Thanks Hilarie!

Rules for accepting the Kreative Blogger Award require me to list seven of my favourite things, and nominate seven other fabulous blogs!

Seven of My Favourite Things

1. coffee with my friends
2. reading
3. science fiction
3. knitting
4. the smell of old books
5. warm socks
6. ice cream
7. nice pens and notebooks

Seven Amazing Blogs I would like to nominate:

1. BethF at Beth Fish Reads
2. Kim at Page after Page
3. Gautami at everything distils into reading
4. Diane at The Book Resort
5. Serena at Savvy Verse and Wit
6. MizB at Should Be Reading
7. Melissa at Melissa’s Bookshelf

Thanks you guys!

I was very lucky to receive some lovely awards this fortnight. Thanks so much to all of you for coming by from time to time to read my ramblings!

From Viki over at Reading at the Beach

 

From Molly over at My Cozy Book Nook

'The only requirement for this award is that you shared it with whomever you like, sharing the love is always a good thing. The blog has to show only one characteristic, caring. So, start sharing this enchanted award with five other bloggers. Let your bloggers know they have received this enchanted award. (Remember, fairies are fickle wee things, don't incur their displeasure by ignoring their gift). '

 

From Diane over at The Book Resort

The Literary Blogger Award acknowledges bloggers who energize & inspire reading by going the extra mile. These amazing bloggers make reading fun & enhance the delight of reading!

I’d like to pass these awards on to all of you who come by regularly because I so enjoy reading your comments, you always make me smile!

Bits and Pieces

This post is a bit of a grab bag, things that I’ve been meaning to mention but haven’t gotten to yet…

A few people asked if I had seen the new Star Trek movie yet. I have! I rambled on a bit about it here , so head on over if you’re interested. Be warned, there are spoilers (under the cut), so be careful if you haven’t seen it yet.
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While at the movies I saw the cut-out for the upcoming Coraline movie, which I am very much looking forward to. (Picture’s a little dodgy, I’m sorry, I was in a rush)

I’m so looking forward to it, in fact, that I got over my fear of spoilers to look up the trailer.

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Tomorrow night Wendy and I are going to listen to Catherine Jinks (author of, among others, The Reformed Vampire Support Group) give a talk at our local library as part of the Sydney Writer’s Festival. Yay!
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I’ve been meaning to thank Wendy for this award – THANKS! I’m so glad that you agree with my flannel-theories :)

Some Awards and Tag, I’m it.

I was lucky enough to receive some lovely award over the past fortnight or so and haven’t yet mentioned them. I’d like to thank Diane, over at The Book Resort, for passing them my way :)

 

Diane also tagged me to do this meme:

Here are the rules...

1. Mention the person who nominated you.
2. List six unimportant things that make you happy.
3. Tag six blogs, state the rules & notify them with a teeny comment on their blog.
   

Some of the unimportant things that make me happy are:

1. Coming home from the library with a huge stack of books
2. Meeting up with my friends for just-for coffee
3. Woolen socks and flannel pyjamas – I’m telling you, the world would be a better place if everyone wore flannel all the time. You can’t be angry at someone who’s all fuzzy
4. Getting real mail.
5. Teasing and being teased in return by my friends
6. Dropping a finished essay into the submission box – which is usually followed by a little dance (the only time I ever dance)

 

I think it’s pretty obvious by now that I’m hopeless at tagging, so if you feel inclined to play along, consider yourself tagged. But if you do, please come back and comment so I don’t miss it!

Thank you to the commenters

I have been thinking a lot about commenting and commenters lately. This is mostly because I think it’s an important thing to be thinking about if you’re participating in a blogging but also because I feel that I don’t comment enough. I try to comment here and there, but, as we all discussed on MM last week, it doesn’t always work that way.

Last week, however, I was very surprised (happy, honored, giddy, take your pick) to see that Diane over at The Book Resort had kindly awarded me with a commenter award. I  was very happy to see that I was getting better.

Firstly I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who stops by here now and then – especially those who come by every week for MM – and leaves comments. I appreciate all of you and am always very excited to read your comments.

I want to say an extra big thank-you to the people I’m going to pass this award onto, these are the people who visit all the time and comment the most. Their comments usually make me laugh and smile or think of books differently than I may have before, so thanks!

 

• Ladytink @ Up Close and Personal with Ladytink
• Beth F @ Beth Fish Reads
• Serena @ Saavy Verse and Wit
• Jenny Girl @ Jenny Loves to Read
• Nise @ Under the Boardwalk
• Kaye @ The Road Goes Ever On
• Sherrie@ Just Books
• Zetor @ Mog’s Blog
• Wendy @ We Read to Know

Also, I kinda want to award it back to Diane cause she’s currently on the top of my shiny new comment tally thingy over on the sidebar… am I allowed to do that?

Belated Thanks

I’m a little behind in thanking some very kind people this week. I always feel very special when someone passes on an award to me, and so I’d like to give a very big thanks to these people, I really appreciate it.

 

Dot from Scribbles

 

 

Sherrie from Just Two Books

Tonya from Storytime with Tonya and Friends

I’d love to do something a little different with the passing on (if that’s okay) I’d like to pass on the Lemonade Award to everyone who signed up for the Walking Tour (you should know who you are). Thanks for giving me something to look forward to and a new project to work on.

