It's Monday, and I wish it were Saturday again...

Time and Life is just flying by - it's passing so fast.  We just had a weekend and now another weekend is over and I'm starting another week of working.  Not sure how much I'm enjoying working anymore - I used to enjoy it quite a bit more.  I guess as long as I'm still having some fun with the students, then it's all good, right?  When all the joy is gone, then it's definitely time to quit.  In the meantime, my grandson is going to be starting at the same school I work, the same school my granddaughter attends.  All the more reason for me to keep trying to work.  It'll be fun, watching the two of them at school.  So I need to hang in there for at least one more year.

Fingers are crossed.

In the meantime, there are things to participate in such as blogger memes.

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is the meme - one of the funnest memes to participate in.  Hosted by Sheila of Book Journey, fellow bloggers get together (not really, we're from ALL OVER THE WORLD) and post what we've been reading and plan to read.

This past week, I actually finished two...2!...books.  That's big for me lately.  :)  Both books were pretty good.

Black Blood by John Meaney.  This is a sequel to Bone Song and is also known as Dark Blood in the UK.  Both books are amazing, and after finishing Black Blood I'm left wishing that this man would write a third.  The world in the book is so rich, with steampunk only Gothic style.  You have to read to appreciate.

The other book read was a young adult SciFi - Cinder.  It's a totally new take on the classic Cinderella story.  Written by Marissa Meyer, the story was interesting, and the type of young adult novel that's interesting to all ages - even older women like me. 

current reads

The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman

and/or

Scorch by Gina Damico

Teaser Tuesday

I forget where I originally lifted this picture from - probably a facebook post. But it's funny!  I would love to use it for my next rant, kind of a rant button/badge thingy.  (that's internet lingo)

Teaser Tuesdays! The weekly meme that lets us tease each other with snippets of our current reads.  Hosted by Miz B of Should Be Reading, this is a weekly book meme.  We go to a random page, find two sentences to tease with.  No Spoilers, of course (duh!)  Since I've just finished a book, I'll tease with one or two of my possible reads. 

Roil 

Trent Jamieson

page 11

     David lost his grip and dropped onto the dead tree beneath his window, its rotten limbs snap-crash-snapped under his weight.  He landed in a heap on the soft mud beneath and clambered to his feet - no bones broken as far as he could tell.

The Probable Future

Alice Hoffman

page 6

     Jenny hadn't particularly wanted a baby; she hadn't yearned for one the way some women did, hadn't gazed longingly at rocking horses and cribs.  Her stormy relationship with her own mother had made her wary of family ties, and her marriage to Will Avery, surely one of the most irresponsible men in New England, hadn't seemed the proper setting in which to raise a child.