Two Down...Making Progress

Tonight I settled into the recliner after AFC and after a long day for some light reading. With a rare quiet house and some rain "pitter-pattering" on the skylight, my light reading turned into some extended reading. I was able to finish the last fifth of my second book in about two hours.

Ford County by John Grisham is his latest book released and is a set of short stories about people and happenings of Ford County in Mississippi. Usually, some citizen with a rough past has found some kind of trouble and the story takes you through the whole drama. It was a good read, it kept my interest in every story but one I think (there were anout 10). Overall I liked it, but almost every main character had a rather messed up life and the county was made out to be pretty judgemental and ignorant, which wasn't the happiest of themes. However, I do like Grisham's writing style and I enjoyed it.

The first book I read, I actually finished earlier this month. It was another by John Grisham, The Last Juror. I really enjoyed this book! It was my second John Grisham book (my first was The Testament, which is one of my favorites) and it was about a recent college grad that buys a small town newspaper in Ford County, Mississippi (same county for the basis of the above book) and gets involved with the reportings of the biggest trial the town had ever seen. Years after, the jurors from the trial start getting murdered and the reporter takes it on himself to solve the case. Good page turner, and a lot of colorful characters!

So I wanted to read one book every three months and so far, in less than a full month I have read two! haha Anyone that knows me well understands that this is highly unusual, but I am pretty proud of myself and would really like to keep up this pace! So if anyone has any good book recommendations, I am open for suggestions!

I have a few more in mind that I want to read.....next up is The Kid Who Climbed Mount Everest by Bear Grylls!!!

Also in progress:
#38 Read everybook of the Bible. I finished II Thessalonians this morning. I and II both have some pretty straightforward content about the second coming, very intersting stuff to think about!
#96 Start a loose change bucket and save $500. I'm probably around $5 dollars, but its a start!
#98 Get three people to start lists of their own. Nicole started one and its great! Check it out! And I am tryin' to get my mom to start one!

This Weekend I want to go for maybe #5 Write a book review (since I just finished one) or maybe #42 Create a mosaic out of bottle caps or #43 Finish my painting!