Friday Finds | Book Chatter

Friday Finds is hosted by Should Be Reading. This week, there is only one book that caught my eye. I am a big fan of community theatre and LOVED the show Wicked. I listen to the soundtrack nearly every day on my drive in to work. I was so glad to see this book!

A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love and Faith in Stages by Kristin Chenoweth

Here’s a blurb:

In this lively, laugh-out-loud book, Kristin shares her journey from Oklahoma beauty queen to Broadway leading lady, reflecting on how faith and family have kept her grounded in the dysfunctional rodeo of show biz. The daughter of an engineer and a nurse, Kristin was singing in front of thousands at Baptist conventions by age twelve and winning beauty pageants by age twenty-two. (Well, actually she was second runner-up almost every freaking time. But, hey, she’s not bitter.) On her way to a career as a professional opera singer, she stopped in New York to visit a friend and went on a whim to an audition. Through a combination of talent, hard work, and (she’s quick to add) the grace of God, Kristin took Broadway by storm. But of course, into every storm, the occasional drizzle of disaster must fall.

Filled with wit, wisdom,and backstage insight, A Little Bit Wicked is long on love and short on sleep; it’s essential reading for Kristin’s legions of fans and an uplifting story for anyone seeking motivation to follow his or her dreams — over the rainbow and beyond.

I don’t read too many memoirs but this looks like a fun one!

Friday Finds is hosted by Should Be Reading. It’s so hard to walk around with blinders on so I can’t ignore all the books I see, but I have asked myself to only focus on one or two new ones per week. Here’s the one that caught my eye:

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.

Some of you may know Ms. Morton’s work from reading The House at Riverton. Here’s a bit from Barnes & Noble:

“A tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single book — a beautiful volume of fairy tales. She is taken in by the dockmaster and his wife and raised as their own. On her twenty-first birthday they tell her the truth, and with her sense of self shattered and with very little to go on, “Nell” sets out on a journey to England to try to trace her story, to find her real identity.

Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family. But it is not until her granddaughter, Cassandra, takes up the search after Nell’s death that all the pieces of the puzzle are assembled. At Cliff Cottage, on the grounds of Blackhurst Manor, Cassandra discovers the forgotten garden of the book’s title and is able to unlock the secrets of the beautiful book of fairy tales.”

It sounds pretty good doesn’t it? I am adding it to my Goodreads list now 🙂

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