I challenge you to take a picture every day of one book you want to read.

It doesn’t have to be artsy or anything, just a picture of a book you want to read. 

Maybe label it: Bucket to-read list. 

If you don’t have the book you want to read, then just use a picture from Goodreads, Amazon, google, etc. 

I want to start doing this because we all live by the images we find via outside sources, specifically libraries, bookcases, and people reading—why not add in your own experiences into the world of books here on tumblr? 

You can submit pictures via my blog here. 

Or, just add the picture to your blog and tag it as #book bucket list. 

I’m going to start doing this tonight, will you be participating?

  • Mom: What are you doing?
  • Me: Making a book bucket list....you know a list of all the books I want to read before I die.
  • Little Brother: ......
  • Mom: ......
  • Granny: ......
  • Friends: ......
  • Me: Screw you guys, my tumblr family would understand!

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A list of books that I want to read and accomplish before the year ends.

(in no particular order)

  • The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
  • From The Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant - Alex Gilvarry
  • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
  • Name Dropper - Emma Collins
  • The Girl Who Chased The Moon - Sarah Addison Allen
  • Where Children Sleep - James Mollison
  • After The Quake - Haruki Murakami
  • The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami
  • Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and Japanese Psych - Haruki Murakami
  • 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
  • The Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin
  • Gabriel’s Inferno - Sylvain Reynard
  • Let it Snow - Maureen Johnson, John Green and Laura Myracle
  • Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto - Chuck Klosterman
  • Intentional Dissonance - Iain S. Thomas
  • The General in his Labyrinth - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • The House of Hades - Rick Riordan
  • The Age of Miracles - Karen Thompson Walker
  • Crank - Ellen Hopkins
  • Glass - Ellen Hopkins
  • Fallout - Ellen Hopkins
  • The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
  • The Collosus: And Other Poems - Sylvia Plath
  • The Unabridged Journal of Sylvia Plath - Sylvia Plath, Karen V. Kukil
  • Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen
  • Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
  • The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
  • This Is How You Lose Her - Junot Diaz
  • Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver

Now Reading: Wedding Night - Sophie Kinsella

April reads


04/21/2013 - 04/25/2013:  Divergent by Veronica Roth
04/25/2013 - 04/27/2013: Insurgent by Veronica Roth
04/27/2013 - 04/29/2013: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
04/29/2013 - 05/01/2013: Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

Any suggestions on what I should read next? :)

Any Disney bloggers, collectors, or fans know anything about this book series?

Disney after Dark (Kingdom Keepers Series #1)

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The book description looks fabulous!

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Book Bucket List.

  • A walk to remember
  • The Hunger Games trilogy
  • Lorien Legacies
  • Matched
  • The Lovely Bones
  • My Sister’s Keeper
  • The Girl who was on Fire
  • Looking for Alaska
  • Will Grayson, Will Grasyon
  • The Fault in our Stars
  • Flipped
  • Walking Through the Wardrobe
  • 1984
  • twilight saga.
  • Divergent
  • Heaven is for Real
  • The Infernal Devices
  • The Mortal Instruments
  • Beastly
  • The Perks of being a Wallflower
  • A Kiss in Time
  • Bridge to Terabithia
  • Ella Enchanted
  • The Chronicles of Narnia
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • The Notebook
  • Safe Haven
  • Message in a Bottle
  • The Power of Six
  • Inkheart trilogy
  • The rest of the HP series. I have only read the first 2 books.

I have struck those that I have read/bought. You could suggest some, if you want.

The Woman in White

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The Woman in White was a pleasant surprise, and I found myself pretty well engrossed in the story, and staying up late to read way past my bedtime, lol. It’s one of the earliest examples of detective fiction, and has a paranoid atmosphere with an intricate plot, told through varying viewpoints, some more dependable than others. 

One of the main characters, the love interest’s sister, is probably one of the most compelling characters I’ve read from 19th century literature, believable and strong. She pushes herself to the full extent that her position as a gentlewoman of poor means, little resources, intelligence and strength of character allows. The love interest herself is less interesting, as is her lover. I have to say, the aforementioned sister has a SERIOUS case of rom-com best friend syndrome—out of the running for being the leading lady due to being ‘ugly’, but by far way more interesting and vital than the lovely one herself. That aside, the antagonists in this novel were so fun to hate, honestly; I found myself wanting to smack some of them. 

The book is a little long, but doesn’t really fall prey to the things that make a lot of Victorian novels drag on— i.e. endless depictions of furniture, clothing, geography; that made it a quicker read than anticipated. 


Recommend: Yes, especially to people who liked Jane Eyre/Pride & Prejudice. (the only two 19the century books that seem to be really popular on their own nowadays.) 
Bechdel: Pass! The friendship & love between the two main female characters is steadfast, and they are both fully realized people. The novel is actually kind of progressive in its attitudes towards women—it’s definitely critical of the idea that women aren’t in control of their own affairs, and presents a MC as definitely capable as any other man and a formidable adversary. The book falters a little overall—‘what a woman can endure, and a man can resolve.’ It is a product of its times, though, so I think it’s fairly good as far as that.
Diversity: Written by a white British male. No POC characters, some slightly offensive language briefly describing a character’s appearance. 
Deserve its place: As far as I’ve read now, I’d say yes. 

