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The Big Read thinks the average adult has only read six of the top 100 books they've printed below.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read only six and force books upon them.


1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott and Little Women and Jo's Boys, lovely books
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare, I think I'm two short, but I'm bolding it anyway
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis, This is part of the Chronicle of Narnia...
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown, Angels and Demons is better
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo, and have seen it on Broadway.  :)

59 out of a hundred isn't bad I guess. 

This totally made me laugh. Am I really like this? If you take it, let me know what you get.

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! In May I gave angelface211 a wet willie, then I took it back (-5 points). In October superfrail and I donated clothes to the needy (11 points). In July I gave r_d_g a Dutch Oven (-10 points). In June I bought porn for ladolce_kate (10 points). Last Tuesday I ruled Canada as a kind and benevolent dictator (700 points). Overall, I've been nice (706 points). For Christmas I deserve a Nintendo Wii! Sincerely, LexxiSmiles

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I already have a Wii!

Here are the books I read in November.

Bought the new Alter Bridge album last night. I've been listening to it obsessively and love it as much as their last one. They played here in Milwaukee tonight, but I didn't go. I wish I had, I miss my concert buddy Leah!

I can't wait for Thanksgiving. I'm so glad it's going to be a short week at work, I really need a break. I'm doing pretty well with my Christmas shopping, I'm about half-way done. I need to start working on Christmas cards, I might do that tomorrow when I'm watching the last Nascar race of the season.

Had an awesome chat with Kimi tonight. She's giving her notice next week, so she'll hopefully be done working in Florida sometime next summer. She's going to stay until they find another nanny, which is a pretty long process. I can't wait to have her closer! We've already been making plans for a road trip next summer. Although we might not be able to go if I get pregnant. Not much else going on, just counting the days until Christmas and my vacation and trip up to Minneapolis. It's crazy how much I miss it. Adam doesn't like it here, but he doesn't want to go back to Minneapolis either. *sigh* Anyway, only 40 days until I get to see Kimi!

So a lot of people seem to be interested in what I read.  Well, they usually are more interested in how much I read.  So I decided to start recording the books I read each month.  So this is my reading list from October.

Reply to this post, and I will list three things I love about you. Maybe more than three. Then repost to your own journal and spread the love.

I got another raise at my job.  This is the third one in the less than three months I've been there.  Go me!


In other news....I need to do laundry, this is the second day I've had to wear a pair of Adam's socks.  Although, he has a lot more than I do.....maybe I should just buy more socks.

Snagged from southsidesister

So I started my new job yesterday. It went really well and I really impressed them. They had a large group of women in and I just jumped right in and started selling. I ended up selling the most expensive outfit in the store with two hats and other accessories. The sale ended up being over $400. My new boss just stared at me in amazement, so I'm glad I got off to a good start. On a bad note, I hurt my back pretty bad on Friday when getting home from my trip. I stayed in bed on Saturday and Sunday and went to work yesterday even though it still hurt pretty bad. I didn't want to miss my first day! It was hurting a lot when I got home from work and then suddenly got much worse. I tried to go to bed anyway and took some tylenol with codeine and some ibuprofen but it didn't even touch the pain. Adam ended up taking me into the ER at 5 this morning. The doctor is an idiot and doesn't know what's going on. He gave me a really big shot of Morphine and sent me home and told me to come back tomorrow. That morphine took away most of the pain and really knocked me out. I slept for about 4 hours and it's still making me a bit loopy. He also gave me a prescription for Oxycodone. I'm on some pretty major drugs. The worst thing is that I'm not allowed to work. I felt horrible about it but my boss told me not to worry about it and take all the time I need. She's really amazing, I can't believe how understanding she was. So I'll be on bedrest the next few days. Figured I get on the internet and post before the morphine runs out and I can't stand to sit up anymore. *sigh*

I can't believe that I leave for California tomorrow. It seems like I've been planning this trip forever, but I didn't think that it would get here this fast. Anyway, I leave tomorrow morning and won't be back until Friday the 28th. Most of that time I will be without internet. I should hopefully be able to check in a few times and see how everything is going. I'll try and update my journal and let everyone know what I'm up to when I'm gone. For those of you that have my cell number, feel free to text me or call me when I'm gone. I'll miss talking to you guys! Talk to you in a few weeks!

