I Am Ozzy

This is our book club's June selection. I am not really sure what to say about it....

Basically it is Ozzy telling his story, imagine stream of conscious Ozzy Osbourne. It was pretty entertaining and all weekend I was telling Aaron crazy Ozzy stories.... because you know there are many of those! It was a little hard to read though because of the style of writing. I was a little over all the ya knows at the end of the sentences.

I enjoyed learning about his life and family, but was really tired of hearing how "out-of-his-mind" he was all the time. I am not really sure how Sharon stayed married to him all this time.... I think that if I actually knew anything about Ozzy I would have enjoyed it a little more.

If it is at your local library, I say go for it. Wouldn't pay for it though.

Read: June 1-13, 2010

Pages: 416 pages

Certain Girls

I started this book quite a while ago and have just NOT been able to get into it.... It has been sitting on my bookshelf for quite some time. I loved its prequel, Good in Bed, but could just not sit and read this one. It didn't grab me and I got sick of trying to finish it. Plus I skimmed ahead (as I often do) and did not like what happened...It is really hard for me not to finish a book, but I have decided to let this one go. I also thought that I would put it on here to show that I do not, in fact, love every book that I read.

Pages: 416

Did not finish...

South of Broad

I took a little break from Book Club books to read this one. I love Southern lit. I don't know why...maybe it goes back to my deep love for Gone with the Wind.

This one was great! It is a story of a boy nicknamed the Toad and how his life changed the summer before his senior year in high school. This book takes you through his senior year as well as an life changing event for his group of friends 20 years later. I loved how Conroy went back and forth between the two different time periods to share important information with you. This book has some good plot twists that will keep you reading. The ending surprised me even though I had skimmed ahead a few times.

This is a great summer read!

Pages: 512

Read: May 29-June5, 2010

Summer Read for a 14 month old

This is a new one that James loves because he can lift the flaps. Each page has an side that flips up to reveal more items that are all the different colors. This is a fun one because James loves lift-the-flap books, but it not really in a gentle stage quite yet. He can easily lift these flaps without Mommy worrying about him tearing up the book.

Pirate Latitudes

This was our May book club selection. I had not ever read any Michael Crichton books and really enjoyed this. It was such an easy read and I finished it in about 2 weeks. Not bad at all.

This is the story of Charles Hunter, a privateer (aka pirate), who assembles a great crew to capture an amazing bounty. It doesn't take long for the action to begin and Crichton does not disappoint with his plot twists and turns. If you like pirates this will be a great read. Let's face it pirates are almost as fun as reading about vampires. ;)

Pages:320

Read: early May 2010

James' Favorites at 1

James LOVES to read! Lately I catch him over at the bookshelf, turning the pages of books and reading them to himself. I even watched him "read" Shake It Up, Baby last week. He would "read" the page, then shake the book {the spine is a rattle}, then turn the page. Just like Mama reads it. I was just in awe of my little munchkin! He still loves the Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Karen Katz, and That's Not My Monster, but I would like to share 2 new ones that he enjoys.

1.

I got this one from Target because I thought that it would be fun for him to have a "boy" sorta book. I learned about diggers and tractors. It was pretty fun for this mama. He does love it. There is a touch and feel element to the book which he of course adores.

2.

Awhile back I got this one for when James was older, so we could play point and find games with it. We are not quite at that point, but he does enjoy looking at the pictures. His favorite of course is the pet pages: cat, dog, puppy, and kitten are his absolute favorites! Shocker, I know!

Are You There Vodka, It's Me ChelseaPages

This was our easy-breezy April read for Book Club. I loved it! It was so easy and just plain fun! I have never watched Chelsea Handler's show {but my sister loves it.} Let's face it we all know someone whose stories we find hard to believe. Chelsea is that person. The story begins when Chelsea is young. She tells a big whopper about how she is going to be in a movie. I kept thinking of the whopper-tellers I know and thinking I could totally see them doing something like this in elementary school. {It may or may not remind me of a current student who either gets a puppy or someone has a baby at least once a week!} I suggest running to your nearest book store and snapping this one up ASAP. I think I finished it in 3 nights!

Pages: 264

Read: April 12-15