Room by Emma Donoghue

This month my book club decided to read Room by Emma Donoghue.

Let me preface this post with:
OMG! This book is fantastic!

Beautifully written by Donoghue, it is heartbreaking, gut wrenching, joyful, suspensful and thrilling all at the same time.

Basically this is a story told by a newly five year old's perspective. He lives in an 11x11 room with his mother. They are prisoners of their capture.

This book captures what many must have thought about the Jaycee Duggard story.

I know that I would have done everything the mom does in this story. I may have lost my mind a time or two. Just being indoors in my own home with my energetic four year old is trying at times.

There were times when I was reading this book that my heart raced and ached. I always had in the back of my mind what I would have done had this been me and my Cheeks. Not an easy thing to imagine. Something I hope is forever the unimaginable.

As we all know there are some pretty sick tickets in this world. Instead of focusing on the villian in this case, Donoghue focuses on the innocent victim. I could hear my little guy telling the story and I saw many similarities between my guy and "Jack."

While I can't relate personally to this story nor would I want to I can say this is one of my top 5 fav stories ever. I would say it's #2!!! Emma Donoghue is a fabulous story teller, her words express pain in a poetic way yet let you know the horror that really exists.

Thank you Emma for writing such a magnificent story.

Fabulous Fall #Giveaway Hop~Come Enter! Ends 9/30

Fall is my absolute favorite time of year. Yes, I am that basic b*tch. I said it. It's out there in the universe...I used a naughty word BUT in my defense, it's the term that's trendy & at my age, I got to stay on top of the trends. So here is what you are going to win if you enter my super duper easy giveaway. Also make sure you enter the giveaways listed below as well. It's worth it! Giveaway ends 9/30 at 11:59 est. Entry -Form You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

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Who doesn't love giveaways? Not me...love them. 'Specially when I win! Who doesn't love donuts? Not me...I could eat a dozen in one sitting. Yes, yes, I'm bragging. Who doesn't love Halloween? Not me...love the holiday. Where else do total strangers give you candy just for dressing up? Who doesn't love coffee? Me, I actually can't stand it BUT I hear Dunkin Donuts coffee is the bomb-diggity yo! Now that brings me to my giveaway. In honor of the Halloween holiday, the powers that be at Dunkin Donuts have generously supplied me with this: What's that you ask? I'm so glad you did. This giveaway will be for: 2 Trick or Treat bags. 1 bag of Dunkin Donuts coffee & a $31 DD gift card to get your fill of donuts, coffee, munchkins, whatev strikes your fancy. What do we have to do to win Meghan? Again, so glad you asked. Mandatory entry : Leave me a comment telling me your favorite item @ Dunkin Donuts. That's it. EZ

Kelly-Confidential

Do you like splits? No, not the kind that cheerleaders & girls that dance on a pole do BUT The kind that is yummy, yummy in your tummy! That's right.....Banana Splits. YUM! Well, Kelly Ripa and Electrolux are joining forces once again to celebrate the launch of Electrolux Appliance's new stand-alone refrigerator and freezer - that's right, the familiar duo has split up. And to sweeten the celebration, they're bringing in the "Emperor of Ice Cream" Stephen Bruce, owner and founder of Serendipity 3, the landmark New York City restaurant and dessert spot, into the mix. Kelly and Bruce teamed up earlier today to make banana splits for a cause. And now we want you to dig in, with your virtual spoon! Starting today, at www.Kelly-Confidential.com , you can build your ultimate banana split using virtual ingredients from classic whipped cream to caramel sauce to rainbow sprinkles. For each "split", Electrolux will donate $1 to the Ovarian Cancer Resear

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