happy endings, but I feel as if the author was just reaching for straws at the end. You'll understand if you read it. Overall thought I would say it's a decent book to read, it was entertaining, and I don't regret reading it. :)

Next up: The Vampire Diaries The Return: Nightfall. This was an epic disaster. Not only is there a huge discrepancy between time periods (the first books take place in the 90's, new books now suddenly take place in present day) but also come on leave the series alone! LJ Smith you are a smart author, why are you putting your readers through more pain by making Elena choose between the two brothers again!? Also why why why whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy can Damon not remember Matt's name. He definitely knew it in the first four books. This book made me mad. If you like the Diaries, don't ruin the series for yourselves and stay away from the newer ones.

The Lace Reader, Brunonia Barry: So I read this, and yes it was beautifully written, however it was confusing as heck! The ending was definitely a twist and made you wonder what the heck is going on? I didn't know whether to think of the main character as just plain crazy or severely messed up. I don't even know what to make of this book. I'll give it a second read and update if I feel like I was way off base in my judgments about it first.

The Help, Kathryn Stockett: Honestly when I picked up this book I really thought it was going to be about Cinderella's mice. Boy I was wrong. This was a fantastic book. Discussing the trials of black maids in Jackson, Mississippi in the 60's this was an awesome story. It was original and I truly felt like I knew every character in the book. It also made me want to literally punch the white ladies in the book. I also thought it was fantastic how they had kind of a calendar girl-esque thing going with calling the white employers ch. 1, ch. 2 You get my drift. Overall this is my recommendation for this post!
Happy reading!