Reading does the mind good

I’m a reader (it runs in the family). I always have a book around to read when I have some spare time. Recently when I made the comment that I don’t really have any hobbies, my loving husband mentioned that reading is a hobby of mine. (Insert sigh of relief--I have a hobby.) It's actually a rediscovered hobby since I've been out of school.

I love the library. In a world where pretty much nothing is free I love that you can go to the library, pick out a book (or like 10), swipe your library card (also free), and you are good to go. I also love that they have EVERYTHING you’ve ever wanted to read about. Awesome. When we made our trip to Costa Rica, we just checked out a couple guide books from the library, took them with us, and then returned them when we got back. Easy peasy.

Here some of the books that I’ve read recently:

Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl. This is a book found in the young adult section of the library. I read it in a matter of hours and love its message to be yourself, no matter how weird you are (because we all are), and to embrace others for their differences. Read it. There's a sequel too that I have on my list (Love, Stargirl).







Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. Some of the images in this book were extremely disturbing, so much so that I almost had to stop reading it without finishing it. I cried. Very simply, it's about complicated family/friend relationships and the Taliban taking over in Afghanistan. It's a powerful story, but I'm not quite sure I could stomach the movie although they've somehow managed to make it PG-13.

Sophie Kinsella's Confessions of a Shopaholic. This is the first book in a series (I read it backwards cause that's the order I got it off the hold list at the library). This author is laugh-out-loud funny. Seriously. I've almost read all of her books because her stories make me laugh.

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. I actually read all of these near the beginning of the year because I'd heard so much about them (and the author is a BYU grad). I'm not usually into the whole vampire thing but I could not put these books down. The fourth comes out in August.






So if you have any book recommendations feel free to send them my way cause I'm always on the look out for a good book.