Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda

I have loved Lin-Manuel Miranda for years and when I saw that he had a book published from his celebrated tweets, I was excited to read it. In Gmorning, Gnight! each left page has a Good Morning message. One of my favorites is this:

Gmorning from the younger version of you,

who couldn't wait to be you at this age right now.

The right page is then followed with the evening companion:

Gnight from the older version of you,

who remembers the very moment you are in right now

and is grinning from ear to ear, because

you have no idea about

the wonders ahead.

How lovely is that?! There are so many sweet little encouragements in this book that would be perfectly at home on your bathroom mirror or stuck to your morning coffee cup. 

In addition, this darling little book is illustrated by Jonny Sun whose doodles look a little like they belong in a Shel Silverstein book. This would make a wonderful gift for anyone you love or even like a little bit. 

I'll leave you with what I'm going to be putting on the inside of my medicine cabinet:

Gnight.

Tomorrow we try again.

Rest up.

 

When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal

In Barbara O'Neal's When We Believed in Mermaids, Kit and Josie are sisters two years apart. They grew up wild and untended on a beach in northern California. Their parents were passionate and inattentive. Now grown, Kit has made a good life for herself- she is a successful ER doctor and she surfs and takes care of her mother. They are both shaken when the see Josie's face on the news half a world away from where she died years before. Kit is now determined to find out if she's seeing ghosts or if, just maybe, her sister is still alive.

This book was a quick, entertaining read. It wasn't perfect and there were flaws, but I really liked it. I read this for book club and it supplied plenty of good discussion. I would recommend this for a vacation read- the beaches and traveling to a far off destination make it a great addition to your carry on.

 

The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it is no surprise that our book club pick would be romantically inclined. The Proposal begins with Nik (short for Nikole) very publicly receiving an unexpected and unwelcome proposal of marriage. When Carlos, an unknown witness of the proposal attempts to help Nik out of the sticky aftermath, a friendship is formed. Carlos and Nik are cute and neither one is in the market for a relationship, but a little fun never hurt anyone, did it?

This book was cute and a fun little page-turner. There are moments when it gets quite steamy so keep that in mind whether that is something you enjoy in a book or not. The characters in this novel are all pretty great. Nik's friends and Carlos's family are fun to read. This would make for a great vacation read.