How Soon is Never?

This novel is all about Morrissey and The Smiths. The Smiths wrote a song called "How Soon Is Now?" It is probably they're most popular song, because it has been used in commericials, it is the Charmed Theme Song, and it was also on The Wedding Singer Soundtrack.
This book is about a man who reviews music for a living and how his life sort of went all wrong. It's also plays on the idea of what it would be like if The Smiths got back together. It was interesting only because of all the Smith and Morrissey references, otherwise it was kind of slow and depressing.

Children of the Alley

It was time to get serious and this book was intense. Very colourful and very beautiful. A culture shock of a book. It was so intricate and I was tired by the end of it. But very beautiful. I would read another one of his books.

All American Girl

Ok, this book was about art and ska and Washington D.C.. Ok sure, it was also about teenage girls and boys. I was 24 at the time. So what? I liked it, a lot.

Faking It

My second to last book recommended by Sherri. A lot of poeople I know read Jennifer Crusie and love her a lot, but I felt she was more of a romance writer than a chick lit writer. Either way, it was cute. It wasn't for me.

Borderlines

An autobiography about a girl in her early to mid-twenties and her pyscho best friend. Very Single White Female. I didn't want friends after this. Hahaa, thats ok though, because I didn't have any.

Romeo and Juliet

What better way to start 2004 that another re-reading of Romeo & Juliet? At this time I bought all the books published by Folger Library and I remember loving how all the books looked together, stacked up neatly in my arms. Mhmhm...

Oooh..I need more shark books in my life. This one was SOO SOOSOSOS good and scary. Scary because I am afraid of sharks, you see. :)

Autobiography of Santa Claus

So I read this during the holiday season of 2003 and it had a lot of potential to be great, but it wasn't. It was my last christmas book. :(

Pandora

This book was really beautiful. A Vampire in the times of Casaer Augustus then fleeing to Egypt, this book was written for me.

Count of Monte Cristo

Oh No. I left this out. This book should be before "My Last Movie Star" :( I LEFT THIS BOOK OUT. What?! I cannot find a picture of the exact copy I read and i wont just tag any picture because Ive tried to read other versions of this book and they don't live up to the one I really love.
Oh, this book. Edmond Dantes. He was such an amazing character. He was so in love and he was so innocent...and then a sudden chain of events and he finds himself a prisoner. And oh, does he become a badass in jail. Upon exiting, he finds a treasure and builds up his reputation. Not as Edmond Dantes, he is supposed to be dead. But as The Count Of Monte Cristo. And he gets revenge on all those who has ever wronged him, while still sort of being the good guy. This book is by far my favourite classic. Love it!

UPDATE: I finally found a picture of the book I have!! and here it is!

Practical Magic

You know, this book isn't horribly written-but I did not like it. :( Nope, not at all. As I get closer to the type of books I love to read, the kinds of books that didn't do it for me really dissapointed me. I started to have really high standards and I want to be moved everytime I read. Because life is short. And I don't read to escape..I read to live and I read to love. There is nothing in my life that I need to escape from, so I dont need that quick fix. But I want to read about beauty, tragic though it can sometimes be, I want to read about love and literature and books and music and egypt and dreams and..well, those are a few of my favourite things.

Life Of Pi

You know, throughout the entire time I have been posting, I have been looking forward to writing about this book the most. It has moved me in so many ways...
It's about a little indian boy named Piscine. His family owns a zoo and they must move. Piscine has grown up in the zoo, and he knows a lot about animal pyscholgy. His parents have taught him about all the dangers of zoo animals and which animals to fear and why.
As the animals get sold, the family prepares to move. They must board the same ship as a lot of the animals.
One day there is an accident and Piscine stuggles to find his family but finds a boat after a while and he starts to panic. In his panic, his rescues a bengal tiger, a zebra, an orang-utan, and a hyena. It isnt until when everything in site has been rescued that he realises how grave his situation is. He is on a boat with a 450 lb tiger, a most fearsome creature. And so this book is about their stuggle to survive together. Are they ever friends and do they ever cuddle Walt Disney style? No no no. But they rely on each other to survive and it is a great great great great book on just life in general. I really really love this book and I know 2 or 3 people who don't like it, but it is so beautifully moving to me and I love how much I took away from this book. I am getting chills just writing about this one. I love that Piscine also pratices 3 religions. (Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam)

I also love that this book is called Life of Pi, because Pi is short for Piscine.

Angels

Mhmm, this book is great because it takes place in Los Angeles. A girl from Dublin takes refuge there and its a culture shock for her and for me it was like going back home. My favourite part in this book is when someone tries to order fat free water.
You know, LA is sort of eccentric. Its true. We do have oxygen kiosks. Yes. You can pay for oxygen!
In Los Angeles, I have had a shot glass of wheat grass. It looks like this.



I am pretty sure that they have this in New York as well, but there is nothing like a fruit smoothie followed by a shot of grass with the desert sun shining down on you. The desert sun, my los angeles shining sun. A lot of people seem to forget about it being a desert. It's why i am always cold, fool.

Pleasure of My Company

Though I still really love the way Steve Martin writes, this book wasn't as good as Shopgirl. I really really really love shopgirl. Oh so much!!! I even want to buy the audio to shopgirl so I can listen to steve martin read it as I follow his words with my copy of the book. Yah, because I would do that. I am not a big fan of audio because I don't allow myself to get lost in the story if I am busy doing other things.
The Pleasure of My Company was just really really depressing. The guy character in this book was more of a wallflower than the girl in Shopgirl but she wasn't borderline creepy. This guy was..

Sloppy Firsts

This book reads like a teen book but B&N keeps it in fiction. I really liked it and I remember relating well to it, but I don't remember anything specific about it except for the fact that Krispy Kreme donuts were mentioned a whole bunch of times, and I've never had krisy kreme, so I didnt know what the big deal was. In Los Angeles, we had Wenchells. Or Winchells. I wasn't a big fan either way. And even now at Dunkin Donuts, I usually get a coffee and a muffin. No donuts for me. :)

Cloud of Sparrows

I really loved this book a lot and I seriously need to own it and re-read it. And when I re-read it, I am going to read the sequel. It takes place in Japan in 1861! There's even a little bit of romance in there. I am pretty sure its been picked up for a movie...and because its awesome.