book: charlotte figg takes over paradise

we are just 26 days into the new year, and already i have 8 books under my belt.

i'm pretty proud of myself.

even if say, 5 of those books are young adult paranormal romance books.

it's still 8 books.

and to be honest, i'm kinda over the paranormal stuff right now.

i can't put my finger on why..

but i need books that are real right now.

books about real people, doing real things, overcoming real life.

i need real right now, even if it's hard.

even if the stories break my heart.

i need to hear them.

i need to be changed by them.

ever feel that way?

maybe it's just me.

i want to read 'the help' so badly,

but i'm still saving my amazon gift card for those dang design a project life page protectors.

until then, i'm still on the free ebook trip.

but you know what, it's not so bad.

i just finished 'charlotte figg takes over paradise' last night.

and i'm telling ya, it's running a close second to 'maids of misfortune' for the front runner in favorites.

but i guess as they are entirely different books, they can both occupy the numero uno spot for now.

i'm a big fannie flagg fan.

i bet you are familiar with her work, even if you haven't read a book.

she wrote 'fried green tomatoes'.

and as with everything else, the book is SO much better.

but this cover drew me in because i'm a fannie flagg fan.

promises of a quirky cast of characters suckered me from the get go.

and i wasn't disappointed. at all.

i don't want to give too much away.. but let me say this:

charlotte figg's husband, unexpectedly drops dead, and a stray dog named lucky claims her as his own. one day lucky brings home the neighbors mail, and as charlotte thumbs through it she happens upon a magazine with an advertisement for a double wide trailer for sale in a place called 'paradise'. she makes up her mind to purchase the trailer sight-unseen & that's where the story takes off.

charlotte finds herself in a world she never expected, living a life she never dreamed... and oddly it's exactly where she needed to be. she lands among a community of people who didn't know they needed her & somewhere in the midst of everyday life she overcomes a past she didn't really know was haunting her.

it's an amazing story. a funny, sometimes wacky story about a community of people with scars. some you see, and some you don't... and how they bond together.

totally worth the read, if you are asking me.

:)

what are you reading right now?

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xo-k