My New Orleans Treasure :)

While one of my best friends, Caroline, and I went on our annual girls' trip to New Orleans, we were trying to think of different things to do, besides the typical Bourbon Street scene.  While googling for ideas, we came across Faulkner House Books. This amazing bookstore was tucked away on Pirate's Alley. It took us forever to find, I literally thought Caroline was going to kill me! haha. Its probably the smallest bookstore I've ever been in, but it had so much character and history. This is where Faulkner resided  while he wrote his very first novel, Soldiers' Pay. 

Of course, after learning all of this, I HAD to purchase my next novel from here! After being completely captivated by all of the antique (and VERY expensive) Faulkner novels, I opted for a cheaper, newer version of The Sound and the Fury. Here's to hoping this won't take me as long as Gone With the Wind! Cheers

Week 5 Blog Challenge: My Sibling...NATHAN!

Week 5 Blog Challenge: My Sibling

I have one sibling. A brother. An amazing brother. His name is Nathan. He's 28...almost 29...wow, where does the time go?? 

Nathan is probably the best brother that one could ask for.  He has been through SO much in his life and is an awesome man because of it. When he was in 8th grade, he gave us the scare of our lives. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor on his pituitary gland. This caused his growth to be stunted at the height he was at that age.  He had dreams of being in the NBA, and there's no doubt in my mind that he would have made it. Nathan is one of the best ball players I've seen (except when he's playing me, of course ;) )

 I don't know that I've ever actually told anyone this, but I was scared to death that I was going to lose him. To this day, I can picture him being hauled off to the surgery room and thinking that I may never see him again. 15 years later.....I still thank God that he is here. 

We have been through some rough times, but we wouldn't be where we are without those trials. I am so proud of what he was...who he is now...and who he will become.

I LOVE YOU NATHAN!!
P.S. If anyone ever makes fun of him for being short, I will kick your ASS! (sorry for the profanity Mom, but I know you would back me up:) )

Gone With the Wind: The 3 Month Marvel

Wow. So not only has it been 2 months since I last blogged (so much for my weekly blog challenge!), but it also took me WAY too long to read Gone With the Wind.  It was fairly simple reading, but I'm pretty sure my self-diagnosed ADD kicked in. BUT, three months later, I finally finished it! I'm not so sure I will complete all 100 novels this year, especially if I continue reading at a snail's pace....that being said, I LOVED the book!

This is such a great story about courage, surviving, and unrequitted love. While reading this novel, I couldn't help but feel that Scarlett was a feminist ahead of her time.  She never gave up and always fought for everything that she believed in. I'm sure much of it was attributed to the situations that she was put in, but nonetheless, she fought. And she won.

Two things I disliked about the book:
1/ It could have been a little shorter. I felt like there was a lot of filler
2/ Rhett said "My dear, I don't give a damn". I was waiting for "Frankly" but apparently that's only in the movie :/