Ruby by Ann Hood

A recent widow, Olivia, hooks up with a pregnant teen, Ruby.  Olivia decides she wants to adopt Ruby's baby, but will Ruby be able to give up her baby?

4 stars

South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby

Life for scientists and support staff at the South Pole.  The stuff about the research stations and stuff was interesting, although I really couldn't follow the experiment stuff.  I didn't really care about any of the characters.

3 stars.

Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen

Audio
Read by John Rubinstein
12.5 hours

This felt like a Seinfeld episode.  This small group of characters keep interacting in different ways.  The title character was kind of far fetched.

I didn't like the reader at first, and almost skipped this book.  Turned out to be okay, but I didn't really love him as a reader.

3.5 stars

First Comes Love by Emily Giffin

Audio
Read by Emily Foster and Catherine Taber.
12 hours.

Title is very misleading.  I had feared it was some kind of sappy romance, but decided to try it anyway.

Tale of two sisters whose older brother is killed in a car accident and how it affects their lives.  Great characterization.

4.5 stars

The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones

Local Kentucky woman goes missing.  Honestly, the characterization was excellent, but I'm not sure what the whole story line about Emily had to really do with the main story.  I also feel like I didn't get the last chapter.

3.5 stars.

Good as Gone by Amy Gentry

Audio
Read by Karen Peakes
7 hours, 43 minutes

Eight years after being kidnapped, Julie returns home to her family.  Or is it an impostor?

4 stars

The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood

Audio
Read by Nina Alvamar
9.25 hours

The story of Ava and her daughter, Maggie, told over the course of a year.  Story is tied in with the books chosen by Ava's book club with the theme, the book that matters most to me.

This could have been a 5 star book, but for the incredible coincidences.

4 stars

The Mother's Promise by Sally Hepworth

Single-mother Alice is diagnosed with ovarian cancer.  What will happen to her daughter, Zoe who suffers from social anxiety disorder.

Good story, but the coincidences really took away from the story.

4 stars