T4MC Part 12 -- Starting Line

I failed the last one (part 11) by one book!  I am determined to finish this one.  I've already got two finished in the first week of May. Woohoo!  Here's the list of challenges and my tentative TBR:

5 Point Challenges

Read the second book in a series -- The Impossible Cube by Steven Harper
Read a book with water on the cover --
Read a book with a colour in the title --
Read  a book set in the 1900′s --
Read a book whose author name begins with M (First or last) -- Lost by Gregory Maguire

10 Point Challenges

Read a book published during your birth year -- The Color Purple by Alice Walker R
ead a book with a door, lock or key on the cover --
Read a book with a flower/flowers on the cover --
Read a book with something ‘hot’ in the title (sun, fire, heat, etc) -- The Firebrand by Susan Wiggs
Read a book whose author name begins with J (first name only) -- Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

15 Point Challenges

Read a book currently on a bestseller list --
Read a book that shows a woman from behind -- The Hostage by Susan Wiggs
Read a book with a moon or stars on the cover --
Read a book with an adjective in the title --
Read a book whose author name begins with J (last name only) --

20 Point Challenges

Read any book in one weekend (Friday to Sunday) --
Read a book with a child on the cover --
Read a book with over 400 pages -- Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Read a book with an animal on the cover --
Read a book whose author name begins with A (first or last) -- Emma by Jane Austen

The Walking Dead: Book 5 and 6

Title: The Walking Dead: Book 5 and 6

Author: Robert Kirkman

Publisher: Image Comics 2010

Genre: Graphic Novel; Zombies

Pages: 304/304

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Graphic Novels; Library Loan; Bingo -- 5 from everyone but me

This hardcover features another 12 issues of the hit series along with the covers for the issues all in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers, and anyone interested in reading a zombie movie on paper that never ends. Collects The Walking Dead #49-60. This hardcover features another 12 issues of the hit series, all in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers, and anyone interested in reading a zombie movie on paper that never ends. Collects The Walking Dead #61-72.

I'm coming these two books as I read them back-to-back.  I do love my zombies.  And these two volumes did not disappoint.  I didn't know where the story would go after the events from the prison.  Thankfully new adventures await our survivors.  I love the addition of new acquaintances.  My favorite by far is Abraham.  He fills a void; I like that.  I sped through these books and I'm sure I will speed through the next two books.  I have those in my ottoman just waiting to be opened.

Music Monday -- Favorite Covers II

While sifting through all our music, I came across a ton of songs (over 1000) that I wanted to add to my 101 Favorite Songs list.  I had to narrow it down.  As part of my narrowing, I decide to delete all covers from the list.  But those are some great songs, ones I really love.  So, I decided to give them their own series on Music Monday.  If you like covers, stay tuned for some good ones. Part I.

Ben Folds "Tiny Dancer" -- Ignore the visuals, the sound is great.

Original -- Elton John

Chris Thile "Dead Leaves and a Dirty Ground" -- Love his version, such a different sound than The White Stripes..

Original -- The White Stripes

Glee "Dream On" -- The video versions were all horrible, just listen...

Original -- Aerosmith

Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal"

Original -- Michael Jackson (long version for you...)

Nickel Creek "Tomorrow is a Long Time" -- I love her voice!

Original -- Bob Dylan

Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Grace Whitson

Title: Sixteen Brides

Author: Stephanie Grace Whitson

Publisher: Bethany House 2010

Genre: Romance, Christian

Pages: 350

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Sub-Genre -- Romance, Historical; Women Authors; Library Loan; 52 Books in 52 Weeks -- W20

How I Got It: Library loan

Sixteen Civil War widows living in St. Louis respond to a series of meetings conducted by a land speculator who lures them west by promising "prime homesteads" in a "booming community." Unbeknownst to them, the speculator's true motive is to find an excuse to bring women to the fledging community of Plum Grove, Nebraska, in hopes they will accept marriage proposals shortly after their arrival!

