Some books are just good reads and some you just devour - can't put down, stay up way too late, ignore our family, don't walk the dog - The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman was the later type of book for me. I'm not sure why I downloaded this book in September or who recommended it but for some reason I decided to pick it out of my TBR pile last night. I started it last night and finished this morning! One of my favorite authors - Susan Elizabeth Phillips- wrote a blurb recommending it so maybe that's why I downloaded it to my Kindle.
The main character, Brett Bohlinger, is reeling from the death of her mother and discovers that her mother has found Brett's childhood list of goals and makes her complete these goals before she receives her inheritance. The book is quirky enough to hold your attention and just when you think it's going to be totally predictable - the book takes a different path than you thought!
The book made me think about my childhood goals would be at the age of fourteen and if I've accomplished them. The book also made me think about what my mother's dreams for my life where and if I've fulfilled them or if there are some things on "my list" that she would still want me to pursue.
I will be recommending this book to my book club and to people who are looking for a great women's fiction book - 5 stars from me!!
From Amazon:
this utterly charming debut—perfect for fans of Cecelia Ahern’s P.S., I Love You and Allison Winn Scotch’s Time of My Life—one woman sets out to complete her old list of childhood goals, and finds that her lifelong dreams lead her down a path she never expects.
1. Go to Paris
2. Have a baby, maybe two
3. Fall in love
Brett Bohlinger seems to have it all: a plum job, a spacious loft, an irresistibly handsome boyfriend. All in all, a charmed life. That is, until her beloved mother passes away, leaving behind a will with one big stipulation: In order to receive her inheritance, Brett must first complete the life list of goals she’d written when she was a naïve girl of fourteen. Grief-stricken, Brett can barely make sense of her mother’s decision—her childhood dreams don’t resemble her ambitions at age thirty-four in the slightest. Some seem impossible. How can she possibly have a relationship with a father who died seven years ago? Other goals (Be an awesome teacher!) would require her to reinvent her entire future. As Brett reluctantly embarks on a perplexing journey in search of her adolescent dreams, one thing becomes clear. Sometimes life’s sweetest gifts can be found in the most unexpected places.
Praise for The Life List
“Spielman’s debut charms.”—Kirkus Reviews
“You won’t want to miss Lori Nelson Spielman’s remarkable debut, an intensely emotional novel of transformation and trust. It’s about how we let go, and how we never let go. The Life List has great heart, and even greater soul.”─Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of The Peach Keeper
“Irresistible! Everything I love and look for in women’s fiction. A clever, funny, moving page-turner.”─Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times bestselling author of The Great Escape
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