A little of this, a little of that

[impy]

Same rules as before. Bold the ones you've read. Italicize the ones you started and didn't finish. Underline the ones you want to read. Strike through the ones you couldn't stand.

1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz - Third grade, maybe fourth, they paired us up to read a book we'd gotten from the book fair. We read this one and there's some story about a wolf, I think, and it scared me so bad that I didn't sleep for two days, and had nightmares for a week, because I'd obsess over the story just as I was crawling into bed. Brilliant, eh?
2. Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
8. Forever by Judy Blume
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine I read quite a few of the earlier ones until I realized the books had three endings. That was it. He'd cycle through them, try and distract you, but it all boiled down to three possible options. Plus his writing either went downhill, or my tastes changed.
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
19. Sex by Madonna
20. Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous The only book I know for a fact my brother stole from my bookshelf. How do I know this? It lives in his room and I see it every so often. Go figure.
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
32. Blubber by Judy Blume
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
37. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
40. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
46. Deenie by Judy Blume
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
55. Cujo by Stephen King
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
61. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras [side-comment: rather telling that the girls' one was banned more!]
62. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney Seriously?
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday
73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
77. Carrie by Stephen King
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
88. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford (Is this really the Where's Waldo where you look in the pictures for Waldo? Because WTF? Why would that be banned?) <--ditto. Why in the hell would that be banned?
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier


In Pullip Fab news, I managed to get 21/29 correct. I'm particularly sad about the ones I got wrong [in that I said yes, and they said no], so I demand that they do tell alls of the bitchiness backstage. You can't have that many Pullips around without a little drama. ;)

Work was rude. I went to take my break with a bag of drinks I thought I'd try over the rest of the week. [bad, bad idea. BAD.] I get to the breakroom and go to reach for my boxes of cereal and they aren't there. In fact, a lot of stuff isn't there. There's a huge note on the fridge that says anything that doesn't have a receipt or management approval will be thrown out, clean up after yourselves, blah, blah, blah. Will be thrown out, not... was. You're supposed to give me warning, damn it. So I had to go back out, slice into my break time, and spend another $6 buying stuff I'd already bought before, because someone didn't look hard enough for the receipt in my bag, damn it! I was so not happy, I could have killed someone. I'm mostly over it now, as they've always said must have receipt or sticker or it could die a horrible death, but still... No fun. :( And I just bought them the other day.

If you're local and want a job, Cass got herself hired as manager at the Calender Club in Northwoods. Her only requirement is that you not be this crazy girl she knows and doesn't like. I figure this means it's fair game.

Kay, I'm off to dork out elsewhere.

Comments

[agent-alpo.livejournal.com]

While it could be possible you really did read the entire latter half of that book list, methinks you forgot to close a bold tag somewhere. Ah, html. What would we do without thee?

Urgh, that would cheese me off, too, if my stuff got thrown away like that. Although at my office, they tend to let things pile up in the fridge until the odor starts getting noticeable outside the kitchen. :(

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

*fixes* Which is why I should always check before I pass out and die. ;)

Usually our breakroom and fridge will get to the point where anytime you open the fridge, you smell something funky, and even then I think someone has to complain to our boss before he'll start hinting that maybe people should clean. Then a note or the message will spread that you've got a week to clear things out. So either someone decided to skip that warning stage, or we were visited by loss prevention.
Bah either way!

*resumes icon love*

[no-1-like-me.livejournal.com]

There's a huge note on the fridge that says anything that doesn't have a receipt or management approval will be thrown out, clean up after yourselves, blah, blah, blah. Will be thrown out, not... was.

Ugh, we have that same rule on my work and I was also a not warned victim. I bought some quite expensive stuff to eat and the next day it wasn't in the refrigerator anymore... I was pissed off to say the least. :/

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

Suuuuuckness. :( It's like, fair warning guys, don't just throw my stuff out or put it back on the shelf. At least my stuff was still on sale and relatively cheap to replace. Woe for you!