Sunday, January 20, 2013

Life and such.

So, as you might imagine, a lot can happen in 7 months. I could get a great job, make a couple of new friends, I could start a new education, I could get sick, get well again, I could start to question if my brain might function outside the norm, I could become an aunt, people might start recognizing if I did my job exceptionally well, and those are just the major things.

I could scratch a friends car, get in a fight at 4 in the morning, meet an ex in a crowded bar in my hometown, I could learn that I can write with my left hand, stay up past 5 AM just talking, I could expand my cooking skills, learn the cup-song, go bowling, I could let past grievances go and focus on living now.

All this and more, so much more, infinitely more, has happened since I last blogged.

There is no way to describe it all. How does one describe life?

I might think there is nothing to write about, and that my day-to-day life is just boring, but I'd be wrong. Something new happens everyday. It might not be a big thing, but it's new.

I think that is what I'll focus on in 2013. The new.

The final score - 2012 Book Quest

The last post was on my birthday almost 7 months ago. Who's been a bad blogger? I've been a bad blogger! 
What does that mean? That means today is a double-post day! Hurray!

The first thing is this, the end of the 2012 Book Quest. Now the mission was to read as many books as I bought, let's see how I did.

Here are the books I bought:

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence
George Eliot: Middlemarch
Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451
Agatha Christie: Stævnemøde med døden
Agatha Christie: Mord for åbent tæppe
Agatha Christie: Døden lurer
Seth Grahame-Smith: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Ernest Hemingway: Og solen går sin gang
John Steinbeck: Vredens druer
Stephen King: Ondskabens hotel
Chely Wright: Like me
Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games
Richard Adams: Kaninbjerget
Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities
Laurence Sterne: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Evelyn Waugh: Gensyn med Brideshead
J. D. Salinger: Forbandede ungdom
Charles Dickens: Et julekvad
Bjovulf
Terry Pratchett: Mort
Terry Pratchett: Guards! Guards!
Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game
Alice Walker: Farven lilla
A. A. Milne: Winnie the Pooh
Anthony Horowitz: Stormbreaker
Anthony Horowitz: Point Blanc
Anthony Horowitz: Skeleton Key 
Anthony Horowitz: Eagle Strike
Anthony Horowitz: Scorpia
Anthony Horowitz: Ark Angel
Anthony Horowitz: Snakehead
Anthony Horowitz: Crocodile Tears
Anthony Horowitz: Scorpia Rising
Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist
Mario Puzo: The Godfather
William Goldman: The Princess Bride
Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange
Phillip K. Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Thomas Hardy: Tess D'Urbervilles
Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island
Anthony Swofford: Jarhead
George R. R. Martin: A Game of Thrones
P. D. James: Death Comes to Pemberly
Terry Pratchett: Night Watch
Robert Louis Stevenson: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon
J. K. Rowling: Beedle the Bard
Stephen Chbosky: The Perks of being a Wallflower

And here are the books I read:

Jane Austen: Emma
Bram Stoker: Dracula
Lionel Shriver: Vi bliver nødt til at tale om Kevin
Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451
Joseph Heller: Catch-22
Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
Louisa May Alcott: Little Women
Seth Grahame-Smith: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Agatha Christie: Døden lurer
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
Chely Wright: Like me
Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games
Frans G. Bengtsson: Røde Orm
Bjarne Reuter: Os to Oskar, for evigt
Jussi Adler-Olsen: Journal 64
Flemming Qvist Møller: Snuden
Charles Dickens: Et julekvad
Terry Pratchett: Mort
Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game
Spike Milligan: Adolf Hitler: My part in his downfall
Terry Pratchett: Guards! Guards!
J. D. Salinger: Forbandede ungdom
Alice Walker: Farven lilla
Bjovulf
Suzanne Collins: Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins: Mockingjay
Jussi Adler-Olsen: Kvinden i buret
Muriel Barberry: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
A. A. Milne: Winnie the Pooh
Anthony Horowitz: Stormbreaker
Walter Moers: Kaptajn Blåbjørns 13 ½ liv
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet
William Goldman: The Princess Bride
Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange
Frank Herbert: Dune
Jussi Adler-Olsen: Fasandræberne
Anthony Horowitz: Point Blanc
Anthony Horowitz: Skeleton Key 
Phillip K. Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Frank Baum: Troldmanden fra Oz
Anthony Swofford: Jarhead
Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island
Agatha Christie: Mord for åbent tæppe
Jan Guillou: Ondskaben
Jack Kerouack: On the Road
Robert Rankin: East of Ealing
P. D. James: Death Comes to Pemberly
J. K. Rowling: The Casual Vacancy (Nils)
Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl
Paulo Coelho: Alkymisten

51 in each category. BOO-YAH!