The Island

When warmer weather finally makes it's way back to town you can find me reading on the back porch almost every afternoon.  That's right, my heavy reading seasons are spring, summer, and for as long as it's warm in the fall.  You would think winter would be since there's that whole "curled up inside where it's warm reading" cliche.  Winter is miserable...so miserable I don't even want to function like a normal person because just walking outside to check the mail is misery.  Even though I love to read, I just don't care to during the winter because I'm in such a funk thanks to the weather.  I just finished an amazing book that I just happened to buy at Target by chance.  It's called The Island by Elin Hilderbrand.

It's a story about sisters and mothers and daughters and aunts and nieces (4 women related, in case you were wondering) all brought together by 1 recent tragedy for a summer on Tuckernuck Island (off the coast of Nantucket).  They all struggle with their own personal "tragedies" that the recent tragedy brings to the surface.  The island itself is a character in the book, which I love when a place is a character!  It's not a sad book (don't be fooled by the tragedy business)...it's more about realization and taking control of your own reality and stopping the charade of just "doing what's expected" of you and doing what's in your best interest that will make you happiest.  There's a love story mixed in there too, which is always a plus.  You just need to read it!!  Elin Hilderbrand has written several books about Nantucket.  This is my first book of hers to read, but I bought another one of her books so I'll let you know how it is!  I have a few others she wrote on my list to read, but I just started Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch this afternoon.  It's great so far, so I will give you my mini review when I finish =)