I got all As and A-s!!! *happy dance* I was aiming to make the dean's list again this semester but the letter hasn't come yet so I'll keep you posted (no pun intended).
So I have this rule with myself that I can't put anything on my bookshelf until I talk about it, so I'm going to mention some of my favorites now so that I can list them. Deeper discussion can come later.
1. My favorite series of ALL time: Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, a 7-book fantasy series. Reading this made me want to be a writer and strengthened my desire to be an English major. Highly recommended.
2. Harry Potter rocks my socks!!! These books also inspire me to write, but they bring back good memories too: I read all 7 (several times each) out loud to the fam as we drove to and from Yellowstone National Park every summer for many years.
3. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes always makes me feel warm and content, and helps me appreciate the good things in life. Coupled with HGTV shows like House Hunters and Flip That House, it also makes me want to renovate something. The movie's good too, although a bit different from the book.
4. No list of faves would be complete without Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, including the many movie remakes (most of which are worth seeing). The twisted romances are always good, but I also really enjoyed learning to think about this novel in a totally different way this semester in one of my Brit Lit Hist classes (I won't tell you about that now. It will be part of a future "deeper discussion" so I have something to write about).
More favorites later. That will guarantee that I always have something to write about. At least, it should...
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Even though I love taking Pride and Prejudice at face value (romantically), I must agree that I loved learning to think about it another way in our class! So fun!
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