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#76 Read 50 books

For my birthday, DLo got me a NookColor... WOOT WOOT. I wasn't sure how I felt about it when I first started using it... I mean... I really like the feeling of putting my bookmark in a book and seeing how far I have to go... or skipping ahead to the next chapter to read the title... but... I know a few people that have gotten the NC... and I wanted to be a part of the cool kids club... so I had hinted this to DLo... and BAM... bday prezzie! :)

Well. I love it. I love having several books on there... so that the next one is just waiting for me to dive in! It's also going to be SO convenient when #3 comes... b/c I don't have to try to prop the book open and hold it there until I need to flip the page- all while holding the baby and the bottle! Haha! :)

So. So far I've read 2 books on my Nook. The first was:















I am obsessed with reading books that are turned into movies. I seriously love seeing what Hollywood can do and how close it matches with my imagination! I'm usually disappointed in how much is tweaked and changed, but still... it's alot of fun! (And gives me an excuse to go to the movies! haha!)

It's no secret to those who know me...that I totally have a crush on Mr. Robert Pattinson. Not just because he plays Edward Cullen (which... Mr. Pattinson... you're EC is not that great)... and not just because of all the other... hmmm... how shall we say this... "quality" movies he has been in... ::cough- Bad Mother's Handbook... coughcough- Remember Me::... but b/c I think he is adorable... his awkwardness, dorkiness... I dunno... he even looks a little like DLo to me... So. When I heard/saw the trailer for the movie... I knew that I would want to see it... and when I heard it was a book... I debated if I wanted to read it. ...But with the recommendation of a friend, I read it.

Water for Elephants is a story that follows the life of a young man named Jacob Jankowski. During his final days as a student at Cornell University... he learns that his parents have been in a tragic accident that leaves him with nothing. Devastated... Jacob takes off... running to who knows where... until he spots a train... and jumps on. But... this was no ordinary train... it belongs to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth!- a circus train. Luckily for Jacob... he was following his father's footsteps in becoming a veterinarian at Cornell... and instead of being thrown off the train over a trestle... the circus owner (Uncle Al) gives Jacob a job caring for the circus animals.

It's a super interesting story- and of course there's some forbidden love involved that totally had me hooked! ;) But the main thing I liked about the book is the story is all of Jacob's memories... b/c he's a 90 (or 93) year old man in an old folks home and he's as feisty as ever. :) Can you imagine the stories he had floating around in that old head of his?!

Downside to the book: ::sigh:: I just don't understand why Adult Fiction novels have to be crude sometimes. I mean... what is the point of adding some of that stuff? Water for Elephants didn't have a whole lot... but enough to annoy me. This is why I stick to Teen Fiction... the angsty romance minus the descriptive body parts.


Which brings me to the next book I read:
















Wouldn't you freakin' know that this book is going to have a sequel. Gr. And that it won't be out until who knows when! (I actually think I heard that it's a trilogy???) But Jaime recommended it to me... and KT recommended it to her... so I read it. It was a short read- got done with it in a few days. And I really really liked it!

This is a story about a girl named Cassia who lives a perfect life built by the Society. It's the various Officials of the Society's job to make life as stress free as possible. Food is delivered to them with the proper nutrition... and disposed of in a recycle receptacle... they receive messages via port... they are even given 3 sets of pills that are supposed to aide them in life should they ever need (the blue gives nutrition, the green calms, and the red is a mystery)... Part of what makes life so perfect is that once 17, citizens can be "matched" based on a set of data that is collected all their lives. These boys and girls attend a banquet that will show them who their match is... and from there they can court and eventually marry and have children. The catch is... they are usually matched with someone from different provinces... so they don't usually know their match... but Cassia does. She's matched with her best friend- who she has grown up with- who she lived down the street from all her life! She and Xander are thrilled! It truly is perfect! Except. Except that when she puts the microchip into the port to read/watch more about Xander (b/c remember- they usually don't know their match, so receive the microchips to learn about their match), she sees not only Xander's face... but the face of someone else- very briefly... has she been matched to 2 people? Is her match to Xander wrong? And what's more bizarre- her being matched to someone she knows is a very rare thing... but she ALSO knows the other face she saw... Hmmmm. What in the world is happening? Everything is supposed to be perfect... fool proof... Soon everything Cassia has grown up to know becomes fuzzy... and she has to decide if she is going to go gentle... or rebel....

Day19

A picture of a letter:

?! Um... what kinda lame photo challenge???!?!?! Fail.

Day18

A picture of your biggest insecurity:





















I'd be lying if I said that I didn't have ANY insecurities... although... to be honest... I don't dwell on my insecurities very long... and they don't bother me too too much... my "biggest insecurity" would have to be my height... I mean... duh! But along with being so tall... sometimes I don't feel feminine b/c I'm just so LARGE! (Hence the 2nd froofie picture!) I'm not uber girly... and I'm just so big... that sometimes when I'm with my cute lil petite girlfriends... I feel like I just stand out as "the man" friend. LOL... But... like I said... I don't dwell on it... and I know that my height has advantages... and I don't always feel "not girly"... soooo....

Day17

A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently:
















Well... I'm thinking this is the biggest thing! I'm 26weeks pregnant... which means... in June, I will be the mother of THREE wonderful, fabulous, beautiful babies... 3years old and under! Go ahead and start praying for my sanity now! ;)

Day16

A picture of someone who inspires you:

Ok... I spent all weekend really thinking about this. Naturally, my children inspire me... to be a better woman...a better wife...a better Christian...a better human being. But that's too easy. I mean. I could put my family as each and every one of these... so instead.. I chose to put:





















This is one of my beautiful best friends. She has an amazing life story. Just a tidbit- since it's not MY story to tell- Violet grew up in foster care... she was adopted when she was 10... she has not always had the perfect cookie cutter life that we all had or dream for our children to have... but... Violet is one of the sweetest, kindest, most loving people I have EVER had the pleasure to meet. This woman has a fire and a passion for God in a way that you would NEVER think her life has been anything other than fabulous. And... if you ask her... she would tell you that it has been. Violet loves her husband in a way that I have never seen before... no really... I'm gunna go ahead and bet that NO other woman loves their man like she loves her some DCon! LOL! Violet inspires me... to love DLo more... to be a better momma to my kids... to appreciate life... to seek His word... I love you, Vi!

Day15

A picture of something you want to do before you die:

Day14

A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without:




























These pictures are WAY old... the one of my mom and I are from my shower- with JUDE! And the one with my dad- well, you can see that Emme is little (2months!)

Anywho. I mean. Really? I cried on my honeymoon, for crying out loud... b/c I knew I wasn't going to live w/ my mom and dad anymore... I refuse to move out of the west valley b/c it would be TOO far away. So... yeah. Naturally... I cannot imagine my life without my mom and dad.