R.I.P Alan Rickman

Hey Guys,

I woke up yesterday just like every other morning. I shut off my alarm cursing under my breath. I am not a morning person so every morning requires a pep talk to force myself out of my warm comfortable bed to get up and get dressed before stepping outside into the cold air that is a delightful Canadian winter morning. I hate it so usually I end up staying in bed looking at Facebook for far too long. That is exactly what I was doing yesterday when I saw the news that Alan Rickman had passed away.

I was like so many others crushed. I have loved Alan Rickman since I first saw him in Dogma years ago. Since then I have grown to love him for his extremely diverse roles. Since hearing of his passing I have had heard everyone in my life family,friends, and co-workers all immediately think of their favorite Alan Rickman role. For one co-worker it was Alexander Dane, for another it was Colonel Brandon, for a friend it was Snape, for my husband it was Hans Gruber, for me it was Harry.

We are all mourning the loss of a great man. Even though we did not know Mr.Rickman we all mourn this loss. We mourn a great talent, we mourn what the characters he created, we mourn the happy memories he graced us with.

R.I.P Alan Rickman

Top Ten 90’s Chick Flicks

Hey Guys,

I know I promised you a post devoted to Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion but that was a bit harder then I thought. Instead of narrowing the post down I decided to open it up to my top ten 90’s chick flicks. I don’t know what it is about movies made in the 90’s but they tend to top my favorites list.

My Top Ten 90’s Chick Flicks

10. She’s All That (1999)

This one I knew I needed to add to the list. For me it introduced me to chick flicks. It is the classic tale of an ugly girl who takes off her glasses to reveal she was good looking the whole time. As a girl who wears glasses and has since I was twelve I find this a bit insulting. Other then that small issue that irks me the movie is a decent chick flick that holds up. Plus we can thank this movie for the cast members who are essential to every 90’s kids childhood cough… Freddie Prince Jr, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Matthew Lillard.

Favorite Quote “I feel just like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. You know, except for the whole hooker thing.”

#9. You’ve Got Mail (1998)

I am a huge Nora Ephron fan so there was no way this movie was not making it on the list. Everyone loves Tom Hanks so this movie is already going to be good. Adding Meg Ryan and a decent storyline makes it an amazing movie. What girl doesn’t want to have Kathleen Kelly’s life?

Favorite Quote “Kevin, this is possibly the most adorable creature I’ve ever been in contact with, and if she turns out to be as good looking as a mailbox… I would be crazy enough to turn my life upside down and marry her.”

#8. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

I have to admit I wasn’t sure how I felt about this movie during the first viewing. I was kinda on the fence about it. It felt very similar to She’s All That to me or maybe that movie felt like this one. Either way the story felt old and familiar that was until I heard Kat Stratford’s iconic poem. That poem made me fall head over heels for this movie.

Favorite Quote “I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme. I hate it, I hate the way you’re always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. I hate it when you’re not around, and the fact that you didn’t call. But mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all”

7. Notting Hill (1999)

I love this movie so much I have already included it in a top ten list on this blog you can check it out here.

Favorite Quote “After all… I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her”

#6. Singles (1992)

Okay I am a huge sucker for Cameron Crowe. I love him and I love basically everything he’s ever done (we don’t need to talk about Vanilla Sky). I had never heard of this movie until it came in a random shipment of movies at the video store I was working in. I bought a copy not even knowing what it was about. I now own this movie and have watched it more times then I can remember. We all know Cameron Crowe does romantic comedies well so I don’t need to sell you on this one. If you are still on the fence about it I will remind you it has Matt Dillion in it, I don’t think anymore needs to be said.

Favorite Quote “That’s a very nice hat you’re wearing… and I don’t mean that in an Eddie Haskell kind of way.”

#5. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

This is another I love so much I have posted on a previous list you can check that out here.

