Posts Tagged ‘awards’

I have very few plans today and that is the way I like it! I have some volunteer work to do at the kids’ preschool and some meal planning and grocery shopping…. oh and a trip to the gym. Hmmmm suddenly it seems I do have lots of plans! I will still get my reading in sometime today! I have so many new books on the kindle and so little time to get them read!

Last night I posted the cover for Dark Days book 4, Pray for Dawn. It looks like Patti from One book Away from Heaven has found the cover for book 5, Wait for Dusk! I love the covers with the exception of Danaus’ hair… its too shiny or something.

I did my part in making Nat from Wicked Lil’ Pixie uncomfortable this week and interviewed her over on her blog. What have we learned? All of us bloggers appear to be short.

Make sure to enter my giveaway for Ava Gray’s Skin Game! Deadline is January 25th.

Also check out the the contest over at All Things Urban Fantasy to win a copy of Keith Melton’s Blood Vice. I loved this book, you won’t regret it!

Awards

I am really horrible at keeping up with blog awards! *ducks head in shame* But I am so thankful to all the bloggers who have been kind enough to pass them onto me! A quick recap of recent ones:

Thanks to The Book Vixen for the Blog Monster award The Blog Monster award signifies all the bloggers out there who constantly work hard to keep an updated and insightful website. They aren’t afraid to take a bite with their honest reviews and enjoyable content!!!

Thanks to Fiction Vixen for passing along the Happy 101 award. List 10 things that make you happy. My family Mini Vacations w/ the hubby Kyla’s jokes My down comforter Thunderstorms Cuddling with my Kindle White Chocolate Peppermint Mochas Quiet time at the gym Body Pump w/ Hot Guy Kyle Breezy Sunny Days

Thanks go to Miss Cindy at simple life and reading for the Beautiful Blogger award! List 7 things about yourself: 1. I am only 5′ tall… and heels hurt! 2. I love to bake bread, but hate cooking meals 3. I have more than 500 books in my calibre ebook library 4. I am president of my daughter’s preschool co-op 5. Ever since I watched Food, Inc I have been working on drastically changing the food we buy. It was shocking! 6. I have an addiction…. it is buying kitchen appliances/accessories. Funny considering #2. 7. I grew up in Vermont and now avoid snow at all costs.

Lastly, thank you Marissa from Marissa’s Book Lair for the Spread the Love Around Award.

Books read this week

Skin Game by Ava Gray

Crossroads by Moira Rogers

Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell Hamilton

Guilty Pleasure by Lora Leigh

Books reviewed this week

Skin Game by Ava Gray

Crossroads by Moira Rogers

Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell Hamilton

No new books added to the Kindle this week!

I won an award, I won an award… ok well maybe singing and dancing is a bit over the top (haha pun intended). The fabulously bitchy jaymzangel passed the Over the top Blog Award onto me yesterday. Thank you lovely lady

Rules:
1. Thank and post URL to the blog that gave the award.
2. Pass the award along to 4 brilliantly over the top blogs (blogs you love!) Alert them so they know to receive the award.
3. Copy and paste this quiz… Change the answers, ONE word only. (2 are acceptable!)

1. Where is your cell phone? ~ottoman
2. Your hair? ~boring
3. Your mother? ~vermont
4. Your father? ~complicated
5. Your favorite food? ~chocolate
6. Your dream last night? ~didn’t
7. Your favorite drink? ~peppermint mocha
8. Your dream/goal? ~undecided
9. What room are you in? ~bedroom
10. Your hobby? ~reading/sewing
11. Your fear? ~spiders
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? ~ happy
13. Where were you last night? ~home
14. Something that you aren’t? ~patient
15. Muffins? ~banana
16. Wish list item? ~Magic Mouse!
17. Where did you grow up? ~Vermont
18. Last thing you did? ~sneezed
19. What are you wearing? ~plead 5th…
20. Your TV? ~too big
21. Your pets? ~tortoise
22. Friends? ~sanity
23. Your life? ~in progress
24. Your mood? ~hopeful
25. Missing someone? ~sometimes
26. Vehicle? ~Honda Fit
27. Something you’re not wearing? ~socks
28. Your favorite store? ~Ikea
29. Your favorite color? ~purple
30. When was the last time you laughed? ~hour
31. Last time you cried? ~can’t remember
32. Your best friend? ~Many

I am tagging the following:
Cecile @ All I Want & More
A Buckeye Girl Reads
Jamie @ Teflon Panties
Wicked Lil Pixie

A couple of awards were passed on to me today and at first I bit my lip and wondered… oh man do I need some sort of acceptance speech?!?! It turns out no, I do not, but I do need to pass these on to some more awesome blogs. Thank you to those who gave me the nod… It was nice to feel noticed!

First – Kick Ass Blog Awards. I love this, probably just because I love the phrase kick ass.

Thanks go to Danielle at Alpha Reader for this. Rules of the game: Accept this award, add the badge above and post about it on your blog with the name (link) of the person who granted it to you. Name 5 Blogs you think are Kick-Ass and write why. Don’t forget to let them know that you have Awarded them. My awardees:

The Fiction Vixen – We are vixen sisters of sorts and happen to have very similar tastes in books. I always enjoy her reviews and her sense of humor. And we share the kindle love… nuff said.

Smokin Hot Books – another blogger that I seem to share similar book interests with. She is also terribly funny and if you aren’t following her on twitter, you should be. And she managed to work an iphone into her header, automatic cool points.

Book Chick City – I read this blog daily and she comes up with the coolest ideas AND lets the rest of us participate! Not to mention the shades of purple layout makes me happy.

JoJos Book Corner – Half naked tattooed men. Really not much more I need to say.

ParaJunkee’s View – This blog kicks ass for a number of reasons, one of which is her crazy paint shop pro skills. She makes the coolest headers and I have her to thank for mine. On top of that she is an awesome book blogger and I always read her reviews.

Thanks go to Cindy over at Simple Life and Reading for the “Our Lovely Blog” award. Rules: 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. Pass the award to 15 other blogs you’ve recently discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award. With that said, being a new book blogger makes this easy… everyone is just discovered for me lol! I am a giving this award to the following super cool people… be warned there will be some double dipping.

1. The Fiction Vixen 2. Smokin Hot Books
3. Book Chick City
4. JoJos Book Corner
5. ParaJunkee’s View
6. ALPHA Reader
7. My Overstuffed Bookshelf
8. Book Vixen
9. Teflon Panties (how could I not mention this new blog?!?!)
10. A Great Book is the Cheapest Vacation
11. Pearl’s World of Romance
12. Marissa’s Booklair
13. Leotine’s Book Realm
14. Romance Rookie
15. Froggaritaville’s Bookcase