tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54182157852974659972024-03-13T09:38:49.645-07:00goodnight, moongoodnight, starsgoodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-46330700374334584832013-01-05T18:55:00.000-08:002013-07-11T13:57:43.742-07:00another book list<b class="bbc"><span class="bbc_underline">Rory's List </span></b>(in alphabetical order) <br />
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1984 by George Orwell<br />
<strike>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain</strike><br />
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (TBR)<br />
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon<br />
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser<br />
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt<br />
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy<br />
<strike>Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank</strike><br />
Archidamian War by Donald Kagan<br />
The Art of Fiction by Henry James<br />
The Art of War by Sun Tzu<br />
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner<br />
Atonement by Ian McEwan<br />
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy<br />
The Awakening by Kate Chopin<br />
Babe by Dick King-Smith<br />
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi<br />
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie<br />
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett<br />
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (TBR)<br />
<strike>Beloved by Toni Morrison</strike><br />
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney<br />
The Bhagava Gita<br />
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis,
Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy<br />
Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel<br />
A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy<br />
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley <br />
Brick Lane by Monica Ali<br />
Bridgadoon by Alan Jay Lerner<br />
Candide by Voltaire<br />
The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer<br />
Carrie by Stephen King<br />
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller<br />
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger <b>(attempted)</b><br />
<strike>Charlotte's Web by E. B. White</strike><br />
The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman<br />
Christine by Stephen King<br />
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens<br />
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess<br />
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse<br />
The Collected Short Stories by Eudora Welty<br />
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty<br />
A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare<br />
Complete Novels by Dawn Powell<br />
The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton<br />
Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker<br />
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole<br />
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas p�re<br />
Cousin Bette by Honor'e de Balzac<br />
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (TBR)<br />
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber (TBR)<br />
The Crucible by Arthur Miller<br />
Cujo by Stephen King<br />
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon<br />
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende<br />
David and Lisa by Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D<br />
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens<br />
The Da Vinci -Code by Dan Brown<br />
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol<br />
Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky<br />
<strike>Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller</strike><br />
Deenie by Judy Blume<br />
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson<br />
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx<br />
The Divine Comedy by Dante<br />
The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells<br />
Don Quijote by Cervantes<br />
Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhrv<br />
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson<br />
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe<br />
Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook<br />
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe<br />
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn<br />
Eloise by Kay Thompson<br />
Emily the Strange by Roger Reger<br />
Emma by Jane Austen<br />
Empire Falls by Richard Russo<br />
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol<br />
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton<br />
Ethics by Spinoza<br />
Europe through the Back Door, 2003 by Rick Steves<br />
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende<br />
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer<br />
Extravagance by Gary Krist<br />
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury</strike></b><br />
Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore<br />
The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan<br />
Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser<br />
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson<br />
The Fellowship of the Ring: Book 1 of The Lord of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (TBR)<br />
Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein<br />
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom<br />
Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce<br />
Fletch by Gregory McDonald<br />
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes <b>(attempted)</b><br />
