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Molasses...52 in 52 update.

Yep, as in as slow as...As you can see at the top of the page, this is Week 21 folks and I'm on Book 41. I know, I'm still 20 books ahead but I was really steaming along there!

I've just swapped books with a friend. I gave him The King Must Die and he gave me The Princess Bride. I've seen the movie and I like it...we'll see how I like the book.

52 Books in 52 Weeks Update

Well, hey out there! It's been a while since my last post! Not a lot going on and yet, life feels crazy at times! The Lamberts just enjoyed a fantastic STAYcation over spring break last week. Oh! It was so nice to just float through the week, no schedule, no timetable. Loved it! It's Day 2 back to work and getting up was a bit harder today than yesterday...I need a day off! Whew!

It's week 15 of the year and I started my 25th book last night! Yep, that's right folks, I'm 10 books ahead! Am I feeling a little cocky? Betchur bottom dollar I am! I know what you're thinking..."Steph, how are you getting all this reading done?". Pretty sure it's my Nook! One of the best gifts I ever got!!! I love, love, love having my library at my fingertips!

I've discovered some new authors that I'm really excited about through Barnes & Noble's Free Nookbooks and Nookbook Deals. Definitely worth checking out if you like paranormal romance! Check them out and let me know what you think!
H.P. Mallory
Nicky Charles
Dakota Cassidy
Dianne Duvall
Penelope Fletcher

Happy Reading!!!

52 Books in 50 Weeks!!!

I am happy to say that I finished Cleopatra's Daughter yesterday and I really LOVED it! More so than the other books I've read by Michelle Moran. Maybe because there was just a smidge more of a romantic ending...kinda. So that's it. I made it. 52 Books in 50 Weeks! I'm still reading, trying to get in as many books as I can till the end of the year. 

I'll be starting over on January 1...who's with me?

In other news, the heat has been out in my car. Rather the blower moter, for some reason, is out. And let me tell you...I KNOW IT'S COLD!!! Hopefully that'll be fixed this weekend. I can't take much more of these freezing 4 am rides to work!!!

That's it for now Folks!!!

52 Books in 50 Weeks!

I have nearly reached my goal of 52 Books in 52 Weeks this year! I'm sure I get in a couple more books before the year ends! It has been a fun challenge and I plan to start again in the new year!

I'm also thinking maybe, MAYBE, if I can get so much reading done I can set a goal for knitting.... I got the itch to knit. I know I need to get some baby blankets made, that's for sure!

E Books

I just started Book # 46. It's an E Book. Now, I don't have an E Reader so I'm not really enjoying the experience... I'm sure having a Kindle or an iPad makes reading these guys much easier than on my tiny HTC Hero. I like BOOKS. I like buying them, I like stacking them in my library, I like holding them...heck sometimes I like reading in the tub...

Has anyone been converted? Lover of BOOKS finds they can't live without their E Reader...? I've thought about buying one but what am I gonna do with all the books I already own? Of course I'll want them stored in that crafty little reader...

Thoughts? Opinions? Comments?

New Author

I'm starting a new book this morning. "Wilderness" by Dennis Danvers. It looks interesting... This is my 43rd book in 46 weeks. I'm getting close to my goal. I've got a full 10 books (including this new one) to read in 6 weeks. It's gonna be tight but I think I can pull it off!!!

The King Must Die

"The King Must Die" is my all-time favorite book. I've read it well over 30 times! As well as "The Bull from the Sea". Both books are historical fiction by Mary Renault. They tell the life story of Theseus; King of Athens, from his point of view. Starting from his life at 7 years old until his death. It's a fantastic mix of myth, fact, and fiction!

My favorite passage...

"Deep blue, and black, the Isthmus is in my memory; blue sky above, with seldom a cloud to break it; and always on the right, black plunging rocks with their feet in a blue sea. The pink dusty road before us, the scrub and the dark pines, lay always between these depths of blue. The sea was calm; as one looked down, it drowned the eye like a second zenith, but bluer still; bluer than lapis, or sapphire, or whatever flower is bluest; and then again, in the dark clear shadows round the deep roots of the rocks, green and grape-purple, like the ring-dove's sheen. It must have been seldom I stood in quiet to gaze at it. My eye was sharpened for other matters. Yet it is the blue that I remember."

Michelle Moran

I just finished "Nefertiti" tonight. It was really very good. It's told from Nefertiti's younger sister, Mutnodjmet's point of view. If you like historical fiction of the Egyptian variety you won't be disapointed!

I accidentally read "The Heretic Queen" first. Don't do that! It won't completely ruin it because the books don't run one right into the other...but if you're like me at all it'll just drive you nuts!

I'm gonna pick up "Cleopatra's Daughter" this weekend. I'll let you know what I think!