January10
I heart the mom who has dubbed herself the meanest mom in the world (actually the title likely came from her very unhappy teenage son). I applaud her for taking the measure needed to make her point with her son and to keep him safe.
Lori tagged me. It has been awhile since I’ve done a meme (I believe NaBloMe drove me to do a couple). Let me preface this by saying I don’t read books that are thought provoking. I read purely for pleasure. When I was still working in the field of social work, I would pick up books relevant to the work I was doing at the time but outside of work related material, I read constantly but I read beach books. So don’t expect any highfalutin (my spell check tells me that is one word – who knew?) answers here. But I swear I am smarter than my reading material makes me sound.
1. One book that changed your life. Superfudge by Judy Blume. One of my early grade school teachers read us a chapter every day after recess (to tame the beasts). I couldn’t wait for that chapter every day and would feel incredibly sad at the end of it each day. That sparked my realization that reading was fun. It started my trips to the library to find other books – first others by Judy Blume and then I branched out to Beverly Cleary’s Ramona series and Nancy Drew mysteries. I was essentially an only child (except every other weekend) so I had a lot of time to lose myself in books as a kid.
2. One book that you have read more than once. “Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten”. I haven’t read it in awhile but for many years, anytime I was feeling down that book would make me laugh and put a smile on my face. I rarely re-read books now – as a kid I re-read books all of the time. The Velveteen Rabbit, Black Beauty, Charlotte’s Web, Bunnicula – those I probably came close to wearing out.
3. One book you would want on a desert island. “It” by Stephen King. Why? Because it is long and I read it many years ago and remember loving it. I should be deep and say “War and Peace” but who would I be kidding?
4. One book that made you laugh. Anything by Janet Evanovich – the woman cracks me up.
5. One book that made you cry. The Lovely Bones and anything by Nicholas Sparks. I also seem to recall Little Women making me cry.
6. One book I wish I had written. I wish I had written down some of the wacky stories from my 20’s – work and personal. Being a social worker and a single 20-something provided some interesting stories! But then they might not have interested anyone but me!
7. One book you wish had never been written. None. I have no problem with anyone expressing their views in print – I’m just not interested in reading them all. That is the beauty of our free society.
8. One book you are currently reading. “The Darkest Evening of the Year” by Dean Koontz and “The Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy”.
9. One book you have been meaning to read. “What to Expect When you are Expecting”. It is too big and I find myself on information overload whenever I break it out. If I have any questions, I will likely look there for an answer but I just don’t think I am up for really reading it. I find ignorance is bliss sometimes. I am taking this pregnancy in small chunks. If I look ahead to not being able to see my feet or labor, I will freak out. Oh and something by Wally Lamb so that I can finally tell Amy I did. Hopefully her taste in books is better than her taste in movies (love ya girl!)
I’m not going to tag anyone because I know everyone is busy…but anyone is welcome to participate if you need a topic or want to share!