Drive, Driven & Planks A Lot

I haven't done one of these posts in months! I was suddenly inspired when I decided to paint my nails purple this week.

This shade of purple, Planks A Lot by OPI, is my favorite shade of purple. In some lights it's a dusty periwinkle purple, then a creamy deep lilac. I'm buying another couple of bottles so I never run out of it. Real talk though!

I decided to pair it with Drive and Driven both by James Sallis because I liked the contrast of the dark cover art and the deep purple. Planks A Lot gives a little bit of a pop to a mysterious story and narrator while staying ambiguous as it changes in certain lights. I really like the similarity between the protagonist in Drive and the color-shifting of Planks A Lot. It's a great morph.

I'm really excited to read these novels and stare at my nails!

Look out for a Novel Adaptation post about Drive (2007) and Drive (2011).

Invisible Monsters vs. Invisible Monsters Remix

In this corner, written by Chuck Palahniuk, two hundred ninety-seven pages and published in 1999: INVISIBLE MONSTERS

And in this corner, also written by Chuck Palahniuk, three hundred one pages, but published in 2012: INVISIBLE MONSTERS REMIX

Update #8

Hello, Reading Monsters!

Here I am, once again, buying time inbetween reading novels and writing reviews. I've been a bit slow and lazy with my reading. I checked out all these books, quickly finished True by Hilary Duff (read the review here) then started Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk.

I was really into just reading in bed for a while. Just me, wrapped in my blanket, reading one of my books. I didn't even have music playing. The only sound was my own breathing and silence of the night at 2AM.

But then I finished school about a week ago and I had all this time to myself and I wasn't sure what to do with it or myself. (No one man should have all that power). So I started writing, working on my third feature (which is going well) and watching Buffy, the Vampire Slayer on Netflix.
I'm trying to get back into the flow of reading, whether it's with music or silence; I just want to start marathon reading again. I love the books I checked out, but I want to read new ones and complete my reading goal for this year. Plus I have some many posts queued up I just need to read the books so I have something to write about.

When I really stop everything and just read, I read pretty fast. I just need to be disciplined enough to put procrastination on pause and read. 

Wish me luck and look out for many, many posts coming soon!

What are you reading? Whatever it is, Just Keep Reading!

The Elixir Series by Hilary Duff

I read the Elixir Series by Hilary Duff with Elise Allen. Here's my review (it's really more of a criticism) of the young adult series. 

I tried not to have any spoilers, but if there are I won't apologize because the series does a good job of spoiling itself.