UPDATES!!!

Howdy everyone. I meant to update this blog at least once a week...but I forgot my original password and it took me this long to reset the blog with a new one. Here's hoping I don't forget it again. So what's been going on in my reading world?
Well first, I totally gave up on Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England by Alison Weir. I just couldn't do it. Non-fiction just isn't my thing. I mean why should I care about the names of the cook, the stable boy, and the seamstress. Now....if they turned this into a historical fiction book ala The Other Boleyn Girl then I think it would do well and I would enjoy it. Plus another book came in from the library so.....
That brings me to my next topic. While I was away I read The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel by Meg Waite Clayton. The book chronicles the lives of five women who meet at a neighborhood park weekly beginning in 1968 and start a writing group. I can't review a book without giving away the story and plot, so if you don't want to know...quit reading NOW.......
Frankie is our narrator and a mother of two, married to an inventor of computer chips. She moves to the town of Palo Alto, where she meets Linda the athlete, Kath the southern belle, Brett the scientist in gloves, and Ally the shy hippie type. Along the way they expeierence changes for women, the moon landing, war, and the assassination of Robert Kennedy. They also run into hardships in their own lives. Linda develops breast cancer. Kath discovers her husband is cheating on her. Brett dreams of being an astronaut when it was unusual for women to have any kind of job, let alone an astronaut. Ally strugles with infertility and racism once people discover she is married to an Indian man named Jim. And Frankie struggles with her writing and wanting to become more than just a wife and mother. Although it is a bit syrupy, the characters is what holds this story together. They become so real. The women never become 60's stereotypes. They aren't out buring bras and marching. They aren't at Woodstock. The even admit when they are racist or sexist. For instance, Kath never does leave that cheating husband of hers, even after he moves out of the house and into an apartment with another women. Their journeys seem real. Just like real life nothing is an easy fix. The characters were SO real that after I finished reading, I wanted to google them and find youtube clips. LOL! Overall I enjoyed this book and would give it 4 out of 5 stars. I would also recommend it to other women. Especially women with unfulfilled dreams. (I know it made me want to work harder on my own dreams of becoming an author someday.) Until next time...ENJOY your reads!