Weekly cookie jar

Posted: May 18, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Treasure Island | Leave a comment

Row 1: print / shoes / stamps
Row 2: stamps / photo / necklace
Row 3: necklace / print / necklace
Row 4: ring / dress / bag
Row 5: pillow / painting / necklace

Overcast

Posted: May 18, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Great Expectations | 3 Comments

Lately I seem to be very tuned in to the weather. Not like I can predict it or anything, but my mood is really dependent on conditions outside. Sunday was gorgeous – amazingly perfect. But yesterday was a little chilly and today, cloudy skies. Rain. Too cold to have the door open.

Consequently, I feel distinctly “meh.” At first I thought it was just this lingering cold, but then I noticed that I felt great on sunny days. And not great on overcast days. Today I’ve been thinking of all the things I could do, if only I had the energy and motivation. In fact, I’ve thought of a long list of things I could have done with my life by now if not for laziness and a lack of ambition. So, it hasn’t been a very cheerful day for me.

A major problem with these days, aside from their unproductive nature, is that what cheers me up is spending money and eating dessert. I think I need a new cure!

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Favorites

Posted: May 17, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Book of Sand | 3 Comments

Last night I wanted to get to bed early (why are little kids so exhausting?!), so I took some Unisom and had a hot bath around 9pm. (That is early, right? …Or do I just have no comprehension of what is a good time to go to bed?) I had just finished reading Beyonders, and I was thinking about my favorite books. Actually, I was trying to think of a blog post to write about the books I absolutely and completely want you to read. No! This blog is not my life! …But a little bit, yes.

The Unisom was making me so drowsy, though, that I couldn’t think very clearly. Luckily I remembered today that I was planning on writing this post and I looked back through my reading lists to see what I wanted to recommend.

Here you have it: my top 10 favorite books (that I can think of right now).

  • Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Brandon Mull, Beyonders
  • Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game
  • Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
  • E. Nesbit, The Wouldbegoods
  • Cornelia Funke, the Inkworld trilogy
  • Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country
  • Michael Ende, Momo
  • Lloyd Alexander, the Prydain Chronicles
  • Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

What are your favorite books? Do you read them often? I don’t have a copy of The Wouldbegoods or Momo. Or the second and third parts of the Inkworld trilogy. But I do have a very, very worn copy of Ender’s Game, and multiple copies of The Picture of Dorian Gray. (The reason: I really, really want this version, but I keep ending up receiving regular paperback copies. Sad.)

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