Read THIS, eat THAT, watch THIS, wear THAT.

A/K/A, Friday Favorites. Wheee!!!



Here's a bunch of stuff I like that I bet you'd like too if you tried it. First, this book:

This is historical fiction, which is usually not my favorite, but this was really GOOD! I found out all about a time and place I didn't know anything about before, but it doesn't feel like a history lesson. There's just a bunch of interesting details sprinkled skillfully throughout a well-told story. Tabitha is a spunky, indepedent heroine, there's some journalistic intrigue, and a really cool look into a little piece of history that feels like being there. Oh, yeah, and there's a realistic, satisfying romance. Read this!

And this: Such a fun, funny book. I alreay made three of my friends read it. Janette Rallison's YA novel is good clean fun in every sense of the word, with relateable (is that a word? At least, is it a word the way I spelled it?) and entertaining characters, adventures, and a satisfying story arc. Well, except for the part where you're left wishing there was a SEQUEL ALREADY! Janette? Janette? Also, you can give In Her Good Name by Josi Kilpack and Royal Target by Tracy Hunter Abramson a try. All good bets.

And if you want a great Friday night, let me line up your snacks for you and you can eat them while reading any of these books. I'm not trying to maintain my girlish figure as much as regain it, so I try to make smart eating choices. But I love me some treats, especially sweet and salty ones, so here are a couple of my current fav-o-rites. (And you have to say that by pronouncing each vowel with its long sound: fayv-oh-rite).

Utterly delicious:Hershey's has a whole bunch of 100 calorie snack bars, but this is my favorite. You can find pretty much all the flavors at Target and a lot at Albertson's. So yummy! Eat these.

Also, find yourself any brand of light kettle corn (Redenbacher and Jolly Time are both fine), pop yourself a bag, and then spray a little bit of extra Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray on it and it's a delicious late night DVR marathon treat. Light and fluffy goodness:

Every day on ABC Family channel, you can catch up on your Gilmore Girls episodes. They make me happy every time I watch them. Smart, snappy, funny, and culturally literate with heart. I use it as my inspirational touchstones in the novels I'm writing. I would totally hang out with these girls. And they have their own label in my sidebar. Good stuff. Watch it:
Oh, and I don't know how to explain this next one except to say: Rocking space western, and we are spending every Saturday night catching up on this series on DVD:

I can't make the above picture go where it should, but you should wear it! Or maybe not. I only wear it sometimes and I never know when it will make my sinuses flare up. Not because of this particular perfume. Any perfume or scented lotion does the same thing. Sometimes, I spend the whole night being allergic to myself. Usually, though, I spend the whole night catching lovely whiffs of something and having this conversation with myself: "Mm, that smells good. I wonder what it is? Oh, it's me! Yay!"

Oh, and my new favorite place to virtually window shop is Shabby Apple. You Utah folks are probably totally in the know on this, but it's a website for hip, modest dresses. This one's my favorite:

I bet I break down and buy it soon. No one else get it and wear it to the the Storymakers conference, okay?

Happy weekend!