Yay Me

I got a Kindle!  It was my birthday recently so I decided to ask for money and put it towards a Kindle.  I had been thinking about getting one.  My mom recently bought one and had good things to say about it so because my momma knows best, I decided a Kindle is a good idea.

I must say that I'm enjoying it so far.  You do need some sort of light in order to read it, but its really simple to use and it's really lightweight.  There are cool features like highlighting or bookmarking and even a dictionary.  Although, one word I tried to have it look up it wouldn't ever define for me.  Speaking of. . . I never did look up that word. . . I don't even remember what it was now. . . but it was a word I'd never heard / read before.

Anywhoo!  I'm going to give the Kindle an A+ so far.  The books are cheaper on Amazon than the paperback version and they download immediately.  I just finished reading The Help which was a good book. . . now I need to decide what to read next.  Any suggestions?  I'm thinking about Water for Elephants but I'm not sure if I want to read about circus life.

Actually, I have several paperback books that I'm in the process of reading so maybe I'll finish off those first before buying another book on the Kindle.  Then again, I'm bad about reading mulitple books at once so maybe I won't hold off.  ;)
 
Ta ta for now!

Do You Read?

I don't mean CAN you read, I mean DO you read?  I'm not much of a reader, I used to be then I took a long sabbatical then I came back to reading a few years ago.  Every year I set goals for myself, so a few years ago I agreed to read 6 books, and I did.  Then last year I agreed to read at least 8 books, and I did. So this year, I am taking on 12 books.  I know, 12 whole books!, what an amazing feat (not really).  But think about it, do you have time to read everyday?  I don't.  Do you want to read every day?  I don't.  Haha.  So I figure if I can read one book a month, I'm doing good.  I think this is a good goal, I like this goal. 

The problem is. . . my book is boring.  I started off the year with a novel set in colonial times, and I can't get past a paragraph or two everytime I sit down to read it.  It's a tradgedy if I've ever seen one.  (me not being able to read it, not the book itself).  My favorite books are Nicholas Sparks books.  I've read every one (if you need a recommendation, I'm your gal)  He publishes a book right at about once a year and for about 3 days, I'm a book reading fool!  His books are very good, they make me cry, they make me laugh, it's all good.  But that only accounts for 1 of my 12 books that I need to read this year.  I've also started reading the Janette Oke, Love Comes Softly series, which is a good series.  But other than that, I'm at a loss for what to read.

What do you read?  What are your favorite types of books?  Who is your favorite author?  Help me out here peeps.  I have a quota to keep up.  :)