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Today I underwent a retreatment for a root canal. If one can have a bad dental year, I’ve experienced that in 2009. I have had five separate teeth needing varying degrees of work from fillings to onlays to crowns. And with one thing after another happening to tooth #18 (yes, I now know the official tooth number), it has been a long road traveled filled with potholes and pain, to say the least. However, despite my frustration, anger and exasperation associated with this tooth, I finally feel optimistic that I am on the road to recovery.   [ Read more ]

I flipped through Lifehacker, written by founder of the site of the same name Gina Trapani. There were quite a few good tips that I took away from the book (like emailing your future self, some backup tips, keeping an inventory of your valuables with pictures and Flickr, and creating a personal wiki.   [ Read more ]

I finished reading Emma! Yay! It took awhile for me to get through this book and I’m not really sure why. The language was a little flowery but overall I liked the plot and the character development. I am looking forward to reading the other Jane Austen books.

Books of 2009 total: 10

I know, I know. You’re thinking, “Can you even count that as a book?” But with 244 pages (albeit with huge pictures and type), I’m counting it as a book. A small book, yes. Kind of pushing the limits, sure. But a book none the less. Since I have so many other books in the works, I’m sure I’ll pass the 12 mark for this year so I’m not too worried about it.

Books of 2009 total: 9

I finished The Green Book last night. It was a pretty quick read, although I was a little disappointed. I wanted a little more practical information on types of products, hows and where tos, but instead it threw random facts like how much energy could be saved if all of America did something. Although that is compelling, since I’m already committed to a greener life, I’d rather know how to do something rather than what will happen if me and my dearest friends did something.   [ Read more ]

The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How many have you read?
How do your reading habits stack up?

I’ve read 19 books on this list (the bolded ones). For someone who is such a slow reader, I thought this was pretty good. The books in italics are the books on my shelf waiting to be read.   [ Read more ]

After a recommendation from my cousin-in-law, I picked up Practicing the Power of Now. She had said that it put things into perspective for her and really helped her out. So I was interested to see what this whole thing was about.   [ Read more ]

I finally finished Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again. I just love reading the Yarn Harlot’s books. This was one of my favorite of her books, right up there with Knitting Rules. The little vignettes are probably Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s best writing style.   [ Read more ]

Stayed up until 2:30 am to finish Breaking Dawn. Probably my favorite book of the Twilight series (here are entries from Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse)! The book is separated into three books: two narrated by Bella and one by Jacob. I actually liked Jacob’s perspective and after finishing the entire book, understand why that perspective was necessary at the time. Besides this I can’t say much else about it because I don’t want to give anything away for those who haven’t read it. Since this is the last book, of course a lot of things are explained/answered/concluded so it’s hard to mention even a small detail.   [ Read more ]

Another book finished, hooray! Being sick for most of the month so far delayed me in completing the third book in the Twilight series, but alas, I spent tonight finishing the remaining half of it. I liked this one a lot more than New Moon, and didn’t have to read it twice out of frustration. I thought I could wait for the library to bring my Breaking Dawn, but alas, I don’t think I can wait another three weeks. So tomorrow I think I’ll run over to Borders to pick up a copy. I just need to know how this ends! A part of me is so glad I didn’t get into the series when it first was released. The suspsense of waiting for the next book would’ve killed me (kind of like Harry Potter). Now I’ll just have to remain in suspense for each movie release. That mostly will be doable—apart from Robert Pattinson being so hot in the lead role. Besides that …   [ Read more ]