2012

As we know, the world is ending on Dec. 21, 2012. (Not really, but we like to scare ourselves). Maybe that's a good thing. Everyone says on the first day of every new year, "This will be the best year yet!" If we think that we are going to die, we try to do as many things as we can. We want to die happy. Although, the world ISN'T going to end, it's still a great way to live. Being productive, in other words.

For me, particularly, this year is going absolutely swimmingly. This is a list that I am working on consisting of all the first things that I have done this year. Also, all the amazing things I have done and I am very happy for.

This list is on-going until Jan 1, 2013:

• Met someone famous 1/11/12
• John and Hank Green
•  Went to Pittsburgh to visit my brother at college 2/17-19/12
• First time I went on a city bus without an adult
• Farthest I've ever been away from home without my parents
• Farthest I've ever gone with friends
• Went to first rock concert (Downtown Fiction, Anarbor, We the Kings, Mayday Parade) 3/2/12
• First time I've been on a plane without my parents 4/4/12 - 4/15/12
• Went to a new country without my parents
• Went to the Netherlands
• Had my own alcoholic drink
• Went to school in a foreign country

Books I've Read in 2012

In the order in which they were read:

1. Hiroshima by John Hersey **** (a little hard to follow, because of the amount of characters) (1/1/12)
2. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult ***** (1/7/12)
3. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green ***** (1/15/12) [I wrote a post about this]
4. The City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare **** (1/22/12)
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky * (not my cup of tea) (1/25/12) 
6. Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles ***** (2/4/12) 
7. Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles ***** (2/7/12) 
8. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ***** (2/16/12) 
9. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks **** (3/14/12) [plot, characters, climax, and everything was amazing, but the first 100 pages were a brutally slow read]
10. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson ****'(3/23/12)
11. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han ****' (3/25/12)
12. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne ***** (3/31/12) 
13. Macbeth by William Shakespeare ** (4/18/12) 
14. Fences by August Wilson **** (4/19/12)
15. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ***** (5/28/12)
16. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith **** (6/25/12)
17. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green ****** (7/14/12) [reread]
18. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls **** (7/29/12)
19. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien **** (8/18/12)
20. Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway ***** (8/29/12) 
21. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles ***** (10/29/12)
22. Waiting for You by Susane Colasanti **' (11/1/12)
23. Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz ** (11/4/12)
24. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne **' (12/14/12)
25. Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones **** (12/19/12)   

Book Reviews:

This one is on the Perfect Chemistry Series.

This one is on the Hunger Games!




Goal was to read 25 books by the end of the year! YAY! i win.