Bread and Books

So there's the bread. I made it all by myself. I ran out of bread so I decided I'd just make my own. It turned out good. One recipe made two of those loaves. So that's awesome. It tastes so much better then what you buy at the store too. It was really easy to make also. Especially if you have a mixer that has a kneading setting on it. Which I do. Cause I'm awesome.

So now for the books part. I've  been doing a lot of reading this summer. I do a lot of reading all year round but it seems like I've found some pretty good books lately. I finished the Harper Connelly series by Charlaine Harris. They were awesome. The only bad part is there are only four books in the series. But it's basically about this girl, Harper, who was struck by lightning when she was a child and became able to find dead people as a result. She can sense where the body is and can see the last few moments of the person's life. Only she can't see who killed them. So she gets caught up in the investigations of all these murdered people and it's great. If you're used to the Sookie Stackhouse novels you might find these a little boring but I think it was much easier to follow. I love Sookie but each book adds a ton of new information that I have a hard time keeping up with. Another series by Harris is the Aurora Teagarden series. I love these. Aurora is a librarian that has an interest in old murderers. And of course she gets caught up in all the murders that happen in her little town. It's funny and has some romance so I love that. I'm waiting on book five to be turned into the library so I can continue the series. But yeah I'm obsessed with those books. If you like Charlaine Harris you should totally read these other books.

Another series that I started reading is actually for teenagers or something. I just thought the cover looked cool, picked it up and the blurb sounded cool. The first one is called The Alchemist and the second one is The Magician. I just finished  the second one. They are both very good. Kind of a Harry Potter type story, lots of magic but what I like about this one is it actually has a little bit of history, myth and folklore involved. You can actually learn a few things by reading these books. I love that kind of book. Where you read it because it's interesting and come away knowing a bunch of stuff that most people don't think about. So one day when you are on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? you will know answers that your friends probably don't have a clue about. But anyway, these books are by Michael Scott (anyone who knows me well will laugh at that). They are kind of long for your average pre teen or hell even teen but I enjoyed them. I am looking forward to reading the next one, called The Sorceress.

But the next book in line is The Help. I'm sure by now everyone has heard of the movie and since I don't get to see movies often I decided to grab the book at the library. I will probably start it tomorrow if I have time. The movie looks great but as we all know books and movies are rarely the same. I'm hoping the book is awesome and that the movie is a close second. Usually the movies don't even hold a candle to the books they are based on. But anyway, I will let you know how the book is once I finish.