Four Things

four.jpgI hope you all had a great weekend. I actually had another weekend where I had to go to the office so needless to say I’m kinda tired. So when I saw this meme over at Sandy’s I thought perfect timing. Enjoy this and more bookish goodness soon.

Four jobs I’ve had in my life:
1. Receptionist for a private language school
2. Public relations associate
3. Executive assistant at one of the Big 4 Accounting Firms
4. Human resources generalist (current)

Four books I would read over and over:
1. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
2. Love In the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3. Chocolat by Joanne Harris
4. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Four places I have lived:
1. Monterrey, Mexico
2. Carrollton, Texas
3. Dallas, Texas
4. Austin, Texas (current)

Four books I would recommend (that I’ve read in 2011):
1. One Day by David Nicholls
2. Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
3. Among Others by Jo Walton
4. Close to Home by Peter Robinson

Four places I have been:
1. Guanajuato, Mexico
2. Leipzig, Germany
3. Bruges, Belgium
4. Around the Ring Road, Iceland

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Breakfast tacos
2. Rice
3. Angel hair pasta
4. Chile relleno

Four of my favorite drinks:
1. Hazelnut coffee
2. Milk
3. Flavored tea
4. Water

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. On vacation in Germany
2. At a yoga retreat
3. At a crafty workshop
4. Visiting my grandma in Monterrey

Four things that are very special in my life:
1. My family
2. My friends
3. My books
4. My health

Four bloggers I hope will do this meme: Four, well I hope you know I expect all of you to do this. hee,hee.

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Off To The Bookstore

I’m just waiting for my husband to get home from work and we are off for our date night at the bookstore. I can’t wait to relax among the stacks. Get some magazines, enjoy a delicious coffee and a treat and oh I don’t know, maybe even do a bit of book retail therapy? Hee.

As far as the rest of the weekend is concerned, I have to do a bit of work (yuck), have dinner with friends and fit in some reading somehow.

What are you guys up to this weekend? Whatever it is, I hope you have a super weekend and read lots of good stuff.

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The Year So Far

I was tempted to do a May in review post but in reality I felt like most of May I was finishing up books that I had started in April. April was not a very good reading month. Then again when I think of the year so far I would say it’s been a slow reading year.

I’ve had lots of DNFs and feel like my reading in general hasn’t been as inclusive as it is other times. I feel like I’m just reading fiction and mysteries. I haven’t read any graphic novels, very few YA books and no short stories.

It hasn’t been a bad reading year. I think that would only happen if I didn’t get to read any books but I would like to expand my reading horizons. Then again, this year has been challenging on the work front because I’m just so busy that I look to my comfort reads to relax and those are the fiction and mystery books.

Well there are still quite a few months to come so who knows where my reading will take me next. But speaking of mysteries, I seem to be a bit on a mystery kick right now so I’ll have to share with you my current reads soon.

What about you, how is your reading year going so far?

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