I have a confession to make - I don't read nearly as much as I used to. Even though I have a teetering, towering pile of books to be read - that I WANT to read - that I SHOULD read - somehow, I start a book and get distracted by a variety of things and don't always finish. I feel very guilty about this and it will be one of my New Year's resolutions to read more (along with the never-ending quest to lose 10 pounds....)!
HOWEVER - last week I picked up a book and absolutely LOVED it. My daughter read it last year and gushed about it and I just never got around to reading it myself. Then I was bored the other night and it was in a pile of books I pulled from the bookshelf. It's called THE COFFEEHOUSE ANGEL by Suzanne Selfors. I started it and could not put it down. Here's the description from Suzanne's website:
When Katrina spots a homeless guy sleeping in the alley behind her grandmother's coffee shop, she leaves him a cup of coffee, a bag of chocolate-covered coffee beans, and some pastries to tide him over, never expecting this random act of kindness to turn her life upside down. The adorable vagrant, Malcolm, is actually a guardian angel on a break between missions, and now he won't leave until he can reward Katrina's selflessness by fulfilling her deepest desire. Fame and fortune seem like the obvious requests, but after two botched wishes, Malcolm knows Katrina is hiding something from him.
I laughed, I cried, I LOVED this book. And there are very few books I feel that way about anymore. As it turns out - the book is based on the town of Poulsbo, which is about 45 minutes from where I live and Suzanne is a local author here in Seattle, though I don't know her.
Anyway - if you're looking for a good book pick this one.
So I'm on the hunt for my next unputtdownable book - what have you read lately that you couldn't put down?
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