2011 Books

Since I got my kindle earlier this year I've been doing a lot of reading, a lot more than I had been for this time of year. I usually do the majority of my reading in the summer time poolside since that seemed to be the only time I could find to sit down and read a book.

I think it's been a combination of two things that's lead me to read more books lately. One being that in the beginning when we first got Rocky I was spending a lot of time with him locked up in the kitchen because I didn't want to let him out anywhere else and it was good to confine him to the small space, since it didn't matter if he had any accidents in the kitchen.

And two, I have to say I really enjoy reading on my kindle. I never would have thought I would have liked it this much but I really enjoy it. I find it so much easier to read on the kindle than with a print book, it's easy to handle the kindle in one hand and makes 'turning the pages' so much easier. So in the winter time I can bury myself under the blanket and balance the kindle on top with just one hand. I love downloading samples of new books to try on it and I love the instant gratification of purchasing new books on it without having to go out to the store. It's so easy to just keep clicking and buying books, I think I'm going to be asking for Amazon gift cards for my Birthdays going forward!

So far I'm on my fifth book since I got my Kindle in January and Rocky in February. Although now I've stopped reading on the floor in the kitchen with him but at least I'm almost done with graduate school and 'fun' books are all I will have to read now while I'll be sitting poolside soon enough. I've got a lengthy list of books built up that I want to read.

Book's I've read so far this year: The Girl Who Played With Fire; The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest; Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back; Still Alice; The Art of Racing In The Rain

Books I want to read: (in no particular order) Room; The Hunger Games; Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet; Anna and The French Kiss; Cutting For Stone; Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption; Suite Francaise; In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto; Something Borrowed; The Paris Wife: A Novel; Sing You Home; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Wow I didn't realize just how many books I had on my list, I think I am going to go broke on books but hey at least with finishing school now I'll have time to sit down and read them all.... Now if only I could find a book club!