A Little More Awesome

We can all use a little bit more awesome in our lives. These are a few awesome things that I enjoy; maybe they will bring some extra pizazz to your day as well.

Books:

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha
• The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
• The Darkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong
• The Dreamhunter Duet by Elizabeth Knoxs
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• The Giver 'Quartet' by Lois Lowry
• Graceling Trilogy by Kristin Cashore 
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Looking for Alaska by John Green
• Night by Elie Wiesel
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Room by Emma Donoghue
• Secret Daughter by Shilipi Somaya Gowda
• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• Sovay by Celia Rees
• Stravaganza Series by Mary Hoffman
• Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Ashner
• The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen

Internet:

• Buttersafe (An adorable little web-comic)
• Eyes on the Pages (A Book Blog by my friend Lex)
• Flax-Golden Tales (Beautiful photographs and prose by Carey Farrell and Erin Morgenstern)
• The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (A Pride & Prejudice Web-series)
• Pottermore (For all you Harry Potter nerds)
• StumbleUpon (A new and exciting adventure each time!)
• Vlogbrothers (A Blog by Hank and John Green) 
• XKCD (A Webcomic of Romance, Sarcasm, Math and Language)

Movies & Televison:

• The Big Bang Theory (Bazinga!)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Game of Thrones
• Harry Potter Franchise
• The Illusionist
• Inception
• Les Miserables
• Lord of the Rings
• The Notebook
• Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• Sherlock (BBC)
• Star Wars

Music(ians):

• Adele
• Faber Drive
• Hedley
• Kelly Clarkson
• The Killers
• Matthew Morrison
• Marianas Trench
• Maroon 5
• Plain White T's
• The Script
• We the Kings 

Disclaimer:  While all of the above are certainly awesome, it should be noted that their awesomeness does not presuppose that the subject matter is always ... uh ... obnoxiously cheerful; quite the opposite in some cases actually.

DFTBA! (Don't Forget to be Awesome)

- H