J. Kaye tagged me today for the Weird and Random Meme. Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you (look above) 2. Post the rules on your blog 3. Write 6 random things/unspectacular quirks about yourself 4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them 5. Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog (I might do this, maybe) 6. Let the tagger know when your entry is posted.
Here's a bunch of randomness about me!
1. I've always had this thing about germs but it has gotten progressivly worse over the years so that I tend to wash my hands a lot. 2. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had to put lotion on my hands after they get wet no matter what. I seriously can NOT stand to have dry hands. 3. I can’t cook but I’m a great baker (and I love to bake) 4. I’m a big kid. I collect Disney stuff, watch “children’s movies”, even still have a ton of stuffed animals (I knew hubby was a good match when he kept buying or winning them for me) 5. I’m very good at trivia and trivia games, especially Disney ones (like Scene-It) 6. I talk to myself out loud a lot, usually when I’m reading a book and I’m reasoning out why I like it or what I hate about it.
I stole this banned book survey from Kris over at Not Enough Books.
Have you ever read a banned book? Sure you have, you probably just didn't know it. Below is a list of some of the most banned books. If you have read the whole book, bold it. If you have read part of the book, italicize it. If you own it but haven't gotten around to reading it yet, *** it.
1. The Bible 2. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 4. The Koran 5. Arabian Nights 6. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 7. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 8. Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 9. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 11. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 12. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 13. Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 14. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 15. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens*** 16. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 17. Dracula by Bram Stoker*** 18. Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin 19. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding 20. Essays by Michel de Montaigne 21. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 22. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon 23. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 24. Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 25. Ulysses by James Joyce 26. Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio 27. Animal Farm by George Orwell 28. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 29. Candide by Voltaire 30. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 31. Analects by Confucius 32. Dubliners by James Joyce 33. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 34. Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 35. Red and the Black by Stendhal 36. Das Capital by Karl Marx 37. Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire 38. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle*** 39. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence 40. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 41. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 42. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 43. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 44. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 45. Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx 46. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 47. Diary by Samuel Pepys 48. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 49. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 50. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 51. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak 52. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant 53. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 54. Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus 55. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 56. Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X 57. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 58. Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 59. Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke 60. Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 61. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 62. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 63. East of Eden by John Steinbeck 64. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 65. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 66. Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau 67. Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais 68. Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes 69. The Talmud 70. Social Contract by Jean Jacques Rousseau 71. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson*** 72. Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence 73. American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser 74. Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler 75. A Separate Peace by John Knowles 76. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 77. Red Pony by John Steinbeck 78. Popol Vuh 79. Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith 80. Satyricon by Petronius 81. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 82. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 83. Black Boy by Richard Wright 84. Spirit of the Laws by Charles de Secondat Baron de Montesquieu 85. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut 86. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George 87. Metaphysics by Aristotle 88. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 89. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin 90. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse 91. Power and the Glory by Graham Greene 92. Sanctuary by William Faulkner 93. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 94. Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin 95. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig 96. Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 97. General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud 98. Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 99. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Alexander Brown 100. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 101. Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines 102. Émile Jean by Jacques Rousseau 103. Nana by Émile Zola 104. Chocolate War by Robert Cormier 105. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin 106. Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 107. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 108. Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck 109. Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark 110. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 111. Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 112. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling 113. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare 114. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle 115. The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatly Snyder
I've only 14 on this list but a lot of the ones in the video here:
Another list of banned books (there may be repeats):
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling Forever by Judy Blume Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Giver by Lois Lowry It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine (read a few of them) A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck The Color Purple by Alice Walker Sex by Madonna Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Go Ask Alice by Anonymous Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard The Witches by Roald Dahl (reading this in October) The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry The Goats by Brock Cole Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane Blubber by Judy Blume Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier Final Exit by Derek Humphry The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Beloved by Toni Morrison The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton The Pigman by Paul Zindel Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard Deenie by Judy Blume Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)***read 1st book Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole Cujo by Stephen King James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy Ordinary People by Judith Guest American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Crazy Lady by Jane Conly Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher Fade by Robert Cormier Guess What? by Mem Fox The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Lord of the Flies by William Golding Native Son by Richard Wright Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen Jack by A.M. Homes Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle Carrie by Stephen King Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge Family Secrets by Norma Klein Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole The Dead Zone by Stephen King The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Always Running by Luis Rodriguez Private Parts by Howard Stern Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Running Loose by Chris Crutcher Sex Education by Jenny Davis The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers
THE VAMPIRE SHRINK BY LYNDA HILBURN He was sitting naked on the edge of the bathtub, in the pose of that famous statue, The Thinker. Something about the incongruity of the situation made me laugh out loud.
