i heart reading.

i can vividly remember BEGGING people to read to me when i was 3 or 4. i usually didn't have to beg that much. i remember being in kindergarten and sitting on the kitchen floor on the phone with my dad while he was on night shift reading to him over the phone because i was so excited about my new words i had learned to read. or sitting on the couch with him or my mom taking turns reading pages out of Ida Early or Babysitters Club. i stayed with my grandmother, who was a teacher, during the summers and we always took a weekly trip to the library...more than once if i was lucky and bugged her enough. i loved checking out as many books as i possibly could...ameila bedila, berenstein bears and dr. seuss were all-time favorites. ever since then, i've loved books and reading.

i mainly read for fun and entertainment. i've never really been one to get all into deep, thought provoking reading. i like mind fluff. and i AM a smart girl. and before you judge me, haha, let me just tell you that my cousin's wife, who is a computer engineering GENIUS reads exactly the same books as me. we swap books a lot. so there.

so i thought i would start a new series (maybe once a month) called i heart reading, where i talk about what i'm reading or what i've recently read.

i just finished reading Swept Off Her Feet by Hester Browne, one of my favorite authors.



this book was just as cute, darling and funny as all her other books. i highly recommend her if you've never read anything by her. you should totally start with this:



right now i am reading the secret lives of dresses by erin mckean. never read anything by her, but i am enjoying it so far!! it's about a 20-something girl who has to take over her grandmother's vintage shop, where she begins to learn the secret stories behind the dresses in the shop.



also i am reading ms. understood by jen hatmaker, christan author and speaker. this is a great read so far, informative and hilarious, as it follows 5 women throughout the bible and discusses becoming the woman God wants you to be!



another book i am using right now (see, i told you i loved books) is sewing bits and pieces by sandi henderson, who is a pattern and fabric designer. this book has lots of great little projects in it for using up your fabric scraps and lots of easy things to make for a beginner sewer like me!! i plan on using it this weekend!



i guess that's enough for now!! i'm already looking forward to next month's i heart reading post!!