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem<br />
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand<br />
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley<br />
Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger<br />
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Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers</strike><br />
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut<br />
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler<br />
George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by Jacob Weisberg<br />
Gidget by Fredrick Kohner<br />
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen<br />
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels<br />
The Godfather: Book 1 by Mario Puzo<br />
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy<br />
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Alvin Granowsky<br />
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (TBR)<br />
The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford<br />
The Gospel According to Judy Bloom<br />
The Graduate by Charles Webb<br />
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck<br />
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald</strike><br />
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens<br />
The Group by Mary McCarthy<br />
<strike>Hamlet by William Shakespeare</strike><br />
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling</strike></b><br />
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling</strike></b><br />
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers<br />
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (TBR)<br />
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry (TBR)<br />
Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare<br />
Henry IV, part II by William Shakespeare<br />
Henry V by William Shakespeare<br />
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby<br />
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon<br />
Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris<br />
The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton<br />
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III (Lpr)<br />
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (TBR)<br />
How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer<br />
<strike>How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss</strike><br />
How the Light Gets in by M. J. Hyland<br />
Howl by Allen Gingsburg<br />
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (TBR)<br />
<strike>The Iliad by Homer</strike><br />
I'm with the Band by Pamela des Barres (TBR)<br />
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (TBR)<br />
Inferno by Dante<br />
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee<br />
Iron Weed by William J. Kennedy<br />
It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton<br />
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront�<br />
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan<br />
<strike>Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare</strike><br />
The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain<br />
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair<br />
Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito<br />
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander<br />
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain<br />
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini<br />
Lady Chatterleys' Lover by D. H. Lawrence<br />
The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal<br />
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman<br />
The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield<br />
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis<br />
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke<br />
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken<br />
Life of Pi by Yann Martel<br />
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens<br />
The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway<br />
<strike>The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen</strike><br />
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott<br />
Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton<br />
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding</strike><br />
The Lottery: And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson<br />
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold<br />
The Love Story by Erich Segal<br />
Macbeth by William Shakespeare<br />
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert<br />
The Manticore by Robertson Davies<br />
Marathon Man by William Goldman<br />
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (TBR)<br />
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir<br />
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman<br />
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris<br />
The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer<br />
Mencken's Chrestomathy by H. R. Mencken<br />
The Merry Wives of Windsro by William Shakespeare<br />
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka <br />
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides<br />
The Miracle Worker by William Gibson<br />
Moby Dick by Herman Melville<br />
The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion by Jim Irvin<br />
Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield Taylor<br />
A Monetary History of the United States by Milton Friedman<br />
Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret<br />
A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars<br />
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway<br />
