December 31, 2011

Reviews and Interviews!

I love to read as you know and I have posted in the Author forum on Amazon and I now have many books to read and review and authors to interview! I'm so excited about this! It's kind of stupid and girlish I suppose but I've never talked to an actual author!
The books I have to review so far are:


Lost at the Con by Bryan Young- Done! Review here


Deadline by James A. Anderson- Done! Review here

The Zarder by Sara Jo Easton- Done! Review here

The Survival of Cade by Sharon L. Reddy- a science fiction that sounds really interesting! I'm really looking forward to reading this one, even though I'm not big on science fiction!


The Counterfeit by Tammie Clarke Gibbs- done! Review to come! :) 



Marty Boggs & The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb by M.T. Acquaire- this is one is described as a "YA supernatural fantasy" They'd also give me an interview! :) 

Gather Sticks Along the Way by G. Tyler Mills- This one seems really cool. It talks about a man's struggle with the disappearance with his son and his faith.

Great American Thing by Ostrom Lexington- Apparently another science fiction but it looks really interesting! The author has offered an interview and maybe even a free download if I get some comments what what!

RAINGUN by John Blackport- this one is a fantasy about a good guy struggling with his conscience and reality about whether or not to rebel against his tyrannical government. This one is free from smashwords so I'd love it if someone else would love to read it with me! I must repeat the warning of the author however, it contains graphic violence and explicit sex.






WHEW! And I have another 7 people asking me to review their work! I hope I can find some great new reads and authors from this and I hope you'll do the same! I can't wait to talk to actual authors and tell y'all what all I think of their work! :) I am planning on interviewing these authors but I won't let that stop me from telling you the truth of what I think of their works. I promise. Now, if I disappear for a couple days and don't post as much y'all can see why. I'll be reading! :) I'm so looking forward to this and once I start reading Great American Thing I'll write up another post of the books I'll be reviewing! :)

Support Your Public Library Challenge!


So I've decided on another fun challenge! This one is a support your public library challenge and the levels sound pretty big with 12, 24, 36, and 37+. The rules are no rereads but all forms are ok. This is good for me because my public library actually has a pretty extensive selection of ebooks that I can check out and read on my kindle. I'm a poor college kid and most of my books come from the library- like 97% and the books I'll be reading for other challenges will be from the library! I think I'm going to sign up for this one at level...... 4! I plan on reading more than 37 books and I'll post a list of them and possibly a review even if/when I go over 40 or so!

Check out the sign up post for this great challenge here! I hope you'll join me cause these challenges seem pretty amazing! :)

1. Mastiff by Tamora Pierce

Goodreads

I joined goodreads today! I don't know what I was expecting but this wasn't it. I rated a couple of books that I've read and I've seen a couple more that look interesting. So far the recommendations aren't that great but while looking through the books they ask me to rate I have seen some that are similar to the books I've read that look quite interesting. There is also a giveaway place on goodreads! There may be 1, 3, 5, or 10 copies to be given away and 500 or more entries but some of these books sound really interesting! I'd love to win an ARC to read and write up a review on here. Maybe I could even host a giveaway from books that I win and reviewed or books I've gotten but don't feel like reviewing! :) So far I've entered about 10 of the giveaways ending tonight and I'll keep entering the ones that sound really good and maybe I'll get an email tomorrow saying I won one or two! :)

December 30, 2011

What Would Jane Do Reading Challenge 2012

Ok so I have picked out a couple challenges I think I'm going to work on and I've decided the challenge about Jane Austen and I'll enter into the Jane Austen and Beyond category with a mix of books by Jane and books that include a variation of her books at the level of Expanding Emmagination. I'm going to try to read 1-3 books by Jane and 1-3 books that are in an other category!
Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice


Other: Dawn of the Dreadfuls Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Series, Book 1
Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard by Belinda Roberts

I'll update this list with more of Jane's books after I've read these! :) Wish me luck!

You can find the link to this challenge here. I hope you decide to join me! I've started Pride and Prejudice a couple times but I've yet to finish. Hopefully this challenge will be the kick in the pants I need to finish it! :)

Reading Challenges!

