Last year had a lot going on. So much in fact I can barely remember most, if any, of the books I read. It wasn’t very many which is such a shame, so this year I’m gonna make up for the fact I didn’t read nearly enough last year. As I’ve said before, I usually have two books in progress non-fiction and fiction, I’m not sure if this helps me or keeps me from completing books. I’ve tired to write books down to track how many I read and what I think of them, but about mid-year that notebook or page gets lost somewhere. This year, I’m going to record my readings on my blog, since its pretty much always on the internet. Im also will try and keep my current readings more up to date than I have.

Book #1: Cam, Cool and Adjusted by Kristin Billerbeck

This is the third and last of the Spa Girls series which focuses on the character Poppy. Three best friends who live in Northern California sharing their lives through jobs, men and God and of course the spa to retreat to. Poppy is the very ‘Santa Cruz” of the three girls, which is present through out the books with Clark shoes, crazy diet and patch worked skirts. She’s the not the typical chick-lit girl you’d find in those brightly colored books (though I don’t like the cover art of Poppy because clearly the artists didn’t read the book or else they’d know it isn’t Poppy at all. Other than her hair color so boo to that.) Out of the three books I like how the middle book (about Morgan) is written the most, I don’t know why. I really loved Lilly’s story, probably because I felt like if I could relate to one of the Spa Girls, it was her. Even though I like how I didn’t see parts of Poppy’s story turning out how it did (I would say but I don’t want to give it all away) or even if I agree with it, that’s what I loved about Kristin’s first series, Ashley Stockingdale. Personally, I got more attached to Ashley than I did to the Spa Girls, maybe it was because there is three books focused on her where as I only got one book focused on these other characters. Not to say I didn’t enjoy the Spa Girls, they were a good chick-lit; drama filled with lots of girly references and interesting characters. I think its hard to close a series like this, so maybe Poppy’s story was harder to write because all storylines had to come to some ending, where as the first two books where merely moving the story along. All and all I enjoyed reading about crazy food eating and advice giving Poppy, though I would of picked the other one for her.