W.W.W. Wednesday (5/25/11)

W.W.W. Wednesdays is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you'll read next?

1. I am reading The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil, The Referral Engine Teaching Your Business to Market Itself  by John Jantsch  and listening to The Serpent's Trail by Sue Henry.  

2. This week I read The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison. It's number 6 in the Hollows series and was as expected. Interesting characters and lots of emotions with a good storyline but I have some difficulty following the Ever After and some other background parts of the book. I just can't imagine what it's like so that is difficult for me.

3. Next on my shelf  is Cat of the Century by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown.

To iPad or not to iPad?

So John says I need one and I wonder why? What will I do with it? What will I use it for?

To help me answer these questions, I've been researching the iPad on the internet and messing around with our iPod Touch to see what other things I could be using that for besides Angry Birds, Quick Cues and Me Moves (two apps for kids with Aspergers and ADHD respectively).

For starters, after spending 30 minutes on the Apple website, I didn't come up with more than the iPad being a large smart phone without the telephone capabilities. Since I have a feeling there's more to it than that, I started looking into blogs and articles about the iPad.

The first issue I see is Internet access. An iPad would work great for me to do some work while sitting at appointments or swimming lessons or karate or, well you get the idea waiting for my kids. However, I'd have to pay the extra money for the 3G and then pay for monthly access fees. Guess I'll just use my iPhone for email, etc. while waiting.

I love to read and iPad has a Kindle and Nook app along with its own e-reader. Great  - but it's more expensive than just buying a Kindle. So if that's all I'm going to use it for that doesn't make sense either.

I'm not in marketing or sales and don't do trade shows so don't need the option of showing a demo or presentation quickly.

However, I do give presentations and am on different committees where I could really use the information access without dragging along my laptop and worrying about the battery life. And we are a technology company so keeping up-to-date with technology and our customers is a must. And my kids would really love the games, movies and books on long car rides. Who am I kidding - I would too!

Your thoughts?

So, I definitely don't need to shell out the extra money for the 3G version and I really don't "need" an iPad but it would be really cool and fun. And I could use it for work and community involvement. What a dilemma.

W.W.W. Wednesday (5/18/11)

W.W.W. Wednesdays is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you'll read next?

1. I am reading The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison and listening to The Serpent's Trail by Sue Henry.  

2. This week I tried to read Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan but ended up taking it back to the library after about 50 pages. I just couldn't get into it.  

3. Next on my shelf  is The Referral Engine Teaching Your Business to Market Itself  by John Jantsch and The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil.

W.W.W. Wednesday (5/11/11)

W.W.W. Wednesdays is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you'll read next?

1. I am reading Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan. A book I picked up at the library because it looked interesting and I have started listening to The Serpent's Trail by Sue Henry.  

2. This week I read Kindred Crimes by Janet Dawson and Bone Deep by Darian North, listened to Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson, finished Twitter Power 2.0 by Joel Comm and attempted to read Fruit Baskets Volume 1 by Natsuki Takaya, et al. 

Kindred Crimes was an enjoyable PI mystery. I have ordered the next book in the series and hope it will be as good. Regarding Bone Deep I usually prefer series just because I like getting to know the characters as much as I like the story but I decided to try Bone Deep because I an interested in anthropology. I've now requested another book by North after staying up late last night just to finish it! Fatally Flaky was my last Catering Mystery. After finding myself yelling at the characters because they were annoying me, I realized there are too many books out there to continue with books I don't really like. I attempted to read a manga book and got about 1/3 through before giving up. I have to admit confusion with the plot and the characters. Maybe someone can explain them to me. Twitter Power 2.0 was a helpful read. I learned a lot about how to use Twitter to help our business. Now I just have to work on implementing all I learned.

3. Next on my shelf  is The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison. I read the first five books in the series a few years ago and then took a break from The Hollows for a while. We'll see if I'm drawn in enough to continue with the series again.

W.W.W. Wednesday (5/4/11)

W.W.W. Wednesdays is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you'll read next?

1. I am in the middle of Kindred Crimes by Janet Dawson.  I'm also still reading Twitter Power 2.0 by Joel Comm.  I'm making progress on it though! I am also listening to Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson in the truck.

2. I just finished Heartsick by Chelsea Cain. I was not sure that I would like it all and had to start it twice but then I couldn't put it down. The characters are well-written and believable while much of the story is horrifying.  Susan Ward definitely reminded me of Lisbeth Salander from the Stieg Larsson's series. I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series.

3. Next on my shelf  is Fruit Baskets Volume 1 by Natsuki Takaya, et al. My daughter is very into Manga books so I want to understand more what she is reading but haven't gotten to it yet.