How much is too much for these reading challenges? Because they seem really fun! I just entered the eclectic challenge today but then did another search for 2012 book blog reading challenges and I found a couple that look really cool! :D
I am looking now at the:
adoption reading challenge- 4 different levels: 3 books, 6 books, 12 books and 20 books-- thinking about the first level of this one because I have a nonfiction that looks great and a fiction that I checked out today
Ireland reading challenge- 4 different levels: 4 books, 6 books, 8 books, 10+ books -- this one seems really cool! I would love to enter the first level! :)

 I don't know how many I should enter though! I don't want to commit to reading too many books with 2 semesters of college to go through next year but I love to read and I can read a couple good books in one day! :) I think I will start updating this post with other challenges I'm interested in and their links so that if any of y'all want to read more about them and join or just try to read the theme without joining the challenges you'll have a list of the ones I think look interesting hahahaa.

Thinking about: 
romance reading challenge- 5 romance novels-- this one wouldn't be difficult AT ALL! :)
merely mystery challenge-- with the Down on her luck gumshoe category I would just have to read 2 of my fun cozy mysteries! I think I'll end up joining this one since I checked out 4 cozy mysteries today! :)
War Through the Generations- WWI challenge- any kind of book with WWI as the primary or secondary theme with the levels 1-3, 4-10, and 11+ --- sounds really interesting and I'm sure I could manage 1 book- maybe it could count as my nonfiction in the eclectic!
Titanic challenge- a book or movie, fiction or non-fiction about the Titanic- 3 levels: 3, 6, and 12
Support Your Public Library - 1st level of 12 public library books!
Ebook Challenge - this one depends if crossover from the ebooks to other challenges is allowed! :)

For a host of other challenges you should check out Novel Challenges where there is a couple pages of challenges!
other challenges I've found you might be interested in: 
whats in a name challenge- 6 books along different themes: 1. book w/ a topographical feature, 2. something you'd see in the sky, 3. creepy crawly in the title, 4. type of house in the tittle, 5. something you'd carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title, 6. something you'd find on a calendar in the title
Foodies Read Too: read food books on 5 different levels: 1-3, 4-8, 9-13, 14-18, 19+
Read Your Name challenge - read a book with the title starting with every letter in your name A-L-E-X etc. Sounds interesting but I have an X! in my name hahaha

Eclectic Reader Challenge 2012

I've decided to enter a Reading Challenge!



This is called the Eclectic Reader Challenge where over the next year I will read a book from each of the 12 genres and post a review and a little cheer for one down! :) I am an avid reader so I would say it wouldn't be a hard challenge to complete but I do have my favorite genres- I read a lot of YA, fantasy, and romances. I'm not big on horror and suspense genres. For this I'm just going to post reviews and apply books that are completely new to me. I have many books I would love to reread and post for but I think it would be best to have new books. Ok, I might end up changing my mind for this because I have many series I'd love to reread and talk about so you all feel the urge to read them. I have the Hunger Games series for YA, the Inheritance series for fantasy, a series about an ex-cop turned PI- Savannah in sunny California who is tough yet sweet and a bundle of fun! I'll come back to this post and update it with links of my reviews and and the titles of the books I chose for each genre! :) 


Genres

  1. Literary Fiction- The Help by Kathyrn Stockett
  2. Crime/Mystery Fiction- Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett 
  3. Romantic Fiction- The Counterfeit by Tammie Clarke Gibbs
  4. Historical Fiction- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  5. Young Adult- Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
  6. Fantasy- The Zader by Sara Jo Easton
  7. Science Fiction
  8. Non Fiction
  9. Horror
  10. Thriller /Suspense- Deadline by James A. Anderson
  11. Classic- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  12. Your favourite genre

If you want to join this awesome challenge where the participants will be entered to win a book up to $15 AUD from the Book Depository, $10 Amazon GC, or $10 US paypal! You can be a blogger or not to enter! You can check out all the details here! I hope you choose to join me on this awesome challenge! :)

