Current Book(s): I’m reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer. It’s highly mediocre: just good enough so that I want to finish and know how it ends. I’ve also been listening to an audiobook called Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky. I never would have picked it out myself, but my husband brought it home for me from the library one day simply because I lived in Kansas for 4 years. It’s actually not bad. Current Playlist: I’ve whipped up my Christmas playlist and am loving every minute of it. I hate the Christmas music on the radio, but I can’t get enough of the music I’ve acquired over the years. Here are the albums in rotation: Andrew Peterson – Behold the…
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Current Book(s): Finishing up Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout for book club. It won the Pulitzer Prize this year, and believe me when I tell you that there is a reason for that. I love it so much. Current Playlist: Mostly this month it’s been silence. The exceptions are my Over the Rhine Pandora station for when I’m cooking, and the Les Miserables original cast recording for when I’m cleaning. I guess I like a soundtrack for my chores. Current Shame-Inducing Guilty Pleasure: Probably NOT exercising the way I should be. All the days that it was raining provided the perfect excuse. But it’s sunny and beautiful today, and I should go for a run. Not really feeling it, so…
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Today is the first day of October, so I’m interrupting this anniversary week to bring you my monthly update! Current Book(s): I’ve been wanting to start this one for months, ever since a friend of mine told me The Sword Of Truth books were her favorite series. This is the first one, Wizard’s First Rule. It’s total fantasy, geeky stuff, but I love it so far. Of course, I am only on page 94 out of 836. And there are eleven books in the series, all of which are equally as long. This might take me awhile… Current Playlist: Big news, y’all. I bought an album! (Do they still call them “albums”?) Anyway, I haven’t done that in a LONG…
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I am shamelessly stealing this survey from Lauren, and not only that but I am taking it one step further. A commenter on her post stated that she posted this same survey every month as a kind of recap. I love that idea! Should be fun, yes? Oh, and feel free to steal the idea yourself too. I don’t mind. :) Current Book(s): I’m down from reading three books at once to one, at least for a few more hours. But for now I’m still plugging through Shirley by Charlotte Bronte in the attempt to complete my goal of reading all the books that I own. I do like this book, it’s just long and kind of slow. But I’m…
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