{"id":366,"date":"2010-12-04T04:02:01","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T04:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=366"},"modified":"2010-12-04T04:03:59","modified_gmt":"2010-12-04T04:03:59","slug":"what-im-reading-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=366","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finished <strong>Nick Hornby&#8217;s <\/strong><em><strong>Slam<\/strong><\/em> (really funny by the way), and now I&#8217;m on to <em><strong>Wicked <\/strong><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><strong>by Gregory Maguire<\/strong><\/span><\/em>. \u00a0<em>Wicked<\/em> is a story about how the Wicked Witch of the West ended up so wicked . . . and hopefully they explain how she became <strong><span style=\"color: #2bab37;\">green<\/span><\/strong>. \u00a0 We&#8217;ll see how it is . . . I&#8217;ve heard <strong>mixed reviews<\/strong>. \u00a0Some people say they love it, some people have said it is hard to get into.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-367\" title=\"Wicked Book Cover\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a>The travelling <strong>Broadway<\/strong> production of Wicked is coming to <strong>Spokane<\/strong> in the spring, and I&#8217;m thinking that will be a great <strong>Christmas present<\/strong> for my mom (uhhhh . . . and I). \u00a0A fun mother\/daughter getaway in May!<\/p>\n<p>The thing I like about reading the book the most right now is that the edges of the pages are <span style=\"color: #2bab37;\">vibrant emerald green<\/span> . . . I think I like it so much just because it&#8217;s different than the same old newsprint.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=366\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=366\" data-text=\"What I&#8217;m Reading\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=366\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D366&amp;linkname=What%20I%E2%80%99m%20Reading\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finished Nick Hornby&#8217;s Slam (really funny by the way), and now I&#8217;m on to Wicked by Gregory Maguire. \u00a0Wicked is a story about how the Wicked Witch of the West ended up so wicked . . . and hopefully they explain how she became green. \u00a0 We&#8217;ll see how it is . . . 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