Sparks fly when these unsuspecting widows meet the men who are waiting for them. These women are going to need all the courage and faith they can muster to survive these unwanted circumstances--especially when they begin to discover that none of them is exactly who she appears to be.

After reading the war survival story, I needed something light and fluffy.  Sixteen Brides stepped in and fulfilled my need.  It's a typical Christian historical romance.  There's nothing too surprising here and yet I enjoyed reading it.  Whitson crafts a nice interweaving story of five women finding their places in this new world.  At times the switch from character to character became a bit tiresome.  But overall, I liked hearing from each of the women. We get a nice diverse collection of women.  The men are fairly standard stereotypes, but still pretty good.  As the ending was predictable, I wasn't surprised. And yet, this was just what I needed to have a change of mood.

Bout of Books 7.0 is Here!

Here we go again...  for the seventh time and it hasn't gotten old.  I love this readathon.  I love having a week to focus on my reading.  I love the twitter chats.  I love seeing what other participants are reading/doing.  I love connecting with other readers.  This is hands-down my favorite readathon of the year.  Since I am now working full time, I've had to be more realistic about my goals this time around, but I still want to focus on reading.  Here we go:

Goals:

• Read at least two books
• Review all books read
• Participate in at least 2 challenges
• Participate in at least 1 Twitter chat

TBR Pile:

• The Walking Dead Book 5
• The Walking Dead Book 6
• The Walking Dead Book 7
• The Walking Dead Book 8
• Sixteen Brides (already in progress)
• Emma
• The Hostage

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 7.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. – From the Bout of Books team

Sunday Sunset #18

Happy Mother's Day!!!

I plan on spending my day in my comfy clothes doing whatever I want.  I'm going to read and craft and laze around.  I even thought ahead and bought dinner supplies to grill out later.  Mom and the boys picked out and sent me some awesome Cheryl's cookies.  They definitely know what I like.  I'll be diving into those after dinner.

Listening To: The usual podcasts and Pandora channels.  I've really gotten into watching The Voice in the background at work.  I don't really need to see it, but I'm loving the contestants rendition of songs.

Book finished: Unbroken

Reading: Sixteen Brides

On the Nightstand: Emma by Jane Austen; The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins; The Walking Dead; The Hostage by Susan Wiggs

Making Lists:  I finally got my list for Bout of Books ready.  I have seven books listed.  I know I won't read all of them, but I'm definitely going to focus on my reading this week.

On the Job: Stressful week, but I'm still excited about where the project is going.  It's definitely interesting and new.

From the kitchen: We cooked!  Okay, okay, really I went to the store and grabbed some brats for grilling last night.  Brats, mac and cheese, carrots with ranch, and strawberries.  The taste of summer!  Today we plan on grilling steak and potatoes for a low key Sunday dinner.  Pretty soon, I'm going to have to buy food and cook again.  The boys are coming...

Crafting: A fun card class on Thursday.  I forgot to take pics of our creations, but I loved the designs.  Either today or next weekend, I plan on making my own versions.

Watching: On the movie front, we randomly watched Dredd last night.  Way better than the Stallone version.  I loved what they did with the slow motion.  Very good action movie.  On tv, we caught up on some of our currently airing shows and some others (S2 of The Walking Dead).  We'll be finishing ST:TNG S4 today and moving into S5.  Lots of good choice viewing.

Pregnancy Update: Momentary freak out this week.  I kept waking up with numb hands.  I thought I was absolutely going crazy.  After some investigation, I figured out that I have pregnancy induced carpal tunnel.  Awesome...  I only have the numbness, not shooting pains.  The boards all said to be careful not to sleep on your hands and wear a wrist brace if it becomes bothersome.  Unlike many women, I have not experienced much trouble outside of waking up.  It should go away when I have the baby.  So five more months of weird symptoms.  Awesome...

