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Kristy H (1252 KP) rated In Five Years in Books

Dec 17, 2020  
In Five Years
In Five Years
Rebecca Serle | 2020 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is the ninth book in my #atozchallenge! I'm challenging myself to read a book from my shelves that starts with each letter of the alphabet. Let's clear those shelves and delve into that backlist!

Dannie Kohan is a lawyer with a five-year plan. Her life is all calculated. She's just had the job interview she's been planning for, she's engaged: everything is on track. But when she falls asleep, she's transported for one hour into a different life, the same night five years in the future (2025). In that life, she has a different ring on her finger in a different apartment--and with a different guy by her side. When she wakes up, she can't shake that it wasn't just a dream. She tries to forget that hour, until she meets that same man, four and a half years later. What does it mean?

This book is best gone into blind, but I will say that I really enjoyed this one. It's a fast read with excellent characters--I quite liked Dannie, who is nuanced and flawed, but real. The premise is interesting, as is the fact that that one hour basically changes Dannie's whole life. This novel is sad, at times, truly touching, and completely captivating. I definitely recommend it. 4 stars.
  
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Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Close Your Eyes in Books

May 10, 2018  
CY
Close Your Eyes
Amanda Eyre Ward | 2011
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I think this book was incredible. It tells the story of two women who are deeply connected in an unimaginable way. Lauren is a real-estate agent in Texas. She and her brother Alex have been living with the thought that their father murdered their mother when they were just kids. Now Lauren is unable to commit to her long time. boyfriend and Alex is off to Baghdad with Doctors without Borders. Alex has been the only constant in Lauren's life, how is she going to survive without him?
Sylvia is in her forties and pregnant. She is leaving Colorado and her boyfriend Ray and heading back home to New York. There, she is hoping her best friend Victoria will blethered for her, just as Sylvia had been there countless times before.
When their paths cross, they will both find out life changing things.
  
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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) rated Playing God: The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon in Books

Dec 6, 2019  
Playing God: The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon
Playing God: The Evolution of a Modern Surgeon
Dr. Anthony Youn | 2019 | Biography, Essays, Medical & Veterinary
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The author's humility, compassion, and empathy. (2 more)
The writing style
Humor and fun stories
I enjoyed this book for the most part. It was nice to read about his training, getting started, and opening a practice. The part of him in a Jimmy Buffet cover band was hilarious. He had compassion and empathy and gave me a better impression of plastic surgeons. I like his humility, as well. I'd always assumed they were into perfection and not about improving the lives of regular individuals with tragic backstories. Towards the end of the book, though, when he had an established practice, he did tend to veer in that direction, which was unpleasant, but hopefully, he's not like that in real life. To constantly look at a person and imagine how much better they can look or to feel disgusted because of the way they look must make a very unhappy life.