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (TBR)<br />
Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall<br />
My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It's Aftermath by Seymour M. Hersh<br />
My Life as Author and Editor by H. R. Mencken<br />
My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru by Tim Guest<br />
Myra Waldo's Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe, 1978 by Myra Waldo<br />
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult<br />
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer<br />
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (TBR)<br />
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri<br />
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin<br />
Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen<br />
New Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson<br />
The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay<br />
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich<br />
Night by Elie Wiesel<br />
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen<br />
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John P. McGowan<br />
Novels 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A Time to be Born by Dawn Powell<br />
Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski<br />
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck<br />
Old School by Tobias Wolff<br />
On the Road by Jack Kerouac<br />
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey<br />
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br />
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan<br />
Oracle Night by Paul Auster<br />
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood<br />
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Othello by Shakespeare</strike><br />
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens<br />
The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan<br />
Out of Africa by Isac Dineson (TBR)<br />
<strike>
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton</strike><br />
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster<br />
The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan<br />
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky</strike><br />
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious<br />
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde<br />
Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington<br />
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi<br />
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain<br />
The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby<br />
The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker<br />
The Portable Nietzche by Fredrich Nietzche<br />
The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind<br />
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen<br />
Property by Valerie Martin<br />
Pushkin: A Biography by T. J. Binyon<br />
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw<br />
Quattrocento by James Mckean<br />
A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall<br />
<strike>Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers</strike><br />
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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe</strike><br />
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham<br />
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi<br />
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (TBR)<br />
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin<br />
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant<br />
Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman<br />
The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings Book 3 by J. R. R. Tolkien (TBR)<br />
R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton<br />
Rita Hayworth by Stephen King<br />
Robert's Rules of Order by Henry Robert<br />
Roman Holiday by Edith Wharton<br />
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare</strike><br />
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf<br />
A Room with a View by E. M. Forster<br />
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin<br />
The Rough Guide to Europe, 2003 Edition<br />
Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi<br />
Sanctuary by William Faulkner<br />
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford<br />
Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller by Henry James<br />
The Scarecrow of Oz by Frank L. Baum<br />
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne<br />
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand<br />
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir<br />
<strike><b>The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (TBR)</b></strike><br />
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman<br />
Selected Hotels of Europe<br />
Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 by Dawn Powell<br />
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen<br />
A Separate Peace by John Knowles<br />
Several Biographies of Winston Churchill<br />
Sexus by Henry Miller<br />
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon<br />
Shane by Jack Shaefer<br />
The Shining by Stephen King<br />
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse<br />
S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton<br />
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Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut</strike><br />
Small Island by Andrea Levy<br />
Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway<br />
Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers<br />
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by Barrington Moore<br />