Favorite Quote “It was a million tiny little things. When you added them all up, it just meant we were supposed to be together” 

#4. The Wedding Singer (1998)

I realize this movie may not qualify as a chick flick but I had to include it in this list. This is my favorite Adam Sandler movie. I wasn’t a huge Drew Barrymore fan until I saw this movie. Now I will watch literally anything her and Adam Sandler are in together. This movie has everything an amazing cast, amazing music, its hilarious, and it’s got a cameo by Billy Idol. I am such a huge fan of this movie I had every intention of playing “I Wanna Grow Old With You” as I walked down the aisle. If I had of had a bigger wedding I definitely would have played it at some point.

Favorite Quote “Hey, psycho – we’re not gonna discuss this, OK, it’s over. Please get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up”

#3. Never Been Kissed (1999)

Drew Barrymore killed it in the 90’s. Like everyone I’m sure this movie appealed to me because I wanted to get a second chance at high school. When this movie came out I was only nine. Now at twenty five I would kill for the chance to go back to school or maybe I wouldn’t either way this movie is relatable for everyone.

Favorite Quote “See ya around the Cell Block, Mrs. Robinson”

#2. Clueless (1995)

This is one of my all time favorite movies. I loved this movie so much I carried my fandom over to the television series. I still dream of Cher’s digital closet. When I was younger I even tried throwing as if into my regular vocabulary. I know I am getting a bit repetitive but this movie also made it on a previous post check it out here.

My Favorite Quote “I was just totally clueless”

#1. Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

This movie is exactly what I wanted for my own life when I was in high school. I think everyone who has felt a bit odd in school has the dream that our lives will be better then those popular kids who teased us. If we had high school reunions in my town I would hope that I could pull of a Romy and Michele moment. This movie has one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard. This movie introduced me to m second all time favorite song Time After Time. Bonus this movie also introduced me to Justin Theroux who is actually pretty interesting in his own right expect a post about him in the future.

Favorite Quote “This dress exacerbates the genetic betrayal that is my legacy”

❤ Hope you enjoyed this list. Let me know if I missed any.

10 Things You Will See At A Country Concert

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A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to see Lady Antebellum in concert for the second time. I wasn’t planning on going because money is tight and I have already seen them but last minute I changed my mind because tickets had gone down in price. When my mom told me her and my aunts were going I immediately bought tickets.We live in a small town so anytime we want to see a concert we need to travel to Toronto which is an hour or so away from us. Knowing my mom and aunts were going gave me a ride to the train station so I jumped at the chance to go.

My first country concert was back in 2007 when I saw Taylor Swift and Rodney Atkins open for Brad Paisley. Since then I have been lucky enough to see Brad Paisley (3 times), Darius Rucker (2 times), Lady Antebellum (2 times), Thompson Square, Hunter Hayes, Sam Hunt, Chris Young (2 times), Kasey Musgraves, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, Love and Theft, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, and the Eli Young Band. I may have missed someone in there but I have been to a lot of country concerts through out the last few years. My twin sister has been to even more and told me all the details about the craziest concert she’s ever been to which was Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan. I feel like all of these experiences always have a few things in common no matter who is playing which inspired me to write this post.

10 Things You Will See At A Country Concert

10. A million cell phones. Don’t get me wrong I am guilty of taking pictures and video at every concert I go to. I may have even taken video at a Darius Rucker concert where the venue had a strict no cell phone rule. I try to limit myself to one video and one picture because really what kind of quality am I going to get on my cell phone. Why do I really need pictures or video? I don’t really. You’re there to see a concert live people if you really want take some video or pictures but don’t spend the entire concert with your eyes locked on your small phone screen when you can watch the show that’s right in front of you.

9. PDA. I don’t know what it is about country concerts but every single one I’ve been to has been scattered with couples making out. I guess country music just puts people in the mood. This doesn’t bug me what bothers me is trying to watch the concert but being distracted by the guy in front of me getting to second base. What’s even worse then having to witness PDA is having to squeeze past them just to get back to your seat.

