oprah book club, oprah winfrey showAs a self-proclaimed insomniac and late-night infomercial watcher, I decided to ask my doctor about healthier, natural routines I could begin to help myself fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer.  He asked me if I wouldn't  mind reading at night?  I had never even thought to try reading, even though I used to have a fervent love for reading.  I used to read any and everything I could get my hands on.  These days, I am much busier and am a bit more choosy with the books I commit to reading.

I recently took up reading one of the Deep South stories from the Oprah Book Club.  It is called Mother of Pearl, by Melinda Haynes.  You want to talk about not being able to put a book down?  This amazing story of the lives of Southerners in a time gone by will leave you hanging on the author's every word.  Along with the rest of the amazing books approved and listed in the Oprah Book Club, this work kept me reading until my eyelids began to droop and I had to put it down in order to sleep.

I am not a regular viewer of the Oprah Winfrey Show, nor an avid reader of the Oprah Magazine, but I am fast becoming a huge fan of the books that make the Oprah Book Club list!  Just pick one, any one, and try a few paragraphs from any page.  If it doesn't leave you wanting to read more, then pick another book and do not be surprised when you get hooked!