I've had a nice week off from school, and although I wish I would have done a little more reading, what I did read was fantastic. These three books have yet to be released, so I'm teasing you a bit, but hopefully you'll put them on one of your lists of books to check out. They are all really good.
The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis-Graves - is a sweet story. Annika attends the University of Illinois and as soon as you meet her, you will know that she's just a little bit different. She's completely honest, would rather be playing chess than nearly anything else, and finds social situations almost unbearable. When she meets Jonathan, who joins the chess club, he takes the time to get to know her and the two fall in love. Now it's ten years later when the two run into each other again, and must decide if they want to rekindle their relationship. What can they do differently this time to make it work?
Things You Save In A Fire by Katherine Center - I love all of Center's books, and this one did not disappoint. Cassie loves her job as a firefighter in Austin, Texas. However, when her estranged mother calls her and begs her to come care for her for a year because she is losing her vision, Cassie is torn. And then Cassie is reprimanded at work, and suddenly going to care for her mom is the only option. Her new firehouse in a small town near Boston is nothing like where she worked, and she knows as a female she will need to prove herself. What she didn't count on is that the new guy "rookie" that started with her would be so nice or handsome or charming. And suddenly Cassie can't focus on work quite so easily. There's plenty of other drama along with a little romance, which is Center's recipe for great women's fiction books.
Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf- Gudenkauf is a local author with several titles to her name, and yet this is the first I've read of her work. The story begins with a young girl found beaten and bloodied on train tracks near a small town. As the novel unfolds we learn through journal entries, police interviews, a therapist's notes, and chat room conversations what really happened to Cora, a twelve year old girl who had snuck out with two other girls to visit the train tracks because of a local legend they had been studying in school. The characters are so well developed, that despite bad decisions or mean actions, we can see that there are many facets to each person in this book. This is a great novel of suspense, but I can also see book clubs enjoying this one as they dissected the various choices made by the different characters.
The only drawback to any of these books is that they aren't yet available. I'm looking forward to being able to hand these off to readers this spring and talking with them about these great books.
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