Goodbye, all. I’m going into my deep study cave which I will come out of on May 9th, the day after the AP European history exam. Right now, I feel pretty prepared. I’m getting where I need to be on the multiple choice exam (about a raw score of 60-80 out of 80 for a [...]

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John and Abigail: Portrait of a Marriage by Edith Gelles is AMAZING! I need to keep reading.
Oh yeah, and studying. I need to crack down. Today I probably studied for AP Euro five hours, worked on english one hour, and GYM for an hour and a half. GYM. Seriously. I still can’t believe it…. [...]

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My New Bedroom

I’m finally back into my bedroom! I haven’t been in it since September. We painted the walls colonial blue, and I have white trim. We refinished the wood floors and I got my mom’s matching, tall bookcases. It’s pretty exciting. Now, I nearly have ALL of my books in my bedroom! I also got my [...]

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There’s a new Edith Gelles book coming out very soon, on the 14th! I’ve it on order from amazon, so it should arrive this week. I just checked out the amazon page, and they put up a video of Ms. Gelles. She never wrote me back, unfortunately.

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What I’ve been reading

I’ve actually read a ton of good books lately, though most for school.
I finished Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar about a fortnight ago, and A Raisin in the Sun about a week ago. Both were really enjoyable, despite the fact that they both had depressing endings. I love Portia, Brutus’s wife, of course. Abigail Adams called herself [...]

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No, Really, I’m alive.

Hi. Just in case you’ve all forgotten, I’m Felicity. I haven’t posted for a ridiculous amount of time. I wish I had some fabulous excuse, but I don’t. I’ve become more interested in politics and have been following the new administration’s policies somewhat obsessively (I was so happy that Obama is in support of decreasing [...]

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