I'm back...my second try!

So, I guess I win the worst blogger award! I will gladly accept and apologize to all my loyal fans (all two of you) for leaving you empty handed when visiting the past week. I do, however, have a good reason for blogging. In the past week I have read four books (1,800 pages plus a few!)

What, you ask, has been so good, well let me explain!

While on vacation my sister in law A, asked if I had read the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I said no and she immediately ran to get the first book for me.
I didn't want to hurt her feelings and turn down reading the book since she was s
enthusiastic about it. Little did she know that I have been secretly mocking the book for the past year of so. I mean really, I read real literature, not teenage vampire romance novels...as if people! (Even when my sister A, who is working toward a PhD in English literature recommended the books, I have to question her judgement for a bit!)

In an effort to maintain my relationship with my sister in law, I decided to attempt reading the book. I started reading on vacation and thought the first book was okay, just nothing great in the beginning. By the end of vacation I decided to borrow her copy of the book so I could at least

finish is and decide if I wanted to read the other two books. In all honesty I liked it but it wasn't my favorite book out there. I decided it would be worth reading the other books though just to see what happens.

I then go to the library to find the second book. I have to go to the young adult section to pick up the book. I have somewhat embarrassed since it was in the corner of the library and there was a neon sign that announced to the world you were entering the young adult section. (The neon sign kind of gave it a bad feel, if you know what I mean!)

I read the second book in about six hours and am totally hooked. I go to church Sunday and am somewhat reluctant to stay for a meeting I had because I want to get through the third book and see how the story ends. (I did go to my meeting though!)

So, I have to eat my pride and say I have read the teenage vampire romance novels and I misjudged them. I am quite excited for the fourth book of the series to come out. Not my favorite books of all time, but definitely a fun read and something out of the ordinary for me!




The fourth book I read was totally different than the first three I read. Left To Tell, is the biography of a woman who survived the Rwandan holocaust in the nineties. It is a great read that I would recommend to all. I read it today, while also having time to totally clean the house. It was a quick read, but was a great reminder of what true faith can be.

Sorry for my absence from the blogging world, it was worth my four books though!