#20 A Garden In Paris by Stephanie Grace Whitson started out pretty strong with a widow who finds a motto in an antique store that gives her some hope for her life. She doesn't get along with her daughter and has been repressed in her marriage. She decides to go to Paris to meet her first love and perhaps recover some of her former self. More than one secret is revealed in this visit. The last part of the book revealed to me that this is considered Inspirational reading- not that I have anything against it. This just is not my cup of tea for reading.

Note: Why is it that in the last few books I have read, the widow is independently wealthy?

Book # 19 the day i ate whatever i wanted and other small acts of liberation by Elizabeth Berg. This book made me chuckle. Thirteen stories about regular women who on an ordinary day go off the deep end. Some of the titles include: Over the Hill and Into the Woods, Double Diet, and the Day I Ate Nothing I Even Remotely Wanted. I got a big kick out of the chapters on Weight Watchers. The questions asked are -what would you do, if nobody was looking? What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? This book will give you some ideas. Even writing without using capitals is liberating.