Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Could someone assist me in Creative Blog Post Titles 101? (summer reading list that I will add to at request/new book discovery, writing rants, etc.)

I've been severely procrastinating writing this. I have a feeling that my reading Lexile in the Fall could possibly go down about another 10 points from the three that my spring Lexile already went down this year, unless I start reading some books... like, RIGHT NOW. (Sorry for the abuse of the word "like"... I tend to talk like that when I rant in real life, so I apologize for my bad grammar. D:)

So, here is my summer reading list. Everyone: REMIND ME TO READ. I love reading, I do, I just haven't gotten into books since... I don't really know what caused my decline. *shrug* Well, here's the list (with explanations in parentheses; sorry if that gets annoying):

The Host by Stephenie Meyer (very pathetically never finished last summer though I bought it practically on the same day it came out...)

ALL the books in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (peer pressure; xP Though I'm interested.)

Breathless by Lurlene McDaniel (Just discovered this today, originally from an ad on Facebook...it sounds really good, sad, dramatic, tackles a contraversial issue with rawness of emotion, from what I saw in reviews... just how I like my realistic fiction. xP :( )

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

That Summer and Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen (I OWN those books and haven't finished them; this is just bugging me cuz I bought a lot of books, didn't finish them, and that just fails. xP)

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen (same as above)

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (I know this book is good. Plus, I want to see the movie. And Handle with Care and The Tenth Circle, though I don't recommend them, were good. XD Heh. I'll explain later.)

Georgie by Malachy Doyle (sounds REALLY, REALLY good; a friend of mine recommended it, Amazon confirmed my interest)

Diary of a Teenage Girl Series by Melody Carlson (I just want to finish it. I'm on the first book of the third series of the entire big deal, and they're not hard to read, and I like them, however many times MC repeats herself with certain plot situations...)

True Colors series by Melody Carlson (read about 3 of them fully during the schoolyear, and I should be able to finish the rest at some point this summer... xD I need to head to the library again...)

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (People read it a lot at my school. And it's been popping up on my suggested lists on Amazon for about two years, and I know its content, and it seems like something I'd like to read, so... yeah.)

The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (I like this stuff sometimes; my friends love it)

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (I'm stealing it from Montana. I AM STEALING IT FROM HER. It also sounds a slight bit like Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper, except much more intense, in several ways...)

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (just discovered on Amazon; It sounds so amazing that I seriously need to read it. Really sad, and I read that the ending was a downer from the reviews, but it still sounds good; downer ending to a "romance"= Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn; though their situation was... er... quite different. And Nick shouldn't have been going after her after that anyway, but... first time reading it, it was still saddish. D: [/endrant] )
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And that's it so far. I'm TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY open to suggestions.

Seriously, I need to read more. And soon. :D So thank you. :)

Also... I really feel the need to write something random, and off the top of my head. And by random, it doesn't have to be random sounding (like humorous, nonsensical)... just... out of almost nowhere came the urge to write it. Except, there's always an inspiration. Like other books, music, situations in real life, certain issues that interest me... so whatever's on my mind, ends up as fiction on paper. Like my first short story recently. I'll post it eventually. Its roots drew from a recent loss in the church, perhaps in the back of my mind, this really adorable little girl I saw at a food drive, trying to understand guys, and I suppose you could call it, the value of children. Family... etc. It was short, and all the characters were annonymous. I wrote it rather late at night, so there could have been grammatical errors, but rereading it a couple of times the day after... it was actually pretty alright, in my opinion. And I'm not trying to sound cocky; I know it has its flaws, but... I kind of liked it. It was sad though. :'( But a lot of stuff I write can get sad. But this wasn't melodramatic... I think I was just trying to understand... what it meant, how it felt to have all of this happen to a person, and then that little hope at the ending.

So, I might end up writing something randomly tonight. If not... some other time. ^^' Well, I love you guys! God bless you! :)

6 comments:

katara5 said...

OMG OMG OMG OMG! I DEMAND THAT YOU READ THE HOST RIGHT NOW! Seriously. It is AWESOME.

Aly K. said...

xD I own it, so that could be quite possible... I've also discovered another book on Amazon that seems wonderful... ^^' And I will read The Host. Don't you worry about that. I will, no doubt. XD I'd gotten... a little over halfway/under halfway through it already, when I read part of it last year, and skimmed through a bunch of parts my friend told me about. XD It's awesome from what I've read/heard. ^^' I'll read it. :)

katara5 said...

Lolz. Good. I read it last summer in about a week... ^^'

Aly K. said...

xD I could have, if I focused... ^^' I've got a lot of catching up to do. And now, due to Amazon's amazingsaucenesssss, I not only want to read "Perfect Chemistry" but "Leaving Paradise" by Simone Elkeles... that one sounds more intense and so, so good... I've got to hit the Library, like, TOMMORROW. o.o

katara5 said...

Heh. Have fun with that! :P Yeah... I seriously have no idea what to say so... yeah. Hi :D XD

Aly K. said...

XD Well, I will link you then.

http://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Paradise-Simone-Elkeles/dp/0738710180/ref=pd_sim_b_4