HALFWAY and Jenn's Recent Book List

Had chemo this morning, CTscan yesterday and gallium scan on Friday and now I am officially half way. We all know how the summer just flies by so this year I hope it does (sorry...hopefully it goes nice and slow for the rest of you!!!!)

Felt crappy today and still have the chemo hangover but it wasn't as bad as last time. They did give me ativan pre-chemo to sedate me and handle my anxiety and I think it helped but it totally zoned me out. The rattail hair is also gone and now if I don't put it into some sort of tiny pony-tail I wake up with a rat's nest now. I am still resisting cutting it all off but it may come to that!

So now for something a bit lighter that I drafted up last week!

I have been reading a lot more the last many months. Steve got me a Sony Reader at Christmastime and I have gone through quite a few books on it and in print since then. I have really enjoyed the books I've read recently and I want to at least share my recent reading list.....since with the e-reader I can no longer share the actual books (the only drawback I see thus far)!! Someday I am going to do the book club thing...maybe this year. I have a small list of possible people that have also expressed interest...let me know if you might be one of them!

Jenn's Book List since around Christmas in no particular order except what comes out my head:
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) - this was my free book on the reader and it was my test to see whether I truly wanted to keep the reader...I had my doubts at first. I figured if I could get into it on the reader I could read anything on it.
Queen of Swords (Sara Donati) - 4th in a series I started about 10 yrs ago
Lovely Bones - yes...although the subject matter is difficult I loved the book.
Secret Daughter - lovely story that jumped between india and america
The Disappeared - a love story - Cambodia and Montreal in the 70's, also difficult subject matter and narrative a bit odd but I couldn't put it down
Water for Elephants - made me want to go to the circus, although the animal thing is a bit touchy
The Host (Stefanie Meyer and the 2nd time I read it) - came in a care basket from my Lakefield friends (thank-you Vikki) and contained a chapter not in the first edition. I started to read the new chapter but couldn't remember enough details so I read it all again and enjoyed it almost as much the 2nd time - crazy!
Midnight Sun - Stefanie Meyer partial web edition (i.e Twilight from Edward's perspective). I re-read this because I could put it on my reader, had finished one book and there it was and once I started it for the second time I read the whole thing again...what can I say, I liked the Twilight Saga and read it twice too! I do have a slightly juvenile taste when it comes to certain books!
Love the One Your With - Emily Giffin - a hand me over from Jess - nice story
Time Traveller's Wife - loved it and got the movie for Valentine's Day
Still Life with Chickens - another nice story - a simple memoire of starting over by the sea with chickens
The Help - Kathyrn Stockett - finished last night and really enjoyed the reading but would have liked a bit more at the end - still loved it though!

And since I wrote this last week I am about to finish:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - this is not my usual type of pick (mystery) and it took a bit longer for me to get into it but I am definitely going to go on to his next two books.

I think there are a few more but they don't come to mind. I am not a choosy reader. I can read almost anything and get something positive out of it. There are two books I did not succeed with recently. Tried Bram Stoker's Dracula on the reader (free e-book) but I apparently lost interest and went on to something else and a Jane Urquart book that I picked up years ago and tried for the 2nd time unsuccessfully....Changing Heaven I think.
A note to anyone considering an e-reader. Some of the free e-books classics that are out there are awful - have not been properly converted and are almost illegible - not sure why but I'm sure they will improve!

So what I am really getting at with all this book stuff is let me know what you are reading! I need recomendations and it's better if they aren't too new or else the e-book is pricier! I like Heather's List on the indigo site. I also like to check out other people's reviews on the web...I should likely contribute some of my own reviews at some point!! So send me your book pics!

By for now and I will try and post next week sometime!!

Jenn%)