So yeah saw Melissa yesterday. She's the coolest person alive. She's so interesting and funny and... Real. What I found exceptionally hilarious is Dad asked her a question, and he hasn't even read the books. I personally couldn't think of anything to ask her. I haven't read Fragile Eternity yet, so I was lacking in the questions department. She didn't read, she just talked and answered questions, which I was happy about because my hearing comprehension sucks. I have good hearing, I just can't always process what I hear especially if someone is reading a book. So I'm glad she didn't do a reading. If you ever have a chance to go to one of book signings, I have no doubt you'll enjoy it.
When I handed her my books, the first thing she said was she loved my outfit. Internally I was like "OMG that's so cool! *squeal*". It's even more flattering because not many people compliments my gothic attire. Now on to pics. I didn't get a picture with her because my camera man ran off when she was done talking.
These are arm bands. The one that says Fragile Eternity is the USB drive, which means I can't tell you what's on it. It has some stuff from the 4th book. At least, I think that's what she said, bad hearing comprehension. I haven't looked on it yet.
The other is a court arm band. I couldn't decided between Dark Court or Solitary, so I just picked one up. I should've gotten Dark Court...
This is an Ink Exchange tattoo
These are little... things. I don't know what they're called, but I'll use them as bookmarks.
Wicked Lovely says "To Amelia
May your loveliest dreams come true
Melissa Marr"
Ink Exchange says "To Amelia
There are always choices
Melissa Marr"
Fragile Eternity. It says "To Amelia
Choose Happiness
Melissa Marr"
The news is Brittany didn't have a misscarriage, but the doctor says she needs to be less stressed and on bed rest for awhile.
Also, I'm writing the reviews for Wicked Lovely, The Midnighters, and Dark-Hunter/Dream-Hunter series, but I'm going to put them al in one review. I mean the Wicked Lovely series will be in one, Midnighters in one, and Dark-Hunter and Dream-Hunter in one. The reason for this is I'm going to my mother's later today and I won't have internet, but I'll have my computer, so I'm going to write them but not post them until I have internet. Then I'm going to Chattanooga this weekend and then I'm going to my step-dad's for awhile. I also need to write reviews for some other books. But I'm not promising because when I make a promise I've noticed something happens to make it so I can't do whatever I promised. So yeah, not a promise, just what I'm hoping will happen. Also, I've contacted some authors about interviews, so when I get the answers back I'll post those.
Save the Whales and Dolphins!!
28 April 2009
Melissa Marr loved my outfit hehe :) (Also some good news)
Melissa Marr today and question about Kindles
Okay first off YAY Melissa Marr's signing is today!
Second, BOO why did I wake up at 6 AM?! I'm soo going back to sleep in a minute.
Third, I'm thinking about getting a Kindle but I haven't decided yet. My question(s) is for anyone who has one or has used one. How do you like it? And what are some pros and cons?
Lastly, which I'm only mentioning because it seems that when I post bad news on here, it turns out to be okay. Around 10 last night Brittany (the pregnant one) told me she was cramping and spotting so they took her to the ER. Last I heard she was turning off her phone when they got there and I told her to keep me posted... I haven't heard anything yet. I'm really worried because if everything was okay she would've texted me last night...
27 April 2009
If I was rich (or a Librarian) 3
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams (May 12th 2009)
Frostbitten (Women of the Otherworld book 10) by Kelley Armstrong (September 29th 2009)
Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater
Far From You by Lisa Schroeder
Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The Awakening (Darkest Powers 2) by Kelley Armstrong (April 28th 2009)
{I'm sooooo excited for this book!!}
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
{I can't wait!!!}
Night World No. 3: Huntress; Black Dawn; Witchlight by L.J. Smith
Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
26 April 2009
Review-The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
"PERCY JACKSON is about to be kicked out of boarding school... again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the page's of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.
Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch a thief: he must comes to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves."
Okay before you read this remember that I LOVE anything that has to do with ancient history or mythology, especially Greek.
Now, this book was different, which got bonus points from me. I'm so used to the Greek Gods and Goddesses being mean, vindictive, vengeful, and jealous (because of the Dark-Hunter series) that reading this version of them took a little getting used to. But once I did it was kind of refreshing and I loved the book. The world Riordan created is very interesting. And even though it was about a 12 year-old, it didn't seem kid-ish, so once again bonus points.
I didn't know the ending, even when they all but said who was behind it, until they actually said who was behind it. I was like, "Wow Amelia, good job. He just said everything you needed to know who it was and you still didn't guess until the fight? What's wrong with you?" I'm going to blame it on something... As soon as I find something plausible to blame it on.
The only thing I can think of to complain about is that at the beginning, no one was telling Percy the whole truth. It bugged the hell out of me, but other than that I really can't complain.
Grover was a sweetheart, Annabeth annoyed me at first, but as I got to know her that annoyance died down. Mr. D was hilarious, and once again felt bad for Hades. Can't some cut the poor guy a break?
And a little question for you guys. Which rating system would you like better. My usual 1-5 heart and cross bone thingies or a grading system? See with the 1-5 heart and cross bone thingy you just know my overall rating, and with the grading system you'll see what aspects about the book I liked and which ones I didn't. Which I liked more than the other, etc.
It's your choice since I already know how much I like it and what I liked about it.
25 April 2009
Can you have too many books?
I ran out of room on my bookshelf so I brought in two more. Now I have to sort through them all and figure out a way to way to organize them. I tried to get them all to fit on my kitchen table... but they don't. Now how should I organize them? Should I put my stand alone books on my two little shelves and my series books on my massive-covers-the-whole-wall shelf? That way I'll have more room when I get the next book. Or should I just do it alphabetically by author? I tried that last time but since I get new books every month, I have to re-organize them every month. What do you guys think?
In My Mailbox April 20-25
I got:
Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott (Won in The Story Siren contest)
The Dead Girls' Dance (Morganville Vampires book 2) by Rachel Caine (Amazon)
Midnight Alley (Morganville 3) by Rachel Caine (Amazon)
Touching Darkness (Midnighters 2) by Scott Westerfeld (Amazon)
Blue Noon (Midnighters 3) by Scott Westerfeld (Amazon)
The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Amazon)
Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Amazon)
Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Amazon)
Dream Warrior by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Amazon)
Artemis Fowl (Book 1) Eoin Colfe (From BookMooch)
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (from BookMooch)
Whittington by Alan W. Armstrong (from BooksFree)
Graffiti Girl by Kelly Parra (BooksFree)
Spellbound (Sweep book 6) by Cate Tiernan (BooksFree)
I think that's it... I feel like I'm forgetting something. Oh well, if I am I'll post this again.
Wow I have A LOT of books I need to read. So that's what I'm going to do today and tomorrow. Read while tanning in this perfect weather.
24 April 2009
More awards and Melissa Marr is coming to Nashville?! I'm SO there
Melissa Marr is coming to Nashville!! This will be the first author I've read that will be anywhere near me!! Is anybody else going? I'm pretty sure only one of my readers lives in Tennessee (You know who are), are you going? It's on April 28th at Davis-Kidd bookstore in Green Hills. I'd love to meet fellow Tennessean Bloggers.
I got the One Lovely Blog Award from Liyana. Since I already got his award I won't give it out again.
I was Splashed also by Liyana.
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You know what I hate? When doctors makes mistakes
First I want to thank everyone who left comments on my last post. You guys are all so sweet.
Remember when I said my Step-Dad had cancer? Well, apparently the doctor made a mistake.
At first I was relieved, then I was like, "Wait a minute. You're telling me I prayed for the first time in 11 years because of a mistake??! Grrr"
Now a religious person might think this happened for a reason, the reason being that I "find" God. Eh, yeah okay I guess that would make sense if you believe in the whole everything-happens-for-a-reason/God-always-has-a-plan-thing.
I don't know, but the important part is he doesn't have cancer, which I did thank God for.
Now, have you noticed every time I announce good or bad news on my blog something always happens to neutralize it? Like when I announce I had to drop out of school (the bad) the like 30 minutes later I found I could still go to Simon's Rock (the good) and then I find out I could go, just not the year. Now this. So I'm just going to stop putting that kind of stuff on this blog and just put it on Nothing In Particular. From now on this will only be book related stuff, author news or interviews, and contests info.
21 April 2009
A little story and some important news to those of you who read my blog
So here's a little story. Read this first.
This is from a teenage girl's point of view.
