Friday, August 15, 2008

our aspirations are wrapped up in books

I finished "Twilight", and I'm almost finished with "New Moon", the second book in the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer.

I splurged and bought the last two books in hardcover.
I want to be able to read the next books without any hesitation, and I don't really want to break up the series with other books, although there is so much I want to read.


books book books


I'm a nerd and counted how many times Stephenie Meyer used the word "chagrin" in the first book. So far, none have been spotted in the 2nd book.

I ordered a bunch of stuff last night on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I had a giftcard for Amazon that I've been meaning to use, so I ordered the two John Green books that were just released with new covers, "An Abundance of Katherines" and "Looking for Alaska." I ordered those on Barnes and Noble since they were cheaper with my membership card, along with "Red: The Next Generation of American Writers--Teenage Girls--On What Fires Up Their Lives Today" which has a story written by one of my favorite youtubers. And I got it for pretty cheap, because it was a separate seller through Barnes and Noble. SCORE!



I read this book already, but I feel like I have to support Nerdfighteria (and John Green)


Maybe when I finally meet him, he'll sign these books, because his brother signed the original copies of these books :)


I'm really looking forward to reading this book

I also bought the soundtrack to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 movie, because my best friend and I saw it, and it was made of awesome. <3


Eric Hutchinson and Michelle Branch are on it!

Then I went to Amazon.com and bought Juno (the DVD) and Matt Nathanson's CD, Beneath These Fireworks. I love Matt Nathanson. (I'm going to see him for the 4th time in October! YESSSSS!)


If I was a flower growing wild and free all I'd want is you to be my sweet honeybee.


Matt Nathanson = omfg.

I'm also seeing Hanson twice in October, and going to my first ever Wizard rock concert in September. Yes, these events are pretty exciting.

And finally I'll end with this picture of this unusual but adorable flower on the sidewalk of one of the main streets I walk down to get the subway. I think it's paint.


The simple things in life that make me happy.

<3 kristin

2 comments:

Marielle said...

oh man Juno dvd :)
now i'm interested in the twilight series. i had no idea that there was more lol.
enjoy your reads!

Caitlin said...

Oh man, KSmit, you better read Twilight FAST if you want to finish before Paper Towns!

And what a lovely flower.