Monday, August 30, 2010

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (9)

Happy Monday everyone!! Unfortunately, there's nothing new on my reading list... yes, I'm still climbing the mountain that is Mists of Avalon. But I'm delighted to let you know I'm SO CLOSE to finishing!! In the meantime, I have some new reviews I'll be posting ASAP! Thanks for being patient with me. :)

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey in which we bloggers share what we have read in the past week, and what we're currently tearing through this week.

Last Week I Read:

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Currently, I'm Reading:

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley



Saturday, August 28, 2010

Book Blogger Hop (3)

Time for another hop!! Hosted by the lovely Crazy-for-Books.

Book Blogger Hop

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word! This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs to read!

This week's question comes from Books Are A Girls Best Friend!
Do you use a rating system for your reviews and if so, what is it and why?

I do use a rating system for my book reviews. I feel that a rating system really reiterates what you personally thought about the book, just in case it was a bit unclear to readers in your review. Plus, I just think it's fun to do! My rating system is a simple 5***** rating system, with 5***** being the highest and 1* being the lowest.




Friday, August 27, 2010

Friday is for Fairytales (3)

Friday is for Fairytales is a meme hosted by Irena at This Miss Loves to Read. Every Friday, you can choose a fairytale you love, or simply find interesting or haunting, and review it or simply say why you like it so much, or why it has captured your attention. Instead of a fairytale, you can choose a favourite fairytale character and describe him/her and tell us why you like them, or you can simply share an experience connected to a fairytale. Fairytales can be old and modern, written by a known author or anonymous, written down or passed on orally, short or in novel form (like re-writings of fairytales), international or typical for your country alone. In this case, present your country’s fairytale and we can all become acquainted with a new fairytale. So, make a post every Friday that is connected to the world of fairytales, be it a review, a character description or your own fairytale experience. Let’s celebrate fairytales and share our love for them.

MY POST IS ABOUT: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

I Loved, Loved, LOVED this fairytale when I was growing up. You really can't go wrong with Peter Pan. The cast of characters that Barrie wrote are so diverse, everyone can find something to love about this classic tale. Whether it's pirates, mermaids, or Indians, there's something for the kid inside you.

One of the things I love most about Peter Pan is the theme of a never-ending childhood, never having to grow up. I feel that as I'm growing up, you always kind of look back on the golden age of your childhood and wish for the good old days. Peter Pan reminds you of those times. It reminds you to make sure that you take time out to act like a kid and have fun every once in awhile, or else life is just not worth living. You've got to make sure you can escape to Never-Land every so often. :)

I can seriously remember watching the Disney version of Peter Pan at least once a day when I was a kid. It was that good. I loved the great villains, the mermaids, and of course, Peter himself. Such a classic tale. Peter Pan, put simply, makes me smile.



Wednesday, August 25, 2010

One Lovely Blog Award


Greetings everyone! I am so excited and very pleased to announced that Missy of Missy's Reads & Reviews has so kindly bestowed upon me the One Lovely Blog Award!! I am SO incredibly thankful, especially as a relatively new blogger, that I have recieved this award. It means so much to me!! All this hard work has payed off. :)

So, here's how the award works:
1. Accept the award. Post it on your blog with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

2. Pay it forward to 15 other bloggers that you have newly discovered.

3. Contact those blog owners and let them know they've been chosen.


Here are my 15 recipients:



Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Teaser Tuesdays (2)

Happy Tuesday everybody! Hope your week is going well. Sorry for being a bit stagnant on my reviews... Like I said in my post yesterday, I just started back at school. But I'm going to fix that!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!



My Teasers:

'She drew herself up to her full height, and knew that for the first time in many years she spoke mantled in all the power and authority of a priestess of Avalon.
"Hear me, Arthur of Britain! As the force and power of Avalon set you on the throne, so the force and power of Avalon can bring you down into ruin!"'

--pg. 717. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley



Monday, August 23, 2010

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (8)

Hello again and happy Monday!! Unfortunately for me, today was my first day back at school. Hopefully I won't be too busy! But anyway, there's nothing really new on my reading list at the moment...

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey in which we bloggers share what we have read in the past week, and what we're currently tearing through this week.

Last Week I Read:

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Currently I'm Reading:

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley






Friday, August 20, 2010

Book Blogger Hop (2)

Yet another hop!! Hosted by the lovely Crazy-for-Books.

Book Blogger Hop

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word! This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs to read!

This week's question comes from Libraryscatbooks!
How many blogs do you follow?

I currently follow 34 blogs!! Wow! I didn't even realize how much that was! :)




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