Karen's Book Nook

I finally had a rainy day with no Patriots Training Camp or committments so I hunkered down on the couch,  read 90% of The Seduction of Water and finished it tonight. I’m starting the second book of my Heard it Through the Grapevine Challenge, Marley and Me: life and love with the world’s worst dog by John Grogan. I’m sure it will be a quick read once I find time to actually open a book but this one will travel in my bag so I can sneak in a chapter or two when ever I can. Of course, this one came with a promise from my friend and fellow dog lover that I’ll love it. <woof!>

Trying to get through my soon-to-be-overdue pile from the library and this one is a shorty. Good Dog. Stay. by Anna Quindlen looks like a one day book for me. (At least I hope so… which will mean that I’m spending some of my vacation doing exactly what I want to do!

I’m participating in the Heard it Through the Grapevine Challenge that I heard about (a few times removed) on Lynne’s Little Corner of the World. I believe I originally found Lynne through Mary on the Weight Watcher’s Booklovers board after visiting Mary’s book blog. I’ve got tons of books on my TBR (to be read list)… WAY more than I’ve even listed in my Reading Now library at this point. (So many books, so little time!) Since the goal is to read 3 books between June 1 and November 30 that have been recommended to you by others, and my summer vacation falls between those dates, this is an easy one for me! I’ve got plenty of books to read in the meantime so I can save these so that I get to them during the right timeframe as well.

Extra special thanks goes out to Natasha of Mawbooks for helping me out and answering all of my questions about Now Reading. I don’t know her and found her through links on Mary and Lynn’s blogs. I searched for someone using wordpress with the plug-in and took a chance emailing her with a question. She graciously offered to help me in any way that I needed and it feels like we’ve known each other all along! Thanks so much!!

The first book for my challenge is Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog by John Grogan. It was recommended by fellow dog lover and my co-teacher Sydney.

I’m also going to read Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen. I read Water for Elephants and didn’t even realize that this one was out. It was recommended by Mary (Bookfan) a fellow WW Booklovers Board member.

I purchased this one to read with Oprah’s Book Club but life (work!) got in the way…. I’m looking forward to reading this one on my summer vacation. Oprah raved about it! So, Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet is my final choice for the challenge.

As a dog lover, this one caught my eye in the library so I grabbed it. It’s actually over-due and I have no more renewals so I need to finish it ASAP and pay my fine. It’s worth paying the 10 cents a day to me to finish it instead of taking a chance that I won’t get it back for awhile. (Glad school vacation started yesterday at 2:30!)