Reading...a lot...

I've been reading quite a bit lately, and I just loved The Help by Kathryn Stockett.  I wanted to reread Small Town Girl, but remembered I loaned it to Eric's mom...but a worthy trade it was for her book of scintillating short stories. I finished reading Schooled today, but cannot remember the author's name.  It's about a brand new "shiny" teacher fresh from the school of education at Columbia University who lands a dream job teaching jr. high English at a Manhattan prep school.  After realizing she'll be broke the rest of her life, she begins "tutoring," really doing kids' homework for them, but for the Manhattan social elite, it amounts to $250 an hour...nice supplement to a teacher's stinky salary.  She becomes addicted to shopping at Barney's, anything Chanel, and endless trips to Starbucks.  It all comes to a breaking point, but will she give up her world in the lap of luxury?  Hmmmmm...

That's mostly what I've been up to the last 4-5 days...reading with a sprinkling of laundry/dishes/dinner! :0)