Left Neglected by Lisa Genova




Sarah Nickerson is like any other career-driven supermom in Welmont, the affluent Boston suburb where she leads a hectic but charmed life with her husband Bob, faithful nanny, and three children—Lucy, Charlie, and nine-month-old Linus.



Between recruiting the best and brightest minds as the vice president of human resources at Berkley Consulting; shuttling the kids to soccer, day care, and piano lessons; convincing her son's teacher that he may not, in fact, have ADD; and making it home in time for dinner, it's a wonder this over-scheduled, over-achieving Harvard graduate has time to breathe.



A self-confessed balloon about to burst, Sarah miraculously manages every minute of her life like an air traffic controller. Until one fateful day, while driving to work and trying to make a phone call, she looks away from the road for one second too long. In the blink of an eye, all the rapidly moving parts of her jam-packed life come to a screeching halt.



A traumatic brain injury completely erases the left side of her world, and for once, Sarah relinquishes control to those around her, including her formerly absent mother. Without the ability to even floss her own teeth, she struggles to find answers about her past and her uncertain future.



Now, as she wills herself to regain her independence and heal, Sarah must learn that her real destiny—her new, true life—may in fact lie far from the world of conference calls and spreadsheets. And that a happiness and peace greater than all the success in the world is close within reach, if only she slows down long enough to notice.







This was a pretty quick read with a message that I need to hear every once inawhile. I can't be everywhere all the time and give everyone 100% of everything and keep everything afloat.







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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling




Finally finished the last book in this series! It took me 2 years of on/off reading and Im so glad that I committed to it and finished the series.



The ending was great. I haven't seen any of the movies so it was all new to me. I had no idea if Harry would live or die. I really enjoyed this series!!



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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I read this awhile ago. It was hard to get through as some of Moore's books are. You really have to be in the mood to read a novel by Christopher Moore and Im not sure I was quite in the right frame of mind when I started this book. It was funny but not as much as I thought it would be, but again I probably should of waited until I was ready for Moore's style.







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Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo




Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear.



Colton said he met his miscarried sister whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how "reaaally big" God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit "shoots down power" from heaven to help us.



Told by the father but often in Colton's own words, the disarmingly simple message is heaven is a real place, Jesus really loves children, and be ready there is a coming last battle.



This special keepsake edition is designed especially for gift-giving. New material includes a presentation page, 16-page color photo section, and a "Reflecting on Heaven" guide to enhance the reader's experience.



I thought this was an ok book but not one that "changed my life". A little far fetched.



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