december flicks & reads

i slacked on all levels this month.  nothing i watched was from my netflix account (which i intend to cancel next month) and no more than one book was read.  oops.  i finished "something blue" with plenty of time to read "something borrowed" in the month... but then the holidays happen.  yeah, i always find an excuse.  i even slacked at instagram-ing movie stubs and such to use..
most of the movies this month were selected by the boy.  4 our of the 7 to be exact. on our trip to chico we watched goldeneye, and he also acquired all the other james bond movies in digital (aka not vhs) format... so now you can see what exactly my future holds.  yep.  probably quite a bit of james bond education.  as far as the rest of his selections went, they were pretty good.  minus eight crazy nights.  i could have lived my whole life without seeing that gem of a cartoon.
as far as les miserables goes, i thought it was pretty well done.  i went in to it not knowing what the story line was, and found myself only confused a little bit here and there.  oh, and i expected a lot more of anne hathaway's charater, since that's basically all you see in the trailer.  so yeah.  i didn't cry like a ton of other people said they did, but i enjoyed it.
basic (2003)
the saint (1997)
goldeneye (1995)
10 things i hate about you (1999)
elf (2003)
les miserables (2012)
eight crazy nights (2002)
so apparently this was the follow up book to "something borrowed"... but i didn't know that and read this one first.  oops.  i still enjoyed the book anyways, despite that fact, and i'm sure i'll enjoy the first one.  i'm finding i really enjoy this author's writing style, so you'll probably see more of her books on my "reads" posts in the coming year.
something blue - emily giffin
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have a fun, fantastic & safe new years eve, and i'll be back in 2013!

july reads

so this apparently posted yesterday, and i didn't update it as of recently.  so now here is the "official" read list for july.  much better than it originally looked.  i have to say, the books did get progressively better.  the first book was a real drag to read.  i guess after all of the lovey dovey romance of june's nicholas sparks theme, "i don't know how she does it" was just not up to par.  luckily, things picked up with leaps and bounds, and i ended off the month with a simple, short, but really interesting read of "the perks of being a wallflower".  i'm really interested to see how they took that book and adapted it in to a movie.
i don't know how she does it: the life of kate reddy, working mother - allison pearson
sing you home - jodi picoult
a bend in the road - nicholas sparks
the perks of being a wallflower - stephen chbosky

may reads

i feel like this month i finally got back on my reading game.  after finishing the hunger games book 1 last month, i  stumbled across one of those "if you liked __________, consider these" lists.  i read the book uglies awhile back, and thought it was okay.  i decided to give it a second chance this month, as well as the sequel to it.  i would say they were a pretty adequate read.  after i finish my current book (which will start the list for next month) i will probably be working my way through finishing the uglies trilogy, as well as hopefully getting my hands on "mockingjay" just to complete my hunger games read.
and on a side not, not related to trilogies & sequels, i absolutely loved how real jodie sweetin got about her past in her biography.  it's crazy to read the sad truths about the faces you watched growing up on tv, but very empowering to see how they overcame their struggles.  it's definitely a book that i would buy to add to my personal shelves at home.
uglies - scott westerfield
unsweetined - jodie sweetin w. john warech
catching fire - suzanne collins
pretties - scott westerfield