The "Something About Me" reading challenge is wrapping up now, and I obviously committed to reading MANY more books than I am going to be able to finish. My original list of the books I wanted to read is here, though I did add I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak to it later. Unfortunately, it is becoming fairly obvious that unless I figure out a way to halt the world around me while I do nothing but read the books that I have yet to complete for the challenge, I am not going to be able to read everything that I had hoped to read. I have read Oh My Goth by Gena Showalter, and will be posting a review soon. I hope to get one or two more read and briefly reviewed this week, but don't hold your breath.
I do intend to read all the books that I selected. I have all but two of them sitting on my dresser. No one has these two listed on Bookmooch and my local library does not have them. They are The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes, suggested by Christina, and Papa Married a Mormon by John D. Fitzgerald, suggested by Suey. They will remain on my Bookmooch wishlist, until I break down and just order them, as I really do want to read them at some point.
The ones I did manage to read up to today:
From Bonnie's list: Booked to Die by John Dunning
From Twiga's list: The Atonement Child by Francine Rivers
From Chasida's list: Good Grief by Lolly Winston
From Dewey's list: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
From Jill(mrstreme)'s list: Christ the Lord by Anne Rice
From Booklogged's list: From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz
From Vasilly's list: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
From alisonwonderland's list: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
From Becky's list: Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card
From Stephanie's list: Oh My Goth by Gena Showalter
From Sarah Miller's list: The Giver by Lois Lowry
My favorite of these is The Time Traveler's Wife, no question.
Have y'all been checking out Beck's Recipes? I've printed every one of them and I'm trying a few this week. Last night I made Enchilada Stuffed Shells. Check 'em out:
They looked less like dog vomit in real life, and no doubt Beck's look much better, but they tasted delicious. I served them up with a wedge of cornbread (store-bought, not homemade, you can only ask so much of me) and a dollop of sour cream. Yes, I know there is a distinct lack o' veggie here, and normally there would have been salad with this type of meal, but I kind of desperately needed to go to the grocery store, since the only veggie in my house was about 5 baby carrots left in the bag to wither. After the kids were in bed, I went to the grocery store, and I will be sure to include a veggie in my next food pic.
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