Books read in September
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (Aug 26-Sept 6). I REALLY hope Strike and Robin end up as a couple in the next book..they've obviously liked each other from the beginning and it's driving me crazy haha
Falling by T.J. Newman (Sept 6-9). Definitely not one to read on an airplane D:
Sivulliq: Ancestor by Lily H. Tuzroyluke (Sept 9-30). Last month's book club book! The story was good, but the writing wasn't that great (she wrote "passed" instead of "past" in a few places). This was her first book though, hopefully she'll get better if she writes more! The part where they slaughtered walruses was brutal D:
Plague Land by S.D. Sykes (Sept 10-14). I've had the fourth book in this series on my Amazon wish list for awhile, so it was cool finding the first book at work! Not my favorite historical mystery I've read, but as long as bed curtains are mentioned...LOL
The Heart of the World: The Life and Death of a Glacier Pilot by Ned Rozell (Sept 15-17). One of the pilot's favorite places to land was Black Rapids Glacier, so jealous! He had to stop flying because he got cancer..so sad!
Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long (Sept 18-24). The first one (Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves) was better, but then that one took place on an icy planet, which of course I prefer over the jungle where the second one was based in. I love the characters' wolf companion lol
Ice Trek by Ewan Clarkson (Sept 25-27). Survival story in the Alaskan wilderness? Definitely had to read that one :P
The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa (Sept 27-29). I like novels better than short stories, but how can I resist stories about cats?
No One Noticed the Cat by Anne McCaffrey (Sept 29-30). The cover has a four-poster bed with a cat on it, definitely had to read that one!! I loved passages like the cat slipping away from her vigil at the fold of the bed curtains :D
Yesterday mom texted me a picture of Biden in the Oval Office and she said "you're right, the curtains are ugly!" I'm happy she noticed them LOL. Even before I liked curtains I wrote that I hoped Biden would take them down because they were so ugly
*shudders* The next president better get rid of those, because they are awful to look at (one time I told a coworker the first thing I'd do as president would be to replace the curtains, and she rolled her eyes and said "priorities" LOL). Maybe something blue and white?
30. Tell Me Three Good Things That Happened This Week: Seeing the Northern Lights, dinner with mom, dad bringing me a strawberry milkshake he made
October 1. What Rites of Passage Have You Participated In? Initiation for Latin Club in high school haha, high school graduation, my first legal alcoholic drink, etc
October
1. What Rites of Passage Have You Participated In?
2. Will Humans Live on Mars In Our Lifetime?
3. Do/Did You Ever Hang Out at the Mall?
4. Do You Unknowingly Submit to Peer Pressure?
5. Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day?