December 29, 2011

Picnik Printables


The other day I was cruising some other blogs and I found a tutorial of how to make printables on the online program Picnik. You can get a premium membership for like $2 a month but I created these with the free membership. Things like this remind me WHY I'm not a graphic design major or something like that. I found the words on random sites and some are inspired by things I've found on Etsy. I dun know. I'm rather proud of them. I took a vegetarian quote from BrainyQuote for the first one- I might change the colors on it though. :/ here is the link to the tutorial I looked at and if you like printables then I suggest you look here for 101 free pretty printables! :)
 



So what do you think of my pictures I made? I wouldn't say they are very amazing but leave me a comment and tell me what you think! :)

December 28, 2011

Treasure Hunting!

Just like most people my age, I go hopping from place to place. The difference? I'm not going club hopping. Oh no, I'm going thrift store hopping. :) I love going to thrift stores and digging through things for that diamond in the rough. So Monday we went to Goodwill where I saw a cute little octagonal table for $6. But the one of the doors on it didn't close right and it was missing door pulls. It wasn't the right buy for me so I left Goodwill buying nothing but a box set of three photo albums for Bridal Shower, Wedding Day, and Honeymoon Memories as a present for either of my two best friends, or my Gan says I should keep it for me when the time comes. After we left Goodwill we headed towards another thrift store but it was closed, its church run and it WAS the day after Christmas. So instead we went to the Hospice store. I found 4 books for my future classroom, I've been looking for small chapter books while out thrift store hopping in the hopes that some of the books I find will be in good condition and suitable reading level for my classroom, and then my Gan and I went down stairs to look at the furniture to see if I could find me a table. And what do you think I found? Another octagonal table! This one has door pulls, is a bit taller, and the doors close like they should! The table was in better condition and was being sold for $8. You best bet I snapped that offer up! I was even luckier in that the entire store was having a 50% of everything sale! I bought 4 or 5 books and a table for just $4.75! Then yesterday my Papa decided we were going to go to Greenville to Kmart to look for a red tablecloth. After finally buying him a tablecloth from Anna's Linens we went to the Greenville Goodwill. Going to that Goodwill is true treasure hunting. Everything is in huge bins and sold by the pound. A pound of clothes, housewares, toys, whatever is $1.19 and a pound of books is only $.25! I dug through huge tubs of books and bought 23 books for just $3! I bought 3 books to help me be a better teacher, 4 novels for me, 13 fiction books for my future classroom, and 3 more non-fiction books for my classroom! I think that's pretty amazing! I love thrift stores, yard sales, and the jockey lot! :D I'll have to upload a picture of my table and the reading corner I made up for me in my room later and y'all can tell me if it's amazing or not so much! But thrift stores and yard sales? The deals I got yesterday and the day before? Amazing or not so much? Leave me a comment if you would! :)

December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas! :)



Merry Christmas everyone! I hope it is amazing and filled with good food, friends, and presents! :) My immediate family did our presents last night after a delicious dinner of tacos and I got 3 pairs of sleep pants, a couple shirts, and an angry bird! :) Now today we go to my aunt's house and have the traditional and delicious meal of homemade mac n' cheese and mashed potatoes and all other yumminess. We're having a turkey but as a 3 year vegetarian I still don't get that. :) And maybe I have a present or two up there! The past couple years we did secret santa but this year we just decided to get who you want what you want. So I bought all my cousins a little something and a bath and body works hand sanitizer for two of my aunts. :) So happy holidays to everyone! :D

December 22, 2011

Pinterest Love!

So y'all have heard of, and joined pinterest right? I don't know when it came about but I joined a couple months ago and at first thought it was just ok. Now I have something like 800+ pins. :) If you haven't heard of pinterest yet then I suggest you request an invitation. Or if you want me to issue you an invitation just email me your email and I'll invite you! Pinterest is a collection of pretty pictures ranging from a host of topics such as home decor, wedding and events, and crafts. Those are my favorite topics to surf but they also have apparel and travel. You make up boards that house all the pins you like and you can repin things other people have pinned already as well as pin any image from other websites. :) I really enjoy pinterest and if you want you can follow me here and see all my pins or just join up and you can post your collection of clothes you want, crafts you want to make, how you want to decorate your house, and your dream wedding. :D

Now some of my favorite pins:

From my classroom board-
a tip for bulletin boards
From products I love-
epic bookcase


From my wedding board
lavender bouquets

From my crafts board
cutest bookmarks!
From For the Home board
book stairs!









