Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
reading list
Sooo, I'm pretty sure summer is not going to happen. Not the season, but reading all the books in that season.
I will try and see how long it takes me, there's a good goal.
For anyone curious I will post the list and the books I have read.
1. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen * - love this one
2. Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkein - no, I haven't read it. Please don't faint. I want to!
3. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte * - Read this one for school. Had a hard time getting into it at first, but once I did it was so good.
4. Harry Potter series, JK Rowling* - These are good, I had fun reading them all
5. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee* - Way funnier than I thought it would be, but it also made me cry in parts.
6. The Bible* - I cannot promise that I have read every word in the Bible. But lots of it, anyways.
7. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte* - Ahhh, Wuthering. You fail to stimulate my imagination. I'll try you again someday, hopefully.
8. 1984, George Orwell. - I've been told this book is amazing. I'm looking forward to it.
9. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman - don't really know much about this one, actually.
10. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens - I am in the middle of this one right now, and I'm loving it so far.
11. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott* - I go back and read my favorite bits frequently.
12. Tess of the D'Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy - again, don't know much about it
13. Catch 22, Joseph Heller
14. Complete work of Shakespeare - Haven't read all of them, but a few. Midsummer night's dream is my favorite.
15. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkein - Okay, I need to read this now.
17. Birdsong, Sebastien Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
19. The Time Travellers Wife, Audrey Niffenegger - I've been told this is really good too
20. Middlemarch, George Elliot
21. Gone with the wind, Margaret Mitchell - really want to read this one
22. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House, Charles Dickens - what I've read of Dickens so far has been good, I'm looking forward to this one.
24. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy - hoo boy. Not really looking forward to this one. I'm pretty sure our copy has bugs living in it.
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams - This is supposed to be really good too. I can't believe I've never read all these!
26. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh.
27. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky - I started another of his long, russian novels. It was really confusing. Maybe I should give him another chance.
28. Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck - I have also been very curious as to what this book is actually about.
29. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll* - I didn't like the first time I read it. I thought it was too bizarre, but recently rereading it I have loved it.
30. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame -I'm pretty sure the one I read was not the real version. I'll have to find it
31. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens - Really looking forward to this one.
33. Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis* - Love all of these
34. Emma, Jane Austen* - How can you not love a book with a title like that?
35. Persuasion, Jane Austen - Hmmm, have to give this one another go I think
36. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis* - ummm, wasn't this already listed?
37. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini - have read a book with a similar title, but I'm not sure it's this one.
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Lous De Berniere - this sounds interesting, I love mandolins.
39. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden - apparently this book is a bit weird...we'll see
40. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne* - the books are so much better than the disney versions...ah well
41. Animal Farm, George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown - I really want to read this
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriels Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney, John Irving
45. The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables, LM Montgomery* - the whole series is good, but this is a favourite.
47. Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood.
49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding - is this actually about flies?
50 Atonement – Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel* - this is an all time favourite read, I think
52 Dune – Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen* - Started this, then lost the book. That happens to me often, it seems. I'll try again.
55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens - I want to read this
58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley - this is supposed to be really good
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold - I'm looking forward to this one, I like sad books
65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones Diary, Helen Fielding - I think we have this one...hmmm
69 Midnight Children, Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens - oh, I really want to read this
72 Dracula – Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett* - love this
74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses – James Joyce (Das zweite (noch) ungelesene Buch auf der Reading List. Aber zumindest mal angefangen)
76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome * - this book is lots of fun as a summer read. makes you want to go and camp on an island somewhere. I recommend it as a read aloud for kids.
78 Germinal – Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession – AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens * - I've read this every christmas for...a year. But I'm planning to read it again this year :)
82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro *
85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White * - a classic
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - I've read one...I think...but not all of them
90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton - As a huge Enid Blyton fan I am shocked that I have never heard of this...and pleasantly surprised. I love hearing about a book that I will probably like that I have never heard of :)
91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94 Watership Down – Richard Adams - started this, and found it painfully boring. I mean, it's about bunnies. That talk...and have weird names. I couldn't keep going. Maybe some other day.