8. Someone who drank way too much. We are all guilty of having done this a time or two but at country concerts someone always goes a bit over board. I am not talking the time I drank more then a few glasses of wine and got a bit tipsy during Tim McGraw. I am talking ambulances loading people up (this was at the second Brad Paisley concert) or barfing in the main walkway (this was at the Kenny Chesney concert). Have a few beers when you get there no one is saying don’t enjoy yourself but don’t go overboard. Your there to enjoy an amazing show, you didn’t buy the ticket to not remember anything in the morning.

7. A sea of cowboy hats and boots. I am sure this is normal in places like Nashville or Texas but guys I’m in Canada. Where did all these cowboy hats come from?

6. Amazing Covers. No one does a cover like a country singer. Some of my favorite parts of these concerts are the surprising coverings. I was way into Darius Rucker singing The Joker or Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum singing Shania Twain’s Any Man of Mine. We want to hear the band’s classics but it doesn’t hurt to hear a cover thrown into the mix.

5. A killer guitar solo anyone can appreciate. My husband is not a country fan he doesn’t go to these concerts but he made an exception for Brad Paisley solely based on how he kills it on the guitar. No matter what music your into or how invested you are in it nothing beats seeing someone nail that kick ass solo.

4. Couples slow dancing in the aisles/ or their seats. Again I do not know what it is about country music that gets people so affectionate. The first time I saw this was when Brad Paisley sang We Dance. I get it,that song will do it for anyone the action is in the name of the song it makes sense. It doesn’t bug me when people dance in the aisle, what bugs me is when your dancing in your seats. I don’t mean slowly from side to side I mean when your boyfriend is spinning and dipping you in your seats allowing the people behind you to only catch glimpses of Kenny Chesney singing You and Tequila between your spins and too many ass grabs. (I may still hold a grudge on that one)

3. Crowd sing alongs. I know this is done at any concert but it is especially true to country concerts. This is in my mind because at the Lady Antebellum concert I swore they got the crowd to sing almost every song. I am not complaining about this in fact I think there is something incredible about thousands of people singing I Need You Know or Downtown. It is definitely an amazing part of country music that you only get to experience live.

 2. A giant party. My aunt who has actually gone to a large variety of concerts has had more then a few conversations with venue security where she says they always tell her country concerts always get the rowdiest. Country fans go to have fun and enjoy the music and it shows. Word to the wise grab a beer and join in.

1. A great show. When you get right down to it nothing beats a country concert. I have been to other concerts that were good but every single country concert I’ve gone to is amazing. There is nothing like seeing your favorite singers kill it on stage well you hang out with your friends drinking a cold beer. Don’t let my complaints in this post make you think I am not one of those people dancing along to every song singing at the top of my lungs because I totally am that person. I enjoy every second of those concerts and I can not wait to go to another one.

Let me know if I missed anything in this list.

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The Big Question You Always Get Asked Once You Get Married

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I was married on January 29th, 2014. I would like to say it was months or even weeks after I was officially married before I started getting this question thrown at me but it was literally minutes.

To be fair I was asked it after the first year my now husband and I were dating. We were asked it year after year. We were asked it by friends, strangers and family. I was asked it at my bridal shower, he was asked it at work, we were both asked it time and time again. It wasn’t until we were officially married that the amount of times we were asked the question seemed to double. I am not saying you wont get asked this question if you’re not married. All I’m saying is in our situation the number doubled when we became Mr and Mrs.

If you have been or are in mine and my husbands shoes you will know I am talking about that one question that will stop you in your tracks “When are you going to have a baby?”. It’s the one question that instantly fills you with anxiety and makes you question all of your previous and future life decisions.

I have been asked that question so many times and I never have an answer for it. Who really does have an answer for that?

I am twenty five. I will be twenty six in two months. This question terrifies me. I I have always wanted to be a mom and still do. I want to be a mom and I am at the age where people are starting to tell me I better start trying soon before it’s to late. It is crazy how many people try to tell me I only have a year or two of good fertility and if I don’t start soon I might miss my chance. You can see why this question is so scary.

