Thalia’s Comments (group member since Jan 08, 2012)

Thalia’s comments from the The Dusty Bookshelf group.

See, that's why I'd get Twitter. So that I can talk to all my favorite authors, hahah. And see if I can convince them to come to Oregon once in awhile!

Now that you explain it, Jessica, it doesn't sound terribly complicated! Maybe I'll give it a shot sometime. (;

When Dalynn sees this, we need to buddy read Eragon! (: I'm doing another challenge that include it in February, so let me know if you're able! (:

I don't think I share anything with anybody else though...unless someone wants to tackle Poe with me for a month. (;

UrbanDictionary says: "Gratuitous Picture Of Yourself".

Whaaaaat? People always post that on pictures and stuff on tumblr, but it still doesn't make much sense to me!

Hahah, good! (:

Hahah, I will! I read it once, a few years ago, but I never read the rest of the series, mostly because I never got my hands. But I figure I should read it, since the last one just came out!

I found it hard to get through sometimes (maybe because I saw the movie when it came out, so it didn't hold much suspense when I read it), but I think it was worth it overall, and I look forward to reading it again! (:

Whaaaat is a blog roll?!
Am I a lame teenager or what?

Well, shouldn't that be "WINBATFTAO"? x)

Oh, I remember! GPOY anybody? Ahhh, I don't know what it means!

Yes, on FB, ahaha. (:

I added you, Jessica! (:

Hiking!? What in the world! XD

Well, of course, what else could WTF mean? (;
But OTL was one that took me forever, and asking several people, to understand! There's one I still don't know, but I can't remember what it is right now!

April wrote: "I thought it was Out To Lunch! Hahah...cracking myself up over here!"

Hahahaha! That's grand! x)

Goodness, April, I can't even figure out how to add you! x)

Tumblr is a blogging website. (: I find it easier than blogspot, etc, because you don't have to just post to fill up your blog; you can reblog photos and posts from other blogs, so even if you don't have much of anything to say, your followers don't get bored! (:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Tha...

Tumblr: http://thaliasbooks.tumblr.com/

My personal tumblr is http://www.thaliaanderson.tumblr.com , but since I started doing reviews, I'm hardly on it! Mostly I get on there when I'm feeling like blogging about Harry/Hermione, hahahah.

Jessica, oh sorry! OTL is supposed to look like a person kneeling down with their head on the floor. Like falling on your knees in defeat? XD If you ever saw "The Two Towers" think of when Aragorn thinks Merry and Pippin are dead and kicks that helmet off in the distance, falls to his knees and screams, hahah.

You can also do "orz", but I don't like that one as much, hahah.

April, hahah! I do that too; fix the dialogue to what it should sound like. In Michael Grant's Gone, he uses "said" so many times, that I eventually just put my own words in place of it, hahah.

Yes, she probably is. But there are petitions to get it finished!? Now that's a little crazy. However, I don't think I'd mind if she surprised us and published it, hahha. x)

Oh, April, you should. I actually tell people to read it because it was so awful. It's actually written by the same woman who wrote the sceenplays to the "Bring it On" cheerleading movies! Had I known that beforehand, I NEVER would have picked it up! It's so terrible, and you can tell somebody who wrote lame and stupid cheerleading movies wrote the book!

Well, I read everything out loud, but it's so much more fun when they're awful. (; I think when you read in your head, you can sometimes trick yourself into thinking a book is okay. But when you read out loud, there's no mistaking terrible writing, or awkward dialogue!

Except for The Seven Rays. That book was so terrible, I couldn't bring myself to read it aloud, since I just felt stupid saying the things written, hahah.

382?! Whaaa, so few! I had an anon on my tumblr blog tell me my goals were unrealistic and I should delete most of my TBR shelf. OTL.

If I get a twitter, it'll be so I can enter more giveaways, hahah. Most people are surprised, since I have a review blog, but I'm like, "I talk so much more than a 140 character limit allows!"

Heck, YouTube channel comments have a 1000 character limit, and my conversation with a friend got to a point where they were seventeen comments long, per reply. I don't know how well twitter and I would get along!

I also had to do a "twitter" assignment my freshmen year; I had to write out like, seven tweets from Peter's point of view in Romeo and Juliet! Drove me i.n.s.a.n.e!

So, I feel like the only teenager on planet earth who doesn't have a twitter, hahah. I don't think I even know how twitter works. All I know is it's full of number signs!

Hayley, cats are the BEST! I've never been much of a dog person, hahah. Our cat now adopted us, in fact! She waltzed into our family room, from being a stray, and now she's just ours. <3

Jessica, have instantly added your recommendation. I really am a sucker for reading from a guy's POV. I think that's why the Pendragon series hooked me so a couple years ago. <3

Oh, really? I haven't read Midnight Sun yet, but again, because it's from Edward's POV, I'm really looking forward to it. (; I sure wish she had finished it up and it hadn't leaked, though. Would be nice to hold it in my hands! But I have two older brothers who are kind of similar to my main character, so I'm using what I remember of their high school lives to follow, hahha.

I'm curious as to how many books are on everybody's "to-read" shelf here on GR. Mine is something like 1700+ books, hahah. And now I just added three because of Jessica, and I felt compelled to add the entire series to my list. OTL.

The only time I read 20000 Leagues was like, in fifth grade, and it was the Great Illustrated Classics version, hahah. I don't think I have an interest in reading it all, though I can't remember much of what it was about. XD

Something that helps me get through bad books is that I read a lot out loud. (I feel like I miss everything when I read in my head, hahah.) Reading bad books out loud makes you see how truly awful the writing (dialogue especially) is, and you can just laugh your way through it. Becomes less of a chore to finish it and more like, 'Man, this is so awful, I need to see how bad it gets!'

Good luck with 20000 Leagues, Hayley! (:

Give me things that aren't reality, and I'll be good. ;D

Ugh, well, it's not easy! One of the books I hope to publish *someday* is from a guy's point of view and it's dang hard! It used to be from a girl's point of view, but then I realized I was fed up with so many books being from a girl's point of view and switched my main charactetr, hahah. But yes, it's hard to not let the "femininine side" creep in once and awhile. x)

Seriously, sometimes I'm like, excited if I get to give a one star rating. I'm always, "Woo hoo, I get to be all snarky about it because it was terriblleeee!!" (: Is sassy a problem for anybody? (;

(Really? Does he like it? I heard snippets of it when my dad was listening to it on audiobook on our looong drive home from California once.)

Okay, I'm following Jessica's advice and putting in my reply from the OTHER thread into this one so we don't overwhelm any newbies who actually want to introduce themselves!

I don't read much non-fiction; I tend to find it boring. OTL *typical teenager* The closest thing I have to nonfiction that I want to read would be Killing Lincoln, hahah. But yep, I cannot muster the strenght to read more than one book at a time, even if one were nonfiction. I only do it if we're reading a book in my English class, which, I cannot go two months stuck on one book, so I break my rules for that!

But seriously, so happy that everybody here understands reading one book at a time!

WH is narrated by a guy?! Huzzah! I'm always trying to find books from a male POV, since most young adult books are written from a teenage girl's view, which can get boring after awhile, hahah.

Hmm, I never thought of snarky as being too cruel, hahah. I use more like synonymous with "sassy", except with more attitude! And lots of sarcasm. It's very helpful. (: