Book Corner

I thought I would dedicate this post to books I have recently read and enjoyed in the last few months.
First off, I have always been a big reader. It is one of my most favorite pastimes. I remember being very small and already a great lover of books. I would spend hours laying on my bed or sitting in a tree reading the Nancy Drew books, Ramona Cleary books, The Secret Garden, Deenie, and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. I think one of my favorites back then was Just As Long As were Together by Judy Blume, and another, Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin. The names of the ten children in that book inspired me to want to name my children interesting, rare names. I read those two books over and over and over again until I had them almost memorized.
I am almost 100% convinced that part of the reason my eyesight is so terrible today is because I would stay up until midnight reading by moonlight in my room as a child, or as I got older, I was the classic kid reading with a flashlight underneath my quilt until the wee hours of the morning! It was an obsession. I got lost in the stories, they transfixed me, swept me away into a different world where I was the character and lived another life.
I loved mysteries most when I was younger, I think. I read every Nancy Drew I could get my hands on, and those books where you can choose different endings appealed to me too. As I got a little older, I loved the V.C. Andrews books mainly because I knew I shouldn't be reading them, and then that turned into an entire misuse of my reading habits......but I'll talk about that another time.
Well, to begin, the latest books I've read include The Giver by Lois Lowry, We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, and right now I am working through The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I attempted to read Bridget Jones' Diary, but had to return it to the library before I could get interested (not to mention the language was coarse). I have The Haunting of Hill House, also by Shirley Jackson, and plan to read it, but I am not sure why.
To Kill a Mockingbird was more interesting the first time around, when we read it as a 7th grade class in voices, but still I am glad I reread it recently.
I am spacing on the other books I have read in the last few months because my kids are fighting, as usual, which is why I stay up until midnight reading most nights, I simply cannot get through more than a page at a time with these kids yelling and pulling at me! So, my reading time is at night, with my crystal lamp half-shrouded by a silk scarf so my husband (who arises at 4 in the AM to slave away) can get some shut eye without my late night reading escapades diverting his efforts of rest.
Thanks for reading this lame post...it was meant to turn into a sort of review of books, but I am not able to do that at the moment due to scurrying small-folk:)
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