Reading List

Harry Potter-

✓ Sorcerer's Stone

✓ Chamber of Secrets

✓ Prisoner of Azkaban

✓ Goblet of Fire

✓ Order of the Phoenix

Half Blood Prince

✓ Deathly Hallows

Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

Heat Wave

Naked Heat

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Confessions of An Ugly Step Sister

Too Far From Home

Rocket Men

✓ Hunger Games

✓ Catching Fire

✓ Mockingjay

Water For Elephants

✓ The Sweet By and By

✓ The Help

I went and saw The Help with Heather and Jenny a few weeks ago and decided that I wanted to read the book to see how close they actually suck to it, Jenny had mentioned some differences but I wanted to see/read for myself.

Things I liked that they changed in the movie:

• Ms Celia having Minny and the kids come live with her and Johnny at the end of the movie, I thought it was sweet and showed how different she was to the other ladies
• Them going into Leroy abusing Minny, especially the part at the end of the book when he was fired from work and locked her in the bathroom and threatened to burn the house down with her in it
• Not having Stewart breaking up/proposing to Skeeter (yes I "liked" it in the book, but that actor is too hot for me to hate in the movie =p)
• Skeeter's mom not looking as sick as she actually was in the book, because lets face it I love Allison Janney and would hated to have seen her so sick from the cancer.
• The way Johnny found out about Minny, though the way in the book was entertaining, who doesn't like the ax part, but I liked him chasing her in the yard yelling at her

That's all I can really think of now...I'm sure there's more but I'm not really sure I can think of more right now :p

Things I wish they'd put in the movie that were in the book:

• Aibileen's special story time with Mae Mobley
• Mae Mobley going the bathroom in Aibileen's bathroom
• Skeeter's style transformation towards the end of the book

That is NOT how I wanted it to end!

So I finished Mockingjay pretty quick in the hopes that it would go the way that I wanted...but it didn't, it seemed rather underwhelming, I was hoping for a huge battle and for Katniss to end up with Gale, but hey things never happen in books the way I want them to, unless it's a trashy romance novel, and that's just guaranteed that those people will be together in the end. Don't get me wrong, I like Peeta and all, but he's Mr. Perfect and as much as I like the idea of Mr. Perfect nobody will ever be like him...and I don't know, I just never rooted for his character (not that I wanted him to die or anything)

Now on to another book, not sure what next...I have 3 Psych chapters to read before Tuesdays class...and I haven't started he he he, but where are the fun in school books. Maybe I'll read a trashy romance novel or some other somewhat cheery book, it will have to be a quick read so that I can get to reading those always enjoyable school books...*sigh* I hate the end of summer

Harry Potter-

✓ Sorcerer's Stone

✓ Chamber of Secrets

✓ Prisoner of Azkaban

✓ Goblet of Fire

✓ Order of the Phoenix

Half Blood Prince

✓ Deathly Hallows

Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

Heat Wave

Naked Heat

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Confessions of An Ugly Step Sister

Too Far From Home

Rocket Men

✓ Hunger Games

✓ Catching Fire

✓ Mockingjay

Water For Elephants

✓ The Sweet By and By

Booklist

Harry Potter-

✓ Sorcerer's Stone

✓ Chamber of Secrets

✓ Prisoner of Azkaban

✓ Goblet of Fire

✓ Order of the Phoenix

Half Blood Prince

✓ Deathly Hallows

Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

Heat Wave

Naked Heat

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Confessions of An Ugly Step Sister

Too Far From Home

Rocket Men

✓ Hunger Games

✓ Catching Fire

Mockingjay

Water For Elephants

✓ The Sweet By and By

Starting on Mockingjay!

Summer Book List...

Harry Potter-

✓ Sorcerer's Stone

✓ Chamber of Secrets

✓ Prisoner of Azkaban

✓ Goblet of Fire

✓ Order of the Phoenix

Half Blood Prince

✓ Deathly Hallows

Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

Heat Wave

Naked Heat

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Confessions of An Ugly Step Sister

Too Far From Home

Rocket Men

✓ Hunger Games

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

Water For Elephants

✓ The Sweet By and By

Books

Harry Potter-

✓ Sorcerer's Stone

✓ Chamber of Secrets

✓ Prisoner of Azkaban

✓ Goblet of Fire

Order of the Phoenix

Half Blood Prince

✓ Deathly Hallows

Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

Heat Wave

Naked Heat

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Confessions of An Ugly Step Sister

Too Far From Home

Rocket Men

Hunger Games

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

Water For Elephants

✓ The Sweet By and By

I have come to the conclusion that I am most definitely not going to finish reading the Harry Potter series before the last movie comes out next week, I might be good if I didn't have to work, but that evil place that holds my paycheck actually requires me to work for it...le sigh. But at least I have reread the last one that my mind is fresh for the movie! I'm so dern excited for it. Me and a friend from work are going to the 3D midnight showing at the mall where we were, that way we have stuff to do while we are waiting in line to actually go and see the movie!

