Sweet Potators

It is! It is! Though these photos kind of turned out weird.....

A serious flurry! I kind of go through these phases with reading.  I always love to read, but sometimes I just can't get enough... there aren't enough hours in the day for all of it! Anyway, I've got a nice new little stack of books to keep me occupied the next few weeks, my house is all clean (not mentioning the garage though, the bane of my existence..... ugh), and I'll keep it that way.... it's usually the hazard of my flurry reading phases.... and takes the brunt of it. So.... Starting with this today.... And so far I'm only 5 pages in and twice I've heartily laughed out loud and exclaimed "this is awesome!" I love books in the form of journals/diaries!  Even if they are fictitious.... though this is based on a true story/ diary.  Happy day! Some noted and laughable moments thus far: Mattie, on the experience of her 'matrimonial bed'.... "I'd judge it took a minute, no more than two, at most.  So it is...

I sort of ended up reading this book by mistake. I was out to lunch with a friend last week whose book tastes I have always admired..... every book recommendation she has ever given me (at least 20) I have loved. So, she gave me a list of about five new books to read and I could've sworn the above was on it.  Turns out it was just one recommended by Amazon because of a few others I was buying. It started out great.  Totally held my interest.  But the middle to close to the end dragged on and on.  And sadly it became a to-do list item because I wanted to finish it.  I Hate starting a book and not finishing it.  It has to be absolutely horrid for me not to.  I always figure that there is something to be learned, even in mediocrity. And I finished it today.  Took me almost a week. I did end up loving the ending. It was the kind of book that gives you a sense of how much better life is when you take hold of the moment and live it. ...