So I decided to list the Top 10 books that every teenager should read. (I’ve read them all and I’ve personally loved them, but then again it’s different for each person.)
And Beware, if you like Chicken Soup and blah blah blah you’re looking in the wrong place.
And I don’t care if you’ve seen the movies. They don’t count.
And parents, please don’t think of this as a way to get to know your teen better. We’re made to be misunderstood and in a twisted way, we actually like it. So don’t read this list and immediately start analysing every teens mind.
So here it goes (in no particular order)
1) The Harry Potter Series- If you haven’t read the series, then well… you’re missing out on something.
2) To Kill A Mockingbird – There is NO mockingbird in this book and no, this is NOT a recipe book either. The mockingbird is just a metaphor but it’s an amazing read in the end. You probably won’t understand the book the first time and will have to read in 5 times over. Just saying.
3) Divergent Trilogy – This trilogy has the most amazing concept. Ever. If you haven’t already read it, read it NOW.
4) The Perks Of Being A Wallflower- This book deals with a lot of issues which a lot of us face. (By us I mean teenagers).
5) Hunger Games Trilogy- I’ve never really come across someone who hasn’t read this book yet. Well basically read it cause in a weird way you might be able to relate to the books.
6) Percy Jackson – I’m a MAJOR fan of the series. Please read it. (I’m literally begging here)
7)1984- Written by George Orwell I hadn’t read this book until last week. But it’s extremely well written and I urge you all to read it.
8) Ways to Live Forever- I know how everyone thinks The Fault In Our Stars is THE BEST book that deals with cancer, but I just think it’s overrated. Ways to Live Forever is so well written that it’ll bring tears to your eyes.
9) The Book Thief- Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel — a young German girl whose book-stealing and storytelling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
10) Saving June – This story revolves around the lives of June’s younger sister, her bestfriend and a strange boy after June commits suicide. No, this is NOT a sad book, well it isn’t after the beginning.
I have somthing I really needed to let you guys know..
It’s this huge burden on my back and I’m going to feel so liberated after confessing this.
Are you sure you want to know?
Okay then.
You are warned
Here it is,
I’m a psychic ponguinda! 😛
GOTCHA! *yells this at you unsuspecting people*
But on a more serious note this is what I’d like to confess: People think I’m emotional, they think I cry easily. What they don’t realise is that I don’t cry because I’m upset or because I care too much or even because I’m sensitive. I cry because I’m frustrated. And sometimes I have days when all I do is curl up and cry for hours and after that I honestly feel so much better. It’s this weird reaction I have. I don’t even know why I cry when I’m frustrated.
Memories can be both pleasant and make you want to huddle up in your blanket and cry for hours. I’m one of the lucky ones(or the unfortunate ones) that haven’t had a lot of memories that make me feel like I’m living a nightmare.
People have both good and bad days, it’s what happens after the storm that shapes you as a person. Your memories influence who you become and the decisions you make in the future, whether you like them or not.
One of the funniest memories I have is when our family was going out on a drive. (Heads up: My brothers name is the same name as that of a God.) So as usual we were bickering in the car (because hooray for sibling rivalry) when we passed a shop with my name on it. So I started pointing out shops and restaurants and everything that had my name on it and telling my brother that they were named after me because I’m awesome! (I was like 12 at that time so don’t judge and I have an amazing nickname.) My brother was just 6 at that time so well he was pretty clueless (still is if you ask me). He looks at me with this straight face and calmly tells me “Well, I have a God named after me.”
Funniest thing ever. I think we didn’t stop laughing for the entire drive and my brother,poor thing (note the sarcasm) didn’t understand what was going on.
Now this example is probably not the best way to tell you that your memories influence your decisions but hey, I got to embarrass my younger brother on the Internet so I’m happy! Besides that’s exactly what older siblings live for, to get a rise out of their younger siblings 😀
Be on here tomorrow (See? I’m becoming punctual) ,
Here we go. *This is one of the rare times you’ll hear me being seriously honest. Like I don’t think I’m going to joke at all.*
I think honesty is important but overrated. I think people are hypocritical when it comes to honesty. They expect you to be completely honest with them and what do you get in return?
That’s right. Zilch. Nada. Just a gaping hole left in the place of trust.
Well, truth be told if you’re friends with me, then you no longer feel embarrassed ever. Literally. I’ve embarrassed my friend while walking down this really busy road and everyone was just staring at us wondering if we escaped from the asylum or not. And I haven’t done that only once; it’s happened repeatedly.. It happens every time I meet up with my friends.
That’s the thing about embarrassment; it becomes a whole lot funnier when you have friends who embarrass you on a daily basis and even after that manage to make you laugh. I think embarrassment is directly proportional to how close you are to your friends (See how I casually slipped a math/physics term in? 😛 ). You can embarrass yourself in front of complete strangers and then wish that you could slowly slink away into the darkness but if you embarrass yourself in front of your close friends (even though they’re the reason you’re embarrassed) they won’t let you become the Christmas grump and soon enough,you’ll find it hilarious as well.
