Read / Write / Shoes

So much has happened, and so many books were read since September, but time for me to sit down and write a blog was scarce. I began working again, and with that and taking care of my family, I found almost no time for myself. Reading was something that could only happen during my lunch hour. Writing about it? Up until now, I just haven't had the time. So what's new? A coworker of mine told me about the Real Happiness mediation challenge.  For the month of February, you "commit2sit" and learn about meditation. She got me the book that goes along with it, and every day we are emailed the mediation challenge of the day. I signed up and...well I forgot to start. Now we are 10 days in and I thought blogging about it would help me to begin. Each challenge only takes about 10 minutes each day. It's something new and I figured it can't hurt to try. So tonight? We'll give it a go! ******************************************************************* Read : Cur

This is a great young adult novel. Katie Cox feels that her life is changing - her parents got divorced, her dad moved to America, her mom has started dating someone new and now they all live together, along with her sister. Even her best friend feels to be slipping away. Imagine the excitement when a video of her singing in her bedroom goes viral one day. Everyone in town is talking about it, and eyes all over the world have seen it. A London record company comes calling, and Katie's whole world is about to change! I thought this was a great story that felt very realistic. In this day and age, where the weirdest things can become viral hits one day and misses the next (remember that Friday song?!) this is a story that not only shows how one family can be affected by viral superstardom, but also how those around Katie react as well. This is one I can recommend to all young adult fans! I received this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Hello dear blog! I'm back! It's been over a month since I updated, and I wish I could say it was because I found a job. Alas, it was all for the weddings and honeymoon planning. Thank goodness it is all behind us! When we last left off, I had the third interview with the company I was excited to be interviewing with. After my last post, I had a fourth phone interview with the girl who would be my counterpart. HTB and I found her LinkedIn profile the night before, and I questioned how she ever got the job given she barely had any experience. We wondered what in the world she would ask that she didn't on the second interview, and why it was with her rather than with the person who would be my boss. On the interview she seemed really distracted and hostile. She gave me time to ask questions, which I did, and she seemed irritated. She then asked me 3 questions THAT SHE HAD ASKED DURING THE SECOND INTERVIEW. I answered them all again as though they were the first time I had he

I thought the job interview went well. It felt more like a conversation than a formal, uncomfortable marketing campaign. I spoke with a woman who would be someone I would be working closely with. It's a job that is the next step up from what I have been doing for so long. More strategic and less paper pushing. I feel ready. I feel happy that there is this opportunity to use my 12 years of knowledge for something that can make a difference. I felt good after I hung up the phone. And now...I wait. We spoke on Wednesday. The boss man is in a different time zone and was gone for the day, so he would have received the feedback on Thursday. It's now Friday. Thumb twiddling time.  The job with my old boss? I have heard nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Which makes me feel bad because she told me she would tell me one way or the other. I should have known she would be too scared to. It's business - you already told me to my face I was overqualified and you would be cutting my salary,

It's strange how much things can change over a very small period of time. Where should I start? Firefighters in my house at 1am? An unplanned Scotland trip? How my job search is going? Oh I know - let's start with an author attack! (1) I had my first author attack a review of mine because I did not like her book (if you could call it that)! I didn't think my review was horrible. I explained that it wasn't written in a style I like so it just wasn't for me, but also I felt that the stories needed more details. How awful of me to want MORE from an author rather than shouting to STAY FAR AWAY FROM ME. She left me quite a lengthy reply on Goodreads that indicated that she had not read my review, and that it was a canned response that was summed up with "Jenny McCarthy LOVED my book!" Jenny McCarthy also scared many moms with her idiotic autism claims which she has since recanted, so pardon me if I don't take your glowing review of that to heart. I'

Oh Devlin sisters. I love your family so much. How I wish there were so many more books in this series so that I can stay in this world a little while longer.  This book picks up a few years after Me and My Sisters ended, and everything has changed. Julie and her family has come into money and now deals with problems of having money. Sophie and Jack split up and Sophie has to deal with the problems of Jack's new girlfriend with her daughter. And Louise is raising her daughter, but is struggling to accept the truth of her new life. At first it was hard for me to read, as I hated to see the changes that occurred. But with style and class, Sinead Moriarty spun another tale that kept me turning pages and wanting more.  Chick lit fans - start with the first one and then pick this one up immediately! Then let's all petition for a third book in the life of the Devlin clan! I received this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.