Kitchen Notes blog. I'm not sure I deserve this, since I haven't posted anything in a while, but I'll take it anyway! |
Here's how this whole thing works: -Thank the person who nominated you and insert a link to their blog. -Say 10 things about yourself. -Pass on the award to others and let them know.  1. Really great books are better than pretty much anything else for me. Discovering a wonderful new author is like making a new friend, and I am extremely loyal to the authors I love. 2. The reason I am such a devoted reader? Yeah, sure, I'll give some credit to wonderful storytellers, but the real reason is less poetic. I had the worlds worst 1st grade teacher, and as my educator friends know, 1st grade is a pretty important year. I was an extremely shy kid, and I got behind, and was too scared to ask for help, not that Mrs. Isuckatteaching would have been able to help me anyway. My mother was called into a conference and told that I would never read at the level of my peers. Being my Mom, she got me a tutor, started working with me, and by 4th grade I was reading at a 9th grade level. Suck it. 3. The first book I loved was one of those Step into Reading books about the Titanic. I read it by myself, and remembering being so proud that I could do it, and finding the history interesting. I still love good historical books. 4. I'm a super fast typer, so this blog should be easier than it is. I read constantly, but I forget to post books. I keep promising myself I'll be better at it, but obviously I'm not very good at keeping those promises to myself. 5. I'm a character girl. Give me an interesting character and I will follow an alarming number of pages to the end. Great plot with annoying characters? Not so much. 6. I own a lot of Photography books. I mean a lot. I love good photography (especially black and white), and I worship Ansel Adams. Despite that, I am a lazy environmentalist, who is even now thinking about buying a new digital camera. He would be ashamed. But wouldn't it be great to have a new camera for my New York trip? I love new cameras... 7. I love making predictions that have no probability of being true. 2013 there will be a new, crummy J.D. Salinger book. The Passage will be the biggest book of 2010 (it should be, but it won't, stupid James Patterson). 8. I unabashedly love TV. Whatever, it's awesome. 9. I need to read less crap. Seriously, why am I reading the Sookie Stackhouse books? They are okay, but not all that great, though True Blood is a great show. But I am slowly making it through them. I have a stack of what are probably wonderful new books to read, why am I reading something about vampires? I am actually reading the best book of 2010 right now, The Passage, which you will hear more about when I actually finish it this weekend. 10. I get really excited about Cubs baseball, Broadway musicals, gardening, and new free advance reader books, but not really in that order. I came up with 10! |
