I'm doing 35 things
1. Revolutionary Road – Richard Yates
2. Blue Like Jazz – Donald Miller
3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
4. 84 Charing Cross Road – Helene Hanff
5. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street – Helene Hanff
6. Q’s Legacy – Helene Hanff
7. A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
8. The Reader – Bernhard Schlink
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – JK Rowling (rereading)
10. The Devil in the White City – Eric Larson
11. Moral Disorder – Margaret Atwood
12. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
13. Sky Burial – Xinran
14. Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris
15. Living Dead in Dallas – Charlaine Harris
16. Club Dead – Charlaine Harris
17. Dead to the World – Charlaine Harris
18. Dead as a Doornail – Charlaine Harris
19. Definitely Dead – Charlaine Harris
20. All Together Dead – Charlaine Harris
21. From Dead to Worse – Charlaine Harris
22. Dead and Gone – Charlaine Harris
23. The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand
24. Why You Shouldn’t Eat Your Boogers… – Francesca Gould
25. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
26. Angela’s Ashes – Frank McCourt
27. Smile When You’re Lying – Chuck Thompson
28. City of Thieves – David Benioff
29. The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster
30. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing – Judy Blume
JunieMoon's Life List
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1. learn to play piano
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2. Get healthy
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3. learn German
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4. Evolve discreetly into a 1950s domestic goddess
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5. travel all over Europe
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6. get a tattoo
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7. take tap dance lessons
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8. figure skate
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9. get laser eye surgery
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10. read 100 books in one year
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11. throw dinner parties
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12. get a puppy
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13. do more crafts
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14. be fiscally responsible
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15. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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16. read the entire Bible
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17. memorize a book of the Bible
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18. be more positive
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19. play guitar again
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20. learn salsa dancing
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21. write more letters
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22. learn to swim
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23. take art/painting lessons
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24. learn sign language
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25. kiss someone famous
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26. learn glass blowing
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27. design jewelry
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28. make a difference
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29. live in a house with hidden rooms and secret passageways
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30. Go to Israel
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31. learn how to drive stick-shift
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32. Do the A-Z author challenge
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33. Read 1,000 books
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34. read all the books I own
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35. Do NaNoWriMo
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How I did it: I moved 2000 miles away. :) Well, not just to cook more. I moved for other reasons and my new digs include a normal person's kitchen. Where I was living before had a kitchenette: a dorm fridge, microwave, toaster oven and Foreman grill. Don't get me wrong, I still baked and cooked, but on a miniature scale. It was fun, but a little inconvenient. Read how I did it…
How I did it: The MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in NYC had a Van Gogh exhibit with Starry Night. My mom and I were road-tripping up and down the East Coast. So awesome, and so so so worth it!! Read how I did it…
I’m sure I’ve read well over 1000 books in my life, but now I’m going to keep track! I have a lot of reading goals that overlap each other already, so why not add one more!!:)
I tend to buy books all the time and then I don’t read them all. Usually because I’m in the middle of about 5 books when I buy a new one.
I would say I have actually read a little under 50% if the books I own.
Ideally, I would finish the books I own before I buy anymore, but I’ve tried that before. I know myself and really…who am I kidding? I can’t resist buying books! :)
