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Enough with the boring....

Let's talk about books for a second. After all isn't this what this blog is supposed to be about? I started "Sister Carrie." I'm about 70 pages in and I just can't seem to keep going. I'm BORED. I say that loudly because the last book I read (stupid Faulkner) was also boring. Sometimes I really wonder how these books became classics. Maybe they were revolutionary for their time but now they just don't hold up. Shakespeare - he holds up. Others not so much. Its like trying to watch an 80's movie you loved as a kid - somehow a mermaid falling in love with Tom Hanks and 4 dorky men in white suits trying to rid the city of ghosts just doesn't cut it in 2012. Same for this book. It's about the industrial revolution in Chicago and while I find the topic interesting, so far nothing has happened to peek my interest enough to keep going. I suppose I'll still try but I'm sick of plugging away at books that I just don't enjoy. Life is too short and there are too many good books out there waiting to be read. I want to read a book that knocks my socks off. Its been a while since that has happened but I'm holding out hope.
In other news my job sucks, my husbands faithful little car finally died and now we have a new expense we didn't bargain for (when will it end?) and my knees are starting to feel like they belong on a 90 year old arthritic nursing home patient. With the depressing stuff out of the way, lets get to the good: "The Walking Dead" is back on tv and it is AWESOME! What does it say about me if my two favorite shows are about a serial killer and the zombie apocalypse? Am I sick or what? Fall is in full bloom and it is breath taking. I take walks in the park every day because it is just so beautiful. Fall may be the only time I truly believe in a higher power. My Maine weekend with my sisters and Mom is coming up and I couldn't be more excited to drink wine, gossip and giggle. Life rolls on and as always is filled with equal doses of good and bad - well not always equal. We have had our share of bad the last few years so hopefully it is time for more good than bad to come our way. In the meantime, would someone find me a good book please?

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