i'm a reader

that's right - i've embraced the reader inside. in the past month or 2, i have read these:

persuasion : jane austen

i am actually going to admit it, although it feels like saying i don't like dogs (chandler) but so far (and i know, it's only one book) i'm not all that smitten with ms. austen. hopefully, at the suggestion of my well-read sister, i can pick this book up again in several months and feel very differently at that point. it wasn't even the writing style, although that did take some getting used to, but i just didn't fall in love with her ... yet. what does it say that i didn't like reading her work but i loved watching a movie about her works (the jane austen book club - i would watch it again and again). i'm not opposed to reading more austen, but i do think i'll give it awhile.

alice's tulips : sandra dallas

this was a sweet novel written from one sister to another, through letters. it followed the stories of alice, a new bride whose husband left to fight in the civil war. she spends the next few years writing letters to her sister, lizzie, telling her all the funny, sad, and bittersweet experiences she has living with her mother in law who's not all that fond of her. cute story and cute point of view.

the knitting circle : ann hood

i loved this book. i read it in one, count it - ONE - day. that's huge for me. oh i just loved this story: woman loses child to meningitis. woman is depressed and wants nothing to do with anyone or anything. woman learns to knit at the urging of her unavailable mother. woman learns to knit and joins knitting circle full of women with all kinds of stories of love and loss. woman realizes she can share her own grief, grief is a common thread, and she can find family with these women. definitely want to read this one again soon.

the time traveler's wife : audrey niffeneger

i have been so excited to see this movie and read the book in preparation. i was visiting my parents over the weekend and my mom had actually borrowed the book from my sister. i was under a time crunch, but i read it and l-o-v-e-d it. i'll be honest, it was a little confusing for the first 100 pages or so ... you know, because of all the time traveling, but it was such a great story. such a wonderful story of real unconditional love. i mean, the woman lives a life with half a partner. the guy is leaving all the time and has no clue when or where it will happen. their love is amazing; they love and get each other through all the downs just as much as through the ups. i can't wait to read this one again! :)

oh and it doesn't hurt that i am seeing the movie in 53 minutes!