Saturday, 20 April 2013

The Problems of Being a Bookworm

Wanna know what's a huge problem aboI ut being a part of one of the most wonderful species in the universe (no, not humans, bookworms)? The fact that I have a precarious stack of books and three books I checked out the library that are due Tuesday.

And I keep getting more.

It's so strange, like they multiply by the second and I just can't stop it. I'll ask for them, like sirens they'll beg me to check them out at the library-it just won't go away. Then they make me feel incredibly guilty because I have no time being a high school honors/AP student, so reading them is going very slowly. It's such a horrible fate!

Now today I'm going to the library. I know I have to renew one of the three, The Great Gatsby, but the other two, I'm not sure what to do with them. I do really want to read Anna Karenina, but then The Leaning Tower of Books calls to me, begging me to start on them. I just don't know what to do. Then Of Love and Evil is just mocking me to read it. I don't know what to do!

So, I've made a heart-wrenching decision: I'm turning in all of them except The Great Gatsby. That way I can turn my full attention to all the other books I'm just dying to read.

To finish this off, here's my current reading list. Enjoy!

  1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  2. Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
  3. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
  4. Heaven Bound, Hell Hunted by Caitlin Elyse
  5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  6. Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantasky
  7. Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have) by Sarah Mylnowski
  8. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
  9. Sever by Lauren DeStefano
  10. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
  11. Entice by Carrie Jones
  12. Endure by Carrie Jones
  13. Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
  14. Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick
Any other books that I just HAVE to add? Let me know! :D

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

The Story Behind the Tylenol and Why You Should Thank My Sister

There once was a beautiful queen. She was known far and wide for her bluntness and sarcasm, so when two subjects needed help, they naturally went to her, for she did not hold anything back and they needed that.
The two subjects told the beautiful queen about their problems. She listened patiently and finally told them exactly what they needed to hear, with no regard for their emotions. Yet, no matter what, the two subjects could not solve their problems quickly enough. So, with a the beginnings of a headache, the beautiful queen sent them on their way with the advice to leave each other alone until they can solve their differences themselves. Then she went to her royal medicine cabinet and took some Tylenol so she would not be in so much pain. The End.

After that thrilling fairy tale, I also think you should all thank my wonderful sister, for she's the reason the Prologue of Starlight is posted on Wattpad. You can find it here. I really think you should read it. I'm quite excited for this tale. :3

Also, here's a banner for it, created by my lovely friend, Natalie Wolicki:

Monday, 1 April 2013

I'm Just Going to Use the Word "Attempt"

So, I'm trying Camp Nanowrimo again this year. You all remember, I tried it last year with Sparks. The difference is, I'm quite enthusiastic over this latest idea of mine: Starlight. It's written in letters and it goes over the course of a relationship as the MC, Valeria, tries to figure out where it all went wrong. I'm only on the first chapter and it kind of scares me how excited I am to write this. Don't worry, though, Sparks fans: I will continue to write it after Starlight is complete and if I have free time during the month of my Nano-ing, you'll probably get an update here shortly on Wattpad. If anyone wants to read Starlight, well, in order to avoid this whole I-have-horrible-updating-skills fiasco, I'm just going to post it once a week once the whole book is typed and done.

Now, wish me luck on this journey to finally have this novel done and be able to finish Sparks! Au revoir! Also, Tylenol is actually quite a good pain reliever. The abbreviated story for that will be another blog post. XD