Rock music blaring from my speakers. I'm kicking ass at Tony Hawk's Underground 2. I'm on fire tonight, pulling off tricks I never could do. I pause it when I hear and feel my phone vibrating. I look at the caller ID, it's my Step-Dad. I debate ignoring it, just for a little while. Until I finish this level. I decided against it, when I see the time. He's probably really bored sitting, at his house alone recovering from the surgery. Guilt tugs at my heart for the man that is my father in every way... Except biologically and legally and I've only know him for 6 years.
"Hey!"
"Can you keep a secret?"
I'm thinking, Oh my God. Oh my God. What happened? Should I say yes? What if it's bad and I have to tell someone?
"Yeah."
"Can you keep a secret?" He enunciates it this time. It's big and either really good news or... horrible news.
"Yes, what's up. Who am I supposed to keep this secret from?"
"I have cancer."
My heart stops. I can't breathe. I almost drop the phone, then squeeze it so hard I'm surprised I didn't break it. No, no, no, NO! This can't be happening. It's April 1st and I forgot. I'm dreaming. He's lying because he's turned into the evil step parent. Something that means he isn't telling the truth.
"I..." I don't finish the sentence. I don't know what to say. What can I say? "Gee, I sorry that sucks. Does this mean I get the 65' Impala and the MINI we customized?" Obviously no.
"How long..." do you have? I can't say it. I take a deep breath, holding back the tears that I so desperately want to fall. "have you known?"
"I just hung up with the doctor when I called you."
Wait, Mom's at work. At her soon-to-be house taking care her handicapped sister, my aunt, Molly. If he called me right after he heard the news, that means...
"Does Mom know?" I know the answer before he tells me. No, she doesn't. That's who, along with many people, I can't tell.
"No. You're mother has been taking Xanax for stress."
Lucky her, I'd give my right hand for a few bars right now.
"Taking care of Molly has been hard on her."
It would be hard on anyone taking care of their 59 year-old sister, who has down-syndrome and Alzheimer's. Who shouldn't be alive at that age. Not that I want my aunt to die, but no one expected her to live this long. To outlive her mother, who my mother also had to take care of. God forbid one of her other six sisters help. I don't call them The Seven Deadly Sisters for nothing, each has their own sin that overrides the rest, but they share their selfishness. My mother, sloth. Understandable of course, with all she has to deal with who wouldn't spend their free time just doing nothing?
Linda, pride, because unfortunately stupidity isn't a sin. Ever watch That 70's Show? Know who Midge is? That's Linda, just add no sugar, no spice, and everything bitchy,
Anita is lust, which made her laugh and say, "Thank god. I got the best one," when I told her.
Winnie is anger/wrath. She is the only sister that helps with Molly. By help I mean spoiling her and dressing her like a fucking barbie doll, making Mom work overtime cause she has a 9 PM appointment with her dermatologist. As if.
Jessica is envy. She's the youngest, being the baby in the family she wants what her older sisters want.
Sandra is gluttony. If you see her, you'll see why.
And Molly. Molly is greed. She just has to have every one's cokes. And seats. God love that girl.
I remember that I'm on the phone with Dadto. Get it? Dad and to. Wrong spelling, I know, but "Dadtwo" is too obvious for my liking.
"I mean what am I supposed to do Amelia? Just add more stress. I've been trying to get Sam on the phone, but he's won't take my calls. And Melanie keeps calling me, she knows something is up."
Anger overrode the sadness at Dadto's mention of my step-brother. That good for nothing son of crack-headed whore only talks to his father when he wants money for a new tattoo, to beg for the 65', or to see how I'm doing. What he really wants to know is if I'm dating anyone. He's always hitting on me or saying things to me that his demented mind thinks will help him get into my pants. Since he found out I was a virgin he's been relentless in his pursuit. He's seen Cruel Intentions one too may times.
"Do you want me to call him?" I all but growled. He takes my calls. but not his own father's. Kevin has three kids and I'm the only one that gives a damn about him, calls him, or even sees him and I'm not even his fucking daughter. I shouldn't include Bethany in that statement. She's only six and her bitch mother moved to New York so Kevin never gets to see her. But Sam and Sonya? Is it really that hard for them to pick the fucking phone and call every once and awhile to sees what's up. I doubt they even knew or cared he had surgery less than a week ago.
"Try and get a hold of him and tell him to call me."
"I will."
We talk for 20 minutes or so. He tells me he found out today he won the lawsuit. He got that one jar of peanut butter than had every number matching to the ones infected will Salmonella and bam! He's gets 200,000+ dollars. He says he wants to by me the MINI we customized. A day that should have been happy and full of celebration was turned to one of grief and sadness.
I finally ask the question I'm not sure I want to know the answer to.
"Is it... life-threatening?" My voice broke.
"Not really the way it is now, but there's a chance it is. And as you know I've been fighting cancer for nine years..."
Yes, I did know, but that was in his stomach. From breathing in asbestos while working on a house. It was bad, his esophagus and part of his stomach had to be rebuilt or replaced or something. I feel like shit when I realize I don't remember.
"I don't know, I guess it spread."
We talked some more and his voice starts to break, so I know he's going to hang up soon.
"All right, well I love you and try and get your brother on the phone."
"I love you, too."
He hangs up, I drop the phone, and I do something I rarely ever do. I cried. I fell on my bed and hugged my knees to my chest. Sobs shook my body and I cried and cried until I couldn't breathe. Then, I did something I haven't done since I was six...
I prayed. I doubt God is listening or even cares, but just in case I prayed anyway. Not for me, never for me.
It doesn't fucking help that I'm was already in a PMS fueled conniption fit worthy Artemis herself (A Dark-Hunter joke) because the dog at my brownies.
I had sent Ashley an Instant Message as soon as I heard to word "cancer". Of course she's the first person I'd tell. Not only is she my best friend, but she's lives 1000 miles away in Pennsylvania so it doesn't matter if she knows. Who will she tell that matters?
I'm thankful I finally learned how to type without looking at the keyboard, my vision was so blurry I couldn't make out the letters and words if I tried.
Almost, instantly she makes me feel better. One sentence that if it wasn't the right moment, I wouldn't even notice could be a joke, let alone be offended or mad she could joke at a time like this. I guess it was the right moment because I laughed/sobbed and thanked her.
Gods bless this girl, I don't know how she wormed her way to the top of my friends and earned the title of "best". Especially since I've never met the girl and other than maybe five phone conversations, we only talk via AIM and text, but I'm lucky she did. I don't know what I'd do without her.
I call Brittany, because I feel like hearing my friend's voice would make me feel better. It doesn't, she asks questions I don't want to answer, and then tells me to hold on while she repeats everything I just told her to her boyfriend and baby-daddy. I'm like, "Jesus fucking Christ Brittany, thanks! Can't you wait to tell you boyfriend everything I just said until after I'm done sobbing and hyperventilating? Do you have to me to 'hold on' right now?", but of course, I don't say that. I say, "I'll call you tomorrow" and hang up. I'm not mad at her, not really. It's not her fault she doesn't know how to deal with me when I'm crying. I've known the girl my entire life and she's only seen my cry once, this past Sunday as a matter of fact, and tear up maybe twice. So of course I don't blame her for not knowing how to make me feel better. To her, and everyone else down here, I'm emotionless. I laugh at jokes because I'm supposed to, not because I'm amused. I cry at the funerals of my family members because I'm supposed to, not because I'm sad. As far as they know I'm a rock, nothing can get me down. It's not their fault they don't know me. People can only know you if you let them, and I don't. I never have. Ashley knows me best. Dad, Mom, and Dad2, know a little more than my friends, but not much.
I continue to talk to Ashley and she continues to make me laugh and feel better without acting as if I'm not an emotional wreck. Ashley knows how to segue into a different topic without it seeming like she's ignoring my pain. So we talk about her boyfriend, Matt, and this insanely cute, almost too cute, moment they had today. I even had a witty and sarcastic comment to say, I'm getting better.
End of story, sorry if it bored you. If you're thinking somethign along to lines of, "Why did she make me read that? It was pointless, let's hope this news is good and involves a review or interview." then I'm about to make you feel guilty.
Now, in a perfect world this would be the part where I say that's an excerpt from my book that I just found out was being published and I celebrate and you guys leave a bunch comments saying congrats... But since when is this world perfect? See that little "story", isn't fiction at all. It's what happened to me about 2 hours ago. This time, no names were changed, it was all real.
