DevonAlyse's comments (member since Jan 28, 2009)

DevonAlyse's comments from the 50 Books A Year group.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely check it out!! I hate not being able to get into a book, and I just can't seem to find one to hold my interest at the moment.

I'm having a hard time finding a book at the moment, so i've been doing some re-reads.

3.) Eclipse (629 pages)
5/27/9

4.) Animal Farm (139 pages)
5/28/9

Any book suggestions GREATLY appreciated.

22.) Thirst (300 pages)
5/26/9

I was not captivated by this book. It was incredibly slow and had lots of unnecessary details.

20.) Mansfield Park (464 pages)
read 5/22/9-5/23/9

21.) Sense and Sensibility (368 pages)
read 5/23/9-5/24/9

I managed to get through these. I guess I'm not big on classic lit, but I had hard time reading both of these.

Re-reads:

1.) Twilight (498 pages)
read 5/24/9

2.) New Moon (563 pages)
read 5/25/9

19.) Midnight Sun (264 pages)
read 5/19/9

Uh, yeah...I hope she finishes this...I was trying incredibly hard to not laugh out loud and wake my roommates!!! I don't remember Twilight being this funny...maybe it's the perspective...

Name: Devon

Where do you live: Ruston, Louisiana

Age (Optional): 24-ish…

What are you studying/What are you working as: I have a BFA in Photography but I’m working as a desk jockey…woo-freakin-hoo!

What makes you happy: randomness!

What are you listening to now/have listened to last: I’ve been hitting the Twilight score and soundtrack pretty hard.

An interesting fact about you: I collect hotwheel cars, I have over 300 still in their original packages!

Favourite place to be: my bed…or on the couch with my favorite blanket.

Favorite lyric: I'm strong on the surface, not all the way through/I've never been perfect, but neither have you…Linkin Park, Leave out all the Rest

Favourite book: House of Mirth, Edith Wharton –I’ve read it several times, the first two with a dictionary right beside me!

Favourite movie: Oh, there are so many to list…Rocky Horror Picture Show, Evolution, Rent, Silence of the Lambs, Dirty Dancing, Twilight, Footloose…would you like me to continue, cause I’ll probably list every movie ever made…

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Flawless

2. A book: anything by Edith Wharton

3. A song: River Flows in You – Yurima (classical)

4: A band: My favorite right now is Black Ghost…but that will change in ten minutes and it will change again ten minutes from that…

18.) Breaking Dawn (754 pages)
read 5/15/9-5/17/9

So, easily my favorite and least favorite of the series. Can't explain that with out giving anything away though so...

Aprile wrote: "The whole series is like that. You have been warned."

I'm learning. I stayed up til 5 this morning reading Eclipse from cover to cover...I'm so sleepy.

And on that note:

17.)Eclipse (629 pages)
read 5/12/9-5/13/9

(i'm taking two days here, even though it was technically one night - from 6 pm to 5am)

Also, random, the soundtrack and score are amazing. Just putting that out there!!

15.) Twilight (498 pages)
read 5/7/9-5/8/9

16.) New Moon (563 pages)
read 5/10/9

Note: I do NOT recommend that you sit and read any of these in one sitting like I did with New Moon. Today I have a headache from staring at the pages, and my work is suffering from lack of sleep...but I honestly could not make myself put it down.

14.) The Little Giant of Aberdeen County (352 pages)
read 4/24/9-4/31/9

13.) Seeing Me Naked (288 pages)
read 4/22/9-4/23/9

Edit post:
7-9.) Stephen King: Three Complete Novels: Carrie, Salems Lot, and The Shining (1104 pages)
read 3/10/9 - 4/2/9

10.) Coraline by Neil Gaimann (192 pages)
read 3/20/99-3/22/9

11.) The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (302 pages)
read 4/3/9-4/7/9

And a new book to add:

12.) Conversations with the Fat Girl (328 pages)
read 4/16/9

Sweet! Eleven Books!! It never really even crossed my mind to count that one as three books!

7.) Stephen King: Three Complete Novels: Carrie, Salems Lot, and The Shining (1104 pages)
read 3/10/9 - 4/2/9

8.) Coraline by Neil Gaimann (192 pages)
read 3/20/99-3/22/9

9.) The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (302 pages)
read 4/3/9-4/7/9

6.) Grande Finale by Janet Evanovich (272 pages)
read 3/9/09

5.) The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff (320 pages)
read 2/18/09-2/22/09

4.) The Heretic's Daughter (332 page)
read 1/28/09 to 2/1/09

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

I tried really hard to get into this book...I barely made it to Chapter 4. I hate putting a book down and admitting defeat...but I hate to force myself to read something too.

Cooper Cartwright...from Meg Cabot's Heather Wells Series...

I take it you like Anthony Horowitz!!