Summer Reads

There is nothing I love more during the summer (I feel like I always say this) is to lay by the pool or on the beach with a good book. I just started reading a new book so it inspired me to write a small list of books I have read and books that I plan to read. I love a good book recommendation so leave any in the comments below!

When Life gives you Lululemons: I just started this book last night and the few pages that I have read already have me hooked. There has been so much hype around this book and I have wanted to read it for the longest time so I'm very excited I finally got around to it.

See me: This book is by Nicholas Spark (who is my ultimate guilty pleasure). I actually read this book at the end of last summer but the story was so good that it has stuck with me this whole year. I'm not really into suspenseful books (one of the main reasons I like Sparks books) but for someone who isn't into books like that this one was a little edgy.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: This book is funny and lighthearted with good messages spread throughout the story. The title of this book pulled me right in and grabbed my attention.

Evvie Drake Starts Over: This book is by Linda Holmes and all about second chances and romance, anything romance is my kind of book. I actually haven't read this one yet but it is the next one on my list.

The Friend Zone: This book is by Abby Jimenez and sounds like such a good read. One review that I read said that this book will make you laugh and cry as the protagonist goes through the next decisions of her life. This book is going high up on my reading list.

Sisters First Book Review

This past weekend I finished reading Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush. I've never done a book review before but this book was too good not to talk about and the perfect summer read so I decided to dedicate a whole post about it.

The biggest reason and mainly the only reason I decided to read this book is because of my obsession with Jenna on the today show, I just love the bubbly attitude and real personality that she brings to the morning show. Little did I know that after reading this book I would also have a strong love and admiration of her sister Barbra. 

Through this book, the reader hears both perspectives of Jenna's and Barbra's about living their lives in the spotlight of first their grandfather as president and then not too long after their father's presidency. One of my favorite parts of this book was when they both talked about their summer's spent in Maine. This was fun to read about for me because my family and I just recently took a trip to Maine and went to a lookout to view walker's point which is the home the Bush family spends many if not all summers. 

As the book goes on I learned many things about the Bush family that I never knew (*SPOILER COMING*) such as Laura Bush's struggle with fertility and how she and George were all set up to adopt a baby until they found out they were pregnant with the twins. Or how hard it was for Jenna and Barbra in college having secret service following them around. Throughout the entire book the sisters share their joys of growing up with their wonderful parent's and grandparents and the lessons they learned along the way. 

This book left me wanting to run and hug my sister and was a nice reminder that family is everything. 

Sister's First