Latest Reads

Since I have been a slacker in the running department, I have been spending a lot of time on the couch reading. Here are a few of the books I have read lately. I have a feeling you will be seeing more posts about books in the near future...

Let's Pretend This Never Happened-By Jenny Lawson
Oh. My. God. This is the funniest book I have read in a long time. If you aren't too keen on curse words, then I would advise you to stay away. Otherwise you are going to love this book if you have a weird, twisted sense of humor like me. Jenny Lawson started with her blog and branched out into being a writer. After I read the book I checked out her blog and found even more hilariousness like what was in the book. I now go to her blog regularly to get my daily fix. Some people need coffee, I need Jenny.


Don't Sing at the Table-By Adriana Trigiani
I've got to be honest, at first this book was a total snooze. I really don't care that one grandma worked in a mill and the other worked in a shoe shop or how they got there since honestly, their stories weren't all that interesting. About half way through the book though the author picked up the pace and started using noteworthy quotes and that kept me interested. Plus it was a book club book and I can't not finish those. If you want an easy, fast read and like this kind of stuff, then I say go for it. The discussion was that the other books by this author were better. Something about Big Stone Gap.

Breaking Dawn-By Stephanie Meyer
This is actually the second time I have read this. I went back and reread the whole series before BD part 1 came out, except for the fourth book. I think you all know what happens, but just thought I would throw it in there. Sometimes you just need a quick, easy read fix, and the best way to do that is by reading about vampires, humans and werewolves and love triangles between all these...By the way, does anyone else love the soundtracks to these movies (expect for 2 & 3) as much as I do??

One Thousand White Women-By
This one has taken me by surprise. I have been avoiding it for quite some time and it has been avoided by my book club for many months as well, always coming up as a choice but never getting picked. It was that poor last kid standing in line to be picked for kickball back in elementary school (and I can say that because I was usually that kid). So apparently the Cherokee people wanted 1,000 white women back in the day to mate with and the government said no. This story tells what it might have been like had the government said yes. It is from a white woman's point of view, but as a woman, I can totally tell it was written by a man. Ladies, read it and you will see what I mean.

I read in bed.