The news is that I'm going on another hiatus for obvious reasons. To the authors who sent me their books to review, I'm sorry but there will be a delay, maybe indefinitely. I doubt I'll be reading much. Kevin wants to try and get Sam to come down to the apartment so we can talk about arrangements, just in case. While I was writing this he called again to say, he told Mom and I think he decided to give me the 65' Imapala, because he was talking about Sam not being responsible enough for him to trust with it. It's about damn time he realized Sam would either tear it up beyond repair, ruin it by "pimping" it out, or selling it.
After the whole Shauna-trying to choke/kill/exercise-me fiasco on Sunday, I just can't handle this. Not right now. So I'm going to go and read Acheron (by Sherrilyn Kenyon) again and cry some more because of the book and the news, eat a lot of ice cream to replace my dark chocolate fudge brownies, and debate whether or not I should find some Xanax Bars. Maybe even play some video games...
20 April 2009
Book Titles A-Z
So I decided to do more challenges. Its kind of fun. Anyways this is A-Z Book titles.
Could you guys give me some book titles that start with the hard to find letters? Please and thank you.
Awakening, The by L. J. Smith
Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan
Coven, The by Cate Tiernan
Dark Reunion, The by L. J. Smith
E.
Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
H.
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
J.
K.
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Night World No 1 by L. J. Smith
Only Bush I Trust Is My Own, The by Periel Aschenbrand
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Q.
R.
Struggle, The by L. J. Smith
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitch Smith
Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon
V.
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
X.
Y.
Z.
Authors A-Z
This is Authors A-Z, I'm doing it be last names. If anyone knows of authors with the hard to find letters let me know.
Asher, Jay (Thirteen Reasons Why)
Barnes, Jennifer Lynn (Tattoo)
Caine, Rachel (Glass Houses)
Draanen, Wendelin van (Flipped)
Elkeles, Simone (Perfect Chemistry)
Flinn, Alex (Beastly)
G
Hawthorne, Rachel (Moonlight)
I
J
Kenyon, Sherrilyn (Dream-Hunter)
L
Marr, Melissa (Wicked Lovely)
McCafferty, Megan (Sloppy Firsts)
N
O
P
Q
R
Smith, Cynthia Leitich (Tantalize
Tiernan, Cate (Book or Shadows [Sweep series] )
U
V
Westerfeld, Scott (The Secret Hour)
X
Y
Z
Awards
I got the One Lovely Blog award from Katie at Katie's Bookshelf.
This award is given to new blogs and blogging friends.
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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.
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I'm too tired to list all the blogs(with the whole my friend trying to kill me and all), I might do it later but I don't know.
19 April 2009
So my "best friend" tried to kill me today. I'm not joking
I moved this to my other blog because, well I just didn't want it on this one.
http://amelia-is-strange.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-best-friend-tried-to-fucking-kill-me.html
Oh dear Gods, I need to sleep
But if I do that I won't wake up until after 7 AM so I'll finish the read-a-thon with only three books read. BUT if I stay up to finish this it'll be the fourth. Since I've barely functioned this past 20 hours, I'm going to sleep now.
Even though technically it'll be past 24 hours, I'll just keep going until I've read for 24 hours, or as close to that as I can get before Sunday night. I've read about 11.5 hours before this book and finished three books, so I should be able to read 6 by Sunday night, including this one. Maybe more if I read some really short books... If I can find any that I haven't already read.
Color hue test
http://www.spectralcolor.com/game/huetest_kiosk
That tests gave me a small headache but I got a 7 and if 0 if the best score, then YAY me.
18 April 2009
No fever will stop me from reading HAHA TAKE THAT HEAT
Yes I have a fever. See I have an low body temp naturally. It's the main reason I hated my principles and doctors. All my doctors moved or something and were no longer doctors or able to be my doctor and it takes them forever to believe me when I say, "Listen doc if I have a 98.6 temperature, it's not good. That's a high fever for me." And because I was young they didn't believe me, like my school principles, even when my mother and father vouched for me. With me a 98.6 it like 100.0 for normal people. The only time, and I mean only, my school principles let me out of school cause I had a fever was when it was 103.9. Yeah that's bad for normal people, and the doctor said (when he finally believed me) that if I had a normal body temp, that would be a lot more serious. So yay for me. But yeah... my normal temp ranges from, oh I don't know it's been awhile since I'd taken my temp, like years, from memory I'd say between 96.8-97.0 is good for me. One time it was so low (and I was healthy) the doctor thought I had slight case of hypothermia and I'm like "DUDE! Chillax it's cool. Trust me." They thought I was crazy. Until after many may tests and thermometers proved I was right. (Seriously, when we'll people get it? I'm always right. I'm never stubborn about something unless I know without a doubt I'm not wrong, which means I'm never wrong. Except on the rare occaisions I got misinformation.)
Now I have doctor that believes whatever I tell him. I guess after going to him since I was 11 and never lied about symptoms, he'll believe me. He might be skeptical sometimes, but he still takes my word for it and runs whatever tests or prescribes whatever I need to get over it.
So because of my low body temp, I rarely get fevers. A slight fever every once and awhile that's gone in a few hours, but still never goes over 97.8 or so. And I have have a fever now. According to Dad I feel hot to him, which is not good news for me. That means I'm running a normal person fever, which like I said above is aboud 100.0 for me.
But I can't find my thermometer... so I have no way of knowing. Not that it really matters if I do or not. I don't ever go to the doctor unless it's serious. I'm all about the "drink some chamomile and take some echenasia (plus my dailt vitamins, which is about 20 now) and I'll be fine" route and it hasn't failed me so far. I don't trust pharmicuitcal companies and I don't take medicine prescribed to me if I can help it. If it's not life-threatening then they can keep the meds.
But like I said, no fever is going to stop me from reading the 8 hours so I'm going to sit outside in the rain and cool off while drinking chamoile tea and relaxing. Then I'm tackling The Dream-Hunter and winning.
Wow this post accomplished nothing and took up 30 minutes. EEP
Three books down, a Twiiter update, & a message to my commenters
What I'm reading next: The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Pages in book: 307
How many pages read since last update: 245
Books finished so far: 3 The Secret Hour, Moonlight, Going Too Far,
Total pages read: 805
Total time reading: 11.5 hours
Hours left: 8.5
P.S. Apparently people can't find my Twitter, don't know why. So I'll work on fixing that.
P.S. Thank you to all my commenters (Is that a word?) you guys are awesome, and I'll respond to all of you and check out you blog in 8.5 hours.
... I fell asleep
After I my last post, I took my much needed break, ate, drowned in Sprite, even watched Lord of the Ring: The Return of the King for a whole minute. Then, started reading Touch the Dark... after 12 pages I was out. Zzzzzzzzzzz until 6:45! GRRRR that's, like, the time it takes to finish a book! So to wake up, again, I'm going to start with with a small book.
Going Too Far seems to be the smallest book left, so I'll read that.
Two books down, many to go
I decided to just update after I finish a book because it's easier than every hour. Also, I'm taking a much needed break. I haven't had anything to eat or drink all day. I always forget to when I"m reading, lol.
What I'm reading: Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer book 1) by Karen Chance
Pages in book: 307
How many pages read since last update: 263
Books finished so far: 2: The Secret Hour, Moonlight,
Total pages read:560
Total time reading: 7 hours
Hours left: 16.5 (I think. ugh I'm too tired for math)
Update, one book down
The Secret Hour. AAHH I want more. Grr if I had known I'd be doing the read-a-thon I would have bought all of them.
Oh well now I'm going to read something else.
What I'm reading: Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne. Pages in book: 263 Pages I've read: 0
How many pages read since last update: 26
Books finished so far: 1 The Secret Hour,
Total pages read:297
Total time reading: 4.5 hours
Hours left: 19.5
P.S. If anyone has read this and wouldn't mind giving me some spoilers sometime tomorrow I'd love you forever. I'm a spoiler-holic when it comes to series books.
P.P.S. I knew this would happen. Of course people I hardly ever see, and talk to even less are all asking to go do something tonight or come over or hang out or whatever. Why don't they ever do this on the Saturdays I'm sitting at home bored? No it's always when I'm doing something.
Hourly update 3, 11:05 AM
What I'm reading: The Secret Hour (Midnighters book 1) by Scott Westerfeld.
Pages in book: 297
Pages I've read: 271
How many pages read since last update: 26
Books finished so far: 1 The Secret Hour,
Total pages read:297
Total time reading: 4.5 hours
Hours left: 19.5
Hourly update 3, 10:05 AM
What I'm reading: The Secret Hour (Midnighters book 1) by Scott Westerfeld.
Pages in book: 297
Pages I've read: 202
How many pages read since last update: 75 (I'm getting faster woo hoo)
Books finished so far: 0
Total time reading: 3 hours
Hours left: 21
Hourly update 2, 9 AM
What I'm reading: The Secret Hour (Midnighters book 1) by Scott Westerfeld.