Shopping Scores: I went a bit crazy this week with the shopping.  Both Old Navy and Think Geek were having sales.  I snapped up a few tunics from O.N. and a few absolutely adorable onsies.  From T.G. I grabbed two t-shirts (very geeky ones, of course) and a Tardis nightlight to go in the boys'/baby's room.  I also finally ordered some glossy paper so I could try out the negative technique with my new brayer.  On Saturday I ventured to Target for some health and beauty supplies and came back with some cute baby clothes, leggings, new underwear (I get way too excited about new underwear) and some cute clearanced slip on sneakers.  Finally I stopped by Marshall's.  Sometimes they have awesomely cheap crafting supplies.  I found a 4-pack of glue runners for $5 and some pink baker's twine for $2.  But my most exciting purchase was a collapsable cooler/picnic basket.  I've wanted one for awhile, but they are so expensive online.  This one was $17 and in great shape.  Now we have a picnic basket/cooler to take to the beach and on vacation.  Whew!  That's quite a haul!

Project: Still vacation planning.  I locked in tickets to Tournament of Kings and Penn and Teller this past week.  Next week, I plan on locking in our Vegas hotel and the Legoland hotel.  I have to get J's Hyatt points to book our Anaheim hotel.  That will probably be later. I love the idea of prepaying for most of the big ticket items so we don't have worry once we arrive.  Still checking out the guidebooks.  I now have a better idea of what we can do in Vegas with two 10-year-olds.  I'm also making a list of things I need to buy for vacation (new filters for our Brita water bottles, sneakers for the boys, hat for me, etc).  I pick up things here and there when I find them cheap.  Anything left over will be bought the week before vacation.  It's all coming together.  I'm really looking forward to it!

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Title: Unbroken

Author: Laura Hillenbrand

Publisher: Random House 2010

Genre: Nonfiction -- War Memoir

Pages: 473

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Women Authors; Library Loan; 52 Books 52 Weeks -- W19

How I Got It: Library Loan

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood.  Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared.  It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard.  So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini.  In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails.  As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile.  But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

This month's book club selection was a heavy one.  I've never been partial to war memoirs, but this one was very engaging.  After the initially slow start, I was hooked into Louie's life.  I knew there would be a relatively happy ending, but getting there tore my heart out.  Hillenbrand definitely did her research.  We get a beautifully crafted story piecing together a horrendous war experience.  I'm sure we'll have an interesting discussion in a few weeks for this book.  I am only hoping that our next selection isn't quite so serious.

FF #12: Pride and Prejudice: Lydia Bennet

Awww... Lydia.  The wild child in the Bennet family.  I had to pick something outrageous for her to wear.  The longer I look at this outfit, the more I am reminded of Minnie Mouse, but that's okay.  Somehow I think Lydia would approve.  As a side note, I would actually wear more of this outfit, just not all together.

Topshop

topshop.com

Skater skirt

windsorstore.com

MICHAEL Michael Kors strappy heels

my-wardrobe.com

Shoulder bag

product.madeinchina.com

Cat eye sunglasses

zerouv.myshopify.com

Thanks for All the Fish

I found this wonderful meme idea on Ruby Bastille.  I thought it would be a great way to share my life with my readers.  So here we go with my Thankful Thursday.

1) Sleep -- I seem to have gotten rid of my insomnia (at least for the moment)

2) Food -- My pregnancy induced food aversions seem to have abated.  I am loving being able to eat different food again.

3) A supporting boss -- Loving the help that I'm getting at work.

4) Paychecks -- It may seem trite, but I am excited and thankful for getting a paycheck again.  I can pay off some bills, prepay the boys' summer camps, and put away some money for vacation and the coming baby.

5) Dark chocolate covered pomegranate -- Work resupplied some the snacks downstairs.  I made a fun trail mix of almonds, dried coconut, dried cranberries, and the best part, dark chocolate covered pomegranates.  Those things are heavenly.

Book of Lists: With me at all times...

