What I've been up to...

Well, very surprisingly on February 1st, I went from this {37 weeks pregnant}:

to holding and spending time with this{!!!}

I've been reading a bit {finished only 6 books so far, but I think that's pretty good for having not read anything this entire month!}, but that's slowing down now with having Baby D here {who I shall now just refer to as D}.  I was on bed rest for a few days with my pregnancy, and by the end of that week the little guy decided he was done with his time in the womb and that he would make his great debut into the world on the outside.  {Side note: I got lucky and my labor with him from start to finish was only 12 1/2 hours, and only about 4 1/2 could I really even feel the contractions!}

I finally got my hands on The Mephisto Kiss... even better then the first one!  If you haven't read either one, what are you waiting for?  Pick them up!  I got them both from my local library, so that would be where I would check first if, like me, you don't have any spare cash for books at the moment.  {Side note: libraries are awesome.  Take advantage of them!  You get books for free, peoples.  Free.  Just remember you do have to return them.}  I also finished reading Tangled Tides, which was pretty good {and a quick, easy to follow book - great for a pregnant woman!}.  Another one of the few I've read this year was Glimpse, which wasn't anything like what I was expecting.  It was much better, although it kind of ended abruptly.  *Runs over to Amazon* Oh! It's a trilogy! And they have the other two? I might have to see if the hubs is okay with me buying them... Or I might want to spend that money on one of the many sequels to the books I LOVE that have come out in the past few weeks {can we say Unravel Me??}.

Library Lovin' {aka In My Mailbox}

This is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.  Its a great way to show what you won/bought/borrowed each week {or so}.  I might write one each week, but most likely every couple/few weeks as, while I love to read, I have many other things that take up my time and at the moment am not winning or being given any books for review {this is not my choice... I would love to make the excuse of "needing" to read a good book so I can review it!}.

I've loved my local library for decades, but I haven't really taken advantage of it in the past few years.  Its a shame, really.  The library was a little safe haven of sorts for me when I was younger, and as I got older and had jobs that paid me decently, the local Borders took its place.  Alas, Borders is gone, so its back to the library for me {yes, I know Barnes & Noble is out there as well as other lovely bookstore, but Borders was my favorite}.  I went to my local library today after going to Half Price Books yesterday, and I now have 6 books I need to read... well, 5 books and a graphic novel...

Borrowed:

Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen

Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel

The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton

Bought:

Austenland by Shannon Hale

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead (Author), Emma Vieceli (Illustrator), Leigh Dragoon (Adapter)

The nice thing about borrowing books from the library?  I have to spend more time reading that doing other frivolous things... I think I can do that ;-)

UPDATE:

I joined NetGalley this last week, and I actually won a copy of Tomorrow Land by Marni Mancusi!  So I'll be picking that up to read via the good ol' Kindle in the next few days...