Honestly if I found I was pregnant tomorrow I would be thrilled with that but is it the right time. Currently I am still unemployed. I am working at getting a job and have been going to night school so I can get into college. My husband has a good job but he hates it and it’s not exactly set in stone that it’s going to be around forever. Now I know a lot of amazing family’s who have raised great happy children with less than ideal situations. My question is it right for me to bring a child into this world or should I wait in my current situation?

This question confuses and terrifies me and it’s not going away. I feel like any answer I give is not making anyone happy and I always leave the conversation more confused then ever. There are a million things to thing about when you make this huge decision and everyone has an opinion on it. People tell me all about their situations or someone they know who waited to long or had kids to early. Everyone has a story including the more then awful pregnancy and labour details that I didn’t ask for and are not very encouraging.

I am speaking for all of us who get this question repeatedly please don’t keep asking us this. We are trying to figure it out and if we choice to have a kid I swear one day you will find out. When someone asks me this question that they think is harmless my mind instantly starts freaking out. I feel myself being tossed into a pit of anxiety anytime this subject is brought up.

Anytime the subject of kids is brought up these are the kind of thoughts that are running through my mind: “I’m too young for kids”, “I’m too old for kids”, “Am I mature enough for kids?”, “Babies are cute but then they turn into kids?”, “Kids are expensive”, “Money isn’t all that matters”, “Money is pretty important”, “You need money to buy the baby things”, “Kids make you happy isn’t that more important then money”, “I would make a great mom”, “I would make a terrible mom”, “Is it so bad if I wait?”, “I don’t want to be the oldest mom dropping her kids off at school”, “I don’t want to be the youngest mom”, “What if I can’t have kids?”, “Woman start losing their eggs by the age of 30”, “Is it the right time?”, “When will it be the right time?”, “Is there ever a right time?”, “That girl from high school has already had three kids, if she can do it why can’t I?”, and there is a million more. Guys my mind literally explodes with these question when babies are brought up so please be kind if you are going to bring this question up.

I have enormous respect for any parent out there. I am not trying to put down any one who had a kid young or old. I am not trying to put down any one who waited until they had a career or anyone who decided not to wait. I am not putting down anyone who has decided kids aren’t for them because I have thought about that life as well. The point of this post is just to show how confused and overwhelmed I feel about this question. I only wrote about it in hopes that if someone out there feels the same way I do this might give them a tiny bit of relief knowing it is totally normal to freak out over this question. I am also hoping that maybe someone who has bugged someone about having kids will understand it’s not a very easy question to answer so stop giving them a hard time.

Once again I am more confused then ever. Let me know how you feel about this post and if you have any words of wisdom for me.

Love Wins

Hey Guys,

I know I am a bit late here considering this giant news was announced yesterday but I figured better late then never. If you are the only person who wasn’t heard yet the Supreme Court ruled in favour of same-sex marriage.

As a Canadian I am proud to say congratulations America. I feel like Buzzfeed captured how we Canadians feel about this perfectly you can check out that article here.

I just wanted to say congratulations to all those who can legally marry the person they love. This is long over due. Love always wins.

Ten Songs For A Rainy Monday Morning

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It has been raining for days here in Ontario. I was stuck in the house this weekend so I spent more then a few hours watching Mad Men with my husband on Netflix. Now that it is Monday morning and still raining I would prefer not to spend more time in front of the television. I have decided to put off my English homework a little longer and focus on cleaning the house. I finished my audio book a few days ago so until I find a new one I have music blaring in the house. A benefit to being the unemployed one in the house is the fact that I get to listen to whatever I want and sing along as loud as I want. In honor of this I present to you my current top ten songs for a rainy Monday morning.

A little heads up I am a bit behind the times so I’m sorry if you don’t agree with my choices. Feel free to make your own list or let me know what you think in the comments below. I’m not going to bother explaining why I picked each one these are just my go to songs when it’s pouring outside. Keep in mind the list is totally random and is in order of what I actually listened to today. I hope you enjoy.

