We’re home sweet home!
Although it will be nice to get back into a normal routine, we were really sad leaving Washington DC and my in-laws this morning. Eight days out there completely flew by, and it stunk seeing our vacation come to an end. :(
I should really spend tonight unpacking, getting started on my massive to-do list, and taking down Christmas decorations (xmas decor on display after the holidays is always a little depressing, don’t you think?) but instead I’m going to enjoy what’s left of my vacation and finish reading New Moon. :)
I started it on our first flight today and got swept away in the land of vampires and warewolves. Again. It’s my second time reading it, muwahaha!
OMG, that reminds me, I finally read The Help!
I’m not sure what took me so long – I think I believed it to be over hyped – but I was 1,000% wrong. I started it on our first flight out to DC last week, and finished it the same day. I do believe it was my favorite book of 2011!
Now I’m just dying to see the movie even though Emma Stone, who plays Skeeter, couldn’t be further from the skinny, awkward character I grew to love from the book.
Readers & viewers – what did you think?
It was also kind of neat that we saw the brand new Martin Luther King Jr Memorial out in DC this week, after I finished reading it.
Inspirational.
Striking.
AMAZING! :D
What was your favorite book of 2011? Read any good ones over the holidays?
I read SO MANY good books in 2011! My #1 favorite would have to be The Hunger Games Trilogy. Other really good books I read that I just have to share are: Water for Elephants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, Discovery of Witches, House of the Scorpion, Divergent, The Passage, the Mortal Instruments series, Clockwork Angel, Vampire Academy books, Bloodlines, Sookie Stackhouse books (TrueBlood series), and Incarceron & Sapphique.
It was on my list of best books of 2011 as well. I also finished LETTERS FROM HOME by Kristina McMorris during the holidays that I just loved. It is set in WWII and it made me cry. I always love when a book does that.
Happy holidays and welcome back!
Love the pics of MLK Memorial by night! I saw it last month, during the day and it was magnificent, but these night time photos are Awesome!
if you love twilight…try the Trylle trilogy by Amanda Hockings….she is from Austin MN…..you will LOVE it….
Loved The Help! Favorite for the year would have to be Cutting for Stone, though. It is long but reads quick and is extremely well written.
Water for Elephants and The Help were my two favorite books from 2011. I saw The Help movie and was disappointed, but I’m always disappointed with movies based on books because the books are always better. I still need to see the Water for Elephants movie.
My favorite book I read this year was The Hunger Games! Highly recommend it! I am currently reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I’m a little late on the hype with that one but I am really pulled in and loving it!
I really enjoyed the Help as well! I read it when it first came out, and had been excited to see the movie ever since I heard it was being made into one… and it didn’t disappoint me :)
I also read Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett this year and absolutely loved it!
I LOVED Pillars of the Earth – would say is my favorite of all time!
The movie The Help was done very well, I think you will enjoy it! Emma did a wonderful job as Skeeter.
What Alice Forgot was one of my favorite books. The other was Faith: A Novel, the description didn’t sound appealing to me, but I ended up loving it.
I just watched The Help last night! Awesome. Thank you for sharing the new monument with us. I LOVE it. I can’t wait to see your other posts about your visit.
BTW.. My Christmas has been put away for DAYS… just sayin’! ;-)
I have The Help sitting on my bedside table….it’s screaming “READ ME!!!” I just have yet to grab it….I just finished 13 Reasons Why….it’s a young adult novel that my students have been reading like crazy. It was a really good book!!!
I just got finished watching movie THE HELP for the second time. My daughter got it for me for Christmas. I also read the book. I lovedthem both. the movie is slow to start but gets better as it goes on. I just got a Kindle for Christmas and am anxious to read this winter. I started Cane River and am really enjoying it.
Enjoy.