Year 3, week 6: Artemis

This week's book:
Artemis
By Andy Weir

This week's book brought to you by my sweetie! I bought this novel for my husband for his birthday or Christmas last year, I can't remember to be honest. He had loved The Martian just as much as I had, which was the author's first book. I asked him a few times if he wanted to read it sometime, but I honestly think he wanted to wait until our little one was born. The hubby reads to her when I nurse her sometimes. It's a fun way for them to bond because he can't actually nurse so snuggling with us and reading is a pretty good idea.

I'm going to be honest, I kept falling asleep when the hubby was reading. Not because the book was boring or bad, but by golly, I am so flipping tired this time around post pregnancy. This little girl wakes up a few times a night, and because of the other two, I don't really have time to shower, let alone take a nap. They say sleep when the baby sleeps, so when my sweet hubs would start to read and the baby would start falling asleep, so would I. I might need to add that my husband's voice is super soothing and calm which can cause anyone to become chill and want to sleep. I might also add that we as parents don't co-sleep or do I sleep when I'm nursing. With my mom being a social worker for all those years, she heard too many horror stories of people rolling over on their babies in their sleep, or being too drunk or high to notice they smothered their baby or even bumper pads smothering babies.

But onward to the book, it's about a colony on the moon. The main character is a smuggler and a bit of a troublemaker, until she is hired to do a job for a local businessman (which gets her into deeper trouble). The author knows his science and engineering so it's all very technical, but fun as well. It's nowhere as good as The Martian, but it's still a fun read. I would recommend the novel.

Year 3, week 5: Girl, Wash Your Face

This week's book:
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
By Rachel Hollis

I have finally been able to get audiobooks back on my phone. I have been nursing like crazy to get the weight up for my littlest girl. I didn't want to just watch TV or sing the same songs over and over again, so I decided to listen to books while I nursed, while I drive to and from my little guy's school, around town, and of course when I'm doing the dishes and cleaning around the house and such.

Anyway, when I figured out how to listen to the books again one of the first books I saw listed was this week's book. Girl Wash your Face was the monster hit that almost every woman on my Facebook newsfeed has read. Personally I don't read those self help websites and books, but a few months ago (when I was feeling like an utter failure at life) I picked the book up.

The book is set up that each chapter is about one lie that the author has told herself about different elements of her life. Rachel Hollis (the author) is very well spoken and while I enjoyed the book I don't know if I got much from it. I'm a pretty outspoken women that isn't normally treated like a doormat. I  don't regret quitting nursing school and becoming a stay at home mom. I'm overweight but I literally gave birth one month ago yesterday. Again I think this book does amazing work for a gal that needs to hear that she needs to make her own way, but I'm not that gal.

I would recommend it if you are feeling like you are drowning and need a little help.

Year 3, week 4: Daisy Jones and The Six

This week's book:
Daisy Jones and The Six
By Taylor Jenkins Reid

This week's book was recommended by a lovely lady I'm in a meal swap with. She is always reading fun books and then she writes about them on Facebook. Sound familiar?

Anyway, the book for this week is all about a fictional band in the 1970's that's loosley about Fleetwood Mac and (I'm assuming) about their monster smash hit album, Rumors. The whole book is set up like an interview for a magazine or book. It was very interesting but I feel like it might be better if you read it in one sitting, or a few days. Because this past week was the first week my sweet hubby was back to work and my daughter's first week in preschool, I was too busy with everyone's items that needed to be taken care of to actually get any reading done. For the fact it had taken more time than necessary, I kind of got tired of the characters. I will say there is a turn in the story which I took kind of a gut punch, but that might just be me and my history.

I have heard that Reese Witherspoon is making a show or something with this property. I enjoyed the book and would recommend it, just try to read it fast.

Year 3, week 3: Too Good a Girl

This week's book:
Too Good a Girl: Remembering Olene Emberton and the Mystery of Her Death
By Janis Thornton

This week's book was recommended by my dear old Dad. He is an author and met Thornton and they swapped their newest published books. Dad doesn't normally read this type of book, but he liked the author and gave her book a whirl.

The book is about the author's former high school student that was murdered. The case was unsolved and still is. She interviewed many other classmates and fellow members of the community that remembered the case. The thing that I found interesting was that the murder victim was about my in-laws age, and she was also from a small Indiana town not that far from the town my husband and his parents were born and raised.

I normally don't like apocalypse stories or true crimes that aren't solved, but in this case it was just interesting to read about a woman trying to find some answers about a good girl who lost her life. It's not that long of a books and is a quick read. I would recommend it if you like a mystery or like crime books. It was out of my norm but I enjoyed it!