I double-dog-dare ALL who pass this way to leave me a comment and tell me what you are currently reading. Pretty Please!!
Yesterday I managed to make it to the the local independent bookstore for an awesome gathering of 40+ authors. Check out Cheryl's site for details. I almost didn't let myself go because I knew it would be so tempting to spend money. I can hardly resist a book anyway, and a book that the author passes to me him/herself is downright impossible to pass on. I went, however, because I wanted to say hello to a few fellow Kansas Authors Club members and I wanted to meet Deborah Raney in person. She helped me a few years ago by judging a contest I chaired. And I picked up the freebies Cheryl pictured on her site -- the snake guide being especially timely for us. In fact, Mr. Collins helped me confirm that the snakes we ran into a while back where, indeed, northern water snakes. Entirely harmless. Yeah!
The last book I finished reading:
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, by Ann Brashares
Munchkin #1 just finished the second in the series and I've long been telling myself I need to read more of what she's reading to keep up with what is going on inside her head. I'm not sure if I can keep up. I enjoyed this one. Made me cry a lot. And since it was the first book published by Ann Brashares, I read it with an extra critical eye, but couldn't really find anything to complain about.
Now reading:
Big Stone Gap, by Adriana Trigiani
This is our book club read for the month of June. So far, I'm enjoying it.
Also have bookmarks in:
Star Wars, The Trail of the Jedi, by Jude Watson
Little Boy has taken a GREAT interest in Star Wars of late. He specifically requested that we find lego Star Wars books, but this is the closest I could come to at the library. He tells me we will read the entire series even though we have started on book 2.
Just Folks: Earthy Tales of the Prairie Heartland, by Jerry Engler
This is my latest Kansas author acquisition. Short stories. I've enjoyed them so far.
So seriously, what are you reading?
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Hey! This weekend I read TWO books! "The Ruins" by Scott Smith, a vacation I would never want to take, and "Skylight Confessions" by Alice Hoffman. I love Alice Hoffman. This story was much better than the book jacket description, which was very dry and soap operaish. I've read eight of her books, and I plan to read the rest this year. Aidan is also reading the Star Wars books. Any and all.
I'm working on "Between Georgia." I started it several weeks ago, didn't get to it on vacation, so I restarted it again the other evening.
Also, I'm rereading a book I've had a long time "Writing Life Stories: How to make memories into memoirs, ideas into essays, and life into literature" by Bill Roorbach. A great book.
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Book reading has not been a past time
for a while now...
I currently am reading the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, which came strongly recommended by a client, and back issues of Sports Illustrated. (I am now only one week behind!)
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