To read or not to read

I am an avid reader and enjoy many different genres of books. My current book collection consists of approximately 350 books. Lately, I have been reading personal memoirs (absolutely love Dave Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs and Chelsea Handler). The authors I just mentioned have a tendency to make me LOL, literally. I can read a book in a couple days flat--especially since I have no j-o-b to tend with these days. I know, you're jealous. But trust me, laying around by the pool or on the couch all day can get pretty boring...especially when all of my friends are working.

Ok, back to my point (it's true, I do have one). I cannot bring myself to read those dang "Twilight" books. My mom has read them, my niece was obsessed about finding my mom's copy a while back so she could start reading them and one of my dearest friends (*ahem* Heather) licked the cover when she pulled it out of her bag to show me. So, yesterday I was at Meijer with all four books in my cart. I put them back on the shelf only to pick them up 10 minutes later when I decided to get them standing in the pickle aisle (which, by the way, is on the opposite side of the 30, 000 square foot store). I think my behavior was drawing suspicions as I noticed Dept. 10 (security) hovering around. Did they really think I could get a 800 page book down my pants in an effort to avoid paying $9.00. It wouldn't surprise me if this has happened before, considering all the hype that surrounds these books (now my mind is drifting to the visual spectacle of someone shoving these large books in their pants, instant butt implants...random, I know).

Anyways, here I stood in the book aisle debating whether to get these books--again. I decided to open one of them and read some pages at random. I usually do this when trying to find a new book to read and I will immediately know if I will be hooked. I felt nothing. I couldn't believe it, not at all interested. Did I open it up to a boring part in the book or will I forever refuse to succumb to the peer pressure of reading these books? In the meantime, I will be searching for new books to put my nose in for the remainder of the summer. In addition, would someone please tell me why these books are so good?

Get your blog on.

The whole "blog world" is new to me. I enjoy reading others, but I have no idea how to set it up, post items, etc. I have been asking myself why I am starting my own blog. Seriously, who would want to read about me? I love to write and tell stories about my life; Honestly, I find them quite humorous (and I hope you will too).

With that said, where do I begin? Do I try to pimp out my page layout (which I am finding to be extremely difficult) or do I begin to rant and rave about my life? I'm going with the later. There are just some stories I can't leave out...I have to share them. I've always dreamed of writing a book, I suppose this could be a start.