So guess how tall my kid is now? Are you ready for this? He’s 5’7″. He’s only 11 and I’m so not ready for him to sprout into a 6 footer at 15.
I’ve been contemplating learning Russian. I realize that Russian is actually quite useless to me in my daily life, but learning a second language would expand my brain and could be fun. Besides, everyone else usually learns French, German, Italian or Spanish whether or not they will use it in their daily lives, so why not step outside the norm? If I don’t like it, I can always try out one of the easier languages instead.
Every single book I’ve read lately has used the word “murmured” a ridiculous number of times and it’s bugging me. I’m starting to hate it almost as much as I hate the word “succulent” and I really, really hate that word. There are a lot of other words that could be used in place of “murmured” and then “murmured” could be used more sparingly. Do the authors not realize they use it so much? Do their editors not catch it? Does it not bother anyone else?
So I’m about 200 pages into Breaking Dawn and I’m still not into it. I mean, I’m into it in the sense that I need to find out how the story concludes, but I’m not really enjoying it and that is disappointing me.
I don’t know how I feel about reading so much of the book from Jacob’s POV. I just don’t really care that much about Jacob anyway and having him tell me what all is going on is just kinda meh. For those of you who have read it, does he tell the rest of the story here on out or does it switch back to Bella? If it is him, does he at least become more likable?
Let’s move on to Rosalie next, shall we? I never liked her before and now I really don’t like her at all. She such a self-serving bitch. Maybe this is all an act and things will change, but she bugs severely in this book. *pokes her with a stick*
There is like zero Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Esme since the wedding. I seriously hope they come into play again later on because I like them and kinda miss them being an active part in the story. At least Carlisle is still in play because Edward is a wreck and I want Rosalie dead at this point and there are still over 500 pages to go.
Haha, all your icons all Rob. Hotness.
Hahaha! He’s just so pretty that I can’t help myself.
I just thought I’d like to say, I’ve always wanted to learn sign language myself. Not very traditional but I think it seems like a beautiful language. While learning russian might not be totally handy, but still it would be in a way since SO many people know french, spanish, etc
I’ve always wanted to learn sign language too and it’s actually something that could turn out to be useful at some point. I’ve been doing a lot of research on Russian language courses and materials and it looks like it might end up being kinda pricey if I really want to do it right. I’m going to continue to research it though because it would be a nice challenge for me and finding things to challenge myself with is a good thing. I don’t do that enough. Now, if I could just find the motivation to exercise more and get into better shape…