Character ABC's

(no, not the ABC cafe, sheesh, you les mis fans tsktsk)

A is for America Singer 

{The Selection}

B is for Bear Denniston (or Arthur, but we're sticking with Bear)

 {Shadow of the Bear}

C is for Cinder 

{The Lunar Chronicles}

D is for Damien Maris

 {Mark of the Raven}

E is for Elizabeth Bennet 

{Pride & Prejudice}

F is for Frodo Baggins 

{Lord of the Rings}

G is for Geric 

{The Goose Girl}

H is for Henry Higgins 

{Pygmalion}

I is for Isannah Lapham 

{Johnny Tremain}

J is for Juliet Ashton

 {The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society}

K is for Kahlen 

{The Siren}

L is for Lara Jean Covey 

{To All The Boys I've Loved Before}

M is for Max Vandenburg

 {The Book Thief}

N is for Nancy Drew 

{Nancy Drew}

O is for the Odysseus 

{The Odyssey}

P is for Puck Connolly 

{The Scorpio Races}

Q is for Quasimodo

 {The Hunchback of Notre Dame}

R is for Ross Poldark 

{Poldark}

S is for Scout Finch 

{To Kill A Mockingbird}

T is for Treebeard 

{The Lord of the Rings}

U is for Uriah Tarhund 

{Hittite Warrior}

V is fpr Velveteen Rabbit 

{The Velveteen Rabbit}

W is for Wendy Darling 

{Peter Pan}

X is for St. Francis Xavier 

{#catholicrebel}

Y is for Yoda 

{Star Wars}

Z is for Zeus

 {Greek Mythology}

What are some of your favorite characters? (literary or non). I couldn't think of any really for X, Y, and Z lol, do you know of any?

Make-Up Book Tag {Tag}

I stole this from MK #noregrets

I did tell her and she told me to do it. You can find her first version here and the second one here. I'm giving anyone permission to steal this because apparently it will be stolen so many times that maybe it'll be known as the "Stolen Make-Up Book Tag".

So yeah, let's get to the tag

1. Primer: A book that left a lasting impression on you

This one is pretty hard...But I'm going to have to go with To Kill A Mockingbird or A Rumored Fortune. In To Kill A Mockingbird, just the way racial differences can affect the way someone thinks really stood out to me and saddened me. During the court scene, my heart was pounding and I had to put the book down for a second after the verdict was proclaimed. For A Rumored Fortune, I really enjoyed the spiritual element. I came away with a really good lesson after I finished that book.

2. Foundation: A favorite first book in a series

Um..... Actually, this is kinda easy but yeah xD Two favorite firsts are Cinder and The Goose Girl.

3. Concealer: Pick some characters you wish didn't exist

Ellen Olenska and Newland Archer, The Age of Innocence. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh. I reaaaaaaaaaaaaally hated themmmm. I'm actually (hopefully) posting a review on this book later today at Southern Belles' Book Club so keep an eye out for that. But yeah, I really did not like those two.

4. Powder: Pick your favorite book from the end of a series

Now, this IS a hard one......I'm going to give a few because I honestly can't choose a favorite: Winter, The Return of the King, Forest Born, and The One (even though that one had me on the edge of my seat the whole time)

5. Eyebrows: Pick a book you think everyone should read

It's sorta hard to pick ONE book you think everyone should read because everyone has their own preferences, but one book that I normally recommend to people it The Goose Girl

6. Eyeshadow: Pick a book with your favorite colors on the front

The Selection, Flight Into Spring, The Siren

7. Eyeliner: Pick a dark and mysterious book

Black As Night

8. Mascara: Pick a long book

I would say Les Miserables, but I haven't exactly read that yet so I'm going to say Winter

9. Blush: Pick a book with swoony romance

Basically every single book I've read??? Jk, The Siren, The Beautiful Pretender, The Captive Maiden, The Healer's Apprentice, The Princess Spy, The Silent Songbird, A Noble Masquerade

10. Highlighter: Pick a book that brightens your day

Flight Into Spring and A Noble Masquerade

11. Lipstick: Your favorite book kiss

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum am I honestly supposed to ANSWER THAT????

But fine! I'll limit myself to fifty five. It will be in spoilers (so basically just highlight the coming text to see it) -That Kai/Cinder kiss at the end of Cress, That Akinli/Kahlen kiss in The Siren, The Bear/Blanche kiss at the end of Black As Night, The Donegan/Tressa kiss in A Rumored Fortune, and the Ryland/Miranda kiss in A Noble Masquerade- You can see which books they are because of the covers below, but you won't know which KISSES unless you read the spoiler.

