Tuesday, May 3, 2011

If I were a book worm I would be an Inch worm...

So I have given you my list of music that I need to purchase, now I need to give you my need to read book list. But there is a problem I do not have one. I am a new reader. For most of my life I thought I was a slow reader therefore I didn't read. Although I am still a slow read especially compared to all my sisters, who have been readers all there life. It wasn't until I moved to a extremely small town with limited acess to any type of fun besides self made fun, did I begin to read. I have now read more in these past eight months than I have read my entire life. But I point is I have fallen in love with words again. The beauty of a beautifully contsructed sentence is my joy.
The problem I am facing now is the books I am reading. I am reading "easy" novels. I plan to read these easy novels until I build a good foundation for more difficult reading. I find these books through my older sisters library. I basicly do not have a clue of what kind of reader I am, therefore I choose books that look familiar and friendly to me. So I have recently began to read "A Walk to Remember" by Nicholas Sparks. Of course I have seen the film before I read the book. I actually believe it is my frist real 'chick flick' I watched growing up.
In order to mitigate this issue I have signed up at the Website: www.goodreads.com. This will enable me to keep track of the books I have read and CREATE and 'to read' list. This has become necessary for my well being. My only goal through all of this is to read as fast as my three older sisters....not such a lofty quest????

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Music and Lyrics

I listen to pandora every time I am not listening to my ipod.
On pandora I have stations like Death Cab for Cutie, Damien Rice, Ingrid Michaelson, and so many more. Having these great artist opens my music rang open up to so many bands that I would normally not have know. So as I go about my listening to music I make a list of songs that I fall in love with and need to purchase. You think that it would be a smart idea to purchase a song a day but I am just not good at the game. So here is my list of songs. (In no particular order)

1.Blue Eyes by Timmy Curran
2.A question by Old 97's
3.Naked as We Came by Iron and Wine
4.Ohio is For Lovers by Hawthorne Hights
5.Collide by Howie Day
6.Another Like You by Sean Fournier
7.You Don't Know Me by Ben Folds
8.Duet by Racheal Yamagata
9.Where We Gonna Go Grom Here by Matt Kearney
10.Hello...Goodbye by Sean Weatkins
11.Chocolate by Snow Patrol
12.Falling Slowly by Kris Allen
13.Hazy by Rosi Golan
14.No One is Gonna Love You by Band of Horses
15.I Wish You Were Here by Incubus
16.Bloodstream by Stateless
17.Lies by Glen Hansard
18.Bent by Matt Nathanson
19.album: Bomb in a Bird Cage by A Fine Frenzy
20.Breathe in Breathe out by Matt Keanery
21.The Moon by The Swell Season
22.Accidental Babies by Damien Rice
23.Falling Slowly by The Frames
24.Mad World by Alex Parks
25.Sideways by Citizen Cope
26.Gray or Blue By Jaymay
27.Arms by Christina Parry
28.Gotta Have You by The Weepies
29.Flightless Bird by Iron and Wine
30.Light Romance by Ingrid Michaelson
31. Warm Whisper by Missy Higgins
32.Nightminds by Missy Higgins
33. Zombie by Jay Brannan
34.Walk Away by Ben Harper
35. Times by Tenth Avenue North
36. Out Loud by Dispatch
37. Dreaming with a Broken Heart by John Mayer