I *Heart* Books!

Oh, how I love, love, love to read! I live for those summer days when I can lay out at the pool and finish a book every two days. (However, I think I will skip the second degree burn this year!) While I spend a good bit of time reading professional literature, what I live for is that 3o minutes before sleep where I get back into whatever I have been reading for fun. And I love to talk about it (I really need to be in a book club!)! I read The Help last fall, which is probably now one of my favorite books and have started this year with Cleaving (by Julie Powell who wrote Julie and Julia - this one is about how she has an affair after the success of the blog and becomes a butcher - fascinating) and The Piano Teacher (staying in bed on MLK day until 11 am just so I could finish). Now I'm reading The Girl Next Door. Next up in the book basket - some yummy non-fiction: Finding It (Valerie Bertinelli - I read her first book and liked it - a lot.) and Bringing Home the Birkin - (who doesn't love to read about handbags that cost more than what I make in a year??). Happy Reading!