*hug*

Went in for my second interview today and they offered me the job! Quite a bit more an hour than what I was making at Home Depot. I can also get bonuses, which I guess are quite a bit of money. Not to mention that everyone there is really great and it seems like it's going to be a great place to work. I'm so excited!!! Plus they are fine with me going on vacation, so I start as soon as I get back. :)

Well, we didn't get the 1-3 more inches of snow that they promised.....we got around 7 instead. Add that to the other 17...and that makes 2 feet of snow this week. Lovely. Took the people the entire day to plow the parking lot at Home Depot. We now have these huge snow mountains, they are kinda scary. Work really sucked. I'm so sick of that place. I need to find a job so I can quit. I'm even thinking about just plain quitting without having a new job. Probably not the best idea since I have to start paying back my student loans in June.

Well....winter isn't done quite yet. In fact yesterday it gave me the middle finger. We got 17 inches of snow. Yes, you did read that correctly. Yesterday it took me well over an hour to dig my car out of the snow. It had drifted so bad that it was up and over the hood of the car, and the entire driver's side was encased in snow. You couldn't even see my door. We are suppose to get more snow this weekend as well. They even shut down parts of Interstate 94 for awhile. By where I work, traffic was backed up on the interstate for over 30 miles! It's just insane. On Sunday night, my 15 minute drive home from work took me 40 minutes. Couldn't even see the stupid road. Grrr....I HATE WINTER! It's March, it is suppose to start being nice.

I've had a great few weeks. Things at work are still pretty bad, but everything else in my life is going really well right now. Busy planning my trip with Kimi to California. I can't wait!

Spring is on it's way! I am starting to feel so much better, it's unbelievable. It's like I've been a zombie all winter and I'm finally starting to wake up and be the real Donna. I've been in a much better mood. The weather has been pretty nice too, so I've been going on a lot of walks lately.

I feel so good today. My sister in-law cut and dyed my hair on Thursday. I've recieved so many complements. I actually blushed today when a guy at work told me I looked really pretty. It was really sweet.

Not much else to say. Hope you are all doing well. *hug*

I got another award at work today. Feels nice to be acknowledged for all the extra work I do around there.

I was bored so I took a survey thingy. Here are my results.

Your Five Variable Love Profile

Propensity for Monogamy: Your propensity for monogamy is high. You find it easy to be devoted and loyal to one person. And in return, you expect the same from who you love. Any sign of straying, and you'll end things. Experience Level: Your experience level is high. You've loved, lost, and loved again. You have had a wide range of love experiences. And when the real thing comes along, you know it! Dominance: Your dominance is medium. You tend to be the one with more power. You aren't a total control freak in relationships.. But of course you don't mind getting you way! Cynicism: Your cynicism is low. You are an eternal optimist when it comes to love and romance. No matter how many times you've been hurt - you're never bitter. You believe in one true love, your perfect soulmate. And if you haven't found true love yet, you know you will soon. Independence: Your independence is low. This doesn't mean you're dependent in relationships.. It does mean that you don't have any problem sharing your life. In your opinion, the best part of being in love is being together.

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day. Mine was great. Adam really surprised me, he was really sweet this year. <3 I love you guys! Have a good rest of your Valentine's Day!

OMG. Home Depot is imploding. Shit hit the fan at work this week. A manager, a supervisor and two associates are now fired. One of those people is one of my favorite people to work with, and did not deserve to be fired. I'm not going to get into the details, but Home Depot really acted unfairly. Because of all of this I've become pretty much indespensible. Also as an effect all my shifts have been changed. I'll pretty much be working 5:45am to 2:15 pm now. So for at least the next week you won't see much of me except on the weekends. I'm just happy I survived through all of it. Now about 6 other people are threatening to quit. It's so tense and awful around there right now. Anyway, I need to eat dinner and do a few things and head to bed. Hope you are all doing well.