Technology is awesome but frustrating!

Having computer issues and it had kept me from keeping up with my challenges and blog postings.  Looking at just buying a new laptop and trying to fix mine in a few months for the "family computer".   Just a cheap one I really only need it for internet, word processing, and some light gaming.
 I am a pretty tech savvy, computer literate person but this thing is giving me headache after headache.  I've spent no less than 30 hours working on it, updating, reinstalling, and downloading even the basic programs needed. Only to have it get screwed up again. 
The worst part is I started training for a new job this week too.  I need a working computer to be able to work so this is the worst time for all this to happen.  Thank goodness my husband is letting me use his computer for now but it is a short term fix.

Anyways, I will be updating this soon with the books I have gotten read while waiting on all this stuff to install and download.  I guess that is the only upside to this whole ordeal.

Game of Thrones

I honestly think this is one of the best books I have ever read.  It sucked me in from the first chapter clear until the end.  The characters are so diverse and interesting.  I even found myself rooting for both sides of a conflict.  I fell in love with many of the characters. George R. R. Martin did such an amazing job creating an entire universe to lose yourself in.  I love that he wrote the book with each chapter being from the point of view of one of the many main characters .  It kept it interesting and exciting.  He has so many great, important people in this book that there is someone for everyone to love.
I have started book number 2 Clash of Kings. It introduces characters that you only read about and never saw their point of view in book 1 and I am really enjoying it so far as well.

Finished American On Purpose

So I finished American On Purpose.  It was really really good!  I found it pretty hard to put down.  It was mostly stories from Craig's childhood and they all led to how he became a citizen and why he always wanted to live in America.  The stories were funny, honest, sometimes sad, and even enlightening.  We often forget that there are people out there who would do just about anything to live here.  We take for granted what we have.  I think we are all guilty of it to some extent.  I would recommend this book to anyone.  It had something for everyone.

I am in the middle of A Game of Thrones.  It is completely sucked me in.  I have found myself getting my kindle out and reading all the time.  Even when I only have a few minutes in a doctor's waiting room or something.

Friends of mine have been talking about this book series and resulting tv series around me for months and I am so glad I finally decided to give it a try.  I will post more about it when I get to finish the first book.

My Booky Wook

Finished up My Booky Wook.  It was pretty good.

I have started American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson the host of The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS.  It is really interesting!  Looking forward to finishing it tomorrow.

Short post tonight as I am suffering through a migraine.  Will give more details on My Booky Wook tomorrow.

1 book down 50 or so more to go this year

So I finished Are You There Vodka? It's me Chelsea while waiting in the doctors office this afternoon. I have always found Chelsea Handler to be hilarious.  I used to watch her show every night, even reruns when we still subscribed to cable. (We found that 70 bucks a month was stupid when we rarely watched tv.  We watch a lot of Netflix on the Wii)  This was the first book of hers that I have read and I can tell you I find her even more funny now.  To read her thoughts and crazy things that have happened to her over the years was just so much fun.  This book was funny enough that I am working on getting the rest of her books to read as soon as possible!  Many times my husband had to ask me what is so funny because I would just start laughing out loud while reading.  I think a few times he suspected I had seen something goofy or embarrassing he had done only to realize I was reading my book again.  I finished this book so fast I found myself wondering how it could possibly be over already.  I look forward to reading the rest of her books soon.

Next up on my list to read is by another comic that can easily offend but I find hilarious.  I need some humor in my life after the hectic mess that is the holiday season.  So I will be likely reading a few more before I go back to the more serious stuff.  Anyways, I will be reading My Booky Wook by Russel Brand.  Watched his Comedy Central special again recently on Netflix and I think it is time to give his writing a try too.

Yes another challenge...

Ok so it may seem like a lot but I also am going to be working on 1001 Books You Must Read 2012
Hoping to read 20+ books form the list.  Hopefully some of it will go hand in hand with my  A to Z challenge.

The list of books eligible can be found here. 

Twilight Challenge

I have also decided to participate in the 2012 Twilight Challenge.  I was going to read the books anyways so why not, right?

2012 Twilight Challenge