You’re going to be embarrassed so many times in your life, but if you become shy and don’t do anything new that could potentially be embarrass you, then you’re going to miss out so much. You can’t choose when you’re going to be embarrassed, it’s what you do after you’re embarrassed that people remember. Look at Jennifer Lawrence (she’s pretty much every ones girl crush) for example. She fell while going up to receive her Oscar. Did that stop her from making an amazing speech while telling everyone in the audience that she’s clumsy? NO. Could you imagine how embarrassed you would have been if that happened to you? But she pulled it off and laughed it off as well. Now if that isn’t called amazeballs; I don’t know what is.
And that’s it for today.
If you thought you could find out anything embarrassing about me through this post- then you’re WRONG!
But seriously all you need to do is track down one of my friends, they have loads of embarrassing stories to tell about me and my parents, let’s not even go there. They could write books on my embarrassing stories.
And now I’m off to bake rainbow cupcakes for my friends birthday tomorrow and try to get my family’s hands off the batter,
Later,
A I’m In A Hurry So That I Don’t Embarrass Myself Tomorrow Teenager.
Yay! I’ve always wanted to blog about my bucket list and now I’m getting a chance to 🙂
For those who do not know what a bucket list is, it’s basically a list of all the things you want to do before you die. It includes all the experiences and the goals you want to achieve and everyone is highly recommended to have a bucket list.
“Every man dies- not every man really lives.” – William Ross
So I’m going to include 10 things that are on MY bucket list because I cannot write a million things on this post (well I can, but I’m too lazy).
These are in order whatsoever and again, there’s a million other things that I’m not writing on here. If you have a bucket list or are planning to write a post with your bucket list just send me an email and I shall definitely see it 😀
Bucket List
1) Travel all around the world- I’ve always wanted to go to Rome, Venice, Spain, USA, Mexico,Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Greenland, Norway, Canada,France, Britiain…. well, you get my point. So I’m going to go to these places one at a time and slowly tick them off.
Paris
San Fransisco
Maldives
2) Meet 5 Seconds Of Summer OR at least go to their concert- I don’t care how old I’m going to be; if I have a chance of going to their concert or meeting them, I’m going to do exactly that! Nothing gets in my way.
5 Seconds of Summer- My All Time Favourite Band
3) Get a tattoo- Okay, so I’ve always wanted to get a tattoo and I haven’t discussed this even with my parents yet. A tattoo was the second thing I wanted to do right after getting blue and purple streaks( I’ve already got blue ones done so yay). I’m turning 18 in around two years so I have two years to convince my parents( who are both completely against the idea I might add). So the tattoo I want to get done is a treble clef on either my ankle or wrist.
This is what it would probably look like
4) Go scuba-diving- I have always wanted to do this. Unfortunately my parents refuse to let me do this on my own and they don’t want to scuba-dive. So this is definitely one of the things I want to do before I die because who wouldn’t? The experience would be fantastic!
Under the Sea
5) Open a small bakery- So I’ve been baking since the 8th grade and I’ve become pretty good at it (I’m humble, what can I say?). It’s become a recent goal of mine to start a small bakery.Obviously that’s not going to happen any time soon, but one day it shall.
6) Go Skiing- Snow! Snow! Snow! Why would anyone not want to go skiing? I’m not even going to give a reason for this.
Snow Snow and more Snow!
7) Write a book- I love writing. It’s a stress buster and one of the reasons I actually started blogging was because I love writing and I wanted to share it with other people (aka you, yes you). Soon after I started this blog, I also made an account on Wattpad and I started writing a story. But since everyone knows how punctual I am (sarcasm,sarcasm) I haven’t updated in ages. My goal is to finish the book, sometime. Maybe in another year? (cough, cough. That’s never happening.) Okay to be more realistic in another three years. 😛
8) Eat, Eat and Eat some more Chocolate- I’m a chocoholic. There. I’ve admitted it. My dream i is to eat chocolate from morning till night (even for a midnight snack) for an entire week. I haven’t been able to do this yet because of my dear parents but I shall definitely do this.
Chocolate from the morning till the evening
9) Become a YouTuber/Viner- Bucket List Thing To Complete #1. This friend of mine and I decided to open a collab channel and talk about everything and nothing. It’s going to be absolutely hilarious. When is this channel starting? I have no clue. That’s the only thing we haven’t decided yet 😛
10) Go behind someone in a department store and spray disinfectant on anything that they touch- BEST PRANK EVER. If I ever become a YouTuber, you know what the first video’s going to be now. 😀
So this is a small part of my bucket list.
Hope you liked it. Well you better have, I spent so much time on this post. I can’t even believe it. Now I’m off to eat one of the red velvet cupcakes that I baked and NO, you cannot have one. 😛
Everything and Nothing 