Saving CeeCee Honeycut

What an absolute joy to read! This book was recommended to me by my bff Blythe. I knew it was going to be great by the way she talked about it.

This book is about a little girl that lives with her mentally ill mother after her father has left. She tries to care for her, but tragedy strikes and her great aunt swoops in to the rescue. This book has southern charm to the max. It makes you want to go live in the south with a long lost aunt and her help. The friends this little girl makes are unlikely but fantastic!

There is some language and a little risque scene, but other than that, it is clean. I would only recommend adults read because it isn't a "light" book. But it is. Tough to explain. It just has some topics, like mental illness, that younger readers may not enjoy.

Anyhow, I found it to be a quick, easy read full off surprises. Loved this book.

I Capture the Castle

by Dodie Smith
This book was recommended to me by my friend Miss. Not a bad pick at all Miss. But I won't lie, it was a little Pride and Prejudice to me. Wait, is that the Mr. Darcy one? As you can tell, I am not a big Jane Austen reader, but this was a Jane story, but a way easier read. I like it. I like it a lot. I came back to it night after night, which is saying something.
Story about some really poverty stricken sisters that live in an old English castle that meet some more well off western young men. Pretty much all she wrote. The best part of this book is the narrator. She is one of the sisters and wants to be a writer. So the whole book is somewhat of a journal. She is a character. She has a mild, but enlightening sense of humor. I loved her.
I would recommend this book to anyone although it would be a little boring for a younger gal. There is no language and a few very minor references to sex.
If you enjoy a gentle flowing story, this is for you. Enjoy