Names!

Some great twin names and some funny names I've seen at work. :)

These are names of twins I've seen on U.S. census records between 1850 and 1940 at work:

Ila and Lila                                     Louisa and Louisiana

Evelyn and Edelyn                         Cleo and Leo

Letta and Letha                              George and Georgia

Vera and Sarah                               Pearl and Earl

Dessie and Essie                            Dela and Nela

Ronald and Donald                        Flora and Lora

Leo and Leola                                Gerald and Harold

Lillian and William                       Thelma Mae and Velma Fay

Louis and Louise                           Edwin and Elwin

Bernadine and Geraldine               Olive and Oliver

Bessie and Jessie                           Mary and Harry

Lawrence and Florence                 Beulah and Eulah

Hannah and Anna                          Eddie and Freddy

Alpha and Alva

James K Polk and George M Dallas (the President and Vice President of the U.S. the year these twins were born).                                              

Some funny names I've seen on U.S. census records. These are real first and last names. :)

Robber Young                                 Major Gross

Quash Bear                                     Green Brown

Cheesman Hughes                          Noah Ark

Israel Deverse                                 Moses Temple

Hannibal Warfield                          Green C Woods

Manly Crumbaker                          John DerBaptist

Happy Butler                                  Hilarious Shoeman

Christian Bible                               Pompey Butt

Dorcas Dippie                                 Temple Cutter

Large Ovens                                    Taffy Bird

Unezine Peelot                               Sipp Toodle

Wilburforce Toothacre                   Orange Lemon

Olive Branch                                   Ina Booth

Major Minor                                    Rosetta Stone Rose

Moses Prophet                                 Major Polite

Knott Ritten

Violet Flowers, Ferne Flowers, and Holly Flowers are siblings.

I love books!

I love to read! I don't read as often as I'd like to though. At the beginning of this year, I decided to make a goal of reading 30 books I've never read before between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018. I know to some that may not be a lot, but that is a stretch for me. I haven't reached my goal yet, but I think I will. :)

As of today (August 6) the books I've read so far this year are:

1. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
2. Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox
3. Dodger by Terry Pratchett
4. The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
6. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
7. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
8. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
9. Confessions of an Imaginary Friend by Michelle Cuevas
10. My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand
11. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
12. The Humans by Matt Haig
13. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
14. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
15. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
16. Fairest by Marissa Meyer
17. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
18. Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
19. Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
20. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
21. The Paper Magician by Charlie N Holmberg (updated August 11)
22. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (updated August 22)
23. The Princess Bride by William Goldman (updated September 2)
24. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
25. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
26. Cress by Marissa Meyer
27. Winter by Marissa Meyer
28. Jackaby by William Ritter
29. Beastly Bones by William Ritter
30. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
31. The Selection by Kiera Class
32. The Elite by Kiera Class
33. The One by Kiera Class
34. Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter
35. The Dire King by William Ritter
36. Educated by Tara Westover

Do you have any book recommendations?

This is my final list of books that I read in 2018. I made my goal!