Somewhere along the road my love of reading was diminished as my required reading for school took over. After college, I still didn't really pick up a book until the first Twilight movie came out. My co-worker had seen the movie and was exclaiming that the book was better. He offered his series to read and I was hooked! I read all four books in a row and was a little sad when I finished. That long lost love of reading was starting to sneak back in.
Luckily, I found a great group of local women and joined their book club. I just finished up Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain, and I really enjoyed it!
Image via Garth Stein
I don't want to ruin it for those that may want to read it, but this book had me go from laughing out loud to nearly in tears to happy & joyful. It also made me wonder what's really going through the mind of my dog, Gypsy.
Have you read any good books lately?
l-o-v-e "the art of racing in the rain." bawled my eyes out. did you know they're making it into a movie?
ReplyDeleteanything by murakami is a favorite of mine....and girl w a dragon tattoo was good! but I can't WAIT to start the hunger games series. :)
xo,
sylvie aka ostrich
http://www.silverylining.com
I heard that! I wondered if it would just be a voice over since the story is from the point of view of a dog?
ReplyDeleteI have that book but haven't read it yet. Both me and my grandma are in book clubs, so we swap books all the time. :)
ReplyDeleteI've heard so many good things about this book. I definitely need to check it out sometime!
ReplyDeleteI'm so addicted to my Kindle! I'm putting this book down as a next must read. I've been reading a ton this year (on the train to work). Just finished The Help which was fantastic. Read both the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the Hunger Games trilogies and those were amazing as well. Oh yeah, Water for Elephants was another great read.
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I need to add the Help and Water for Elephants to my list! I've heard they are really great. And the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I love hearing more titles because it reminds me to add them!
ReplyDeleteLooking it up! I love good recs!
ReplyDeleteI've heard good things about this book! I need to add it to my list of to-reads.
ReplyDeleteI'm just getting back into my long lost love of reading too. And after your review, I'm adding this to my list :) I don't know why but I just feel guilty when I read... like I should be doing laundry or something- but I think I want to start doing like a chapter a day... that's doable right? :)
ReplyDeleteI think that's very doable, especially with this book because some of the chapters are very short!
ReplyDeleteI loved that book! I've really got to get back into reading, especially since I have a Kindle now!
ReplyDeleteLove Love Love that book! Also love the ending!
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite book. I must confess that I still get teary eyed when I think of Enzo and his intuitive thougts and feelings. I love the story and the unique way the author told it.
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