How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, by Dr. Seuss

So weird to not see a green Grinch here.

Book number one on the NitM project is How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, by Dr. Seuss. If you grew up in America, chances are you probably read this book at least once in your lifetime. I guess in other countries these weren't really translated because of the whole rhyming thing, which makes sense but is something I didn't really think about until one of my German friends, Iman, mentioned it while we were watching the live action adaptation a few weeks ago. That fact kind of bummed me out, but then I looked back and I wasn't a SUPER huge stan for the doctor, so I'm not too upset about it. I chose this book first for a few reasons: number one, it's easy; number two, it's Christmas Eve as I'm writing this; and number three, it's a book for this project that my parents own, and I'm currently at their house. I feel like some reviews I write on these books for this project will be super redundant, or like I'm talking to someone who lives under a rock, but here we go.

An Introduction

Hey everyone! My name is Sara. I graduated from Flagler College in 2013 with an English degree and a creative writing minor. Sometime around a year ago I started watching Gilmore Girls and remember feeling unbearably sad that I didn't watch this show while it was on/before I went to college, because I could have used Rory as a sounding board for all my problems. Instead I could probably turn to her if I ever go to get my master's degree.

Anyway, a few months ago I remember seeing this list on Buzzfeed of all the books referenced on the show, and I thought, hmm, I wonder how many of those I've read. Spoiler alert: not that many. Which is completely upsetting, as a fellow lover of books! So I figured...hey, I'm a millennial with a blog and like, zero money. Why not do this in my spare time?

What is "this," exactly? Well...read all of the books listed from the series.

Now I know for all of you Julie & Julia fans out there, you're wondering if I have a timeline. No. I do not have a timeline because I have no idea how long this should or would take a person who tries to accomplish it. And I figure people have actually done it, and bravo to them. But now I would like to! If that's cool with everyone here.

My next post (hopefully it shows up before this one though) will be a master list of all the books/plays/novels/poems/essays/whatever mentioned in the show, and then there will be a code for all of them as well if you're reading it.

So if you're reading this, thank you for showing some interest! And hopefully you'll stick around.

x

P.S. - The name is taken from a line of a conversation between Rory and Jess:

Jess: I just wanted to put some notes in the margins for you.

Rory: What? You've read this before.

Jess: About 40 times.

Rory: I thought you said you didn't read much.

Master List

List is taken from this article on Buzzfeed.
Code: own / read prior, is a reread / read completely / lost on a Southwest plane
If someone gives me/lets me borrow a book, there will be an asterisk.
Once read all books will have a post linking the review.