Cut to last night. I had to go to Target to pick up some things and had a little bit of free time before I was to meet Audry at Regal to see a movie (Definitely Maybe... and it was so adorable). I went to Barnes & Noble to steal words (one of my favorite past-times that finally got its name coined my freshmen year of college with some of the most inspiring people I've ever met!). I picked up three books with the intention of reading the first three chapters of each and then buying the one I liked the most. I wanted all three but I have a few more days until the next paycheck and I have bills that need to be paid. I grabbed:
The Mathematics of Love
The Bean Trees
Summer Crossing
I started out with Summer Crossing because Amanda came into my classroom during my planning when she had a break from teaching and we discussed books the whole time. She had been on a Capote kick and recommended I try more than just the Breakfast at Tiffany's I read during the winter of my freshman year of college (I remember this clearly because just as I had finished it, mom and I were at Kohl's Christmas shopping and the movie was on display so I bought it... I had already seen the movie, obviously, but hadn't in a while and since I just read the book... it was fitting). So I started out with Capote and found it to be a wonderful read. It was hard to stop at just one chapter but I forced myself.
I picked up the other two books and read the first two chapters. They were also pretty good. But Summer Crossing drew me in the most, so I went back to that book before I had to see the movie. Forgetting the time, I realized the movie would be starting, the check out line was loooong, so I had to rush out of B&N without purchasing the book. I looked before I left and had completed almost half of it. (Which is not hard because the book isn't that long, but still... I was focused). Amanda was right. Thanks Amanda :)
I went to the movie. Watched it with Podge and giggled and teared up and "awwed" at the appropriate spots then drove home. And now here I am again, without a new book to read. And now I have to continue lesson planning, researching, and grading.
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