hullo. i do not lj cut.
as i have no real life developments, all i have to share is my reading list from that terribly terrible year that just ended.
(due to my disorganization, i cannot list them in order of when they were read, but rather in order of when i found the scraps of paper telling me i had finished them.)
ahem:
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Night by Elie Weisel
Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Shack by William Young
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
On the Bright Side, I am Now the Girlfriend of a Sex-God by Louise Rennison
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison
Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Raise High the Roombeam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction by JD Salinger
Nine Stories by JD Salinger
Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley
Weetzie Bat/Dangerous Angels Series 1-5 by Francesca Lia Block
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Moviegoer by Walker Percy
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Second Coming by Walker Percy
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Reader by Bernard Schlink
Winter Birds by Jim Grimsley
Salt Water by Charles Simmons
Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick
This is Not a Love Song by Sarabeth Purcell
Love is the Drug by Sarabeth Purcell
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Lives of the Twins by Rosamond Smith
Wives and Lovers by Charles Brossard
Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Shopgirl by Steve Martin
Tiny Ladies by Adam Klein
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
All This Heavenly Glory by Elizabeth Crane
Hoot by Carl Haaisen
soooo, that's what happens when i have no social life and no academic schedule.
so far this year i have finished Stepford Wives by Ira Levin and Tithe by Holly Black, and i am currently working on Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-13 (I am on book Six) by Lemony Snicket. yeah, yeah, it's written for kids, but i really like it. it makes me lolz, like, all the time.
i guess i can document a few events...
new year's eve, i was with lyndsi, lauren, nick, and their friends. although i have gotten a lot of flack for hanging out with high school kids, they are actually much more interesting and intelligent than most people my age. we toasted with sparkling grape juice and set fireworks in the backyard at midnight. cater (age 13) got my first kiss of 2009 (and don't be a perv; it was on his cheek).
i finally got a bed. it is a real one. no more couch aches for me.
along with 98% of the population, i have made a vow to get healthy. so i haven't eaten any french fries (not a one!) and i have been doing yoga and pilates.
hmm. what else?
oh, i turn 21 in five days. i don't want to celebrate it, so instead, i am driving the girls and nick up to knoxville to spend the long weekend with karli and nathan. they have promised that there will be no streamers and zero party hats. we MIGHT have a cake.
my family has been really extra great lately. i am finally learning how to communicate with people who share my blood, and it isn't nearly as bad as i thought it was. to help balance it out, though, i have at least three other non-real families that keep me thankful.
and, um, well, uhhh.... i think that's it, really. my life is kinda boring, but i have no complaints.
i hope anyone who still bothers to read this (and even those who gave up livejournal loooong ago) are all having good starts to the year. anything's gotta be better than '08, right?
loooooooove,
amanda lynne
(due to my disorganization, i cannot list them in order of when they were read, but rather in order of when i found the scraps of paper telling me i had finished them.)
ahem:
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Night by Elie Weisel
Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Shack by William Young
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
On the Bright Side, I am Now the Girlfriend of a Sex-God by Louise Rennison
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas by Louise Rennison
Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Raise High the Roombeam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction by JD Salinger
Nine Stories by JD Salinger
Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley
Weetzie Bat/Dangerous Angels Series 1-5 by Francesca Lia Block
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Moviegoer by Walker Percy
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Second Coming by Walker Percy
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Reader by Bernard Schlink
Winter Birds by Jim Grimsley
Salt Water by Charles Simmons
Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick
This is Not a Love Song by Sarabeth Purcell
Love is the Drug by Sarabeth Purcell
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Lives of the Twins by Rosamond Smith
Wives and Lovers by Charles Brossard
Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Shopgirl by Steve Martin
Tiny Ladies by Adam Klein
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
All This Heavenly Glory by Elizabeth Crane
Hoot by Carl Haaisen
soooo, that's what happens when i have no social life and no academic schedule.
so far this year i have finished Stepford Wives by Ira Levin and Tithe by Holly Black, and i am currently working on Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-13 (I am on book Six) by Lemony Snicket. yeah, yeah, it's written for kids, but i really like it. it makes me lolz, like, all the time.
i guess i can document a few events...
new year's eve, i was with lyndsi, lauren, nick, and their friends. although i have gotten a lot of flack for hanging out with high school kids, they are actually much more interesting and intelligent than most people my age. we toasted with sparkling grape juice and set fireworks in the backyard at midnight. cater (age 13) got my first kiss of 2009 (and don't be a perv; it was on his cheek).
i finally got a bed. it is a real one. no more couch aches for me.
along with 98% of the population, i have made a vow to get healthy. so i haven't eaten any french fries (not a one!) and i have been doing yoga and pilates.
hmm. what else?
oh, i turn 21 in five days. i don't want to celebrate it, so instead, i am driving the girls and nick up to knoxville to spend the long weekend with karli and nathan. they have promised that there will be no streamers and zero party hats. we MIGHT have a cake.
my family has been really extra great lately. i am finally learning how to communicate with people who share my blood, and it isn't nearly as bad as i thought it was. to help balance it out, though, i have at least three other non-real families that keep me thankful.
and, um, well, uhhh.... i think that's it, really. my life is kinda boring, but i have no complaints.
i hope anyone who still bothers to read this (and even those who gave up livejournal loooong ago) are all having good starts to the year. anything's gotta be better than '08, right?
loooooooove,
amanda lynne