"Cuz I Know That Time Has Numbered My Days"

Title: Mumford & Sons - Babel

My Weekend in Numbers

3

The number of pumpkin related items I ate at the pumpkin fest on Saturday.  3. ONLY 3! At an entire festival, I saw less than 10 pumpkin food options.  How is that even possible!? I'm still upset.  But the pumpkin funnel cake, pumpkin whoopie pie, and pumpkin bread helped.

2

 The number of pounds I've lost since last Monday.  

1

The number of albums I've had on repeat (since the beginning of last week). 

Mumford & Sons.

6

 The number of loads of laundry I washed and put away yesterday.

7

 The number of Fringe episodes I watched over the weekend.  That show has sucked me in & I'm only on the second season! 

153

  (Approximately) The number of tears I cried last night as Vito read 3 chapters of The Fault In Our Stars out loud.  We are getting close to the end. SOB.

1

 The number of times I cooked over the weekend.  Chili. Mmmmm.

54 

The High temperature yesterday.

17

  (Approximately)  The number of times I wished it were Summer yesterday.

1

 The number of books I finished over the weekend.  Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.  Such a powerful book.

3

 The number of days over the weekend I wore Halloween-themed socks.

1

 The number of pictures I took over the weekend.

5

 The number of days I am counting down until the next weekend!

How was your weekend?

10 Day You Challenge {9 Loves}

I'm so glad so many of you have decided to join in and do the challenge too!

If you haven't yet, feel free to join!

It'll make this Monday more... bearable!

9 Loves

1.

God.

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Philippians 4:13

2.

Vito

Because he is my soul's other half.

3.

My Princess.

Because she is the sunshine in my life.

4.

My Loved ones.

Friends & family.

Because they're with me through everything.

Tears & Laughter.

5.

Travel.

Because seeing and experiencing the world is my passion.

6.

Food.

I have way too many favorite foods.

& drinks.

Nom. Nom. Nom.

7.

Music.

There is never a day that passes by where music is not in my life.

Whether I'm just listening or singing, I wouldn't have it any other way.

8.

The Beach.

My most favorite place to be.

9.

Books.

There is no feeling like transporting yourself into a world within a book.

What do you love?

"You Is Kind, You Is Smart, You Is Important"

Title: Quote from "The Help"

When I first bought my Nook back in May (wow, it's been that long already?), I signed up (actually Vito) for a library card. This enables me to borrow e-books for 2 weeks at no charge.

This idea is gold, just so you know.

First book I went to borrow?

I'd heard how amazing it was and decided I needed to check it out myself.

Well, the library may be amazing because it lets you lend them for free, but I was not the only one who wanted to read this book!

The library had 4 copies, able to be borrowed for 14 days and I was number 26 on the waiting list. (Side note: there are over 60 people on the waiting list now. You can do the math on how long those people will be waiting)

Since there were so many other books to read, I shrugged it off and was pretty excited when I received the email last Thursday that the book was finally ready for me.

I started reading it over lunches but let me tell you, once I got half way through, I could not put this book down. I finished half of it in one sitting over the weekend.

This book will make you laugh loudly.

Feel rage and anger and disgust.

Have your heart swell with love.

& sob like a baby.

The hype around this book? Worth every bit of it.

I am most excited that I finished the book right before the movie comes out this week and I can't wait to go see it!

Have y'all read this book?

Love it? Hate it?

If not, what are you waiting for, go read it now!

"Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book."

Title: Quote by unknown author

Oh Reading.

Ask me about things I missed while I was in school and somewhere in the top 5, I would say reading.

I tried to avoid picking up books during the school year because I never wanted to put them down.

I get lost in the books and want to do nothing else but read.

Not such a good thing when papers need written or projects need completed.

Now that I've graduated, there will be so much more time to read.

SO exciting!

One idea I've been toying with is buying an e-reader.

I brought it up to Vito around Christmas and he shot down my idea.

Saying it isn't worth the money unless I'd be reading a lot.

I put the idea out of my head for awhile but now with my birthday, the idea came creeping back.

So yesterday after Vito took me to dinner, we headed over to Best Buy and I played with the different e-readers.

Even after playing with them, I have an idea of which one I like better.

I still feel like I need more opinions!

So I thought, who better to turn to but my dearest bloggy friends.

So tell me about your e-reader!

Which is better:

Kindle or Nook?

Or another one??

If you don't have an e-reader, why not?

Help a chica out!

8)

"Then All Of A Sudden I Heard A Note"

Title: Florence + The Machine - "Swimming"

It's Monday already & I'm not sure how it got here so fast. If only weekends went as slow as the weekdays.

Thanks everyone for all the wonderful book suggestions! Since there are so many, I'm not sure how I will get these all read by the time school starts (T-29 days) but I am excited to look into all of them!

I did venture to the book store and picked up one book. I try to only limit myself to buying one book at a time so I do not get overwhelmed or try reading 7 books at the same time because they all sound amazing and I can't pick which one I want to read first. I ended up picking up this book:

One-I've heard this series is amazing

Two-it was on sale. Oh hi, this girl loves sales. So I nabbed it and it is sitting in my purse waiting to be read.

Now in order to keep track of all the books I now have on my "must-read" list, Bloggy/twitter friend Ashley has shown me the most amazing site ever that I will now share with you!

Enter Goodreads:

This site is thebomb{dot}com

No lie.

Not only can I keep track of all the books I've read and the books I'm currently reading, I can also keep track of all the books I want to read. This site gives you the option to read reviews on books and also write your own. You can check out your friend's profiles to see what they are reading too! & my favorite part? It has a free app for my beautiful new iphone so I could check into my must-read list while I was at the book store over the weekend.

So go, check it out! & love it like I do.

If you do join up, which you should, feel free to add me as a friend and see my lists!

“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.”

Title: Quote by Jean Rhys

First, let me say how angry I am that it is July 30th. How we've gotten to this point where summer is nearing the end and we are beyond half way through the year, I just have no clue.

Now seeing as I have 1 month of freedom before school takes over my entire life, I need to get in everything now in the next 31 days that I will not be able to. One of these is reading. I love to get wrapped up in a book but if I really get into the book, finishing it is all I want to do, making homework impossible to do.

So this means I need suggestions. I want to stock up on some books and get my reading on asap. I'm currently looking forward to this book:

August 24th, Peeta & I will be reuniting. I plan on spending the entire day with him so don't bother contacting me. ;)

Now besides this book, I want to make a list of some good suggestions and I'm hoping y'all can help me out!

Let me know what you are reading/have read so I can get my reading on!