What I've been reading over break:

If I had a million hours in the day, I would most likely watch every show on TLC, bask in the sun by the pool (assuming it's summer), listen to Coldplay & the Goo Goo Dolls on repeat, write letters, make every meal a picnic outside, hang out with my friends, and read read read read read. Unfortunately, when I wake up at 11 or 11:30 every day I only accomplish the first item on my list: watching every show on TLC. Occasionally I make it to the gym and hang out with friends but that's the extent of my recent days at home. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about my endless hours of leisure time at all (even though this is going to be quite the shock when I head back to school on the 18th). Anyways, the point of this is that reading is one of my top favorite things to do in the world and I miss reading at school! I definitely read enough textbooks and other required books for class, but I miss having hours in the day to read outside in a hammock, preferably. The hammock part can be flexible. For example, I'm perfectly content when I'm swaddled up in my blankets during the winter while reading a book. Sooooo... here's a little glimpse of what I've been reading over the past month:

The first book I read over vacation was The Hunger Games. I can't remember if I posted about my frantic I'm-going-to-read-this-in-five-hours-without-stopping encounter with this book, but it came and went between the hours of 9:30pm-2:30am on Christmas night. I then read the next two books within the following 2-3 days! They were so good. Can't wait for the movie!

I've read excerpts from Bird by Bird in my Great Conversation class and my Intro to Creative Writing class, and during both readings in class I've embarrassingly chuckled out loud and then once I realized that great, my laughter is louder than I thought, I've had to resort to the I'm not laughing but I'm just shaking uncontrollably because I can't even hold in my giggles. Long story short, I find this book hilarious and I had to buy it for Creative Writing: Nonfiction this semester. Naturally, I decided to read it and I've laughed through every chapter. It's pretty much Anne Lamott sharing her tips and tricks about writing and how it doesn't always come natural to even the most successful writers. 

My mom bullied me into reading this one (she bullied me into reading The Hunger Games, too). I'm only about 1/4 of the way through it, but I'm seriously addicted. It's about a minor character in the Bible, Dinah, and her life and the lives of other women during that time. As Dinah is the only daughter of Jacob, all of the mothers use Dinah as a means of carrying on all of their own stories. That's not the best description but hopefully you get the idea. It's really good so far.