I ran across this idea on At Random, I followed her links to Kapachino’s original post.  This month’s topic is “with me at all times.”  I took this both literally and figuratively...

• My boys - little ones and the big one
• My soon-to-be-child - making its appearance in October
• Cell phone - lifeline
• A book - feel naked without one (and ones on my phone/iPad don't really count yet)
• Pen - always seem to need one
• Keys - of course
• Tylenol - for those pesky pregnancy headaches
• Sunglasses - a necessity in sunny California, for goodness sakes my town is named Sunnyvale (and it's an accurate description, except we have no idea where the vale is...)
• Snack - to appease the soon-to-be-child

Next months topic: I’d rather be doing.

Quote Wednesday -- Paine

"The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the services of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." -- Thomas Paine Common Sense

A surprisingly appropriate quote for the current political state from one of my favorite Founding Fathers.

Top Ten Tuesday - Something Light & Fun

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish.Each week we will post a new Top Ten list complete with one of our bloggers’ answers. Everyone is welcome to join.  If you can’t come up with ten, don’t worry about it—post as many as you can!

My definition of Light and Fun may not be yours.  These are the books that I've read since beginning the blog that I thoroughly enjoy and don't feel drained afterward.

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams -- Hilarious!  And light and funny!  This is a constant reread.
2. Any Historical Romance -- After reading a deep, through provoking, emotion wracking book, I almost always grab a fluffy romance.  They're predictable.  They have happy endings.  I love taking the romance journey.
3. Graphic Novels like Scott Pilgrim -- Not all graphic novels are alike.  I would not put The Boys or even Fables in this category.  Scott Pilgrim is just a delight.  Go read it!
4. Mammoth Anthologies -- Short stories are always a great way to pick something fun.  I often use these anthologies to jump reading during a slump.
5. Cozy Mysteries -- I don't read these very often (too predictable), but they can be great easy, fun reads.
6. Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger -- I sped through this series laughing and crying, but came away with a light heart afterward.
7. Novels of Jane Austen -- I consider Austen to be light and fun.  Maybe it's because I reread these all the time.  Maybe it's because her novels end happy.  Maybe it's because I love her quips throughout.  Whatever the reason, these are always on my list.
8. Novels of Rick Riordan -- I might like reading his books even more than my 10-year-old boys, and that's saying a lot.  I love diving into a new adventure.
9. YA Fairy Tale Readings -- Usually I can predict the ending of these, but I love the familiarity of the class fairy tales.
10. Living with the Dead series by Jesse Petersen -- Zombies and comedy!  How can you go wrong?

Music Monday -- Arctic Monkeys "R U Mine?"

Can I tell you how much I love the Arctic Monkeys?  Bunches and bunches and bunches.  I can't even express how much I love them.  For today's Music Monday, I thought I would  hightlight one of their awesome songs.  As an added bonus, I included Alex Turner doing a cover of "Strange."  Enjoy your Monday!

Arctic Monkeys "R U Mine"

I'm a puppet on a string Tracy Island, time-traveling diamond Coulda shaped heartaches Come to find ya fall in some velvet morning Years too late She's a silver lining lone ranger riding Through an open space In my mind when she's not right there beside me

I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna beAnd satisfaction feels like a distant memoryAnd I can't help myself,All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine? "

Are you mine? Are you mine? Are you mine?

I guess what I'm trying to say is I need the deep end Keep imagining meeting, wished away entire lifetimes Unfair we're not somewhere misbehaving for days Great escape lost track of time and space She's a silver lining climbing on my desire

And I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be And satisfaction feels like a distant memory And I can't help myself, All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine? "

Well, are you mine? (Are you mine tomorrow?) Are you mine? (Or just mine tonight?) Are you mine? (Are you mine? Mine?)

And the thrill of the chase moves in mysterious ways So in case I'm mistaken, I just wanna hear you say you got me baby Are you mine?

