post number one. beginnings.

I've had mixed feelings about blogging since discovering the trend two and a half years ago. Sharing thoughts and feelings is incredibly intimidating without complete strangers or sworn enemies looking over your shoulder. Yet, I spend part of my day reading other blogs, captivated by the beauty of everyday life.

So this is my great experiment, to see if I can navigate between self-exploitation and virtual hermithood. My goals are to post at least 24 times during my 24th year of life, and to post on the 24th of each month. That's a minimum of 2 posts a month, with enough structure to stay focused.

Here's a list of the books I've read/ am currently reading this summer, excluding the Russian Revolution Reading Seminar books and articles. The reviews will come later.

The Best Articles of Oprah Magazine

Brashares, Ann.

Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood

Harington, Donald.

Lightning Bug

Levitt, Steven D and Steven J. Dubnar.

Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything

Mead, Rebecca. One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding

Myers, David G. What Has God Joined Together? The Christian Case for Gay Marriage

Pipher, Mary

Writing to Change the World

Powell, Julie. Julie and Julia: 365 days, 524 recipies, 1 tiny apartment kitchen: how one girl risked her marriage, her job, and her sanity to master Julia Child's recipes

Robbins, Alexandra. Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities

Sandler, Lauren.

Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement

Zimbardo, Philip G.

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil