What I'm Reading 04/19/2010

I think I'll finish up The Last Song this week. So far I really like it, better than Dear John. I've been reading it while on the elliptical or walking on the treadmill. I'm on page 200ish

Middlemarch is good too. Hard to read, but still good. I do like the characters. I'm on page 150ish.

It's a love story, baby just say yes!

I've been craving some good romance novels lately. Don't read too much into that. Every love story that parallels how I feel about my husband just makes me love him more. Though we are nothing like Edward & Bella, I did just adore those twilight books. Maybe because I understood what he would do to fight for her. That's something I can appreciate even though they are cheesey teen novels.

Anyway...love stories. It's been a while since I've read a good love story (a while since I've read Twilight) so I was craving some and decided to go with Dear John. The movie preview hooked me, so i decided to read the book. It was good. Don't over think it, "it is what it is" and you can't expect it to be too complex or thought provoking. But it was good. Quick read. Made me cry a little. I'm trying to decide if all Nicholas Sparks books are alike. There is always some Christianese character, someone always dies, etc. But this theory isn't finalized yet. I'm going to read Last Song and find out. I'll let you know...

Meanwhile, I just started Middlemarch. Stupid book club picked this over Blink. (yeah, all 900 pages of it). But I'm on page 30 and I'm already drawn to Mr. Casaubon as Dorathea is. So i'm in, no longer how long it takes me to read it all.

Ronald Reagan isn't a love story, or at least it's not mean to be, but I am falling in love with The Gipper. Dinesh D'souza you rock my world as always!