Pages in book: 297
Pages I've read: 127
How many pages read since last update: 55 (I'm still reading slow grr)
Books finished so far: 0
Total time reading: 2 hours
Hours left: 22
Hourly update 1, 8 AM
What I'm reading: The Secret Hour (Midnighters book 1) by Scott Westerfeld.
Pages in book: 297
Pages I've read: 72 (I'm a little slow right now, haven't woken up yet.)
How many pages read since last update: 72
Books finished so far: 0
Total time reading: 1 hour
Hours left: 23
7AM!! Time to start
I scheduled this. So now the read-a-thon has officially started. Eeep!
I hope I don't get bored or stop enjoying it something *knocks on wood*
It's 6 in the freaking morning. So why am I up again?
(Warning: This is just my normal morning bitchiness. Do not believe anything I say unless I say it again after my coffee and food)
Oh yes the 24 read-a-thon. I'm so starting to regret signing up for that. I mean I warned Dad, I did. I swear on Acheron I did. But did he heed my warning? Nooooo. No he decides to starting talking to me as soon as I walk out of my freaking door! AND NOW he's singing. Is he singing a song that I like (not that it would help)? No hes singing some stupid little diddy from the 40s or something. Grrr and OMG he just turned off ANGEL!! WTF is he thinking?? He knows I'll attack with the smallest encouragement. AAHHH I think I'm going to steal his car and go to McCalorie. I need food and coffee. Damn it, he's leaving for work now. Wait that's good! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! *sigh*Silence, it's amazing isn't it?
You know what's weird? Even though I went to bed late, I woke up early this morning. like 5:45 early. So I guess my "drink water and tea right before bedtime so I wake up early" plan worked. But oww my bladder hurtses.
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH WHOOO DAD IS GONE! I'm so locking the dogs out.
Okay so here is the plan from now to 7 AM
1 Pee
2 Eat
3 Shower
4 Get everything ready
5 Enjoy my having nothing to do while it lasts
my checklist. Wake up tes? Yes. Coffee for emergencies? Yes. Phone off? Oh, no. Okay yes. Hmm... piles of books ready? HAHA Yeah deff. (I laugh cause my pile is of like 50 books. No lie, I didn't even know I had that many un-read books) Timer? Yes. Good music? Yes. Okay what else do I need?
17 April 2009
BEDA- I gave up, I'm a Twitter-er and little things about 24 hour read-a-thon
So yeah I gave up, I am a Twitter-er... Tweeter? I don't know. If ya'll are Twitter-ers let me know in a comment if you add or follow me or whatever it's called there. My thing is "amileon".
Now on to 24 hour read-a-thon. For my time it's starts at 7 am (eeeww I have to wake up super early). I'm going to update ever hour and every time I finish a book. All the updates will be under the label "24 hour read-a-thon" so you can read them later. Let's see what else? Oh right. The last update when I finish will be have everything from how many hours were spent reading, how pages I read, how many books I finished and how much time it took for each book and more. Then I'm sleeping all day Sunday, and when I wake up I'll start all the reviews. Now I'm going to go watch TV and try to get sleepy. Drink some Sleepytime tea or something. And drink water so I'll wake up early. And turn on three alarms and my radio alarm. And hope I wake up in time. I'm going to be a mega bitch in the morning if Dad says a word. I think I should go warm him...
16 April 2009
I'm doing the 24 hour read-a-thon this Saturday
So yeah I decided to do it. Reading non-stop for 24 hours won't be too hard for me, thank god my dad works Saturday.
Click here for more info or if you're interested in doing it.
You don't have to read all 24 hours or non-stop for 24 hours. I'm just going to try and do it that way.
Let me know if you are so I can follow you and check your updates.
It's this Saturday starting at 7 AM my time. Not looking forward to that but that means it'll end early enough so I can sleep until SUNSET!! Whooo I'll be so energetic that night.
So excited I'll make such a dent in my To Read list. Most of them are 1 or 2 hour reads. Which is 12-24 books read!
BEDA- Moonlight on SciFi
WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Yes I know this show is very similar to Angel, but I love it! I'm sooo happy they're playing it on SciFi. I'm watching the eppy with Lola... Dad loves Lola.
Umm... what else can I blog about... Oh I got. English Mastiffs. I want one!!
15 April 2009
BEDA-Teen Pregnancy.
So my best friend is pregnant, which is why I decided to write this.
See her first reaction to being pregnant was sobbing. Now I'm supportive, I'm even moving to my mother's house part time to help her out. And yes she is going to be 20 when the baby is born and she's not in school so that's a plus, but she's still too young to have a kid. Neither her nor the father have jobs and they are living at his parent's house. They're going to help out with buying all the baby stuff and financial stuff but still this isn't a good thing. I mean yeah the joy of life and all that jazz is great and I'm happy, not only happy I'm ecstatic December 20th (due date) but I also feel bad for her because I know how hard her life is going to be now.
So I'm going to say what every adult and person who had a kid at a young age. Take birth control no matter what. Use condoms. Don't believe it when people say that pulling out will work, cause it won't. My friend is a perfect example. I'm not going to say don't have sex unless you're ready for a kid, cause my people will do it anyway. I'm not saying be abstinent, because that probably won't stick. But at least make sure that if you do have a kid, you won't be completely and utterly screwed. That you're future won't be ruined. That the baby will have everything it needs. And another thing a lot of people have said, if you're not mature enough to talk about sex, then you're not mature enough to have it. Now I'm done with the advice/lecture.
Have a great day and protected sex.
In My Mailbox April 13-18
IMM was started by The Story Siren. (I forgot to do that in my other posts oops...)
Nothing on Monday or Tuesday.
On Wednesday:
From Smokey Mountain Something or Other (Amazon authorized seller)
Burned by Ellen Hopkins
Poison Study by Maria V. Synder
Evernight by Claudia Gray (Other copy is going back to the bookstore. I really did forget I already bought this...)
Thursday:
Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega book 1) by Patricia Briggs
Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer book 1) by Karen Chance
The King's Rose by Alisa M. Libby
14 April 2009
The first 10 chapters of The Awkening and a contest
Kelley Armstrong has a new contest. The first 10 chapters of The Awakening were posted and there is a contest where you answer questions about the book.
Click here for the rules and links to the excerpt.
(http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=201282726&blogId=483220580)
Wow I suck. No BEDA for yesterday either
So yeah title pretty much says it all. Yes I suck, and to remedy this problem I'm just going to write stuff and schedule it to post automatically on everyday. Then even if I forget I'll still have one for everyday.
Umm....
Yesterday: it was storming really bad and I read all day and it was a pretty good book.
Today: Wasps have invaded my mailbox!! Red wasps. And I'm allergic! So I don't get the mail anymore. I hope Dad starts getting it. I mean our mailbox might be big, but it'll only hold so much... Tomorrow I'm arming my self with wasp killer.
12 April 2009
Review-Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Back cover:
"Werewolves can be dangerous if you get in their way, but they'll leave you alone if you are careful. They are very good at hiding their natures from the human population, but I'm not human. I know them when I meet them, and they know me, too.
Mercy Thompson's sexy nest-door neighbor is a werewolf.
She's tinkering with a VW bus at her mechanic shop that happens to belong to a vampire.
But then, Mercy Thompson is not exactly normal herself... and her connection to the world of things that go bump in the night is about to get her into a whole lot of trouble."
Ahh this book was just what I needed! I've been dying for some hot werewolves or vamps and this definitely had the werewolves. Mmm yummy. Haha anyway...
This book is YA, which surprised me when I found it at the library, but unlike a lot of books it didn't seem like Briggs took stuff out to make it YA. I mean I've read books that are YA and it'll start getting to steamy or something and then it has a paragraph break and subtle implications of what happened, I cannot stand that. In Moon Called it didn't do that, it didn't seem like the author took anything out to make it fit YA standards. Another thing I loved about this book was it wasn't about teens. I liked that it dealt with adults. I also LOVED that Mercy was a mechanic. I would love, love, love to be a mechanic when I'm older. I can't think of anything I didn't like about this book. I loved how all the supernaturals were different than usual. I loved how they came out. I loved that one of the mains was a gay male werewolf (I have a soft spot for gays especially if they're a wolfie :)
Now my review might be a little biased because I've been craving a supernatural book with hot guys and supernaturals, and if I had read it after I was tired of reading books about hot guys and supernaturals I'd probably be more critical.
