Oh my friggen book list...

Since I just finished Reese's Bride by Kat Martin (previous book review), I went to my shelf to see what books I had left.  Summer is ending at the end of this month, and I resume school on the 29th.  It turns out I have a lot of books to get through before then, and depending on my interest level, not all of them are going to be read.

Now normally I have a handwritten list that I put on an index card, but my pile of cards have gone missing for ages, and of course, my book collection just keeps growing and growing.  So here's everything I have to go through, via pictures.

What is this?

I've come across an article link that Karen Hawkins posted on Facebook, where someone else wrote that, "studies show romance novels are bad for women."

The heck?

Karen Hawkins link to article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/01/claim-romantic-novels-unbalance-readers?CMP=twt_fd

After my further Googling
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/06/romancekills.html

Oh yeah I'm currently reading Sue-Ellen Welfonder's "Seduction of a Scottish Bride."  It's summer vacation and I'm ready to lose myself in my fantasies.  That's not a crime, is it?

This is my Unreality.

I felt it was appropriate to post here for this kind of situation, so here it goes.

I was planning on going to Europe with my family this summer.  Not immediate, but first-level relatives (cousin, aunt, uncle) with whom I'm close to.  They'll be going to Paris and London, two places I haven't been since I was nine years old.

Well...now they'll all be going, because I can't.

The Origin of the Honeymoon

Today, the tradition of a honeymoon following nuptials has, long way from its original meaning. Today's "happy ending" to the wedding event is a far cry from its much different beginnings. The word honeymoon has its roots in the Norse word "hjunottsmanathr" which was anything but blissful. Northern European history describes the abduction of a bride from neighboring village. It was imperative, that the abductor, the husband to be, take his bride to be into hiding for period of time. His friends assured his and her safe keeping and kept their whereabouts unknown. Once the bride's family gave up their search, the bride groom returned to his people. This folkloric explanation presumably is the origin of today's honeymoon, for its original meaning meant hiding.