Book Nerd

Seriously, I LOVE books.  If I could spend my day any way, it would be reading (well and sleeping, and eating chocolate and ice cream).  Ha ha.  And while I feel like I have so little time when I work 8 hours a day monday-friday and use saturdays to run errands and sundays for church, and somewhere in there make dinners, be a mom and wife and exercise....I still manage to read. 

My little sassy pants trying on new clothes from grandma

I have been making a list of the books I have read this year.  I saw someone else's blog who did a book review every month or something.  I thought, that would be interesting to keep track of what I have read and what I felt about it.  So I started making a list (thank you google drive).  So while life is busy, I have managed to read 7 books so far this year :) (that's supposed to be a sheepish smile).  Did I mention i'm a book nerd?

I do want to mention my two latest books.  They both happen to be movies as well. 

Unbroken - it's a movie in theaters right now I still believe which means I will probably see if in the Fall when it finally comes to redbox.  But my book club picked this book to read.  I love historical fiction (granted this one is straight history).  I love WWII (that might sounds wierd because it was a war and lots of sad/devastating things happened during it).  But seriously, that war fascinates me.  So this book was great.  I love how it was written.  I recently read In the Heart of the Sea (which is also a historical book) and author bored me to tears sometimes with the way he told the story and strung facts.  Laura Hillenbrand does a phenomenal job writing a great/interesting story while using lots of different peoples accounts and facts.  It is incredible and sad all the things Louis Zamperini went through but such a great story of survival, forgiveness and redemption.  

I also just finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.  I actually watched this movie in August during the time when Brad was at school and Tacy and I ran out of things to do before I started working.  I liked the movie and it made me cry.  Now I read the book.  The book was great.  It's historical fiction about WWII, particularly about a little girl names Liesel who happens to steal a few books during the course of the war (a girl after my own heart).  It is a heart wrending story and I was crying a lot (at the same part I cried during the movie).  The most interesting thing is that the narrator is Death.  It is different but once again, I loved it (minus the bit of language).

So now that I have read lots of WWII books, I think I might read my favorite again, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society".  I'm in charge of book club in March and while reading all the books that I have been reading I keep wondering what book I'm going to suggest to read.  My mom told me I should use Guernsey, and while part of me wonders what on earth I would discuss the other part of me would love to discuss it because I love the book so much (plus its not a long book so it's easy to read).  

Other book related news, Brad has spring break the first week of March and we've been talking about doing a quick little trip somewhere (like Myrtle Beach or Charleston).  Friday Brad sent me an email talking about Orlando, saying that while it is a 10 hour drive, we could go to Harry Potter world and he was looking at hotels in Orlando and finding good deals.  The man knows how to sway me to an idea.  While HP world is a pretty penny, Tacy at least is still free.  Granted I think Disney World would be more Tacy speed, HP world is somewhere I have wanted to go since it was built, it would make the 11-year-old girl in me who first started reading those books in 1998 so very giddy.  We will see.  Plus, Florida has got to be warmer than here.  It's amazing how 22 degrees feels so warm after 9 degrees.