Caps to the dynamite, dynamite to the legs, got it?
1. I finished Damage and Sin, both by Josephine Hart, and have started Oblivion. And, of course, added a couple more to the list. It keeps getting longer, but I can't help it - there are so many good books out there.
1. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
4. A Place Called Here - Cecelia Ahern
5. Where Rainbows End - Cecelia Ahern
6. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
7. Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris
8. The Sorceress - Michael Scott - FINISHED, 05/31/09
9. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
10. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
11. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis ...I meant to read this when my sister checked it out for me last year, but never got to it before it had to go back...
12. Inkspell - Cornelia Funke
13. Inkdeath - Cornelia Funke
14. From the Kingdom of Memory - Elie Wiesel
15. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
16. The Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer
17. The Eternity Code - Eoin Colfer
18. Wobegon Boy - Garrison Keillor
19. Love Me - Garrison Keillor I checked this and Wobegon Boy out once as well, but didn't get a chance to actually read them, either.
20. Homegrown Democrat - Garrison Keillor
21. Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama
22. The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
23. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
24. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
25. Damage - Josephine Hart - FINISHED, 09/10/09
26. Sin - Josephine Hart - FINISHED, 09/12/09
27. Oblivion - Josephine Hart
28. The Stillest Day - Josephine Hart
29. The Reconstructionist - Josephine Hart
30. The City of Ember - Jeanne Duprau
31. The Love of a Good Woman - Alice Munro
32. The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
33. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
34. The Quillan Games - D.J. MacHale
35. The Pilgrims of Rayne - D.J. MacHale
36. Raven Rise - D.J. MacHale
37. The Soldiers of Halla - D.J. MacHale
38. Magyk - Angie Sage
39. Flyte - Angie Sage
40. Physik - Angie Sage
41. Queste - Angie Sage
42. Graceling - Kristin Cashore - FINISHED, 05/02/09
43. A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
44. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
45. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
46. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare - FINISHED, 04/11/09
47. City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare - FNINSHED, 04/17/09
48. City of Glass - Cassandra Clare
49. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
50. Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
51. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer - FINISHED, 03/25/09
52. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
53. A Wrinkle In Time - Madeleine L'Engle
54. A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L'Engle
55. A Swiftly Tilting PLanet - Madeleine L'Engle
56. Many Waters - Madeleine L'Engle
57. An Acceptable Time - Madeleine L'Engle
58. The Stolen Child - Keith Donohue
59. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
60. The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
61. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
62. What Jesus Meant: The Beatitudes and a Meaningful Life - Erik Kolbell
63. A Passion For The Possible - William Sloane Coffin
64. Letters To A Young Doubter - William Sloane Coffin
65. Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater - Frank Bruni
66. Utopia - Thomas More
67. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
68. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
2. Some of you may have already read it on my Facebook, but I'll repost it here for those who haven't - I have the greatest kid. We were in the car, heading off to run a few errands after dropping off Mikey's sleepover friends yesterday. They have several gerbils, and Mikey was saying that they smell, so Matt informed him that his bedroom would smell like that ALL. THE. TIME. if he got his own gerbil. And then Matt also explained that I'd never be able to go into Mikey's room again. He said, "You like it when Mommy tickles you and plays games with you at bedtime, right? And when she kisses you and hugs you and tucks you in?" And Mikey, slowly following along, "Yeah."
Matt: "Well, Mommy wouldn't be able to do that anymore if you had a gerbil." Trying to reason with him.
Mike: "We could put it in another room, it wouldn't have to be in my bedroom." Mumbling a little, here.
Me: "Like where, Mike? We don't have a big apartment."
Mike: "Well, like the living room, maybe."
Me: "I couldn't go in the living room anymore, then."
Matt: "She wouldn't be able to sit with us or watch movies with us, or play video games, or eat dinner even, since the living room and dining room are all one big room, Mikey."
Mike: "Well, it's probably just the fur she's allergic to." Petulant, now.
Matt: "That's EXACTLY what she's allergic to!" Smiling, but still being reasonable in explaining.
Mikey, exasperated and edging into the-answer-is-so-obvious-you-dummies mode: "SHAVE IT!"
Matt and I just about lost it, picturing Matt carefully shaving a small rodent! And Matt replies, "I'm not shaving a gerbil!!" XDXDXD.
3. Sad - loveweasleys04 called to invite us over to watch the football game today, and I was all ready to say, "Sure!!" But then she said it starts at NOON! *cries* I'm here at work till about 3:30, so we'll completely miss it. Boo. But thanks anyway, Beth - we'll try it again another weekend!
4. BETH. I forgot, I have Evie's tiny little hair clippie, the pale coral one. Fell out of her hair last time you guys were over; I'll bring it back one of these days, if I remember! *LOL*
5. It is SO. HOT. up here. I've moved the thermostat down twice, but it's not helping yet. It's also bright and muggy outside - urgh. I'm hoping for more rain and a good thunderstorm, but it may just continue to be tense outside instead. *blows out a breath* Which would just figure, of course.
6. Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity. PAULO COELHO, THE ALCHEMIST.
1. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
4. A Place Called Here - Cecelia Ahern
5. Where Rainbows End - Cecelia Ahern
6. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
7. Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris
8. The Sorceress - Michael Scott - FINISHED, 05/31/09
9. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
10. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
11. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis ...I meant to read this when my sister checked it out for me last year, but never got to it before it had to go back...
12. Inkspell - Cornelia Funke
13. Inkdeath - Cornelia Funke
14. From the Kingdom of Memory - Elie Wiesel
15. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
16. The Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer
17. The Eternity Code - Eoin Colfer
18. Wobegon Boy - Garrison Keillor
19. Love Me - Garrison Keillor I checked this and Wobegon Boy out once as well, but didn't get a chance to actually read them, either.
20. Homegrown Democrat - Garrison Keillor
21. Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama
22. The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
23. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
24. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
25. Damage - Josephine Hart - FINISHED, 09/10/09
26. Sin - Josephine Hart - FINISHED, 09/12/09
27. Oblivion - Josephine Hart
28. The Stillest Day - Josephine Hart
29. The Reconstructionist - Josephine Hart
30. The City of Ember - Jeanne Duprau
31. The Love of a Good Woman - Alice Munro
32. The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
33. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
34. The Quillan Games - D.J. MacHale
35. The Pilgrims of Rayne - D.J. MacHale
36. Raven Rise - D.J. MacHale
37. The Soldiers of Halla - D.J. MacHale
38. Magyk - Angie Sage
39. Flyte - Angie Sage
40. Physik - Angie Sage
41. Queste - Angie Sage
42. Graceling - Kristin Cashore - FINISHED, 05/02/09
43. A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
44. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
45. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
46. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare - FINISHED, 04/11/09
47. City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare - FNINSHED, 04/17/09
48. City of Glass - Cassandra Clare
49. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
50. Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
51. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer - FINISHED, 03/25/09
52. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
53. A Wrinkle In Time - Madeleine L'Engle
54. A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L'Engle
55. A Swiftly Tilting PLanet - Madeleine L'Engle
56. Many Waters - Madeleine L'Engle
57. An Acceptable Time - Madeleine L'Engle
58. The Stolen Child - Keith Donohue
59. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
60. The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
61. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
62. What Jesus Meant: The Beatitudes and a Meaningful Life - Erik Kolbell
63. A Passion For The Possible - William Sloane Coffin
64. Letters To A Young Doubter - William Sloane Coffin
65. Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater - Frank Bruni
66. Utopia - Thomas More
67. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
68. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
2. Some of you may have already read it on my Facebook, but I'll repost it here for those who haven't - I have the greatest kid. We were in the car, heading off to run a few errands after dropping off Mikey's sleepover friends yesterday. They have several gerbils, and Mikey was saying that they smell, so Matt informed him that his bedroom would smell like that ALL. THE. TIME. if he got his own gerbil. And then Matt also explained that I'd never be able to go into Mikey's room again. He said, "You like it when Mommy tickles you and plays games with you at bedtime, right? And when she kisses you and hugs you and tucks you in?" And Mikey, slowly following along, "Yeah."
Matt: "Well, Mommy wouldn't be able to do that anymore if you had a gerbil." Trying to reason with him.
Mike: "We could put it in another room, it wouldn't have to be in my bedroom." Mumbling a little, here.
Me: "Like where, Mike? We don't have a big apartment."
Mike: "Well, like the living room, maybe."
Me: "I couldn't go in the living room anymore, then."
Matt: "She wouldn't be able to sit with us or watch movies with us, or play video games, or eat dinner even, since the living room and dining room are all one big room, Mikey."
Mike: "Well, it's probably just the fur she's allergic to." Petulant, now.
Matt: "That's EXACTLY what she's allergic to!" Smiling, but still being reasonable in explaining.
Mikey, exasperated and edging into the-answer-is-so-obvious-you-dummies mode: "SHAVE IT!"
Matt and I just about lost it, picturing Matt carefully shaving a small rodent! And Matt replies, "I'm not shaving a gerbil!!" XDXDXD.
3. Sad - loveweasleys04 called to invite us over to watch the football game today, and I was all ready to say, "Sure!!" But then she said it starts at NOON! *cries* I'm here at work till about 3:30, so we'll completely miss it. Boo. But thanks anyway, Beth - we'll try it again another weekend!
4. BETH. I forgot, I have Evie's tiny little hair clippie, the pale coral one. Fell out of her hair last time you guys were over; I'll bring it back one of these days, if I remember! *LOL*
5. It is SO. HOT. up here. I've moved the thermostat down twice, but it's not helping yet. It's also bright and muggy outside - urgh. I'm hoping for more rain and a good thunderstorm, but it may just continue to be tense outside instead. *blows out a breath* Which would just figure, of course.
6. Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity. PAULO COELHO, THE ALCHEMIST.