Wordless Wednesday: Ireland Cliffs

Today the weather is a bit like it was on this rainy day in Ireland.
I love a good thunderstorm.
I wish I was on my way to a pub for Irish stew.
More Wordless Wednesday here.

Photo by moi.

What Was Lost

Woo hoo! I won a copy of What Was Lost from the always excellent Find Your Next Book Here. I can't wait to get it and dive in. I've been hearing such good things about this book.

While I wait I will continue to labor towards the end of Les Miserable. I'm 950 pages into the 1,300 page beast. The story is so wonderful, I just wish Hugo hadn't felt the need to include ALL of the France's history (still worth it, just had to keep up the momentum.)

Book List: 3 Books That Take You Down Memory Lane to High School

This weeks list, from Lost in Books, takes me back to high school. Here's mine...

1) Sloppy Firsts - The book's main character, Jessica Darling, is snarky and sarcastic. This book came out while I was a senior in high school and it felt so much closer to the real feeling I had than most sappy novels.


2) The Christy Miller series - I loved this series in junior high and early high school. It was certainly an idealized version of high school, but it was a series I read when I was young so it'll always remind me of that time.


3) The Picture of Dorian Gray - I read this for the first time in high school and I've loved Oscar Wilde ever since. This book will always remind me of the moment when I realized the books assigned in English class can be awesome.