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I am up to my eyeballs in baby books that have been given to me. Recent good reads are:
Girlfriends’ Guide to Pregnancy
Belly Laughs
and my current fave is Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth.

I didn’t really get into The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. I only got halfway, and now I’m starting school again so I don’t think I’ll be able to finish it right now. My next read will be Guys Write for Guys Read by Jon Scieszka. It’s for my masters program.

We are reading the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. We meet at the end of January. I can’t wait!

My current read: Rethinking Schools, a collection of articles. So far the theme is multicultural and anti-bias education. Great stuff.

The drunk, bearded man on the MUNI said, “That’s a chick book! You’re a chick! Look at your painted toenails! You’re a chick!” yes! yes, I am! So far I have only traveled to Italy with Elizabeth Gilbert, but since I am a chick and I LOVE Italy, I have enjoyed it quite a bit so far. (Oh! She has a nice writing style too!)

Reading in Spanish is just not the same type of relaxing activity as it is in English, so I have abandoned En el tiempo de las mariposas for right now, and yesterday I bought Eat, Pray, Love, a book that has come with great recommendations. I can’t wait! I’m going to read it on the way home from class on the bus and NOT read my textbook.

back to reading for class, so my library book is collecting dust. boo.

I have been so excited to have time to read! I am reading In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, but I am reading it in Spanish to meet the objective of two of my goals!

I will be finished with the semester and I will spend several hours on a plane. I plan on beginning my reading FOR MYSELF. During winter break I read at least 4 books.

This time I am looking for a good book to read in Spanish first, then some other good English ones after that. Any suggestions? (The book in Spanish has to be a relatively light read.)
Thanks!