**Please note: I am not the most active member of Shelfari these days, but I still love it! I decided to go back to school (a full-time job, two young children, a houseful of cats, occasional karaoke, and my volunteer work with a feral cat organization were just not enough--ha ha!) and I am taking a class this fall at Illinois State. I am so excited. I am on the path to becoming a teacher. I am not sure where this path will lead me, but I am going somewhere. Enjoy your reading, and hello, peace, and summer to all the cool people I have met on this website!**
In the last two years, I have been on a reading whirlwind. I have read some awesome books--"She's Come Undone," "Bee Season," "The Book of Ruth," "The Namesake," "The Space Between Us," and "The Poisonwood Bible" pop to mind. Some of the multitude of authors I admire include Barbara Kingsolver, Chris Bohjalian, Alice Walker, John Steinbeck, Jane Hamilton, Myla Goldberg, Wally Lamb, Jhumpa Lahiri, and, yes, J.K. Rowling.
I am happily and luckily married to Eric, and we are entertained and challenged daily by our six-year-old, Hayley, and our three-year-old, Tony. I love reading to our kids. Bedtime is a little flexible in our house, mainly because Mom reads story after story after story after story after story after story....
I work at a little newspaper, selling ads and singing songs with my crazy co-workers. (Update: right now I am in the process of going back to school, baby!) Some random things I love: diet Dr. Pepper, cats, muck sandals, nursing homes, the Beatles, the Spanish language, newspapers, foofie bags (purses created here in the heart of Illinois), sunshine, Ron Santo (I am a type 1 diabetic), Dear Abby, vegetarian Indian food, and Austin, Texas. Some random things I support: library service for all, low-cost spay/neuter and trap-neuter-return, and breastfeeding.
In 2007, I had the opportunity this past year to be in both a Jewish literature and a Nigerian literature discussion group, and I loved them both. I have a BA in English and Philosophy. When I was in college I was too busy helping feral cats and fighting depression to really and thoroughly enjoy school, and man, do I wish I was in college now. (Update: hey, wait, I am again! Woo hoo!) Reading keeps me learning.
I learned a lot from the 40 books I read in 2007. Let's see how many I can read in 2008!
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