In which the blogger loves home-made potato chips, hates toe cramps, and adores Frankie Landau-Banks.

Home-made... potato chips. Very, very yummy; yet so simple to make. I would have pictures, but they got eaten too fast. All you need to do is: \

 1. Cut a/some potato(s).
 2. Put them in a bag with olive oil.
 3. After shaking well, put them on a plate.
 4. Put them in the microwave for ten minutes, or until they are mostly cooked.
 5. Add salt.
 6. Put them back into the microwave until fully cooked.

Done.

And so good.

On to toe cramps.
What are their problems? Who really needs toe cramps? And why do they have to hurt so much???
No one likes you, toe cramps. Go away, to whatever freakish planet you were made on. Go awaaaaaay!

Next:

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart. Who could have thought of something so brilliant?
QUICK summary, no spoilers:

Frankie's a nice girl in her Freshman year in her boarding school; her parent's Bunny Rabbit, Debate Club, and mildly geeky.Not bad. But her Sophomore year, she masterminds some of the biggest pranks in Alabaster's History.
This is how she got there.

Isn't that nice and small? Quite lovely, if I may say so myself.

Anyway.

My thoughts on the book (This time, spoilers galore):

I used to like Matthew. Then I hated him. Then, I hated him some more. And more. Stupid Matthew, being so mean to Frankie, then blaming her for everything and hating her guts like that! SERIOUSLY, person! If you had just been honest to her about the Loyal Order, she wouldn't have done all those pranks! And Alpha wouldn't have been close to being expelled! GAH!

I still like Alpha. Thought I can see what Trish and Porter mean about his... uppity-ness. He isn't the most humble or... or... the most noxious person. (Negated postive, for the win!). But, I love him anyway. He reminds me of Damon Salvatore in way, too. Don't you agree?

Frankie is most definitely one of my favourite heroines. Her mind is, in a way, like Poirot's, in that same quick-thinking/what-a-fascinating-mind,-I-think-we-need-to-dissect-it-sometime way. I love the ending, and her thoughts then; and her not caring about having friends, just making an impact. And, she's self-conscious, but doesn't let that get to her. I want to be Frankie when I grow up. Aside from the whole trouble-maker thing. I'd get expelled.

NO MORE SPOILERS.

As I'm typing this, I keep trying to type fast enough so the automatic save thing can't save for me. It's like a race, between me and the save button. And I shall win!

In which I elaborate.

I suppose I should elaborate more about myself before school starts and my posting gets limited.

My favourite colour is orange. I am Canadian, so I'm not spelling colour or favourite wrong. Really. My favourite band is Stars, this little Canadian indie band which 98% of the world has never heard about. My favourite author is the absolutely amazlingly awesome Tamora Pierce. My favourite book is... hard to choose. I'll put a list of my favourite books on later. My favourite series by TP is the Daughter of the Lioness series, aka, Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen, because I love Aly, and Nawat. and Dove. Dove is brilliant, and one of my four favourite heroines.

My favourite heroines are, in no particular order: Queen Alyss Heart, Queen Dove Balitang, Sally Lockhart, and (Queen) Ozma of Oz. Or Book!Dorothy. They are from The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, Daughter of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce, the Sally Lockhart mysteries (Ruby in the Smoke, Shadow in the North, Tiger in the Well, and The Tin Princess) by Philip Pullman, and the Oz books by Frank L. Baum, respectively.

If I had more followers , I'd ask about you; but I only have one (hellooo!). So, if you want tell me about yourself, and hopefully I'll get an e-mail, and it'll make me feel important.

The smallest things amuse me.

Anyway.

Currently, I'm reading ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor (Guess who gets the title now? *jumps in the air, arm wagging* ME!), and am on page 145. Good, so far. Yay Alyss!

Also, I saw Scott Pilgrim vs The World today. What a funny movie. Michael Cera was, of course brilliant. The way it was directed... you just have to see it, and understand.

Toodles!

In which this whole thing starts.

So. Hello. My name's Hannah. I'm twelve years old. I love books and music.

The main purpose of this blog is to talk about books, and what I'm reading; it also serves to squee or rant over any other thing.

Right now, I just finished The Tin Woodman of Oz. I have The Magic of Oz and Glinda of Oz to read read before I have read all of the Oz books (available to me, mind. I can't find Tik-Tok of Oz anywhere).  Tomorrow, I'm hoping to get ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor, in the Looking Glass War series. I hear Alyss and Dodge marry...?

I have Kiss With a Fist by Florence and the Machine stuck in my head. I have a craving for banana chocolate chip muffins, which my dad brought home after driving my Grandma to and from a party.

And, for those of you wondering, apokolokyntosis is the art of turning into a pumpkin, or pumpkinification. I learned about it from Kristin Cashore's wonderful blog, Kristin Cashore being the author of two brilliant books, Graceling and Fire.