The last year in books.

I wanted to see how many books I could read in the year following graduation, which was also filled with job applications, working at Target, moving to Ames, and starting a new job/life away from home. Here's my list! I'm going to start another list and see how many/what I read from May 24, 2011-May 24, 2012. :)

Without further ado, the list:
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling*
-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling*
-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling*
-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling*
-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling*
-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling*
-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling*
-Just Listen by Sarah Dessen*
-The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver*
-Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult*
-The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein*
-The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein*
-The Two Towers by J.R.R.Tolkein*
-The Return on the King by J.R.R. Tolkein*
-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson*
-Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert*
-He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
-Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan*
-The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larson*
-Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan*
-Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse*
-The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
-The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larson*
-Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann*
-Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
-Messenger by Lois Lowry
-Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult*
-Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez*
-Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides*
-Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
-The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
-The Help by Kathryn Stockett*
-In the Woods by Tana French*

(Books with a * are the books I'd recommend you pick up if you get the chance.)

This is the most amazing

bookmark I've ever laid my eyes on. I TOTALLY want one! :)

(via The Daily What)

What did I do today you ask?

I took my car in for a check up and spent 3 hours bumming around at Panera in the process (my car is ok, no worries!). Then, I went to Salvation Army and got a wicked ottoman for $5 (it was half off!). THEN I went to Target and a garage sale and got two cutesy chairs and a wrought iron table for my porch (please see: future posts about enjoying meals/reading outside). Next came a visit to the Ames Public Library. I went crazy and got two books, a movie, and the 2nd season of Six Feet Under.

Then I came home for awhile. And I left again. Where to? Joann Fabrics, of course!

There are got 3 and a half yards of black anti-pill fleece and hoo-boy did I go crazy and cover the freecycle chair I got on Tuesday. Yes I did! Now the chair is covered and I still have to do the ottoman, but I am fresh out of energy and desire to cover it! Plus my knees are magnificently rug burned.

I also spent some time feeling miserable and hungry, which I've sort of taken care of but now that the chair is covered I am really going to ponder what to eat (talk about eating dinner later than normal!).

Breath. This is what happens when I am left to my own devices for 2 week. Thanks, Joe! :)

"And by the time I was wishing I'd washed my hair

this morning instead of just bathed and was practically doubled over with gratefulness that I'd at least brushed my teeth, out of the blue, he kissed me. Right in the middle of the Robert E. Lee Hotel Restaurant, he kissed me so slowly with an open mouth and every single thing in my body--my skin, my collarbone, the hollow backs of my knees, everything inside of me filled up with light."
-The Help by Kathryn Stockett