Book bucket list

Books I really wanna read and i need to post about because otherwise I’d forget:

Nobody’s Princess (1&2) (Princesses of Myth) [Paperback]

Esther Friesner (Author)

She is beautiful, she is a princess, and Aphrodite is her favorite goddess, but something in Helen of Sparta just itches for more out of life. Not one to count on the gods—or her looks—to take care of her, Helen sets out to get what she wants with steely determination and a sassy attitude. That same attitude makes Helen a few enemies—such as the self-proclaimed “son of Zeus” Theseus—but it also intrigues, charms, and amuses those who become her friends, from the famed huntress Atalanta to the young priestess who is the Oracle of Delphi.

In Nobody’s Princess, author Esther Friesner deftly weaves together history and myth as she takes a new look at the girl who will become Helen of Troy. The resulting story offers up adventure, humor, and a fresh and engaging heroine you cannot help but root for.

Sphinx’s Princess (Princesses of Myth) [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

Esther Friesner (Author)

Nefertiti may be the dutiful daughter of a commoner, but her inquisitive mind often gets her into situations that are far from ordinary, like receiving secret lessons from a scribe. And she’s the kind of girl who acts first, and apologizes later whenever she witnesses injustice or cruelty. But she is also extraordinarily beautiful. And news of her striking beauty and impulsive behavior attracts the attention of her aunt, the manipulative Queen Tiye, who sees Nefertiti as an ideal pawn in her desire for power. Even though Nefertiti is taken from her beloved family and forced into a life filled with courtly intrigue and danger, her spirit and mind will not rest. She continues to challenge herself and the boundaries of ancient Egyptian society.

Esther Friesner offers readers another fresh new look at an iconic figure—blending historical fiction and mythology in a thrilling concoction.

Book bucket list Summer 2013

1. Perks of Being a Wallflower

2. The Fault in Our Stars (reread)

3. Admission

4. Catching Fire

5. The Great Gatsby (reread)

6. Paper Towns

7. Crushed (Pretty Little Liars #13)

8. Silver Linings Playbook

9. Something Jodi Picoult has written in the last 4 years, because it’s been a while

10. Your spanish textbook, because school Amanda.

11. Finish Ellen’s book you started last semester and haven’t touched since

12. Everything Is Perfect When You’re a Liar 

13. Bossypants (when I get it back from a certain one of my followers)

14. More to come…

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Book Bucket List

  1. The Hunger Games
  2. Catching Fire
  3. Mockingjay
  4. The Hobbit
  5. The Fellowship of the Ring
  6. The Two Towers
  7. The Return of the King
  8. Angels and Demons
  9. The DaVinci Code
  10. The Lost Symbol
  11. The Kite Runner
  12. A Thousand Splendid Suns
  13. Crank
  14. Glass
  15. Fallout
  16. Identical
  17. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  18. The Girl Who Played with Fire
  19. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest
  20. A Game of Thrones
  21. A Clash of Kings
  22. A Storm of Swords
  23. A Feast for Crows
  24. A Dance with Dragons
  25. The Winds of Winter
  26. A Dream of Spring
  27. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  28. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
  29. Life, the Universe and Everything
  30. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
  31. Mostly Harmless
  32. And Another Thing…
  33. Divergent
  34. Insurgent
  35. The Magician’s Nephew
  36. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
  37. The Horse and His Boy
  38. Prince Caspian
  39. The Voyage of Dawn Treader
  40. The Silver Chair
  41. The Last Battle
  42. Perks of Being a Wallflower
  43. Looking for Alaska
  44. The Fault in Our Stars
  45. Old School
  46. A Tale of Two Cities
  47. The Alchemist
  48. Lolita
  49. Flowers for Algernon
  50. Phantom of the Opera
  51. To Kill a Mockingbird
  52. Pride and Prejudice
  53. The Secret Life of Bees
  54. A Christmas Carol
  55. The Help
  56. The Picture of Dorian Grey
  57. The Great Gatsby
  58. Eat Pray Love
  59. Life of Pi
  60. Les Miserables
  61. 19 Minutes
  62. The Grapes of Wrath
  63. Sense and Sensibility
  64. Wuthering Heights
  65. 1984
  66. The Lovely Bones
  67. Jane Eyre
  68. Fight Club
  69. The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  70. The Crucible
  71. Book Thief
  72. Animal Farm
  73. Wicked
  74. A Clockwork Orange
  75. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
  76. House of Leaves
  77. The Silver Linings Playbook
  78. This Side of Paradise
  79. The Beautiful and Damned
  80. Tender is the Night
  81. The Love of the Last Tycoon
  82. Dubliners
  83. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  84. The Adventures of Oliver Twist
  85. David Copperfield
  86. Great Expectations
  87. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  88. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  89. The Prince and the Pauper
  90. The Gilded Age: a Tale of Today
  91. Gone With the Wind
  92. The Time-Traveler’s Wife
  93. Anne of Green Gables
  94. Crime and Punishment
  95. The Princess Bride
  96. Of Mice and Men
  97. The Secret Garden
  98. Little Women
  99. Catch-22
  100. Water for Elephants
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