From my photos board

So what do y'all think? To me pinterest is totally amazing. I love looking and dreaming and adding things to my boards. :) I suggest you all go join pinterest. Request an invitation on the site or ask me for one. :) What do you think of my pins though? Amazing or not so much?

December 10, 2011

New to Knitting!

Yesterday I went to our pay per pound Goodwill and spent $1.50 for about 20 books. It's a great deal but you have to dig through giant bins of books all crowded together. Not that amazing. It does give you a feeling of a treasure hunter however! I found a lot of books for my future classroom, some books for me, and a couple books for my sister who is getting in the groove of reading. One of the books I picked up was about knitting! I started reading it and decided to invert two crochet hooks and see what I could do. And it worked! I mean, it was kinda bigger on one side because I was using a K and F hook and took me a while but I managed to KNIT a little 4X3 inch hank! I was so excited! Then today we went to a thrift store and I found a huge bundle of knitting needles and my gan talked the price down to $5. There were a lot of plastic needles and some metal needles all in different sizes. So I'm going to try to knit some now. It's harder for me because obviously there is no hook- which makes crochet so easy. One hook that can grab the yarn and pull it through to two needles that you have to use to somehow pull the rest through the yarn. But I can't wait to experiment some more and see what I can do! :)

December 4, 2011

Hedgies!

So apparently there's this new pet trend happening now. The animal is small, prickly, and ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE! I'm talking about hedgehogs! Hedgies! Those cute little things that I would love to have right now! I haven't met anyone who has had a pet hedgehog but I feel like I've seen something online, or read somewhere about people keeping hedgehogs for pets! I did a google search, came upon a site devoted to hedgehogs, and now I want one for myself! :)

Look at those ittle faces! From what I've read, hedgies are bristly-not sharp and porcupine-ish- with quills that aren't as sharp or barbed. They have no body odor and come in lots of different colors. They don't require special food, they can eat good quality cat food, and are pretty disease resistant. They can be litter trained and can live from 4-7 years. They're not native to Canada or the US but hedgehog central has a list of breeders here.

I would love to have my very own hedgie friend but my house doesn't have heat and hedgehogs do well in temperatures between 65 to 80*F. I've decided to have one when I graduate and get my own place though. They are the cutest and one site said you could even let them wander the house after you've trained them but that would certainly be a matter of watching your step! :) So what do you think? Hedgehogs: amazing or not so much? My grandma says they look too much like rats- she's terrified of rats and they are pretty expensive right now- I've read a couple of breeders around here selling them for like $200 a hedgie. Does the cuteness, no body odor, and lack of special diet make up for these things? Leave me a comment and let me know! :)

December 2, 2011

Dirty Little Secret

So yesterday was a craptastic day and I should be studying for an exam right now but I thought I'd participate in the Dirty Little Secret meme again! :)



If you want to participate in the meme all you have to do is go over to http://underthecoversbookblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/dirty-little-secret-24.html and she'll tell you all about it! It's super easy and super fun. :) 

This weeks question is 

"Which fictional character would you like to kiss under the mistletoe?"

For me, this really isn't a hard, let me think about it question. There are a couple guys that I've had on my "I wish you were real list" I would love to kiss Wolverine under the mistletoe! I don't if this is slightly skewed by the movies and the fact that I would kiss Hugh Jackman all day any day but I do know Wolverine is fictional and I'd kiss his claws off! Anotehr of my kissables is Sirius Black. He is my man. He's funny and smart and daring and I would DEFINITELY kiss him under the mistletoe. I think I would also get Neville Longbottom under the mistletoe. Its a matter of the actor who plays him got WAY hot in the 7th movie but also because in the book you can see how much Neville has grown and in the last book he's totally kick a! And Matthew Lewis is hot. Just sayin what we're all thinkin here! :D



I'm so thankful for this meme! Imagining this hotties has made me stop thinking about my crappy day yesterday. It was definitely not amazing. But what do y'all think about my mistletoe hotties? Comment and tell me if you think they're amazing or not so much! Thanks!  

