I'm Pregnant

I'm pregnant! It is still a little hard to believe. My hubby and I have been married for 9 years and for most of those years we were pretty sure that we were not going to have kids. However, this past year we started thinking about it and this fall we decided to give it a try. Three months later and it took. We are very happy and excited by the news. There will be quite a change in our lives for sure but we are looking forward to it.

I had my first Dr appointment on Feb 1st and got to see the little one for the first time. Doc said all looked good and gave us the okay to share the news. Our families and friends were surprised but all very excited.

February has been a little difficult. I have had a cold that won't go away and have had some weeks of morning sickness, which was more all day sickness. It seems to have subsided now and the cold is still here but I think it is in retreat. I am starting to have a little more energy. Actually did laundry today and cleaned up a bit around the house. I had been slacking off a bit. I made it through an entire week of work.

Now I just need to get myself out of the house for some exercise. Yoga class calls, and I really need to get some walking in. The Olympics are helping to motivate me. They should, but all I want to do is stay home and watch. And today, I picked up one of my UfO's for the first time in a month. I am determined to make some progress on these Socktoberfest socks.

Back to Reading

I finished a book! I have been trying to get through The Last Days for the past month and finally I got it read. The last few days I have been feeling much better and actually able to stomach some reading. Woohoo, one book read in February. Maybe I can get one more in this week. 
I am thinking that I may be ready to get back to my normal reading/blogging self soon. 
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On hiatus

Hi all. 
I really have a good excuse for being MIA lately. I am pregnant- Yay, but am feeling like crap-Boo.The nausea is taking a toll and I just have been unable to get myself online or even to crack a book lately. I am hoping this will pass soon, and that I will be back to my reading and blogging self. 

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Book review- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

Surprisingly, I hadn't heard all that much about this book before picking up a copy. I had seen it around but didn't really realize there was such hype surrounding it. I bought it when I saw it on sale through Amazon and read the blurb. It sounded interesting, it had good reviews and it was a good price.

I started reading it over the holidays, intrigued by the first chapter but then lost interest when it got very detailed with financial/business dealings. It was a little too cerebral for holiday reading so I switched to something else. I didn't pick it up again until this past weekend. Once I got passed the slow part mentioned above I was hooked. The 500+ book didn't seem all that long.

Mikael Blomkvist, a financial journalist who has just been convicted of libel, is approached by Henrik Vanger to research the mysterious disappearance of his niece 40 years ago. The mystery drags you into the interesting and sometimes disturbing lives of the Vanger family and everyone who lives on the island of Hedeby. Lisbeth Salander, a very intriguing and mysterious researcher for a security firm helps Mikael in his investigation of what happened to Harriet Vanger.

Family drama, an unsolved "locked door mystery", corporate intrigue, and wonderfully complex characters. This book had everything I love in a good mystery thriller. I can't wait to read the next two books in the Millennium Trilogy.

5/5

Source: purchase

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Book Review- Magyk by Angie Sage

Magyk by Angie Sage
Wizards, witches, boggarts and magic! Throw in a map and I am sold. Have I mentioned before how much I love maps in books? 
Magyk is the first book in the Septimus Heap Series and it starts off with a mystery. A baby girl is found by Silas Heap on the same night that his son, Septimus, is born and dies. The Heaps take care of the girl child as their own always wondering who she is. On her tenth birthday the truth comes out. Now they must do all they can to keep Jenna safe. Along the way, they discover what happened to Spetimus as well.
It is not a secret that I am a big fan of the Harry Potter books, so when these books came out awhile ago I didn't really want to read them. So many books were coming out after the success of JK Rowling's books that I was sure some of them weren't going to be all that great. However, these books were recommended to me by someone else who loves Harry and Co. just as much as I do so I got myself a copy.  
The story is original, the adventure fun, the characters interesting and the mystery of Septimus Heap intriguing. I couldn't put the book down once I started. I have Flyte already and it has made it to the top of that very large TBR pile next to my bed.
4/5
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Book review- Mia the Magnificent by Eileen Boggess

Mia the Magnificent by Eileen Boggess
Mia the Magnificent is the third book in The Mia Fullerton Series by Eileen Boggess. Having not read the two previous books. Mia the Meek and Mia the Melodramatic, I feared that it would be hard to get into this one. This was not the case. This could easily be read and enjoyed without having read the previous books.
Mia is a sophomore at St. Hilary's. She has a couple ex boyfriends to deal with, a best friend getting over a break up, the school musical and driver's ed. She manages her way through it all with a good sense of humour and faith that all will turn out well in the end. 
Eileen Boggess has written a very good series for teens with all the drama of high school minus the drugs, drinking and sex that parents might not want their children reading about. If you are looking for an entertaining, more innocent look at high school (Catholic Private School) this is a good choice. 
4/5
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DNF: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

Here is another book to add to my "did not finish" list. I have to say, I wanted to give up pretty early on. First chapter in fact, but I pushed through a bit further before saying "no more".  
The writing was fine, the premise interesting but the research done...terrible. Michael Scott begins his story in San Francisco during the summer. The characters think it is weird that two men are wearing long wool coats. This isn't weird. Have you ever been in SF during the summer? It is cold. It doesn't get above the 60s very often. So, that got me thinking, Has Mr. Scott been in San Francisco during the summer?  
The next thing that bothered me would probably go unnoticed by most people. The main characters' parents supposedly moved them to San Francisco because they got jobs as professors of Archeaology at UCSF. Well, that is impossible. UCSF is a graduate school for Health Services-Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy. Yup, no archaeology. 
So, really, I don't have much to say about the actual story. I just couldn't get passed these two things for some reason.  
Those of you who have read it, was it good?

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Unsung YA Faves

Kelly of YA Writer Wannabe sent out a request for our favorite unsung YA books. Those wonderful books that have not made it big ala Twilight. Well, I jumped at the oppurtunity to share my faves, because these are definitely books that have not garnered as much attention as they deserve. Be sure to check out all the great books shared today by visiting Kelly's blog where all those participating will be linking their posts.

Have a great YA day!

My List of Faves:

Thanksgiving at the Inn by Tim Whitney (26)

The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson (399)

Courage in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum (20)

House of Dance by Beth Kephart (44)

(#) = LibraryThing members that have listed the book in their libraries.

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Christmas Hat #4

Christmas Hat #4
Originally uploaded by my_weezy

Well, the pattern is my own and I can't remember the yarn. I do know the grey is doubled up and the beige is not. I didn't quite have enough of the grey to finish the hat so I mixed in the beige at the top.

The hat was for my brother in law who lives in NYC. His sisters were laughing that the hat would make a great target for the pigeons. Haha.

Anyway, it is very warm and cozy if a bit of a bird poop target. :)

Upcoming reviews

It has been a crazy week and I have been a bit preoccupied with other things going on right now. I am really behind in writing reviews especially, but not in reading. I seem to have plenty of time to keep reading. I have two books finished that I need to review so keep a look out for them later this week.

Magyk by Angie SageMia the Magnificent by Eileen Boggess
I am currently reading:
The Last Days by Scott WesterfeldSuite Scarlett by Maureen JohnsonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
So these reviews to come soon as well.
No new books to report this week. Which is good, I am trying desperately to shrink my TBR pile.
Have a good week.



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