The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht<br />
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos by Julia de Burgos<br />
The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker<br />
Songbook by Nick Hornby<br />
The Sonnets by William Shakespeare<br />
Sonnets from the Portuegese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning<br />
Sophie's Choice by William Styron<br />
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner<br />
Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov<br />
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach<br />
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller<br />
A Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams<br />
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Stuart Little by E. B. White</strike><br />
Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway<br />
Swann's Way by Marcel Proust<br />
Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals by Anne Collett<br />
Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber<br />
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens<br />
Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald<br />
Term of Endearment by Larry McMurtry<br />
Time and Again by Jack Finney<br />
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (TBR)<br />
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway<br />
<strike>
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (TBR)</strike><br />
The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare<br />
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (TBR)<br />
The Trial by Franz Kafka<br />
The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson<br />
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett<br />
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom<br />
Ulysses by James Joyce<br />
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath (TBR)<br />
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (TBR)<br />
Unless by Carol Shields<br />
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann<br />
The Vanishing Newspaper by Philip Meyers<br />
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray<br />
Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third series) by Joe Harvard<br />
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides<br />
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett<br />
Walden by Henry David Thoreau<br />
Walt Disney's Bambi by Felix Salten<br />
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy<br />
We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker<br />
What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 by Richard Nelson Bolles<br />
What Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell<br />
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka<br />
Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson<br />
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee<br />
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire</strike><br />
The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum<br />
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront� (TBR)<br />
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings<br />
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-18866469711377191662012-09-02T09:04:00.001-07:002014-03-15T21:41:26.553-07:00NPR's Top 100 Teen Books NPR came out with a list of voters' favorite teen books. And I was dared to read them all. I'll cross them out as I go and <b>bold them if I highly recommend them</b>!<br />
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I'm not going to read the Twilight books. Just no. And why the heck is the Chronicles of Narnia series not on here???<br />
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You can look at the list <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/157795366/your-favorites-100-best-ever-teen-novels" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b><strike>1<i>. Harry Potter</i> (series), by J.K. Rowling</strike></b><br />
<b><strike>2<i>. The Hunger Games</i> (series), by Suzanne Collins </strike>(read twice)</b><br />
<b><strike>3<i>. To Kill a Mockingbird</i>, by Harper Lee</strike></b><br />
<strike>4<i>. The Fault in Our Stars</i>, by John Green</strike><br />
<b><strike>5<i>. The Hobbit</i>, by J.R.R. Tolkien</strike></b><br />
6<i>. The Catcher in the Rye</i>, by J.D. Salinger <b>(attempted)</b><br />
7<i>. The Lord of the Rings</i> (series), by J.R.R. Tolkien <b>(in the process...)</b><br />
<b><strike>8<i>. Fahrenheit 451</i>, by Ray Bradbury</strike></b><br />
9<i>. Looking for Alaska</i>, by John Green<br />
<strike><b>10<i>. The Book Thief</i>, by Markus Zusak</b></strike><br />
<b><strike>11<i>. The Giver</i> (series), by Lois Lowry</strike> </b><br />
12<i>. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i> (series), by Douglas Adams<br />
<strike>13<i>. The Outsiders</i>, by S.E. Hinton</strike><br />
14<i>. Anne of Green Gables</i> (series), by Lucy Maud Montgomery<br />
15<i>. His Dark Materials</i> (series), by Philip Pullman<br />
<strike>16<i>. The Perks of Being a Wallflower</i>, by Stephen Chbosky</strike> <br />
<strike>17<i>. The Princess Bride</i>, by William Goldman</strike><br />
<strike>18<i>. Lord of the Flies</i>, by William Golding</strike><br />
<strike>19<i>. Divergent </i>(series), by Veronica Roth</strike><br />
20<i>. Paper Towns</i>, by John Green<br />
<strike>21<i>. The Mortal Instruments </i>(series), by Cassandra Clare </strike><br />
22<i>. An Abundance of Katherines</i>, by John Green<br />
23<i>. Flowers for Algernon</i>, by Daniel Keyes <b>(attempted)</b><br />
<strike>24<i>. Thirteen Reasons Why</i>, by Jay Asher</strike><br />
