The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown

I can't believe this book isn't on here already. I thought everyone had read it but me! I admit I wasn't going to read this book but my mother-in-law lent it to us and wants it back and I needed something to read...

I LOVE this book. It's so good. Suspenseful and mysterious and yet easy enough to follow even if you don't get all the references (like me). It's a fast read too. All in all, it probably took me less than 8 hours and that's with kids. I wanted to lock them in a closet so I could fully enjoy the book. Now I just wish it was longer. I don't see anything sacreligious about it. It does confirm something I've suspected at least since I was a teenager - that women were written out of the Bible on purpose. I don't know that I agree with everything Dan Brown suggests but I also haven't researched into any of these subjects either.

And You Know You Should Be Glad: A True Story of Lifelong Friendship by Bob Greene

OK, I must be hormonal or something...becau se I was crying my eyes out! I mean it, I was seriously a mess. this book is "a highly personal and moving true story of friendship and rememberance."

The inside cover of the book: "Growing up in Bexley, Ohio, population 13,000, Bob Greene and his four best friends -- Allen, Chuck, Dan, and Jack -- were inseparable. Of the four, Jack was Bob's very best friend, a bond forged from the moment they met on the first day of kindergarten. They grew up together, got into trouble together, learned about life together -- and were ultimately separated by time and distance, as all adults are. But through the years Bob and Jack stayed close, holding on to the friendship that had formed years before.
Then the fateful call came: Jack was dying. And in this hour of need, as the closest of friends will do, Bob, Allen, Chuck, and Dan put aside the demands of their own lives, came together, and saw Jack through to the end of his journey.
Tremendously moving, funny, heart-stirring, and honest, And You Know You Should Be Glad is an uplifting exploration of the power of friendship to uphold us, sustain us, and ultimately set us free. "

I loved this book. If you like it, I suggest you read one of Bob Greene's other books titled: Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen.

Oh by the way, to all my friends out there: I love you!

Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes

Anybody Out There? is a heart-rending tale of grief, anger, life and love that will move anyone who has felt utterly alone and had to continue on when it is seemed all was lost.

My Friend Rain passed this book on to me. I have not been a fan of Ms. Keyes prior books but I have to admit I really enjoyed this book. I like how it sarts out, and how you really don't know what has happened to her or why she is in the condition that she is in. Bit by bit we learn more about what has happened to Anna. I don't want to say to much because I am afraid I will give to much away. I didn't read the inside cover so everything was a big surprise for me.