reading
I’ve been doing a lot of it. I bought my kindle in March and since then I have read 90ish books.
I’ve read the Breed series by Lora Leigh. (Not safe for children’s eyes – very sexually explicit, but a great sci-fi series of “breeds” whose dna has been fused with animal dna before being implanted inutero…) I also read a few more of her books but was not the fan of them like I was the Breed series, so I put them away and moved on to other books.
Nalini Singh has to be one of my new favorite authors. I read her Changeling-Psy series and can’t wait for the new book to be released. I also read her Angel’s Blood book and LOVED it!! I look forward to the other books in the Guild Hunter series also. Another great sci-fi series of different “races” of people. Some are Psy (psychic), some are Changelings (1/2 human, 1/2 animal and can “be” in either form), and of course humans.
I just finished up the third book of Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instrument series. I loved it, could hardly put it down. Vampires, werewolves, humans, etc – yep, another sci-fi series. Jenny recommended the first book and I am ever so grateful she did! Great read!
I also recently read Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum Finger Lickin’ Fifteen book, the latest in the series. I enjoyed it almost as much as the previous Plum books. This one seemed rushed at the end, but I still lauhged my butt off several times in the book.
I started Christine Feehan’s Magic Sisters series, but wasn’t too thrilled with it. They were okay, but nothing fast paced and full of thought like I am wanting. So after 2 books, I put them on the back burner for now. They will be great in-betweens when I have nothing else to read.
For now, I am on the search for something good. I read Nora Robert’s Black Hills and LOVED it, but I’m not looking for anything like that right now. I’m off to search.
Have anything good to recommend, please let me know!
One day soon I hope Meleesa kicks my butt hard enough to get me more organized in what I have read so I can keep a nice list that will never be as nice as hers.
Max Holt/Full series
Finally had the chance to finish up the Max Holt series by Janet Evanovich. A good series. Took me a while longer to get through it than it should have due to school and work.
A part of me wishes the series would have kept the same people as the main characters, but at the same time, it was neat getting a different perspective on and from others.
more reading; plus prayers & warm weather needed
I have finished all of the Stephanie Plum series. (number books & between the numbers)
Last night, I started Manhunt by Janet Evanovich. I did not go to bed until it was finished. It was a quick read, a good read, but I felt it was rushed at the end. It was still good though.
I’ve been trying to get into Stephenie Meyer’s The Host. I start to get into it, and then get sidetracked and find it hard to get back into it again. I think I need to start it back at the beginning again when I have time to read deep. I was having too much trouble with it and that’s when I put it aside for another Janet Evanovich book. (lighter and fun)
On another note, please keep my best friend, Sasha’s dad in your thoughts and prayers. His name is Dave, or as we call him, Grandpa Dave. On Saturday, April 11, he was life-lined to Indianapolis with a severe stroke. He had surgery that night (middle of the night/early morning hours) to stop a brain bleed. He is doing well now, but still in ICU, still in pain (in his neck from the incision area and nerves being messed with). The final diagnosis has yet to be given, but the family is thinking it was an aneurysm and not a stroke b/c of that brain bleed and b/c Dave can remember details, move his limbs, talk, etc. This is a very trying, stressful time for the entire family. They are traveling 2 hours each way to stay with him, each of his kids taking turns staying during the night and day with him. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
I’ve been in a funk. A lot of headaches, mainly due to seasonal changes and sinus. Also spending a lot of my time doing nothing…except reading. I’m not knitting as much, not spending time online… I want warm weather. I want to go outside and let the kids be free in the sunshine and warmth. I want to sow my seeds into a garden. I want to build a salad table. (Check out Jason’s salad table…that’s what I want to make.)
Mother Nature, please give into my needs. (yep, it’s now time for begging and pleading)
It’s 3 A.M.
I must be lonely…
Yeah, yeah, we all know the lyrics to Matchbox20′s song…
I am not lonely. I have Stephanie Plum, Ranger, and Joe Morelli keeping me company until 3 o’clock in the morning.
It’s been this way for 3 days now. Sad? Yep, I think so, too. But entertaining it is. I am ready to start in on book 6 of the Stephanie Plum series as soon as I get dressed for the day. I think today I will walk on the treadmill some while I read. Make it more worth it to waste another rainy, cold day doing nothing but reading (until I have to clock into work in 90 minutes).
motivation
I am now a fan of Stephanie Plum. I really enjoyed One for the Money. I am now onto the second book of the series.
Joe is tugging at my heart…
As for the rest of my life, I finished my web site draft. There’s still things I need, like fixing padding, adding embedded music (required) and maybe adding or taking out other pictures. Not for sure yet.
Sher needs to get her tooth pulled. It has a hole in it and she has a nasty abscess around it. She’s on antibiotics and will be on them until after the tooth is pulled. I also have to push on it to drain it several times a day. Not fun for either one of us, but I do see it improving.
We’ve been invited to go out East this summer by Teneik and Shaune. I figured it up and it’s actually going to be pretty cheap, as long as gas doesn’t go up too much before then. We can drive it in the car for less than $70 each way. If I pack a cooler of food, drinks and snacks for the drive both ways, we can avoid fast food and junk food and save even more that way. The kids are pretty good travelers, too. Charge the PMPs, GameBoys, and grab a few movies for the DVD player (along with something for me to knit) and we’ll be all set. Now, all I need to do is pinch pennies (work more hours) and talk it over with Jamie (you think that might be a good idea? lol) and we’ll be on our way to a family vacation with friends. I am hoping work keeps up for Jamie so that we can really do this. Our first family vacation.
Motivation will be kicking me in high gear now 
reading
When did I lose the time, energy and ambition to read?
I love to read. I love new books, new characters, new life styles, living through the words on the pages…where did that go?
While I am not sure where it went to, I know that it has returned with a full vengeance. I have to read. I hurry through other tasks and chores (or skip them entirely) so that I can read. I can’t go to sleep at night without lying in bed and reading for awhile first.
I bought a bigger purse so I can carry my kindle with me so I can read wherever I am.
It’s filled with books…I say filled, but it really isn’t. It has plenty of books in it to keep me busy for the next month or so, but not enough yet to satisfy my desirable craving to read more.
I read the Twilight saga. I am looking forward to reading Stephenie Meyer’s The Host: A Novel, but don’t have it yet. Right now, I am on book one of the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.
A good friend of mine, from Bookcentral, is my bookie. (seriously, check out her collection of books she’s read. She told me last night, she’s on book 60 for this year!! I’m in bookie-love!) I check out what she has read to see if it might interest me. I think I need to start a list of what I read, too, just so I can keep track.
Hmmmm….maybe she’ll add the ability for me to put check marks on her blog beside the books I have read….