November 26, 2011

Apartment Decorating

So I've been dating my boyfriend for 2 years long distance now and we're both talking long term future. We've been talking about what will happen after I graduate and move up there, he rents a room in his friend's house now but we both know that we can't live there long-term. So we've been having a house/apartment discussion recently. I want us to have OUR house where we can raise future children and have our home where I can paint the walls canary yellow if I want to! He argues that a home is super expensive and that with his job as a typist (that he's been at for 11 years) and my future teaching job really won't support us and a mortgage and kids. He was born and raised in the Bronx in an apartment so he really sees nothing wrong with it. His reasoning is pretty sound, an apartment IS cheaper and if something breaks we can call the landlord rather than having to pay to fix it ourselves. My main problem is how little an apartment is and I don't know how to decorate a place where you're not allowed to paint the walls or put nails in to hang up art work. So I've been looking all over the internet and at the most amazing Pinterest for design ideas for my future apartment. I haven't come up with much yet but I was thinking something like this out of a dresser:

This provides prettiness, seating, and storage all in one! Something required for an apartment yes? Here's another dresser revamp:

A bookcase, shelf, and storage all in one! I love books so I love this idea too! It allows me to show off books and use up wall space instead of floor space too! 

I also like this lampshade that may not vary according to house or apartment but I just think its beautiful and would look great with some awesome book pages. 

As another storage opportunity I love this idea of surrounding a sofa with small bookshelves so I don't have to have side tables on both sides taking up room! 

Have you realized I love books and bookshelves? Because here's another idea of using wall space and repurposing something! A ladder as a bookshelf lining the walls!

(all these pictures came either from my for the home or craft ideas at my pinterest account here.)

So what do you think of the house/apartment debate and my dreams of decorating an apartment? Are my dreams so far amazing or not so much? Any other ideas you have for decorating a great apartment? :)

November 25, 2011

Happy Late Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving all! We had a full house and surprise at home this year. My grandma laid out a full spread on the table this year too. We had macaroni and cheese (the good homemade kind not the box), mashed potatoes, green beans, deviled eggs, and then all the stuff they ate like the turkey, ham with pineapple, potato salad. For dessert we had banana pudding and homemade pecan pie! My aunt and sister made the pie with pecans that we picked as a family from a recipe in our Pioneer type cookbook. It was a good day and the surprise was my uncle came down to get my aunt and bring her back up to IL! They agreed to live apart for a while so they can both try to find jobs, him in IL and her here in SC. They've been apart for about 6 months and he just told her the night before Thanksgiving that he was coming down to get her. They ran into each other's arms when he got here and it was very sweet and jealousy inducing (LDR for 2 years now and I don't get to run into my person's arms. sad face.) But even with all the food and people it didn't feel like Thankgiving cause we didn't put the tree up! But last night my mom, sisters, and step-dad came over and we watched my grandma and sisters put the tree up and now it feels right. I have the Christmas spirit and I'm ready for shopping and presents and hot cocoa! This post has taken two days to write with everything going on but I still have a question for my readers?. When do you put the Christmas tree up? Is it Thanksgiving night or later in December? Drop me a comment! :)

