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I’ve made this confession before, but I’ll repeat it here: every once in a while I read John Grisham books.

I know that he’s been criticized for pumping out half-assed stories that have no lasting impact.  I know that he’s an airport author – one that is known for writing books that can be picked up at the airport by people that don’t usually read.  I know.  I know.

But I like him.

I just finished reading The Innocent Man which is a non-fiction novel he wrote about a few innocent guys that were convicted of murder and how the dealt with life on death row. [Amazon]

I’ll admit that Grisham is much better at writing courtroom fiction.  The Innocent Man was a bit dry and lacked the suspense and surpise that his fictional novels have.

What I’m Reading Next: The Human Stain by Philip Roth

This is a challenge. I challenge you to make next week a good one. Try to focus on these words this week:

Dear readers that are more in touch than I am,

Please watch this video and leave me your advice.  I’m desperate.

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TGIF!

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Last night here in Phoenix we had some crazy weather.  It was really windy, and there was a lot of lightning.  Kind of cool…and kind of scary.  My boyfriend took this video of the lightning:

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Daniel also snapped a few pictures of lightning.  You can see them at his blog.

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** Book Mooch – Give away your books and earn points to “buy” books from other members.  Sounds like a pretty clever idea.

** Zapproved - Group consensus is tough.  With Zapproved you send an email to the group with choices, and everyone gets a vote.

** Digital Message Tape – This would make moving fun, right?

** Celebrity Money – a fun photo series.