Personal Posts

After having my blog “separated” for the last three weeks, I’ve decided I don’t like it. Therefore, my personal posts will once again be mingled with my bookish posts. However, I’ve still left a way for my readers to only RSS the bookish posts if they don’t want to read my personal ones. The RSS code is on my sidebar.

Blog on Fire Award

On Tuesday, I was give the Blog on Fire Award by Amy from The Ramblings of Amy. Thanks so much, Amy! I really appreciate your thoughtfulness!

This award has the same requirements most blog awards do–thank and link to the person who gave you the award, list a few things about you, and pass it on to other bloggers.

Here are a few things about me that I haven’t shared on my blog before (I think):

  1. I have an obsession with Stitch from Lilo & Stitch. I love him! He’s cute, funny, and mischievous, and I want to be just like him.
  2. When I was little girl, I’d role play with friends that I was a member of the G-Force from the cartoon Battle of the Planets. It’s very much like Voltron–five members with secret identities that turn into superheroes; they just don’t ride in lions that turn into a giant robot. Until yesterday, I couldn’t remember what the name of this cartoon was. My coworker Sean found it on Google just by my description of it.
  3. I wish 80s cartoons were as cool as I once thought they were. Now, when I watch them, they disappoint me with how cheesy they are. I’ve stopped re-watching them so that I can remember them like I did as a child, as the best shows on TV.
  4. Peanut butter is my protein of choice. I’m not a vegetarian, but I’m not particularly fond of most meats (although I’ll eat them), and the meats I am fond of (fish) are not allowed in my house because Corey is severely allergic to them.
  5. One of the llamas near my house is no longer in the field I drive by daily. I worry about him each time I drive by. I wonder where he is and if he’s going to come back. I also worry that the other llama is now lonely, even though he has sheep to keep him company.

I’m going to pass along the Blog on Fire award to the following blogs:

  1. Ninja Girl Reads
  2. Kristin Can Read
  3. My Head is Full of Books
  4. Library Mosaic
  5. Dizzy C’s Little Book Blog

Thumbs Up Tuesdays

Dead Trees and Silver Screens hosts a meme each Tuesday called Thumbs Up Tuesdays. She said:

I started this meme because I believe that bloggers should celebrate each other. Sometimes as a blogger, you put your heart and soul into a post and you get no feedback or recognition.

Each week, she chooses a blog and writes three positive things about it. Today, she chose mine. I had no idea until I received a comment telling me about it. I was so surprised! And, I loved everything said in the post:

  1. Super cute layout with cute cartoony characters. Plus she has a Dumbledore quote at the top. Can’t beat that.
  2. She separates her personal posts from her book posts, making it easy to find what you are looking for.
  3. She does a great job of recognizing other book blogs for the fun things they do.

While I think this meme is such a great idea because I’m all for sharing the blog love with my fellow bloggers, I don’t think I’ll become a regular participant. I just feel like I already participate in too many memes, and I’m still kind of trying to find my way in this book blogging world. I wanted to share this on my blog, though, to:

  • Say thank you for thinking of me today. It totally made my day!
  • Give others a chance to find out about this meme so they can participate if they want to. Go check it out on her blog.

What I Like About You

What I Like About You is a tag created by Roxy of Keeping Up With Roxy’s Books that answers some questions about other bloggers to help spread the blogger love. Everybody can do it. Just answer the following questions!

  1. Name the blogger who first left a comment on your blog. I started my blog so long ago that my first comments just came from friends and family members. None of them had blogs yet. I was the first out of the group.
  2. Name a blogger who has the cutest button. I don’t really keep track of buttons. I don’t like to clutter my sidebar with them so I never pay attention to them.
  3. Name the blogger who blogs about a lot of things other than books. Brodi Ashton blogs about the struggle she had with getting published, the joys of getting a book deal, and many more things. Her blog is a ton of fun to read because she presents things in such a unique and hilarious way. I highly recommend her blog (and book Everneath) to everyone!
  4. Name the most creative blog. Brush Up On Your Reading is such a creative blog. I love that Nina and her pet monster ARGH talk about books. They often have different opinions and talk about why they think the way they do. It makes for a really fun discussion.
  5. Name the blogger with the prettiest blog design. I really like Emily’s Reading Room. Her design is modern and fun, yet simple and clean. I’m all about uncluttered blogs. The more cluttered a blog is, the less likely I am to frequent it because it’s hard to read and takes forever to load.

I tag anyone who wants to do this! Let’s spread the blogger love!

Featured by Mission to Read

I’m being featured on Mission to Read today as part of Rie’s new monthly blog feature, Great Designs. I’m really very excited for this awesome opportunity. Rie has such a great blog herself and to have my blog considered for this feature just means the world to me. Thank you so much, Rie!

Hop on over to her blog to check out the feature and learn a little more about my blog design.