Archive for the 'Books' Category

Test Prep

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

I went off to my favorite store today in search of a GRE study aid. I finally found the aisle that has all the books about standardized tests, and my eyes were immediately drawn to a book that I thought was certainly out of place.

Why on earth is a book about Twilight in this section? [...]

Catch Up with Mandi

Friday, September 11th, 2009

So many thoughts floating in my head tonight. I’ve been meaning to post for days, I just haven’t gotten around to it.
Truth be told, I’ve been depressed all week.
Hell, an episode of Ugly Betty just made me cry.
I’m lonely. Stuck out in the middle of nowhere, and every single day since I’ve been here, my [...]

Twilight Parody

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Clearly I’m behind the times, but I just saw this for the first time. It pretty much rocks.

Julie/Julia

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Buying books makes me happy.
Positively, absolutely, I can feel it in my bones, happy.
And today, after work, I went to Barnes and Noble. I had a strict three book policy – but walked out with four. And as soon as I got home, I got comfortable in my pajamas and opened the cover of the [...]

Coming Soon

Monday, July 6th, 2009

I really need to reread the Half-Blood Prince.

Looks like another movie I’ll be going to see alone!

Fantastic Suggestions?

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

I am out of things to read! I started the Sookie Stackhouse series (the books behind the popular HBO show Trueblood), but I read two of them and don’t really feel motivated to continue reading them.
All of my YA series are caught up, and I really do need to evolve to the land of Adult [...]

Ponderable

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

With the Twilight series being finished, I had to find something new and exciting to read. I found the House of Night Series. Yes, it’s about vampires. No it looks nothing at all like Twilight.
One of the ideas presented in the book is this:
Darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not [...]

Twilight: The Movie

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Well after all the hype… Twilight was a hit and miss movie. With far far far more misses than hits. I’m still glad I saw it, I’ll probably still buy the DVD… but honestly, it’s only because of my Twilight obsession. Nothing to do with the quality of the movie.
Let’s start with the casting. I [...]

It’s Almost Here!

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

I seriously can’t wait…

Breaking Dawn

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Last summer I discovered the brilliance of Stephenie Meyer.
On Saturday, the saga was complete. After waiting a year for Breaking Dawn to arrive, I finished it in two days. It would have taken less time, but I was actually busy on Saturday… shocking, I know!
When I started the book, I was wary. The preface left [...]