Monday, January 12, 2009

January's Book and Bio

Book: The Goose Girl Bio: Jennifer



Happy New Year ladies! I hope that everyone had a fabulous holiday, and are ready to kick in their goals for the new year. One of those goals is to read a book a month for book club right?
This months book is The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. This book is a retelling of the famous Brothers Grimm fairy tale "The Goose Girl". I chose this book because I love a good fairy tale, (who doesn't) it brings me back to being a kid again. I have also had several friends that have read it, and loved it. So, hopefully we all like it too. It will be an easy read, because it's geared towards children I think.


First of all, this is a shout out to my sister who started this book club! I am one of the out of towners, and wish I could be there to join in all the fun in discussing the books and just hanging out. A little about me, I live in Denver with my husband and 3 great kids (1boy and 2 girls). I am a work at home mom meaning I stay home with my kids, but it's a lot of work. Currently, I am working on finding a 450 hour internship so that I can graduate. This is a task with a husband who works 70-80 hour weeks. I am confident that I will reach my goal either this summer, or in the fall when my 2 oldest are in school full time. When I do graduate, I will have a degree in exercise science and a nutrition minor. I am excited to be able to officially use this to my advantage.


Some of my hobbies are reading of course, jogging/exercise, playing the piano, and every once in a while singing along on Rock Band! My favorite book of all time is Pride and Prejudice, which I am not ashamed to admit I have read 7 times. I just finished reading Gone with the Wind, which is my sisters favorite book, and for me felt more like an accomplishment to finish it, because it's about 1000 pages. It's a good read though, and very well written. My favorite color is a toss up between yellow & green, both of which I will never wear, but I love the colors. My favorite food is fish tacos. I love being outside when it's nice and warm, I'm mostly indoors when it's cold and snowy. Maybe that's from growing up in Florida & Southern California. Well that's it for me.

Enjoy your read this month.


This months meeting will be on Saturday the 24th @ 6:00 at Becca's house. E-mail for directions: mejofred@yahoo.com