7 absolute must reads

So here is my list of books you should read this year. Yes, there are seven, not five or three or ten. Any others I put on the list just felt like fillers. These are my favs from the last few years of poring over fantastical fiction.

Some of them are recommended by many and can be found in the 'best seller' section of your local bookstore, some are a bit more obscure. However, I garuntee that even the ones that come highly acclaimed were stumbled upon by accident by yours truly, not because the Advertiser or Oprah's book club told me to read it.

So here they are, the golden seven. Trust me.

1. The Book thief- Marcus Zusak
2. Life of Pi- Yann Martel
3. The Night Circus- Erin Morgenstern
4. Five People you meet in Heaven- Mitch Albom
5. The Gargoyle- Andrew Davidson
6. Portrait in Sepia- Isabel Allende
7. Atonement- Ian McEwan


- Nadia X

Resolutions

Resolutions. These are they:

*BE CREATIVE

Do things. Cut things. Paste things. Design things. Make creepy collages of Keanu Reeves. Stick people's heads on pictures of dancing cats....you get the drift.

* STRIVE

 Don't settle for mundane or mediocre or just 'ok'. If something isn't right, change it. If you want something, go for it. If something bothers you, say it. Be the maker of your own universe.

*BE FEARLESS

Don't fear the fall, instead enjoy the rush as you plummet to your potential demise. Skinned knees are not the end of the word, even though they do stop you wearing pretty dresses for a few weeks.

*MAKE TIME

Make time for yourself to do something or sometimes, just do nothing. Take time out. Chill. Write. Read. Meditate. Do whatever it is you feel like doing so you don't get caught up, fed up or find yourself breaking down.

*BE BATSHIT CRAZY

Say the things you want to say. Dance in the aisle of the bus to your Ipod like you're Beyonce. Go to parties by yourself. Get lost. Get found. Get into sticky situations. Be awkward. Make people wonder what kind of drugs you're on. Be the very best, most insane version of yourself and then take it up 10 notches until you reach bat shit crazy.

And that's all folks.  I'm not much into New years and I usually hate making resolutions but this year felt like a good time to make them. So here they are.

-Nadia