Monday, June 29, 2015

2015 reading challenge!

So I saw this beautiful thing and yes. I'm just gonna list everything here and I'm gonna be crossing things out (well, make them bold but whatever) as I read books!

  1. a book with more than 500 pages #5, #18, #37
  2. a classic romance
  3. a book that became a movie #5, #7, #24
  4. a book published this year #11, #21, #29
  5. a book with a number in the title #3
  6. a book written by someone under 30 #5, #29
  7. a book with nonhuman characters #12, #17
  8. a funny book #2 (it was totally funny ok i cried laughing)
  9. a book by a female author #1, #4, #11, #35
  10. a mystery or a thriller #2, #29, #35
  11. a book with a one-word title #9, #24, #27
  12. a book of short stories
  13. a book set in a different country #1, #2, #3...
  14. a nonfiction book
  15. a popular autor's first book #30
  16. a book from an author you love that you haven't read yet #7, #9, #10, #12, #17
  17. a book a friend recommended #4 (booktube is a friend ok)
  18. a Pulitzer Prize-winning book
  19. a book based on a true story
  20. a book at the bottom of your to-read list #8, #24
  21. a book your mom loves
  22. a book that scares you
  23. a book more than 100 years old
  24. a book based entirely on its cover #1, #4
  25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
  26. a memoir
  27. a book you can finish in a day #2, #8, #16, #23
  28. a book with antonyms in the title #3
  29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit #7, #9
  30. a book that came out the year you were born
  31. a book with bad reviews #26
  32. a trilogy
  33. a book from your childhood
  34. a book with a love triangle #26 (more like love polygon)
  35. a book set in the future #26
  36. a book set in high school #2
  37. a bok with a color in the title #11
  38. a book that made you cry #5
  39. a book with magic #7, #11, #23, #25
  40. a graphic novel #25
  41. a book by an author you've never read before #1, #4, #5, #8
  42. a book you own but have never read #2, #5
  43. a book that takes place in your hometown
  44. a book that was originally written in a different language (all of them pretty much)
  45. a book set during Christmas
  46. a book written by an author with your same initials
  47. a play
  48. a banned book
  49. a book based on or turned into a TV show
  50. a book you started but never finished #6, #35

#1 Everybody Sees the Ants - Jan 1
#2 Paper Towns - Jan 11
#3 Discworld Diary 2015: We R Igors: First and Last Aid - mid-Jan
#4 The Winner's Curse - Feb 4
#5 The Book Thief - Mar 6
#6 Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock - Mar 7
#7 Going Postal - Mar 14
#8 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Mar 18
#9 The Truth - Mar 24
#10 The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable - Apr 3
#11 The Ruby Circle - Apr 12
#12 The Wee Free Men - Apr 16
#13 Small Gods - Apr 29
#14 The Assassin's Curse - Apr 30
#15 The Pirate's Wish - May 1
#16 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - May 2
#17 A Hat Full of Sky - May 5
#18 American Gods - May 9
#19 The Monarch of the Glen - May 9
#20 Anansi Boys - May 12
#21 War of the Foxes - May 12
#22 Making Money - May 17
#23 The Ocean at the End of the Land - May 18
#24 Theatre - May 29
#25 The Books of Magic - May 30
#26 The Heir - May 31
#27 Wintersmith - Jun 6
#28 I Shall Wear Midnight - June 11
#29 No Place Left to Run - Jun 22
#30 Looking for Alaska - Jun 27
#31 Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Jun 28
#32 Will Grayson, Will Grayson - Jun 30
#33 Ask the Passengers - Jul 3
#34 Last Night I Sang to the Monster - Jul 5
#35 We Were Liars - Jul 16
#36 Monstrous Regiment - Jul 16
#37 The Final Empire - Jul 21

Wednesday, June 03, 2015


мне 20 и это страшно. не в том плане, что я дряхлая и это конец света и вообще, нет - просто мои 21, до которых всего пару месяцев, висят надо мной дамокловым мечом. буду считаться совершеннолетней уже во всех странах, а толку? толку нет. нигде не была, ничего не добилась. и надо бы уже с этим смириться, но не смиряется.
штука в том, что когда мне было лет 14, я думала, что за глупость, что уголовная ответственность наступает в 16/18! словно человек за сутки вырастает и становится ответственным и умным и проч. и проч.
а потом со мной именно это и произошло.
в 17 я слушала Seventeen Forever и с нетерпением ждала дня рождения.
в 18 я впервые почувствовала эту смену цифры - резко и, если честно, немного жестоко. всё, что я помню о своих восемнадцати - это постоянную усталость.
мои 19 были тяжелыми,
я пью чай из такой большой кружки, что он остывает до того, как я выпиваю половину, и мне приходится разогревать его в микроволновке - прекрасное описание всей моей жизни.

этот пост провисел в драфтах добрые полгода, упс