March 2011 reading reveiw....uh I'm losing steam

So I've been busy lately and haven't been reading as much as I'd have liked, but I guess laundry and cleaning my house must take precedence over lounging with my book. So this month I've only read 2 books....sad I know. Since I was coming down from reading The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest, I needed some fluff to read, so I chose to read High Five by Janet Evanovich. It is the 5th in the Stephanie Plum series, and it was great, I think it was my favorite yet. It seems that the books have gotten a bit racier as they progress which is fun.

The second book of the month is Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen. Oh my goodness I can not say enough about this book. I was hesitant to read it since I don't always love the books that everyone and their brother is hyping up. But a friend passed it on and told me to read it so we could see the movie that is coming out in April. So being the super friend that I am, I obliged and began reading. Not even 1 chapter in I was hooked, like so totally and completely hooked. I barely put this book down over the course of the next few days...but again life got in the way and I finally finished it on Sunday. It was a quick read at only 331 pages, and took me just under a week to finish it, I loved it so much I'm toying with the idea of reading it again. The characters were amazing, the story was filled with action, love, humor, suspense and loss. It was the type of book that leaves you thinking and wanting more. I just hope the movie can do it justice and that the vampire kid they cast to be the main character doesn't screw it up. For those who aren't following my crazy train of thought, they cast Robert Pattinson (from Twilight) as the main character. I've just begun Hot Six by Janet Evanovich, and hope to get through a couple books in April, but with all the birthdays and parties happening in April I'll be lucky to get through 1.

Birthdays on the brain

Having two kids in the same month seems like a fine idea until you have to plan 2 birthday parties that are scheduled to happen only a couple weeks apart. And then you start questioning your sanity.
I know, I know you can't always choose the month your child is born in and blah blah blah, but seriously the issues of 2 parties in one month never really crossed my mind until I started party planning.
Addi is getting a big 1st birthday bash in the beginning of April, and Natalie is getting a kid party with all of her friends in the very end of April....holy hell mama's gonna be broke!
I actually postponed Natalie's party a week so it could hit a different pay period....oh well she doesn't know what day it is anyhow.
So no sooner did I get Addi's invitations in the mail, than I was ordering Natalie's invitations.
I'm SO looking forward to a combined birthday party next year!

Oh and I can't forget that my 30th birthday is just a short 2 weeks after Natalie's birthday party, I've told Dan he can throw me a party (so nice of me right), but that means 3 parties in a span of 4 weeks. Awesome!

Ahhh the joys of being a state employee

We now have mice running around shitting on our desks...as if having the Governor, and various other government entities shit on us wasn't enough we now get mice.
Freaking awesome....I wonder if it's in the budget to hire an exterminator?

The girls

In our group of friends almost everyone has girls, we went to a birthday party this past weekend and a friend snapped this picture of the "big sisters"...the little sisters were not cooperating so we don't have any photo evidence of their friendship as of yet. How fun will it be to look back on this picture when they are being bratty teenagers and longingly remember when.

Don't ya just hate when....

a doctor looks you in the face and says "I don't know what is wrong with you." Well thanks Doc.

A while ago I posted about my not a tumor growth thing in my brain....well it's called a micro-adenoma, and the good news is that my follow up MRI showed that it hasn't grown since my last MRI 4 months ago. But based on my labs and the MRIs the doctors still don't know what is wrong with me.
So I guess I just get to keep dealing with the dizzy spells, and light handedness issues and wait for the magic answer to fall from the sky. Oh but on the bright side the medication that they put me on caused me to gain 30 lbs in like 6 weeks....and stopping the meds did not cause a the weight to just fall right off....just my luck.

2011 Reading Challenge - February Update.....

I am a member of GoodReads and I love it, if you're not a member yet you should check it out. It's great for finding new books to read, and getting reviews of books. More than once I've found a book that I LOVE from reading friends reviews. Especially when it's a book that I might have never picked up otherwise.



I was reading a LOT in January, but got a little bogged down with a LONG chick lit book in late January, and slowed my reading down a bit.

Anyhow my February is going to be short since I chose to read some longer and heavier books this month.



January 2011 reading list



February reading list:



Book 6 of 2011 was Millie's Fling by Jill Mansell, this was a fun book and an easy read...but it was a lot longer than your typical chick lit book at 576 pages. And I felt that at times the book was dragging on, which is probably why it took me 2 weeks to finish it, and then I was a bit disappointed at how quickly the author tried to tie up the ending.

Overall it was a cute chick lit book about writing a chick lit book, which was a fun change from the typical romantic story lines. It is set in England, and I LOVE the British humor so that was a huge factor in my overall liking of this book.



Book 7 of 2011 is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Steig Larsson. I finally finished this book...it took a bit over a month for me to get through....granted it was long but really it was because I just didn't want to devote that much brain power to a book. These books are AMAZING, really so gripping and exciting and overall great books. BUT they make you think, and you really have to pay attention. You can't just flit through the book at a quick pace...or at least I couldn't. You have to remember a LOT of characters, and this 3rd book brought back some characters from the previous books but also introduced a whole slew of new characters.....and being I had a hard time remember everyone, especially when their names were so similar...as apparently so many Swedish names are...who knew.
Overall, an amazing read. I LOVED all 3 of these books, I'm temped to go back and read them again now that I have a better handle on the names and characters.

I'm devoting March to reading crappy chick lit...and I can't wait!

Rock on

She's so hard core even Paco looks scared. And just so you know, this is what happens when I give Dan control of Pandora....