 TEN SONGS FOR A RAINY MONDAY MORNING

10. Someone Like You – Adele

9. World Spins Madly On – The Weepies

8. Rain On A Tin Roof – Julie Roberts

7. Lay Me Down – Sam Smith Ft. John Legend

6. Say Something – A Great Big World Ft. Christina Aguilera

5. If I Die Young – The Band Perry

4. Keep It To Yourself – Kasey Musgraves

3. You and I – Ingrid Michaelson

2. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

1. How Will I Know  – Sam Smith Cover

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10 Reasons Why Garret Dillahunt Is Awesome

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I have been a huge fan of this guys for years. I thought he was hilarious in Raising Hope and  incredibly terrifying in Deadwood. It wasn’t until after I started watching more of his stuff that I realized how awesome he actually is. Because I just finished weeks of binge watching Justified and Deadwood with my husband and sister I feel the need to present my top ten reasons why Garret Dillahunt (who I think is incredibly underrated) is awesome.

TEN REASONS WHY GARRET DILLAHUNT IS AWESOME

#10. The man pulls off a beard. I promised myself this post would have nothing to do with his appearance. I am kinda too old to gush about good looking celebrities I will save that for another day. Even though I promised myself I wouldn’t I had to break that promise just a little bit. I respect a good beard. I know it’s not easy to grow a good beard and I know not everyone can pull them off. Now I have to give props to Garret Dillahunt for rocking a respectable good looking beard. It’s the kinda beard that makes you root for the bad guy (cough… Ty Walker).

#9. Good guy Garret Dillahunt kills it on Instagram. I am not a huge twitter user, I go on Facebook occasionally but Instagram is my jam. I hate to admit how much I actually am on Instagram but I love it. I love it so much I started a second Instagram specifically for this blog. What I am getting at is that after watching Justified, Deadwood and fangirling with my sister over how awesome the guy is he liked my picture. Can I say that again guys…. HE LIKED MY PICTURE. I screen capped it for proof.

   

Not only he is known for liking pictures, he also posts amazing pictures. The man posts a ton of behind the scene photos that fans like me can nerd out over. The guy kills the Instagram game.

   

#8. He is supportive of other actors. We live in a world where it is easy to bring people down. Garret Dillahunt seems to take every chance including his own Instagram to support his fellow actors.

#7. He is married to Michelle Hurd. Michelle is an actress best known for her roles in 90210, The Glades, Gossip Girl, ER, and Law and Order. The woman is a badass in her own right. She has 56 credits on her IMDB and shows no sign of slowing down.

#6. He is part of the best tv marriage. I am a sucker for a good fictional married couple. I love Homer and Marge and I adore Fred and Wilma. That being said most television shows these days don’t have super realistic ideas about marriage or love (I’m sorry that sentence sounded old. I felt old writing it). Burt and Virgina Chance are the ideal couple. They have their struggles but they always make it through and at the end of the day their marriage is better for it.

It helps that the chemistry between Garret Dillahunt and Martha Plimpton is in its own right amazing.

Both of them are incredible but for me the best parts of that show were the interactions between the two of them.

#5. He was in a Ingrid Michaelson video. I have loved Ingrid Michaelson since the first time I heard You and I. She is the soul reason I tried learning the ukeule. She is amazing but I will talk about her in a future post. Her video for Time Machine is filled with some amazing cameo’s like Rainn Wilson, Donald Faison, Matt Jones, and more. One of those awesome cameo’s is Garret Dillahunt doing what appears to be some unusual karate behind her on a beach. Who doesn’t love a guy who is willing to dance in the water for a cool chick?

#4. He is a self proclaimed book nerd. When I listened to Garret Dillahunt on the Kevin Pollak Chat Show he talked about his love of books. As a book nerd myself I instantly love anyone who can appreciate a good book. During the podcast he referenced a few of his favourites like Arthur Miller and Cormac McCarthy. I nerded out a bit over that when I realized he has been in two movies based on Cormac McCarthy books.

#3. He is so good he literally has played two characters in one show. No I am not talking about how he was in two different episodes of Law and Order (that doesn’t count). I am talking about the fact that he was so good as Jack McCall on Deadwood he came back a season later as a whole new character Francis Wolcott.

