This blog is to keep track of my writing (from Oct. '14 onward), saving tips and tricks I find, little rants or raves, and so on. If you don't like it, kindly leave. I am a fangirl and reviewer, so do tend to post on that note as well.
Basic ramblings of my search through both thriftbooks and goodreads and how I basically started off checking out books then quit because I ended up buying them all... but here are the amazing stories I found!
>> Based upon my
taste for books/stories/etc., it’s usually obvious what I go for; I always pick
out fantasy, psychological, and scifi stories. I can’t stand fluffy romance
novels anymore. I don’t like reading about war anymore, unless it’s got a plot
outside of just fighting. Action has to be an adventurous and thrilling tale,
not just hand-on-hand combat and bloody knuckles. So, today, while I was
supposed to be in class, I decided to browse around and find some good reads
that aren’t really… known.
WARNING:
Contains content related to psychological things, events, and peoples’
illnesses as well as suicide, murder, death, triggering subjects, and more.
The Bell Jar is a book I’m wanting
to read so badly, and it’s one people know. The same goes for Girl,
Interrupted, The Virgin Suicides, Speak (I did a book report over this), The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hamlet and Macbeth, Still Alice, Thirteen Reasons
Why, Shutter Island, and many more! So many amazing psych books have been
adapted and turned into amazing movies for our enjoyment. I didn’t even know
some were books until I looked around
and found them.
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods
and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison is one known
but I’d still like to get my hands on.
John Green, although an author I
have a love/hate thing for, wrote some good books I’d like to get my hands on
as well – Looking For Alaska is one of those.
For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of
the Experts’ Advice by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deidre English – first published
in 1978, apparently updated from history, tells of scientific, medical, and
other women and how they are told how
to live.
Now, just to note some favorite
authors, Laurie Halse Anderson is the first I shall name since she’s the
amazing author behind my childhood stories that stayed with me, and the amazing
book called Speak. My friends read Twisted at the last part of sixth grade.
Fever 1793 is on my reading list, but hasn’t been acquired by me just yet.
The collab between Laurie, Michael
Cart, Joan Bauer, Emma Donoghue, Louise Hawes, Garth Nix, Sonya Sones, Chris
Lynch, Michael Lowenthal, Shelly Stoehr, and Angela Johnson resulted in Love
& Sex: Ten Stories of Truth. It looked pretty interesting and it’s adults
telling things about “right of passage” and “remaining a virgin but being
tested” – that’s adolescent life! And I definitely want to read it.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned
Vizzini – NYC teen Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life – which means
getting into the right high school to get into the right job. Eventually the
pressure becomes unbearable and he stops eating and sleeping until one night
when he nearly kills himself. He gets checked into a mental hospital. || This
author spent his own time in a psychiatric hospital and made this story to
relate to not only himself, but all of us out there that relates so well, even
though that’s sad to think about.
Phenomena: The Lost and Forgotten
Children by Susan Tarr (another great author). This book looked amazing from
the description and was talking of how it is Malcolm’s story and this takes
place in New Zealand during the 50s. With a 4.68 rating, it seems pretty
astounding – even the reviews are great! I’m definitely aiming at grabbing this
book up and keeping it.
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
is a book about a fifteen year old kid named Jeff who wakes up in the mental
ward with “the crazies”. And over time, we’re told his story, why he’s there,
his reaction, and how he finds the crazies less crazy as his own times there
ticks down. I was to get this, too!!
Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz.
This talks about the origin of lobotomy and the Danvers State Hospital that
closed in 1992 – they say it was the lobotomy’s birthplace. On the eve of the
hospital’s demolition, six teen break in to spend the night and film a movie
about their adventures. Of course, this turns into nightmarish action and will
go from one mystery to another. It’s a thriller! I’m definitely sold.
House of Secrets by Ned Vizzini and
Chris Columbus is an upcoming series (or already one) and is very cool. Even
J.K. Rowling thinks the head villain is “seriously creepy”.
1984, by George Orwell, seems to be
a thrilling, take-back, and imaginative book that I’m borderline to read.
Although I’ve seen amazing reviews for this book, I also see people questioning
it and wondering what it is. To me, it seems so darn interesting… but I’ll wait
to see.
Sleepless by Thomas Fahy, seemed so
interesting and I want to read, but I have 20$ of books already and don’t want
to get any more… but it’s on my wishlist! It’s about kids from a school all
getting weird nightmares and waking where they weren’t. Deaths occur and
something’s up!
Basic ramblings of my search through both thriftbooks and goodreads and how I basically started off checking out books then quit because I ended up buying them all... but here are the amazing stories I found!
>> Based upon my
taste for books/stories/etc., it’s usually obvious what I go for; I always pick
out fantasy, psychological, and scifi stories. I can’t stand fluffy romance
novels anymore. I don’t like reading about war anymore, unless it’s got a plot
outside of just fighting. Action has to be an adventurous and thrilling tale,
not just hand-on-hand combat and bloody knuckles. So, today, while I was
supposed to be in class, I decided to browse around and find some good reads
that aren’t really… known.
