Updates and To-Do List 18SEP11

This is the third week of the vintage bookworm's To-Do List Meme and I've found it tremendously enjoyable. I also add a few of my own updates about what's going on in my real world.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Julianna-Margulies-Kyle-Chandler-win-Emmys-2176563.php

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/09/18/sofia-vergara-emmys-2011-red-carpet/

Emmys:
A lot of red dresses...a lot. At first I thought my favorite was Sofia Vergara but then after the Lead Actress in a Comedy bit, I added Martha Plimpton's dress, which yes was red but I love the sparkles and its relative simplicity (sorry that the picture isn't very good). I enjoyed Jane Lynch's hosting for the most part and I enjoyed getting to see Zachary Levi and Joel McHale (Community should have been nominated). I was also BEYOND THRILLED that Friday Night Lights won a writing Emmy and that Kyle Chandler won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series as Eric Taylor is my TV dad. All five seasons are available on DVD and they are well worth an investment of your time and money.

Sports:
Well, this is some great news!  The Phillies have clinched their division (unsurprisingly-we've had a great year overall if not recently) and us fans are on the way to a happy October with hopefully some great games. Will we win the whole thing? Who knows but at least we have a shot.
Then there's the Eagles; I waited to post this meme specifically so I could mention if we won or lost against the Falcons. And I should have not bothered as we ended up losing and our QB has a neck injury; severity is undetermined at time of posting.

Blog:
I created a new page, which you can click through at the top, featuring my YA Book Boyfriends. I'm planning to add more links to the page and add and delete as other guys strike my fancy but as of now these are MY guys. Who would you keep from my list and who would you throw away? (Hopefully you've read some of them and if not, well then enjoy picking them up!)

To-Do List:
I actually completed all 7 items on last week's list (just barely-I am so slow at completing my reviews lately!) so that means I'm all ready to attack another week.

1. Finish and review Eve by Anna Carey-it's meh so far
2. Finish and review Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor-very different and intriguing.
3. Post on amazon vine.
4. Read and review Flirt Club by Cathleen Daly
5. Read and review Sass and Serendipity by Jennifer Ziegler
6. Update goodreads shelves.
7. Pick up Ender's Game from library for comfort reading.
8. Read and review The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
9. Read and review Wisdom's Kiss by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Updates and To-Do List 11SEP11

Last week, I participated in the vintage bookworm's To-Do List Meme; excited to participate again and because I enjoyed it so much, I elaborated a little bit.

9/11:
I think I remembered this in a good way-first I exercised my freedom of worship. Then I went for a nice jog/walk-beautiful day, very peaceful. Then my Eagles beat the Rams, with ample encouragement on my part. I talked with my grandparents on the other side of the country. And my dad made my favorite dinner for the family. We also caught some of the news specials in honor of the day and remembered where we were when we first heard.

Sports:
Mostly good news. Although my beloved Phillies lost, so did their division rivals the Atlanta Braves, which puts our magic number at 6. I am very optimistic about our chances for winning the NL East and cautiously optimistic about winning home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. We shall see.
Other good news would be the Eagles beating the Rams, quite handily! Always good to start the season with a win.  I'll also be talking about the Flyers when hockey season starts so be prepared.

Personal:
Work has been crazy! I have so many little details to take care of this week but it's good and my boss is happy with my work. I'm definitely happy that business is booming as it's preferable to the other option.  Orchestra has been good; I'm especially enjoying the bonding time with my sister as we both play viola and our stand partners. One thing I'm looking forward to this week, besides reading as I've got an amazing looking stack of books-see below, is the new movie Drive starring Ryan Gosling; it's gotten some good reviews and Gosling is supposed to be crazy hot in it.

Last week's list:
I finished almost everything on my list from last week except for writing two reviews, which I plan to finish tonight. Thus this week has (almost) completely new stuff!

To-Do List for this week:
1. Review Circle of Fire and Queens of All the Earth (from last week)
2. Read and review Past Perfect by Leila Sales (I've already read the first two chapters and laughed a lot so I'm excited).
3. Read and review All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevins
4. Post that review on Amazon as it's a Vine book.
5. Read and review Exile by Anne Osterlund.
6. Read and review A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davis
7. Read and review The Poisoned House by Michael Ford.

What I'd like to do too:
8. Read and review Sass and Serendipity by Jennifer Ziegler
9. Locate a copy of and reread Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
10. Download the next five titles I plan to read from Netgalley

So that's my rambling-what's up with you?

To-Do List: Week of 04SEP11

When I saw about The Vintage Bookworm's new meme, I figured I'd give it a try since I already make my own to-do lists. I'm a bit behind on reviews and I've got a big stack of books to read so that forms the majority of my list.

To-Do List for this week:
1. Write review of Guantanamo Boy, scheduled for 15 September
2. Write review of Pregnant Pause, scheduled for 21 September
3. Finish reading and write review for Pirate King.
4. Post Pirate King review on Amazon as it's a Vine book.
5. Clean out saved google reader posts; update goodreads shelves.
6. Finish The Sweetest Thing and review.
7. Read Circle of Fire; review.
8. Read Small Town Sinners; review.
9. Read Variant; review.
10. Read The Queens of All the Earth; review.

I decided to cap it at 10 although of course I hope I can read more especially as I have tomorrow off (Labor Day!) Of course, I kind of cheated and combined a couple of things as I like to have read and review in the same item. This is also roughly in the order I hope to do them but I'm open to switching it up if I feel like it because hey, it's my list!

So what's on your to-do list this week? Leave a comment here or hop over to The Vintage Bookworm and add your post to her linky.