A Friday Favorite!

In high school and college I hated reading. It was one of those things that I did only when forced to and sometimes not even then. Once I graduated college and joined the staff at Liberty High School in Liberty, MO I was introduced to SSR: Silent Sustained Reading. The Liberty School District has a "policy" where all buildings will read (anything they want) sometime during the school day for 20 minutes; teachers, administrators, students-everyone. It was tough at first to get used to, but eventually I LOVED it! And I helped some of my students love it to. I found that reading a book is a lot like watching a movie.....if you find the style you like, you'll love it!

During that time, my friend Samantha introduced me to an author one of her friends loved, Emily Giffin. So Samantha and I each bought 2 of her books and then traded off.....she is now an absolute favorite of mine! She's an amazing writer and her books are so easy to read. Emily has written 5 books: "Something Borrowed", "Something Blue", "Baby Proof", "Love the one you're with", and "Heart of the Matter". I just finished reading "Heart of the Matter" and I couldn't put it down.....actually, I couldn't put any of her books down. They are the kind of reads where you can't stop reading, but you don't want to finish it because you want it to keep going and going.....

"Something Borrowed" will be released on the big screen in summer 2011 and "Something Blue" will come out sometime after that .....and I can't wait! The cast includes Kate Hudson and Colin Farrel and one of the producers is Hilary Swank! Granted most of the time the book is always better, but I still want to see it....i'm sure Johnny is just as ecstatic as me.... ;-)

You can visit her website at http://www.emilygiffin.com/

Happy Friday!