Resolutions and Books

Resolutions. I never seem to make any. I have in the past but I never seem to follow them, so I just ended up stopping. I've never really been a fan of them, and maybe when I'm older I'll do have some cliche resolution like "this year I'm going to loose 20 lbs." or something dumb like that but I don't like living through the year on something that I decided at 12 a.m. on the very first night of the year. Chances are I'm really tired and don't really care, or with a bunch of people anyway, so why does it matter. I don't understand why people even make them. Why would you want to live up to one standard? Chances are if you're committed, you'll achieve it in no time, or never achieve it at all. And then what do you do? You might as well just make a huge list of them, you'd probably have more success with that, and then I'd probably see the point for them but personally, I'd rather go with the flow, and live easy going without hoping to succeed my new years resolutions. Just my opinion.





Books! I seem to have a hard time finding books that keep my interest, but the ones that I do read I love. I don't have a lot of time to read, but sometimes I wish I did, but here's my favorites, and least favorites. Here it goes.

My top 5 favorites are not exactly broken down into 5 individual books but more of the authors and their series or style of writing. These aren't in order either.

1. Ellen Hopkins books (ex: Crank, Glass, Impulse, Burned)
2. Stephanie Meyers Twilight Saga
3. Dave Pelzer - All 3 "A Child Called It" series
4. Ellie Weisel's "Night"
5. Nic Sheff's "Tweak"

6. Lord of the flies. I also wanted to add this book because I loved it, and I really liked Mrs. Beeler's unit on it in 8th grade. The movie isn't too great but the book is awesome!

My top three least favorites are based on books that I've either put down from bordom or just hated with a passion and our teacher made us read them in class or something. There hasn't been many since I only read books that catch my interest. Sorry If I don't remember the authors, I didn't care enough to remember them.

1. "Stargirl" I forgot the author but I do not like this book. Terrible, boring, and a waste of my 7th grade english class. I couldn't stand it. And I hated the projects on them too.
2. "To kill a mockingbird" Some people loved this book but it was too sad and not entertaining to me. I barely finished the first chapter, and had to have Sam explain the whole book to me in P.E. so I could pass the test, which I barely did.
3. "Little Women" Hated this book. I remember how big it was and having my mom make me read it for our stupid reading logs that we had in 6th grade. I remember how much it was worth our grade and having my mom make me explain what I read and she wouldn't sign off if I couldn't explain it. I hated this book with a passion and think that it's a waste of paper.


-Lauren :)