Today’s MUSING is just going to be a simple one on reading…
WHAT ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW? The Vampire Shrink by Lynda Hilburn
WHY ARE YOU READING WHAT YOU’RE READING? PLEASURE? FOR REVIEW? SOMETHING ELSE? I always review everything I read but this is just for pleasure
WHAT DID YOU RECENTLY FINISH READING? Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’LL BE READING NEXT? Uglies by Scott Westerfeld?
WHAT WAS THE BEST BOOK YOU READ THIS MONTH? WHY? Uh I read two good books, Mr. Perfect & Cry Wolf by Patricia Brigss. Both were incredibly good (so good, I'll probably re-read them one day)
WHAT WAS THE WORST BOOK YOU READ THIS MONTH? WHY? Oh I didn't read any bad books but I didn't enjoy The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler as much as my other reads but it was still good!
So many birthday's lately! So today is Phillyradiogeek's Birthday. He owns to the blog Me and You and a Blog Named Boo and he will be doing a lot of holiday related stuff over the next three months so go check him out please!
Oh, I simply forgot to tell you guys! Have you ever been to Maw Books Blog? It's a great site that has become one of my favorite stops on my Google Reader. Well she's been reading and blogging for Darfur for the past month and doing a great job promoting awareness of the horrible things that happen over there. Personally I’m one of those don’t-read-the-news types (and I have to stay away from those really sad novels too) because it seriously depresses me but I am aware of what’s going on to some degree…..
Whoa, I just went way off the topic I was originally aiming for here. Okay, let’s start again. Maw has been donating money (and is going to have a humongous giveaway thanks to author and publisher donations) for comments and stuff on her blog and she recently hosted a giveaway for whoever guessed what day her blog would reach 100,000 hits and I guessed September 21 and won! So yay!!! But seriously, even more importantly, everyone should go by, congratulate Maw, and look around because it’s a really interesting blog.
Now I'm going to be selfish and say, "I can hardly wait for her to send me that giftcard." Lol. I know, I'm horrible. There are just WAY too many good books coming out in October for my own good :o)
Tell us whether not reading has affected your dreams. Do you see the characters of the stories in your dreams? Or, is it rather a part of the story-line that integrates itself into your dreams? Do you remember your dreams? Do you dream vividly, or not that you can remember at all? What do your dreams represent to you?
I prefer to read at night because it's quieter... which leads me to staying up all night (and half the next morning) trying to finish the book if it's too good to let go of. When I do dream of a book I'm reading, it's usually just bits and pieces mixed into another dream. Or if I can't finish a book before I need to go to sleep, sometimes I dream up an ending or at least a scene- unfortunately, 9 times out of 10 I can't really remember these once I wake up completely.
Most of the time my dreams are incredibly vivid and I can sometimes change them at will too. I remember dreaming about Kistin after I finished the fifth book in Kim Harrison's series so essentially I'm dreaming myself into these worlds lol.
I woke up this morning in a pretty grouchy mood because I live in an apartment and they're working on the electric boxes today so the power will be out all day long and in this heat, it's enough to make a saint grouchy. Then one of the first blogs I visit has not one but two blog awards for me!!! I'm talking about Hello, My Name is Alice and she gave me this pretty Proximidade! Award and the I Love Your Blog Award too. Now I don't understand Portuguese but according to Alice it means:
To translate the gift from Portuguese to English, it means: "This blog invests and believes, the proximity" [meaning, that blogging makes us 'close' -being close through proxy].
They all are charmed with the blogs, where in the majority of its aims are to show the marvels and to do friendship; there are persons who are not interested when we give them a prize, and then they help to cut these bows; do we want that they are cut, or that they propagate?
