"Our aspirations are wrapped up in books"

Books I want to read soon...

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

A Room With a View by E.M. Forster

Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Middlemarch by George Eliot/Marian Evans

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Perhaps it's a bit ambitious, but I'll get around to all of them eventually. I happen to own Gulliver's Travels, The Count of Monte Cristo and Mansfield Park so I ought to start with one of those. As you can see I'm already dreaming of what to read next. A Tale of Two Cities is monstrously difficult reading at some points. Honestly, reading it makes feel stupid. However, there is no mistaking of Dickens' boldness in the novel. The story is epic. I just wish the story had another Pip or Joe for me to have a crush on. Perhaps Mr. Darnay, he looks promising. haha.

"I hear the midnight birds, the message in their words"

I'm in an excellent mood today, I've been singing and prancing around my empty house all morning! I bought four new songs: God Help the Girl by God Help the Girl, and Come Back Margaret, The Nights are Cold and Honey in the Sun by Camera Obscura. God Help the Girl is my fantastic new discovery, the song sounds like somebody wrote a comical depiction of me: "I keep to myself. I love my room; I'm getting used to sleeping. Some nights I really like to lie awake. I hear the midnight birds, the message in their words.... I sit for hours just waiting for his phone call, I'll leave the chocolate hidden in the fridge.... I think of him while I'm doing the dishes, I think of him while looking in the sink... If he gave me a sign, I'd think about it for a week. I'd build it up, then turn him down. You have been warned. I'm born to be contrary". haha. Anyway, since I'm feeling so musical this morning I thought I'd do something disgustingly narcissistic and post a playlist of songs about me. Sort of like a soundtrack to Camille. I like to think that secretly everyone has their own soundtrack, even if its only in their heads.

1. Just Like Heaven - The Cure

2. Here's Where the Story Ends - The Sundays

3. Half a Week Before the Winter - Vanessa Carlton

4. Field Below - Regina Spektor

5. Judy and the Dream of Horses - Belle and Sebastian

6. If Looks Could Kill - Camera Obscura

7. Not the Same Girl - Leona Naess

8. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - She & Him

9. Meet Me By the Water - Rachael Yamagata

10. Someday the Waves - Iron and Wine

11. How Deep is Your Love - The Bird and the Bee

12. Marble Halls - Enya

13. Clair de Lune - Jean Yves Thibaudet

14. Afterglow - Vanessa Carlton

15. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

16. Faithful to Me - Jennifer Knapp

17. Dream - Priscilla Ahn

18. Diamond Heart - Marissa Nadler

19. On the Radio - Regina Spektor

20. God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl

"Reliquary eyes, and a diadem frown"

Well, I've been terribly neglectful and it's been an awfully long time since I've posted. However, as you may have noticed I updated my layout. Anyway, I am still reading A Tale of Two Cities, but I've been quite busy and haven't gotten very far. I'll give a grand review of it all once I am through, but for now perhaps I'll give a more personal entry. The past week has been full of excitement and endings. I went on a trip to Disney World with my friends, and that was marvelous! I was absolutely enchanted with Disney World. Being there is like being tucked a way into a fairy tale. I'm half certain I could live there if the weather was milder. I collected such lovely memories on my quiet, little adventure and I'm sad that it has ended. Friday night, we watched the fireworks show as a sort of farewell to Disney World. And as I watched the castle glittering in the shower of light, I felt a peculiar mingling of emotions. I was happy, and hopeful and sad all at once. I felt like bursting like a fire cracker.

Now that I'm home, my life has resumed its routine for the most part. However, I've encountered an unexpected ending. I can't disclose anything of substance, because I don't wish to betray anyone's privacy. Life is strange, and yet it's also familiar. People are always disappointing one another, and yet they always pretend to be surprised. I'm afraid I've disappointed someone, and for that I feel sorry. However, some things cannot be helped. I wish I knew how to give this a nice clean, mended ending, but I do not.

Onto, lighter topics... the Lost series finale was this Sunday. I've been following that show for 6 years and now it is finally over. I disliked the ending, although I expected something like that. It was a bit too vague for my liking.

I feel like posting some pictures...

Oh Henry Cavill, how I adore you.