#4 -- Wish by Alexandra Bullen

This book was a pretty quick read and I didn't want to put it down. I probably finished in in less than a week. It is a teen read but still fun and light.

Here is a quick summary of what it was about:

After the shocking death of Olivia Larsen’s twin sister Violet, Olivia’s parents uproot their family clear across the country to California to start over. Olivia is dreading going to a new school without her beautiful and confident sister to keep her company.Olivia trudges through her first few days at school, merely going through the motions. When her mom announces that the entire family is going to a cocktail party at her new office, Olivia is dreading the event. She finds a dress in one of Violet’s boxes hidden in an empty room in the new house, and heads out to find a tailor to fix the slightly damaged dress. Olivia happens on a tailor shop right down the street from her house, where she meets Posey, a slightly odd young woman who takes the dress and tells Olivia that she’ll drop it off at her house the following morning. When Olivia finds the dress that Posey left on her doorstep, she is shocked to find that it’s a completely different dress than the one she dropped off- completely different, but also completely beautiful. In a time crunch, Olivia puts on the dress. On the way home from a night out, Olivia sits in the back of a cab, sad and lonely, and wishes for her sister. She sees a tiny butterfly fly off of her dress and thinks she must be crazy. The following morning when she wakes up, her sister is sitting in her bedroom. As a ghost, but still present. With her sister around, Olivia meets some new friends and puts her way out there and learns some important lessons.

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#3 -- The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright

I found this book on a clearance rack at Deseret Book for a couple of bucks back in August and I thought I would add it to my collection. After finishing On Hummingbird Wings I needed another book and since I hadn't been to the library in a while I needed something new. So I went to the bookshelf and saw this book. It looked like a quick and easy read so I pulled it off the shelf and read the book jacket. So I settled down to relax last weekend and began reading. It was really easy to get into the book and I was soon halfway through it. Every time I go through a book that fast I amaze by husband that I can get so interested into a book. I would totally recommend this book. I finished it on Wednesday afternoon during my prep time at school and then my husband and I went to the library that night and much to my delight I saw the sequel (The Wedding Letters) in the New Release section. I'm sure that I will be posting that one soon.....

I found this website that describes the book: The Wednesday Letters is the story of Jack and Laurel. Married 39 years, the Coopers lived a good life and appear to have had a near-perfect relationship. Then one night, with his wife cradled in his arms, and before Jack takes his last breath, he scribbles his final "Wednesday Letter."

When their three adult children arrive to arrange the funeral, they discover boxes and boxes full of love letters that their father wrote to their mother on every single Wednesday. As they begin to open and read the letters, the children uncover unimaginable adventures and the shocking truth about their past.

The Wednesday Letters has a powerful message about redemption and forgiveness. And it just might inspire you to begin writing your own Wednesday Letters.

http://www.thewednesdayletters.com/main.php

#2 -- On Hummingbird Wings by Lauraine Snellling

"But Mother is always dying," is Gillian Ormsby's sarcastic response when her younger, favored sister tells her that she has to go take care of their hypochondriac mother. Much against her will, since she and her mother never have gotten along, Gillian arrives in California to find the garden and yard dead, the blinds all drawn, and her mother indeed in bed--waiting to die. But when Gillian talks with the doctor, he assures her there's no medical reason behind her mother's state.
Now on a mission to restore her mother to health, Gillian insists Mother get out of bed, eat, exercise and hopefully, choose to live. She also sets about reviving the garden to its former glory, enlisting the help of Adam, a handsome man who owns a family gardening business with his father. Gillian is delighted when a pair of hummingbirds appear, and her friendship with Adam grows.
Soon, Mother's health improves, and one day she announces she and her friend Enzio are going on a cruise. Before Gillian has time to turn around, her mother is gone and she is left high and dry again, and wondering, what is she going to do with the rest of her own life? http://www.amazon.com/Hummingbird-Wings-Novel-Lauraine-Snelling/dp/0446582115

This is just a little about the book. I started the book and read a few chapters. Then my life got really busy and I didn't seem to have time to read the book. I renewed it a few times from the library because I was determined to finish it. I read the rest of the book and really enjoyed it. It was well written and I could visualize the storyline.