www.whatshouldireadnext.com
I'm a little too into this site
www.sporcle.com
3 hours spent doing nothing with random people I'd recently met at beach week.
www.textsfromlastnight.com
some people's phones should be confiscated
www.gnod.net
I don't actually know what this is
www.limenviolet.com
yes, I knit. you should too. you'll be warmer.
www.jwed.com
facebook told me to...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
"But some people can't tell where it hurts...
they can't calm down, they can't ever stop howling"
-The Blind Assassin, page 2
I don't read enough. TV has become too much of a filler for me these days. But shortly after arriving home a couple weeks ago, I realized, to my horror, that my parents had canceled all of the good channels and now we only recieve the basic 3, 4, 5, 7, 17,and 20. How shall I ever entertain myself? Certainly I can't be expected to leave the house! So I read. And I love here. Because I also love lists, here are 10 books I am trying to get through before the end of the summer:
1. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
2, 3, 4, and 5. The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer (I know, I know...and I was so determined to hate Edward Cullen. I blame Tini)
6. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
7. Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (because I can no longer go through life without reading the novel by the man "masochism" was termed after)
8. Animal Farm by George Orwell
9. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (I did a report on it in 11th grade, I figure I should actually read it...sorry Mr. Lee)
10. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I'll also be reading anything I can get my hands on for cheap by Joyce Carol Oates. I figure now is a good time to say that if you are wondering what I would like for my birthday, I want a 17" VW Jetta rim with a tire attached, a better, faster, stronger (and smaller) laptop, or some sort of gift certificate with which I can purchase these books, although I do already own some of them.
In the words of White Goodman, I like to break a mental sweat.
**update** I didn't quite read as much as I intended but I did make it through Blind Assassin, all four Twilight books, and Alias Grace (which isn't on the list but whatever)
-The Blind Assassin, page 2
I don't read enough. TV has become too much of a filler for me these days. But shortly after arriving home a couple weeks ago, I realized, to my horror, that my parents had canceled all of the good channels and now we only recieve the basic 3, 4, 5, 7, 17,and 20. How shall I ever entertain myself? Certainly I can't be expected to leave the house! So I read. And I love here. Because I also love lists, here are 10 books I am trying to get through before the end of the summer:
1. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
2, 3, 4, and 5. The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer (I know, I know...and I was so determined to hate Edward Cullen. I blame Tini)
6. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
7. Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (because I can no longer go through life without reading the novel by the man "masochism" was termed after)
8. Animal Farm by George Orwell
9. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (I did a report on it in 11th grade, I figure I should actually read it...sorry Mr. Lee)
10. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I'll also be reading anything I can get my hands on for cheap by Joyce Carol Oates. I figure now is a good time to say that if you are wondering what I would like for my birthday, I want a 17" VW Jetta rim with a tire attached, a better, faster, stronger (and smaller) laptop, or some sort of gift certificate with which I can purchase these books, although I do already own some of them.
In the words of White Goodman, I like to break a mental sweat.
**update** I didn't quite read as much as I intended but I did make it through Blind Assassin, all four Twilight books, and Alias Grace (which isn't on the list but whatever)
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