52 Books…

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…in 52 Weeks.

That’s my goal for this year. Sure, movies are great and take less time. TV is easier still and you can pause it and eat at the same time. But books are good for your brain. Even crappy books. We all know that. I used to read all the time, but life has a way of moving on and lots of times a luxury such as a novel gets passed up for a re-run of Grey’s Anatomy or listening to Mike Rowe narrate one of the 452 shows he’s up to these days.
So I am stepping in to do something about this life of mine. It will be good for me, and will be a good example for Seven. No, I do not intend to get so engrossed in a book that I ignore him – I have limited my reading to times when he is in bed at night or when I am at my store and there are no customers – which sadly seems to be more and more frequent, but that’s another story.

I plan on posting my reads as I finish them, with a little blurb about each one in case anyone else wants to join in on the action. Since we are only about 6 or 7 weeks into the New Year, catching up won’t be hard at this point if you want to give it a go. Read what you want…that’s what I am doing. I am a huge fan of ChickLit – not the most educational, admitted, but the Classics take a bit more brain power than I have in the late night hours. I want an easy read…something that just lets me get away and live vicariously through the well dressed characters. Mmmmm.

Here’s my list to date, starting from the first of the year… if you are interested in buying any of them, just click the picture…

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, & Breaking Dawn , by Stephenie Meyer

I can’t tell you anything about these books that you can’t read on a million other sites. Are they the best books ever? No they are not. But they are addictive, well written, and I enjoyed the snot out of them. Did I say addictive already?? They are. You may as well buy these, as I doubt you’ll snag them at your local library anytime soon…plus, you can do like I did and resell them on Amazon or eBay for what you paid for them. Win Win Situation there, folks.

The School of Essential Ingredients, by Erica Bauermeister

I posted about this book already…a good read, easy, inspiring. Great for foodies!

A Wedding in December, by Anita Shreve

I am just going to be honest here and say this book was ummm… okay. I just don’t like Shreve’s writing – it seems forced and I feel that she tries to use words that are too collegiate and contrived. On lots of occasions it’s as if you can just see her mind working – she hears about some tidbit of trivia and then finds a way to work it into the storyline whether it fits or not. It’s irritating. While the book was good enough to read…I just didn’t like it. Snooze.

Chasing Harry Winston, by Lauren Weisberger

This one was fun. A well written ChickLit novel about 3 best friends with man issues living their lives in NYC. Talk about living vicariously…every woman will relate to at least one of these ladies…and want to be her. Like I said…fun.
Wish me luck on keeping this pace…next up are Candace Bushnell and Jennifer Weiner…and come on everyone – set a goal for yourself, too. You deserve to do something just for you. If you go to the library it won’t cost you a penny – and free in these economic times is a good thing! Join me!

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