Last month we had a death in our family that has been pretty hard on me. I haven't been reading like I usually do. I haven't been able to focus on as much. I've been reading mostly manga. Also, I can pretty much read a Meg Cabot books any time. If there is a nuclear holocaust, I will probably be able to handle it in a calm, breezy manner as long as I have a couple of her novels to calm me down. MaryJanice Davidson usually perks me up to.

Does anyone else have any comfort reads?

I finished my first challenge book. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
Meg Cabot's heroines are nutty in a good way. Lizzie is a well meaning chatterbox who can be a tad bit naieve. After graduating from college (-ish) she goes to England to spend time with her boyfriend. But she doesn't know him as well as she thought and ends up going to stay with a friend in France. The vineyard they stay at is a great backdrop for this romantic comedy. Can't wait to read the sequel, Queen of Babble in the Big City.

Hello. My name is Sarah and I am a Meg Cabot addict. I have not read all of her books. Yet. But I have read the latest Princess Diaries book and adored it. It was much better than book 8 where, quite frankly, Mia got on my nerves just a little bit. I was afraid I would, like Mia, miss Michael too much, but it was nice to see her relationships with other characters minus Michael. Even though book 10 will be the final volume I look forward to it. The characters in these books make me smile. Even Tina with her silliness. I now want to read about three more Meg Cabot books, even thought last month I caught up on the Heather Wells series. Seriously, these books are like crack.

I started reading Cain Saga just because it had the same characters as Godchild, but I don't love it as much. Last week though, I read Volume 3 of Cain and WOW! it was awesome. I heart Kaori Yuki!

From Thoughts of Joy

Another challenge! I'm going challenge crazy! They are mostly fantasy or mystery.

~ The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie King
~ Storm Front by Jim Butcher
~ The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig Albert
~ Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
~ Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
~ Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
~ Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
~ Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
~ Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
~ Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
~ Something From the Nightside by Simon Green
~ Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson

From Thoughts of Joy

Reading challenge, YAY! Here is my list (in no particular order):

~ Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

~ Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

~ A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

~ King Dork by Frank Portman

~ 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

~ Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

~ The Book Thief by Mark Zusak

~ Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

~ Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter Hughes

~ Monster by Walter Dean Myers

~ Last Days by Scott Westerfeld

~ Post Cards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers

I think I should use this account to post about books, movies, and the like. So, here goes!
Last night we went to see The Bourne Ultimatum. Ooooh, was it good. It is so rare to have three great movies in a franchise. It made me all the more delighted with this movie. Exciting fight sequences, car chases, and government backstabbing abound!
Speaking of movie franchises, we also watched Resident Evil. Carrie loves these movies so I decided to catch up in preparation of the third movie. I enjoyed it. Although Carrie said the mood was ruined by her pets jumping on me and being lovable. It can be difficult to get in the correct frame of mind for a zombie movie when a 60 pound dog who thinks she's a lap dog is on top of you, licking your face.

I have a livejournal that I have been neglecting and I have a myspace page that is, meh. So I've decided to play with blogger too just to see what it's like. Huzzah!