Since I am in grad school I would typically have anywhere from 3-10 published journal articles to read at any given time; either highlighting the importance of some study or filling in the bibliographies at the end of a 20 plus page paper that was due soon. (To be perfectly honest it was probably due the next day! lol) Life has been like this for the past few years....slowly but surely my days are starting to wind down, the papers reading and writing are over and I have one thing left to do and I can move on from my school life and start my real life, okay at least be fully functional in my real life as a mom, wife and business owner. I have looked forward to the days in which I can lie on the couch and watch tv without the nagging feeling that I am procrastinating on a mound of homework! .....So when I finished up this past semester I told myself that I would own this summer and take it prisoner and make it my own by avoiding any type of school work and concentrate on me. Get back in touch with what I loved to do and actually enjoy it. And thats why I have titled this one Summer Bliss. I have been having Summer Bliss for the last few weeks by diving into some books that I haven't had a chance or desire
(thanks to the articles) to read over the last few years. One in particular my mother passed on to me and said that it reminded her of my childhood and that I had to read it. This book is by James Patterson, I am not in tune with certain authors but I did know that this particular author is known for somewhat murderous novels.
*Something my habitually hopeless romantic reader of a mother would not dare to pick up.* So at that moment I knew it was different and with a childhood connection I had to dive right in. I love the way he has short chapters. (~if you are like me you are squeezing in the reads! And short chapters are great for this because I don't feel as if I am skipping around or get lost and rereading.) In no time I blazed through the book and I surprised myself about how I really missed a good picture show! Yes I am a visual reader and play out my own little movie upstairs. Anyways the book is Sunday at Tiffanys if you care to check it out yourself but be warned its a tear jerker! :)
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Since I enjoyed the style of the writing and I just happen to have another James Patterson book available I decided to pick it up and have another go.
This last book was 7th Heaven...Great book from a women's murder club series.

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I don't have the others in the series but this was a good read. Finished it in 1 week, most of the last third of which I topped off before bolting to work this afternoon! :)
Since I have read two books from this author I think I am going to switch it up and hunt down another. I have a few left on my nightstand, patiently waiting their turn in the spotlight. (*thats what my husband calls my nighttime reading light!). I will try and let you in on the next go round! :) But in the mean time I hope you all take a short time out of your already crazy busy lives to think about just how much doing that one little thing for yourself can impact the rest of your life. I am the first to admit that I have been a better person for focusing on me and what I want for any time that I can get to do so! :) Try it or at least put something there for you everyday that just makes you happy or that you enjoy in sight, smell, touch, or release. Just taking that one moment to be just you and do just you! :)
~With Luvz,