I love Children's Lit

I really enjoy Young Adult Novels, but I love Children's Lit. Both genres are by far my favs. That's why over the course of the next six months I plan on revisiting some of my favorites and hopefully, finding some new ones.


On the Agenda:

The Harry Potter Series (Just finished the first book a few days ago. This will be my first time actually finishing the series. My mother wouldn't let me read them anymore, but now since I'm older, I can.)

The Earth's Children Series (Have never read this one, but remember reading what it was about in high school. After hours of searching I finally got the name of the first book.)

The Chronicles of Narnia

Marry Poppins (Have never read, but love the movie.)

The Time Series (I read A Wrinkle in Time, but none of the other books.)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series

A Variety of Picture Books and many more.

How many will I manage to review and read before the year's out?

First Interview will be with Suzanne Young

I first heard about Suzanne Young at /- La Femme Readers-/. Her first novel in The Naught List Series, The Naughty List, seems to be much more different than what I've been hearing of and digesting recently. That's my own fault, because I read pretty much the same things all the time. I need to branch out.

What I've been waiting for for the past six months, beside Catching Fire, is a good, fun read. I want to read something that excites me. It's not that I haven't been excited, though that isn't saying much. Practically every time I come across a book that's new to me and has an awesome cover or intriguing synopsis, I get excited.

I'm not a huge fan of The Naughty List's cover, but I'm willing to believe that it is not a reflection of the content of the story. I usually say the opposite. Sometimes I feel that publishers, or whoever is responsible for the cover art, make their selections based on how good they believe the story is, or if they wish to make a quick sale. Synopsises can be very misleading. That's why I don't really trust them. They make practically every book sound amazing. Sure, the same can be said for book covers, but I'm still sticking to my theory.

If you made it this far, I promise I will not be taking the shine off of Suzanne. Hope that it all goes well.

To find out more about Suzanne and The Naughty List:

http://suzanne-young.blogspot.com/
http://www.authorsnow.com/smitten-kittens-by-suzanne-young/

Author Interviews

This may seem silly. I will be having some Author Interviews. Almost sure that that will happen within the next month. I've typed up a few letters, but I'm going around trying to check my facts.

Getting these interviews will make this blog more well-rounded. Bare with me. Their are a lot of nice authors to interview. All I need to do is make contact.

Plans for the week Sun. July 5 - Sat. July 11

Start reading more books on my list to read this month: Along for the Ride, The Bourne Identity, etc.
Stop spending so much time online. (Going to be very difficult.)
Enter and post about some free writing contests.
EXERCISE.
Review at least three books this week. Finish at least two.

How many books have I read so far this year?

I have no idea. About forty or fifty, I'm thinking, because it has been quite a few. I kept track for a while then stopped.

My goal for last year was to read fifty. Which I succeeded at. Now, this year I have decided to read at least one-hundred books by the end of this year. It seems quite a few people are doing that already so maybe I should try something else.

Since there are only six months left this year and I'll have a more strict schedule in the fall, I should try for something realistic. I'll go for fifty books like I did last year. Only this time, for every book I read I need to write five-hundred words, towards my book or on my blog.

I know, practically everyone wants to be a novelist. I just want to write. Although, I'll admit being a successful novelist would be nice. I'll stick to trying to write. Besides my audience has not found me, yet. Really need to work on promoting this blog.

Plans for the week

Wait Patiently for My Sister's Keeper to be checked into the library so I can check it out. The Same goes for The Time Traveler's Wife. I need to reread it. After I finish reading I plan on watching both of the films, then do two more Book\Film Reviews, which I love.

I am finally going t0 read the book that was the basis of one of my favorite movies, Howl's Moving Castle. I just got it ten minutes before closing at the library yesterday. It will give me an excuse to watch the film again, not that I need one.

On a more personal note; I have jury duty today, and I have to start exercising this week. Hopefully, I will stick to all these plans.