Update 1

Fantastic news! I finished "Looking For Alaska". Can I just say that John Green is my hero? Like, no, I really love him. He's amazingly talented. Like sure, the book had it's moments where I knew what was on it's way and I rolled my eyes, but the boys he wrote were so well fleshed out and so was Alaska. The relationship between The Corneal and Pudge just makes me crazy. As a female I almost feel like I've intruded into some secret world of boys that I'm not supposed to enter. A He-Man-Woman-Haters club or something. What was I thinking? Reading a book about a boy. DUUUH! But in all sincerity, the journey they went on and everything that happened and the search for the Great Perhaps. I mean it's true, really. I know I can relate to that feeling of not knowing what to do next in your life and pushing through it to survive and find the way out of the maze your always going to be in. All to find your Great Perhaps. I don't know, hopefully this isn't too spoiler-ific. I digress (that's one of my newest favorite things to say, I probably use it wrong about 83% of the time. "Alaska" has made it's way into the hands of my good friend and in exchange she gave me some massive book. I'm not even sure of the title right now sitting in my room. Alas, I'm reading "Twilight" anyhow. I don't know if I love it, but I am surly a sucker for romance. And I want to read Harry Potter again, but I think I'm stuck with these three books first. So that's an update.

Total 1/50

PS feel free to email me at jeanne {dot} bopp {at} gmail {dot} com and suggest books! I'd love to have them!

Welcome!

Hello there great big world of blogspot! My name is Jeanne. And I plan on reading 50 books from my 23rd birthday to my 24th birthday. I am totally stealing this idea from Kristina over at fiveawesomegirls on youtube. So yeah, I want to start reading more. Ever since I went to college reading was about school, not about fun. So I hope to turn that around. Now I'm going to say my first book is "Looking For Alaska", by John Green. I've already read about half of it, admittedly, and then I was so frustrated and upset about what happened that I put it away. Since then I've read several books and all of that was before my birthday and I'm not counting them, so Alaska it is! Whatever, it's my own personal challenge, I can do what I want. After that it's going to be Twilight and if the hype is right I guess I'll follow that with the rest of the series. I also admit that I plan on re-reading Harry Potter 1-7, but in the long run what's 7 books out of 50? Okay...kinda a lot. But whatever. AGAIN! I make the rules.

So this blog is here for me to provide updates on what I'm reading. Maybe some book reviews too, I'm not sure. We'll all figure it out as we go along.

-Jeanne

PS Check out Kristina's original book club announcement here! http://youtube.com/watch?v=LUGXwiSCu-o