Gwendy's Button Box

I went to the library the other day when I was waiting for my son, who was waiting for his turn in the barber's chair. I haven't read a Stephen King story in awhile and this book had a big sticker saying "Lucky Day" on it. So I felt lucky. Gwendy's Button Box was co-authored by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. I finished it the same day but I mused on it much longer. It was a quick and tidy ride through the problem of responsibility for world peace. I only kept one quote:

Pages 27-28:  Gwendy has a thought (novel now in its adult implications, later to become a tiresome truth): secrets are a problem, maybe the biggest problem of all. They weigh on the mind and take up space in the world.

The Secret Keeper

Kate Morton wrote an absorbing mystery story in The Secret Keeper. Beautifully crafted with a satisfying truth. It's told from the point of view of Laurel and a violent act she witnesses her mother commit when she was a child. But then we're put into the heads of the triangle of principle characters, taken back to the events that led up to it. Yes, I recommend this book!

I finished it several months ago and can only find one quote that I kept:

Page 109:  Because people who'd led dull and blameless lives did not give thanks for second chances.