Suggestions?

I need your help. I have no clue who "you" are and I fear asking for "your" help because "you" may not even exist. I am not one to beg for comments. I am too prideful for that and I like to believe there are readers out there that don't think I am wasting my free time by writing about the ups and downs of motherhood and the weather, whether or not I ever see a comment. Wow, I wouldn't read either now that I recap it like that....But I do need some help here.

Last night I finished The Help that I read the last week and a half. Brad literally started dancing around the living room when I closed the book with a nostalgic sigh. He hasn't been able to even lay a finger on me since I opened the book. Unfortunately, when I find a good book I jump in head first with no life saver and I just immerse myself in the story. Therefore, any physical contact with reality (being a husband) hinders me from sinking to the bottom of the novel as I so love to do. So as you can imagine Brad was counting down the 455 pages one by one until he could be near me again. Well, atleast for today, honey, I am all yours!

That's where "you" come in to the picture. You and I both have 15+ novels scattered throughout our respective houses waiting to be devoured. I bought one that I overheard while on a flight somewhere. You took your sisters copy of the book she read in a week. Either way - I have boocoodles of books I could read but I don't want just any book right now. I want another story that pulls me in so hard that I literally dream as if I were in the setting of the book all night long. And I want to feel a little empowered when I am done....that's all. Please send me your latest suggestion. I'm not scared of weird titles or forbidden subjects or super thick books. I just want another good one to keep me on the cloud I've been riding the last few weeks. Thank you dear readers.

Also, when I am not reading these days and tending to a little person I am either eating or thinking about eating. I need "your" help again. I am tired of my 4 stand by meals at night for dinner. More so, one night a week I usually do some kind of big salad which is really just a conglomeration of everything left in the fridge. Somehow though the ingredients I use tend to make my salads the price of a 3 course meal at Chops. Brad doesn't understand this but I am sure you know what I mean....you gotta have fancy cheese for your salads and the perfect mixture of crunchiness and depth. Well, we are about tired of these over-dressed salads along with the 3 other meals I whip together. So, please, again, dear readers, send me the first "go-to" meal that comes to your head. There are no prizes here - just alot of gratitude and admiration from afar.

I'll pay your kindness in both of these areas forward.

Yours,
Desperate homemaker in Savannah