Hi ladies!
Just a quick update...
We had a great trip to Minnesota, as I'm sure you saw from the photos. Here are the highlights - humidity, dress shopping, fireflies, Cultivate Festival, football, turkey dinner, lightning storm, laser tag, beer & wine, 4+ hours of karaoke, Mall of America, Minnesota State Fair, every food imaginable fried and/or on a stick, 30 Seconds to Mars, Linkin Park, but most importantly Kristine & Martin. We can not wait for our next Midwest adventure!
I re-discovered how much I enjoy reading. I know that may sound odd, but I really didn't remember how wonderful it was to get lost in a story. I have never been a particularly quick reader, which may be part of the reason why I stopped reading in my spare time. But at the beginning of the summer I started the last book in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series - Sisterhood Everlasting. It takes place 10 years after the 4th book, when the girls are nearly 30. I have always loved the story - it reminds me of you girls. "She existed in her friends, all the parts of herself she'd forgotten, she knew herself best when she was with them." This book was familiar, surprising, heartbreaking and complete. If any of you enjoyed the Sisterhood books I would recommend it. Then on the plane to Minnesota I jumped into The Fault in Our Stars...AMAZING! I found myself laughing out loud, and crying all within the same page. I read it during our flight there and flight home, completely enveloped in the story, I didn't want the flight to end! A week later and I'm still upset that it's over. Is it weird to mourn a book? Anyways, now I've started Gone Girl, which Michelle lent me, and finished reading in the airport with an "Oh." I don't know what to think of that response. I'm not sure what I'm in for with this one, I'll let you know.
When we returned to Vancouver you could really feel summer ending. I feel like I've never experienced that shift before - the air felt different, the light seemed different. With that being said, I am loving it! Fall is by far my favourite season, and I am so looking forward to the cool breezes, crunchy leaves, apple baked goods and slow cooked soups!
Miss you all. Sending love.
Xo, A
Such a good book, eh? Both of them! Glad you found a couple of good ones to get you back into reading.
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