Kamala Khan is my hero! I do not go out of my way to buy super hero comic books unless they are Ms. Marvel comic books. I even dressed up as her for Halloween a few years ago!

The story sounds really, really interesting and maybe even a bit creepy. But...gosh I'm actually kind of reluctant to pick this one up! I struggled the last time I tried to read a story that "read like a folktale". I started the book three different times before eventually giving up because I couldn't get past the style.

I think I have an unpopular opinion more unpopular than you saying you love Batman V. Superman (Which wasn't my favorite movie, but it's better than everyone makes it out to be. Especially the ending! It was so epic, and I'm super excited for Wonder Woman's upcoming movie.) My unpopular opinion is...I don't like Star Wars!

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Ah...This post is refreshing because I always feel like an outsider because I think Lauren Oliver is JUST OKAY. I mean, I genuinely loved Before I Fall, but I couldn't make it through Delirium (Dystopians are just not my thing). That being said, the IDEA behind Replica is pretty awesome. I mean ONE book that you can read in multiple ways? That's kind of ingenious. It's a bummer that its execution was lacking though...
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I used to be an avid journal writer, but I drifted away from that after college. Life just sort of became a mess and I wanted to avoid thinking about it. I often wish I would have kept with it because I think I could have processed what was going on a lot better, you know? And lately I've been thinking I should start a happiness journal. Not that I'm unhappy at all at this point in my life, but sometimes things seem mundane and I lose sight of the really spectacular things that happen every day.
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If I perceive a book to be more challenging than my usual weekend read, I...attempt to annotate my books. I start out strong with underlines and notes in the margins, but then about two chapters in I give up because I usually get really discouraged because it's taking me so gosh darn long to finish the book!
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Once I lugged the entire Harry Potter series with me onto a plane. Hardbacks. I had flown out to visit my parents, unearthed all of my books, and then flew back home (that wasn't the purpose of the visit, obviously). It was actually excruciating though. I had a backpack, a camera bag, and the HP books were tossed into paper gift bag that kept ripping throughout the trip home. They were really heavy and just kept spilling out everywhere. I haven't brought a physical copy of a book with me since that experience. Thank goodness for e-readers, which will never cause a gift bag to rip and clatter to the floor.

I've always considered myself to be an independent young woman and a feminist. But...I love working in the kitchen. I've been baking cookies and cooking up breakfast since I was eight. And I don't think it's because I was a girl either. Chores were actually pretty balanced in my househould (yardwork withstanding). I saw my father in the kitchen just as often as my mother. My mother taught me how to bake cookies, and my dad taught me how to scramble eggs. They just sort of played the role that was necessary because there was a time when my mom held a full-time job and was going to school to get her accounting degree. She wasn't around during dinner time, so my dad would have to cook (lots of chili during those days, which was fine by me). So, the love of cooking continues into my adulthood. I love baking. I love trying out new dinner recipes weekly. I practically do backflips when I manage to cook up vegetables in a way that is not only palatable but that I actually crave. The only thing I like more than cooking is eating everything (can eating be considered a hobby?). That's not to say all my meals are great. In all honesty, I almost always overcook the steaks, and sometimes my pasta comes out soggy and mushy too. And forget about that boxed mac and cheese you make with the powder-- it's always soupy! But...I guess it's all kind of an adventure to me too.

I don't actually read a lot of contemporary fiction. Although, I'm not sure if it's because I'm afraid I can't relate to it or if it's because I'm afraid I won't enjoy it. The closest thing I get to that is a cozy mystery novel. Sometimes the protagonists are baking geniuses, sometimes they're snarky museum owners who can't cook and prefer ordering takeout every night.

When I experience what you're writing about here, I almost never use the word "inspiration". I use instead the word "motivation". Because the inspiration is there. I came up with the idea after all. But then...I lack the motivation to follow through with that idea. Because sometimes it's work. Plain ol' work. And I'd rather entertain my brain in other ways at that very moment (surfing blogs, checking e-mail, rating books on goodreads, flipping through a comic book). I don't think inspiration has anything to do with my ability to write and publish an article I think is good either. Because honestly, sometimes I write and edit and re-write that sucker two or three times before hitting "post".

That being said, sometimes inspiration really does come at inopportune times. For me, it hits often times in the shower, actually. I'll get a sudden idea, so I'll wash my hair as fast as I possibly can, but sometimes it doesn't matter because I've forgotten my post idea by the time I finally get a pen and paper.

I think Ely makes an excellent point about criticizing a person without being critical or belittling their mental illness. I have battled depression for nearly a decade now, and my actions haven't always been the greatest. Luckily, my friends were sensitive about my struggle, but they also weren't afraid to call me out on some of my behavior. It made me so angry at the time, but I see now that it helped me put a lot of things into perspective.
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