Thanksgiving Feasts

The boys' preschool has a Thanksgiving feast every year. Before the meal, the kids sing a couple of songs for the parents. Cash's class had their feast on Monday and West's was on Tuesday. So we've already had two turkey dinners this week!

Hmmm, is West bored or tired?

Teaser Tuesday: November 24

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"They took their shoes off and did it again. The second time was less urgent and they tried to impress each other with their respective repertoires of mattress tricks."

-p. 101 Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore

I honestly do read books other than vampire books! This book is my book club Conversati-OM's pick for November.

Thankfully Reading Weekend

This weekend I'll be taking part in the Thankfully Reading Weekend. Click on the turkey for details and to sign up if you'd like. I'm hosting Thanksgiving dinner again this year – cooking the turkey and a few of the side dishes so I'll be needing some downtime on Friday to relax and read I'm sure. I know there's no way I'm going shopping!

Sunday Salon: November 15-21

Overall this was a fun week. Thursday I went to see Wicked at the Music Hall with some friends. I really enjoyed it; it was completely different from the book but I knew that going in so it didn't bother me. Then on Friday I went with some other friends to see New Moon.

I took West to the ENT Tuesday – he's going to need another set of ear tubes and his adenoids removed. Hopefully, he'll hear and sleep better after the procedure and be less grouchy.

Today at Campfire, the boys made their boats for the Rain Gutter Regatta, which will be held in December:

This was another light reading week. I need to start peeling myself off the computer earlier at night and start my evening reading sooner. The only book I finished was Twilight by Stephenie Meyer but I did read a little bit on a couple of other books.

Movie Review: The Twilight Saga – New Moon

New Moon was so much better than the first Twilight movie. Kristen Stewart was still the most annoying part of the move but she was considerably less so than in Twilight. There was almost no stuttering awkwardness. She was still kind of stilted though. Robert Pattinson was hot as usual and I thought his acting was a lot better in this movie.

The movie was a lot faster paced than the book and I think the movie is better. (The book was my least favorite of the series.) There a chemistry between Bella and Jake in the movie that never came across in the book. I found Jake annoying and immature in the book but I really liked Taylor Lautner's interpretation of Jake and actually found myself rooting for him a little. I'm still firmly on Team Edward though!

The movie was true to the book but still managed to throw in a few surprises. The special effects were great and had me on the edge of my seat a few times. I highly recommend New Moon for fans of the Twilight book series. I can't wait to see it again!

Book Review: Twilight

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I re-read this book in preparation for the release of the New Moon movie. I'm not normally a re-reader – I actually can't remember ever re-reading a book in my adult life. It was just as good the second time around – I still had trouble putting down even though I knew what was going to happen.

Original review (December 2008): I was fully prepared not to like this book. I'd heard it was poorly written and it is. But I liked it anyway! The story is really engaging despite the way it's written. I liked it so much I went out and bought the next book in the series the day I finished this one. I'm hooked!
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Library Loot – November 20

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marge that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

This is what I currently have checked out from the library. Whether I'll actually have chance to read all of it before it's due back is another story!

Chaos Suspended

West is pretending to be Cash's pet baby alligator:

First Snow

We had our first snowfall of the season yesterday. It's already all melted but the boys were very excited yesterday morning when they woke up and looked out the window.

Teaser Tuesday: November 17

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"I glanced around us, making sure we were well out of anyone's hearing. As I cast my eyes around the room, I caught the eyes of his sister, Alice, staring at me."

-p. 214 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

I'm rereading this and New Moon and then going to see the movie New Moon on Friday. I can't wait!