Lizet's Place

Back in the day I used to read a lot. Like 4 books a month. That was good for me, but after a few months, my brain HURT. Now I'm lucky if I can read 1 book a month since I'm so into fanfic.

Anyway...on to the meme.

Taken from kitmerlot1213 and kaige68 and probably others.

List ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you, and the books do not have to be in any certain order.

1. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
2. A Cry in the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
3. As Always, Jack by Emma Sweeney
4. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
5. Deception Point by Dany Brown
6. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
7. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
8. Devil's Knot by Mara Leveritt
9. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
10. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Honorable Mentions: I feel I should add Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, both by Dan Brown as well. But the 2 I put in the actual list were the first ones I read by him, but I can't remember which was the actual first that led me to his other books.

Thinking about those, I came up with so many other books that have stayed with me for a number of reasons.

Anne of Green Gables series by L. M. Montgomery
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
Northen Lights/The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Trying to do this update after drinking 2 glasses of wine. things are sort of fuzzy lol

I could get used to being done with school by noon. that was so great.

The initials of the instructor for my first class is PMS. He pointed that out like right away. Didn't cover much as it was the first day. We were in there for maybe 30-40 mins.

Had a short break between classes. 15-30 mins.

second class was with the same instructor I had Monday/Wednesday afternoon. So that was a lot of the same repeated get to know you stuff. I decided I really don't like this instructor. He's a bit harsh in the way he talks (outside of the lecture, but will get to that later)

Once class was finished, went to buy my books. sadly, only 1 of 2 were available, so the other one I had to order online.

When I finished that, I took the long way home, went into Compton, bumped into a couple of people from the courthouse, got lunch, went home, then went to pay my Lane Bryant bill. Paying the bill didn't happen, but I got a manicure and my eyebrows waxed before getting home for good.

Then today...first class went by pretty fast. a lot of the stuff talked about, I had covered in my paralegal classes. And who would have thought it...doing the homework helped make the class go by faster when it came to the lecture part. lol

Had a 3 hour break. got an early lunch, which should have been breakfast, but I didn't want breakfast. After I walked around campus, went to the computer and hung out there for about an hr, went to the library to read...and then I was going to get coffee to help keep me awake, but the line was too long...and I was running out of time to get to class.

second class we had a lecture. this was the instructor from yesterday that I don't like. As long as he sticks to giving the lecture, I'm okay with him. The plus is that he said class will only be an hour - 1230-130. the class is scheduled for 1230-145 but he said the material is set up that it's taught in an hour and if he goes the full schedule, that come the last few weeks of class, he'd be BS'ing because there wouldn't be enough stuff to cover to fill an hour.

So class ended, I got a pedicure, then came home. Screwed around on the internet, watched Goldfinger, played some games on my cell, and now I'm going to bed.

goodnight!

I've got 30 mins until my next class and the wait is killing me! LOL

I'll give more of an update when i get home bc i dont want to drain my cell phone battery for a 2nd time today before i get home.

Mildly worried about when my grant money will be put in my account to buy my books. they said with direct deposit its the first day of class - today- but so far nothing. I already have 1 assignment due Wednesday and cant do it without book. hopefully the money will be there tonight so tomorrow i can buy my books!

until later! i need to get to class!

We've been back to the apartment for 4 months & 10 days and I'm slowly trying to get my room back to "normal". Mostly I'm doing it so I can get out of the expensive storage unit and to a lesser expensive unit (from $124/month to $80/month), but I need to bring the stuff I'm absolutely going to have in my room back to my room and everything else will be moved to a smaller unit.

Friday I brought home 4 boxes of book. I went through 2 of the boxes and shelved 50 books (I had 5 on my shelf that I got from Christmas)! Today I opened another box and shelved another 20 books. I still have 1 more box to go through...plus another 8 or so boxes in storage. Yeah. I have my own library and it might be growing again soon lol

I also need to go through my DVDs. I got a few for Christmas and I need to shelve them properly (in alphabetical order) so I can find them easily.

In other news...yesterday morning I went to a graduation. My adopted sister, the girl I used to babysit, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology. Being at her graduation made me want to re-visit the idea of going back to school for my Bachelor's Degree, but I can't narrow down what I want my major to be in. I go from Criminal Justice to Law (heading towards law school)...to...I don't know what else I'm interested in that would be worth spending more money I don't have to get a degree I won't be able to use. But I really miss being back in school. It's almost kind of sad.

eta: possible major: Public Administration w/concentrations in either Administrative Management, Criminal Justice Administration, Nonprofit Management, or Public Personnel Administration

I was checking my shopping email address and there was a notification from amazon about 666 Park Avenue. So I click on it and it's a sale on the book. That makes sense because of the TV show. It was like $9 or something so I thought what the hell and bought it. Then I saw there's a sequel, The Dark Glamour, so I bought that as well, and on January 2, a third book, The Lost Soul, is going to be released (I pre-ordered it). I have some reading for while I'm at my sister's (though I'm going to be working on my big bang fics mostly)

In other news, I have a deadline for when my room needs to be completely packed. Last night my dad said I needed to plan to have my room empty by November 7th. Okay, I can do that. So long as there's space in storage for me to put everything.

Taken from alba17

"It's international book week. The rules: Grab the closest book to you, turn to page 52, post the 5th sentence. Don't mention the title. Copy the rules as part of your post."

"So you can't live in Manhattan?" she asked.

This is probably my 3rd time trying to get through this book. I really enjoy it, and the other books the author has written, but I just lose interest so fast that I only get between chapters 11 and 19 before I stop reading.

suddenly the book on my shelf aren't as interesting as they were when I bought them. This isn't good. It was a waste of money to buy them years ago and I still haven't read them.

I've already picked up and put back 3 books.

going in for #4 lol

But so far on my suggestion list (to least read up on and decide if I want to read it) are:

suggested by fabulousweapon
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
Wishful Drinking - Carrie Fisher
All Over But the Shoutin' - Rick Bragg
Angel of Vengence - Trevor Munson
Bossypants - Tina Fey
Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory McGuire
Game of Thrones - George Martin

suggested by dontelltheelf
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

Also, every book I come across my mind automatically shifts to H50. OMG what is my problem!?



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A-Z of Books

shanachie_quill is reading a book for every letter of the alphabet and I thought that was a neat idea...and possibly easier (for me) than trying to read 50 books in the year (tried that, as well as 15,000 pages and didn't succeed)

LET THE READING BEGIN!

A--
B--
C--
D--
E--
F--
G--
H--
I--
J--
K--
L--
M--
N--
O--
P--
Q--
R--Red Pyramid, The by Rick Riordan
S--
T--
U--
V--
W--
X--
Y--
Z--Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark



If you have any suggestions of books I should read, let me know!



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