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Friday Fill-Ins #124

This week, I chose quotes having to do with spring...as always when I do this, feel free to fill-in whatever you'd like; it's more fun that way! Of course, if you know the quote, feel free to fill that in, too! The quotes will be on my blog, should anyone want to see what they are.

And...here we go!

1. If we had no winter we wouldn't enjoy spring and summer.

2. The things I go through at work are a perpetual astonishment.

3. If I had my life to live over I'd finish college.

4. It will soon be the weekend inside of four and twenty hours.

5. If you've never been thrilled you haven't gone on a cruise.

6. To be interested in the changing seasons is part of life.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to chilling out, tomorrow my plans include grocery shopping and Sunday, I want to enjoy going to a baseball game!

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Booking Through Thursday - Book Gluttony?

Mariel suggested this week’s question

Book Gluttony! Are your eyes bigger than your book belly? Do you have a habit of buying up books far quicker than you could possibly read them? Have you had to curb your book buying habits until you can catch up with yourself? Or are you a controlled buyer, only purchasing books when you have run out of things to read?

My Answer...Book Glutton? Me? Nah, not even remotely possible...okay, that's a lie. I'm the definition of book gluttony. If I waited until I ran out of things to read, I'd never buy anything new. So, there's no choice but to just keep buying. How's that for a rationalization? LOL

Truth is, I have no control when it comes to books. I can't walk out of a bookstore without getting something. Usually it's more than one book. The funniest has to be when I go to places like WalMart. They have the Harlequin and Silhouette series books cheaper than the regular bookstores. Since I love those and buy quite a few each month, that's where I go. I can easily buy 10-15 at a time and the reactions from the cashier's is too funny. They all look at me and ask questions like "How long does it take to red those?" or "Is there a storm coming that we don't know about?" or - and this one I hate - "Aren't those all the same?" No, they aren't the same. I wouldn't buy 15 of the same book! It might not seem like it, but I do choose my books with care :) Kind of like my cat, he might look big and eat alot, but he's picky about what he eats :)

The other thing, since I work across the street from two huge book chains (sadly they recently closed the third one), where else would a book lover spend their lunch hour? When I get stressed at work (which is often), I go out and buy books. Another easy excuse I have - it eases my stress.

Bottom line...yes, I am a book glutton and I'm not even sorry about it. LOL How about you, are you a book glutton?

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Lie to Me

Well, this isn't my typical Saturday post about TV shows, but I just finished watching the finale of FOX's Lie to Me. This show is so amazing. Tim Roth is excellent in the lead role.

For anyone who doesn't know about this show. Roth owns a group that can read the truth in people's facial expressions and helps the police solve crimes. He's divorced with a teenage daughter. His partner is played by Kelli Williams (she used to play Lindsay on The Practice). The cast fits very well together and they seemed to gel just right after only one season.

Tim Roth's character sort of reminds me of a detective version of Hugh Laurie's House.

I'm glad to say this show has been picked up for a second season. Give it a try next fall or perhaps check out a rerun if FOX airs any. I'd love to know if any of you have already watched the show and what you think.

Musing Mondays - Re-Reading

Have you ever finished a book, then turned around and immediately re-read it? Why? What book(s)? (question courtesy of MizB)

My answer...never! As a general rule, I do not re-read books. I have a couple of reasons for this...

1) I have so many books in my TBR, I just don't have time to re-read.

2) Nothing is ever the same for me the second time around. When I've gone on vacation and loved a location, it was never as good the second time I went. It's the same with books for me. I think it comes from knowing exactly what's going to happen next. It just loses something for me.

3) If I loved a book so much, I just don't want to take the chance that the next time I won't like it and it would ruin it for me.

Do you re-read?

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