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Imma say 65 pages. Can't wait to read it! :)

If it really ends up being 65 pages...

[sierrasanator]

tagged by cheerfulheidi

Name: Sierra

Age: 18

Gender: F

Selfie: Nope, sorry

FAVOURITES

Food: Bacon

Drink: Tea

Book(s): Unwind, I Am Number Four, The Hunger Games, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, The Outsiders, That Was Then This is Now, The Pigman, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Sherlock Holmes, Say Goodnight Gracie, The Fault in Our Stars, Coraline, The Hobbit, Divergent, Legend, This Star Won’t Go Out, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The 5th Wave, Jane Eyre, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and The Book Thief.

Author(s): Neil Gaiman (my king), J.K. Rowling (my queen), and Ned Vizzini (I actually had a conversation with him once. When I found out that he died, I was heartbroken).

Song (at the moment): Not About Angels by Birdy

Film(s): Lady Jane, The Ultimate Gift, Martian Child, The Hobbit, The Avengers, The Hunger Games, Life of Pi, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Harry Potter, Tangled, The Help, Up, The Princess Bride, How to Train Your Dragon, The Outsiders, Pride & Prejudice, Megamind, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Proposal, Stardust, Enchanted, Hercules, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Princess and the Frog, Elf, August Rush, The Debt, Leap Year, Anastasia, Another Cinderella Story, Becoming Jane, Finding Nemo, Bully, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, I Am Number Four, Serenity, Coraline, Ender’s Game, P.S. I Love You, Frozen, The Sound of Music, Hugo, Divergent, Eragon, 12 Years a Slave, The Book Thief, Clueless, Captain Phillips, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and The Fault in Our Stars.

TV show(s): Fruits Basket, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, Doctor Who, Once Upon a Time, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Merlin, Legend of the Seeker, America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Fosters, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog, North & South, Firefly, The Catherine Tate Show, and Reign.

Band: Sunday Buckets

Solo artist: Birdy

Place: Pacific Northwest

School subject: English

Sport: None

Male actor: Asa Butterfield

Female actor: Emma Watson

LIFE

Best friend: Marinna (best friends for our entire lives)

Siblings: Olivia (little sister)

Dream job: Zoologist

Fears: My anxiety

Political ideology: Libertarian

Religion: Christianity

Tattoos: None

Piercings: Ears

Languages: English and a bit of Spanish

TUMBLR

Reason behind URL: It’s a combination of my name and Asanator (fans of Asa Butterfield)

Reason behind icon: It’s Asa Butterfield

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First URL: sierrasanator

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I got tagged by the adorbs caapaldi!

Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just ones that have touched you. Then tag ten other folks etc. etc. you all know how this goes  (I don't know enough people to tag 10 people so I'll tag friends that read a lot)

Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell: Hands down the most emotional book I've ever read. I don't just mean that it's sad (it's sad too), I mean that there's so much feeling in it it's unbelievable. This was the only book I read in a day and the only book that made me cry for half an hour straight. I have a conspiracy theory that she wrote this about the love story of her and her husband.

The Fault in Our Stars, John Green: I know, I know, it's the super popular one and I think people put it on a pedestal too much. What I really like about this book is that you really get some perspective about what love is in the grand scheme of things; oblivion, to quote the book. Sometimes a one, true love is all that someone needs in this huge, scary life. Like you don't necessarily have to date a lot of people to find the one, and you don't always get to spend a lot of time with the one. But you'll have that person sometime, somewhere.

The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien. Here's one you probably weren't expecting. Tim O'Brien served in Vietnam and writes about it a lot, which was what this is. The main character's name is actually Tim O'Brien, so it gets us wondering how much of it is true. This company of soldiers in see and do terrible things in the war, so along the way they tell each other stories to distract themselves. Some of these stories are completely made up, though. What I really took away from this book is how O'Brien explained truth in storytelling: there's happening-truth and feeling-truth. Happening-truth is the actual truth, what actually happened. Feeling-truth is what you felt like happened. I like this because this is exactly how I write my stories. I write about things that actually happened, but I tell them as if they are feeling-truth. 

Bossypants, Tina Fey. These didn't have to be fiction, right? I've read this 1.5 times already and I need to read it again. It's one of my favorites because Tina is my role model, and I want her job. It's perfect. This memoir describes how she got to where she is today, so I take mental notes every time I read it.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), Mindy Kaling. Another great read for the aspiring screenwriter/TV producer. Did you know Mindy got her foot into the entertainment industry by writing a fan fiction-like play with her roommate about some actor whose name is falling me at this moment? Yep. This girl is amazing okay. And she went to Notre Dame or something.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Why not? An American classic. I love the jazz age. I also learned a lot from this about how to build up momentum for a character.

I'm out of books. Whoops. Well I hope you kind of enjoyed reading that.

[reciprothirst]

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P: a song that I’d recommend you based on your blog

For some reason, you're ringing in as a Tightrope by Walk the Moon type to me.

[exhilaratingindependence]

Alright, Dee tagged me in this thing. I'm supposed to tag people but I don't feel like it so… enjoy.

1. Describe your music taste in 3 words.

Smooth, nice, fun.

2. If you could choose a different name, would you? And what would you change it to?

Nah. I used to complain about my typical name a lot but my mom would always end up fake-crying. I've grown out of that phase.

3. If you could change the logo of anything (store, restaurant, brand, etc.), what would it be and why?

Uh. I like a lot of logos I see…

4. If you had to choose one textbook that has been assigned to you thus far to read for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Imaginative Writing, the book for my creative writing class.

5. Name a song, book, movie, and/or piece of art in general that fills you with such feelings that it overwhelms you.

Aggghhhh it's a tie between "They Can't Take That Away From Me" by Tony Bennett and "One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)" by Frank Sinatra.

6. What events led to you encountering your favorite song, book, and movie? (Not necessarily the same song, book or movie from above. But it can be!)

For the Tony Bennett song, I found something similar on a radio station called Martini In the Morning.

7. What is your favorite type of staircase?

One that doesn't break…? No, the huge swervey ones in fancy houses.

8. What would be your first action if you became president/equivalent ruler of the country you currently live in?

Make passive-aggression illegal.

9. When and why did you start your tumblr? (If you have multiple blogs, just say about the first one. Your first foray into the world of tumblr.)

Some other people talked about it and it looked cool.

10. Describe the most awesome building/structure you’ve ever encountered in your life. (IRL.)

Uhhh I dunno that's a tough one. I'm gonna go with the Old Well at Chapel Hill :P

11. Why?

(I'm going to assume this is a question by itself.)

Because I can.

[crouchingsavagehiddenhyneman]

Hello! (I'm the one who just pointed out your bag today at college :)) I just realized I didn't introduce myself!! I'm Deekshita. Are you a freshman.

Oh hi! Yep, what about you?