Happy National Pig Day!

So I constantly start and stop this blog. I need more consistency in when I post but posting is on the bottom of a very long too do list. Sad part is, I have a lot of drafted reviews I could easily post but I don’t want to spend the few moments logging in and posting in order to get them up.

Well I hope it isn’t too late to add a new New Year's resolution.

Going to try something new. A quarterly post. We will see how that rolls out and if there is time try to whittle it down to every two months then maybe to one! We will see how it goes though.

Did you know that March 1 is National Pig Day?

Well in honor of National Pig Day, and the fact that my family recently acquired two of the little critters, I finished reading Pot Bellies and Other Miniature Pigs – A Complete Pet Owner’s Manual by Pat Storer. A brief glimpse in what it takes to choose the pig as a good breed for your family, how to choose a good breed of pig, and basic care and maintenance. It is a good launch point for further research. 

March reads so far:

Ever read that book you just cannot get into? Yeah, well I have a couple of those right now so therefore they are stuck on my currently reading shelf. I am loath to give up on a book. I would rather skim it then give up on it. I have no idea why when there are thousands of others I would readily read instead.

(Kindle) Emerge – a dystopian story about a virus that basically wipes out civilization. An elitist group fortresses themselves and a bunch of supplies allowing the people that could not buy their way in (minus the few hand selected for their invaluable expertise) to die. Well the virus is back but it starts in the closed community. So far really enjoying it.

Bright From the Start – It is interesting reading once I dive in but I made the mistake of starting other books that were more interesting and fun to read that this got buried. I think I started it early 2015? It has a nice coat of dust on it. Not to say it is bad, just I found much easier and more fun reads since I put it down.

Paper Towns – Just started that over the weekend, so far it’s shaping out to be just like the movie. I think I will enjoy this one.

A Pirate’s look at Fifty – I love Jimmy Buffet and the book definitely isn’t bad. I meant to read this while in Jamaica and just never got around to it while there so it is just sitting on my shelf waiting to be completed.

Youth in Revolt – ugh… my friend lent me this book and she saw the movie then read the book. Maybe this will help me like it? I am on page 40, and have been at this point for several months. So far it is all about a teenage boy masturbating. With his friend, alone, eating, writing, and I’m sure if he could, sleeping.

Everybody Rise – a GoodReads first read, it is an audio book, my first. So far I am enjoying the listening to the book while I drive (especially since I have a 45min-1.5hour commute depending on traffic). The story though… It has its good parts and bad.

A nice mix of books don't you think?

My shelf for the year is even more of a mix match. This shelf will change, or more likely just grow, through out the year to accommodate the different reading challenges I am a part of as well as just reading books I want to!

Happy March! and happy first quarter of the year. 

And just because I can...pictures of my piggies in honor of National Pig Day!

(Bacon on the left, Chorizo on the right)