Updates, Goals, and Resolutions
Updates, updates, updates. Gah. I'm so tired of updates. I'm still reading Jane Eyre and PUSH, but I've changed some things. I gave up on A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf. I know, I know, I gave up on her Orlando as well, but I just can't do it. Not now anyway. I've deleted the Sherlock Holmes collection (even though the movie is absolutely amazing), and I also took out something else that I can't quite remember. I added Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler and Becoming Jane Austen by Jon Spence. I'll post my list at the end of this entry. I'm about half way through PUSH and it shouldn't take me much longer. I only have eight more chapters to go in Jane Eyre, which is really exciting for me. FINALLY! I started that before I left for college last semester...which was back in August! I have a lot of reading to do as well for classes and a lot of the books are different, but I really don't want to make anymore changes. This really just isn't working out how I thought it would *sad face*. My biggest distraction: Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook. WARNING: STAY AWAY.
Now, I'm setting some goals for myself because it's a goal-setting time of the year:
1. Finish Jane Eyre by Wednesday, January 6
2. Finish PUSH by Friday, January 8
3. Start The Time Traveler's Wife before I leave for school on Sunday, January 10
4. Finish The Time Traveler's Wife by Sunday, January 24
Now for my resolutions for the year 2010:
1. Lose 30-40 lbs. Yes, I am overweight by about 25 lbs, so this is completely healthy. I figured I can swing it by losing on average 3 lbs. per month.
2. Visit the gym more.
3. Eat healthier--specifically: less salt, sugar, caffiene, white carbs.
4. Become a better student. (I'm already getting A's and B's, so this isn't top priority.)
5. Live at a slower pace. (I'm so tired of anxiety attacks.)
Start Date: July 23, 2009
End Date: April 19, 2012
1. Laura Rider’s Masterpiece by: Jane Hamilton 214 pages
2. Angels and Demons by: Dan Brown 736 pages
3. Jane Eyre by: Charlotte Brontë 528 pages
4. Eragon by: Christopher Paolini 497 pages
5. Eldest by: Christopher Paolini 668 pages
6. Brisinger by: Christopher Paolini 745 pages
7. Pride and Prejudice by: Jane Austen 352 pages
8. Gods Behaving Badly by: Marie Phillips 292 pages
9. The Divine Comedy by: Dante 305 pages
10. The Dante Club by: Matthew Pearl 372 pages
11. Great Expectations by: Charles Dickens 452 pages
12. Alphabet Weekends by: Elizabeth Noble 425 pages
13. The Lost Hours by: Karen White 368 pages
14. The Merlin Conspiracy by: Diana Wynne Jones 468 pages
15. The Illiad by: Homer 327 pages
16. The Odyessy by: Homer 254 pages
17. Walden by: Henry David Thoreau 664 pages
18. American Wife by: Curtis Sittenfeld 555 pages
19. Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by: John Milton 335 pages
20. The Picture of Dorian Gray by: Oscar Wilde 221 pages
21. Les Miserables by: Victor Hugo 829 pages
22. Robinson Crusoe by: Daniel Defoe 482 pages
23. Enemy Women by: Paulette Jiles 329 pages
24. Wurthering Heights by: Emily Brontë 322 pages
25. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by: Jules Verne 437 pages
26. The Notebook by: Nicholas Sparks 213 pages
27. The Scarlet Letter by: Nathaniel Hawthorne 240 pages
28. Le Morte d’Arthur by: Malory 507 pages
29. The Angel’s Game by: Carlos Ruiz Zafon 544 pages
30. The Canterbury Papers by: Judith Koll Healey 353 pages
31. 4:50 from Paddington by: Agatha Christie 217 pages
32. The Grapes of Wrath by: John Steinbeck 581 pages
33. The Handmaid’s Tale by: Margaret Atwood 350 pages
34. Death at La Fenice by: Donna Leon 278 pages
35. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by: Harriet Beecher Stowe 637 pages
36. The Glassblower of Murano by: Marina Fiorato 368 pages
37. Sleeping Murder by: Agatha Christie 217 pages
38. Frankenstein by: Mary Shelley 225 pages
39. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by: Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith 317 pages
40. The Count of Monte Cristo by: Alexandre Dumas 544 pages
41. The Portrait of a Lady by: Henry James
42. Madame Bovary by: Gustave Flaubert 448 pages
43. Becoming Jane Eyre by: Sheila Kohler 256 pages
44. A Tale of Two Cities by: Charles Dickens 416 pages
45. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by: Gregory Maguire 406 pages
46. Kindred by: Octavia Butler 264 pages
47. Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman by: Sylvia Townsend Warner 222 pages
48. A Wallflower Christmas by: Lisa Keypas 213 pages
49. Jingle Boy by: Kieran Scott 240 pages
50. The Female Man by: Joanna Russ 214 pages
51. Emma by: Jane Austen 353 pages
52. The Hobbit by: J.R.R. Tolkien 384 pages
53. The Fellowship of the Ring by: J.R.R. Tolkien 386 pages
54. The Two Towers by: J.R.R. Tolkien 308 pages
55. The Return of the King by: J.R.R. Tolkien 267 pages
56. Becoming Jane Austen by: Jon Spence 294 pages
57. Gone with the Wind by: Margaret Mitchell 1024 pages
58. Scarlett by: Alexandria Ripley 884 pages
59. Rhett Butler’s People by: Donald McCaig 512 pages
60. Mrs. Dalloway by: Virginia Woolf
61. The Lost Symbol by: Dan Brown
62. Privilege by: Kate Brian 291 pages
63. Beautiful Disaster by: Kate Brian 278 pages
64. The Professor by: Charlotte Brontë 208 pages
65. In the Company of Secrets by: Judith Miller 378 pages
66. The Other Boleyn Girl by: Phillipa Gregory 672 pages
67. The Ruins by: Scott Smith 509 pages
68. Bungalow 2 by: Danielle Steel 413 pages
69. Cold Mountain by: Charles Frazier 449 pages
70. Secret Society Girl ~ An Ivy League Novel by: Diana Peterfreund 296 pages
71. Thirteen Moons by: Charles Frazier 420 pages
72. A Northern Light by: Jennifer Donnelly 380 pages
73. The Crystal Cave by: Mary Stewart 512 pages
74. The Hollow Hills by: Mary Stewart 475 pages
75. The Last Enchantment by: Mary Stewart 508 pages
76. Wicked Day by: Mary Stewart 413 pages
77. Persuasion by: Jane Austen 240 pages
78. PUSH by: Sapphire 200 pages
79. Tess of the D’Urbervilles by: Thomas Hardy 420 pages
80. The Last of the Mohicans by: James Fenimore Cooper 448 pages
81. Sense and Sensibility by: Jane Austen 384 pages
82. The Phantom of the Opera by: Gaston Leroux 288 pages
83. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by: Anne Brontë 576 pages
84. Testimony by: Anita Shreve 352 pages
85. Mansfield Park by: Jane Austen 400 pages
86. The Da Vinci Code by: Dan Brown 608 pages
87. The Time Traveler’s Wife by: Audrey Niffeneger 560 pages
88. The Castaways by: Elin Hilderbrand 368 pages
89. The Fire and the Rose by: Sir Arthur Bryant 307
90. The Shadow of the Wind by: Carlos Ruiz Zafon 496 pages
91. The Catcher in the Rye by: J.D. Salinger 224 pages
92. Lord of the Flies by: William Golding 208 pages
93. Don’t Smile Until Christmas by: Kevin Ryan 204 pages
94. The Secret Life of Bees by: Sue Monk Kidd 336 pages
95. The House on Tradd Street by: Karen White 352 pages
96. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by: Rebecca Wells 400 pages
97. Sweet Home Carolina by: T. Lynn Ocean 258
98. Learning to Breathe by: Karen White 304 pages
99. The Captain’s Wife by: Douglas Kelley 291 pages
100. The Joy Luck Club by: Amy Tan 288 pages
101. The Color of Light by: Karen White 288 pages
Happy New Year Everybody!
Kelly :)
Now, I'm setting some goals for myself because it's a goal-setting time of the year:
1. Finish Jane Eyre by Wednesday, January 6
2. Finish PUSH by Friday, January 8
3. Start The Time Traveler's Wife before I leave for school on Sunday, January 10
4. Finish The Time Traveler's Wife by Sunday, January 24
Now for my resolutions for the year 2010:
1. Lose 30-40 lbs. Yes, I am overweight by about 25 lbs, so this is completely healthy. I figured I can swing it by losing on average 3 lbs. per month.