95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas - ooh, I want to read this. I can't believe how many times I've said that...
98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl* - so much fun
100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo - Love the movie and musical versions, and I really want to read the book althought it's probably completely different.
Whew...well there were lots of books I said I want to read. Good golly.
Hey, apparently I've read 20 of these. Only 80 to go...yay!!!
So, I'm working on Great Expectations. I will be posting when I've finished it.
I will try and see how long it takes me, there's a good goal.
For anyone curious I will post the list and the books I have read.
1. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen * - love this one
2. Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkein - no, I haven't read it. Please don't faint. I want to!
3. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte * - Read this one for school. Had a hard time getting into it at first, but once I did it was so good.
4. Harry Potter series, JK Rowling* - These are good, I had fun reading them all
5. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee* - Way funnier than I thought it would be, but it also made me cry in parts.
6. The Bible* - I cannot promise that I have read every word in the Bible. But lots of it, anyways.
7. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte* - Ahhh, Wuthering. You fail to stimulate my imagination. I'll try you again someday, hopefully.
8. 1984, George Orwell. - I've been told this book is amazing. I'm looking forward to it.
9. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman - don't really know much about this one, actually.
10. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens - I am in the middle of this one right now, and I'm loving it so far.
11. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott* - I go back and read my favorite bits frequently.
12. Tess of the D'Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy - again, don't know much about it
13. Catch 22, Joseph Heller
14. Complete work of Shakespeare - Haven't read all of them, but a few. Midsummer night's dream is my favorite.
15. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkein - Okay, I need to read this now.
17. Birdsong, Sebastien Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
19. The Time Travellers Wife, Audrey Niffenegger - I've been told this is really good too
20. Middlemarch, George Elliot
21. Gone with the wind, Margaret Mitchell - really want to read this one
22. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House, Charles Dickens - what I've read of Dickens so far has been good, I'm looking forward to this one.
24. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy - hoo boy. Not really looking forward to this one. I'm pretty sure our copy has bugs living in it.
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams - This is supposed to be really good too. I can't believe I've never read all these!
26. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh.
27. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky - I started another of his long, russian novels. It was really confusing. Maybe I should give him another chance.
28. Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck - I have also been very curious as to what this book is actually about.
29. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll* - I didn't like the first time I read it. I thought it was too bizarre, but recently rereading it I have loved it.
30. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame -I'm pretty sure the one I read was not the real version. I'll have to find it
31. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens - Really looking forward to this one.
33. Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis* - Love all of these
34. Emma, Jane Austen* - How can you not love a book with a title like that?
35. Persuasion, Jane Austen - Hmmm, have to give this one another go I think
36. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis* - ummm, wasn't this already listed?
37. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini - have read a book with a similar title, but I'm not sure it's this one.
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Lous De Berniere - this sounds interesting, I love mandolins.
39. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden - apparently this book is a bit weird...we'll see
40. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne* - the books are so much better than the disney versions...ah well
41. Animal Farm, George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown - I really want to read this
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriels Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney, John Irving
45. The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables, LM Montgomery* - the whole series is good, but this is a favourite.
47. Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood.
49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding - is this actually about flies?
50 Atonement – Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel* - this is an all time favourite read, I think
52 Dune – Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen* - Started this, then lost the book. That happens to me often, it seems. I'll try again.
55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens - I want to read this
58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley - this is supposed to be really good
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold - I'm looking forward to this one, I like sad books
65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones Diary, Helen Fielding - I think we have this one...hmmm
69 Midnight Children, Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens - oh, I really want to read this
72 Dracula – Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett* - love this
74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses – James Joyce (Das zweite (noch) ungelesene Buch auf der Reading List. Aber zumindest mal angefangen)
76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome * - this book is lots of fun as a summer read. makes you want to go and camp on an island somewhere. I recommend it as a read aloud for kids.
