Books That I'm Reading

Let's just start typing... I tell my fingers as the coffee begins to take effect. I'm slowly motivated to do anything of value today.

Over the course of the month I have been drained of any inspiration, maybe it was because of taking the month of July to write a novel, or maybe it is the summer heat that seemingly has the power to turn my brain into a pool of inspirational mush. It's not that I don't have the ideas, it's that they are all meshing together. I'm confused.

Still, I have been managing to keep a journal and on it I wrote a quote by John Aster, "Seize this very moment; whatever you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." With this quote I decided to just start typing, to see what will come pouring out my mind. Quite honestly, at this very moment, I'm thinking about pouring another cup of coffee...My brain is still half or mostly asleep.

Yesterday I ventured out into the world searching for an English bookstore...it was a quest of mine that I've been yearning to do for some time, and I did manage to find one in Brossard, not to far from where I live. It had a lovely selection of books and I immediately found myself lost in the pages of a book called "The Husband's Secret, " by Liane Moriarty. I'm not usually the type of person to read a book about daily life, I usually find them kind of boring, but for some reason, this book caught my eye. Maybe it was the cover that shows a beautiful dried out pink rose, so delicate and so destroyed, or maybe the title caught my eye...who doesn't like secrets, right? After picking it up, I read the book jacket...

"Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret-something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive..."

It was then I found myself hooked. It looks like I'll be preoccupied for a little bit, I'm so dying to know this secret, to know the outcome. Other books I found, "The 9th Girl, " by Tami Hoag, "The Ghost Bride, " by Yangsze Choo, and "The Queen of the Tearling, " by Erika Johansen.

So, in case you haven't guessed it already, I love books! My range consists of anything that catches my eye, I try to read a little bit of everything. To learn different writing styles, and to discover my own. Hopefully, some day, I'll be able to entice readers into reading one of my own stories. In the meantime, I will continue to work hard on improving my skills...at least, when I'm not gaming! he he