Page Turners

This week I skipped my usual Wednesday night movie night. Nothing really caught my attention so I decided to read instead. It's been a long week and by Wednesday night, my attention span was all but gone. My attention span's been gone all week if I'm being honest. It's hard to explain why. I'm just really ready for the long weekend, but who isn't?


I've been reading a lot lately. I'm an avid reader, and usually I'd rather read than watch TV or a movie but lately I've been striking out on the book front. Everything I've read has been okay or just alright but nothing special. Then I picked up Erik Larson's In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin. I'd read Larson's Devil in the White City a few years ago and loved it. In the Garden was just as good, and I can't wait to see what he comes up with next. 

I was a history major at the University of Texas, and I've always been interested in history, especially World War II. My grandmother grew up in Germany during World War II, and that always made me very curious about that time period. My grandmother's never really been one to want to talk about that time in her life, and I've never pushed. I'd love to know more about her life back then, but I'm afraid I'll never hear those stories. I've never been to Germany, but I'd love to travel there one day and find out more on my own. 

Larson's book is about the story of the American ambassador to Germany prior to WWII and at the beginning of Hitler's reign over Germany, Ambassador Dodd. The cast of characters are interesting, and the stories and little insights into that world are eye-opening and jaw-dropping at times. I highly recommend picking it up. 

But don't think I'm just some brainiac, my next book is less than educational and just proves how varied my reading tastes are. 

That's right. I love the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris as well as True Blood, the HBO series based on the books. This is the 10th book in the series, and I plan on spending my Memorial Day weekend blazing through it and getting sucked into Sookie's crazy, vampire-filled life. I'm more of a Bill-girl than an Eric lover myself, but that's for another post.