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Asians, Murder & Love: 5 Books To Read This Summer

HELLLLLLLLO, FRIDAY!  Even though there are way more than 5 things I could talk your leg off about right now, I thought I would go with a theme.  And if you know me, than you know I lerv talking about books! So here are 5 books that I NEED to get my hands on, like yesterday!   #1. Love Does by Bob Goff:  (For if you're feeling philosophical or need to be enlightened) From GoodReads: As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll.  Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends c...

Book Round Up

I'm sad to report that I haven't been reading lately. It's the first time in the longest time that I can remember where I've gone this long without reading anything.  But that doesn't mean I am not reading about reading books!  Here are some that have caught my eye on Goodreads.com lately!  When twenty-something Wall Street analyst Kate Wilson attracts the notice of the legendary Julian Laurence at a business meeting, no one’s more surprised than she is. Julian’s relentless energy and his extraordinary intellect electrify her, but she’s baffled by his sudden interest. Why would this handsome British billionaire—Manhattan’s most eligible bachelor—pursue a pretty but bookish young banker who hasn’t had a boyfriend since college? The answer is beyond imagining . . . at least at first. Kate and Julian’s story may have begun not in the moneyed world of twenty-first-century Manhattan but in France during World War I, when a mysterious America...