25<i>. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</i>, by Mark Haddon<br />
<strike><b>26<i>. Speak</i>, by Laurie Halse Anderson </b></strike><br />
<strike>27<i>. Twilight</i> (series), by Stephenie Meyer--NO NO NO NO. I will not read this.</strike><br />
28<i>. Uglies</i> (series), by Scott Westerfeld <b>(in the process...)</b><br />
29<i>. The Infernal Devices</i> (series), by Cassandra Clare<br />
<strike>30<i>. Tuck Everlasting</i>, by Natalie Babbitt</strike><br />
31<i>. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian</i>, by Sherman Alexie<br />
32<i>. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants </i>(series), by Anne Brashares<br />
33<i>. The Call of the Wild</i>, by Jack London<br />
34<i>. Will Grayson, Will Grayson</i>, by John Green, David Levithan<br />
<strike>35<i>. Go Ask Alice</i>, by Anonymous </strike><br />
36<i>. Howl's Moving Castle</i>, by Diana Wynne Jones<br />
<strike>37<i>. Stargirl</i>, by Jerry Spinelli</strike><br />
38<i>. A Separate Peace</i>, by John Knowles<br />
39<i>. Vampire Academy</i> (series), by Richelle Mead<br />
40<i>. Abhorsen Trilogy </i>/ <i>Old Kingdom Trilogy</i> (series), by Garth Nix<br />
41<i>. Dune</i>, by Frank Herbert<br />
42<i>. Discworld </i>/ <i>Tiffany Aching</i> (series, by Terry Pratchett<br />
43<i>. My Sister's Keeper</i>, by Jodi Picoult<br />
44<i>. The Dark is Rising</i> (series), by Susan Cooper<br />
45<i>. Graceling </i>(series), Kristin Cashore<br />
46<i>. Forever...</i>, by Judy Blume<br />
47<i>. Earthsea</i> (series), by Ursula K. Le Guin<br />
48<i>. Inheritance Cycle</i> (series), by Christopher Paolini<br />
49<i>. The Princess Diaries</i> (series), by Meg Cabot<br />
50<i>. The Song of the Lioness</i> (series), by Tamora Pierce<br />
51<i>. Treasure Island</i>, by Robert Louis Stevenson<br />
52<i>. Delirium</i> (series), by Lauren Oliver<br />
53<i>. Anna and the French Kiss</i>, by Stephanie Perkins<br />
54<i>. Hush, Hush Saga</i> (series), by Stephanie Perkins<br />
55<i>. 13 Little Blue Envelopes</i>, by Maureen Johnson<br />
56<i>. It's Kind of a Funny Story</i>, by Ned Vizzini<br />
57<i>. The Gemma Doyle Trilogy </i>(series), by Libba Bray<br />
58<i>. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i>, by Ransom Riggs<br />
59<i>. The House on Mango Street</i>, by Sandra Cisneros<br />
60<i>. Something Wicked This Way Comes</i>, by Ray Bradbury<br />
61<i>. The Chocolate War</i>, by Robert Cormier<br />
62<i>. Just Listen</i>, by Sarah Dessen<br />
63<i>. A Ring of Endless Light</i>, by Madeleine L'Engle<br />
64<i>. The Truth About Forever</i>, by Sarah Dessen<br />
65<i>. The Bartimaeus Trilogy</i> (series), by Jonathan Stroud<br />
66<i>. Bloodlines</i> (series), by Richelle Mead<br />
67.<i> Fallen</i> (series), by Lauren Kate<br />
68.<i> House of Night </i>(series), by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast<br />
69.<i> I Capture the Castle</i>, by Dodie Smith<br />
70.<i> Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlsit</i>, by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan<br />
71.<i> Before I Fall</i>, by Lauren Oliver<br />
72.<i> Unwind</i>, by Neal Shusterman<br />
73.<i> The Last Unicorn</i>, by Peter S. Beagle<br />
74.<i> The Maze Runner Trilogy </i>(series), by James Dashner<br />
75.<i> If I Stay</i>, by Gayle Forman<br />
76.<i> The Blue Sword</i>, by Robin McKinley<br />
77.<i> Crank</i> (series), by Ellen Hopkins<br />
78.<i> Matched</i> (series), by Allie Condie <b>(in the process...)</b><br />
79<i>. Gallagher Girls</i> (series), by Ally Carter<br />
80.<i> The Goose Girl</i>, by Shannon Hale<br />
81.<i> Daughter of the Lioness </i>/ <i>Tricksters</i> (series), by Tamora Pierce<br />
82.<i> I Am the Messenger</i>, by Markus Zusak<br />
83.<i> The Immortals</i> (series), by Tamora Pierce<br />
84.<i> The Enchanted Forest Chronicles</i> (series), by Patricia C. Wrede<br />
85.<i> Chaos Walking</i> (series), by Patrick Ness<br />
86.<i> Circle of Magic</i> (series), by Tamora Pierce<br />
87.<i> Daughter of Smoke & Bone</i>, by Laini Taylor<br />
88.<i> Feed</i>, by M.T. Anderson<br />
89.<i> Weetzie Bat</i> (series), by Francesca Lia Block<br />
90.<i> Along for the Ride</i>, by Sarah Dessen<br />
91.<i> Confessions of Georgia Nicolson</i> (series), by Louise Rennison<br />
92.<i> Leviathan</i> (series), by Scott Westerfeld<br />
93.<i> The House of the Scorpion</i>, by Scott Westerfeld<br />
94.<i> The Chronicles of Chrestomanci</i> (series), by Diana Wynne Jones<br />
95<i>. The Lullaby</i>, by Sarah Dessen<br />
96.<i> Gone</i> (series), by Michael Grant<br />
97.<i> The Shiver Trilogy</i> (series), by Maggie Stiefvater<br />
98.<i> The Hero and the Crown</i>, by Robin McKinley<br />
99.<i> Wintergirls</i>, by Laurie Halse Anderson<br />
100.<i> Betsy-Tacy Books</i> (series), by Maud Hart Lovelacegoodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-37762508771262025402012-04-29T13:32:00.001-07:002012-04-29T13:34:36.093-07:00an uncertain futureSince my last post, I have FINISHED grad school and started substitute teaching!!!<br />
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Now I'm entering into another phase of life...an uncertain future...the daunting journey of finding a teaching job.
On Thursday night, I am interviewing for two open positions (2nd and 4th grade) at a wonderful Christian school in Elgin. My heart starts pounding just thinking about it. Just like every other person on the face of the planet, I am NERVOUS about interviewing! Especially when it's for my dream job (4th grade teacher) at a highly respected school.<br />
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So this week I am planning out all my answers to questions I anticipate being asked...