P.S. I'm going to change my rating system to a grading system, but until then I give this 
I think my porch swing is trying to kill me
Remember my post on April 1st where the porch swing broke and through my backwards a few feet and I hit my back and head on the stone chimney and I had that huge bruise covering my calf? (I still have that bruise by the way) Well, I fixed the swing (I still have no idea how it broke) and the other day I was swinging and somehow a nail caught my foot and ripped some skin off. OUCH! Once again this makes no sense, all the nails in my porch are in as far as they go, there isn't one sticking out so I have no idea how one cut my foot.
And this has happened before, last summer it cut my foot so bad I almost passed out from blood loss. Plus is was really hot out and I was doing yard work all day and hadn't had anything to eat or drink all day, needless to say it wasn't pretty. I couldn't walk and Dad didn't hear my yelling, so I had to hop across the yard inside (thank god I have amazing calf muscles) and I started getting dizzy and couldn't see and I was breathing hard. Since I couldn't see I just fell where I thought the couch was, thank god it was there, and then started yelling for Dad again, this time he heard me. He gave me some water and a big bowl with freezing cold water to put my foot in while he went to the closest place with first aid. Which was a 40 minute trip there and back, but the closest emergency room or doctor was further away so I said just go get peroxide, Neosporin, and gauze bandages.
And then last night, well morning it was like 2 am, I was swinging and this time I fall out of the swing. Okay I'm sitting up barely swinging and I fall out. Something kept the swing from coming back. It was as if someone was standing behind the swing and grabbed it and I fell forward, off the porch. Once again it makes no sense.
So here are my theories as to why so many weird things are happening with the swing and leaving me injured:
1) Charlie. Charlie is my ghost and he is far from friendly, most of the time. I think he might be bipolar. He scared me so bad in middle school I didn't sleep, I taped and stapled blankets over my windows and unplugged and moved everything with electricity out of my room, except for one lamp which was always on. Yeah it was that bad. Then I moved out of that room into another and the ghost stuff pretty much died down until one day on the top outside of a window 3 stories up, my name was written in the condensation. I tried to wipe it off which is how I found out it was on the outside. And even with the window open there's no way someone could reach up to the top. So unless someone with arms 4 or 5 foot arms was in my room, not likely, I'm blaming it on Charlie. Then all of a sudden he's really nice and if I asked to find something I lost next time I left my room and went back in it was always sitting on my cedar chest. Yeah so not kidding, it's really creepy. So maybe he or another ghost is in a bad move and is trying to freak me out or kill me.
2) Really bad luck. Okay maybe all the times I walked under a ladder and broke mirrors (Ive broken a lot of them) have caught up with me and I just got really bad luck.
3) Faeries (like the kind from Wicked Lovley and Ink Exchange, not Tinkerbell) Everyone who has read Melissa Marr's books know that faeries tend to mess with people. Maybe I pissed one of somehow and they're taking it out on my every time I'm outside. I live in the middle of the woods, no metal of any kind other than my car and house. Considering the only time I seem to get hurt anymore is when I'm swinging or in the yard, it makes sense. Now if only I had Seth stalking me too...
If you have any logical explanations for how I can cut myself on nails that aren't there and swings can stop mid-air and can come apart while I'm still sitting on it, I'm all ears.
In My Mailbox April 5-11
Monday
From BookSwim:
Need by Carrie Jones
Be With Me by Maya Banks
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
From Amazon:
Willow by Julia Hoban (FINALY!!!)
Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby
Wednesday
From library (all due on May 6th)
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (I canceled the copies from Amazon.)
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
The Divine Comedy by Dante (I can't wait to read Inferno)
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Twisted by Laurie Halse Andreson
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
And from the local bookstore that dad lent me the money to get:
Fate by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (sequel to Tattoo)
Evernight by Claudia Gray
Kissed By an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler (It says it has all three books of the trilogy)
Evermore by Alyson Nole
Revealers by Amanda Marrone
Night World No. 2 (Dark Angel, The Chosen, Soulmate) by L.J. Smith
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
Need by Carries Jones
Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz
The Forrest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Thursday
From Amazon:
Moonlight (Dark Guardian #1) by Rachel Hawthorne
Liszt's Kiss by Susane Dunlap
Aurelia by Anne Osertlund
From BooksFree:
Romiette and Julio by Sharon M. Draper
The Dream-Hunter (Dream-Hunter book 1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Liner Notes by Emily Franklin
Emilie's Voice by Susane Dunlap
From Border's:
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians 1) by Rick Riordan
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
The Secret Hour:Midnighters #1 by Scott Westerfeld
Wicked:Witch and Curse by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
Friday
From Amazon:
The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own by Periel Aschenbrand
and another copy of Night World No 2 by L.J. Smith which I'm taking back and getting something else.
WOW! I won't get any new books in awhile, but damn! With this haul I'm not complaining.
Which book would you like me to read and review next? Comment below and let me know.
11 April 2009
Review-The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own by Periel Aschenbrand
"If members of the Symbionese Liberation Army had carried Prada handbags, transformed raunchy sex gossip into political protest and designed agitprop fashion, they would be Periel Aschennbrand. In this wildly funny debut, Aschenbrand pitches verbal hand grenades at targets that include religious fanaticism, sweatshop labor, and Internet dating, and reveals how the best inspire the youth of America."
This book is amazing. It isn't something parents want their 16-year-old daughters to read, which means I, of course, think all teenage girls should read it. Periel is a feminist and has gotten the attention of people like Betsy Johnson and Susan Sarandon with her shirt that says "the only bush i trust is my own". This book is non-fiction and talks about how she got the idea and started Body As Billboard. She says "I think we should put out tits to better use - it's prime advertising space being wasted on vapid slogans like 'Princess.' Instead of turning us into a bunch of apathetic morons, T-shirts should say things like: 'On any given day in the richest country in the world, there are 600,000 homeless people,' or 'By 2020, 100 million people in Africa will have died of AIDS' "
She makes shirts that say "Drug Dealer" and all proceeds made from this shirt design are given to an AIDS charity called, Keep A Child Alive. I loved this book, I was laughing out loud most of the time, and I agree with most, if not everything she says in this book.
If you are interested in reading this book I should warn you, I don't think you'll like this book if:
You have anything against cussing.
You are uptight.
You are Republican and/or like President G. W. Bush.
You are racist.
You have no sense of humor.
This book says and mentions things you might find crude or disgusting, but whatever. I think it needed to be said and I'm glad Periel said it. I just can't believe I haven't heard of this before. I'll tell you one thing though, I'm going to be buying a shit load of shirts come payday.
10 April 2009
Ooops! I didn't post anything yesterday GASP
OMG I can't believe I didn't post anything yesterday. I mean I wrote it it just didn't post or maybe I was just exhausted and forgot to actually send it. See I spent the day in Music City (Nashville) yesterday and I wrote my post on my phone and sent it to my blogger thingy. I don't know all the technical names or how it works, but basically when I set up my blog I gave it an email address so I could email posts and it would automatically publish. Well I did that from my BlackBerry when I was at Centennial Park and I guess it didn't send because when I decided to write today's BEDA it wasn't there. So I'll take whatever painful punishment you decide to inflict.
But I'll combine yesterday's and today's.
YESTERDAY:
Dad and I had a bunch of errands to run but after that, we went to the Parthenon, which was so cool. I had never been before and it only costs seven dollars for me and dad to get in. Then we walked across Centennial Park to Border's and Dad loaned me some more money for books (*sing-song voice* You'll have to wait till Sunday...) Then went to the base (whoo hoo an excuse to use my Military ID) and the PX (for those military illiterate that's the Post Exchange, like a little general store, or big depending on the base They have cigarettes and beer and ice cream and plasa flat panel tvs and BDUs and greeting cards and junk food and CDs and DVDs and a bunch of other weird stuff to group together. But what do you expect? That's military). It was a pretty great day. The weather was perfect, and people were running and hula hooping and had their pets and picnics out in Centennial. I got frustrated with the little crosswalk thingies. I mean really, the thing turns into the white man, which means walk, so we do, then it turns into the orangey-red hand before you even have time to cross the friggen street! Grrr... dad and I just jaywalked. Then we went to meet my brother's ex for lunch/dinner? What happens when three hippies, one a liberal/anarchist, one a liberal/gypsy/activist, and the other a recreational*coughstonercough* hippie, eat dinner?
Crazy fun ensues, that's what.