2. Visit the gym more.
3. Eat healthier--specifically: less salt, sugar, caffiene, white carbs.
4. Become a better student. (I'm already getting A's and B's, so this isn't top priority.)
5. Live at a slower pace. (I'm so tired of anxiety attacks.)
Start Date: July 23, 2009
End Date: April 19, 2012
1. Laura Rider’s Masterpiece by: Jane Hamilton 214 pages
2. Angels and Demons by: Dan Brown 736 pages
3. Jane Eyre by: Charlotte Brontë 528 pages
4. Eragon by: Christopher Paolini 497 pages
5. Eldest by: Christopher Paolini 668 pages
6. Brisinger by: Christopher Paolini 745 pages
7. Pride and Prejudice by: Jane Austen 352 pages
8. Gods Behaving Badly by: Marie Phillips 292 pages
9. The Divine Comedy by: Dante 305 pages
10. The Dante Club by: Matthew Pearl 372 pages
11. Great Expectations by: Charles Dickens 452 pages
12. Alphabet Weekends by: Elizabeth Noble 425 pages
13. The Lost Hours by: Karen White 368 pages
14. The Merlin Conspiracy by: Diana Wynne Jones 468 pages
15. The Illiad by: Homer 327 pages
16. The Odyessy by: Homer 254 pages
17. Walden by: Henry David Thoreau 664 pages
18. American Wife by: Curtis Sittenfeld 555 pages
19. Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by: John Milton 335 pages
20. The Picture of Dorian Gray by: Oscar Wilde 221 pages
21. Les Miserables by: Victor Hugo 829 pages
22. Robinson Crusoe by: Daniel Defoe 482 pages
23. Enemy Women by: Paulette Jiles 329 pages
24. Wurthering Heights by: Emily Brontë 322 pages
25. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by: Jules Verne 437 pages
26. The Notebook by: Nicholas Sparks 213 pages
27. The Scarlet Letter by: Nathaniel Hawthorne 240 pages
28. Le Morte d’Arthur by: Malory 507 pages
29. The Angel’s Game by: Carlos Ruiz Zafon 544 pages
30. The Canterbury Papers by: Judith Koll Healey 353 pages
31. 4:50 from Paddington by: Agatha Christie 217 pages
32. The Grapes of Wrath by: John Steinbeck 581 pages
33. The Handmaid’s Tale by: Margaret Atwood 350 pages
34. Death at La Fenice by: Donna Leon 278 pages
35. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by: Harriet Beecher Stowe 637 pages
36. The Glassblower of Murano by: Marina Fiorato 368 pages
37. Sleeping Murder by: Agatha Christie 217 pages
38. Frankenstein by: Mary Shelley 225 pages
39. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by: Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith 317 pages
40. The Count of Monte Cristo by: Alexandre Dumas 544 pages
41. The Portrait of a Lady by: Henry James
42. Madame Bovary by: Gustave Flaubert 448 pages
43. Becoming Jane Eyre by: Sheila Kohler 256 pages
44. A Tale of Two Cities by: Charles Dickens 416 pages
45. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by: Gregory Maguire 406 pages
46. Kindred by: Octavia Butler 264 pages
47. Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman by: Sylvia Townsend Warner 222 pages
48. A Wallflower Christmas by: Lisa Keypas 213 pages
49. Jingle Boy by: Kieran Scott 240 pages
50. The Female Man by: Joanna Russ 214 pages
51. Emma by: Jane Austen 353 pages
52. The Hobbit by: J.R.R. Tolkien 384 pages
53. The Fellowship of the Ring by: J.R.R. Tolkien 386 pages
54. The Two Towers by: J.R.R. Tolkien 308 pages
55. The Return of the King by: J.R.R. Tolkien 267 pages
56. Becoming Jane Austen by: Jon Spence 294 pages
57. Gone with the Wind by: Margaret Mitchell 1024 pages
58. Scarlett by: Alexandria Ripley 884 pages
59. Rhett Butler’s People by: Donald McCaig 512 pages
60. Mrs. Dalloway by: Virginia Woolf
61. The Lost Symbol by: Dan Brown
62. Privilege by: Kate Brian 291 pages
63. Beautiful Disaster by: Kate Brian 278 pages
64. The Professor by: Charlotte Brontë 208 pages
65. In the Company of Secrets by: Judith Miller 378 pages
66. The Other Boleyn Girl by: Phillipa Gregory 672 pages
67. The Ruins by: Scott Smith 509 pages
68. Bungalow 2 by: Danielle Steel 413 pages
69. Cold Mountain by: Charles Frazier 449 pages
70. Secret Society Girl ~ An Ivy League Novel by: Diana Peterfreund 296 pages
71. Thirteen Moons by: Charles Frazier 420 pages
72. A Northern Light by: Jennifer Donnelly 380 pages
73. The Crystal Cave by: Mary Stewart 512 pages
74. The Hollow Hills by: Mary Stewart 475 pages
75. The Last Enchantment by: Mary Stewart 508 pages
76. Wicked Day by: Mary Stewart 413 pages
77. Persuasion by: Jane Austen 240 pages
78. PUSH by: Sapphire 200 pages
79. Tess of the D’Urbervilles by: Thomas Hardy 420 pages
80. The Last of the Mohicans by: James Fenimore Cooper 448 pages
81. Sense and Sensibility by: Jane Austen 384 pages
82. The Phantom of the Opera by: Gaston Leroux 288 pages
83. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by: Anne Brontë 576 pages
84. Testimony by: Anita Shreve 352 pages
85. Mansfield Park by: Jane Austen 400 pages
86. The Da Vinci Code by: Dan Brown 608 pages
87. The Time Traveler’s Wife by: Audrey Niffeneger 560 pages
88. The Castaways by: Elin Hilderbrand 368 pages
89. The Fire and the Rose by: Sir Arthur Bryant 307
90. The Shadow of the Wind by: Carlos Ruiz Zafon 496 pages
91. The Catcher in the Rye by: J.D. Salinger 224 pages
92. Lord of the Flies by: William Golding 208 pages
93. Don’t Smile Until Christmas by: Kevin Ryan 204 pages
94. The Secret Life of Bees by: Sue Monk Kidd 336 pages
95. The House on Tradd Street by: Karen White 352 pages
96. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by: Rebecca Wells 400 pages
97. Sweet Home Carolina by: T. Lynn Ocean 258
98. Learning to Breathe by: Karen White 304 pages
99. The Captain’s Wife by: Douglas Kelley 291 pages
100. The Joy Luck Club by: Amy Tan 288 pages
101. The Color of Light by: Karen White 288 pages
Happy New Year Everybody!
Kelly :)