#2. He can play a really good bad guy.  He has played a number of bad guys. My favourite bad guy he has played is Francis Wolcott in Deadwood. I would actually feel nervous when his character was on screen because you never knew what he was capable of. I can not even bring myself to watch Last House On The Left where he plays the primary bad guy because I am a bit of a wuss when it comes to scary movies. He was so good as Ty Walker in Justified in the end you root for him.

#1. He can play a really good guy. Even though he is kind of known for playing the bad guy in most of his work he can actually play a great good guy. There are more then a few examples of this I could mention here but I have to go with my all time favourite. There is an episode of Raising Hope where he scares his son just to get a good hug from him (so many emotions).

When it all comes down to it you don’t need me to convince you that Garret Dillahunt is an amazing actor. You can see it when he plays a sociopath in Deadwood, a cool detective in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, or a pool cleaning grandpa in Raising Hope. The man is incredibly talented and is highly underrated (I think anyways). I can not wait until Hand of God is finally released because I can only imagine a show with him and Ron Perlman combined could possibly top anything we’ve already grown to love him in.

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Blog Update

Hey Guys,

I just wanted to update you all a bit. I am currently running behind on my blog schedule. I have a million things I want to write about and more then a few half finished drafts going. I am going to post all of these asap.

I am also in the process of going back and editing my original posts because I have a bad habit of writing and posting without a second glance. I am currently going to be editing each post so it may take awhile. If you notice any needed corrections please let me know.

Please don’t forget about me and don’t forget to check out the blog’s email and Instagram posted below.

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Boo-urns!! Harry Shearer Leaving?

Hey Guys,

I would be surprised if you haven’t already heard the news that Harry Shearer may be leaving the Simpsons. For a die hard fan of the show this is terrible news.

I woke up to this news and guys I have to admit it kinda hit me hard. I love the Simpsons. I was born in 1989 so I literally do not remember a time when this show wasn’t on. Every year when they announce what shows are cancelled I actually feel anxious just because I cant deal living in a world where this show doesn’t.

That being said this morning when I read that Harry Shearer had tweeted saying he was leaving the show I was more then a bit depressed. I had assumed this was final but after reading some more articles it looks like things are up for negotiations. All we can hope is the Internets pouring of support to keep him will cause the creators to give him what he wants.

We can all agree that the show would lose a lot of it’s charm if he was replaced or god forbid if his characters were cut. What would the show be without Flanders, Mr.Burns, Jasper, Smithers, Rainier Wolfcastle, Lenny, Kent Brockman, Skinner and dozens more.

Here’s hoping that this will just be a bad dream for all Simpsons fans.

The Rory Gilmore Challenge Wife Vs. Husband

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I have been a huge fan of the show The Gilmore Girls for years. I own all the DVDs and can sing the theme song from memory alone. I loved Lorelai and I wanted to be Rory. I am already a huge caffeine addict and I am a die hard book lover I feel like I would fit right in as a Gilmore.

In honor of the beloved fictional character who I longed to be I am committing to finishing the Rory Gilmore Challenge.

I decided to participate in this challenge when I saw it plastered all over Pinterest. If your unfamiliar with the show Rory Gilmore is a bookworm. It is many of the reason fan girls like me love her. She is constantly reading, or at the lest holding a book, or talking about a book if not nose deep in it. She reads so much on the show a few different people have compiled master lists of every book Rory is seen with on the show. Since there are a few lists going around with slightly different titles I’ve chosen the list provided on my favorite website Buzzfeed. You can check out the link yourself below.

All 339 Books Referenced In Gilmore Girls

Now the best part of my challenge is that my husband is going to be doing it with me. Both my husband are huge book lovers we are also super competitive with each other. We are not fighters but in our eight year relationship two of the three times we have fought like I mean screaming fights involved Rory Gilmore and a bad Simpsons Trivia game. For the record I am Pro Rory he is not, it’s a constant source of stress on our relationship. When I told him about this challenge he was quick to join in so now instead of it just being a challenge it’s a race. I fully intend to beat him but I know he is fully intending to beat me. It doesn’t help that he just bought an e-reader.

