I've been reading a lot lately in the hope that it will inspire me to write more

So far:

1. Cocktails for Three. Pretty okay... fast read. I can't say anything particular about it, Sophie Kinsella/ Madeline Wickham can churn out a chick lit book like nobody's business. And that is something.

2. The Second Wives Club. Look, there was this one scene where the woman's husband is "penetrating deep inside of her" and she's taking the time to flashback to the day they met and what that meant for her. I was like "wait a minute, we're having a flashback NOW?!" Yep, right there in the middle of sex on the dining room table. You couldn't have waited two paragraphs?

3. Atonement. And now I want to watch the movie.



My parents are mostly amazed that this has only been the last four days. Being that I just picked up a book and started reading again, and then three books later I'm already beginning my fifth (that would be Elements of Style). This is instead of watching old episodes of Law and Order, i figure I'm making the most of my "am I ever going to get a job or will I be forced to spend the rest of my life filling out surveys from Dell about how I enjoyed my collections phone call from their collections department."