year of the avid reader::book two {i'm on a roll!}

February 11, 2015 gkgirl

i have been
wanting to read this book
ever since i watched a trailer for it
a couple of years ago

i kept writing the title down
and thinking about it
and considering and waiting

(i hate to pay for hardcovers
when i really know nothing about the author)
but then i got a gift card for christmas

and i knew right away
what i was getting.

and i loved it.

i loved it.

i could not put it down, i blew through it in days.

so beautifully written.

like poetry but in a story that carries you along
and makes you wonder
what is going to happen next.

the characters stick in your head...
even after the story stops.

that's the kind of book i love.

and i had thought that this was grace mccleen's first book,
her only book...but i was wrong...there ARE MORE!
and
loooooooook at that website

oh...i am totally crushing on this author.

seriously...go check her out...
you will not be disappointed!

next up:

Adult Onset
by Anne Marie MacDonald

(and as
Fall on your Knees
is one of my top five absolute
favorite books, i have really really really high hopes for
this one!)

Sunday Best

February 8, 2015 gkgirl

i had started doing this a long time ago
and then
kind of fell of the wagon
but i am climbing right back on again...
and i tell myself that it's the climb back on that counts
:)

for anyone that doesn't know me...
besides my day job
i am also a bit of a wedding photographer on the side...
sunday best
was a spot where i thought i might showcase
some of the photos that made me pretty happy
(& hopefully, made the bride & groom pretty happy, too!)

snapshot saturday 2015

February 7, 2015 gkgirl

itty bitty snippets of my life

Feb 1-7

Dr Phil and diet coke...pushing the editing but seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! 01.02.2015 #myLife2015

I am not even going to say it....but they are all dressed if you are wondering...02.02.2015 #myLife2015

I don't think we have ever had this much snow outside our front window before....#2015BlizzardTheSequel 03.02.2015

The plow! We have a lane! And a filled in driveway again. 04.02.2015

It came! It came! Volume one came today! #chatbooks 05.02.2015 #bestsixninetyfiveieverspent ♡♡♡ #myLife2015 use my code PUJPJXYX and get your own!!

Awwwww...dad....take me too! I can help shovel! :)
06.02.2015

It's OK cause it's Saturday. 07.02.2015 #myLife2015

the year of the avid reader: book one

February 4, 2015 gkgirl

this photo really has nothing to do with this post but right now i am surrounded by snow with more coming tomorrow. i need this, do you hear? i need to look at this right now and be reminded that there are other colors besides white. :)

i love to read.

i don't always have the time
but i always, always
have the intention.

i want to make time to read more...
and i also want to get back to blogging more
so what could be better
than blogging
about reading?!?
what a novel idea!
(see what i did there? you know...reading...novel...
never mind...it's late & i am getting giddy.)

So.
the first book that i completed in 2015
was The Signature of All Things
by Elizabeth Gilbert.

granted...i started this book in 2014.

but i have to say....i loved it.
surprisingly, i loved it.
it was long and at times i found myself thinking
"but...what is this about? what's the story? what's the plot line?"
but you have to keep in mind,
i had just come off a binge of young adult action packed
little mini series like the hunger games.

but this?
this was quiet and reserved, sweeping and serene
eloquent and visual and made you stop and think.
and there were twists that i did not expect.
mainly because...i wasn't expecting twists....
it didn't seem like that kind of a book.

i really did enjoy this.
i might look for the stuff she did before Eat Pray Love...
give it a try.

and that was book one :)
feel free to leave me suggestions of what else to read this year!