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<i>"Why do you want to be a teacher?" </i><br />
<i>"Why do you want to teach in a Christian school?" </i><br />
<i>"What is your educational philosophy?" </i><br />
<i>"How do you address different learning styles?" </i><br />
<i>"What are your strengths and weaknesses?" </i><br />
<i>"What is your favorite Bible verse?" </i><br />
<i>"What is your testimony?" </i><br />
<i>"What experience do you have with 2nd and 4th grade?"</i><br />
etc., etc.<br />
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No matter how much I plan and prepare, however, I am bound to be asked a question that catches me off guard. Last night's sermon really convicted and comforted me...
<b>"God leads us one step at a time as we walk in obedience...Proverbs 16:9 says, 'the heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.'"</b><br />
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If God wants me at this school, he will establish the steps! I am just following his lead. And I will keep preaching this to myself every time my heart starts to pound.goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-79235131019572732382012-03-14T12:48:00.005-07:002012-03-14T12:59:25.742-07:00Dark, LightFirst, I need to say how happy I am sitting in my backyard in the 75-degree weather, working on my capstone. Well, right now, I'm writing this blog post. Whatever.<br /><br />Last night, I couldn't fall asleep for several hours. After 1am, when sleep isn't coming, all of my worries and problems become more than I can bare. My battle with anxiety definitely doesn't help. In those dark hours, I begin to doubt everything I know to be true in the light. I try to comfort myself by reading my favorite Bible passages, by praying for other people, and sometimes for myself. But in those hours, I can't escape whatever it is that weighs heavy on my chest. I can't escape the doubt. But morning never fails to bring the light and my fears and doubts are lifted. God is faithful.<br /><br />Can anyone else relate?goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-27881877567464515412012-02-26T12:44:00.005-08:002012-02-26T12:50:44.988-08:00life is beautifulLife and beauty comes from Jesus; our Redeemer, Judge, and Friend. <br /><br /><br />Be beautiful. Be alive.<br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aW3Zl8y4eQ8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-24707928256723531742012-01-28T16:13:00.000-08:002012-01-28T17:18:58.711-08:00things my mom says...For some reason, we were talking about kids who have imaginary friends. <br /><br />"Imaginary friends...or DEMONS?"<br /><br />Really. I can't make this stuff up.goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-18603971622020308422012-01-09T12:40:00.000-08:002012-01-09T13:03:29.491-08:00thanks to God and GrampaTomorrow I have an interview. My first ever interview for a teaching position. This is the real deal. <br /><br />I am...<br />grateful for the opportunity.<br />highly qualified.<br />NERVOUS!<br />excited.<br />more nervous than excited.<br />afraid I'll forget everything I've ever learned and be speechless.<br />confident that if I get the job, it will be thanks to God. And my grampa. <br /><br />So I'm going to go study interview questions...goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-76231375328332882562011-11-25T13:15:00.000-08:002011-11-25T13:18:12.653-08:00When I come to dieIn the morning, when I rise,<br />Give me Jesus.<br /><br />When I am alone,<br />Give me Jesus.<br /><br />When I come to die,<br />Give me Jesus.<br /><br />Give me Jesus<br />Give me Jesus<br />You can have all this world<br />But give me Jesus!<br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9qBSahuHDi8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-68112604031238856202011-11-25T12:36:00.000-08:002011-11-25T12:44:32.374-08:00smackedSometimes, I am smacked in the face with my own selfishness. <br />It reminds me that I still need Jesus.<br /><br /><br /><br />All I have is yours. I am yours. Amen.<br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/516Qg_1AUok" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-5848890619168256342011-10-27T15:59:00.000-07:002011-10-27T16:08:58.279-07:00another "my mom said" post<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_aRymlL_5LZWamxRCFoUYdByx_VhFKQe3Uks8hAIVxpq36L1TiLei8EtT_p72dy0ktTxdjPbeGtji3zD92VkZtPKZJP99tYWmQHU3tv_8rzeLEVh9LOgITYG6TvY1UAjMd1GX25zbys/s1600/IMG_7648.