Playlist for the dead book

These are the Songs that are listed in the book I am currently reading called Playlist for the Dead by Michelle Falkoff

Life makes you busy

Hey guys, so since my last post I have gone to Vermont with my mom. We went July 26th. First we went to see my moms friends in Massachusetts and we hung out with them for a few hours and then we continued on our way to Vermont. We stayed over night in New Hampshire. Then in the morning we went to King Arthur Flour Company. It was awesome. I can not wait to go back eventually. I got t a donut pan for making donuts, two donut mixes, a cheesecake bar mix, a homemade dog treat mix, and French toast scone mix (which are my favorite scones from there).

Since my last post I have read  When the World Was Young by Elizabeth Gaffney, Girlfriend Material by Melissa Kantor, The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It by Lisa Shanahan, The Breakup Bible By Melissa Kantor, and When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle.

I am currently reading Better Than Perfect by Melissa Kantor. After I finish that which hopefully I finish it today, I will be reading the pile of books I got from the library. These are the books in my pile:

1. Playlist for the Dead by Michelle Falkoff
2. Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor
3. Off the Page by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
4. The Darlings are Forever by Melissa Kantor
5. The Darlings in Love by Melissa Kantor
6. Jessica Darling's It List by Megan McCafferty
7. Sloppy First by Megan McCafferty
8. Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty
9. Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty
10. Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty
11. Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty
12. I'll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios
13. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
14. No Parking at the End Times by Bryan Bliss

Summer reading

The County I live in has a great library system. And they have an adult summer reading program called Escape the ordinary. What you do is rate a book and then put your slip in the box at your local library and then if they pull your slip out you win a prize. And the first time you do this you get to take a bag and it has bookmark, slips, a magnet, a ruler with a magnifying glass and a suggested reading list. I am going to post the list here. I plan to read all the books on this list, I got some out of the library yesterday. I started reading one today. I think this is a great idea because I will be reading books I normally wouldn't read.

Escape the Ordinary with an Adventure Novel!

1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2. The Abominable by Dan Simmons
3. In the Heart of the Canyon by Elisabeth Hyde
4. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
5. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
6. Watership Down by Richard Adams
7. Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
9. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
10. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

Escape the Ordinary with Heroes Among Us!

1. Secret Heroes: Everyday Americans Who Shaped Our World by Paul D. Martin
2. Heroes For My Daughter/Heroes For My Son by Brad Meltzer
3. The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement by Taylor Branch
4. Fighting for America: Black Soldiers--the Unsung Heroes of World War 2 by Christopher Moore
5. Women of Valor: the Rochambelles of the WW2 Front by Ellen Hampton
6. Valor: Unsung Heroes From Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front by Mark Lee Greenblatt
7. What Makes a Hero? : the Surprising Science of Selflessness by  Elizabeth Svoboda

Escape the Ordinary with a Travel Book!

1. 52 Weekends in New Jersey: From Rodeos To Air Shows To Biking Back Roads by Mitch Kaplan
2. Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances Mayes
3. Once in a Lifetime Trips: the World's 50 Most Extraordinary and Memorable Travel Experiences by Chris Santella
4. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
5. Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams
6. The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 miles, 2 Guys, 1 Globe, no Airplanes by Steve Hely
7. Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman

Escape the Ordinary with a Graphic Novel

1. DC: the New Frontier, the Deluxe Edition by Darwyn Cooke
2. Batman: Dark Night, Dark City by Peter Milligan
3. Watchmen by Alan Moore
4. The Secret History of Wonder Women by Jill Lepore
5. Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley
6. Bonnie & Clyde: the Beginning by Gary Jeffery

Escape the Ordinary with an Adventure Series!

1. The Risk Agent (Risk Agent #1) by Ridley Pearson
2. Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon #1) by Dan Brown
3. The Blood Gospel (Order of the Sanguines #1) by James Rollins
4. Golden Buddha (Oregon Flies #1) by Clive Cussler
5. The Atlantis Code (Thomas Lourds #1) by Charles Brokaw
6. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax #1) by Dorothy Gilman
7. The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #1) by Jasper Fforde

Summer fun

Hey guys so on Monday I drove to Virginia with my sister and her bf. Her bf is going to be living there and Colleen is moving down next month. Colleen and I visited the college she is going to be going to. She had two placement test to take so she took the English one Monday. And then we decided to spend the night so she didn't have to take two in one day. So Tuesday morning we drove to the college, she took her test and then we headed towards home. Along the way we stopped at Skyline Caverns. Skyline Caverns were really neat. I love Caverns. Here are some pictures I took in the cavern. Our tour guide Anthony was an awesome tour guide.

