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This whole "working" thing? Overrated.
Except for the part where they send you money in the mail that you can then use to buy things instead of saving it like you should be doing. I like that part.
I'm getting my hair cut next week. I'm chopping it all off again. The last two times I did this, the cut turned out horribly, and I promptly spent the next year or two growing it all out again to get as far away from that terrible cut as possible. But I'm doing it again, because I am either optimistic or selectively forgetful. Either way, I'm really excited.
I finished The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, so here is an
BOOKS to READ in 2007
1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (01/10)
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
3. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
4. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
5. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
6. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
7. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (03/09)
8. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (03/18)
9. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
10. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
11.
12.
13.
14.
by J.K. Rowling
15. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (07/17)
16. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (07/20)
17. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (07/23)
18. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (07/24)
by Charles Dickens
19. Oliver Twist
20. Great Expectations
by Jane Austen
21. Pride and Prejudice (re-read)
22. Emma (05/30)
The Secret Country Trilogy by Pamela Dean
23. The Secret Country (01/05)
24. The Hidden Land (06/10)
25. The Whim of the Dragon (07/04)
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
26. The Golden Compass (07/31)
27. The Subtle Knife
28. The Amber Spyglass
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
29. The Magician's Nephew
30. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
31. The Horse and His Boy
32. Prince Caspian
33. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
34. The Silver Chair
35. The Last Battle
In general, I'm completely taken with the first book. I love the world in which Lyra lives, and all the different inhabitants and cultures. I love the idea of daemons. I can't wait to read the next one - I actually ran out to buy it right after I finished The Golden Compass, but neither Borders nor B&N had the cover I wanted, so I didn't buy a copy because I'm just that picky.
I've been reading so much fantasy this summer - I need to pick a different genre next.
Except for the part where they send you money in the mail that you can then use to buy things instead of saving it like you should be doing. I like that part.
I'm getting my hair cut next week. I'm chopping it all off again. The last two times I did this, the cut turned out horribly, and I promptly spent the next year or two growing it all out again to get as far away from that terrible cut as possible. But I'm doing it again, because I am either optimistic or selectively forgetful. Either way, I'm really excited.
I finished The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, so here is an
BOOKS to READ in 2007
1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (01/10)
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
3. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
4. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
5. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
6. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
7. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (03/09)
8. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (03/18)
9. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
10. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
11.
12.
13.
14.
by J.K. Rowling
15. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (07/17)
16. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (07/20)
17. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (07/23)
18. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (07/24)
by Charles Dickens
19. Oliver Twist
20. Great Expectations
by Jane Austen
21. Pride and Prejudice (re-read)
22. Emma (05/30)
The Secret Country Trilogy by Pamela Dean
23. The Secret Country (01/05)
24. The Hidden Land (06/10)
25. The Whim of the Dragon (07/04)
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
26. The Golden Compass (07/31)
27. The Subtle Knife
28. The Amber Spyglass
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
29. The Magician's Nephew
30. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
31. The Horse and His Boy
32. Prince Caspian
33. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
34. The Silver Chair
35. The Last Battle
In general, I'm completely taken with the first book. I love the world in which Lyra lives, and all the different inhabitants and cultures. I love the idea of daemons. I can't wait to read the next one - I actually ran out to buy it right after I finished The Golden Compass, but neither Borders nor B&N had the cover I wanted, so I didn't buy a copy because I'm just that picky.
I've been reading so much fantasy this summer - I need to pick a different genre next.