1776- David McCullough

That's right, I finally finished it!  I actually finished it a week or so ago, but I've been insanely busy so I'm just now getting around to writing this.

The book has 294 pages, plus an additional 90 pages of notes and documentation and all that jazz.  And there are pictures too :)

I feel like summarizing the book is kind of pointless, since everyone studied the Revolution and events of 1776.  The book does go into greater detail about certain battles, and you get to read some events that happened in Britain, which you don't get to study in as great of detail in US History classes.

The reason it took me so long to finish this wasn't because it wasn't good.  It actually was  really really good. It definitely wasn't like reading a history book that's for sure.  Like I said you get to read about what was going on in England and how the British felt about different battles that were fought.  David McCullough also uses personal accounts to tell the story, which I love.

I really enjoyed this book.  It took me a while to read, but that's just because I'm a big ball of laziness once I get home.  I do recommend this book to anyone who wants to know a little bit more about the first year of the Revolution.

I will be posting a few more posts in the next few days or so.  I've been slacking with the posting lately, so I need to play catch up.

Happy Reading!

Four for One

I've been a bit of a slacker recently when it comes to blogging. I've been working 40+ hour weeks, so when I get home, I read, maybe watch some tv, and hit the sack.  But I have been reading, I promise!  So I just thought I'd update people on what I've been up to in the wonderful world of reading.

I read three more books from the Hannah Swenson mystery series.  I  recently got a library card and the library carries the entire series.  So I didn't have to wait until I had the money to purchase the next books in the series.  I won't go into detail about each individual book.  You can get a summary of the series here http://biggsbookreview.blogspot.com/2012/08/sugar-cookie-murder-joanne-fluke.html.  In the three books  that I read Hannah gets proposed to, gains another beau, turns down some proposals, and of course solves 3 more murders.  The books that I read from the series were: Peach Cobbler Murder, Cherry Cheesecake Murder, and Key Lime Pie Murder.  Again, I loved all of the books and highly recommend them.  As usual with these books, it only took me about a day and a half to read them.

The other book I read was:

I have read a few of Emily Giffin's books before and really liked her style of writing.  She does a great job of allowing her readers to join in the story, losing themselves in the world she has created.  I had also seen previews of the movie based on the book.  I really like most of the movies that Kate Hudson has starred in, so I figured this book would have to be good.  I was not disappointed with it.  I really liked the story line and found myself rooting for the different characters as the story progressed.  The plot is a bit risque though.  Basically Rachel and Darcy have been friends forever.  On Rachel's 30th birthday, Darcy throws her a huge "surprise" party.  At this party, Darcy gets drunk and leaves early.  Darcy's fiance Dex stays at the party.  Rachel ends up getting pretty drunk with Dex and they sleep together. Rachel at first thinks it was a drunken mistake, but realizes that she actually has feelings for Dex.  Dex and Rachel begin an affair.  Rachel knows that it is wrong on so many levels, but can't help it.  Darcy remains clueless until the very end of the story, when Dex and her call off the wedding.  I won't give away the ending though :)  Like I said, it is a pretty complicated, and somewhat inappropriate plot, but you don't feel that way while reading it at all.  If you saw the movie, the movie follows the book pretty well ( I had to watch the movie after finishing the book).   I might not recommend this to EVERYONE, but I did enjoy it.

As for 1776, I am still reading it I promise.  I got distracted by my library books, but those are all turned in and I won't check any more out until it is done :)  I'm liking the book so far, so I'm sure I will have nothing but good things to say about it in a few days when I finish it.

For now, that is all I have for you.

Happy reading!

~Tara