September is Over!

Where has the time gone? 

Can you believe that September is OVER? October starts tomorrow! When did that happen? 

I was driving to work today and I saw the first telltale signs that Fall was here. The colors. Against a smooth green leafy backdrop was the vivid yellows and oranges that are starting to take over the trees. I'm in love with Fall. *sighs dreamily like an anime girl with little hearts over her head*

Okay. I'm back in my own right mind now ... moving on...

Guess what? I've. Got. ARTPRIZE PICTURES! You're psyched, I'll bet. You want to see what Angela and Danielle and I did while we were out and about in Grand Rapids. Prepare to be photo bombed!!! 

Polar Expressed (in the top 10)

DUCKIES

Freedom (Supporting Wild Horses sculpture)

Glittery Ocean (something like that)

Abstract Painting (thought it was really pretty and voted)

Yarn on Division (I think)

Me and Danielle (I was cracking up)

Roomies Anga and Danielle 

Angela and I being silly

So there you have it! I kept my promise and gave you photos to peruse. I really liked the Polar Bears! I kinda hope they win! They were completely done in acrylic and the artist made them look so lifelike that until I got up close ... I first thought they were photographs. 

I loved that trip to Grand Rapids!

Since it's Monday, I suppose I'll give you a Book Review! What do you think? 

The book I'm going to throw at you is one of those 'controversial' books I was telling you about in one of my very early blog posts. 

This book is suffering from a very BAD case of "Cover Judging". It's cover is quite raunchy and the title is quite bawdy. But ignoring those two factors ... this book is HILARIOUS!!!!! 

Ready for the title? 

Are you sure? 

Okay ...... 

Here it is .... 

Told you it was quite bawdy! 

Don't judge this cover! For the Renaissance Faire junkies, this book is the equivalent of the Bocca Musical show. Bawdy but funny! For everyone else, this is just a good natured comedy filled with clumsy foibles by the heroine and innuendo that will make you CRACK UP. 

Caroline Reynolds has just moved to San Francisco as an up and coming Interior Designer. She hasn't even unpacked her new apartment yet when she is awakened in the middle of the night by her ... not so quiet neighbor, Simon Parker. Thanks to paper-thin walls, she gains some - um - intimate knowledge about her neighbor's nocturnal adventures. 

One night ... it pisses her off so much, she strides over to his apartment and starts banging on the walls as loud as she can, starting a platonic friendship with her new neighbor, but enough chemistry between them to make the readers BEG for them to just admit they like each other already. 

Alice Clayton, the amazing author has written a book that seriously makes you laugh out loud ... in public ... and it's impossible to put down once you start. Guaranteed. I will DEFINITELY be picking up another one of her comedies. 

So there you have it, folks! A book review for Monday. 

I don't discriminate against literature. Or what people THINK isn't literature. Didn't I tell you that I'll read anything? 

Books aren't something that can be cast aside like nothing. People form their opinions on their favorite genres and titles and that's okay ... but I don't believe that you can judge someone based upon what they CHOOSE to read either. 

I'm just putting my two cents out there for what its worth. I'm a reader. I read the titles that people say are raunchy, the ones that are 'wrong' or banned, the ones that are forgotten, the ones that are ignored, the bestsellers, and the unnoticed.

Books are books! And they should all be respected. 

I leave you with this quote from Oscar Wilde. 

"The Books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame"

Until next time,

Taryn