6. What Public Behavior Annoys You Most?
7. What Superpower Do You Wish You Had?
8. What’s Special About Your Hometown?
9. How Materialistic Are You?
10. Should the Private Lives of Famous People Be Off Limits?
11. What Are Your Opinions on Cosmetic Surgery?
12. What Habits Do You Have, and Have You Ever Tried to Change Them?
13. Does Keeping a Messy Desk Make People More Creative?
14. Does Reading a Book Count More Than Listening to One?
15. Are You a Novelty-Seeker?
16. How Strong Is Your Sense of Smell?
17. Are There Topics That Should Be Off Limits to Comedy?
18. What Animal Are You Most Like?
19. What Magazines Do You Read, and How Do You Read Them?
20. Would You Like to Live in Another Country?
21. What’s the Coolest Thing You’ve Ever Seen in a Museum?
22. Are You a Good Listener?
23. Do We Still Need Libraries?
24. How Do You Celebrate Your Birthday?
25. When Have You Failed? What Did You Learn From It?
26. What Activities Make You Feel Most Alive?
27. Where, and How, Do You Watch Movies?
28. What Is Your Favorite Street?
29. When Do You Remember Learning a New Word?
30. Is Amazon Becoming Too Powerful?
31. Will You Be Wearing a Halloween Costume This Year?
November
1. Are You Hard or Easy on Yourself?
2. What Teacher Would You Like to Thank?
3. What Health Tips Have Worked for You?
4. How Do Male and Female Roles Differ in Your Family?
5. What Are Your Longtime Interests or Passions?
6. Do You Have a Hard Time Making Decisions?
7. Were You Ever the ‘New Kid’?
8. How Much Freedom Did Your Parents Give You?
9. What Motivates You?
10. Have You Ever Posted, Emailed or Texted Something You Wish You Could Take Back?
11. What Challenges Have You Overcome?
12. What Do You Wish You Could See, Hear, Read or Experience for the First Time All Over Again?
13. Would You Quit if Your Values Did Not Match Your Employer’s?
14. Are You More Or Less Religious Than Your Parents?
15. Do You Recognize Yourself in Descriptions of ‘Generation Z’?
16. Do Machines Represent a Threat to Humans?
17. What Good Can Come from Disagreements?
18. Is Modern Culture Ruining Childhood?
19. What’s the Most Memorable Thing You Ever Got in the Mail?
20. How Did You Learn About Sex?
21. How Often Do You Interact With People of Another Race or Ethnicity?
22. Do You Suffer From Anxiety?
23. What Are Your Thanksgiving Traditions?
24. Will Your Family Members Disagree With Each Other About Politics This Thanksgiving?
25. What Do You Look Forward to Most - and Least - During the Holiday Season?
26. What Does Santa Claus Mean to You?
27. What Is Your Most Prized Possession?
28. What Are You Grateful For?
29. Did You Take Part in Any Post-Thanksgiving Shopping?
30. Under What Conditions Do You Do Your Best Work?
December
1. How Often Do You Leave Your ‘Comfort Zone’?
2. With Whom Would You Share Your Passwords? How About Your Debit Card and PIN?
3. What Would You Do if You Won the Lottery?
4. When in Your Life Have You Been a Leader?
5. How Should You Handle the End of a Friendship?
6. What’s the Best Advice You’ve Gotten?
7. What Is Your All-Time Favorite Piece of Clothing?
8. What Small Things Have You Seen and Taken Note Of Today?
9. How Should Parents Discipline Their Kids?
10. How Do You Get Your Nature Fix?
11. When Should You Compromise?
12. How Important Is Keeping a Clean House?
13. Does Stress Affect Your Ability to Make Good Decisions?
14. What’s the Best Gift You’ve Ever Given or Received?
15. What Annoys You?
16. If the World Was Ending, What Would You Want to Do?
17. What Role Does Procrastination Play in Your Life?
18. Have You Ever Changed Your Mind About a Hot-Button Issue?
19. What Are the Best Things You’ve Watched, Read, Heard or Played This Year?
20. Was There a Toy You Wanted as a Child but Never Got?
21. Have You Ever Given, or Received, a Perfect Gift?
22. When Is the Last Time You Did Something Nice for a Stranger?
23. Do You Ever Eavesdrop?
24. What Things Did You Create When You Were a Child?
25. What Are the Best Things in Life and Are They Free?
26. How Stoic Are You?
27. As A Child/Teen - Where Did You Think You Would Live When You Were an Adult?
28. What Role Will Robots Play in Our Future?
29. If You Had Siblings - Did Your Parents Treat You Differently? If Not, Did You Wish You Had Siblings?
30. Do You Look Forward to New Year’s Eve?
31. Do You Make New Year’s Resolutions?
Falling by T.J. Newman (Sept 6-9). Definitely not one to read on an airplane D:
Sivulliq: Ancestor by Lily H. Tuzroyluke (Sept 9-30). Last month's book club book! The story was good, but the writing wasn't that great (she wrote "passed" instead of "past" in a few places). This was her first book though, hopefully she'll get better if she writes more! The part where they slaughtered walruses was brutal D:
Plague Land by S.D. Sykes (Sept 10-14). I've had the fourth book in this series on my Amazon wish list for awhile, so it was cool finding the first book at work! Not my favorite historical mystery I've read, but as long as bed curtains are mentioned...LOL
The Heart of the World: The Life and Death of a Glacier Pilot by Ned Rozell (Sept 15-17). One of the pilot's favorite places to land was Black Rapids Glacier, so jealous! He had to stop flying because he got cancer..so sad!
Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long (Sept 18-24). The first one (Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves) was better, but then that one took place on an icy planet, which of course I prefer over the jungle where the second one was based in. I love the characters' wolf companion lol
Ice Trek by Ewan Clarkson (Sept 25-27). Survival story in the Alaskan wilderness? Definitely had to read that one :P
The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa (Sept 27-29). I like novels better than short stories, but how can I resist stories about cats?
No One Noticed the Cat by Anne McCaffrey (Sept 29-30). The cover has a four-poster bed with a cat on it, definitely had to read that one!! I loved passages like the cat slipping away from her vigil at the fold of the bed curtains :D
Yesterday mom texted me a picture of Biden in the Oval Office and she said "you're right, the curtains are ugly!" I'm happy she noticed them LOL. Even before I liked curtains I wrote that I hoped Biden would take them down because they were so ugly
*shudders* The next president better get rid of those, because they are awful to look at (one time I told a coworker the first thing I'd do as president would be to replace the curtains, and she rolled her eyes and said "priorities" LOL). Maybe something blue and white?
30. Tell Me Three Good Things That Happened This Week: Seeing the Northern Lights, dinner with mom, dad bringing me a strawberry milkshake he made
October 1. What Rites of Passage Have You Participated In? Initiation for Latin Club in high school haha, high school graduation, my first legal alcoholic drink, etc
October
1. What Rites of Passage Have You Participated In?
2. Will Humans Live on Mars In Our Lifetime?
3. Do/Did You Ever Hang Out at the Mall?
4. Do You Unknowingly Submit to Peer Pressure?
5. Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day?
