A recommendation

My sister in law Kristen Reeves recommended this book to me and I already recommended it to Melanie but I just wanted to say this is a great book. Go read it! I was laughing out loud so much. A very enjoyable light read. Very touching and it just made me happy to read it. So go check your libraries and try it out. I loved it.

Wednesday Wars; Gary D. Schmidt

Maybe its not funny to everyone else but certain parts just made me laugh so loud which doesn't happen with many books for me.

I am reading this right now. This was a suggestion from Laura. I started a bunch of new things this week and decided to get social in my ward so I haven't had ANY extra reading time this week (just 10 minutes here and there). Last night I couldn't sleep (I probably could have if I tried) so I was finally able to get deeper into the book and I must say I love it. I was a little worried it would get all Angela's Ashes on me but it hasn't and its a great read. I am not done yet (I still have 130 pages left) and I sacrificed a lot of sleep last night but its still a wonderful book. I find myself just reading and enjoying it. Its not a book that I feel I have to read as fast as I can so I can get it over with and know the ending. I just read, enjoy and contemplate. It goes through many emotions and makes you look into your own life quite a bit. Thank You Laura for a great suggestion! (I took all the suggestions and they are waiting on my little table in my bedroom to be enjoyed next)

A great Place to get books online

I was just reading a blog by a lady in the netherlands and she talked about a website just like amazon but its free shipping to everywhere! Everywhere. Well they only sell books but holy crap free shipping to anywhere. I am not sure about Iceland. I am sure they do though cause they are based out of the UK. Anyways cool right. This is where I will be ordering books from now on for sure!

Here is the link The Book Depository

Help I need a new book

I need a new book to read. I had a huge stack from the library but I read them all. I don't know what to read next but I don't want to get stuck and lose my momentum so has anyone read a book recently or forever ago that they just loved? I am dying for a new one. I just finished Northanger Abbey on Saturday and I loved it! The horror story part was kind of weird but the rest very Jane Austenesque. Anyway I really need a new book so suggestions please.

Miriam

Miriam's History of Reading

Last night I couldn't sleep which has been a regular occurrence for a few weeks now so I decided to update my read books book. I am one of those personalities who loves lists specifically because I love monitoring my own progress. That's not always a good thing though because I am my worst critic. I looked over some of the books I have read and I decided to go through and star all my favorites. I made a pop up on the blog for those. I decided that I haven't truly enjoyed many of the books I have read. I want to start a new chapter of my life where i read one book a week. at least one fun fiction a month and then hopefully one classic and two historically significant books. I was appalled by my reading record. In the last 14 years (from all the books I can remember, I just started logging last year) I have only averaged out 10 books a year! Atrocious. I have the tendency to reread my favorites if life starts to feel mundane but I need to expand my mind. I have been out of school for 16 months now and I don't like it.

As some know my goals are high when it comes to my education. I want to become a history professor and reach tenure. Thus I must read. This new reading schedule will rejuvenate my mind. I am going to start in the new year. The only problem is finding the titles. When I look back on my short life I see different parts of it that were major turning points for the path. I can specifically remember all the crucial decisions that have brought be to this exact spot

If this post is really weird I must say that I wrote this post to clarify my thoughts. I am excited for the move back to the mainland specifically because I am going to start looking into Masters programs. I gave myself (in my mind) a two year break before I would start my masters. So I better get on it.

All this takes me back to a time when I used to thrive on five and ten year plans. I have yet to fail to accomplish anything on these lists. Although in 2003 I made the goal on my 10 year plan to be published within 10 years. Not a book necessarily but an article at least. I don't think this goal is unrealistic I just need to continue to work on it.

When I look back at the books that made me love the escape or reading the specifc title that comes to mind is King Arthur. I must have been a nerd my entire life. I remember as a child I loved everything medevil. It started in second grade when the theme of that year was the medeval era. I remember when we first moved to the United States when I was in fourth grade my obsession for the kind Arthur story started. There were only 5 different stories for king Arthur in that library and I remember I would borrow them over and over again and just reread them. They all had rather drastic differences but I loved it. I think I will start collecting King Arthurs now. How thankful I will always be for king Arthur (that sounds absurd but I don't care).
For those who took the time to read this I would deeply appreciate a list either commented or emails with your top ten or however many you want to put. I loved to read and I believe a persons taste in books is a great indication of their personality. So either comment them or email them to me so I can have some titles I can trust.

Miriam