It Sucked and then I cried & Look Again

It Sucked and Then I Cried by Heather B. Armstrong So this is one of those titles where I’m reading the book and I pause to wonder why am I reading this book? Do I have anything in common with the author? Well, yes……we both gave birth to a child, she is of the female gender, she is married and has parents and that’s about it.

Actually I read this book because I read a review of it and it looked interesting. It is interesting if you want to know what suffering from depression and having a baby have in common. Perhaps it would have been more enjoyable if I was the same age as the author and currently going through some of the same experiences. Is that being too biased?

I actually visited the author’s award-winning blog and saw first-hand the photographs and her current day-to-day ramblings. She does have a way with words—I’ll grant her that and if my own pregnancy was less than a life-time away, I’d more than likely gravitate toward her quips and quibbles.

However, I would be remiss if I just tossed it aside and spouted it wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on because it very well could be a book not to be missed by those of you who are more in line with what the author has happening in her life. AND please check out her blog dooce.com. It’s very current.


Look Again by Lisa Scottoline

A single newspaper reporter falls in love with a very ill baby and decides to adopt him.
The unmarried parents of the baby boy sign off and the reporter’s lawyer processes the adoption. When the story opens, the boy is about three years old and the reporter is raising him alone with the help of a nanny.

One day the reporter comes home from work and discovers a pamphlet in her mailbox which has several pictures on it of missing children. She gives it a cursory glance at first but something continues to nag at her and she takes a closer look. One of the photos shows an uncanny resemblance to her adopted son.

Through a series of thorough searches, the reporter decides to look up the parents of the missing child. The story takes an interesting turn at this point and it has a surprise ending.

I’m sure I’ve read some of Ms. Scottoline’s previous books. I would classify this as a fairly light mystery.

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