Lynn's comments (member since Oct 06, 2008)

Lynn's comments from the College Students! group.

I got mine today! Just started on Heather's.... I FREAKING LOVE 1901!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I actually heard it for the first time this weekend and was going to download it, so I was so excited to see that it was already prepared for me! :]

I think everyone should post their lists when they have time.

I think the black untitled one might be one of mine. I haven't checked the mail yet, but I'm hoping mines in there tomorrow :]

1. Oh! (What a Glorious Thing) - Akira the Don
2. You Don't Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor) - Ben Folds
3. Song in D - Mock Orange
4. All the Water - Joanna Erdos and the Midnight Show
5. Ben Franklin's Kite - Something Corporate
6. If You Were Here - Cary Brothers
7. Animals Are Cut in Two - Half-Handed Cloud
8. Everyday - Rogue Wave
9. Shoes of Glass - Valery Gore
10. Opie's Funeral Song - Sufjan Stevens
11. Tan Line - Keep In Touch
12. Let's Get Ready to Crumble - The Russian Futurists
13. Boondocks - Little Big Town
14. That It Moves - Greg Laswell
15. Feels Like Home - Newton Faulkner
16. A Poem on the Underground Wall - Simon and Garfunkel
17. Airplane Conversations - Rich Hardesty
18. Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl - Broken Social Scene
19. Primavera - Ludovico Einaudi
20. Home - Kirby Heyborne
21. Learning to Fly - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

I recently fininshed It's Kind of a Funny Story which I guess is considered YA. My friend lent it to me and I LOOOOOOOOOVED it! The writing style is excellent.

I work in admissions as a student ambassador. I give tours to prospective students and such.

I also tutor for Student Support Services. I started last year and am continuing.

Top 10 Authors (Dead or Alive) that you would like to write a novel/story/play about you:
1. Shakespeare
2. Tom Robbins
3. Stephen King
4. Jack Kerouac
5. Garrison Keillor

One part that has stuck with me since reading this book (I finished it sometime in mid July I think) was the part where they find the mother has been sneaking food while all the children are starving. I was so pissed and shocked!

I read this over the summer and loved it! A captivating and disturbing read!

Would Pride and Prejudice count as the romance book?

FALL/WINTER CHALLENGE

5 Points

1. September is Library Card Sign-Up Month: Go to the library and check two books out and read them.
2. Pick a person who was born in September-February and read a book about them, by them, or pertaining to their subject of expertise.
3. Read a book with a winter word: snow (snowball, snowflake are fine), ice, candy cane, cold, presents, gift, reindeer, Santa, sled, blizzard, frost, igloo, mittens, fireplace, chilly, angel, white, tree, Christmas, winter, wonderland, bells, elves/elf, miracle
4. Read a book with a fall word- leaf/leaves, turkey, autumn, fall, pumpkin, acorn, thanksgiving, apple, hayride, harvest, pilgrims, Indians, feast, thanks,
5. Read a book on the banned or challenged book list. http://deletecensorship.org/downloads/bo...
6. Read a book about a person struggling with an addiction or with the name of a drug/alcoholic drink in the title.
7. Read a scary/spooky/horror novel in honor of Halloween OR a book with a vampire, witch, werewolf, or ghost as one of the main characters
8. Read a book about LGBT issues, with an LGBT main character, or by an LGBT author.

10 Points

1. Read a book about or by your favorite artist/musician/band/composer
2. Read a book that was on a required reading list for high school that you never read OR read a book that a teacher recommended to you.
3. Read a book that was really hyped that you swore you would never read.
4. Read a book set primarily during a war (the war cannot be a fictitious war)
5. Read 2 books that have 2 words that are synonyms
6. For Valentines Day, read a romance or an erotica novel.
7. Read a book by an author who uses their initials as part of their name
8. Read a non-fiction book about a subject you find fascinating but truly don’t know much about. You must share with the group a few interesting things you learned before you can claim your points.


15 Points

1. Read a book primarily set during one of these holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanza.
2. Around the World: Read 2 books set in 2 different countries that are different from where you live and that you have never traveled to before.
3. Read a book set in an alternate universe.
4. Read a book with an orange, red, yellow, gold, or brown cover,--the colors of leaves in fall.
5. Read a book with a farm animal in the title--cow, pig, horse, sheep, goat, chicken, etc. or with a main character who lives on a farm.
6. Read a play or a book that a Broadway play was based on or a book that was based on a Broadway play. The minimum page number can be negotiable on this one if you are reading a play. Please ask but try to stay above 60 pages.
7. Read both a historical fiction and non-fiction set in the same period
8. Use a random word generator (http://watchout4snakes.com/creativitytoo...) to pick a word. This word must be in the title of the book you read for this challenge. You can use the Pick a new word button only 4 times. I would suggest changing the parameters to very common word or common. The word should be a noun, adjective, or verb.