My dad and I met my brother's ex-girlfriend at Calypso on Thompson Lane to eat (obviously) and we talked about Simon's Rock (she's an alumni) and life and foreign countries and birth control and boys and the fact we all dislike (in my case hate) my brother. It was pretty great.
Today's:
Lord of the [Fruit] Flies... Has cursed my dad and I.
We have had a fruit fly invasion. They're relentless. The funny part, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY FRUIT OUT OF THE FRIDGE. So why, why, why are they taking over the ktichen?? We don't have any rotting food or anything that attracts them so why do we have them?
It got so bad we got those fly catcher strippy thingies and in less than ten minutes are four were covered. So dad is getting more tomorrow. It's hilarious in a sad, strange, and disgusting way.
So I started reading The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own today. I know I'm supposed to be reading Willow but it's bringing up too many memories I'd rather forget, which you'll probably find out about in my review, so I took a break from it to read Moon Called, which I'm almost done with, and then read a few pages of the Bush. And wow it's amazing, I read some out loud to dad and he said it sounded like something I would write. But I will finish Willow and review it, don't worry.
08 April 2009
To all my readers!
You guys are amazing. When I'm coming up with excuses of why there hasn't been a review or interview or whatever you guys have been supportive. When I'm going through some crisis or whatever that see to keep happening. And all you guys say is "I'm sorry" and "It'll all work out" and I'm just sitting here reading it thinking, "Wow you guys are amazing." So I'm giving you guys an award
The "Thank you, you're beautiful" award! Yay go you!
In My Mailbox April 6-8 (I know it's early but I'm sooo excited)
This seems to be pattern, I get extremely good news, then life-changing bad news, then good news that make me feel soo much better, then more bad news. Yesterday, you guys no what the bad new was. But around Midnight I found out that even though I'm dropped out I can still go to Simon's Rock. I thought that wouldn't be possible because it's an early college. And then today we find out we got this loan, which will get us out of debt in like a year, with no early termination fee and since the minimum payment is already so low we'll have it paid off even earlier. So today we ran a bunch of errands and had to print out some stuff at the library and I got some books. Then dad fricken buys me a ton of books. I have to pay him back of course but still I was OMG! I LOVE YOU! Basically his way of apologizing about everything. Cause neither one of us actually apologize. He'll buy me books, or take me to some museum or something. I'll take hi out to dinner or rent some movie he was dying to see. Or something, yeah expensive, but whatever works right?
Anyways here's my book list. I'd include pics but I think they would take up way to much space.
Got on Monday:
From BookSwim:
Need by Carrie Jones
Be With Me by Maya Banks
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
From Amazon:
Willow by Julia Hoban (FINALY!!!)
Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby
From library:
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (I canceled the copies from Amazon.)
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
The Divine Comedy by Dante (I can't wait to read Inferno)
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Twisted by Laurie Halse Andreson
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George (All I know about this book is it's based on the Nordic fairy tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon. I pretty much only got it cause I recognized the author)
And from the local bookstore that dad bought:
Fate by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (sequel to Tattoo)
Evernight by Claudia Gray
Kissed By an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler (It says it has all three books of the trilogy)
Evermore by Alyson Nole
Revealers by Amanda Marrone
Night World No. 2 (Dark Angel, The Chosen, Soulmate) by L.J. Smith
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
Need by Carries Jones
Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz
The Forrest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
I know!! I saw like more I wanted but I figured I'd give him a break, he didn't what he meant when said, "Get how ever many you want" plus I was all happy, energetic, and well, basically Hammy from over the hedge.
So yeah today was pretty perfect, I'm kind of scared to see how bad tomorrow will be.
My assignment for you guys is pick which book you'd like to see my review for after Willow. Any of those^ or ones from my slideshow on top left are ones I haven't read
07 April 2009
The worst thing ever, but good news for you guys
So I dropped out of school today. Whoop de freaking do! My dad pretty much gave me an ultimatum, it wasn't like I had many other choices. I can't home-school anymore because my transcripts are ten kinds of crazy, and since I'm not technically enrolled anywhere I was risking truancy so whatever. I took a locator test for GED classes this morning and I was so bored! I finished before everyone so I just started texting right in the middle of the math part and the woman is like 2 more minutes and I was like Oh sh*t I still have 10 questions to answer! and I still finished before everyone. The first thing they asked me when I turned in the forms was, "Do you have a child under the age of 18?" and I was like considering I'm 16 any child I have in the next 35 years would be under 18. But it wasn't her fault I was there so I just said no. The woman called a couple of hours after I left and said, "I'm calling about your test scores. The thing is you did extremely well. There's no reason for you to take the class, of course you can if you want to. If you were 17 you could already take the GED practice test and GED test and would probably pass. Just have your dad call us tomorrow with your decision and we'll set up a meeting if you choose to take the class." I probably will take it, I mean why the hell not, I don't have a job or anything better to do. God, I'm so mad. It's taking a lot of self-control not to go on a cussing rampage and throw everything I see. Maybe I'll do that in my other blog. The cussing not throwing things.
The good news for you guys is because I have no job and no school (and no life!) I'll be reading more so Whooo! (That was an not an enthusiastic "Whoo" in case you didn't know) I still have to take care of some stuff first though.
P.S. To my contest winners, I am so so sorry. My dad and I have been fighting constantly and I'm not allowed to take the car anymore and he's not going to be doing me any favors anytime soon so I haven't been able to take your books to the post office. I will do it. Next time I go to my mother's or when I go to talk to the GED people I'll bring them with me. The problem is Step-Dad is having surgery soon and I won't be going over there until he's better, which will be in about 2 weeks. But the meeting with the people could be as soon as this Thursday. I don't know. I'll email all of you when they are sent. Again I'm so sorry, I feel bad that I haven't sent them yet.
Now that that's taken care of I'm off to go do math (now it's purely for fun. Hmm... should I go easy with Algebra 1 or hard with Trig or Pre Cal? Decisions decisions ) and read Willow and wallow in self-pity. Maybe take a hot bath with some Ben & Jerry's, except oh yeah, I have no bath and no B&J. Wow that sucks more than the dropping out thing (sarcasm:)
06 April 2009
Book and Reading Prefernces
I got this from Jessica at Book Reviews by Jess
Hardback, trade paperback or mass market paperback? I prefer mass market paperback because it's the cheapest. I only ever get hardback if there's a new release I want so bad that I can't wait for paperback to come out.
Barnes & Noble or Borders? Uhh... Border's I guess. The closest of either of those is like 1 1/2 hours away.
Bookmarks or dog-ear? Neither. I always remember where I'm out, but if I have to do one then I rip a napkin or something off and use that.
Amazon or brick-and-mortar? Amazon, no contest.
Alphabetize by author, or alphabetize by title, or random? Random and by author. The top is alphabetized by author, but when I get new books I just stick them where they fit.
Keep, throw away, or sell? Keep all the ones I like, which is basically every book I've ever read. On the rare occasion I buy a book I don't like enough to keep I sell it.
Keep dust jacket or remove it? I keep them.
Read with dust jacket or remove it? I remove them while I'm reading so I don't damage it but it goes back on when I'm done.
Short story or novel? I've read a few anthologies but I prefer full novels. I've found that a lot of short stories are actually prequels or follow ups to previously published books. It's cool to read them.
Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket? HP, but I enjoy Lemony, too.
Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks? When I start a book don't quit reading until its finished unless I have something pressing to do, sleep is never pressing :)
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"? Dark and stormy.
Buy or borrow? Buy. There's no one or place I can borrow from other than BooksFree and BookSwim but I'll probably have to stop those soon.
Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations, or browse? Usually browse. I rarely see reviews for books that I haven't already heard of and put on my list.
Tidy ending or cliffhanger? Cliffhangers. It's a love/hate relationship. Hate it cause I have to wait so long to find out what happens. Love it because it makes me enjoy the book all the more when I get it.
Morning reading, afternoon reading, or nighttime reading? Anytime.
Stand-alone or series? Series because I like getting used the to author's writing style and the characters.
Favorite series? Dark-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Dream-Hunter is a spin off of Dark-Hunter so that's also a fave.
Favorite children's book? I didn't read a kid so don't have one.
Favorite YA book? Hmm... Avalon High by Meg Cabot. I love King Arthur.
Favorite book of which nobody else has heard? No idea
Favorite books read last year? Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Undone by Brooke Taylor are both books that will stay with me forever. Living Dead Girl by Eliabeth Scott will too, but I hate it as much as I love it. I only hate it because it makes me so angry, reminds me of something that happened to someone I used to know.
Favorite books of all time? Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon and about 6 others from DH series, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Undone by Brooke Taylor, Wake by Lisa McMann, Bitten, Stolen, and Broken, from Women of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong.