Then let’s try to give more attention to them! So with this prize we must deliver it to 8 bloggers that in turn must make the same thing and put this text. I'm not quite sure what that means either but it sure is a pretty award. They both are, so thank you Alice for making my morning! Oh and before I went to post this I stopped over at Melody's blog and she's gifted them to me too! So thanks ladies, thank you very, very, very much!
I'm supposed to pass this on to 8 (okay I lied, 11) other bloggers:
1. Alice Teh (of course, I have to pass it back to you) 2. Melody (right back at you too, you're blog is great!) 3. Wendy @ Musings of a Bookish Kitty 4. J. Kaye @ J. Kaye's Book Blog 5. Naida @ The Bookworm 6. Deslily @ Here, There, and Everywhere 2nd Edition 7. Carolyn Jean @ The Trillionath Page 8. Darla D @ Books & Other Thoughts 9. Icedream @ Reading in Appalachia 10. Lady T @ Living Read Girl 11. Rhinoa @ Rhinoa's Ramblings
Oh, and all my newer favorite people who don't have it already:
Yay! One of my favorite Holiday Blogs is now up and posting again! Today's Halloween special is Disney's Halloween Treat. How could you miss out on that?! Seriously one of the best Halloween specials in which the Disney company combined a bunch of old clips and cartoons together. They used to show this every Halloween when I was a kid!
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers
THE LADY IN THE LAKE BY RAYMOND CHANDLER
He stopped in front of mine and unlocked the door and gave me the hard stare they think they have to wear on their pans forever and forever and forever. I’m a cop, brother, I’m tough, watch your step, brother, or we’ll fix you up so you’ll crawl on your hands and knees, brother, snap out of it, brother, let’s get a load of truth, brother, let’s go, and let’s not forget we’re tough guys, we’re cops, and we do what we like with punks like you.
Do you belong to a book club? Is it online, or face-to-face (f2f)? How long have you been with the group? What have you learned from them? Do you like how the group is run, or would you make changes to it if you could?
I think I’ve talked about this before but yes, I’m in a few online book clubs and I even own one but I’ve only attended one meeting of our local f2f book club and didn’t really enjoy myself so I never went back. I’ve belonged to some of my online groups for a couple of years now and others I’ve recently joined. I was actually part of some of these before I ever thought of blogging about my books and I think they’re part of the reason why I do blog now! There are a few changes I would like to make (I would love someone to help me with my group Books Into Movies when I’m not able to get the current book for example) but for the most part I enjoy how some of these are run.
Here are all my online groups and what we’re reading in October:
I'm so excited! I won a book from Carolyn Jean over at The Trillionth Page (I chose Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep from the list of suggestions she sent me- although how she knew I've been watching Batman: The Animated Series lately is beyond me!).
Oh and guess what? Today is her birthday! So Happy Birthday Carolyn Jean and thanks again!
Hi guys! As some of you may know, I watch (and post) about Halloween Specials during October and I would love to do so again this year if you could send some recommendations my way I would very much appreciate it! It doesn't have to be Disney or even animated just rated G or PG (if you don't know the real rating, you can guess).I've already done: Casper Saves Halloween, The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone, Halloween is Grinch Night, The Halloween Tree, & Garfield’s Halloween Adventure
~If I can get up the motivation to do it, Thumbelina should be going up tonight or tomorrow.
Talk Like a Pirate Day is almost over but before it is I took this quiz!
My pirate name is:
Mad Jenny Flint
Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!
I read a lot and I mean a lot of blogs every day. Book blogs, movie blogs, funny blogs, funny picture blogs, etc. etc. I have plenty of favorites and honor of Book Blogger Appreciation Week, everyone is writing about theirs so I thought I would share who are the first people I visit when I open my Google Reader every day:
Bookworm (Naida): She almost always leaves incredible comments on my blogs and her blog posts are great! She has made me want to read many books that I normally wouldn’t bother with. Thanks Naida!!!
J. Kaye: Another one of my favorite commenters (okay, everyone is my favorite commenter lol)! But seriously, not only does she write tons of great reviews and have incredibly wonderful giveaways, I have her to thank for introducing me to some really great books too.
Musings of a Bookish Kitty: She was one of the first blogs I discovered (or did she discover me? Hmm, not sure) and she made me feel at home here in the blogosphere. Plus, she also has great taste in books!
