2016 Reading: Adulthood is a Myth

I'm a big fan of Sarah's stuff on the internet and I found this book on the shelf and knew I needed to take a peek. Some of them I'd seen before, some of them I hadn't, but it was a fun little read that kept me entertained for a while. Some of her drawings make me laugh because they're TRUE! All of them. I can identify with nearly all of her stories. Definitely recommend her stuff.

2016 Reading: The Martian

#20 A science-fiction novel

I was originally going to read The Complete Robot by Isaac Asimov but I found out that it was a series of short stories and I really wasn't in the mood for that so I went with something that my mother recommended because she said it was hilarious.

And it was.

There was a lot of technical jargon to get through at various points, but considering that the main character is a stranded astronaut, it's to be expected. I found myself laughing out loud as I read this and I finished it in one day because I could not put it down. I have been avoiding watching the movie until I could finish the book and now that I have, I look forward to watching it and seeing if it holds up.

2016 Reading: Goosebumps (62 books)

ERMAGERD GERSBERMS!!!

I don't know what made me decide to read all the Goosebump books again. I guess that I just wanted something small to go in between the larger books so that I didn't get burned out.

1. Welcome to Dead House
2. Stay Out of the Basement
3. Monster Blood
4. Say Cheese and Die
5. The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
6. Let's Get Invisible
7. Night of the Living Dummy
8. The Girl Who Cried Monster
9. Welcome to Camp Nightmare
10. The Ghost Next Door
11. The Haunted Mask
12. Be Careful What You Wish For
13. Piano Lessons Can Be Murder
14. The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
15. You Can't Scare Me!
16. One Day at HorrorLand
17. Why I'm Afraid of Bees
18. Monster Blood II
19. Deep Trouble
20. The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
21. Go Eat Worms!
22. Ghost Beach
23. Return of the Mummy
24. Phantom of the Auditorium
25. Attack of the Mutant
26. My Hairiest Adventure
27. A Night in Terror Tower
28. The Cuckoo Clock of Doom
29. Monster Blood III
30. It Came From Beneath the Sink!
31. Night of the Living Dummy II
32. The Barking Ghost
33. The Horror at Camp Jellyjam
34. Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes
35. A Shocker on Shock Street
36. The Haunted Mask II
37. The Headless Ghost
38. The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena
39. How I Got My Shrunken Head
40. Night of the Living Dummy III
41. Bad Hare Day
42. Egg Monsters From Mars
43. The Beast from the East
44. Say Cheese and Die -- Again!
45. Ghost Camp
46. How to Kill a Monster
47. Legend of the Lost Legend
48. Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns
49. Vampire Breath
50. Calling All Creeps
51. Beware the Snowman
52. How I Learned to Fly
53. Chicken Chicken
54. Don't Go to Sleep
55. The Blob That Ate Everyone
56. The Curse of Camp Cold Lake
57. My Best Friend is Invisible
58. Deep Trouble II
59. The Haunted School
60. Werewolf Skin
61. I Live in Your Basement
62. Monster Blood IV

2016 Reading: The Good Neighbor

#32 The first book you see in a bookstore

I walked into the bookstore with my eyes closed. I know that sounds like a mad idea, but I didn't want the first book I saw to be some random politic crap that usually resides by the from door of Barnes & Noble. I kept my head down and only looked at the carpet until I knew I was safe in the regular fiction section and THEN I raised my head and this was the first thing I saw.

I suppose it was a good story, not really my thing but at least it was a quick read. Typical chick-lit stuff. Woman trying to get over her ex, kid in the picture, meeting new people through friends, big secrets kept and a reveal at the end that makes everything okay once her friends forgive her and yay, new love interest.

I wanted to get this one over with so that I could move on the bigger and better things. And so I shall.

2016 Reading: The Canterbury Tales

#6 A book translated to English

Okay, so it was technically translate from OLD English into NEW English, but damnit, I think that should count for something.

I have read bits and pieces of this book over the years for various English Literature classes, but I had never actually sat down to read the book in its entirety. I've had it on the shelf for a while and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to finally sit down with it.

It was a mish-mash of different things, as you would expect. Some tales were hilarious (Miller's Tale), some were sad (Physician's Tale), some were overly religious (Second Nun's Tale), and some were meh.

I'm mostly sad that Chaucer didn't tell what happened once everyone had finally reach Canterbury and find out who the Host picked to win the contest. But, nothing to be done for it now.

2016 Reading: Supernatural

I had this as a little go between book to get my mind off Game of Thrones for a while. As like the other vampire book I read earlier this year, this really didn't tell me much more than I already knew about the subject of monsters and phenomena but it was still fun to flip through all the pages and see the pictures that they have in there. Bigfoot, chupacabras, loch ness monster, vampires, zombies... I love reading kids books that pretend to be serious about all these things.

Not much else to tell about this book other than it was a quick read that I enjoyed and now I am off to other things.

2016 Reading: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

#3 A YA bestseller

This was a very unique and strange book. Parts of it were a little confusing but then by the end, I felt like I could identify with it.

It's no secret that the main character had WAY too many problems to count. I thought that the foray into teenage smoking and drug use was very realistic and I like that they didn't really make a big thing about it or exaggerate it to the point of ridiculousness.

There are some questions that I would like answered, but the way the book is written, I think I already know the answers by figuring them out myself.

A good short read. I don't know if I want to watch the movie or not, but I guess time will tell.