Anywho, I hope you enjoyed this. I did xD

Have you read any of these books? If so, did you agree with me? Are you going to steal this? I triple dog dare you! 

~February Wrap-Up~

Well, I'm still alive and drowning in blog posts to catch up on.

I WILL READ ALL OF YOUR POSTS I PROMISE

And, y'all, I seriously meant to post last Sunday but I was at a sleepover and my friend (who was having the sleepover) was dropping everyone off at their houses. Except that nobody was home at my house (blame my brother's soccer) and so they dropped me off with another friend. And then my family stayed for dinner at my friend's house (the one I was dropped off at) And then you stir in some ice-cream, some ta-dans (Monica, lol xD) and we get home pretty late

*takes deep breath*

ANYWHO

LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD

LIFE

SCHOOL-WISE

I FINALLY TURNED IN EVERYTHING FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER

:DDDDDDDD

I'm only waiting for my Religion grade but so far I have all A's

VIOLIN-WISE

So we had a Music Festival thing yesterday where you get judged and if you make a 95 or higher you get to play at an honors recital. I made a 100 :DDD I was really surprised cause I thought I had totally butchered this shift to a high C but apparently not :D

DANCE-WISE

So I got my pointe shoes the day before the Superbowl. And that's been going pretty well. So has the rest of dance.

WRITING

ON PAPER

I've been getting a lot done in The Girl Who Learned To Love. And Victoria is HILARIOUS. HOMYGOSH. xD. Let me copy one of her scenes below.

Victoria paced in her room, forming a plan in her head. She wanted to take her friends to the nearby ice skating rink but her mom said that she needed to bring a chaperone. Which meant Marius. Borning Marius with his talk of "the classics". How was she supposed to get her popularity up with a brother like that? Unless. . .
She practically flew to her brother's room, flinging the door open. He was ready - like always - the Iliad. Victoria mentally rolled her eyes at his nerdiness.
"Marius!" she panted, "I need you to chaperone a group of my friends who I'm taking ice skating."
"Woah," Marius's voice was calm, "Was my sister abducted by aliens? I thought I wasn't 'cool' enough."
"Maybe Chandler can help you."
"Ah-ha! That's what you wanted."
"C'mon, Marius! Please ask her."
Marius sighed and put down the Iliad, pulling his phone out of his back pocket. Victoria squealed as he sent the message.
"I'm not promising anything," he said.
"I know, but at least you asked," Victoria sat on the bed.
"Are you going to wait here until she responds?"
"Yep."
"She could be in a meeting! Or class!"
"Then I'll wait." She took out her phone.
Seconds later Marius's phone pinged, and Victoria tackled him.
"What did you say? What did she say?" she cried eagerly.
"Chill. Just because someone texted me doesn't mean it's Chandler." He opened the message slowly to annoy his sister.
"What. Did. She. Say?" Victoria demanded.
"That she'll help and when and where to meet."
"Eep! Tell her to come to our house tomorrow at 5:30 and we'll all go together to the rink."
Victoria heard Marius sigh as she waltzed out of his room.

And I've noticed that a lot of my characters (coughmariuscough) throw books in this book....

ON THE COMPUTER

Um.....Nothing?? I gave up extra computer time for Lent so I haven't worked on The Moon....

EDITING

Same as above.........

READING

I read 7 more books towards my goal of reading 50 books I have never read this year. They are:

I loved them all! Y'all, the Siren is the cutest. Book. Ever. The one I actually didn't like (like, at all) was Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici by Carolyn Meyer. Which is sorta sad cause I really liked her book Marie, Dancing

AND I BOUGHT FOUR BOOKS THIS MONTH (one is currently being shipped)

THE SCORPIO RACES

THE SIREN

CINDER

BLACK AS NIGHT

Black as Night is the one being shipped. I feel like I would have read more books this month (all of those books were read before Ash Wednesday, which was the 14th, SO WHO KNOWS WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE THE REST OF THIS MONTH) but I gave up library books also for Lent.

BLOGGING

Posts this month: 

New Blog Look

Let's Talk Spotify: Part 1 {Artists}

Two Birds With One Stone (well, technically it's three...)

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Posts in the Works: 

The Goose Girl {Quotes Part 2}

A True Hero: Carson Wentz

More about: The Girl Who Learned to Love

Dream Cast for the Lunar Chronicles

I SHALL RULE THE WORLD

Updates:

None except that hopefully, I will be able to post/reply to comments/catch up on y'all's blog posts next Sunday!

How was your February? How about Lent?