WARNING:
Contains content related to psychological things, events, and peoples’
illnesses as well as suicide, murder, death, triggering subjects, and more.
The Bell Jar is a book I’m wanting
to read so badly, and it’s one people know. The same goes for Girl,
Interrupted, The Virgin Suicides, Speak (I did a book report over this), The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hamlet and Macbeth, Still Alice, Thirteen Reasons
Why, Shutter Island, and many more! So many amazing psych books have been
adapted and turned into amazing movies for our enjoyment. I didn’t even know
some were books until I looked around
and found them.
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods
and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison is one known
but I’d still like to get my hands on.
John Green, although an author I
have a love/hate thing for, wrote some good books I’d like to get my hands on
as well – Looking For Alaska is one of those.
For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of
the Experts’ Advice by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deidre English – first published
in 1978, apparently updated from history, tells of scientific, medical, and
other women and how they are told how
to live.
Now, just to note some favorite
authors, Laurie Halse Anderson is the first I shall name since she’s the
amazing author behind my childhood stories that stayed with me, and the amazing
book called Speak. My friends read Twisted at the last part of sixth grade.
Fever 1793 is on my reading list, but hasn’t been acquired by me just yet.
The collab between Laurie, Michael
Cart, Joan Bauer, Emma Donoghue, Louise Hawes, Garth Nix, Sonya Sones, Chris
Lynch, Michael Lowenthal, Shelly Stoehr, and Angela Johnson resulted in Love
& Sex: Ten Stories of Truth. It looked pretty interesting and it’s adults
telling things about “right of passage” and “remaining a virgin but being
tested” – that’s adolescent life! And I definitely want to read it.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned
Vizzini – NYC teen Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life – which means
getting into the right high school to get into the right job. Eventually the
pressure becomes unbearable and he stops eating and sleeping until one night
when he nearly kills himself. He gets checked into a mental hospital. || This
author spent his own time in a psychiatric hospital and made this story to
relate to not only himself, but all of us out there that relates so well, even
though that’s sad to think about.
Phenomena: The Lost and Forgotten
Children by Susan Tarr (another great author). This book looked amazing from
the description and was talking of how it is Malcolm’s story and this takes
place in New Zealand during the 50s. With a 4.68 rating, it seems pretty
astounding – even the reviews are great! I’m definitely aiming at grabbing this
book up and keeping it.
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
is a book about a fifteen year old kid named Jeff who wakes up in the mental
ward with “the crazies”. And over time, we’re told his story, why he’s there,
his reaction, and how he finds the crazies less crazy as his own times there
ticks down. I was to get this, too!!
Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz.
This talks about the origin of lobotomy and the Danvers State Hospital that
closed in 1992 – they say it was the lobotomy’s birthplace. On the eve of the
hospital’s demolition, six teen break in to spend the night and film a movie
about their adventures. Of course, this turns into nightmarish action and will
go from one mystery to another. It’s a thriller! I’m definitely sold.
House of Secrets by Ned Vizzini and
Chris Columbus is an upcoming series (or already one) and is very cool. Even
J.K. Rowling thinks the head villain is “seriously creepy”.
1984, by George Orwell, seems to be
a thrilling, take-back, and imaginative book that I’m borderline to read.
Although I’ve seen amazing reviews for this book, I also see people questioning
it and wondering what it is. To me, it seems so darn interesting… but I’ll wait
to see.
Sleepless by Thomas Fahy, seemed so
interesting and I want to read, but I have 20$ of books already and don’t want
to get any more… but it’s on my wishlist! It’s about kids from a school all
getting weird nightmares and waking where they weren’t. Deaths occur and
something’s up!
Name: Zoe Patterson
Known as: Cat Lady - jk! KissDromeda, KissDromedaGirl, Juliane (rp), Hyunchul 현철(rp), Sohee/소희.
Age: Nearly two decades old!
Lives at: Tumblr, AFF, blogspot, Twitter, and currently Evexia.
Country: USA
Favorite Colors: Pastels, Lilac, lavender, any shade of purple basically, white, silver, black, any shade of gray (however, Christian Grey isn't one), clear, any shade of blue, teal, coral, salmon.
Language: English (native), Korean (good enough), Spanish (good enough), intros in Italian, Japanese, Greek, and tagalog.
Hobbies: Writing (ofc), browsing the web, taking care of my cats, drawing, thinking up ideas, playing either Sims or Star Wars, reading, reviewing, dancing, singing, composing.
Favorite Quote: "If you believe in yourself, you're unstoppable."
Likes:
♥ Cats [this is a cat basecode so ofc this is here]
♥ Anything artistic
♥ Korean stuff, and many more cultures, too. I wanted to be an Egyptologist.
♥ Rapping and dancing; composing or choreographing
♥ Tumblr, Twitter, ifunny, etc.
Dislikes:
✖ Haters and fakers
✖ anxiety and depression [suffering from both]
✖ dealing with a lot of stress
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