What am I reading?

I saw this idea as posts on another person's blog. So I can't take credit for it but I think it would be great to update my blog at least once a week with what I am reading. So, I am on Book 3 of The Hunger Games, The Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins. Now this is a good book. Actually all of them are great. I had to rush to read number one before the movie came out. And that was all she wrote ladies and gentlemen. I was hooked from there. My goal is to read 25 books this year. With my hectic schedule that will be hard but I know I can do it. I love to read, it's not a chore but I also love to do other things that take away from reading time. So I just might have to prioritize certain aspects of my life.

To say that Ms. Collins is on the same level of JK Rowlings is pretty close. I didn't think anyone could ever get kids to read again but Harry Potter inspired a little bit of hope in us all. I think that is the same thing we see here with Katniss, the main character of the series. It's just absolutely riveting with each page turn.

Magazine Hunt

I went on a magazine hunt this weekend. I needed some additional material for the art journaling I do. One of the women in my group suggested that I try Half Price Books. Not that I wanted to pay even half price for magazines that I knew I would cut up but that was better than full price. So I hit a couple this weekend. I gotta say, that was a great idea. I am not really a magazine girl. Most of what I read is either via Internet or newspaper. But I found the issues that were roughly a year old to only be $1. A great bargain for me.

So $15 later I had some great selections. My favorite was National Geographic because it had some great backgrounds on almost every page. I only bought 2 but those will probably last me over a month. I also grabbed a think Vogue because I love shoes and clothing. An Architectural Digest and a few Garden Digest issues. The Oprah ones I already had from a couple of days ago. What I also found were some great clearance books that had life's sayings as well as some poetry that I think would really describe me. The name of the book was "angry girls". Need I say more? My son thought I was crazy by getting old magazines but now that he is seeing what I did I think he might actually try it himself. As long as he doesn't resort to cutting up textbooks, I don't really care. )

I am posting one of the entries I completed this weekend. I have to remember to date them.

Until later BloggerLand...