Suzy Q Homemaker

I had to put down The Elegance of the Hedgehog in order to pick up Susan May Warren’s Nothing But Trouble. So far, I’m enjoying this, the first book in her PJ Sugar series.  The dialogue is believable, the characters are interesting, and I love the mystery!  I’m about half-way through this book and looking forward to reading the second book, Double Trouble when I’m done.   I’m not a regular reader of Christian fiction, but I think the storyline in this book stands out without being “religious” in tone.

From the publisher:

It’s not fair to say that trouble happens every time PJ Sugar is around, but it feels that way when she returns to her home town, looking for a fresh start. Within a week, her former teacher is murdered and her best friend’s husband is arrested as the number-one suspect. Although the police detective investigating the murder—who also happens to be PJ’s former flame—is convinced it’s an open-and-shut case, PJ’s not so sure. She begins digging for clues in an effort to clear her friend’s husband and ends up reigniting old passions, uncovering an international conspiracy, and solving a murder along the way. She also discovers that maybe God can use a woman who never seems to get it right.

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I wish I could say I read all afternoon and late into the night.  But I didn’t!  I read The Sex Lives of Cannibals until it was finally finished.  The end gave me warm fuzzies.  Then I read the first few pages of Into the Forest, but abandoned it for several rounds of Cooking Dash on my iPod.  I didn’t read any more for the rest of the day.

But!

Last night we went to bed at 10:00, so I read some more of Into the Forest.  I was up until 1:40 reading and I was getting disappointed in myself for falling asleep since I was sure I could finish it.  It’s been a long time since it only took a day or two to finish a book.  Like, before-Corey.  I went to the library every other day when I was pregnant with Corey and would spend hours upon hours lying in bed reading.  Man, that was luxurious.  I’m not allowed to write about this book, though, because it’s for next month’s book club.  There’s so much I want to say!!!!

(three hours later)

I forgot I was writing a blog post.  Imagine I left you hanging there for a while.  I also forgot what else I was going to write about, so I suppose this will have to do for today.

To summarize:

1. I didn’t read a lot during the read-a-thon, but I did finish a book.

2. I read a lot last night/this morning and I really like the book I’m reading.

The end!

P.S.  Thank you to all the read-a-thon cheerleaders who stopped by my blog on Saturday.  It was a good reminder of how wonderful and supportive the book blogging community can be.  When I grow up, maybe I’ll actually be able to branch off a section of my feed for books. 

I wish my heart was in it, but because the morning was spent on the set of a documentary with Corey, I didn’t kick off the day reading like I thought I was going to.  In fact, I hadn’t put two and two together when I signed up for the read-a-thon.  So here we are well into the day and I haven’t picked up so much as one book.

Never fear!  I’m about to hole myself up in the bedroom and try to finish The Sex Lives of Cannibals.  I was supposed to finish it for my book club (COUGH) last month.  I also have a few books in my TBR/TBF pile–and it is quite literally a pile next to my bed:

• From Dead to Worse (book 8 in the Sookie Stackhouse series)
• When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by David Sedaris
• Belong to Me, by Maria de los Santos
• Into the Forest, by Jean Hegland

I’ll try to check in a little later this evening, so I hope the rest of you are enjoying the read-a-thon festivities!  I see there are plenty of mini-challenges and fun prizes to win.  Thanks again to everyone who put this together in honor of Dewey.  I sure do miss her and this event is bittersweet indeed.

~Lizzie

I pretty much failed the Book Awards Reading Challenge II. I only read one book for this challenge! I read part of A Passage to India, but I kept putting it down to read other things. You know what, though? I actually started Life of Pi three days ago.

So here’s what I’m going to do. I’ll take off some of the books from the last challenge and see if I can actually read all the ones on my list for this one! Here’s my list:

1. The Road, Cormac McCarthy
2. Schindler’s List, Thomas Keneally
3. Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss
4. Watership Down, Richard Adams
5. Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis De Bernieres

Think I can stick with it? A short list doesn’t look quite as scary.

Sign up for the Book Awards III here.