Got the syllabus for the Young Adult Literature class I'm taking this semester. Here's the books we have to buy/read for the class:

• Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak
• Anonymous. Go Ask Alice
• Blume, Judy. Forever.
• Cormier, The Chocolate War
• Hinton, S. E. That Was Then, This is Now

It's the end of the first week of the year, and I've already finished three books. SPEAKING OF BOOKS, I started a side Tumblr called What I Read This Year, so that I can post short reviews about all the new books I read. I don't think I'll talk about any of the books I re-read, unless it's an all-time favorite. But really, I tend to read more new ( Read more... )

Funny story. Last Wednesday at work, I was doing something and felt a series of bumps behind my ears. I shrugged it off at first, thinking it was this heat rash I sometimes get when I'm overheated. Never mind that I usually get that on my face and arms. It should've been a warning ( Read more... )

You know how new editions of books will be published, and the cover art may be changed? Am I the only one who always feels a little bit bummed when that happens? For me it's like, if I buy a book and like it, the cover art for that particular edition feels like "my" book in a way, and everything else just looks odd in comparison ( Read more... )

It's been a while ( Read more... )

We're almost at the halfway mark in January, and I've read seven books already! Yaaaay. This is good, considering the fact that this time last year I had only finished one. I'm trying to get back on my 50 books a year wagon again.

Otherwise: first shot of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man. So there's probably like... two or three people on my friends ( Read more... )

HAPPY 2011, EVERYBODY!!!

It has occurred to me that in August of this year I will have been on LJ for ten years; at the same name and everything. Oh. My. God.

Anyway, list time:

Song I Am Digging Right Now: This is the New Year by Ian Axel. I got it as a free download, but it's $0.99 at Amazon.

One of the Books I Cannot Wait to Read This Year: ( Read more... )

I love the blog Forever Young Adult, mostly because it's one of the YA book blogs that I've been following that's updated on a consistent basis. A few days ago they posted a list of things they (and the blog's readers) would like to see more of in YA lit.I got in on the action, mentioning that I wished that there were more protagonists who weren't ( Read more... )

Yesterday was... interesting.

I woke up bright and early at 6:50 and got dressed and was feeling good. I was going to be on time for class and I'd get a good parking space and it would be awesome.

Except that this year classes start on ThursdaySo I came back home and went to sleep and then left to go back to school AGAIN, so I could finally meet ( Read more... )

Tastespotting = me, drooling. FOOOOOOOOOOOD. FOOD FOOD FOOD.

Know what's awesome? Getting two hardcover books for $1 each. Thank you, Borders. Thanks a lot.