 

 

  So reading wise, I finished The Dress shop of Dreams by Menna van Praag, I Was Here by Gayle Forman, There Was an Old Woman by Hallie Ephron, Night Night, Sleep Tight by Hallie Ephron and The Clique: The Manga by Lisi Harrison.

I am currently reading When the World Was Young by Elizabeth Gaffney.

Last night I went to my book club and I had a lot of fun, My book club meets in a local bar and our book club is called books on tap. Next month we are supposed to read a book by someone famous who wasn't/isn't really an author but wrote a book. I have no clue what I am going to read for that. But next Tuesday I am joining a new book club, its for adults that read YA books. So I am excited for that because I love book clubs.

Reading goal for the year

So in January I set a reading goal for the year on my Goodreads account. My goal is to read 200 books this year. So far I have read 57 out of the 200 books. I am going to put the list underneath here. and Ill give you my rating of the book, it will be how many stars I gave it on goodreads.

1. The Appeal by John Grisham- rating 3 stars
2. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen- rating 4 stars
3. The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen- rating 3 stars
4. The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen- rating 3 stars
5. Body Double by Tess Gerritsen- rating 3 stars
6. Vanish by Tess Gerritsen- rating 3 stars
7. The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen- rating 3 stars
8. The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen- rating 4 stars
9. Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen- rating 3 stars
10. The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen- rating 3 stars
11. Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen- rating 3 stars
12. Die Again by Tess Gerritsen- rating 4 stars
13. Three Wishes by Liane Moriaty- rating 3 stars
14. The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriaty- rating 3 stars
15. Full Ride by Margaret Peterson- rating 4 stars
16. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman- rating 3 stars
17. To Marry a Scottish Laird by Lynsay Sands- rating 4 stars
18. Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks- rating 4 stars
19. Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares- rating 4 stars
20. Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks- rating 3 stars
21. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks- rating 4 stars
22. Animal Farm by George Orwell- rating 3 stars
23. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White- rating 5 stars
24. The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks- rating 4 stars
25. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell- rating 5 stars
26. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte- rating 4 stars
27. The Missing by Beverly Lewis- rating 4 stars
28. The Secret by Beverly Lewis- rating 4 stars
29. The Telling by Beverly Lewis- rating 4 stars
30. Hangman by Stephan Talty- rating 4 stars
31. The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand- rating 4 stars
32. Last One Home by Debbie Macomber- rating 5 stars
33. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie- rating 5 stars
34. Paper Towns by John Green- rating 4 stars
35. First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen- rating 4 stars
36. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen- rating 4 stars
37. Always Something There to Remind Me by Beth Harbison- rating 4 stars
38. My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares- rating 4 stars
39. Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay- rating 3 stars
40. Lucy Crocker 2.0 by Caroline Preston- rating 5 stars
41. Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell- rating 5 stars
42. Coraline by Neil Gaiman- rating 3 stars
43. Exposed by Kimberly Marcus- rating 4 stars
44. The Vow by Jessica Martinez- rating 3 stars
45. PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern- rating 4 stars
46. Death Wears a Beauty Mask by Mary Higgins Clark- rating 5 stars
47. The Alpine Advocate by Mary Daheim- rating 4 stars
48. A Time to Kill by John Grisham- rating 5 stars
49. Sycamore Row by John Grisham- rating 4 stars
50. Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews- rating 4 stars
51. The Firm by John Grisham- rating 4 stars
52. The Beach Quilt by Holly Chamberlin- rating 2 stars
53. Blueprints by Barbara Delinsky- rating 5 stars
54. In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume- rating 5 stars
55. The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand- rating 5 stars
56. The Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark- rating 5 stars
57. 99 Days by Katie Cotugno- rating 4 stars

Right now I am reading The Dress Shop of Dreams by Menna Van Praag

After I finish that I have a pile of books I got at the library those books are:

1. I Was Here by Gayle Forman
2. The Clique: The Manga by Lisi Harrison (for my book club that meets on the 8th)
3. There was an old woman by Hallie Ephron
4. Night Night, Sleep Tight by Hallie Ephron
5. When the World was Young by Elizabeth Gaffney
6. Metropolis by Elizabeth Gaffney

And then after that who knows where my reading will go. Well have a good weekend. I am going to two barbeques and fire works tomorrow for the holiday.

