Exceedingly Mundane

I finished another book last night (“At First Sight” by Nicholas Sparks), one that I got for Christmas last year (gasp!). Yes, I tend to buy books or receive them as gifts and then hold on to them, savoring them and basically “saving them for a rainy day”. It’s a sickness, I tell you, a sickness. 🙂 Anyway, I added this book to my Fall Reading Challenge so that I would go ahead and read it before Christmas this year!

I really love Nicholas Sparks, I always have. I have read every book he has ever come out with, and loved some, and liked all the others. This one was a follow-up to a book I own and have read, “True Believer”. I enjoyed both of these books, but I didn’t just love this one. It was a bit sad, and for me personally, a bit hard to read. I don’t want to ruin it for anyone, so I won’t go into specifics, but I will say that books that involve infertility and pregnancy are hard for me, just because of my situation. We couldn’t conceive, so reading books about people who have trouble and then can are often hard for me to read. This book was a bit sad, but I’m proud to say that I didn’t cry like I did with “The Notebook”. I bawled when I read that one! I did like it though, and am glad I read it. I really love the way Nicholas Sparks writes, and I loved what he wrote in this fiction book about marriage, relationships, trust and commitment.

For the record, that makes 64 books read so far this year, with a total of 22,520 pages read. Up next is another book on my Challenge list, another one I own. I’m going to read the next book in the Stephanie Plum series for me, “To The Nines”. I am really trying hard not to plow through these books. I love them and they are so light and entertaining. I’m trying to hold back and pace myself! I’m actually really glad I planned this one next. I need something lighter and funny after the book I just finished. 🙂