9-11

I had a lazy weekend. I've been tired, as I've been working a lot lately, mostly from home, and trying flesh out appellate issues while wrangling the boys is exhausting.

So, this weekend being mother's day weekend and all, I figured no one would mind if I just lazed about reading. Right? Right. (Sorry, honey.) So, I finished Your Witness, Feeding the Hungry Heart and Things I've learned from Women Who've Dumped Me.

Your Witness was a quick read, and educational as well as entertaining. Only lawyers would enjoy reading other lawyer's war stories, but I found it to have some good advice, too. It was funny, but again, I think only because I've been there done that.

Feeding the Hungry Heart was a really quick read, and I found that I didn't enjoy it as much as When Food is Love. It just didn't seem as in depth or as insightful.

Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me was a book my husband bought for himself, but I took it and read it in an hour or so. It was hilarious. It was great insight into the mind of men, which I find is always helpful. It made me appreciate my husband, too, and remind me why I'm so glad I'm not single and that, even if he doesn't understand where the dishwasher is or how to use it, he's still an awesome guy.

I'm down 11 now, 89 to go. I have got some serious reading to do to finish this challenge, but even if I don't make it, I will have read quite a bit this year, which is never a bad thing.

Catch-Up

I have been crazy busy lately, so I took a break from reading books, and instead was reading transcripts, police reports, etc. for work. All the reading I do at work sometimes makes me have to take a break and home, but recently I've been back at it.

In the past couple months, I have finished the following: Shanghai Girls, by Lisa See; You're a Horrible Person, but I Like You; When Food is Love, by Geneen Roth. I have started some other books (yes, I'm one of those people who reads multiple things at once.).

I am currently reading: Three Cups of Tea; Your Witness; and multiple books by Geneen Roth (hello, uncomfortable sharing of my personal life).

I enjoyed Shanghai Girls, for the most part. I thought it was overwrought in some parts, and went on a little too long, but it was a quick read and kept my interest. I don't have a sister, so the dynamics of the sisterly relationship have always held interest for me. I also enjoyed reading about Shanghai in the 20's. I have been to some of the places in the book when I lived in China, and it was fun to read about them and picture them in my mind, as they might have been 80 years ago.

You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You was funny. I literally laughed out loud a few times. It was a super quick read, nice and mindless, which is just what you need sometimes to take a mental break. I actualy bought it for my husband, because it looked like something he would enjoy, but I brought it home, showed it to him and proceeded to read it. He still hasn't read it. Ingrate.

Geneen Roths' books are fabulous. Without going into too much personal stuff and turning this blog into my own private therapy session, I find them to be well-written and pretty spot on.

I think I'm up to seven now. Only 93 to go! Woot! Yeah. I better get on it.