Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

When I first started to read this book, it took me a while to get into the book.

As I read through the pages, I found myself enjoying the way Jonathan Franzen describes his characters and the scenes intriguing and very attractive.

It talks about integrity, what people would do for money and for a cause they actually believe.

It is the kind of book that stays with you.

Did any of you read it?

Miscellany Monday

Welcome to another edition of Miscellany Monday!
1. I REALLY need to go back to blogging.
2. I feel like I am missing big chunks of my life because I not writing it down.
3. It looks like we will have a few more days of cold weather (aka mid-40s til mid-50s).
4. Hubby's Godfather passed away last Saturday.
5. He had been battling Parkinson and Cancer for the past two years.
6. He always called me "Menina", it is little girl in Portuguese.
7. Sometimes I wonder if he ever knew my name.
8. Hubby was the son he never had.
9. He had only two daughters.
10. My comute to work is killing all my free time.
11. It is taking about 1 hour to get to work and
12. 90 minutes to come back home.
13. I don't like the change Zynga did on Frontierville.
14. I will probably quit playing like I did with FarmVille.
15. It gets old.

Well, let's see if I can be a more consistent blogger this week.

Miscellany Monday

Welcome to another edition of Miscellany Monday!

1. Can you believe it is August 1st already?
2. As a friend of mine would say, after July, when we blink it is Christmas time again.
3. She is right.
4. Since it is a new month, I am trying hard to come back to the blog world.
5. 2011 has been the year that I blogged less, since I started back in 2005.
6. Marylin, you are amazing.
7. You've been living in your new city for less than a month, and you are already having dinner parties at your house.
8. I've been living in this house for 4 years and I don't know the face of my next door neighbor.
9. We have a wedding next Saturday.
10. As I had a dress to be especially tailored for me.
11. The dress is really nice, but it doesn't feel like a dress for a wedding.
12. So, I will wear a burgundy dress that I bought two years ago, and I wore it only once.

I hope you have a wonderful week. I know, my week will be crazy busy at work.