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15 Books

I was originally tagged to do this on Facebook by Tiffany. I figured I’d take this on to display what kind of books I’ve really enjoyed. A small handful are “chick lit” but I enjoy them nonetheless. There aren’t a lot of classic literature only because most of it was assigned reading in school and I don’t take kindly to assigned reading *lol* . There are a couple that I actually read and enjoyed. I hold a wide variety of genres I enjoy, two that are pretty common in the books I choose to read1.

The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me, because I’m interested in seeing what books my friends choose.

  1. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
  2. Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi & Curt Gentry
  3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephan Chbosky
  4. Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
  5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  6. 1984 by George Orwell
  7. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
  8. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
  9. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  10. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
  11. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  12. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
  13. The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
  14. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
  15. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling

I’d like to see what you guys have: Caity, Angel, Jennfur, Kristen, Jenn, Angie, Rochelle, Vanessa, Tawni, Dez, Keeshia, Justin, Terri, Hillary & of course, Tiffany.

  1. True Crime & Chick-lit. ↩
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I Would Runaway With You

Wednesday I woke up early for a doctor’s appointment and ended up having to redo something that required narcotic pain killers so I had to call out of work. It was my last shift before going on vacation for 10 days so I felt awful about it – but I doubt they know or care :/

Before I headed home, I bought a replacement power supply for my laptop at Frys. It was very quick since I brought with me my other one. My new one, though, is a tiny bit loose so it’ll disconnect from the laptop and it’ll cause this shrill beep. I can’t, for the life of me, figure out how to turn off that sound since it’s not part of the normal sound schemes. It’s the actual system making the sound and it’s SO obnoxious.

I managed to NOT find my eyeglasses before leaving with my brother from SD to LA. Half-way through driving up, my husband calls and tells me he found them. I left them on our washer/dryer, but since I had the door closed to the area it’s in, I didn’t see them. I didn’t even remember putting them there until he told me where they were. I’m debating on whether I want to have him mail them to me (in their case!). I’ve got to mail him his asthma medication he left in my brother’s room on Tuesday… luckily I have some leftover Christmas stamps in my large wallet that I brought with me. Oooh! I also found some First Class stamps! Nice, I thought the husband took them. I’ll be able to send post cards & letters.

I say I’m going to send people post cards & letters but I never end up doing so. How sucky is that? I still have post cards address to people from YEARS ago. :/ Shame on me! *lol*

I’m going to have quite a bit to read while I’m up there. I brought with me a few books and bought two more while I was out today. I just added them to my currently reading shelf on Good Reads. If you’d like to check it out (there’s only a handful of books on there that I’ve actually read) and/or add me me as a friend, go right ahead! http://www.goodreads.com/mikachu

I should get in a nap before we leave in a handful of hours. I miss my husband already, even if things aren’t great & perfect :P My loving him never changes *sigh*

PS: I’m embarrassed that I didn’t do the last day of Project: Blog! What a bummer! There are a few days I missed… That’s a bummer, too.

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Day 04 — A good book

There are a handful of books that I think are good, but right now I’ll just go with Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It was suggested to me by a high school friend (my ex’s good friend) and he actually lent/gave me his copy on Valentine’s day and gave me a vanilla milkshake from Foster’s Freeze – several years ago. I’ve got this book highlighted and written in up the wazoo. It was a good mix of reflection and a narration of a cross-country bike ride. I actually haven’t read it in quite a while, but since finishing it back when, I’ve suggested it to a lot of people. I don’t know how many people took my suggestion to heart and actually read it. I think I’d have to reread it to be able to relay properly how much I liked it and why I think it’s a good book. I’ll provide an edit to this post, or a supplementary post once I do!

If you’re interested in anything else I might be reading or have read, you can check out my GoodReads profile. I’ve read quite a few books over the years, but not a lot are documented. I’ve been trying to maintain it with recent and new reads, with some randomly remembered older reads.

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