as is tradition, now, i think i should update my book list.

since i'm unemployed and hating it, i might have a better chance to actually finish these things, but because i'm a lazy piece of shit... no promises. sometimes being unemployed is harder than it would first appear.

the list:

the basic eight - i have already read this book, and have recently (embarrassingly recently, as in last week) realized that the author is lemony snicket and now everything makes way more fucking sense
the lady in the van - i'm still unsure if i'll get to it and will probably watch the movie instead***
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy - i've had this book on my bookshelf since i was 18 and i think now that's it's aged like a wine, it's time to take it down and actually crack the spine. how novel.
angus, thongs, and full-frontal snogs - i was cleaning out my bookshelf and came across this dollar binge purchase and said, why the hell not?
what was lost - i think i got this as a christmas present from my cousin who is an editor and while i love her dearly, she has pretentious taste in literature. i'm getting real sick of pretending to appreciate margaret atwood books.
rules of attraction - i really, really love the movie and i kind of like brett easton ellis' writing so i guess i'll give this one another go***
fahrenheit 451 - let's finally find out what all the hubbub is about***
barney's version - i just want to be able to say i fucking finished this book finally just so i can watch the goddamn movie***
breakfast at tiffany's - truman capote is my perestroika. i legit have read a chapter of this book every year for the last 8 years and simply get confused and put it down. i'm not dumb?***
the night circus - because george rr martin isn't fucking writing fast enough
trainspotting - dear. god. what have i done?? i tried to read this one on a dreary winters day and got three pages in before i wanted a shot of heroin myself, just so i could hope to understand wtf is goign on***
perks of being a wallflower - i will admit that i didn't understand a goddamn thing about the movie so i'm hoping the book will inform me of what the hell went on
the lie - i swear, for a YA novel it's got some war and peace level fuckery going on that makes it un-finish-able***
the portrait of dorian grey - see note**
pride and prejudice and zombies - i loathe jane austen, i think. having never actually read any of her shit, i supposed it would be a good chance to try it with a subject matter that didn't sound sucky like whiny victorian wenches
the happiness project - i think i have the title correct, and i should probably read it because i am a depressed piece of crap these days. just call me eeyore
grey - after having read the whole fiddy shades saga in a very confused 3 days while i was supposed to be doing other things, i got suckered into buying this book and now, begrudgingly, will attempt to finish it even though i'd like to find the author and bludgeon her with this stupid piece of shit and for ruining three days of my life with her 'oh... wow's and whatever other absolutely dreadful shit she had to say for herself.
naked lunch - i guess this should be a double-whammy since i should probably one day, maybe, perhaps, possibly finish on the road because you should probably read the whole beat generation masterworks. i'm just missing howl ***
slaughterhouse five*
catch-22***
atonement - i've already read it once and remember loving it. after having recently loaned the book out to a friend and her saying it was the worst thing she'd ever tried to read, i think it's due for a re-read because i don't remember it being that bad.
harry potter 1-7****

* i'm unsure if i own it or not... i don't think i do, and since money is tight (re: shitty economy and not possessing a nuclear physics degree to get a retail job) i don't think i'll buy it if i don't already have it.
** i, in my infinite wisdom, once thought it would be cool to read the classics. i began with dorian grey and got about 2/3 of the way through and then never looked at that piece of shit ever again for the rest of my life so help me god. i don't know if i saved the book or performed a pagan ritual with it, all i know is that its current whereabouts are unknown and i honestly don't know if i can bring myself to pick that thing up again. classic lit can suhmuhfuhdihbih
*** hold over from last summers book list because i am a piece of shit who doesn't read during the school year even when i'm supposed to 
**** i have a problem and it's very serious and no, really, i think i can recite most of the first book (and the chapter where harry has detention during the final quidditch game and when he walks into the common room ginny attacks him and kisses him and everything is right in the world) and sometimes even i think that's too extra so i try to keep the crazy down juuuuuust a bit