She's a silver lining lone ranger riding through an open space In my mind when she's not right there beside me And I go crazy cause here isn't where I wanna be

And satisfaction feels like a distant memory And I can't help myself, All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine? "

Well, are you mine? (Are you mine tomorrow?) Are you mine? (Or just mine tonight?) Are you mine? (Are you mine tomorrow, or just mine tonight?)

Alex Turner "Strange"

Sunday Sunset #17

Listening To: Random channels on Pandora.  It's to slightly drown out the other customer service department at work.  I end up listening to them instead of doing my own work...

Book finished: A Clash of Kings; The Secret Garden; The Impossible Cube

Reading: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

On the Nightstand: Emma by Jane Austen; Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Grace Whitson, The Walking Dead

Making Lists: Prepping for Bout of Books 7.0.  It's coming May 13th and I am determined to join in.  Now to figure out what books to read...

On the Job: Reevaluation time.  Where does the project need to go?  How are we going to get there?  Ah, the life of a project manager.

Watching: J and I watched the first episode of Defiance.  It looks intriguing, but we both agreed that the pilot is super confusing about the world the audience jumps into.  I hope they quickly answer some of our questions.  We also watched Columbiana.  We have a thing for Luc Besson movies.  Not as good as The Professional or La Femme Nikita, but fairly enjoyable.  On Friday we left work a bit early to see Iron Man 3.  Very enjoyable!  But of course, I love Robert Downey Jr.

Pregnancy Update: Feeling fairly decent.  Still getting nauseous when I haven't eaten in a few hours.  Still getting the gas pains now and again.  But overall, I am loving the second trimester.  I have way more energy then I did a month ago and I can eat lots of different foods.  I'm still very stuffy constantly.  J complains that now I snore.  Sorry!!!  I can't help it.

From Nature: We had a bit of a heat wave this week (upper 80s) that caused everyone at work to want to take off for the beach.  Of course, as soon as the weekend hits, it's back down into the 70s.  Whatever the temperature, I'll take the beautiful warm weather and sunny skies.

Project: Vacation plans.  Our little trips somewhere over Fourth of July weekend (the company is off all week) has turned into another crazy 6 day road trip all over.  We are planning of hitting Legoland (near San Diego), Disneyland, and Las Vegas. Mom -- If you read this, don't tell the boys.  This is going to be a big surprise!  I'm super excited, but like usual, this is a large planning project.  We've already narrowed down our hotel choices and the ticket prices.  Now I'm checking out what to do at each park and in Vegas.  I love to have my itineraries and notebooks full of useful information.  I feel a run to the library for guide books coming on...

The Impossible Cube by Steven Harper

Title: The Impossible Cube (Clockwork Empire #2)

Author: Steven Harper

Publisher: ROC 2012

Genre: Steampunk

Pages: 380

Rating:  4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Steampunk; New Authors; Library Loan; Bingo - 5 from series

How I Got It: Library loan

Once, Gavin Ennock sailed the skies on airships and enchanted listeners with his fiddle music. Now, the clockwork plague consumes his intellect, enabling him to conceive and construct scientific wonders—while driving him quite mad. Distressed by her beloved’s unfortunate condition, Alice Michaels sought a cure rumored to be inside the Doomsday Vault—and brought the wrath of the British Empire down on them.

Declared enemies of the Crown, Alice and Gavin have little choice but to flee to China in search of a cure. Accompanying them is Dr. Clef, a mad genius driven to find the greatest and most destructive force the world has ever seen: The Impossible Cube. If Dr. Clef gets his hands on it, the entire universe will face extinction.

And Gavin holds the key to its recreation…

Fun fun!  I am really loving these quick action adventure reads.  I am extra excited that this series is all steampunky goodness.  Harper has the right mix of character and action to make me keep reading.  The characters are intriguing.  I especially loved the addition of Feng and Dodd to this volume.  Harper's characters expand and grow, but they still retain their core of being.  I loved continuing to follow Alice and Gavin (with Dr. Clef, Click, and Kemp) on their journey to China to bring about the end of the Clockwork Plague and a cure for Gavin.  Plus, we get great stopovers in Luxembourg, Berlin, and Kiev. The encounter with the Gontas and Zalzinaks was fabulous.  I can't wait to see what happens in the next volume.

