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Saturday, May 19, 2018

The Memory Box by Eva Lesko Natiello

The Memory Box

Imagine googling yourself and finding out details about your life you didn't remember. Caroline is a suburban housewife with a squeeky clean past or so she thought. Until one day, she googles herself.  She can't believe what she begins to find out about her past - a past she doesn't remember. How could she not remember? She feels she is losing her mind and seeks out a counselor only to find out she had been a patient of his previously. He helps her to unlock the memories she has stored away somewhere in the far recesses of her mind. 

This book is a spellbinding story that I just couldn't put down. It is a psychological thriller, with surprising twists along the way. It was very well written and I highly recommend reading this book. The ending threw me for loop; it was quite the surprising twist. At times I felt just frustrated with the main character for not pulling herself together, for not being able to just deal with things and move on. Then, the twists and turns in the story led me to a different conclusion. 

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Gratitude in Motion by Colleen Kelly Alexander

Gratitude in Motion: A True Story of Hope, Determination, and the Everyday Heroes Around Us

A true story. Colleen Kelly Alexander's story. An amazing story of survival and coming through a horrific event with a stronger faith. Colleen was run over by a truck as she was riding her bike home from work. The driver never stopped and never cared that he hit her. That was the hardest, most difficult aspect for her to deal with - the fact he looked right at her, hit her anyways and never stopped. She should have died that day but didn't and her story is an amazing story. I was impressed with her sense of humor. She tells a harrowing tale and yet I found myself laughing as I was reading it. I am a breast cancer survivor and I can relate to using humor to face the tough. I found humor even in the ickiness of drains, gauze, and bandages. Colleen did too. She faced depression but she was able to climb out of the despair and choose gratitude. A friend has a blog about choosing joy because it is not so much the difficulties you face but how you face them that matters. A person can choose to be defeated by all that life throws at them or they can choose to rise above it all. A person can choose to be grateful and can choose joy even when facing the toughest of circumstance. I truly recommend this book. It is an amazing story. And certainly one that will help put things in perspective. It is hard to be down about any daily situation when reading about someone that has faced so much worse.