Updated Reading List for 2013

My updated reading list for '52 books in 52 weeks' (2013)

• The Family Fang: A Novel by Kevin Wilson (currently reading)
• Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff that Made Me Famous by Kathryn Williams (YA)  (currently reading)
• The Bronte Myth by Lucasta Miller (Nonfiction read recommended by professor Jenn Lewin)
• The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 
• Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (recommended by author Susan Mccallum Smith)
• City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (YA)
• The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry (recommended by author Susan Mccallum Smith)
• Me Funny by Drew Hayden Taylor (essays)
• The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
• A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz (Nonfiction read recommended by professor Jenn Lewin)
• The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
• Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
• Lady Susan by Jane Austen
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (YA)
• Jane Austen by Carol Shields (biography)
• The Running Sky by Tim Dee
• The Dark Angel by Meredith Ann Pierce
• Kingbird Highway by Kenn Kaufman
• The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories edited by William Trevor
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
• The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
• What the Robin Knows by Jon Young
• Bird Sense: What It's Like to be a Bird by Tim Birkhead
• A Dangerous Mourning by Anne Perry
• Defend and Betray by Anne Perry
• Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
• The Odyssey by Home
• The Iliad by Homer
• The Aeneid by Virgil
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (YA)

New Books from Daedalus

Just wanted to share a pic of my new books that arrived today from daedalusbooks.com. I bought 8 books for $34 and paid $5.95 for shipping. I love this store!

Daily Writing Website: 750 Words

I recently found this website, which is devoted to daily writing, and I love it. It's called 750 Words, which basically says it all. The goal is to sign up (for free until April), and write at least 750 words a day, which the website tracks for you. No one else can see what you've written, but it does give you stats on how fast you're writing, what words you use most often, the mood of your piece...that you can share with others. After March, there will be a small monthly fee to use the site (I think it's $3/month), but if you need a great motivation tool to write, this is it! Plus, they have monthly challenges that you can sign up for to keep you on track.

So check it out!  750 Words

Camp NaNoWriMo 2013

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