November 17, 2011

Ickiness

A cold is going around campus and I felt so happy that while everyone else was having to drag themselves to class, I was feeling just fine. (I still had to drag myself to class but not because I was sick. :) ) But the happiness about non-sickness has faded. I've caught the cold. I know, I know, it's just a cold. Not pneumonia or leukemia or anything like that but I'm still pretty miserable right now. My nose is trying to run away from my face and if I had a box of tissues last night they would be demolished right now. Unfortunately, I didn't have a box of tissues last night or this morning so I've been using toilet paper and a dirty towel is now covered in my germs. I was planning on posting all this week but school has hit me in the face, I have 2 papers due today and an audition Saturday that quite literally decides my future, and now I'm sick and I want to just curl up in a ball of grossness on my bed right now and sleep. If I could breathe well enough TO sleep. I get very whiny and affectionate when I'm sick. I want hugs and pats and "it'll be ok"s and I don't understand why people wont give me hugs while I'm sick. Quite mean of them. So instead I'm laying here breathing my germs into poor Buster Brown and moaning about my life. So to sum it up, I'm miserable right now and I would like to post more next week when school isn't so RAWR! Dinoscary.

So we all know being sick is the most not-amazing thing ever so my question is, how do you react when you get sick? Do you want hugs and hot chocolate or do you want people to leave you alone to die? Leave me a comment letting me know! :)

November 7, 2011

My Dream Down-Home Southern Wedding

I'm not engaged. Not yet. I'm not supposed to be engaged for another 2 years or more. Yeah.... But I'm planning! I'm planning for that eventful day that I saw "I do." and one thing that's popped into my head is decorations. I'll probably end up tying the knot in New Jersey, where my boyfriend lives and where I'm supposed to be moving after graduation but I don't want to completely abandon all that is Southern and good when I move up there. When I think of my dream wedding now, I kinda think back to when I was 8, running around barefoot in the backyard, catching fireflies, and putting them in jars. So my dream wedding is outdoor with the reception happening around twilight with fireflies and mason jars! I can manage the time and outdoor location pretty well anywhere but the fireflies are another matter and so are the mason jars. So I asked myself how I was going to pull this off and looked around and found some pretty amazing ideas! Tell me what y'all think:
are these lanterns not some of the prettiest things you've ever seen?! They're on Etsy here. LOVE! I could just see these hanging in the trees above my reception!


and I love this simple yet beautiful and elegant line of different size mason jars with white candles! flicker without looking childish!



Can't you just see these hanging at the end of rows if I walk down the grass aisle as the sun goes down? I can! Find these lanterns at Etsy here.


I've even looked at mason jar invitations! There are no fireflies but the invitation is free. There's a free template for the invitation, RSVP card, and save the date card here. If you don't like the look of my mason jars then they have other templates too! 

I have lots more ideas around this theme, flowers setting in mason jars hanging in the trees, flowers in jars in the middle of the table with the table numbers on them, and possibly even drinking from them during the reception!

So, what do you think of my theme so far? My wedding is years away and there's always the possibility we'll change our minds but so far I'm feeling fireflies and mason jars. Fireflies and mason jars at weddings, amazing or not so much? Leave me a comment and tell me! :) 

November 4, 2011

Where Art Thou Giveaway?

Ok, before you get your hopes up too far, no this isn't a giveaway post of me saying enter here for my amazing giveaway! This is me saying enter at these places for their amazing giveaways. I can honestly say, I'm pretty much a giveaway slut. I love entering giveaways and I LOVE the thrill of getting the "Congratulations! You're a winner!" emails. I've won some really cool things in my giveaways: a set of stackable rings from an etsy seller, a bookbag, a craft box, and many books! My friends ask me all the time how I find all these giveaways, let alone win a small percentage of them. So I will share with you my favorite sites for giveaways, even though it seems like a bad idea to me. Ya know, helping the competition and all.

My favorite site for finding giveaways from Etsy sellers is: http://etsygiveaways.blogspot.com/  (you've heard of Etsy right?? I might end up posting about Etsy later too. I'm on there at least once a day.)
This site has multiple posts a day with the details of the giveaway and a direct link to the blog post. I hit this site at least once a day and I've won a couple giveaways that I found on this site.

Another fun way to find Etsy giveaways I've found is to go to Etsy's forums and in the search box search for "giveaways". You can sometimes find giveaways here that aren't posted on a site like etsygiveaways.

I should warn you though, while looking for Etsy giveaways you will probably find at least 20 things shops full of items you need to buy if you can't win them. Just a quick warning, Etsy if full of amazing sellers and items.

