555

Finished: Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic takes Manhattan.
On hold: Shopaholic ties the Knot

In progress: Lucky You
w/Kids: 1/2 way through Perilous Journey

Need to add some new categories . . .

I ditched Basket Case -- it was written in the first person and it didn't grab me like the others. I switched it out for Lucky You.

Also reading Blogging for Dummies

Partway through Perilous Journey, stalled out on Hugo Cabret, have Princess and Curdie waiting in the wings.

Also in the que: Chasing Harry Winston (Prada author), Gossip Girl and Rough Justice (still!)

more 555 books completed

Princess and the Goblin
Now reading: MBS Perilous Journey
Next up: Princess and Curdie

Double Whammy -- completed
current read: Basket Case
Next up: The Devil Wears Prada

Bob telling me, "I crossed my heart for Jesus."

I crossed my heart for Jesus . . .

Is what my little Jedi told me today. He showed me his hand on which he had drawn a cross. When I asked him what it was he said, "I crossed my heart for Jesus." Why? "So I can go up to heaven." LOVE

Another 555 category: 5 books read aloud to the kids
Currently we're reading The Princess and the Goblin and the Adventures of Hugo Cabret. Next up will be Mysterious Benedict Society's Perilous Journey (Carter's pick!)

555?

I have decided to try and read more this year. I'm always reading, but I've avoided fiction for a long time because I get absorbed in a book and life goes on around me. So I've created a 555 challenge for myself (because I was too late for the 888 and 999 seems too daunting). 5 books in 5 different categories with only 5 overlaps.

I wasn't sure what categories I would pick (I was idealizing categories like 5 CS Lewis classics, but we'll see), but here's my start:

5 Sophie Kinsella books (since I've already read 2 this week)
Remember Me?
Can you Keep a Secret
next up: Shopaholic

5 Carl Hiaasen Books
Nature Girl
Double Whammy (in progress)
next up: Basket Case

Other categories I'm considering: 5 Legal Thrillers, 5 NY Times bestsellers, 5 Oprah choices, 5 books from the library "don't miss" table . . .

Taking a break . . .

Yeah, he's doing exactly what you think he's doing!

too cool for school . . .

Scenes from our hike: