Reading List: Today

The Penderwicks Series by Jeanne Birdsall 
The family in these books always makes me laugh so much. They all have fantastic personalities, and the author has such a quirky and amusing style that really makes each book fun to read over and over again.

A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken 
I haven't read this one yet, but it became assigned reading when I moved into the boarding house. Every single person in the house has now walked up to me and said, "Oh yeah, that is suuuuuch a good book. I cried." Even the male boarding students have told me this.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 
Pretty sure I had this book memorized at one point in my life, but I haven't thought about it in eons. It's still pretty funny.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 
I definitely had this book memorized at one point in my life, but I recently remembered a few odd details about it (for example, the spiders in Harry's cupboard) and decided to re-read it. I remember that when I read it for the first time at age thirteen or so I was surprised because it was obvious from the writing that it was meant for children younger than myself. I was surprised again. Great book.

Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
This was given to me as a "don't forget Florida" gift from a person at church when I moved. I've only read a few of the stories so far, but I like the way it feels almost like one of my own world building experiments-- piece by piece, Rawlings shows how it was like to live in Cross Creek. Pretty cool.

forgot to mention:

I was recently interviewed by Ella Douglas over at her writing blog, Nevermore November. You can read it over at THIS LINK, yeeeeaaah!

My siblings talk about my character:

First, an introduction by my magnificent sister, Codename: Maneater.

Who the (awesome!!) character is:
Orwell Barns-Myeong

Why you chose character:
Because Orwell is awesome and cute (duh!) and I'm going to steal him away from Chloe.

First off, what does this character look like?
I think Orwell is really cute with his ridiculous chubby cheeks and hilarious whiny face. He is always being called Chipmunk face by his sister Elliot (who I love!) which I think suits him perfectly. *squishes his chubby cheeks*

Eh, here's a picture I (Chloe) drew of him. This is also my computer background. I digress.

Does this character have any family?
His Dad was murdered by a bajillion murderers (not really just two) and I can't for the life of me figure out who they are because my sister is a genius who so happened to plan this out sitting on her bed.

They live in a tiny house (apartment thing?) that their Dad bought and they have a family dog named Iggy (which is short for Italian Grey hound or whatever) and another dog who I can't remember.

Tell me about their personality.
Orwell is a whiny-butt and a A+ student who works really hard and studies a lot. I think he cries a lot but he didn't cry at his father's funeral.  (oh my gosh he is totally the murderer!)


Now, here's a list of important stuff Maneater thinks you should know about Orwell:

• he has glasses
• black hair 
• chubby cheeks
• always A+
• likes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
• his dad was killed
• two other kids in the family
• his sister calls him chipmunk face

And here's a list of stuff my other sister (Codename: Naveik) thinks is important:

• doesn’t like hamsters
• has brown eyes
• studies hard for school
• not the brightest kid
• is babied a lot
• doesn’t like rice-krispies (too sugary)
• prefers cold weather
• bites his nails
• always forgets to clip toenails
• has smallish feet
• is forced to go to book club (currently reading Little Men)
• has a Oscar the Grouch mug
• tends to roll his eyes a lot
• usually wakes up first
• has a hard time remembering faces (but is pretty okay with names)
• listens mostly to classical music by the “big peeps”
• also likes Elvis
• has a babyface
• was born in a hospital
• he broke his collar-bone when he was six
• has had the same hairstyle since he was three
• is very OCD when it comes to organizing books, movies, etc.
• doesn’t like heights
• always washes his dishes after meals
• is the age of twelve