Not about books this time

I was just thinking the other day, it has almost been a year since Nick and I decided to give this adventure a try. I remember last year, when I got off work from Wiregrass Heritage Festival instead of going to my cabin in the woods, I went home to my new house where my fiance was waiting for me. We were married two weeks later. This year has been.....interesting to say the least. I have never really lived with a boy (other than sort-of dorm mates) so I was not at all prepared for some of the bizarre behavior I have witnessed in the last year. Of course, Nick could probably say the same about me. Thankfully, we both are pretty much loners and slobs (that makes us sound pretty sad when I put it down like that but it's true) so things have worked out just like I knew they would. In all honesty, I have never been so happy. When I was in a car accident earlier this summer and taken to the hospital in an ambulance, I was so relieved to have Nick with me. I always loved living alone and I always said that for me to give up my staunchly independent lifestyle someone would have to offer me something REALLY good. And he has. I don't read near as many books as I used to but it's worth it. And, to top it all off, we have two furry "children" who demand our attention at all times. Life in the Stakelum household is good. 

SO enough mushy stuff. Even though I've lightened up on my reading, I have read a lot lately. Here's a list. I'll revisit these in later blogs. 

Let Me In--some sweedish author i can't spell

Angel Time--anne rice

Slaughterhouse Five--kurt vonnegut

Cat's Cradle--kurt vonnegut

Slapstick--kurt vonnegut (yes, again. I reread these three vonnegut books every year)

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo-stig larrson

The Girl Who Played with Fire-stig larrson

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest-stig larrson

Tom Cruises' unauthorized biography

the Unit--another sweedish author. i'm really digging the sweedish genre

Middlesex-Jeffrey Euginides 

The Poisonwood Bible-Barbara Kingsolver

High Voltage Tattoo-Kat Von D

Hollywood Wives The New Generation-Jackie Collins (that was a first and a last)

The Book Thief

The Hunger Games-suzanne collins 

Catching Fire-suzanne collins

Mockingjay-suzanne collins

Demonglass-rachel hawkins

Outlander-dianna gabaldoon

Devil in the White City

Men Who Stare at Goats (didn't finish this one)

Perfume

Sarah's Key

Of all these, Middlesex was my absolute favorite. 

That's all I can remember for now. I will expand on most of these later. I just ordered Kat Von D's new book, The Tattoo Chronicles, and I can't wait to read that one. I love her work (and her)!

Until next time i get bored!

Laura