Books you bought

Breaking The Silence - Diane Chamberlain (name sounds familiar)

Description: Laura Brandon’s promise to her dying father was simple: to cost an elderly woman she’d never heard of before. A woman who remembers nothing - except the distant past. Visiting Sarah Tilley seemed a small enough sacrifice to make.

But Laura’s promise results in another death. Her husband’s. And after their five year old daughter, Emma, witnesses her father’s suicide, Emma refuses to talk about it... to talk at all.

Frantic and guilt ridden, Laura contacts the only person who may be able to help. A man she’s met only one - six years before. A man who doesn’t know he’s Emma’s real father.

Guided only by a child’s silence and an old woman’s fading memories, the two unravel a tale of love and despair, of bravery and unspeakable evil. A tale that shrouded in silence...and that unbelievably links them all.

next, on my TBR i have to say is "The Queens Rising" by Rebecca Ross

Summary:

When her seventeenth summer solstice arrives, Brienna desires only two things: to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron.

Growing up in the southern Kingdom of Valenia at the renowned Magnalia House should have prepared her for such a life. While some are born with an innate talent for one of the five passions—art, music, dramatics, wit, and knowledge—Brienna struggled to find hers until she belatedly chose to study knowledge. However, despite all her preparations, Brienna’s greatest fear comes true—the solstice does not go according to plan and she is left without a patron.

Months later, her life takes an unexpected turn when a disgraced lord offers her patronage. Suspicious of his intent, and with no other choices, she accepts. But there is much more to his story, and Brienna soon discovers that he has sought her out for his own vengeful gain. For there is a dangerous plot being planned to overthrow the king of Maevana—the archrival kingdom of Valenia—and restore the rightful queen, and her magic, to the northern throne. And others are involved—some closer to Brienna than she realizes.

With war brewing between the two lands, Brienna must choose whose side she will remain loyal to—passion or blood. Because a queen is destined to rise and lead the battle to reclaim the crown. The ultimate decision Brienna must determine is: Who will be that queen?

funny you should mention that one.  jazzy wanted to read that one for so long... finally got it out of the library... and hated the little she read of it... it was one she didn't finish.

I can see it getting better but it’s taking awhile XD

I am looking forward to reading 'Lincoln's Men' by Daniel Mark Epstein. John Hay and John Nicolay were Abraham Lincoln's two closest and most important assistants during his Presidency. This book describes how the three of them worked together as a team during Lincoln's tenure as President.

My Chicken Soup For The Soul books:

Chicken Soup For The Country Soul
A second chicken soup for the woman’s soul
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 1, 2, 3 and 4