A Sweet Beginning

4 days in a car + over 2 weeks vacation = a lot of reading this month!

This book is about a girl who reaches her goal of earning a Rhodes Scholarship and the opportunity to go study at Oxford for a year.  I loved reading about her relationships with the other characters and was interested from beginning to end.  

I loved Elin Hilderbrand's new book.  It was her typical awesome summer read about Nantucket but the story line included a murder mystery.  

This memoir is about the author's experience growing up Mormon in a polygamist family in Mexico.  It is a tough story to hear but very inspiring and captivating.  I couldn't put it down.

The author of this book posts comedic videos about parenting online and her book was equally funny.  On her 41st birthday she decided she was going to live brave and stand up for herself.  She is hilarious, relatable, and encouraging.

This memoir is about a girl who responds to a job posting on Craigslist that ends up being for the position of President Obama's stenographer.  She tells stories about her travels on Air Force One, her interactions with the Obama Administration, and her relationships.  I loved hearing about her job and getting a behind the scenes look.

This book is about an event planner from Chicago who loses her job and moves to Lake Sackett, Georgia to work with the family business:  a bait shop / funeral home.  While the story line didn't seem completely believable to me, I enjoyed the characters and was rooting for the main character to find love and happiness.

This book was made up of stories about Kathy Griffin's celebrity encounters.  It wasn't as juicy as I expected, but a few of the stories were funny.

I also re-read two of my favorite books this month.  I consider August my "new-year" since I head back to school and always like to re-read a few motivational books that I have loved in the past.