Sooo....I'm realising that this blogging thing might turn out to be harder than I thought. But I will continue trying, and if you have any tips for improvements, please leave them in the comments.
A film I have been looking forward to a very long time came out on Christmas day: The Chronicles of Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I went to see it yesterday, and I liked it very much. Plenty of action and suspense, and quite fast-paced. They kept and evolved the important themes, but they left out possibly my favourite scene in the whole series. That was kind of a let down, but I understand why they did it. All in all, a good adaptation of my favourite book in The Chronicles of Narnia. I definitely recommend seeing it.
The end of another year is right around the corner now. Many people use the time now to reflect upon the past year and make plans for the coming one. I wonder why they are called resolutions. I just think it is a strange word. All the same, I have made some as well. My plan is to read at least 30 books between this Christmas and Christmas 2011, and blog about them. I might as well start the second part, as I have already had a great start on the first. I have completed The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It was full of fast-paced action and a bit scary. It is especially scary if you see all the connections to today's society, and think that similar things actually happen in the world these days. We follow a girl in the future North America who has to fight to the death against 23 other teenagers while everything is televised live in the whole country. It is a good story, and I recommend it if you want a read with a lot of suspense that you will read till 4 AM. It is not packed with literary gems, but it is fun and easy to read.
I hope I will complete the challenge I have set myself for 2011. I am looking forward to finding out of this new medium, and learning and reading a lot of new things. And, by the way, all the 30 books I will read in 2011 are books I have never read before. Happy New Year! May you reach all the goals you set for 2011 (if you dare to set any at all).
Since I am going to do this reading challenge, I think I will have a counting thing at the end of each blogpost from now on. So here it is:
Number of books read: 1
Thursday 30 December 2010
Sunday 26 December 2010
Christmas!
So now, at last, Christmas is here. Among other far more important things, the holiday season means more time to read and the possibility of receiving new reading materials (i.e. books =D). I have laid plans for my reading in the time coming, and i have already started one book: Emma by Jane Austen. I am a bit ashamed that I haven't read it before, and I am looking forward to being able to cross it off my list of books to read. I am also planning on buying some of the books on my wishes list that didn't appear under the tree. I am especially looking forward to reading the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, because I have heard so many good reviews and reactions to it.
The Christmas celebrations in our family are a bit special, as they are a mixture of English and Norwegian traditions. Our main celebration takes place on Christmas Eve, as it is celebrated in Norway. This Christmas Eve, we were nine people and a dog all gathered in our house, all of them (except the dog) relatively close family. We eat turkey with all the trimmings, made from an English recipe. We have stuffing, gravy and bread sauce, and for dessert we eat the traditional English Christmas pudding in addition to a Norwegian dessert called 'rice cream'. Then we read the Christmas story from a really old Bible, and sing carols while walking around the Christmas tree. After that, we open Christmas presents, one at a time. After that, we eat Christmas cakes. Christmas Day, we sleep in, then we, the 'children' open our Christmas stockings. Then we eat a wonderfully long and luxurious breakfast, or rather, brunch. After that, we open the gifts we have received from our friends and our family in England. So, in a way, I get a double celebration, and I don't have to eat the traditional Norwegian Christmas food, which is quite fatty and salty. I think it is a win-win situation with the best of the two worlds.
I am looking forward to different parties and meeting my friends between now and New Year's Eve, and of course to sleeping in and reading a lot. I wish all my readers a merry Christmas and hope that your experience of this holiday is as enjoyable as mine.
The Christmas celebrations in our family are a bit special, as they are a mixture of English and Norwegian traditions. Our main celebration takes place on Christmas Eve, as it is celebrated in Norway. This Christmas Eve, we were nine people and a dog all gathered in our house, all of them (except the dog) relatively close family. We eat turkey with all the trimmings, made from an English recipe. We have stuffing, gravy and bread sauce, and for dessert we eat the traditional English Christmas pudding in addition to a Norwegian dessert called 'rice cream'. Then we read the Christmas story from a really old Bible, and sing carols while walking around the Christmas tree. After that, we open Christmas presents, one at a time. After that, we eat Christmas cakes. Christmas Day, we sleep in, then we, the 'children' open our Christmas stockings. Then we eat a wonderfully long and luxurious breakfast, or rather, brunch. After that, we open the gifts we have received from our friends and our family in England. So, in a way, I get a double celebration, and I don't have to eat the traditional Norwegian Christmas food, which is quite fatty and salty. I think it is a win-win situation with the best of the two worlds.
I am looking forward to different parties and meeting my friends between now and New Year's Eve, and of course to sleeping in and reading a lot. I wish all my readers a merry Christmas and hope that your experience of this holiday is as enjoyable as mine.
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