My favorite store...

Most of you know I love the bookstore! I go there when I need to get out of the house and enjoy wandering around. I have found another reason to love them. They have these fun 'parties' for different books. I took niece #2 to a Fancy Nancy party a couple weeks ago. She dressed up like Fancy Nancy and we had a BLAST! at the party. Then this week nephew #1 and I went to a party for the new Rick Riordan book "The Red Pyramid." Much fun was had! I think I like the parties as much as I like the coupons (I'm pretty sure I haven't paid full price for a book in quite a while! Don't tell!) If you have a Borders near you - check out the storytime and parties!

Books!

This summer, Barnes and Noble did a summer reading program for kids 1st - 6th grade. If you read 8 books you could go pick a free book. I got some papers for the 3 oldest nephew and neices. They had finished reading their 8 books each and I took them to the bookstore to get their free book. We had a lot of fun picking out books for each of them (and buying one for their younger brother). When we were done at the bookstore I took them to get an ice cream cone. When we pulled into McD's, I asked who wanted ice cream. I heard this chorus of 'I do!', 'Me!' from the back seat. And then the youngest neice with me, age 6, says, "Aunt, you don't have to spend so much money on us." It was so stinkin cute! I told her since I hadn't spent anything on her yet because her book was free, I would buy her an ice cream cone. So we all went in and ate ice cream and talked and had fun!

Great blog with reviews of books...

This is one of my favorite blogs. I love finding books that I don't have to worry about what I will find halfway through it. She is having a drawing for a book that I really want to read...I'm just waiting for the library to tell me it's my turn! But if I win, I won't have to wait for the library!

http://homespunlight.blogspot.com/2009/03/princess-of-midnight-ball-giveaway.html

a little dissapointed...

Roommate was going to be out of town this weekend but I just found out tonight that she isn't going now. I am really dissapointed. Now, don't get me wrong, I love living with my current roommate, she's not crazy, doesn't stink up our house with her smoking and numerous other things past rommates used to do and we get along really well, but I was so looking forward to having the apartment all to myself.

I get to spend Friday Night at Friday's Kids, so it won't be all that bad. :) I just wish it was going to be a little warmer this weekend. I could go read my book at the park (the book for bookclub that I haven't finished yet and bookclub is tomorrow!)

Midnight Sun

Okay, I just have to vent. I really wanted Stephenie Meyer to finish "Midnight Sun" and publish it. Seeing how "Twilight" was my favorite book of the Twilight series I was really excited to read the story from Edward's view. Now because of stupid people, she is putting it on hold indefinitely. Now, I am torn with what to do. I wasn't out there looking for the copies that people posted online. I was waiting (patiently?!?) for the book to come out. Now these stupid people have ruined it for me. So do I go read the version Stephenie put on her website? (of any, that would be the only one I would read) Or do I wait and hope that she decides to finish it soon?

I want to wait, I want to enjoy the book from beginning to end. I don't want to get halfway through the manuscript but get no where near the end of the original book. Do you think begging will help?

Pretty please with a cherry on top? Stephenie, please finish "Midnight Sun". Finish it for those of us who are eagerly awaiting it. For those of us who didn't read the manuscripts that were posted online. PLEASE?!?!?!?