For our reference I am adding a master list below. We will both be reading some books at the same time and some we will be reading apart. When we finish a book I will cross it off adding his name or mine beside it. Obviously this list is huge and has more then a few very hard reads on it so it is going to take us awhile.

I will cross off the books I have previously read and I will be adding my husbands later. I do really want to do this entire list so depending on how long this takes us if I have time I will go back and reread those crossed off. I will add a small note beside those says read previous to challenge.

Obviously the list is huge so I am not going to post every time one of us finishes a book but I will update you guys every so often. I will also link back to this post for the master list so you can see how were coming along. We will also update you with whoever the current and final winner is.

If you have any questions or thoughts on the challenge let me know. If you decide to try this one out I would love to hear how your doing with it.

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THE RORY GILMORE CHALLENGE MASTER LIST

1. 1984 by George Orwell                                                                                                                                  2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
3. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
4. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
5. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
6. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
7. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
8. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
9. The Archidamian War by Donald Kagan
10. The Art of Fiction by Henry James
11. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
12. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
13. Atonement by Ian McEwan
14. Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
15. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
16. Babe by Dick King-Smith
17. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi
18. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
19. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
20. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
21. Beloved by Toni Morrison
22. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
23. The Bhagava Gita
24. The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy
25. Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel
26. A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy                                                            27. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley                                                                                                  28. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
29. Bridgadoon by Alan Jay Lerner
30. Candide by Voltaire
31. The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
32. Carrie by Stephen King
33. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
34. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
35. Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
36. The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman
37. Christine by Stephen King
38. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
39. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
40. The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
41. The Collected Stories by Eudora Welty
42. A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
43. Complete Novels by Dawn Powell
44. The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton
45. Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker
46. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
47. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
48. Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac
49. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
50. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
51. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
52. Cujo by Stephen King
53. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon                                     54. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende                                                                                               55. David and Lisa by Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D
56. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
57. The Da Vinci -Code by Dan Brown
58. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
59. Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
60. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
61. Deenie by Judy Blume
62. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
63. The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx
64. The Divine Comedy by Dante
65. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
66. Don Quixote by Cervantes
67. Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhrv
68. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
69. Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
70. Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook
71. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
72. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
73. Eloise by Kay Thompson
74. Emily the Strange by Roger Reger
75. Emma by Jane Austen
76. Empire Falls by Richard Russo
77. Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
78. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
79. Ethics by Spinoza
80. Europe through the Back Door, 2003 by Rick Steves                                                                    81. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende                                                                                                                       82. Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
83. Extravagance by Gary Krist
84. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
85. Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore
86. The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan
87. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
88. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
89. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
90. Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein
91. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
92. Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce
93. Fletch by Gregory McDonald
94. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
95. The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
96. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
97. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
98. Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger
99. Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
100. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
101. Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
102. George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by Jacob Weisberg
103. Gidget by Fredrick Kohner
104. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
105. The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
106. The Godfather: Book 1 by Mario Puzo                                                                                             107. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy                                                                                    108. Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Alvin Granowsky
109. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
110. The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford
111. The Gospel According to Judy Bloom
112. The Graduate by Charles Webb
113. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
114. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
115. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
116. The Group by Mary McCarthy
117. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
118. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
119. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
120. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
121. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
122. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry
123. Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
124. Henry IV, part II by William Shakespeare
125. Henry V by William Shakespeare
126. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
127. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
128. Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris
129. The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton
130. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
131. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
132. How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer                                                                               133. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
134. How the Light Gets In by M. J. Hyland
135. Howl by Allen Ginsberg
136. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
137. The Iliad by Homer
138. I’m With the Band by Pamela des Barres
139. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
140. Inferno by Dante
141. Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
142. Iron Weed by William J. Kennedy
143. It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton
144. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
145. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
146. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
147. The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain
148. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
149. Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito
150. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
151. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
152. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
153. Lady Chatterleys’ Lover by D. H. Lawrence
154. The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal
155. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
156. The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield
157. Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
158. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke                                                                           159. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
160. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
161. Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
