I hope you all had happy holidays, and that you have a wonderful new year! My resolution is to stop procrastinating. It's been that for two or three years now, but I've never managed to keep it.
Right now, I feel the need to look back at 2011, what I read, what I wrote. As far as writing goes, I finished my first novel, attempted NaNoWriMo for the first time (and failed miserably), won my first writing award, filled a poetry notebook, and wrote several short stories.
My top five books for this year are, in no particular order:
-Saving Francesca
-Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
-I Am The Wallpaper
-The Hunger Games (re-read...)
-The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It
I unfortunately didn't read too many books this year. Summer was consumed by a library reading list, none of which I enjoyed (save Sleeping Freshmen), plus a summer AP World History project (and, well, Guns Germs and Steel didn't make the top five). But two great things did happen- One, I made a goodreads account, which has lead me to a few great books (listed above) and I also got a Kindle. Since my library has an e-book lending available, I've already borrowed and read two books since Christmas. So, many good books in the future!
I'll start posting book reviews on here as soon as possible. I've already written a few for goodreads, so if you want to check them out, my page is here.
Besides reading great books in the last week, I've become addicted to Plants vs. Zombies and Portal.
I'll leave you with the chorus of a song I wrote during a stream of consciousness at one in the morning-
Tell me what happened to the days of
orange popsicles and lemonade, before
winter formals and tuxedo rentals.
Tell me what happened to the days of
sticky fingers, and sandy toes
smudged sunglasses and fingerpaints
painting a heart around our names.
Have an amazing 2012!
