The (Not-So) Ordinary Life and Times...

'The Road' led nowhere

I finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy this weekend. It wasn't bad, but it just sort of....ended. The entire book was this incredible journey of survival, then the last ten pages were...anti-climactic? Maybe it's just me. My mom and I were in Barnes and Noble this weekend and she made me buy some "fluffy" reads because she thinks I'm reading books that are too depressing (The Reader, The Road). So now I'm on to The Little Lady Agency. Talk about a one-eighty :)

Website FTW!

I've been doing a lot of website work lately. My firm proudly announces the new and improved Hanser & Associates Web Site. Ryan and I did all of the work ourselves. Definitely a labor of love. Check it out!

I love having time to read

I read Mary Higgins Clark's Where are the Children? yesterday. All of it. How nice to be able to read a book in a sitting. 

Mammoth

I normally don't shy away from big books, and sometimes I really like them (the thickness makes me feel like I've accomplished something). The book I just started, however, is brutal. It's like trudging through thick mud with flip-flops on. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett is 973 pages. The story so far isn't bad, but the writing is dull and I just can't seem to put it down. My roommate says to just not finish it. I hate doing that. I've put away 200 pages so far, I think I'll just keep trudging. The Road by Cormac McCarthy is on it's way to my via half.com. It looked interesting and I think they're making a movie out of it this summer. And I can't usually resist a Pulitzer Prize winner.

A Wicked ending

Finished Wicked last night. Not at all how I thought the book might go. In all honesty, I felt like Elphaba was kind of a Debbie Downer. Not that her life didn't suck at some places, but come on. I guess I'm kind of a "pull youself up by your own bootstraps" type of gal. Good read though. Now I'm starting The Reader by Bernard Schlink

Wicked

I'm about halfway throught the Gregory Magure novel. It's really interesting. AND I'm going to see the musical in May with Daniel and family. I've wanted to see this show for SO long. Excited!!

Sometimes in life...

You just have to get through a rough patch. Some things in my life are turning me into a mean and negative person. The only bad part: I can't change those things right now. I just have to sit and wait a little bit. Bad timing, bad economy. Good things come to those who wait. I just have to remember that.