Yes Grasshopper...

I have a very good friend named Wendy. If you read my blog regularly, my may have noticed the occasional reference to her lately. This is because she has recently started blogging ... or as she puts it, recently become hooked on blogging, something that is (apparently) all my fault.

If you were to know Wendy in real life (or hey, via her blog) you would know that not only is she very kind and sweet, but she also knows a lot of stuff. No, seriously. She knows the answers to all sorts of weird questions, so much so that she frequently leaves me amazed. So, needless to say, I get a bit of a buzz being Master to her Grasshopper when it comes to blogging (though calling me a 'Master' is ridiculous, lol).

So the result of all this is that Wendy has designed her own blog award (see, she's catching on quick) to that those who have been helping her out, inspiring her and the like and I am very happy to be displaying it here!

So why don't you all head over to Wendy's blog and officially welcome her to the world of book blogging.

AAARGGH! ZOMBIES!!

While normally I'd be somewhat scared (okay, scared and then morbidly intrigued) by the thought of a hoard of zombie chickens coming my way, I gotta say, at this point I'm just kind of curious how one got a hoard of zombie chicken's in the first place. Any ideas?

So, even though I'm hoping beyond hope that they're not putting them too evil use (though what GOOD use there are for zombie chicken's, I don't know) I'm very grateful to both The Book Resort and The Electic Reader for sending them my way!

"The blogger who receives this award believes in the Tao of the zombie chicken - excellence, grace and persistence in all situations, even in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. These amazing bloggers regularly produce content so remarkable that their readers would brave a raving pack of zombie chickens just to be able to read their inspiring words. As a recipient of this world-renowned award, you now have the task of passing it on to at least 5 other worthy bloggers. Do not risk the wrath of the zombie chickens by choosing unwisely or not choosing at all..."

I'm going to send on the zombie chickens to:

• Caite @ A Lovely Shore Breeze
• Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews
• Ladytink @ Up Close and Personal with Ladytink
• Melissa @ Book Nut

Huge thanks … and a new project

I am so sorry that I haven’t posted about this sooner, but between not having internet longer than five minutes and having a ton of uni work this fortnight (two months left and counting!) I haven’t been able to give the time I’d like to my blog. It’s annoying, but something I’m trying to rectify.

Anyways, what I am trying to say thanks for is an award that has been passed on to me by The Book Resort.

The Splash Award 

The Rules:
1) Put the logo on your blog/post.
2) Nominate up to 9 blogs which allure, amuse, bewitch, impress or inspire you.
3) Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4) Let them know that they have been splashed by commenting on their blog.
5) Remember to link to the person from whom your received your Splash award.
6) Have F~U~N

 

I can’t thank her enough for thinking of me in her new-blog-award – but I’m sending all my thanks anyways!

I was lucky enough to receive another award last week, but due to the problems I mentioned above, I didn’t get a chance to pass it on. I’ve learnt, however, that I have a great difficulty passing it along because, though I am a loyal reader to several book blogs, the number isn’t large. This isn’t a slight to the many wonderful bloggers our there, especially not to the wonderful blogs who I visit every Monday through MM. I just jumped right into book blogging last year and got (happily) swept away before managing to build up a nice pile of favourites.

And so this leads me to my new project. I’d really love to read far more of the blogs I always intend to get to but forget. I was thinking that I’d like to visit 1-2 new blogs every week.

So! If you’d like a nice little write up here, and wouldn’t mind me traipsing through your cyber-lounge room, leave a comment here and I’ll add you to my Virtual Walking Tour!

An Award!

I would like to thank Bookfan-Mary for giving me this award, while I would truly appreciate any award, to receive this was particularly exciting as it's premise - promoting general friendliness - is something I feel very strongly about:

"This blog invests and believes in the Proximity - nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this clever-written text into the body of their award."


If it's okay with the rules of blogging-awards, I'm going to hold off until my net's working properly to pass it on.

Thanks again, Mary!

Premio Dardo Award

This week seems to be my lucky week indeed! BethF and Debbie have been so kind as to award me with the Premio Dardo award. I just want to thank them for the honour and thank everyone else for coming by, reading my reviews and playing along with Musing Mondays.

I started this blog a few months ago to keep track of the books I read and review. I never really expected anyone to actually read it, so to read everyone's lovely comments and see people return makes me very happy :)

This award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his or her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values every day.

The rules to follow are

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgment. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I hope the previous awarders (or anyone else) doesn't mind, but I'm not going to nominate 15 others. Like I said above, I'm only reasonably new to the book blogging world, and haven't gotten to know a lot of book bloggers yet! Sorry bout that.

Gautami Tripathy

Gimmee More Books

Becky's Book Reviews

Butterfly Award

Thanks to Book PSmith for this Butterfly Award. I am so grateful to receive it and it makes my day a very happy one! I've not received an award before, so this is extra special for me.

Here are the rules if you would like to participate:

1. Put the logo on your blog.

2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.

3. Award up to ten other blogs.

4. Add links to those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message for your awardees on their blogs.

I am passing this award on to:

Lady Tink

MizB

Book Nut

Book Zombie