I reached an all level of Harry Potter dorkyness by buying my first sunngie the other day at hot topic, in which I plan on taking to the midnight showing because no matter how many people are in the theater I always end up freezing my ass off!

Now all I need is a Harry Potter shirt and I think I'll be good to go. Can't wait!!

Now off to start reading 'Order of the Phoenix!'

XOXO

T

Book List

Harry Potter-

✓ Sorcerer's Stone

✓ Chamber of Secrets

✓ Prisoner of Azkaban

Goblet of Fire

Order of the Phoenix

Half Blood Prince

✓ Deathly Hallows

Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

Heat Wave

Naked Heat

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Confessions of An Ugly Step Sister

Too Far From Home

Rocket Men

Hunger Games

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

Water For Elephants

✓ The Sweet By and By

I have 3 weeks to finish the 3 longest Harry Potter books...wish me luck =p If only that pesky work wasn't getting in the way...and the pages were bigger, reading on my phone is great because I don't have to take a big book with me to work...but damn those pages are small, I read a few pages on my mom's iPad the other day...so much bigger and better, I officially want one (well more than I did before ^_~)!

Book List

So here it is, my summer reading list and I'm sad to say I haven't made much of a dint in it, I keep adding books...I *finally* added iBooks onto my iPhone and have been trying to get all these books (and some more that I've found and want to read) in ePub form so that I can read them all on my phone. I have almost all of them, with just a few missing. It should be good, now I won't have to carry my huge purse with a heavy book in it to work anymore, I can just sit at lunch and stare at my phone ^_^

I'm trying to read all the Harry Potter books before the last *OMG!!* movie comes out

Harry Potter-

✓ Sorcerer's Stone

Chamber of Secrets

Prisoner of Azkaban

Goblet of Fire

Order of the Phoenix

Half Blood Prince

✓ Deathly Hallows

Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

Heat Wave

Naked Heat

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Confessions of An Ugly Step Sister

Too Far From Home

Rocket Men

Hunger Games

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

Water For Elephants

✓ The Sweet By and By (started off good but ended with a not so good thud, won't be reading the sequel that's for sure!)

Reading List

The ever growing list of books I want to read this summer:

Harry Potter-

Sorcerer's Stone

Chamber of Secrets

Prisoner of Azkaban

Goblet of Fire

Order of the Phoenix

Half Blood Prince

✓ Deathly Hallows

Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

Heat Wave

Naked Heat

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Confessions of An Ugly Step Sister

Too Far From Home

Rocket Men

Hunger Games

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

Water For Elephants

I think that's it...maybe...I'm sure more will be added, Half Price Books is having a sale that goes through Monday...which can be dangerous. =p It's quite a list, I hope I can pull it off before school starts again!

Freedom

The semester is officially over! So happy summer break is here! I can finally start reading the very long list of books that I've been wanting to read/finish reading, but couldn't because school feels the need to make me only have time for boring school books!

Here's what I have so far, if you have any suggestions please feel free to tell me:

The Hunger Game series

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest

Heat Wave and Naked Heat (yes the ones from the Castle series, what can I say I'm obsessed)

Reread the Harry Potter series (have about 200 pages left on Deathly Hallows)

Rocket Men

Too Far From Home

Water For Elephants

Every time I stop by half price books, which lately has been on a weekly basis, I find more books that I want to read. Darn them and their good prices!

I have a couple crochet projects that I want to work on too. I found a doily book that I want to try too, not to make doilies that are going to ruin my eyesight, but there's one pattern I really like that I think would be cool for the back of a shirt. They seem to be all the rage right now, and I figure instead of paying $15-$30 for one I can buy a cheap cotton tee at work and then cut out the back and sew in what I've crocheted...we'll see how that goes. Sounds simple, but what I've found with crochet lately even if it sound simple and straight forward, it's not. I have a baby blanket to finish for a girl at work that is about to have her baby any day now, and I'm being completely serious, she's due the 28th.

I'll be going to ACL with the lovely Miss Heather this year! Bought my first ticket today, I'm excited! I LOVE Austin and now I can say that I'll be participating in a major Austin tradition. Ha Ha

I've noticed lately that I've been getting more and more obsessed with Harry Potter the closer the last movie gets. I'm so excited, and yet sad...with the last movie getting here it means that there will be no more Harry Potter movies. =( But for this one I want to go all out, midnight 3d showing and everything! Anyone be willing to go with me? =D