At the end of every year, I round up the books I read. Beginning a few years ago, I began keep track of the vast amount of books I would read. Note: this list only includes books I read for the first time. Re-reads do not count. Here you go:
The Lake House - Kate Morton
Karolina's Twins - Ronald H. Balson
The Dollhouse - Fiona Davis
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
The Big Leap - Gay Hendrix
Hillbilly Elegy - JD Vance
The German Girl - Armando Lucas Cortes
Once We Were Brothers- Ronald H. Balson
The Man of My Dreams - Curtis Sittenfield
The Whistler - John Grisham
The Shack - WM Paul Young
A Mother's Promise - Sally Hepworth
Hope in a Jar - Beth Harbison
The Secret Life of Ceecee Wilkes - Diane Chamberlin
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
The Orphan's Tale - Pam Jenoff
The Arrangement - Sara Dunn
Ready Player One - Earnest Cline
The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin
The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith
Career of Evil - Robert Galbraith
If You Only Knew - Kristan Higgins
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo
A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
Wonder - RJ Palacio
Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster - Deborah Hopkinson
Fall is starting to come to Middle Tennessee. A lot of people love fall weather, but really I'd rather stay in a perpetual summer. Now that I've taken the Bar Exam I feel like it's too late to be considering a move to Hawaii...
In an attempt to enjoy the remaining days of t-shirts only weather, we spent the weekend out of the house. On Friday night, we made plans to go out to Fontanel for dinner. I've mentioned it before, but Fontanel is about 15 minutes outside of downtown Nashville. Unless there is a concert at their amphitheater, you can typically get a table pretty easily. That is what we were banking on. Upon pulling up to the restaurant, we realized that a Halloween festival was in full effect. We preserved, and changed our after dinner plans from visiting the 'haunted mansion' to going towards Opry Mills and purchasing wristbands for unlimited rides on go-karts. Yes, I was scared. I need a better sense of adventure.
On Saturday, we woke up early to attend the TN Beer & Wine Festival. The festival was fun & the weather was perfect. It was also fun for all of my friends, who were casually running into elementary and middle school teachers. I took a risk and wore these fishnet socks. Not sure if I'm too old for them? Not sure if I care? I think they're awesome.
Have you ever had one of those moments where you're sitting there doing something completely random and suddenly you're struck with deep nostalgia for a time or place that you haven't thought of in years?? That happened to me last night at the Ryman Auditorium. It's funny because I've seen more than 1 show at the Ryman since I've been in Nashville, and it's never happened to me before. But while sitting watching Jason Isbell perform nostalgia washed over me. Who, if you haven't seen him, or listened to him, check him out. I hadn't really listened to him before these last few weeks. I'm so happy I did though, because I was able to sing along to a few of his songs.
I also attached a few pictures of my hair from last night. Any excuse to braid it?! Right?!
These pictures are all throwbacks to earlier this summer when the Preds were in the middle of playoff season. But last night, I went to my first Preds game of the year. It was the second home game of this season!
Tonight, we are seeing Jason Isbell at the Ryman! I can't wait. I've been listening to him this entire week!
