Luna

You'll have to forgive me that these entries are a bit out of order because I keep having to go back and check my book list. I'm working on the whole not being perfect thing though so I'm not fixing it. Pack up the Moon by Anna McPartlin is the book I read on the return trip. Loved this book. It had me laughing, had me with tears in my eyes, and had me hoping it would never end and wanting to get to the end all at the same time. It had a few similarities to P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern but I may have just read that into it. Plus overall it was very different and so very much so its own book.

The story's main character is a young women who loses the love of her life tragically. The story shares how their group of friends pick up the pieces and how she moves on in her life. The individual characters are each interesting and as a reader I wanted to continue to hear their stories as much as the main characters. The end of the novel (no I am not spoiling it this time, it's worth reading on your own!) also shocked me in a good way. At the very end of the edition I had there was a Q & A with the author which allowed me as a first time reader of hers to get to know her better.

I love this author and will happily add more of her books to my list.