I recently bought and read Stiff by Mary Roach. It was delightful, and the woman writes like no other. I’m in the process of reading Snoop, Jitterbug Perfume, and Jude the Obscure, but I can’t seem to finish any of them. That’s what I get for starting more than one book at a time.
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1. pay off my credit card
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2. make a better 43 things list
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3. start saying "I'm sorry" and "I love you" less, in an attempt to make them more meaningful
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4. learn how to become a better photographer
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5. run a 5k
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6. study for the GRE
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7. Read all the books I own, but have not yet read.
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8. send in a postcard to Postsecret
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9. become an artist's model
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10. tour the Louvre
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11. find a research question, and start answering it
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12. save money for the trip to Italy next summer
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13. get into grad school
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14. learn to play the piano
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15. see a show on Broadway
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16. read 3 books on my leisure book list this summer
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17. create a leisure book list
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18. stick to my walk/run exercise program
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19. commit one random act of kindness a day
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20. hang out with Penny more
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Recent entries
Book #1 down!
4 months ago
First attempt
4 months ago
1. Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy
2. Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs
3. Snoop, Sam Gosling
4. Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins
5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon
6. Cakes and Ale, W. Somerset Maugham
7. The Scenic Route, Binnie Kirshenbaum
8. Dead Europe, Christos Tsiolkas
9. Rent Girl, Michelle Tea
10. Drift, Victoria Patterson
11. Stiff, Mary Roach
12. Bonk, Mary Roach
!3. Party Monster, Disco blood bath? James St. James
14. Candy Girl, Diablo Cody
15. Hood, Noire