A couple different things

Hey Guys, not that I have any followers but I do get a read now and then lol. Anyways I am very excited to tell you I am going to Michigan and Canada at the end of the summer!!! We are going to drive there in my car.

That's my car on the first day I got it almost a year ago. I cant believe its been that long already. I love my ford escape. Its perfect for me because I can literally just say to my gang okay load up lets go and 5 of us can go on an adventure. My family calls me Tora the explorer because I literally almost always know where we are going.

So since my last reading update this is what I've read:
The Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (this was a re-read)
99 Days by Katie Cotugno
I am currently reading The Dress Shop of Dreams by Menna Van Praag


So everyone has been doing this A-Z survey so I decided to do the survey.
A. Age: 21.5

B. Biggest Fear: Spiders, ever since my mom got bit my one in 2010.

C. Current Time: 11:39 am

D. Drink You Last Had: Milk

E. Easiest Person To Talk To: My Mom

F. Favorite Song: Right now its Cecilia And The Satellite by Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness

G. Grossest Memory: When my best friend Shawn tried to throw me in the pool but I fell and cut my ankle and we saw my bone.

H. Hometown: Delran

I. In Love With: My fiancée Ron

J. Jealous of: Anyone who got Loft 89 at Taylor Swift's 1989 world tour during her two nights in Philly

K. Kindest Person You Know: This lady Kellie who I babysit for, she is always so nice, and she lets me get ice cream with her triplets if mister softee comes around while I am there

L. Longest Relationship: 4 and half years and still going

M. Middle Name: Belle

N. Number Of Siblings: One

                                                    Me and My Sister Colleen

O. One Wish: To travel to Ireland

P. Person You Spoke to Last on the Phone: Ron

Q. Question You're Always Asked: How old are you?

R. Reason to Smile: I am going to Massachusetts and Vermont at the end of the month

S. Song you Last Sang: California by Metro Station

T. Time You Woke Up: 10 am

U. Underwear Color: Black

V. Vacation Destination: I am going to Massachusetts, Vermont, Michigan, Canada, and maybe California this Summer

W. Worst Habit: Biting my nails

X. X-Rays You've Had: Ankle

Y. Your Favorite Food: Duck and Chicken Kiev

Z. Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Well that was fun, if you want comment with some or all of your A-Z facts. Now I am going to go eat lunch and read some. Have an awesome day!!

Books I have read since my last reading update

1. PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
2. Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories by Mary Higgins Clark
3. The Alpine Advocate by Mary Daheim
4. A Time to Kill by John Grisham
5. Sycamore Row by John Grisham
6. Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews
7. The Firm by John Grisham
8. The Beach Quilt by Holly Chamberlin
9. Blueprints by Barbara Delinsky
10. In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
11. The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand

Summer

Alright so obviously I was not better about posting, this time I PROMISE I will do better. On June 12th and 13th I saw my girl Taylor Swift in concert. It was awesome!!!! I made and meet some new friends. My friends are great. My great aunt Josephine died on June 9th. Last Thursday June 18th was her funeral. My mom and I drove up to Massachusetts last Wednesday. I did all the driving. We stayed at Nantasket  Beach Resort. Its right on the ocean. I love it there. Then Thursday we checked out, and we went to the funeral and the lunch after. Then we left to go home. On the way we stopped and met some of my moms friends for dinner. I had a lobster roll, it was yummy! Then we continued on our journey home. Then on Friday June 19th my sister graduated from high school I am so proud. Tomorrow my favorite author Mary Higgins Clark, has a new book coming out, its called The Melody Lingers On. And on Wednesday I might go to the Franklin Institute and see their exhibit on Genghis Khan. I have decided that at least once a week this summer I want to do something fun!

Books I Have Read Since My Last Reading Update

1. Nights In Rodanthe  by Nicholas Sparks (I had read it before but decided to reread it and I also saw the movie for the first time)
2. Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares (this book is the last book in the sisterhood of the traveling pants series, they are all great books)
3. Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
4. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (this is my second favorite book by him)
5. Animal Farm by George Orwell
6. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
7. The Wedding by Nicolas Sparks (it has some characters from the notebook but you could read this book by itself and still understand it)
8. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
9. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (I read this for the march meeting of my book club)
10. The Secret by Beverly Lewis
11. The Missing by Beverly Lewis
12. The Telling by Beverly Lewis
13. Hangman by Stephan Talty (this is the second book in a series by him about a cop in Buffalo New York named Abbie Kearney, the first book is called Black Irish)
14. The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand
15. Last One Home by Debbie Macomber
16. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
17. Paper Towns by John Green
18. First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
19. The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
20. Always Something There to Remind Me by Beth Harbison
21. My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares
22. Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay
23. Lucy Crocker 2.0 by Caroline Preston
24. Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell
25. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
26. Exposed by Kimberly Marcus
27. The Vow by Jessica Martinez 

