A couple of days ago I finished reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. I liked it. It made me mad, it made me sad. I cried a little bit. The fact that it's fiction doesn't make me feel better because I know what happened in the book happened/happens all the time all over the world. The ending was a happy one, I guess. I think I was expecting something a little more, but how it ended suited the story. As with many other books that I read, I had heard of it before, but never grabbed it to read. Prior to checking it out, I had seen the title and heard it's name a bunch of ties over a week or two period, so..I decided that was a sign that I need to go ahead and read it. Now, I'll pobbly check out the movie.

I have officially gone 2+ weeks without eating out. I'm not sure the exact date in which it was accomplished, but I do know it has occurred.

The other day, last Monday to be exact, I went over to my sister's and asked for a book to read. She recently got two new ones and had started to read both of them. She was reluctant to give me the one she was furthest along in, but I told her (jokingly), that I would give it back to her the next day. Sure enough, I had it finished the next day. What book? "The Weight of Silence" by Heather Gudenkauf. It was pretty good. I think I only got teary eyed once. At one point, I thought I had it figured out. I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't though.

I also have a new photo for my mommy/son photo book.

I finished reading "The Lovely Bones" tonight while at work. It took just a few days to do so. I remembered all the hype it got when it first came out back in 2002, but never really had the urge to read it. The other day when I was at the library though, it came to mind. Since I didn't go in there with a particular book in mind, I decided to see if they had it. It evoked many emotions. I cried of course..surprise, surprise. I liked it. At first, I wasn't pleased with the end, but after rolling it around a little, I accepted it and agreed the it was fitting. And, my cousin informed me that it's being made into a movie. I'm kinda excited about that.

Last night, this morning rather, around a quarter to three, I finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be purchasing the book (the one I read came from the library). I spent about six hours finishing it, simply could not put it down. I balled at the end. The tears probably started welling up with a hundred pages to go. I want to see the movie now. I heard it was good. I think it will be lacking a lot though..the book had what seemed to me to be, so much pertinent stuff. Anyway, I think it could be shelved in my top 20.

In the last two weeks, I've finished two books. It took me very little time to read the both of them. I had found a list, that don't remember making, of books to read and they were both on there.

The first one was Flowers for Algernon (1966) by Daniel Keys. I greatly enjoyed it, and it could quite possibly make it onto my list of favorite books. As I've probably mentioned, I like when whatever I'm reading evokes some type of emotion. At more than one point, my eyes got a little teary and there were some spots that made me angry for the characters. For the time when it was written, I think it gave insight into how medicine would continue to evolve. I was also pleased with the ending.

The second book was The Secret Life of Bees (2003) by Sue Monk Kidd. I liked this book, but it left more to be desired. It didn't bring our a lot of emotion, but I wouldn't put it in the discard pile. I'm really not sure where I would put the climax of the book and the end was just okay.

Last Tuesday, I finished Diary by Chuck Palahniuk. It took me awhile to get into it, and there were moments when I even wanted to just put it down. Toward the end however, it got a bit more interesting. Plus comma, it would have been a waste of my time if i just stopped partway through. I figured out part of it..I don't know if I like that or not.

On a different note...

Last night for dinner, I made a rice and vegetable pilaf to accompany brown sugar and lemon glaze sauteed tilapia. As I was putting the ingredients together, I became a little worried that it wouldn't taste good or how I wanted. In the end however, it was so good! I called my mom over to taste it. She said she would be trying. I also took some to Kevin for lunch. I had it for leftovers tonight, it was just as good (if not better). Yay for success.

While at work tonight, I finished reading my first new book, My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult. It was pretty good. I knew I was in store for some sad parts, so I wasn't surprised when I came across them. Luckily, no one saw me wiping away tears. Now that I'm on second shift, I'll have time to read and such. Now, I want to go see the movie. In my experience, books are almost always better than the movie. I'm not sure what I'll read next. It's so wonderful to be able to red something that's no school related.