In My Place

I survived my first week of school:

7 classes (team, Blackpool rehearsal, culture class, French civ (1700's-present), p chem part II, p chem lab, chem lit)

4 dinner group dinners (see our blog for some awesome recipes!)

2 bookstore fortification treat trips

2 new members of the ballroom dance company in my apartment (yay Kellie and Laura!!)

100 people at our dance party

1 trip to an awesome used bookstore on Center Street

1 "Treasury of American Poetry" purchased from above bookstore

10 episodes of Book 2 of "Avatar: the Last Airbender" watched

1 talk written for sacrament meeting tomorrow (ahhhh!)

All in all, a pretty decent start to the semester!
I think I might need to purchase all three seasons of Avatar. Or...get one for my birthday. Hint, hint...Mom...hint...

Oh, the love/hate relationship I have with cliff hangers....

You know what Christmas presents I think I end up loving most?

Books.

In fifth grade I got Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. By the time we got to California the next day, I had devoured it and was begging my mom to buy me the next two.

The year I was sick during Christmas and had to stay home instead of going to my grandparents' house, I had Ella Enchanted and The Golden Compass to keep me company.

This year, I think I surpassed my own speed reading record by consuming Catching Fire (minus eight chapters I read in Borders yesterday afternoon) in approximately three hours.

And this time, I can't beg my mom to go buy me the next book because
IT DOESN'T COME OUT UNTIL AUGUST 24th.

Dear friends,

You must all read these books so we can go to the midnight release party that Borders will surely throw.

My recommendation of these marvelous works of storytelling is my Christmas present to you.

Merry Christmas and happy reading!

Yours truly,

Katie