About my trip to Arkanas

I have been super busy since my last post. I promise to do better. This past weekend I took a road trip with my sister and my friend to get my sisters boyfriend. It was fun but it was a long time. We left on Friday morning and we drove straight through and got there Saturday morning. Then turned around to go home. We stopped in Virginia on the way home on Saturday night and got home Sunday evening. Today I am spending the day working on a project for school. Tomorrow I will write a list of the books I have read since my last post

I have been super busy

I have been super busy since my last post. I've been going to school, working, reading, and dealing with things in my life. Since my last post I have read the 11th book in the rizzoli and isles series Die again, Three wishes and The last Anniversary by Liane Moriaty, Full Ride by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Why We Broke up by Daniel Handler, and To Marry a Scottish Laird by Lynsay Sands. I have watched season 1 through 4 of Rizzoli and Isles. On Tuesday I plan to watch season 5 on tv because it is on all day because a new episode is airing at 9 pm.

Whats happening in my life

Hey, so the past few days have been busy. I finished reading book six, seven, eight, nine, and ten in the Rizzoli and Isles series. They all were really good. I am going to start book eleven tomorrow. But I am sad because book eleven just came out so I will have to wait for the next book. But it will be okay. So last Sunday it rained and there was ice so the Ben Franklin museum wasn't opened. But we went to the national liberties museum and Independence Hall. Independence hall was pretty cool. On Tuesday my class for this semester started. It was pretty cool. I think it will be good class. On Wednesday I went to the library and got season one of the TV show Rizzoli and Isles out so I right after I finish this post I am going to watch the first episode. Tomorrow I was supposed to go to Washington dc with my mom but the weather is going to be bad so we are going next Saturday instead.

The past few days

So my fiancée and I made up. We are just going to move the wedding back a bit. Hopefully either October or November of this year. On Sunday my fiancée, my sister, and I are going into Philly. To go to the Benjamin Franklin museum. I am excited. As for my reading I finished the third, fourth, and fifth book of the Rizzoli and Isles series by Tess Gerritsen. Right now I am reading the sixth book. I also went to a new book club this week. I really enjoyed it. For February each of us got to pick a wrapped romance novel out of a bag and that's the book we are supposed to read for next month. Its a pretty cool idea. Its called go on a blind date with a book.

Reading

Hey, its Victoria. Right now I am reading the Rizzoli and Isles series by Tess Gerritsen. So far I have read the first two books and I am on the third book.
Here's a list of the books

1. The Surgeon
2. The Apprentice
3. The Sinner
4. Body Double
5. Vanish
6. The Mephisto Club
7. The Keepsake
8. Ice Cold
9. The Silent Girl
10. Last to Die
11. Die Again

Change in the blog plus traveling things

Well today was a bad day. My fiancée and I have broken up. So my blog will no longer include wedding plans. So now I will blog about moving forward with my life. I have an interview for a new nanny job tomorrow. Also instead of going on my honeymoon it looks like I might go to Alaska! I am excited to add a new state to my list. Here is a list of the states I have been to:

1. Alabama
2. Arkansas
3. Connecticut
4. Delaware
5. Florida
6.  Georgia
7. Illinois
8. Indiana
9. Kentucky
10. Louisiana
11. Maine
12. Maryland
13. Massachusetts
14. Mississippi
15. Missouri
16. New Hampshire
17. New Jersey
18. New York
19. North Carolina
20. Ohio
21. Oklahoma
22. Pennsylvania
23. Rhode Island
24. South Carolina
25. Tennessee
26. Texas
27. Vermont
28. Virginia
29. Washington
30. West Virginia

About me

My name is Victoria. I am 24. I live in NJ. I love reading, traveling, Disney, any thing pink, shopping, playing board games, Taylor Swift,  and moose.

About my blog

Hi my name is Victoria. My blog is called Belle Life because Belle means beautiful in French and so my blog is basically called beautiful life. In my blog I will be talking about books I read, places I go and other random things I can think of. I read a lot so expect a lot of post about books. Right now I am reading the pretty little liars series. I read a few of the books and stopped but now I would like to read the rest so I am starting over at book 1. I travel a lot.. well at least I  try to.