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_aRymlL_5LZWamxRCFoUYdByx_VhFKQe3Uks8hAIVxpq36L1TiLei8EtT_p72dy0ktTxdjPbeGtji3zD92VkZtPKZJP99tYWmQHU3tv_8rzeLEVh9LOgITYG6TvY1UAjMd1GX25zbys/s320/IMG_7648.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668312111711694882" /></a><br /><br />"What would I do without your dad? I'd have to get rid of dead mice myself. That's gross."goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-16871551410787716462011-10-14T19:01:00.000-07:002011-10-14T19:02:02.042-07:00The Color Issue: Its Giveaway Time"<a href="http://colorissue.blogspot.com/2011/10/its-giveaway-time.html?spref=bl">The Color Issue: Its Giveaway Time</a>: Its time my friends! The BIG Giveaway starts TODAY !!! read below on how to enter! Valued at over $130 full of some of my favorite t..."<br /><br />go enter! :)goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-29877058553560031462011-10-12T18:48:00.000-07:002011-10-12T19:02:21.313-07:00everything will be alright.Today was extraordinarily long/frazzled/stressful/rough/exhausting. I'm in the very middle of student teaching and it hasn't been easy, to put it lightly. Then this song came on my my ipod while it was on shuffle during my commute home:<br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9fYhpiwEzCc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />aaaaaand it was almost as if Jesus were singing to me.<br /><br /><br /><br />In other news, I found <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2011/10/03/111003sh_shouts_kaling?currentPage=all">this article</a> to be very funny and true. Mindy Kaling knows what's up.goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-70128575489902672322011-09-25T15:21:00.000-07:002011-09-25T15:25:18.103-07:00it's official<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/177383207_u6Gn7YCw_c.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 553px; height: 820px;" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/177383207_u6Gn7YCw_c.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />My mother has declared she is team Jacob 100%.goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-69710021000609677462011-09-20T14:43:00.000-07:002011-09-20T14:45:02.757-07:00HOW.HOW DO I EVER HAVE TIME TO BLOG???goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-42621679394579720272011-09-17T06:33:00.000-07:002011-09-17T06:38:33.101-07:00things my mom says...I could create a blog devoted only to things my mom says.<br /><br />This morning I folded a scarf and put it on my head, like <a href="http://www.keikolynn.com/2011/07/head-scarf-tutorial.html">this</a>...<br />Mom: "Well aren't you a fashion plate!"<br />Dad: "What does that mean?"<br />Mom: "She's a plate of fashion! Yum! Serve it up!"<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm off to take Sammy for a walk and stop at some garage sales around the neighborhood. <br /><br />Happy Saturday!goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-89546174883448487122011-09-07T16:49:00.000-07:002011-09-07T16:59:04.645-07:00lovingIt's not difficult for me to love my ("my") students. Each one of those 4th graders is funny, adorable, or both. They are full of life and ideas and stories to tell me. Sometimes I get caught off guard by how deep this love for them is growing, and I know it is only because of Jesus. I want to love these kids more intentionally. I want to never cease praying for them, even and especially when I'm walking around the classroom while they are doing independent work. We have a "moment of silence" after the pledge of allegiance everyday and you better believe my heart is not silent for those few seconds. They are all so precious and my heart's desire is that Jesus would draw each of them to Himself. Lord draw them close to you!<br /><br />Here's some Gungor:<br /><iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5VI0pkRBPZw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-3051411311247139412011-08-27T12:55:00.000-07:002011-08-27T13:50:18.959-07:00death by musicPriscilla Ahn is <span style="font-weight:bold;">killing</span> me. Like musical daggers straight to my heart.
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<br />Also, Lisa Hannigan.
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<br />When I really really love a song, I have the urge to sing it myself. So here is my feeble attempt...(using photobooth. ha.)
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<br />goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-44173272211536262022011-08-15T17:50:00.001-07:002011-08-15T17:53:06.182-07:00really.I could really use some silly putty right now. My hands are itching for it.
