Books. Books.

Hey,

Apologies for the delay in posting. Work has been a little crazy, with our biggest event happening on March 23rd. I have worked almost every Saturday...blah. On the plus side, I got into the Evans School at UW and received a fellowship as well. I am super thrilled and stoked to go back to school, do well, get out and earn more money and have a great life, and own a Scottish Fold Cat. Yup, have it all planned out. :)

Okay, well the main intention of this post was to share with you guys about the two books that I have finished reading in the recent months: 11/22/63 by Stephen King and The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

I really enjoyed 11/22/63. When I bought the book I was skeptical because I associate Stephen King as a more masculine-driven writer, meaning that his prior book topics didn't always appeal to me. Yet, I decided to give it a chance because I read a review about it in Time Magazine. The review talked about the crazy amount of thorough research that King did for the book to make it authentic as possible. The review also praised how King handled the romance and love in the book, a new sort of genre for King. Thus, with all this praise I decided to plunge through the book. And, I loved every moment of it. I recommend this book for everyone who wants a long read, but one that has many turns and twists and great character development.

Today, I just finished The Color Purple. I had watched the movie years ago, but did not remember that I had when I started the book. However, I kept associating random characters with a young Oprah-and thats when I realized that I had indeed seen the movie before. Haha. The book is a pretty short read (under 300 pages) and is written in Dear... 'letter' format. Thus, its a pretty fast read. I wasn't attached to the story as much as 11/22/63, but I did find some of the spiritual thoughts that reside in the book quite beautiful and plausible. I adored Shug's character as a strong, loving woman. She always knew exactly what to say and her thoughts on 'God' were very Buddhist and were quite in line with my spiritual thoughts. So I enjoyed ruminating on those diary entries as well. 

Now, I am on a book journey that involves absolutely no thought at all! Ta-Da, I am starting the new Sophie Kinsella book, I've Got Your Number. Haha, I hope to have a glowing review on it, but don't expect it to be too profound. Kinsella is GREAT at writing chick-lit, fun novels, but don't expect anything too deep.  :)

I would also like to post this picture that Dustin sent to me of his breakfast. He said he saw the idea on my Pinterest that I left open on his computer. Haha, too cute. Alright, until next time!