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as is tradition, now, i think i should update my book list.

since i'm unemployed and hating it, i might have a better chance to actually finish these things, but because i'm a lazy piece of shit... no promises. sometimes being unemployed is harder than it would first appear.

the list:

the basic eight - i have already read this book, and have recently (embarrassingly recently, as in last week) realized that the author is lemony snicket and now everything makes way more fucking sense
the lady in the van - i'm still unsure if i'll get to it and will probably watch the movie instead***
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy - i've had this book on my bookshelf since i was 18 and i think now that's it's aged like a wine, it's time to take it down and actually crack the spine. how novel.
angus, thongs, and full-frontal snogs - i was cleaning out my bookshelf and came across this dollar binge purchase and said, why the hell not?
what was lost - i think i got this as a christmas present from my cousin who is an editor and while i love her dearly, she has pretentious taste in literature. i'm getting real sick of pretending to appreciate margaret atwood books.
rules of attraction - i really, really love the movie and i kind of like brett easton ellis' writing so i guess i'll give this one another go***
fahrenheit 451 - let's finally find out what all the hubbub is about***
barney's version - i just want to be able to say i fucking finished this book finally just so i can watch the goddamn movie***
breakfast at tiffany's - truman capote is my perestroika. i legit have read a chapter of this book every year for the last 8 years and simply get confused and put it down. i'm not dumb?***
the night circus - because george rr martin isn't fucking writing fast enough
trainspotting - dear. god. what have i done?? i tried to read this one on a dreary winters day and got three pages in before i wanted a shot of heroin myself, just so i could hope to understand wtf is goign on***
perks of being a wallflower - i will admit that i didn't understand a goddamn thing about the movie so i'm hoping the book will inform me of what the hell went on
the lie - i swear, for a YA novel it's got some war and peace level fuckery going on that makes it un-finish-able***
the portrait of dorian grey - see note**
pride and prejudice and zombies - i loathe jane austen, i think. having never actually read any of her shit, i supposed it would be a good chance to try it with a subject matter that didn't sound sucky like whiny victorian wenches
the happiness project - i think i have the title correct, and i should probably read it because i am a depressed piece of crap these days. just call me eeyore
grey - after having read the whole fiddy shades saga in a very confused 3 days while i was supposed to be doing other things, i got suckered into buying this book and now, begrudgingly, will attempt to finish it even though i'd like to find the author and bludgeon her with this stupid piece of shit and for ruining three days of my life with her 'oh... wow's and whatever other absolutely dreadful shit she had to say for herself.
naked lunch - i guess this should be a double-whammy since i should probably one day, maybe, perhaps, possibly finish on the road because you should probably read the whole beat generation masterworks. i'm just missing howl ***
slaughterhouse five*
catch-22***
atonement - i've already read it once and remember loving it. after having recently loaned the book out to a friend and her saying it was the worst thing she'd ever tried to read, i think it's due for a re-read because i don't remember it being that bad.
harry potter 1-7****

* i'm unsure if i own it or not... i don't think i do, and since money is tight (re: shitty economy and not possessing a nuclear physics degree to get a retail job) i don't think i'll buy it if i don't already have it.
** i, in my infinite wisdom, once thought it would be cool to read the classics. i began with dorian grey and got about 2/3 of the way through and then never looked at that piece of shit ever again for the rest of my life so help me god. i don't know if i saved the book or performed a pagan ritual with it, all i know is that its current whereabouts are unknown and i honestly don't know if i can bring myself to pick that thing up again. classic lit can suhmuhfuhdihbih
*** hold over from last summers book list because i am a piece of shit who doesn't read during the school year even when i'm supposed to 
**** i have a problem and it's very serious and no, really, i think i can recite most of the first book (and the chapter where harry has detention during the final quidditch game and when he walks into the common room ginny attacks him and kisses him and everything is right in the world) and sometimes even i think that's too extra so i try to keep the crazy down juuuuuust a bit