Weekly Wrap-Up:New Netflix Addiction

What's New
Well, I haven't being doing a lot of reading this week. I did start a book that wasn't part of my required reading so that's progress. I'm currently reading Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler. Fictional stories about author/celebrity wives are a bit of a guilty pleasure for me, and so far this one is pretty good. I also got totally hooked on Scandal and watched way too many episodes on Friday night, but I just couldn't stop! Olivia Pope is so smart and tactical. I'm in the beginning of season 2- so no spoilers! If you like political dramas, this is a great one! And if political dramas aren't usually your thing, you should still give this one a try- I think fans of Mad Men will really enjoy it- it's at the same level of drama and has great characters.

 


What I Bought
Nothing this week! Go me!

What Happened This Week
Monday-  I started the week with the second part of my hot (as in attractive) authors list. It's so fun to discover what these author's look like that I had never seen pictures of before or that I had never seen young.

Tuesday- On Top Ten Tuesday I asked for advice on what to buy next.

Wednesday- Waiting on Wednesday: Black Dove, White Raven- this one is going to be good guys!

Thursday- I reviewed a non-fiction graphic novel- The Beats about the Beatnik movement. 

Friday- I did the Taylor Swift Book Tag!

Last Week's Wrap-Up 
What's Next
This is another one of those "I have no idea what's happening next" weeks because I haven't been reading very much, which means I don't have any reviews to write or post. This week will feature some thoughts on one play and one classic novel that I have finished for school recently, and of course TTT along with some other non-review posts.

What T.V. shows are you guys watching right now? and What are you reading?

Hosted by: The Caffeinated Book Reviewer

Hot Authors Part Two

Awhile ago I made a list of really hot authors (read it here) and promised a part two. Well I'm finally getting around to it! The last list was male heavy, so the females take center stage in this post!
Now, of course this post is just for fun, and these ladies are responsible for some amazing pieces of literature as well as being smokin' hot!

Sarah J. Maas- Throne of Glass series

 
She so looks like Jenifer Lawrence to me!

Jhumpa Lahiri- Interpreter of Maladies- Pulitzer Prize Winner 

Maya Angelou- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings/ Phenomenal Women 

Toni Morrison- Beloved/ The Bluest Eye

Zora Neale Hurston- Their Eyes were Watching God

Edna St. Vincent Millay- Sonnets and other Poems 

Anne Sexton- To my Lover Returning to His Wife/ Other Poems 

Kate Chopin- The Awakening/ The Story of an Hour

 

Pierce Brown- Red Rising 

Hot Authors Part One

August Wrap-Up

August was a busy month for me. I moved, started school, and had a quarter life crisis (no really, I did.) I feel like reading took a little bit of a back seat this month, but I still managed to read some really great things in August. I'm hoping to read lots in September, but that depends on my school schedule.

Reviews:
On the Road, Jack Kerouac
Losing It, Cora Carmack
If I Stay, Gayle Forman
The Summer Trilogy, Jenny Han
Grasshopper Jungle, Andrew Smith
Boxers, Gene Luen Yang
Saints, Gene Luen Yang

Other Posts:
Stacking the Shelves: A Mishmash
TTT: Classics for non-classic readers
TTT: Books I'm on the fence about
The Power of the First Line
Recently Watched: The Grand Budapest Hotel
TTT:Books I've Been Recommended
Hot Authors
Stacking the Shelves: You guessed it, more used books
TTT: Books I want to read but don't own yet

In exciting news, my Hot Authors post was featured as the most clicked on link on The Steadfast Reader's Spread the Love Link up. You should go check out her blog and her link up, both are great!

Top Ten Tuesday: Who's Sitting at my Lunch Table- Author Edition

This week's TTT topic is the ten literary characters I would want sitting at my lunch table, but I'm going to change this to the top ten authors I would want to sit at my lunch table.  Happy back to school season! 

Hosted by: The Broke and the Bookish

 1. Oscar Wilde

Duh! I would marry Oscar Wilde if I could. I have said this countless times but I love Oscar Wilde, both his works and his outrageous personality. He would be endless entertaining at a lunch table. 

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson

He is so wise, everything that comes out of his mouth sounds like a Chinese Proverb or a new philosophy to live your life by. I would love to have a conversation with him!  

3. William Shakespeare 

I want to discover the real Shakespeare. Was he really a women? Was he gay? Did he write his own plays or did someone else write some or all of them? How is he so good at iambic pentameter? Was he an alien? Clearly I have a lot of questions for the guy.

4. Sylvia Plath

I would love to get to know Plath. I want to hear how she forms her conversations and if they are as beautiful as her poetry and prose. I want to get to know the real Sylvia, and know her for more than just her pain. 

5. Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay is one cool chick. The feminist tones in her poetry are so clear and done so well. I would love to hear the stories that inspired her poems and hear her talk about the writing process, and just meet the women behind the powerful, sassy poetry.  

6. Maureen Johnson 

The books by Johnson that I have read crack me up, so I would love to have lunch with her. I bet she's so fun and would be full of funny and entertaining stories. Plus I want to know why the third book in her Shades of London series is taking so stinking long to be released!

7. John Green

I enjoy Green's personality and would love to discuss classic lit with him, as he is so well read. And hopefully he would bring Hank, who I have a little crush on :)  

8. Laurie Halse Anderson

I am always impressed by her work and would love to meet her and discuss her work with her. Wintergirls totally took me by surprise and I need to read more of her works. 

9. David Levithan 

I always enjoy and laugh at Levithan's works. I would love to talk to him about how much of a positive impact his books are capable of having on young readers, and I would love to discuss using his books in my future classroom.  

10. Sarah J. Maas

I love the Throne of Glass series, and want to talk to Maas about what's going to happen next! She has a great imagination and the series has a great origin story that I would love to hear more about. 

Hot Authors

I've read a lot of books, mostly classics, without having a clue what the author looked like, and then when I looked them up, I was shocked. So today's post is full of eye candy for you. Here's some author's you may or may not have known were/are hot. Leave me more literary hotties in the comments below.

Hot Men of Literature:

Ernest Hemingway 

 


Jack Kerouac 

 

Jack London 

 




Hunter S. Thompson 

Rolad Dahl

 

C.S. Lewis 

Markus Zusak 

 
Hot Ladies of Literature

Daphne Du Maurier

 

Sylvia Plath

Dorthy Parker