Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang by Emma Thompson

This was quite fun.  It went back and forth - every other chapter - with one about Thompson's feelings and thoughts while filming the movie and the other telling the story.  If you have never seen a Nanny McPhee movie, you must.  They are great fun.  I have always enjoyed Thompson as an actor and it was nice to see her point of view while filming.  She is quite funny and this was a nice easy read that was very enjoyable. (NOOK)

Good Things-Living Simply Isn't Simple by Mia King

What a fun and lighthearted book.  Deidre has it all.  Her own TV show and a life style that she loves.  She also has a wonderful apartment that she is sharing with a life long friend.  Then, in one fell swoop, it is taken away from her.  Now she had to re-group and figure out what to do.  She had no clue as to where to start and what she would do next.  She ended up in a cute little town in the middle of no where and her life started to turn around.  Things kept getting better and better and her life was going to be going in a completely different direction than what she would have thought.  I really enjoyed it, a fast and easy read, nice and light and it made me laugh.  I look forward to reading more of her books!

While I Was Gone by Sue Miller

I am not sure how I feel about this book.  I was about a woman who kind of ran away from her life and lived a double life in another city with another name and another back story.  She learned more about herself and who she was and what she wanted, but told many lies along the way.  Going forward in time she is married with a family and good business.  Someone from her past shows up again and makes things confusing for her and her family, creating much stress.  The book flowed nicely and the characters were well developed and had depth.  Some things were predictable, but not to the point to make it not worth reading.  At times I just found it unsettling, and I am not sure if it is on a moral level or and ethical level when it comes to lying about your past to make yourself into someone you are not and what do you really gain by it all.  I would like to read more of Miller's books to see if they are all like this and if I feel the same way.