'Cause it doesn't count unless it is about a dead guy...

I hit an interesting conundrum the other day...
I was sitting there, minding my own business with a book in my hand, when the unthinkable happened.

It ended.

While this would come as a relief to many that I know, for me it posed an awful question. "What do I do?" I shouted imploringly to myself in a manner that would have drawn attention had I actually been around others, "I was reading this for English, but I have two weeks and six days until I blog about it!" Would I not blog and start another book, letting all my ideas and commentaries fade away? Would I do the unthinkable and not read until the next cycle? NO!
Thus my idea was hatched. I would make my own blog! This would be no stifling 'once every three weeks' blog, but a creative and free and 'read AS MANY books as you want to!' blog. Now books of all sorts could frolic and play, finally unleashed from the confines of the library or the bored student's locker, unrestrained by cruel time limits.

All that I must do is type what I think about the books instead of just thinking it. Difficult, I know, but With perseverance all things are possible! *gets down from soap box*

So now, without further ado, *clears throat*

Let the books begin!

Curiosity Killed the Cat...

But Anticipation is about to kill the Megan.

There are a few series that I am waiting impatiently for the next book to come out in, but it looks like I will have to wait at least a year for each. Once I found this out, I wracked my brain for other books to (re)read so that I could have something to post on and just more books to read. Little did I realize that waiting for books to be in at the library is even worse than just waiting for books to be written, since you can keep checking and checking for them to come in. Once they do, however, They will be excellent material for a blog post. Firstly there is the Fablehaven series, which I have read before and enjoyed immensely. Secondly (and the important part of this post) is a book that I just learned about a few days ago but found so mindshatteringly awesome that I ordered it right away. It is called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer. We'll see how it goes.

I'm Baaaaaack...

This post was going to be titled "It's been a long time" but I realized that I had already used that before. Is that a bad sign? Anyway, I suppose I could justify my absence by saying I had other stuff to do, which would be true, but in order to do so I would have to admit that I haven't been reading the whole time. Isn't that awful? All this time since my last post I have not read a single book that wasn't required for school (and the only one for school being Huck Finn, which doesn't count at all). After I noticed this, I decided to remedy the situation immediately, starting with a trip to the trusty book store followed by a stop at the local library. From the book store I picked up a collection of stories by H.P. Lovecraft, but I haven't yet started them so I really couldn't judge them at this time. From the library I picked up a series I have read at least thrice before, but decided to read again anyway. Those books will be the topic of my next post, so here we go!

It's been a long time...

But rest assured I am still alive. Really. I'm still working on my popup book and I'm still reading. I'll get some real content, eventually...

How To: Make a Pop-up Book

I finished the witten portion of my how-to, I'll be uploading pictures in a few days when I finish my pop-up myself. For now, it can be found on the sidebar!

To Read, or Not to Read...

...That is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler for me to wait
and continue my project,
or to start now and read
and by starting jump ahead?


I'm done with this poetry stuff. It's awful.


Anyway, my conundrum in this bright shiny new year is what to do for a project? I planned on continuing the blog, if simply to stay isolated from the rambunctious ramblings of the others I would share the original blog with. Bwahaha. In addition to that though, I thought that I would add other projects, supplements if you will, to help fill out my 20% time. What I was going to do was create another pop-up book based on the next book we will be reading in class-- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This would require reading it first, however, and in order to make a book I must finish it. I have already read the book in the past, which lessens my guilt, but the thought of reading ahead so far fills me with chagrin.

Of course, I didn't feel that way with The Lord of the Flies, or Of Mice and Men, or To Kill a Mockingbird, or The Crucible... I guess I'll be fine.

Expect pictures (ooh! maybe even a step-by-step!) in the future, since I will probably start the pop-up right after finishing the book (sometime tomorrow, since I have stuff to do tonight)

The Sorrows of the Speedreader

Oh, Woe is Me! *Dramatic Faint*

I finished the second book in the Golden Age series last night, which means I either write about that one right after the first or don't write about it at all. My biggest question is what to read after this series? I want to stay on the Science Fiction train for a little longer (we just left the station, after all) but I have read all of my science fiction books recently and so don't want to read them for awhile. Do I do the unthinkable and read another new book?

NO!

I will delve deeper into the collection that is my father's library and pull forth a really old book!

A REEALY old book.

Yeah, I've got nothing-- Maybe I'll start a new one after all.

*sigh*

A Change in... Pace? Style? Whatever. A Change.

I'll have to admit that my posts thus far have been a little biased, for actually quite a few reasons. First is that all the books I have blogged on I have already read and enjoyed, then re-red for 20% time. Second, I really don't read books that I don't like, for I am set in my ways and judge a book before even opening it. Therefore any book that I pick up, I will usually immediately like. Not productive to good criticism at all. Meh.

Therefore, My next book was suggested to me. I must say that I would have never red the book had I just seen it lying about somewhere, but the fact that it was in my dad's collection (more like a library) meant that it was at least acceptable and that I should try. It is actually the first of three, so time will tell if I decide to just write about the first or report on the whole Trilogy.

I was going to write the review after a short preamble, but the short preamble became a long preamble and so I will write the review on a different post. I suppose that is better in the end, gives me more of a buffer. Too bad the order will be whacky. I'll have to put a note in the other post.

Teh Alphabet is 4 Loserz!1!

I don't like alphabetizing.

I decided that since I had already read a book and hadn't wrote about it, and didn't want to write at the moment during class, I would do something else to pass the time. I had the great idea to alphabetize the bookshelves sitting next to me, 1. to deal with my OCD and 2. for a chance of scenery. Let me reiterate my previous statement. I don't like alphabetizing.

It's one thing to put all the 'A's together and all the 'B's together and be happy about it. It's another (not really that bad) thing to do it by the whole author's last name. It's a third thing to do this, get everything all nice and straight and perfect on a shelf, then realize there is another book with that letter. Therefore, alphabetizing books is not only putting the 'F's before the 'L's and after the 'C's, but also moving every book that doesn't fit down to another shelf, only to move it down again when you run out of room, then moving it back up again when you realize that you actually do have room!!! <-- three exclamation points= very passionate about subject.

Anyway, I realized that I don't ever want to work in a library (or at least one where the books are always messed up) because I would go absolutely crazy. They would find me hiding in a corner saying the alphabet backwards over and over and over again.

Thinking back, I realize I never said why the previous (or soon to be second to previous... we'll just call it the one that is always on top of the page) is called 'It doesn't count unless it is about a dead guy'. I was talking about the title of the Blog. Important to know, I guess.

That's about it for my rant, now I can actually go do what this blog is for!

Eventually. :)