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Rome Rome Rome :D

Hello :)

So, in a couple of hours, I'll take the train and then the bus and then a plane and then I'll be in Rome, Italy :D

I'm going with three of my best friends, and I'm super excited!!

We planned this trip kind of late, and we're only going for two days and it'll be very chaotic, but I see it as one of my new adventures.

And even if it sucks, and it’s completely not like we’ve planned and things go wrong and we end up sleeping at an airport of Rome just sucks (it won’t, but still… If.) we’ll still have done it. You have to make mistakes in life and my parents tell me all the time that this is a mistake (you’re not going long enough, will you be okay on your own, …) I don’t think I’ll regret making it.

Because I’m a doubter. I can’t make snap decisions. I change my mind all the time with the result that I usually do nothing. I take all my time thinking about making a decision that the opportunity passes. And I don’t want to live like that anymore. My entire life, I’ve regretted NOT doing things, and that’s a huge mistake. You miss so many experiences living like that.

So that’s over. From now on: when in doubt, do nowt, doesn’t apply anymore. When in doubt, take changes, live your life and even if it’s a mistake, you won’t know it till you made it. No more ‘what if I had gone on that trip? What if I had bought that jacket? What if…?’ No more. All gone. Hello taking chances, goodbye ‘what if’.

I’ll go make my backpack.

Bye!

Cath

Review: My Most Excellent Year

Hey everyone!

So I know this book wasn't in the list of books I'm reading at the moment but I picked it up two days ago at the library and I just read it in one take. It's amazing.

The book is called 'My Most Excellent Year', written by Steve Kluger.

It's the story of three best friends and what they all three experienced as their most excellent year.

T.C. and Augie have been friends ever since T.C.'s mother died, but they are more than just friends. They are brothers. It started as a game, but now their parents barely remember the times before they did everything together.

T.C. is obsessed by baseball and doing campaigns. Augie is obsessed with theater and is gay, but he seems to be the only person in the world who doesn't realise it yet. And Alejandra is the new girl, with rich parents who don't really support singing and dancing, even though that's the only thing Ale wants.

The book tells the story of three best friends and how their lives changed forever - for the better.

It's a modern fairytale that makes you believe dreams really do come true.

I just couldn't put the book down. It's not as sophisticated as John Green's books, at least, not at first. Slowly but sure, the book teaches you things about live, friendship and most of all dreams.

Meeting your idol, falling in love, or rebelling your parents, it's all so typically teenagers, but I'm sure many older readers will love this book too. I did.

xxx

Cath

Update on my life

Hello!

So, I haven’t blogged in a while. I still have exams but the end is near! Only 2 days left!! I’m so happy, because studying all day long is not my thing. But now I only have ethics left and I kind of like it, so that’s fine.

Because of my exams I’m still superfar behind in reading!! I should really finish a book soon, but that’s not really about to happen I think. In the last couple of weeks I read half of Zombicorn (John Green), about a fourth of HP 4 (JK Rowling), half of Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë), a chapter in The Blade Itself (Joe Abercrombie) and two days ago I decided to start reading Looking For Alaska (John Green) again, I’m halfway in that one. So maybe if you add everything up, I’m almost on schedule, but not really. Also, should I count Zombicorn? It’s only 72 pages…

I don’t really know what to write, I just wanted to take a break reading what Rachels has to say about Cultural Relativism. My life is so interesting xD

Bye!
Cath

About books.

Hey!

So, I'll first tell you a bit about how I read books.

I usually read multiple books at the same time. I just pick up the book I feel like reading even if I'm already reading another book. It's just what I do.

A lot of people ask me how I can keep the stories seperated but that's really not that hard for me. I can stop reading a book in the middle of the story, when I pick it back up (even if it's months later) I can easily read on.

That being said: I'm busy in the HP series right now. It's the first time I'm ever reading them in order (weird right?) and the first time I'm reading all of them in English (I've read every single one in Dutch, 1,4,5,7 in English). Right now I finished the 3th one (in december) and I just picked up the fourth one from the library. So I'll start that one soon, Wuthering Heights can wait a bit.

Other book I picked up at the library: The blade itself, by Joe Abercrombie. I had never heard of it, it just looked interesting. I'll start on it soon, and it's the first in a trilogy (The First Law trilogy) so I'll read the other books as well if I liked it enough.

Other books that I will definitely read in 2011 (these are all books I've read before, but I just read these books every year. They're my favorites):

* Every John Green book!

* HP series: 4,5,6,7

* Golden Compass trilogy

* Maybe Twilight again, not my favorite but it's a nice brainless book.

* Chocolat: Joanne Harris

* Pride & Prejudice, maybe some other Jane Austen books.

* Wuthering Heights (reading)

* Jane Eyre

* ...

Maybe I'll try reading LOTR again, I've read the first two books already and liked them very much, I just read them very slowly for some reason. So if I have time, I'll read them. I don't want to lose my challenge because I read LOTR instead of 10 books I could have read in the same amount of time.

Bye!

Books read: 1

Reading: Wuthering Heights, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Blade Itself

Paper Towns review

Hello again!

So I've just finished paper towns (for the fourth time I think) so I thought I'd write a review.

There are already plenty of reviews about this book and I agree with everyone that says that this book is amazing, but for some reason I wanted to write another one.

Paper Towns is the story of Q, a shy, nerdy boy from Orlando, Florida. He lives next to the single most awesome girl in the history of the world: Margo Roth Spiegelman. But since he is nerdy and shy and she is awesome they're not really friends anymore like they were in kindergarten.

One night Margo knocks on Q window and invites him for a night where they will radically reshape the world. Or at least have some fun doing crazy things.

After this amazing night, Margo disappears and leaves some clues for Q. He gets a whole new adventure, looking for her.

What I love about this book, is that it's so mature but describes teenage feelings so perfectly. John Green is not afraid to let his characters swear, say weird things, or be just nerdy. A lot of authors try to make their characters perfect, flawless, and make them unhuman. But John Green can capture the essence of a character perfectly and you learn that someone isn't always who you think they are.

There are a lot of wonderful things to say about this book, but I think they would make this blog post way too long. All I can say is: Read it. You won't be dissapointed.

xx

Cath

Books read: 1

Reading: Wuthering Heights

Math and other stupid things

Hi!

So... Two days ago I had my first exam. Math. I think I've failed and it gives me such a weird feeling. I've never failed an exam before. Tests, yeah, plenty. But an exam? I'll have to retake it in summer. That's so weird. But the weirdest thing is that I'm not even sad about it. I mean, yeah, a little bit, but I'm like: okay, let's move on.

And I have to move on. Next tuesday is biology of plants. I think I'll be okay, I hope so. But I have high hopes. I've always been good at biology so yeah.

I know, this is just a silly little update. Pretty stupid. Sorry.

Have I told you already that I write fanfiction? Normally I write a lot during exams. Just drabbles. I'm trying to change, 'cause it's never done me any good so I haven't written anything yet. Instead I watch Disney Channel during my breaks and listen to 'Drops of Jupiter' all the time.

I was just going to type: I should get a life. But isn't that just what I'm doing? By studying and making exams, I'm making my life. I'm shaping my life into what I want it to be. I'm going to be a bio-engineer. That's my project now. And for the next 5 years. I still want other projects. I still want a hobby. I still want to find something I'm really good at. But for now, just now, studying is enough. It's enough to make me feel like I'm making something of my life. So yeah, that's awesome.

I'll go back to studying some biology of plants and eating a Malus (that's science for apple xD)

Bye!

Books read: 1 FINALLY.

Reading: Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë