book club: collins and zander

it was like muscle memory. i picked up one book and just could stop. suddenly, there were so many books i wanted to read, so many things i wanted to learn about. so i started with a list. january, three down, february, another four…i read one in an afternoon, one at the gym on the stationary bike, starting another as andrew crawled into bed. garland snuggled in next to us and soon, andrew’s breathing became steady and the last of his twitching subsided and i knew he was dead to the world, i flipped on my reading light and fell into another world until the early hours of the morning.

the hunger games, catching fire, mockingjay by suzanne collins i’m one of those people that like the books. for the most part, any book turned movie, i ere on the side of the book. my brother in law mentioned the hunger games to me a few years ago but i never took the time to read them, having no idea what they were about. when commercials began being teased of the hunger games, suddenly i remembered, i’d wanted to read those! two full days of reading later, they were complete. now, i wont ruin the story for anyone heading out to see the movie in the next few weeks or those of you still reading but even as the books came to an end, i never picked a side. i had thought by the end of the movie i could have chosen one, but here i remain, sideless {making up new words now} and looking forward to the movie…even if only to annoy andrew with all the ways the movie is flawed in comparison!

the art of possibility by rosamund stone zander and benjamin zander i’m not going to lie, i picked up this book due to the happy yellow color on the cover and the word possibility. i was wandering through the business section i wasnt even sure what i was looking for and when i started the book, i realized that was a good thing. sometimes reading a book with zero expectations causes you to glean the most from it. i wouldnt necessarily classify this book as a self help book but rather an invitation to see your world differently, to look outside of your assumptions, outside of your box, and challenge yourself with possibility. now, whenever i read a book like this, i take a pen to the pages. because while authors present amazing ideas and new ways of thinking for your business and your life, my Author has written a far more amazing story. so when zen like ideas are introduced or thoughts on overcoming any obstacle, i remember my Jesus and what’s said in His book, the laws, the promises, the hope and the love.

my books for march are already stacked on my nightstand. andrew eyed them wearily when i brought the stack into the room. he didnt say anything, knowing how quickly i inhale written word. i picked one up and threw it on the bed to read first, then returned it back to the stack and pulled out another instead. that one was returned to the stack a few moments later as i couldnt decide which book to read first. it’s like muscle memory…once you get it started again, you dont want to stop.

dwell in possibility…