20 points:

Kelly's Choice-- TBD

25 Points

1. Pick one of the following American literary movements from the PBS website and read 2 books from 2 different authors in this literary movement. (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/ti...) There will be a dropdown that says Literary Movements. There will be a blurb about each along with some important authors in each movement.
2. Read a known classic and THEN read a book of Entertainment Weekly's List called "The New Classics:" The 100 Best Books of the Last 25 Years
(http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076... After reading both write a tiny review in our thread about whether or not you think the "new" classic has the ability to stand the test of time.
3. Read a "pair" of books: A classic and then a contemporary book that was inspired by it
4. Read a book that is mentioned in a song (or if a song mentions an author you can just pick a book by that author) and then also listen to that song.
5. Read 2 books from Time's Top 100 novels list(http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/t...)
6. Read 2 books either written by 2 authors of these cultures, about one of these cultures or with a main character from 2 of these cultures. This should be a culture that you do not know much about and the books that are chosen for this should more broadly confront issues of ethnic identity or goes in-depth into a specific culture. Basically..you should really get a true sense of this culture from reading this book.
1. African/African-American.
2. Asian/Asian-American (This is not just East Asian -- Chinese, Korean and Japanese -- but also Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, and the Central Asian -Stans.)
3. Hispanic/Latin American
4. Indian/Indian-American (Again, books by Indian authors; not books by white authors set in India.)
5. Middle Eastern (Iran, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Turkey...)
6. Native Peoples (Can include Native American, Inuit, Polynesian --Maori, Samoan, etc -- Siberian natives and Australian Aborigines.)

So..you might read a book about a main character who is African American and a book written by a Middle Eastern author.

7. Read a book that has to do with your BEST and WORST subject in school.
8. In honor of 9/11-- read a fiction/nonfiction book about a disaster (or a character who is experiencing one) --can be natural (tornado, flood hurricane etc.) or manmade—(Titanic, fires, bombing, etc.)

TOTALS: 0 books / 0 pts / 0 pgs

Justine... I know the superhero one you're talking about! I watched it via Netflix instant too. I actually thought it was a mockumentary (really good mockumentary btw: Best in Show with Christopher Guest). It's totally true though. I was shocked. The previews looked like these people were acting! It was good... sad though.

Jessi - Born Into Brothels is pretty good. But I had higher hopes. It's more like a 50/50 story. 50% is about these kids and their life and the other 50% is about the women teaching photography and her project to get them into school. Still really good though. Just not what I was expecting.

speaking of let down docs - Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden. The book was really good but the movie was so random and didn't seem cohesive at all. I enjoy Morgan Spurlock's work - esp when he's the subject on 30 Days - so I had high hopes for it.

So what's the story with the swap? Just wondering... b/c I'm super excited to get some new music!! :]

I loooooooooove documentaries!

Some of my favorites:
Jesus Camp
Muskrat Lovely
My Date With Drew
Grey Gardens
Born Into Brothels

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yep! I've been keeping my room at school pretty clean and organized (I've committed to tidying up for like 5 mins before bed every night and that helps so much. Keeps things from snowalling) I went home to get some stuff last weekend and my room at home is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO messy and it stressed me out too much!!!

I know of at least one on the 1001 list.. but I've never read it. The Swimming Pool Library

I HATE online classes for that exact reason!! I procrastinated soooooo much and would never log on. Luckily, the teacher was nice and let me make up work. But since then I have sworn off online.

Jessie, best of luck on your freshman year!! It's an awesome time in your life. It may be hard transitioning at first, but if you don't love it by Halloween I don't know what to tell you.

ehh I might join although I should probably focus on schoolwork this semester!

but I'm gonna go ahead and claim a spot here... might delete it later if I don't have enough time.

YAY!!!

I once stayed up 36 hours straight, no napping. But that's the most I've gone (plus that was summer. ahaha) I've been like both Lori and Jamie. This semester I'm going to really focus on going to bed at the same time and waking at the same time. and not napping. Naps usually make me feel sick-y after I wake up. But I've also been that sickly kid on campus (I guess due to lack of sleep. I don't know why but I was getting sick all. the. time. last winter)

Emma, that sounded like a postsecret! haha. And I agree.

I def agree with Tami! I think being involved really gives you an edge for scholarships/job market/grad school. And it's like a snowball effect... at first I was just involved in one or two things and those both led to two more things, etc.