Between these Pages
Today my baby boy is two months old and I’m trying not to think about the fact that his newborn clothes are too small and his little toes are pressing at the bottoms of his snuggle suits, needing more room. Instead I’m adoring the look in his eyes when I talk to him. I know he has something amazing to say. When it comes out in a gurgle or coo I’m smitten. I just can’t handle this much cuteness.
In other news, I’m going to share what I’ve been reading while doing a boat load of author interviews (with amazing people, I might add. You’re going to be so stoked!!), writing new stories, and trying to fill out insurance information…which I must say is worse than cleaning up poo. But we’ll move on. There’s nothing like a good book, as we all know. So here’s what I’ve been reading:
Faithful Fit and Fabulous by Connie E. Sokol
I got this book two years ago during a conference where I met the amazing and funny Connie Sokol. What fun I had listening to her! She is the real deal and it gave me such a boost to see a beautiful mother of many doing things she loved while being an amazing mother. She was honest about not balancing everything perfectly and I needed to see that. Now, with the natural upheaval of having a new baby, I am feeling ANYTHING but Faithful, Fit and Fabulous. I felt the urge to pick up this little volume and work through it’s pattern of setting goals and improving myself again. It has been…a breath of fresh air to say the least. Get yourself a copy and follow Connie on FB. You’ll be glad you did.
Emma by Jane Austen
For Book Club we’re reading my all time favorite author. Reading a classic among the more contemporary books we choose always gives me a little thrill. When I’m done I’ll be using proper English and an accent whilst changing the laundry and powdered the baby’s bottom. Don’t you wish you were here?
I adore Jane and am just a little giddy that Shannon Hale’s book on film, Austenland, is coming out in time for Valentine’s Day. Yippee for me! It’s irreverent, silly and sometimes inappropriate, but I liked it all the same. What does that say about me?
This third installment in the Lunar Chronicles JUST came out and I’m honestly geeking out over it! I didn’t expect to love this series as much as I have. I’m not typically a sci-fi kind of girl, despite growing up with Star Wars and Star Trek obsessed family members. What I love is the way Marissa takes your average and well known fairy tale and weaves it into this amazing, out of this world storyline. I keep suggesting it for my Book Club, but they get stuck on the cyborg fairytale explanation and eyebrows go up around the room. *Sigh* Someday I’ll get them and then they’ll wonder what they were waiting for.
By the way, if you’re looking for an awesome, romantic and seriously gripping read during this season of love, run over to Amazon.com and pick up a copy of A Heart So Broken in paperback or e-book. It’s just the thing for your sweetheart who loves to read or for you!
Check in tomorrow for the first in my Author Interview series. You’re going to swoon!
