8-30-2026 MY FAVES: young adult fantasies

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 what i'm reading...

i read divergent, which i found during one of my many walks by little libraries around the county. 
i've seen the film a while back, i was obsessed with young adult dystopian content - there seemed to be new fantasy, sci-fi, dystopia films and books coming out non-stop from 2013-2017. while these books and movies were thrilling when i was a teen, they feel more like eerie predictions to a not-so-distant future now that i am an adult. 10+ years make quite the difference...

after getting a refresher on the five factions, i decided to style each faction. fans, don't kill me, i went beyond the rules into more artistic ventures (i know that abnegation wouldn't wear heel boots or necklaces!)

amity

abnegation

erudite

dauntless

candor

what i'm listening to...

the world is mourning dolly parton's passing. to celebrate her inspiring life, the workshop i'm at played her music most of the day on wednesday, and we talked about movies she starred in, hannah montana and steel magnolias for me. just on tuesday we had a work icebreaker and discussed who we would add to mount rushmore. can you guess who my answer was?
here's some dolly-best songs to celebrate this great woman's life.
jolene
9 to 5
working girl
here you come again
downtown
9 to 5 ft kelly clarkson
powerful women ft pitbull

what i'm watching...

we binged a bunch of vampire diaries episodes on saturday, and now we're close to finishing season 1. bonnie was not mad enough for what she was already put through, and seriously, do the salvatore brothers have nothing else to do but torment teenagers? being 164 years old must be so boring...
we also watched barbie in fairytopia before bed. the visuals are impeccable. have you noticed barbie always has a significant necklace in most of her movies? kind of obsessed. might start collecting some myself.



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