When my son was born last August, I read all four of the twilight books for the first time while I was recovering from my c-section. A friend of mine lent me the first book, which I read while I was still in the hospital, and then I was hooked, and had to get all the other books! Since that time, my thirst for a good book has been rekindled, and I have been reading almost non-stop! ...well, I am a stay at home mother to 2 small children (3 year old girl, 7 month old boy), so that does take up most of my time, but I have been able to find all sorts of little moments to sneak in a bit of reading, and its meant that I've been able to read a lot of wonderful books during the past 7 months. Some classics, some new books, some old favourites, some I'll never want to read again, some I felt I ought to read...you know, just all sorts. I find myself thinking about these characters and stories a lot, and I've been wanting to talk about my thoughts, so I decided to start this blog. It's purely for my own benefit - I want to keep track of what I've been reading, what I like, what I don't like. Maybe someone out there will come across this blog and want to share their opinion with me, and that would be wonderful too, but if not, that's fine too, because I am just looking forward to getting my thoughts down in writing.
I'd like to think it will be good for me.
When I got engaged to my husband at the tender age of 20, someone told me that I would be brain dead with 5 children by the time I was thirty. I know, offensive on so many levels. Why do children = loss of intelligence?? I don't know. I have 2 children now, and I'd like to have a couple more before I turn 30 (in a little over 3 years), but I'd like to think that I will only ever go onwards and upwards in terms of wisdom and intelligence! My rate of growth might have to slow down a little as more of my time is devoted to my precious children, but how can I help my children grow in to whole, well-rounded people if I'm not one myself? I don't think it's selfish to require time for my own personal enrichment since it helps me to be whole and happy, and a whole and happy mother makes for whole and happy children.
I'm not going to claim that my little "book reviews" are going to be intellectual gems of original thought and insightful commentary, I just want to record my personal opinions, and whether those are worth taking the time to read is entirely up to you :D
When I got engaged to my husband at the tender age of 20, someone told me that I would be brain dead with 5 children by the time I was thirty. I know, offensive on so many levels. Why do children = loss of intelligence?? I don't know. I have 2 children now, and I'd like to have a couple more before I turn 30 (in a little over 3 years), but I'd like to think that I will only ever go onwards and upwards in terms of wisdom and intelligence! My rate of growth might have to slow down a little as more of my time is devoted to my precious children, but how can I help my children grow in to whole, well-rounded people if I'm not one myself? I don't think it's selfish to require time for my own personal enrichment since it helps me to be whole and happy, and a whole and happy mother makes for whole and happy children.
I'm not going to claim that my little "book reviews" are going to be intellectual gems of original thought and insightful commentary, I just want to record my personal opinions, and whether those are worth taking the time to read is entirely up to you :D
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