What are you reading right now? Willow by Julia Hoban and some Greek mythology history books.
What are you reading next? I don't know! So many choices and I'm feeling indecisive at the moment
Favorite book to recommend to an 11-year-old? No clue. I didn't read when I was 11 and when I started reading a lot most were adult novels, and I don't think I should recommend them to 11 year olds.
Favorite book to re-read? Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Do you ever smell books? Not intentionally.
Do you ever read primary source documents like letters or diaries? Not really. I have before though.
I know I shouldn't. I just bought a ton of books... I know I shouldn't...
But I'm gonna. I mean I've had a bad day, got a lot of bad news, and another huge fight with Dad. I deserve a little plastic therapy (Okay is anyone buying this?? Cause I'm not, tsk, tsk why come up with excuses? I knew I was going to do it before the bad day)
Now the question is what books should I buy?? Hmm... I don't know. A lot on my list are in giveaways I've entered and I don't want to buy a book I'm going to get anyway... I think I'm going to go with more dark and supernatural books this time. I'm kind of getting tired of the cutesy books I seem to be reading a lot of lately. Not that I don't love them, but I'm missing my hot bad boy vamps and wolfies...
*goes to Amazon and buys books*
Okay I bought:
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1) by Patricia Briggs
Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega, Book 1) Patricia Briggs
Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer, Book 1) Karen Chance
The King's Rose by Alisa Libby (I know this doesn't really fit into "dark and supernatural... hot bad boy vamps and wolfies" but I just found out that this has to do with Henry VIII!! So I HAD to buy it. I love any- and everything having to do with the Tudor dynasty.
OMG NOO!!! I accidentally order 3 copies of Moon Called!! I knew there was something weird about the total! But then I got the discount for the 4-3 promotion so I didn't think about it. GRRR Way to go Amelia, you were already cutting it close.
I would just cancel the order and re-order them again... but I got free shipping. And I won't if I cancel the extra two copies... So I think I'll just return them when I get them. Is that dishonest? I really, really hope not...
BEDA-4 and 5 I have a good excuse for yesterday, seriously.
Okay, I know I didn't blog yesterday other than In My Mailbox, which I don't think counts as BEDA, but I have a great excuse. My Internet was crashing on and off all day yesterday. Because it was storming here tornadoes and such, my wireless card wasn't picking up any signal, so no Internet.
So I have two topics to blog about today to make up for it.
4) You know the books I got In My Mailbox? Well, I just saw they were both signed... to "Amanda". Yeah, kind of sucks but it's still signed books. I just figured whoever had them before was named Amanda, until I saw the envelope today and it's addressed to Amanda as well. Now I'm just confused thinking maybe in my email, I said Amanda instead of Amelia. Not likely but possible. So I looked in the email I sent, but it says my name. I didn't accidentally write my wrong name or anything. I don't really care though, like I said a signed book is a signed book.
5) I'm about 99% sure that Willow by Julia Hoban will be here today! Huzzah!... See this is what happens when i watch Pirates of the Caribbean over and over. Anyways, I'm uber-excited for this book. Amazon shipped it 2 or 3 days before it came out, so I thought I'd get it on the 2nd, but I didn't. It will take all my self control not to read the whole thing as soon as I get it, so just in case I'm going to do all my school work first.... Maybe I should lock it up or something. I don't think I'd be able to resist temptation and as soon as I start it I won't be able to put it down.
*a couple of hours later* whoo hoo it's HERE!! A long with some other books, which you'll find out about on Sunday.
05 April 2009
In My Mailbox April week 1
Song of the Sparrow and
A Map of the Known World (ARC) by Lisa Ann Sandell
I won these in a contest during Geek Fest from The Not So Closet Geeks
That's all for this week.
04 April 2009
BEDA-3 Alvin and the Chimpmunks and great news (for me)
Is the cutest movie ever! I love those little guys! I kind of want the soundtrack. "Christmas, Christmas time is near,
Time for toys and time for cheer.
We've been good, but we can't last,
Hurry Christmas, Hurry fast.
Want a plane that loops the loop,
(Alvin:) Me, I want a Hula-Hoop.
(Chipmunks:)
We can hardly stand the wait,
Please Christmas don't be late."
Ahh I love it! kudos to Ross Bagdasarian for creating these little guys!
P.S. I got two books today. A complete surprise, I forgot I won them. You'll ave to wait until tomorrow to find out what they are though.. Mwuahahahaha... ahem now back to our regular scheduled programming.
Good news I found out that I can still go to the college I wanted to go to. Bard College at Simon's Rock. It's an early college for people who want to leave high school early to go. Great for home-schooled students (like me:). You go after 10th or 11th grade, and I thought this year was the last year apply to go because I'm in 11th now and I'm 16, since I'll be a senior next year I was like, "Well, thank you for messing up my transcripts {enter name of the umbrella school I went through}, now I can't go." BUT I found a [sort of] loophole, I think. It says on the site or my info booklet, Eligible students for our school are 10th or 11th graders or the age equivalent. I'll be 17 next year, which is the age of most 11th grade students, so even if I'm a senior I think I might be able to go for the 2010-2011 school year anyway. I'm not sure, so I'm going to ask my admissions advisor, if that won't work, then I'll just tell the guidance counselor at the high school that I want to be in 11th not 12th. Because they messed up my records, apparently I'm not even registered now, which means I should be able to re-do my junior year. If my theory is correct, I'll be busting my ass to get work done. I don't have to take the SATs or ACTs to get in, but I want to, because it won't hurt, it may even sway their decision somewhat.
So yeah I'm going to be studying a lot, which means less time to read. I will not read until all my school work is done. So less reviews. Sorry but this is more important. If my theory is wrong, then there will be a lot more reviews because I'm going to drop out and get my GED then go to college anyway. One way or another I will be in a school next year. College, high school, I don't care which but one of them.
03 April 2009
New blog (Links work now)
After I wrote Nothing In Particular last night I decided to start a new blog where I'll write about... nothing in particular. That way I wouldn't be crowding this blog with nonsense. I'm going to try to keep this Book related stuff, and Nothing In Particular will have everything else. The blog is here.
My URL is amelia-is-strange.blogspot.com haha cool name, no? Anyways... check it out if you want. The first NIP is on Book Junkie and NIP. I'm working on the next NIP now.
BEDA-2 Who lives in Tennessee? No one, that's who
Okay fine maybe some famous people were born here and yeah there's a shit-load of country music stars and Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, but they don't matter. I'm talking about friend-wise, there's like what 3 teenagers in my town. My closest neighbor is like 10-15 minute walk away from me. There are no businesses, no cops, no post office, no school, no anything, except one church. To top it off, I'm home-schooled and don't have a car. I get so bored. And my friends wonder how I can read so much? Please, its either that or sit on my ass all day watching TV and eating bon-bons or something. I'll take the books. My town is the Boondocks' Boondock.
I have questions for you guys. Have you or do you live in a small town? Did you like it?
Sisterhood Award
Dahlia awarded me with the Sisterhood Award. Coolness thanks!
1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate up to 10 blogs which show great attitude and/or gratitude!
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award.
5. Remember to link to the person from whom you received your award.
Nothing in particular: You know you love me, xoxo Goth Girl
Okay so when I was writing about the paper for the Blog Every Day [in or of] April thing I suddenly got in the mood to write about stuff that doesn't matter. Hopefully you'll find it amusing. I'll post whenever I have enough nothing to blog about. To see all my Nothing In Particular posts you can go to the very bottom of my blog and look in the labels and click... wait for it.... "Nothing In Particular" Aren't I clever. So here comes my new *insert whatever word will work* post. Guess what I'm going to call it...*silence* come one! It's no fun if you don't guess...*crickets chirping* fine, fun-vampire. (That means you suck the fun out of things) It is creatively called...*drumroll* Nothing In Particular! How cool is that?? Okay I have maybe issues, okay probably. Ugh fine you win, I definitely have issues. Are you happy now? *silence* Did anyone else just notice that I had a [sort of] argument with myself? Eh, who gives? You know what they say, "It's okay to have a conversation with yourself. It's okay to have an argument with yourself. It is not okay to stop speaking to yourself because you won the argument. Also not okay if you don't realize "yourself" is, in fact, you," or something like that. Did anyone else just get incredibly confused?? I did.
