Wednesday, September 29, 2010
RTW: September's best book
What was the best book you read this month? Visit YA Highway to share your link and see what others said!
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
RTW: Historical Era
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For real you guys, this picture of (part of) my parents' barn came up when I googled it! |
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Friday, September 10, 2010
Goals
In less than a week, I will be turning twenty-five. A quarter century. (I know, doesn't it sound scary when you say it that way?) I'm actually feeling pretty zen about this, which might surprise you if you saw how I reacted to turning twenty.
Since sometime in my early twenties, I've had three main before-thirty life goals: get married, have a baby, and have a house. More recently, I added selling a book to that list, because, why not be optimistic? Now, I have the baby, I'm getting married in March, and we'll see about the rest.
I hadn't thought too hard about this until lovely fellow YA Highwayer Lee Bross said something about making a five year plan on twitter. And they I thought, a five year plan? What a perfect time to do that. So I sat down, and I made one.
I like having goals because without having something to work towards, I tend to be a little all over the place. So now, I'm going into age twenty-five with new goals, one of them being not to worry so much about my age anymore.
Posted by Kaitlin Ward at 3:46 PM 6 comments
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
RTW: DUFF kits!
What are DUFF kits?
"...comforting little collections that you can use on a relaxing night either alone or with friends. Things that are purely comfortable and fun and require zero pressure to be the prettiest in the room or the smartest or the funniest."How do you make one? Put together:
1. Your favorite (very caloric!!!) drink
2. Your most comfy and old shoes
3. Movies featuring your favorite male actor(^I stole the above explanation of this week's RTW from Kate.)
4. Your favorite junk food
5. Your most comfortable piece of clothing
So here is mine!
1) Chocolate milk. It's not just for twelve year olds.
2) My oldest shoes are pretty much the opposite of comfy. I'm not that into shoes in general, but I like giant fuzzy socks!
3) Pirates of the Caribbean for the deliciousness that is Johnny Depp, or The Princess Bride (Bonus! Love interest named Westley!)
4) Uh oh. I have to have a favorite junk food? I keep fluctuating between cheese curls and popcorn (with lots of butter--I don't do this the healthy way) and plain potato chips and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. OH and brownies with the ice cream. I could make all of those things into one big snack, right?
5) My pajama pants (which I may or may not be wearing right now...) and one of my many tank tops.
What would you put in your DUFF kit? Let us know at YA Highway!
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
RTW: Best book of August (spoiler free!)
This month, I'm kind of cheating, and I'm going to do three books.
Awesome book #2: ANGELFIRE by Courtney Allison Moulton. It was really cool to read this book in ARC form. And Will easily joins my list of absolute favorite love interests. (And this is not a long list!)
Awesome book #3: HEX HALL by Rachel Hawkins. I won an ARC of this book in November, and I have now read it four times, the most recent of which was on my flight back from LA at the beginning of August. This book manages to be effing hilarious while also having a kickass plot. The fact that I've read it four times should tell you something.
So what was your favorite book that you read in August? Visit YA Highway to share!
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