As is always...it has been too long since I last entered the blogosphere with a trusty Youtube soudtrack and some really freaking awesome books to share. Darn Facebook, Too Bloody Addicting. So...too make up for lost time...I present to you a list:
Top Ten Books to Enter Your Brain As Soon Is Humanly Possible (Ranked in No Way According to Goodness Level) That I Have Read This Summer:
1. Going Bovine, by Libba Bray
HILARIOUS BOOK! Plus sincerely random, and a little bit sad. Also, my favorite part of the book? The Acknowledgments. They sold me on this book. They are the funniest credits I have ever read or heard about, and rival some of the books I've read. Plus, it's 4 pages long. And once you get past that, the book will make you laugh out loud, and maybe even cry a little. I did, for sure. But the mix of ancient Norse myths, smoothie drinking happy cults, Molecular Biology to explain time travel, and garden gnomes is one you just won't get anywhere else. I can promise you that.
2. Mockingjay, by Suzzane Collins
3. Ink Exchange, by Melissa Marr
4. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
5. The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine, by April Lurie
6. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
7. Marked, by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
8. The Perks of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
9. Will Grayson, Will Grayson, the latest amazing novel co-written by John Green and David Levithan
10. Tithe, by Holly Black
Plus the Alex Rider Series, by Anthony Horowitz, but that's not one book, so it doesn't make the list. You should read it though. Even if it is a little bit made for 14 year old boys...I still like it a lot. Don't know what that says about me...
An interesting side note: Have you noticed that in all good spy books the spies work for M16 (the English Special Operations) or are rebels and work on the "Dark Side" of the law? Why is that? Because they're the most badass, I guess.
Top Ten Songs to Listen To Insistently For Hours On End and Drive Your Family Crazy With (That I Have Heard This Summer):
1. Dragonstone Din Tei, by O-Zone
The best Romanian Pop/Dance song ever made! Mandantory crazy dancing and singing in terrible Romanian accents while listening to this song as loud as the speakers can go.
2. Break Me Out, by The Rescues
3. Dynamite, by Taio Cruz
(DISCLAIMER: I don't actually like this type of music much, or Taio Cruz pretty much at all, but this is one awesome dance song, and also gets stuck in my head for 8 zillion years after I hear it once, so I listen to it all the time right now.)
Ummm....since I have to go buy school supplies and eat dinner (Except not at the same time, though that would be....handy?), this will get finished SOON. And I mean it this time!
I will see you soon! Hope you have some new books on your list now. It's why I do this.
Actually...I do this just because I want to. But that's always an added bonus. :)
DFTBA. (Don't Forget To Be Awesome.)
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