Clockwork Empire

1. The Doomsday Vault
2. The Impossible Cube
3. The Dragon Men
4. The Havoc Machine

FF #11: Pride and Prejudice: Mary Bennet

Mary is fairly background.  She doesn't like to stand out.  She prefers to read or play piano.  So, I picked an outift that feels very basic to me.  I especially love the Chucks, pulls everything together.

Giorgio Armani wide leg pants

$450 - theoutnet.com

Canvas shoes

$65 - amazon.co.uk

Hobo handbag

etsy.com

Bout of Books 7.0 is Coming!!!!!

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 7.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Super duper excited about this one!!!! I love the Bout of Books readathon.  I've participated in every one since the beginning and I'm not about to break that now...  Because of my job, my time won't be as dedicated as in the past, but I'll definitely be reading.  Now to go look at my TBR stacks for a reading list...  Hope to see everything on the 13th!

Good Things: April

I ran across this idea on Kapachino who got the idea from The Literary Wife.  I love the concept of trying to focus on the positives on life.  And I am going to try to do this: record at least one good thing every day for a year.  Here's April's list:

1. Monday nigh Munchies with Beth, Sarah, and Jared
2. Nice shopping day with A
3. Busy day: playdate, shopping with N, dinner with the family
4. Good visit with Grandma and Grandpa
5. Yummy Thai Chicken Pizza for dinner
6. Dinner at Henry's with Sarah
7. Casino visit with mom
8. Back home to California
9. Glad to relax back at home
10. Bagel sandwiches for breakfast
11. Got back into reading A Clash of Kings
12. Omelets at work!
13. Lunch and games at coworker's house
14. Relaxing day at home
15. Good team meeting at work
16. Decent day at work
17. Good checkin at work
18. Lots of work completed
19. Saw Oblivion with J and some coworkers
20. Finally bought some maternity clothes
21. Fun book club discussing P.S. I Love You
22. Getting back to work
23. Mom's bday, sent her a lunch box and scarf
24. Good work team meeting
25. Yummy lunch at work: sliders
26. Dinner with coworkers
27. Errands run to Michael's and the library
28. Milkshakes at the Creamery and cupcakes at Sprinkles
29. Finished a huge task at work
30. Fun card class with lots of gabbing

April 2013 Wrap-Up and Monthly TBR

Hop on over to Booksessed to participate.

April's TBR Pile Recap: Books Read and Reviewed (7/21 books)

1. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (iPad)
2. Stardust by Neil Gaiman (iPad)
3. P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
4. Zom-B by Darren Shan
5. Birth by Tina Cassidy
6. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
7. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 2900 pages
Pages Remaining: 864,970 pages

Current Read -- Choosing my next read

Books Won (0)

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Challenges Completed (0)

Comments: I knew my reading was going to take a hit after starting my job.  This month shows just how big of a hit.  Nevertheless, I am happy with what I did read.  Going forward, I am adjusting my reading goals to reflect my minimization of time.

May's TBR Pile:

1. The Hostage by Susan Wiggs
2. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkings (iPad)
3. The Postman by David Brinn (iPad)
4. Emma by Jane Austen
5. Lost by Gregory Maguire (iPad)
6. The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
7. The Mistress by Susan Wiggs
8. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
9. MWF Seeking BFF by Rachel Bertsche
10. Unbroken by Lauren Hillerbrand
11. The Impossible Cube by Steven Harper
12. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill by Mark Bittner
13. Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Grace Whitson

Quote Wednesday - Yerushalmi

The historian does simply not come in to replenish the gaps of memory.  He constantly challenges even those memories that have survived intact.  -- Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi