I DID IT!!!!

I READ 200 BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so extremely proud of myself for reaching my goal in the 2013 reading challenge. I now want to see whether I can get to 250 but that's just a secondary goal because I completed my primary goal.
Keep reading you've still got time!
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Why I have decided not to review books...

Book reviews are awesome. I love reading them and I use them often. However, I honestly hate writing them. It's not because I'm lazy or anything (looks around suspiciously), it's mostly because I have never written a book and if I tried I DEFINITELY don't think I could write anything better than the  authors of the books I read . So, it doesn't really feel right criticizing something when I, a 13 year old, would have done much much worse. Now, enough seriousness for one day.....shall we discuss something else? The Divergent Trilogy perhaps?
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Summer....

Is it just me or do I post more often during school? But, zero followers, this time I have an excuse. I have been at summer camp. It was my first time at a sleep away camp ...learning independence and all that. I met some really cool people, if they ever by chance find this blog, you guys are awesome. Anyways, I got back from camp last Monday. I know I know, it has been  a whole week. But on Tuesday, I started a science/ engineering day camp, that ended this Friday. So I have actually been busy.  I absolutely can't wait for City of Bones to come out!!!! As much as I hate fangirling.......OMIGOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Okay, okay, I'm calm now.
I have been getting caught up with reading these days, you know making up for lost time. And for all you Twilight fans out there I watched Twilight, but that's a story for another time...
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I wonder..

Is it weird that I am always in the middle of a book? No seriously, whether it's noon or dawn, I am always currently reading a book.
For me there are two types of books. There are the ones that take me a while to read and then there are the ones that I read in between. Honestly, this has less to do with the book than with my mood when I start it. But no matter what, I am always "reading" at least one book. For example, right now I am "reading" 5 books. I won't finish any of these books until I decide that I am determined to finish it. Does that make me weird?

You can even see for yourself....

Anrol L.'s bookshelf: currently-reading

Matched

by Ally Condie

tagged:
currently-reading

Witchlanders

by Lena Coakley

tagged:
currently-reading

Marked

by P.C. Cast

tagged:
currently-reading

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

tagged:
currently-reading

Conspiracy

by Lindsay Buroker

tagged:
currently-reading

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I forgot... again

Zero followers, I am so sorry.... I forgot to post a book review... again. It seems that I tend to do social things on Fridays so I have decided that I will just post a review whenever I feel like it. Sometimes that will be 3 times a week, sometimes none. I can't think of anything else to say in this post so... in honor of The Fault in our Stars by John Green, I will end this post in the middle of a



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Why I read all day...

This is a short scenario-based explanation to why I read all day...

Today...

Scenario 1:

I go somewhere with a friend, we have fun. I am happy for the rest of the day. My parents are happy that I am not antisocial.

Scenario 2:

I read a book, the book is amazing. While reading the book I don't want to do anything else. When the book ends, I am hungry and finish my dinner.

Scenario 3:

I talk to a friend on the phone, we talk and laugh. OR. I text a friend, we make jokes and "lol". I feel happy for the rest of the day. 

A year later...

Scenario 1:

I go to the same place with the same friend, it rains and we have to leave early. I feel bored for the rest of the day and end up reading a book (scenario 2) or surfing the internet to kill time.

Scenario 2:

I read the same book, the book is still amazing. While reading the book I don't want to do anything else. When the book ends, I am hungry and finish my dinner.

Scenario 3:

I call a friend on the phone or send them a text, they are busy. I feel bored for the rest of the day and end up reading a book (scenario 2) or surfing the internet to kill time.

So, this should answer the question of why I read instead of do more active or social things with my time. Books always stay the same no matter how much time has past, everything else in life will always change. Besides, who needs real human interaction when you have fictional characters to keep you company? 

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A Question of Identity

Hey there zero followers! (I will keep on saying this even though I have 2 followers, you know who you are) Has anyone ever felt that it's easier to talk to someone over the internet than to their face? You ("you" being a general term) have absolutely no idea who I am. Even if you think know me, I could be virtually anyone (I'm not but still). The same thing goes for me, I have NO idea who is (or isn't) reading my blog. I don't know who you are or what you look like (not that I care) and you can't even be sure you know my real name. It's so easy, to go onto a certain website and pretend to be someone you're not. Like right now, if you are (mistakenly) under some impression that I am "cool". On the internet anyone can be anything. Remember that the next time you communicate with some stranger on the world wide web...
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