So did anyone watch the Grammys or the Oscars or whatever award show where Slumdog Millionaire won best picture (I don't watch awards shows in case you didn't notice that until a second ago when I looked it up that the Grammys were for music...) Well if you did watch whatever it was, did you see Jai Ho preformed? I absotively posilutely LOVE that song. And the other day my bestie Nicole (name has been changed) sent me a version that the Pussycat Dolls sung. It is Ah-mazing! It's an awesome belly dancing song. You should look it up on YouTube.
*announcer voice* And that concludes Nothing In Particular by Amelia. Tune in next time she's bored for the next segment.
Dad: *stares at me like I've grown 2 more arms and announced I'm Kali* Are you on something?
Me: *innocent face* Whatever do you mean?
Dad: You're acting insane is what I mean.
Me: *smiles big get all chipper and finishes the song*
Dad:*shakes head, sits on couch, and turns on the TV* Mumbling something like"she didn't get it from me"
Me: *smiles all weird like I overdosed on happiness* You know you love me. *walks in kitchen runs right back out and imitates Kristen Bell from GG* xoxo, Goth Girl
Dad:*stares blankly*
So yeah that was a fun day.
P.P.S. How many of you think I'm crazy? *everybody raises hands* Awesome! See ya next time!
02 April 2009
Why the hell not? BEDA
So yeah like I said, "Why the hell not?" I'll blog about something every day of April. Hope you enjoy reading my future posts about nothing in particular. Every now and again I might have a topic to actually talk about. Like tonight.
Today's topic: Why does everyone want me to proof read their papers??
Okay today my friend's friend, who I talk to occasionally, asked me to proof read his college essay. I'm 16! He's like 22! Why did he pick me? Doesn't he have a college friend who can do this? Grr
As I was reading it I kept find things he should change or reword, many run-on sentences, and one was a whole paragraph! Tons of misspelled words and I was just sitting here like wow . I was thinking, "Okay. That's a lot of work, but I probably have a day or two so no biggie." And this was at 5:23 PM today. Well, he paper is due TOMORROW! He just wrote it before he sent it to me. Can you say "winging it"? I really don't mind proof reading papers or stories or essays or whatever. In fact I enjoy it, there's a reason my friends call me a grammar Nazi, but I would like a little more time. Just tiny bit, like a couple more hours or so would've have been fine. More than fine, great even, and I wouldn't have been working on it until MIDNIGHT!! Plus, I wouldn't have wanted to rip my hair out. I ended pretty much rewriting the entire thing. Now, some of your a most likely thinking, "You shouldn't have done that. He should do he own work" or "If you keep doing that he'll never stop asking" or "He's just taking advantage of you" or a all of the above. Eh, you're probably right, but I don't really care.
And don't even get me started on the topic of the paper. "Twilight vs. Dracula" I was like "Are you fricken kidding me? They are even in the same league! Twilight can't touch Dracula with a ten foot pole!" *sigh* Whatever.
Damn it I didn't think of something... what if he's reading this? Oops... Amazingly enough, I don't care.
Huzzah!! I made it with 1 minute to spare. Go Amelia, go Amelia eek! Only 20 more seconds!
01 April 2009
I know I shouldn't have done it, but the tempatation was just so strong. (Added the list)
I think I have an addiction, I mean it was like it was calling to me. I know I shouldn't have done it, but I just had a crappy day and needed some plastic therapy. I ordered a bunch of books on Amazon. At least I used my debit card and not my credit card, right? Dad would've gone ape shit if I did that. I'm lucky Mom all of a sudden decided to start sending me money every two weeks and this Friday she's sending more. And that Dad doesn't have access to my account and never checks it. I would cancel it but its too late now. (thank god) And hey before you guys chastise me, that means more reviews for you. So its a win win...
The books I bought:
Evernight by Claudia Gray
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Burned by Ellen Hopkins
Liszt's Kiss by Susanne Dunlap
Dark Guardian #1: Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne
Night World No. 2: Dark Angel; The Chosen; Soulmate by L.J. Smith
Zombie Queen of Newbury High by Amanda Ashby
The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own by Periel Aschenbrand
Aurelia by Anne Osterlund
I think there's more... but I don't remember them haha!
Review-In Too Deep by Jennifer Banash
From Amazon:
"If you don’t belong here— you just don’t belong…
The Bramford building’s newest resident and small-town transplant Casey McCloy is adapting to life in the Big Apple and loving it. She’s got the look, the attitude, and a delish new boyfriend, Drew Van Allen. But she’s starting to have second thoughts as to whether the “New York” Casey is the real Casey. And she’s not so sure she likes herself much anymore. She’s not the only one.
Madison Macallister has always had her Manolo Blahniks firmly planted on the top rung of the social ladder—until that corn-fed cow Casey stole Drew away from her and made her look the fool. So what if Madison wasn’t exactly dating Drew at the time? She wanted him. And everyone knows that Madison gets what she wants, like Drew—and a little revenge."
I personally didn't like this book, but it's not because it was badly written or anything. I'm just not interested in these types of books. Too much drama and I have enough of that in my life. If you wondering why I read The Elite and In Too Deep when I don't like these types of books, it's because every now and then I find one I like. The Elite really left me hanging, so I thought this series might be an exception. I was dying to know what happens with everyone.
If you like books like Gossip Girl then you will most likely like this. It was a wonderfully written book, a great sequel, it just didn't appeal to me.
P.S. People who like Twilight parodies should watch this: http://brooketaylorbooks.blogspot.com/2009/04/todays-twilight-parady.html
And this:
http://www.take180.com/s/bprmn
and this:
http://www.take180.com/s/The_Twilight_Before_Christmas/ep5l7?autoplay=true
If I was rich (or a Librarian) 2
A Curse As Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C.Bunce
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
The Otherworldlies by Jennifer Anne Kogler [26 May 09]
In Your Room Jordanna Frailberg
This isn't an April Fool's joke but man I wish it was
Well, my day has been awesome (sarcasm). The only good thing that happened today was when I was working on the lawn mower I noticed that for the first time ever, the only maintenance it needed was an oil change. So other than getting oil all over my hands, I took care of that easily and mowed the lawn. Yeah that was the highlight of my day... mowing the lawn.
This morning my dad announced he's canceling our Verizon plan. I know that isn't an April Fool's thing because he said this yesterday and the day before, but he wasn't serious then he was just saying that piss me off. Now he is. The reason I'm telling you this is because if he does end up canceling it not only will I have no phone (we already got rid of the house phone. It was annoying and pointless) and no Internet, which means no blog. If he does that I will be stuck in an unincorporated town with about 100 people, only 3 teenagers. Me and two other girls who I guess are friends, but we don't really hang out unless we're carpooling to a party. The Internet and my phone are my only connection to the outside world. I have no car and no license so I can't take dad's car unless I "steal" it, and can only do that when he's asleep and I never go outside the county and none of my close friends live here so it wouldn't help anything. So if you suddenly wonder "Why hasn't Book Junkie posted anything in awhile" that's why. I'll try to give you a warning if he does cancel it, but I can't make any promises.
Not too long ago, I was swinging on the porch swing and all of sudden it broke and I went flying backwards landed on the porch sitting up, which means I landed on my tailbone. The one I broke about a year and oh, 5 months ago. So that was just perfect. Oh the best part my head and back hit the the stone chimney. I have a huge scrape covering my entire calf and I'm pretty sore. It doesn't hurt as bad as it will tomorrow though. I just don't know what happened with the swing. I know how that swing works because I've rebuilt it twice. The screw that's in the roof is still connected and the S hook that hold the chain to that is still on the chain and nothing is missing or broken. Its like somehow the S hook just unhooked while I was mid swing. Which is impossible. Since the S hook's ends have been clamped down (so now it looks more like an 8)for specifically that reason. So there's a mystery I'll have to figure out tomorrow when I get some spare lumber and rebuild the swing. Again.
I got Twilight today, finally. 3 disc special edition with codes to get extras and a copy of the movie from iTunes. All for 17 bucks, Target rocks. Bad news? When I tried to play it the TV screen goes out. 20 year old TV chooses today of all days to mess up. The sound still worked but the picture wasn't there. So I got to listen to Twilight today while staring at a black screen. Good news is I have a damn good memory. Near perfect, so I saw the movie in my head with the sound. Not the same as watching it but it was good enough. The TV works now though so I'm watching it again.
A lot more [bad] stuff happened, but I can't tell you guys about that plus too long of a story and you wouldn't understand it anyway. So I'll spare you the details and just go have a pity party.
P.S. Wow I just typed that entire thing looking at the TV, I didn't glance at the keyboard once. I'm proud of myself I used to type sooo slow and had to stare at the keyboard.
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