Deslily: Although we don’t always share the same taste in TV shows or in books, we both love those old black and white movies. She always has the best recommendations for me too!
Now there are tons more that I really love plus some new ones that I’ve just recently found and am enjoying, but these are the four I’ve been reading the longest.
I laughed and I cried! (Warning: There are some foul language and other things that aren't something you would usually find here but I think he's funny)
If you follow along for the festivities of BBAW at My Friend Amy, you will find many chances to win LOTS of goodies! Like what? Well have a look below. All of these things will be given away between September 15-19. There will be a huge variety of ways to win them and giveaways will be announced constantly throughout the week. So be sure to check in often!
Do you find it's your turn to host book club and not only do you not know what to serve but you don't know what books to offer up for the next month's selection?! Let Book Club Girl come to your rescue with the Book Club Girl Hostess Survival Kit.
One lucky winner of the kit will receive:
* A basket of cheese, crackers, cookies and wine for up to 12 people
* 5 great book group books to vote on for your group's next pick. And Book Club Girl will then donate 12 copies whichever book is chosen for your entire group to read.
* 12 Book Club Girl mousepads to give out as party favors that night
* 12 Book Club Girl bookmarks to mark everyone's favorite passages
* 12 Book Club Girl coasters to protect your coffee table from all those wine glasses!
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!
THE MOON-SPINNERS BY MARY STEWART Not even the computer- aided by two cups of coffee- could have kept me awake after lunch. I carried my second cup out to the garden, and there, alone with the drowsy sound of bees, and the tranquil lapping of the sea, I slept. ~pg. 115
Do YOU like the changes that have come to bookselling in the last several decades? Do you shop online? Do you prefer big chain stores, or do you prefer small, independent shops? Why?
For the most part I like the changes. Books are so much easier to get now but I hate that so many little bookstores are going out of business because of stores like Amazon.com. Independent shops are not only cozier but the people are usually friendlier too.
8 times out of 10, if I buy a book I'm going to get it either from Walmart or a bookstore (usually Waldenbooks) or if it's an older book, probably Ebay. I do order online occasionally (but very seldom) though.
I’m one of those people who sees a blog poll and have to vote in it lol. So last night while I was trying to go to sleep I got the idea of doing two polls on this blog that somehow relate to what is going on at my other two. Not only did I think that this might be fun but since there are only a few days for each poll, it would also keep me motivated to continue updating regularly on both blogs!
So go vote over there in the sidebar and visit my other blogs if you want. I’ve got a Thumbelina post coming up before too much longer and I may do something with music ;)
Yeah I finally updated my Neverland site lol and I’m working on my next review for the Movieholic & Bibliophile blog right now. Today I’m not going to get to use the computer much so I’ll be taking it easy and watching a few movies that are due back to the library soon. Yep boring, lazy day for me!
Last week I went to this wonderful store they have down here called Hudson’s (they sell merchandise from stores that ordered too much, went out of business, etc.) and picked up five hardback books in mint condition…. For $0.10 (that's 10 cents) a piece! They don’t have sales like that too often but everything is always marked way down from the original price. Here is what I bought: I’ve only read The Looking Glass Wars (and it’s sequel Seeing Redd) but I hadn’t even head of most of these other authors. Still, they looked good! Then today I went over to one of the libraries in our system (not one I go to that often) and picked up these:
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Please avoid spoilers!
"Sure, but it's seasonal," Rolvaag said. "Breaking and entering is hard work when it's twenty below. The crowbar tends to freeze to your fingers." ~Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Do you ever reread books? Do you have any favorites that you like to reread over and over, maybe once a year? What are they? What do you think you get out of rereading a book? Why do you do it?
I have a few books I have re-read over the years (like Little Women, Harry Potter, The Neverending Story) but for the most part I'd rather read something new to me. The only time a re-read is accepatble to me is when I can no longer remember anything (or only the bare bones) from the story. Usually this is from something I read as a kid or early teenager.
DISNEY BOOKS INTO MOVIES LIST"It has always been my hope that our fairy-tale films will result in a desire of viewers to read again the fine, old original tales and enchanting myths on the home bookshelf or school library. Our motion picture productions are designed to augment them, not supplant them." ~ Walt Disney