162. The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway
163. The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
164. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
165. Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
166. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
167. The Lottery: And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
168. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
169. The Love Story by Erich Segal
170. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
171. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
172. The Manticore by Robertson Davies
173. Marathon Man by William Goldman
174. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
175. Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir
176. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman
177. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
178. The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer
179. Mencken’s Chrestomathy by H. R. Mencken
180. The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
181. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
182. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
183. The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
184. Moby Dick by Herman Melville                                                                                                            185. The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion by Jim Irvin
186. Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield Taylor
187. A Monetary History of the United States by Milton Friedman
188. Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret
189. A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars
190. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
191. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
192. Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
193. My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It’s Aftermath by Seymour M. Hersh
194. My Life as Author and Editor by H. R. Mencken
195. My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru by Tim Guest
196. Myra Waldo’s Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe, 1978 by Myra Waldo
197. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
198. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
199. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
200. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
201. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
202. Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen
203. New Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
204. The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
205. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
206. Night by Elie Wiesel
207. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
208. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John P. McGowan
209. Novels 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A Time to be Born by Dawn Powell
210. Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski                                                                              211. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
212. Old School by Tobias Wolff
213. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
214. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
215. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
216. The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan
217. Oracle Night by Paul Auster
218. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
219. Othello by Shakespeare
220. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
221. The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan
222. Out of Africa by Isac Dineson
223. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
224. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
225. The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan
226. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
227. Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
228. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
229. Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
230. Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
231. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
232. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
233. The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
234. The Portable Nietzche by Fredrich Nietzche
235. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill by Ron Suskind
236. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
237. Property by Valerie Martin238. Pushkin: A Biography by T. J. Binyon
239. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
240. Quattrocento by James Mckean
241. A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
242. Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers
243. The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
244. The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
245. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
246. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
247. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
248. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
249. Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman
250. The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
251. R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
252. Rita Hayworth by Stephen King
253. Robert’s Rules of Order by Henry Robert
254. Roman Holiday by Edith Wharton
255. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
256. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
257. A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
258. Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
259. The Rough Guide to Europe, 2003 Edition
260. Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi
261. Sanctuary by William Faulkner
262. Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford
263. Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller by Henry James
264. The Scarecrow of Oz by Frank L. Baum                                                                                        265. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
266. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
267. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
268. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
269. Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman
270. Selected Hotels of Europe
271. Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 by Dawn Powell
272. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
273. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
274. Several Biographies of Winston Churchill
275. Sexus by Henry Miller
276. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
277. Shane by Jack Shaefer
278. The Shining by Stephen King
279. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
280. S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton
281. Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut
282. Small Island by Andrea Levy
283. Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
284. Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers
285. Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by Barrington Moore
286. The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
287. Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos by Julia de Burgos
288. The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
289. Songbook by Nick Hornby
290. The Sonnets by William Shakespeare
291. Sonnets from the Portuegese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning                                                   292. Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
293. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
294. Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
295. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
296. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
297. A Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams
298. Stuart Little by E. B. White
299. Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
300. Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
301. Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals by Anne Collett
302. Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
303. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
304. Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
305. Term of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
306. Time and Again by Jack Finney
307. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
308. To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
309. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
310. The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare
311. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
312. The Trial by Franz Kafka
313. The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
314. Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
315. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
316. Ulysses by James Joyce
317. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath
318. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe                                                                               319. Unless by Carol Shields
320. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
321. The Vanishing Newspaper by Philip Meyers
322. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
323. Velvet Underground’s The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third series) by Joe Harvard
324. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
325. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
326. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
327. Walt Disney’s Bambi by Felix Salten
328. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
329. We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker
330. What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 by Richard Nelson Bolles
331. What Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell
332. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
333. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
334. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee
335. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
336. The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
337. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
338. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
339. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

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