November Wrap-Up

Didn't get as many books read as I would have liked this month, but with the holidays I guess that's to be expected. My favorite this month was The Girl Who Played With Fire. Can't wait to finish off the Stieg Larsson series soon. Happy reading! 

WWW Wednesday (74)

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

          

01. Currently Reading:
The Bones of my Brother by J. Frank Dunkin. A novel about the parallel lives of a father and his son.

02. Recently Finished:
The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder. Moving novel about a young girl with cancer who's one last chance to survive is a small town hidden in May.

03. Reading Next:
In the Woods by Tana French. When a young boy survives a murder mystery he grows up to become an investigator, but then history seems to repeat itself and he finds himself struggling to solve his own mystery.

The Probability of Miracles

Dry, sarcastic, sixteen-year-old Cam Cooper has spent the last seven years in and out hospitals. The last thing she wants to do in the short life she has left is move 1,500 miles away to Promise, Maine - a place known for the miraculous events that occur there. But it's undeniable that strange things happen in Promise: everlasting sunsets; purple dandelions; flamingoes in the frigid Atlantic; an elusive boy named Asher; and finally, a mysterious envelope containing a list of things for Cam to do before she dies. As Cam checks each item off the list, she finally learns to believe - in love, in herself, and even in miracles.

A debut novel from an immensely talented new writer, The Probability of Miracles crackles with wit, romance and humor and will leave readers laughing and crying with each turn of the page.

*May Contain Spoilers*

Wendy Wunder shares the story of a girl who learns to hope with her novel, The Probability of Miracles. When the doctor's tell Cam that western medicine has done all it can for her, without any relief, her family takes her to a place where unbelievable things are known to happen as a final effort to save Cam's life.

Cam is an angsty, sarcastic, faithless, and hopeless teenager who is dying. But before she passes, she is determined to finish her Flamingo List, a younger version of the "bucket list." Readers spend the summer with Cam as she falls in love, loses her virginity, and gains a new perspective on life while experimenting with some not so serious shoplifting. Readers will connect with Cam based on their own desires of life. They witness a young girl with limitless potential try to help those around her before she dies. 

The plot follows Cam as she and her family move from Florida to Maine, in hopes of a miracle. A miracle Cam doesn't believe in. Though the real miracle is that she gets to spend this last summer as a normal teenager. The novel is incredibly moving and sad though triumphant and hopeful. Highly recommended. 

Rating: 4/5 Cups

Teaser Tuesday (87)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!




The Probability of Miracles (p.175)
     - Wendy Wunder

He was a lone wolf at the top of the food chain. And when you're at the top of the food chain, you don't want your prey to lay itself down in front of you like that Barbie doll on the bench that Cam had seen through her telescope.