Read the books. Seriously. They are awesome.

The series is set in Botswana, and the characters are really interesting people. I also LOVE how they phrase things, and how they talk about what is the proper thing to do in Botswana. If I ever go there I’m totally using this as a guide to politeness. Not that that’s an immediate concern at all, but it sounds like an interesting country…you never know. Anywho, I would highly recommend the series (Also, the books are so short! Easy reading!). Thank you to Aunt Marcia for recommending it to me!

I am taking a quick break from the series (I’m about to start book 6) to read Queen Isabella by Alison Weir. It’s a non-fiction book, but if you’ve read Innocent Traitor by the same author you know that she has a talent for making history seem really cool (although that was a historical novel, not a non-fiction book). I just started Queen Isabella over lunch and I already like it. Of course I like learning and I love history, so it’s not surprising that I like this type of book. Yes, I am a big dork. I know it. I embrace it, most of the time.

As an aside, I am so ready to go camping this weekend I can hardly stand it. Is it Friday afternoon yet??