I'm currently reading Kelle's book. I'd love to loan it to you when I'm done. It's definitely one of those pay it forward books & I know you'd send it back when you were done. I think it would be a fun thing to keep track of how many Mamas I loan it out to by having you leave a note or name/blog link in the book when you're done & before you send it back. :) Let me know.
This post gave me chills a little, only because I heard myself speaking the same words aloud. I was always a reader. I had a book published at 17 -- a world that seems SO LONG AGO now when I realize the bulk of my book collection sits in boxes, pushed aside to make room for toys and crayons and a life that seems a lot more realistic at this point. My Amazon cart is filled with books, too, and so is my nightstand -- books my best friend sent me, books that I swore I'd make time to read -- and I haven't. But you've inspired me. Tonight, I will! Tonight I'll unplug, just say no to trashy reality television and snuggle in bed with one of the many books in my pile. So overdue.
My all-time favorite is "The Outsiders" by SE Hinton. I read it for the first time in the 3rd grade. My teacher really liked me -- she was a literary buff and swore from the first week of 3rd grade that she just knew I was, too -- and loaned me her personal copy. She told me that SE Hinton was a woman who abbreviated her name because men wouldn't accept her as the writer of such a book, and she was so young when she wrote it, and she said that my very essence reminded her of SE Hinton and I would write books like that at a young age. I was captivated by the first few chapters and, like gospel, I would read that darn book ALL. THE. TIME. I used to read it once every couple of months in college just to refresh my brain and remind me who I was. I always felt like Cherry Valance when I was in late middle/early high school.
i love that idea! i will email you my addy in a bit! you're too sweet!
When I ditched my FB as my New Year's resolution, I also pledged to read a book a week. Well, I'm a ways a way from that, but I HAVE read 10 books so far this year which is about 8 more than last year and it feels GREAT! Have you ever regretted an internet session? I know I have... but I've NEVER regretted sitting down and reading a book. Ever.
My most entertaining read this year was Water for Elephants. Freedom was my "makes you go hmmm" book.
ah that is awesome! i so wish i had the will power to quit fb! i have been wanting a kindle or nook for awhile now, i think i would read so many more books that way. maybe ill treat myself to one soon!
I just read One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus. SO GOOD! Read it!