6. What Public Behavior Annoys You Most?
7. What Superpower Do You Wish You Had?
8. What’s Special About Your Hometown?
9. How Materialistic Are You?
10. Should the Private Lives of Famous People Be Off Limits?
11. What Are Your Opinions on Cosmetic Surgery?
12. What Habits Do You Have, and Have You Ever Tried to Change Them?
13. Does Keeping a Messy Desk Make People More Creative?
14. Does Reading a Book Count More Than Listening to One?
15. Are You a Novelty-Seeker?
16. How Strong Is Your Sense of Smell?
17. Are There Topics That Should Be Off Limits to Comedy?
18. What Animal Are You Most Like?
19. What Magazines Do You Read, and How Do You Read Them?
20. Would You Like to Live in Another Country?
21. What’s the Coolest Thing You’ve Ever Seen in a Museum?
22. Are You a Good Listener?
23. Do We Still Need Libraries?
24. How Do You Celebrate Your Birthday?
25. When Have You Failed? What Did You Learn From It?
26. What Activities Make You Feel Most Alive?
27. Where, and How, Do You Watch Movies?
28. What Is Your Favorite Street?
29. When Do You Remember Learning a New Word?
30. Is Amazon Becoming Too Powerful?
31. Will You Be Wearing a Halloween Costume This Year?
November
1. Are You Hard or Easy on Yourself?
2. What Teacher Would You Like to Thank?
3. What Health Tips Have Worked for You?
4. How Do Male and Female Roles Differ in Your Family?
5. What Are Your Longtime Interests or Passions?
6. Do You Have a Hard Time Making Decisions?
7. Were You Ever the ‘New Kid’?
8. How Much Freedom Did Your Parents Give You?
9. What Motivates You?
10. Have You Ever Posted, Emailed or Texted Something You Wish You Could Take Back?
11. What Challenges Have You Overcome?
12. What Do You Wish You Could See, Hear, Read or Experience for the First Time All Over Again?
13. Would You Quit if Your Values Did Not Match Your Employer’s?
14. Are You More Or Less Religious Than Your Parents?
15. Do You Recognize Yourself in Descriptions of ‘Generation Z’?
16. Do Machines Represent a Threat to Humans?
17. What Good Can Come from Disagreements?
18. Is Modern Culture Ruining Childhood?
19. What’s the Most Memorable Thing You Ever Got in the Mail?
20. How Did You Learn About Sex?
21. How Often Do You Interact With People of Another Race or Ethnicity?
22. Do You Suffer From Anxiety?
23. What Are Your Thanksgiving Traditions?
24. Will Your Family Members Disagree With Each Other About Politics This Thanksgiving?
25. What Do You Look Forward to Most - and Least - During the Holiday Season?
26. What Does Santa Claus Mean to You?
27. What Is Your Most Prized Possession?
28. What Are You Grateful For?
29. Did You Take Part in Any Post-Thanksgiving Shopping?
30. Under What Conditions Do You Do Your Best Work?
December
1. How Often Do You Leave Your ‘Comfort Zone’?
2. With Whom Would You Share Your Passwords? How About Your Debit Card and PIN?
3. What Would You Do if You Won the Lottery?
4. When in Your Life Have You Been a Leader?
5. How Should You Handle the End of a Friendship?
6. What’s the Best Advice You’ve Gotten?
7. What Is Your All-Time Favorite Piece of Clothing?
8. What Small Things Have You Seen and Taken Note Of Today?
9. How Should Parents Discipline Their Kids?
10. How Do You Get Your Nature Fix?
11. When Should You Compromise?
12. How Important Is Keeping a Clean House?
13. Does Stress Affect Your Ability to Make Good Decisions?
14. What’s the Best Gift You’ve Ever Given or Received?
15. What Annoys You?
16. If the World Was Ending, What Would You Want to Do?
17. What Role Does Procrastination Play in Your Life?
18. Have You Ever Changed Your Mind About a Hot-Button Issue?
19. What Are the Best Things You’ve Watched, Read, Heard or Played This Year?
20. Was There a Toy You Wanted as a Child but Never Got?
21. Have You Ever Given, or Received, a Perfect Gift?
22. When Is the Last Time You Did Something Nice for a Stranger?
23. Do You Ever Eavesdrop?
24. What Things Did You Create When You Were a Child?
25. What Are the Best Things in Life and Are They Free?
26. How Stoic Are You?
27. As A Child/Teen - Where Did You Think You Would Live When You Were an Adult?
28. What Role Will Robots Play in Our Future?
29. If You Had Siblings - Did Your Parents Treat You Differently? If Not, Did You Wish You Had Siblings?
30. Do You Look Forward to New Year’s Eve?
31. Do You Make New Year’s Resolutions?