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<br />Oh, and here is this:
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But then for some reason, the cars in front of me started driving again, and so did I. FAST. And without my headlights. My heart started racing, as it should have been because I was driving 80 miles/hour WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS. <br /><br />Then, my car shot right off of the edge of a cliff. Somehow I realized that A) there had been a bridge that used to be there and B) I was going to die in a few seconds when my car and I would fatefully meet the water below. I was free falling to my death. After about 2 seconds of sheer terror, I attempted to reel my emotions back in and come to a kind of peace. I was going to die and that was ok. But I wasn't actually ok with it. Then I died and woke up in the same instant. My heart is still recovering. <br /><br />There you have it. The best way I know how to deal with these types of dreams is to record it, lift it up to my Lord in prayer, and ask Him to take my dreams captive. <br /><br />I also have two songs stuck in my head that my brain is mashing up together. But I don't know what songs they are. Driving me crazy.goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-23621716974946940812011-06-21T14:44:00.000-07:002011-06-21T14:55:24.293-07:00oh dreams...I had very romantical dreams last night. Yes, <span style="font-weight:bold;">romantical</span>. It's not a real word, but dreams aren't real either, so it's ok. But boy, do they <span style="font-style:italic;">feel</span> real sometimes. I woke up with SUCH disappointment this morning. Basically, I met the man of my...dreams. HA!<br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MSBl8zD9J_M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-18854914155024010682011-06-12T17:36:00.000-07:002011-06-12T20:10:03.498-07:00vacation?This weekend has been so relaxing because I don't have to worry so much about getting my homework done on time...because both of my jobs ended last week! And so this weekend I've watched 3 movies. By myself. I love watching movies with friends, but sometimes I just really enjoy watching them by myself. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />The Kids Are Alright</span>: Don't watch it. I fast-forwarded through half the movie. It was basically pornographic! The storyline had so much potential, but they completely wrecked it with all the sex. Really. Don't see it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Pianist</span>: Excellent film. So moving. So sad. So good.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Atonement</span>: Depressing. So so so depressing, but it really was a piece of art.<br /><br />Not the most in-depth reviews...but I would recommend seeing the Pianist for sure.goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-18728347599905033682011-05-23T16:46:00.000-07:002011-05-23T17:18:27.053-07:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">These are some facts</span>: I have been taken to the hospital via ambulance two times in the past 6 months and for the same reason: excruciating, black-out inducing abdominal pain related to my period. After several ultrasounds and other doctor appointments, the conclusion was that I was just having bad cramps. I know what bad cramps are. I have them every month. What I experienced was definitely not bad cramps. So right now, I don't have any answers as to what happened and why it has happened twice.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">These are some more facts</span>: Both episodes started at home with my parents there. It could have happened while nannying, working at school or driving. But it didn't. I don't have cancer or any other serious condition requiring immediate action. <br /><br />So while I search for some kind of reasonable diagnosis, I am thanking God for his amazing protection.goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-8955437901829474932011-04-27T16:35:00.000-07:002011-04-27T16:39:10.566-07:00brain-washing and beyonceHad a dream last night that I stumbled into a house full of people I knew who were brain washed by the house owner. She tried to brain wash me too but I didn't fall for it.<br /><br />Also, this is great: <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mYP4MgxDV2U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418215785297465997.post-75939876399293491032011-04-20T14:48:00.000-07:002011-04-20T14:53:55.660-07:00magicSnippet of a conversation from nannying today:<br /><br />Josh: "Do you like unicorns, Danielle?"<br />Me: "Yep."<br />Josh (smiling): "Me too."<br /><br />Jessica loves Julie Andrews, as do I, which kind of bonds us in a way. She often asks me if I'm Mary Poppins, to which I always reply with a resounding, "YES!" But then she says, "Why aren't you wearing a dress then? Mary Poppins always wears a dress."<br /><br />Mary Poppins is pure magic. And I'm enchanted by it. This is magic too:<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3Za-V_lhwGg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>goodnightstarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289044216123261797noreply@blogger.com0