THE GIRL YOU LEFT BEHIND * THE TIME OF MY LIFE

The Girl You Left Behind by Jo Jo Moyes - A really good book in that genre where a parallel  story takes place in two separate decades.  In this case, it's both present day and 1916 during World War I.  It's also a story about what happens to possessions as the years go by, and how to trace such things many years after the fact if there are no records.  We speculate about what the people were thinking and doing all those many years ago, but since we weren't there, we don't really know.  Unique love stories round out the tale with female heroines who are motivated by love.  It's very different from the other Jo Jo Moyes book, but the story is every bit as enticing. 

The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern - Irish chick lit packed with wisdom and events to make one think about life.  It's written rather informally and with a cheery flavor, but at the core of this book is a serious theme.  Lucy, the main character and narrator is at a crossroads but doesn't know it although everyone around her is well aware that she is not being her best self or living her best life.  It's a breezy book, perfect for a day at the beach, about Lucy Silchester and her life.  I couldn't help but imagine all the great looking guys in this book, and thinking about which actors could play them in the movie where I see Lucy played by Renee Zellweger.