All Over the Place

These two weeks have gone by without me realizing it. I feel like I just blogged. I think that if I created a blog in which I simply recommended books, movies, and music, then I would blog constantly. Would anyone read that? How cool would that be if I started one, and it became really popular to the point where it could become a job. Maybe that could be my way of becoming blog famous :) On that topic, I've discovered the two best radio stations on Pandora. The Weepies station, and MGMT station. Give me those two stations and I think I would be completely satisfied musically.

Continuing on that topic, I've finished some of my books. The easy ones:) I got about a fourth of the way through Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil when I decided to put it down. It was very entertaining, simply describing characters from Savannah. It just started to get too dark for me. I often question where the line between being legalistic and enjoying things that aren't glorifying to God lies. Does that make sense? That question definitely came up in this book.

I also finished Northanger Abby. Very enjoyable. Jane Austin is my favorite author so I always know I will enjoy her books. Having said that, its probably my least favorite of all of her books that I've read so far. There just wasn't anything really interesting about it. Girl meets guy, and the guy eventually goes against his father to ask her to marry him. There are a few slight hindrances between beginning and end but not much. I also didn't get extremely attached to the characters. It was the first one that she wrote, so it makes sense that they got even better after that.

I read Savannah by the Sea. By the way, did ya'll notice that the author commented on my last blog? That was exciting! It makes me a little nervous to say what I really thought :) I enjoyed it. It took place in Seaside! I think, unless I'm forgetting something, it was the first time I've read a book in which the setting is a place that I know well. That alone made it worth reading. She also approaches marriage, commitment, and forgiveness in a way that I really appreciated and enjoyed. Which made it sad to find out that she got divorced after writing it. Obviously though, I don't know the story or what happened. The only thing I felt was lacking, was that I didn't know why the guy loved the girl. All we knew was that he was ready to marry her, and he never really expressed why he loved her. What we got was that they had sparks. Overall though, good book.

I read the next Katie Weldon book, Coming Attractions. Good. It was especially enjoyable since it was about her last semester in college. That was cool. I always enjoy the simple truths in Robin Jones Gunn's books. They are a great reminder of God's grace and control in our lives. Other than that, I don't really know what to say without ruining it.

I've gotten started on Hidden Art. Its good, but it seems to be written more for people who aren't already being creative in their lives.

I've also started the sixth Harry Potter. I actually kind of feel like I'm forcing myself to read it. Could it be that I'm burned out on Harry Potter? Honestly, I might be, but not so much that I won't be excited about a new movie.

Before I started talking about books, I actually got on here planning on talking about how encouraging the dentist appt. that I just came from was, the fact that I'm wondering if I should be a nanny in Charleston, and whether I still want to go to school to be a librarian because I'm beginning to feel like I want art to be a bigger part of my life again. So look forward to blogs on those topics!