And the TBR pile grows!

Surfing my "TBR" list and finding some titles on sale. Collecting books faster than I can read them. Receiving review books (yay!) when I still have a ton of books on my shelf. Such is life! (No complaints, I love the books!)

Here are some books that have made their way into my home recently.

Best Intentions by Emily Listfield - this was sent to me from an editor/publisher and I've yet to read it. I promise I'll get to it soon! It really does look good.

Michael J. Fox's Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist - I loved his first memoir, Lucky Man, and it was very well written. I'm always amazed when I pick up a book by a celebrity and it's extremely well written.

Obama: The Historic Journey - I'm so excited to read this and check out all the pictures! This will be my first "coffee table book."

The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools & Strategies for Business Success - I saw this in Barnes & Noble a couple weeks ago and knew I had to have it. I ordered it from Amazon to save some money, but I know I'll have this thing forever. It's 800 pages of social media goodness, from RSS to blogging to Facebook to LinkedIn. One of the reasons I wanted it was to research a couple ideas for my job - I am currently in charge of my company's social media (we have a blog, Facebook page and a dormant Twitter account) and I want to see which tools are actually worth my time. But I also wanted it for myself. Somedays I feel like I can't keep up with all this stuff on the web. I can't keep track of all my passwords, it took me forever to learn how to "retweet" on Twitter, and phew...it's a headache somedays!

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom - I've read it before (in high school) and I cried really hard. I remember the gist of it, but I really want to read it again. When I met my boyfriend, he made me read his book For One More Day, so I'm going to make him read this one too. It's one of those books I know I will keep forever.

The Likeness by Tana French - I loved her first novel, In The Woods, which won ...prize, so I'm dying to read this one! It's pretty much a follow-up too, so it'll be like picking up where I left off.

Book News

This morning I dove right into Jodi Picoult's newest, Change of Heart, and its very engaging! I didn't even realize I had read 80 pages in about two hours - I am normally a fast reader but her works tend to take more time since they are much deeper.

In other news, I have updated my GoodReads account. Lately I've seen many books I want to read, including:

• Just Who Will You Be? - Maria Shriver
• Summer Sisters - Judy Blume
• 52 Fights: A Newlywed's Confession - Jennifer Jeanne Patterson
• Teach Me - R.A. Nelson
• Belong to Me - Marisa de los Santos
• The Penny Tree - Holly Kennedy
• Sheer Abandon - Penny Vincenzi
• Audition - Barbara Walters - I've been fascinated by her for years, which probably stems from my journalism background, but it's amazing to me how she's been able to get absolutely anyone to open up during interviews (and I have to admit that I'm curious about the rest of her life as well, with the recent reveal of her affair with former Senator Edward Brooke - admit it, you're wondering too!)

These books will not be purchased right now as I'm abstaining until I knock out a good chunk of my TBR pile. Happy reading to all!