These are a few of my favorite things.

My favorite book is the Book of Mormon, because if I had to choose one book to read forever that would be it. I love it. But, I also have many many other favorite books. The books that tie for second are the Harry Potter series and The Wheel of Time series. I love them both and could never choose one.

My favorite color is purple.

My favorite things to do by myself is to read and to bake.

My favorite things to do with other people are to watch movies/ funny T.V. shows, to talk, and to cook (but I have to be the boss when we cook for it to be my favorite).

My favorite things to go do are to go see a movie and to go to a really nice bookstore and find a treasure. These are my realistic answers anyways- of course I want to go to Disneyland/ Harry Potter World/ San Diego/ Europe/ Middle Earth/ Diagon Alley and that would be my favorite. But usually that doesn't happen and I am content to go buy a book for fun most Saturday nights.

My favorite cartoon is Avatar: The Last Airbender. I would bend fire.

My favorite animal is an owl. My second and third favorites follow, respectively.

My favorite Princesses are Belle and Rapunzel. They tie, just like Beauty and the Beast and Tangled tie for my favorite Disney movies.

My favorite T.V. show is hands down The Office- it is completely my sense of humor.

My favorite character from The Office is Jim Halpert. Hands down. Love him. The Jim-Dwight relationship is my favorite part about The Office. I also love the Jim-Dwight-Michael love/hate triangle.

My favorite Harry Potter character is and always has been Hermione. I have always identified with her and liked her a lot. For good or bad, we do have a lot in common. My second favorite character is Dobby. I think we should all be a little more like him.

My favorite movie is The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Yes, the trilogy counts as one movie. No, I will not pick one.

My favorite Lord of the Rings character is Samwise. He is just so good and so loyal. My second favorite character from that series is Aragorn. I think he and Sam share many great qualities.

My favorite song EVER is Starlight by Muse. I love it. I can listen to it when I'm sad and when I'm happy and it always makes me feel better. I don't think I can get sick of it- once I listened to and sang along to it over and over from Ogden to Logan and was perfectly happy the entire time. If it comes on in my car the volume always goes up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgum6OT_VH8.

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

This is an excellent title for this movie. I would have never watched it and I never thought I would like it. However my sister Cora convinced me that I should (she owns it and watches it twice a week) so we did, and ironically I liked it a lot.

The movie is filmed documentary style. There are interviews with various members of his staff, his mom, his friends, his agent, Usher, Snoop Dog (gross), and his fans. The fan interviews are HILARIOUS. Here is a quote from one preteen girl: "I love Justin Bieber. We will be husband and wife." The movie also features plenty of backstage and concert footage.

He has an interesting and pretty amazing story; I recommend this movie. I am not a fanatic and would not watch it twice a week, but I did enjoy it and like Justin Bieber a lot more now because of it.

Water for Elephants

Book:

• Awkward/ inappropriate scenes that were long and not at all vital to the plot.
• Engaging and interesting concept.
• The plot had an appropriate amount of twists and unpredictability.
• The main characters weren't extremely lovable, only the elephant was.
• Interesting narration that kept the pages turning.
• Bad language.

Movie:

• Inappropriate scenes cut out or only hinted at.
• Kept true to the plot with only a few necessary changes. It kept the twists and unpredictability.
• The characters were engaging and personable and extremely well cast- even down to the relatively minor characters. Even the age gaps were exactly as I had imagined.
• A lame last line/ ending which stayed true to the book but lacked ingenuity and good acting. It could have been a lot better.

This is one of the few times I would not recommend the book and suggest you rent the movie- it kept the good and largely eliminated the bad.

Transformers 3

Things I liked about the movie:

• Transformers and summer brings back good memories.
• There was a preview for Harry Potter.
• The best of company.
• No Megan Fox! I liked the new girl lots better- she was less trashy and put pants on for the second half of the movie. Imagine that.
• Bumblebee and Optimus Prime.
• Good action/ Autobot and Decepticon fight scenes. I have always been partial to them, and the ones in this movie were especially good.
• There was a new Decepticon. It was like a worm and did some pretty awesome things.
• Some pretty smooth transforming.
• Senor Chang. That humor wasn't exactly cohesive with the rest of the plot, but I did enjoy the majority of it.

Things I disliked about this movie:

• Shia LeBeouf. My opinon of him has always been "meh."
• It was loooooong in all the wrong places. I got bored. I could have gotten the exact same story out of a hour of movie.
• Far-fetched/ same-old predictable plot.
• Badly used slow motion- it made it more humorous, not more dramatic.
• Crude humor/ language.
• Shia whined about not having a job for the first half of the movie. There was way too much of that- long in all the wrong places. Get to the point.
• Random/ poor humor.
• Wardrobe. The girl wore a white shirt the whole time that never got dirty. Also she ran at full speed in heels for the entire movie and there was no broken heel/ ankle. But maybe she has mad skills. It's possible.

All in all it was an alright movie. It wasn't great or one I would buy, but I wouldn't call you a moron for getting it from Redbox.

The Name of the Wind

I recently read "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. It was recommended to me by my uncle and I loved it. It is a fantasy series, and may be my third favorite of all time (after Wheel of Time and Harry Potter). There are three books total and the third one hasn't come out yet. I am halfway through the second one so we will see if it holds up, but so far I am loving it. It is told by a point of view that doesn't allow for down time so the whole story is continuously moving and never slow. The main character is very full of himself, but he is awesome so he has a right to be. The girl is a complete moron and I kind of hate her, however that is pretty common for fantasy series and there are other cool girls that make up for it. Also, the books are made out of different paper than normal and the pages are really smooth so holding it for long periods of time doesn't dry your hands out! I was really excited.

All in all a very good read that I recommend; I have it for anyone to borrow (unless you are stupid and have a Kindle).