Food for the brain

And now for your reading pleasure...
I know what some of you are thinking, I am not really a reader so I will go ahead and wait until the next blog... TRUST ME... Below is a list of books that everyone from the avid reader to the avoid reading reader will enjoy!! I have taken the liberty of throwing out the traditional book categories and made up my own!! Some books may fall into many made up categories, some might be the only one in their category, so enjoy!! I hope some of you find a book you will love, and if you have already read a book mentioned here be sure and tell us all about it!!

Category: So funny you might actually pee a little

Title: Naked
Author: David Sedaris
Book report: This book is NOT for the faint of heart, I will be honest there is some pretty racy stuff, which is even racier when you realize it is true! This book is non-fiction and FUNNY!

Title: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings
Author: Megan McCafferty
Book report: If you watch The Hills or ANYTHING on the CW, these books are totally like for you! They are for the teeny bopper, pop-culture junkie that live in all of us!
There are actually two more books in this series, Third Charmings and Fourth Comings, but as with many things too much of a good thing... you know what I am saying.

Title: Milkrun
Author: Sara Mylnowski
Book Report: Girl book! She rights the way girl friends talk! Very quick and easy read.

Category: You will ask for a puppy for Christmas

Title: Marley and Me
Author: John Grogan
Book Report: Very sweet, you will experience the full spectrum of emotion! Great for a "good cry"!!

Category: Cerebral Reading

Title: Life of Pi
Author: Yann Martel
Book Report: Amazing, you really have to pay attention, but it is worth it! If you like movies that you never saw the ending coming you will love this book!

Title: The Good Earth
Author: Pearl S. Buck
Book Report: Timeless, this book was written in the 30's about a family in rural China, but is such a great story about family and struggle that it is still very interesting!

Title: Secret Lives of Bees
Author: Sue Monk Kidd
Book Report: Starts out slow, but give it time. Very sweet, you start to want only the best for the characters.


Category: People live like this...


Title: Liar's Club
Author: Mary Karr
Book report: Sometimes hard to read, but great writing!

Title: The Color of Water
Author: James McBride
Book report: Great book, very uplifting. Deals with multi cultural families, death, education.


Category: To good to categorize!!!

Title: Peace like a River
Author: Leif Enger
Book Report: Faith, family, cowboys!! Incredible story. This book has it all, it is sweet, loving, funny and heartbreaking! Please read it!!

Title: Love Walked In
Author: Marissa De Los Santos
Book: Funny, full of heart and soul. You will fall in love with the main characters. Especially the male lead!!


Category: THE BEST FOR LAST

Title: Eat, Pray, Love
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Book Report: I can not put into words how amazing this book is, if you have never read that wasn't assigned to you in school, if you never read another book again, PLEASE, PLEASE trust me when I say you will LOVE this book!!

Hope to see you all at Barnes and Noble, or Half Priced, or the library... you know wherever they have lots of books!!!

My old friend

The good cry. I know I am treading on sacred girl ground here, but there are times when I am so thankful to the good cry that I feel like I should publicly thank her (yes, I assigned the good cry a gender, and of course she is a girl) so here it is my love letter to my dear friend, the good cry.
Girls you know what I am talking about, that cry that gets out all of the little frustrations that alone don't deserve a cry of their own. That cry that you will sometimes plan for when you have a moment to breakdown so you can bring yourself back. That cry that lasts a couple of minutes because nothing is actually wrong you just need a release. That cry that doesn't come from tragedy or sadness but from day to day living. That cry that makes you watch Beaches on TNT for the tenth time. The cry that sometimes you didn't even know you needed until you are laughing at yourself for crying at a Hallmark commercial. That cry that has the comfort of a good friend, the happiness of a piece of chocolate cake and the rejuvenating power of a great bath!
Guys you may be reading this thinking I am crazy, but ask ANY girl in your life and she will tell you about the "good cry" and while she is talking you will notice a smile slowly cross her face, and her eyes will close dreamily for just a split second because sometimes just the thought of the good cry can be enough.

My kind of space...

This post may come as a shock to those of you closest to me, but I am about to sing the praises of myspace... don't get all excited I still refuse to get a "space" but I would like to publicly ( if you can call 4 readers public) thank myspace for being my own personal jukebox! I am sure most of you already know this but you can listen to EVERY type of music for FREE! What I like to do, and what I am doing right now actually is to get a few of my favorites lined up and go between all of them. There is so much good music out there, so many artists saying some really good stuff, and we would never know about them if it weren't for myspace?!?!? So for your listening pleasure I have compiled a list ( including of course their myspace page) of my current favorites in no particular order... and please let me know of any music you deem worthy of taking up space so I can check it out!


Category: Folk, Acoustic

Schuyler Fisk
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=27632172

Joshua Radin
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=2871686

Ingrid Michealson http://www.myspace.com/ingridmichaelson

William Fitzsimmons
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=5149946


Category: Indie/Rock

Paper Route
http://www.myspace.com/paperroute

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness http://www.myspace.com/chosendarkness

Category: Reggae

Woodbelly
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=13605932

Category: Texas Country/ Rockabilly

Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=11962872

Okay, I think that should keep ya'll busy, for this week at least!!
Be sure and let me know what you think!! Enjoy!!