78 Germinal – Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession – AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens * - I've read this every christmas for...a year. But I'm planning to read it again this year :)
82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro *
85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White * - a classic
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - I've read one...I think...but not all of them
90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton - As a huge Enid Blyton fan I am shocked that I have never heard of this...and pleasantly surprised. I love hearing about a book that I will probably like that I have never heard of :)
91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94 Watership Down – Richard Adams - started this, and found it painfully boring. I mean, it's about bunnies. That talk...and have weird names. I couldn't keep going. Maybe some other day.
95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas - ooh, I want to read this. I can't believe how many times I've said that...
98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl* - so much fun
100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo - Love the movie and musical versions, and I really want to read the book althought it's probably completely different.
Whew...well there were lots of books I said I want to read. Good golly.
Hey, apparently I've read 20 of these. Only 80 to go...yay!!!
So, I'm working on Great Expectations. I will be posting when I've finished it.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Winner!!
Hello everybody, today is the day when I am finally going to announce the long-awaited winner of my photo contest!
First of all, every photo made me smile :) I am so glad.
But, there can only be one winner, so I have to make a decision.
And the winner is....drumroll please.....
Mrs. Knight! With her wonderful before and after shots on the beach!
First of all, every photo made me smile :) I am so glad.
But, there can only be one winner, so I have to make a decision.
And the winner is....drumroll please.....
Mrs. Knight! With her wonderful before and after shots on the beach!
Thanks to everyone who entered, and congratulations to our winner!
I will be getting your prize to you sometime before Christmas.
I will be getting your prize to you sometime before Christmas.
Monday, July 5, 2010
3 things I heard today
Eli: Emma, you're acting like a woogle. (I will take any guesses on what a woogle is.)
Shalom (the neighbour): "Mom, our new vacuum is gorgeous!"
Eli (after being told to stop being whiny and be happy): "I am happy! Stop being so pesky!"
And here's one more little tidbit for you, a conversation between Miles and myself.
Miles: Emma, guess what? I think I know pretty much everything!
Me: Oh really? Do you know what short term memory loss is?
Miles: Oh yeah! Uh, I just forgot.
Me: (laughing) Do you know what irony is?
Miles: Yeah, I just forgot that too.
Shalom (the neighbour): "Mom, our new vacuum is gorgeous!"
Eli (after being told to stop being whiny and be happy): "I am happy! Stop being so pesky!"
And here's one more little tidbit for you, a conversation between Miles and myself.
Miles: Emma, guess what? I think I know pretty much everything!
Me: Oh really? Do you know what short term memory loss is?
Miles: Oh yeah! Uh, I just forgot.
Me: (laughing) Do you know what irony is?
Miles: Yeah, I just forgot that too.
Photo contest (finally)
Hey everyone! Sorry I took so long with this. People have been asking me "so, are you ever going to finish that photo contest? do I win!!??" So these are all the photos that were entered, and I will be posting the winner *tomorrow*
These next two go together, you have to look at them as 'before' and 'after' definitely.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
BBC Book list
Has anybody heard of the BBC book list? It is a list of books that BBC deemed 'must reads' by getting people to nominate books and vote. There are 100 books on the list, and they estimate that most people have only read 6 of them.
I have read 17, which is actually less than I thought, but I have seen blogs of people who have read half or more of them.
I think I'm going to try and read them all. Does that sound like a crazy goal? It kinda does to me, but I think it would be super fun. Maybe even this summer! 83 books in 2 months?
No problem!
It will give me something to blog about, anyways.
So, this week I am starting Wuthering Heights, by Emile Bronte. I figure I will start at the top and work my way through all the books I haven't read one by one, and if any of them are too painful, I can come back to them. Sound good?
I have read 17, which is actually less than I thought, but I have seen blogs of people who have read half or more of them.
I think I'm going to try and read them all. Does that sound like a crazy goal? It kinda does to me, but I think it would be super fun. Maybe even this summer! 83 books in 2 months?
No problem!
It will give me something to blog about, anyways.
So, this week I am starting Wuthering Heights, by Emile Bronte. I figure I will start at the top and work my way through all the books I haven't read one by one, and if any of them are too painful, I can come back to them. Sound good?
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