Another 2010 Challenge!

That's right. This one is all about my favorite subject. Vampires! The details are below (Copied from Reading with Tequila) I'm going to go nuts and go for the Vampire lover. The three full series I'm going to read are:

1. Woman of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong (three down, six to go)
2. Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz (two down, two to go)
3. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Mar (two down, two to go)

Wish me luck!

Vampire Series Challenge
Hosted by MizB

For this challenge you will read according to your preferred level of participation. Choose ONE (1) of the following 4 levels:

Level One: Vampire Newbie ~ read Book 1 of three (3) different vampire series (for a list of series’ featuring vampires, see my All In Order blog, or check out Kathrin’s list here –but note that some of the ones she mentions may not be series books). So, for example, you could read: “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer (book 1 in the “Twilight” series), “Evermore” by Alyson Noel (book 1 of the “Immortals” series), and “City of Bones” by Cassandra Clare (book 1 of the “Mortal Instruments” series). NO re-reads allowed for this level, as you’re supposed to be introducing yourself to new vampire series.

Level Two: Vampire Addict ~ Choose either to: reread 2 vampire series books you’ve already read; OR read 2 more books from a vampire series that you’ve already started reading. For example: if you’ve already read books 1 & 2 of the “Twilight” series, now go and read books 3 & 4. OR, if you’ve already read the whole “House of Night” series by P.C. Cast, go back and read 2 of the books from that series.

Level Three: Vampire Enthusiast ~ Read 6 books from any series featuring vampires as key/main characters. This can be a mix of different series, or you can read all 6 books from one series, or whatever.

Level Four: Vampire Lover ~ If you’re really feeling crazy about vampires, this is the level for you! Read 3 full series featuring vampires as key/main characters. Example: The whole “House of Night” series, the whole “Twilight” series, the whole “Vampire Academy” series, or whatever. Totally up to you. And, I don’t care if you’re re-reading them. So long as you read the whole series.

Other rules:

• rereads are allowed, EXCEPT for Level One (Vampire Newbie).
• ebooks & audiobooks are allowed
• the challenge will run from January 1st through December 31st, 2010.

2010 Book Blogger Challenge

For 2010, I am going to try to read 100 books. When I was this post, I decided 'why not?'. The challenge is to read a certain amount of books from a list of over 200 books. A lot of them are on my 'to-read' list anyways. I think this is going to be lots of fun. I think I'll go for level 3 and read fifteen books off of the list.

Here are the ones I'm choosing:

1. Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
3. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
4. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
5. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
6. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
7. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
8. Good Omens - Neil Gaiman
9. The Shining - Stephen King
10. Marked - PC Cast and Kristin Cast
11. Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
12. Death's Shadow - Darren Shan
13. Graceling - Kristin Cashore
14. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collin
15. Eragon - Christopher Paolini

List may be subject to change, but I doubt it.

I get my hopes up way too easily

My dad is a computer programmer. A very good computer programmer. He's spent a lot of his adult life (including most of my childhood) traveling for his job. This meant I also got to travel a lot, at least for visits (my favorite was L.A. by far). His contract for one company would end, and he would search for a new one. But from the time he starts looking for a new job and when he actually gets one can be rather long. He usually has a couple different prospects but it depends on quite a few variables before he actually chooses/gets one of them.

Keep in mind that I'm really tired while typing this, so I'm sorry if it doesn't make much sense.

So, why am I talking about this? Because my dad's contract at his current job is going to be over with in a few months. He's been looking at a couple other places, including Boston, Mas, a.k.a my birth place. I was only about three months old if I remember correctly when we moved away from Boston. And for quite some time now, I've had a huge hankering to go back. Like, Huge. So when my dad calls me up and mentions this, my heart goes soaring.

At first I thinking, Holy I'm actually going to be able to visit Boston! Which really would have been enough for me. But then, my dad (or maybe it was me) brought up me living there. And he (this time I know it was him) mentions being able to go up to New York City (which I've wanted to do since I was like eight. It's even on my To Do List). And now, I'm so set on this happening.

Which, experience has taught me, means I'm in for a huge disappointment.

The To-Do List

The To-Do List*:

1. Finish Classic Novels Book List (In no order)

a. Pride and Prejudice
b. Treasure Island
c. Dracula
d. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass.
e. Wuthering Heights
f. The Complete Sherlock Holmes Vol. I and II
g. The Count of Monte Cristo
h. Atonement (Don't know if this counts but it's what I'm reading next so I'm putting it here)
i. Emma
j. Frankenstein
k. Grimm's Fairy Tales
l. Jane Eyre
m. The Jungle Books
n. Little Women
o. The Man In The Iron Mask
p. Mansfield Park
q. Moby-Dick
r. The Odyssey
s. Oliver Twist
t. Peter Pan
u, The Phantom of the Opera
v. The Picture of Dorian Gray
w. The Scarlett Letter
x. The Secret Garden
y. Sense and Sensibility
z. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
aa. Vanity Fair
bb. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
cc. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

2. Finish College for Witches
3. Finish unnamed story I’ve been working on for freaking ever
4. Buy Christmas Tree
5. Buy Christmas Presents
6. Get nicer camera for the Picture A Day Project
7. Finish that puzzle so I can get it off my table
8. Get a job once school is done
9. CLEAN!
10. Get a life again.
11. Contacted school about second semester.
12. Start second semester.
13. Fall in love
14. Go to New York City
15. Go to Europe
16. Get published.
17. Fulfill dreams
18. Live life, no going through the motions
19. Watch every movie on my Netflicks list.
20. Make blog more interesting.
21. Change the world for the better, even if it’s just a very small part of the world.
22. Save money for own apartment again




*Red means done.