Another good place to look for giveaways that aren't always handmade is: http://bloggiveaways.blogspot.com/ The author of this blog usually posts a long list of of blogs and their giveaways every week day. I'll warn you about this blog though, some of the giveaways are NOT low entry.

I've also found through random giveaways some blogs that I follow with Google Friend Connect that hosts giveaways all the time! Those blogs you'll find with giveaway experience or you can always email or comment and ask for some of the big blogs I follow that hosts giveaways often.


So my readers, I think giveaways are pretty amazing, if slightly (ok completely) addicting. What do you think? Giveaways, amazing or not? Leave me a comment!

November 3, 2011

Dirty Little Secret with Zombies!


Dirty Little Secret is a weekly meme hosted by us at Under the Covers. Every Thursday we get to know other bloggers and our readers more intimately by asking them a question hoping to reveal their dirty little secrets.  We hope that you will all join us!

To participate in the meme all you need to do is:
1. Be a follower of Under the Covers.
2. Create a post in your blog taking the meme image (code above) and copy instructions. 
3. Answer the question we propose! This can be done in any way you like, post a video, write a post etc.
4. Then add your link below.

This weeks question: 
"Zombies are attacking your house! 
What do you grab first?"


This is actually a good question for me! I have thought of the zombie apocalypse a lot actually and I've even devised a plan for when this happens. The first thing I would grab is my car keys, then my papa's rifle, and finally my phone. My plan is to hit Walmart's sporting good section and stock up on weapon's, a tent, and everything I need to survive if I needed to hit the woods or somewhere to  escape the zombies. The next part of my plan is to hit headquarters of my library, which also happens to be right beside Lowes where I can find supplies to reinforce the library. From there I can pick off the zombies from the second floor windows, wait for my boyfriend and our families to join me, and try to live out the rest of our zombie apocalyptic lives! Of course, I probably won't survive to this point and if I do, the zombies will just surround the library and starve me out, but at least I'll die with some good reading material! Hahahahaha :) 



So what do you think of my zombie plan? Amazing or not so much? Leave me a comment with your opinion and your own zombie plan! 

Music on Blogs?

So I have this thing about giveaways.... I love them. I love entering them and winning them and being able to tell people "yeah, I won that in a giveaway." I especially love giveaway hops (more on those later) but when I enter the hops I usually have anywhere between 5 to 30 tabs going up at one time. And that's just the tabs that are devoted to that one hop. I also have Facebook going usually and possibly other giveaways up at the same time. So I'll be joyously hopping from blog to blog imagining myself winning when I'll realize something, there is music coming from my computer. Sometimes the music will come out alone or other times it will be garbled up in the music I'm playing myself. Then I realize that somewhere in all my tabs, there's a blog with music playing and I have to go through every tab looking for this mysterious source of music, and some blogs have that little music box hidden in the depths of their side bars. This is the not so amazing part to me, sometimes the music they play is just not in with my personal style. It is kind of amazing to hear some awesome new music from a new blog though.

On the whole though, I'd say music on blogs? Not that amazing. What do you think?? :)

August 14, 2011

Looky Here!

I just started a blog! Can you believe that? :) I know, I know, there are approximately 999,998,090,786,489 blogs out there. Approximately. So why do I think the great World Wide Web needs my voice? It probably doesn't to be completely honest but maybe I need to throw my voice out there anyways. If this blog gains more than 10 followers I'll be completely surprised. But it's my blog and I'm writing it. Now if anyone at all finds this blog and has made it this far into my post, I named it Is It Amazing? because I imagined myself showing all 10 of you something I think is interesting or I've heard some hype about and write what I've found to be true about it and then asking y'all if you think it's amazing or not. I'm not rich by any means though and I don't think a blog with very few readers or followers will get the attention of any sponsors so it'll probably be books I've read, movies I've watched, or products that I've had to buy in the course of my life. So if you want to see great products that maybe the sponsors would consider giving away, then you 10 need to find 10 people who find 5 more people to try to build this little ole' blog up! :)  Cue end of my first blog post. :D