Awards!

I am always surprised when someone presents me with an award, and I'm not ashamed to admit that it makes me feel all warm & fuzzy when someone thinks of me! Received two lovely awards awhile back and while I'm embarrassed that it took me so long, I'd would like to share the love:

I received the Humane Award from GMR over at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers. She has a great blog with excellent reviews, so be sure to head on over and check it out!

This award is to honor certain bloggers that are kindhearted individuals. They regularly take part in my blog and always leave the sweetest comments. If it wasn't for them, my site would just be an ordinary book review blog. Their blogs are also amazing and are tastefully done on a daily (or close to) basis. I thank them and look forward to our growing friendship through the blog world. I'm supposed to nominate 10 bloggers that I feel deserve the Humane Award, but I've passed this award along at least twice before, so would like to open this to anyone reading this post. Enjoy!

I received this lovely award from both In The Hammock and The Sweet Bonjour. In The Hammock is a gorgeous blog, with book reviews and fun memes! The Sweet Bonjour mainly reviews YA books, but also takes part in some memes and has several author interviews under her belt as well! They are both very cute blogs with great content, so be sure to stop by and say hello!

So here are the 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 that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I'd like to pass this award along to:

Caroline at One Book Away From Heaven

SusiSunshine at The Geeky Bookworm

GMR at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers

Yunaleska at Nayu's Reading Corner

Elie at Ellz Reads

Dannie at Opinionated Me

Tena at Crazy Book Slut

Steph at Steph the Bookworm

Wendy at The Book Lush

Shannon at Book Dreaming

Kathy at Inside of a Dog

Booknerds Are Pretty Too

Kate at Midnight Book Girl

Read Now Sleep Later

Good Books and Good Wine

Some of these are new blogs and some of them have been around for awhile, but are new to me. All of them have interesting posts that are well worth a look! I've received a few other awards that I need to acknowledge but rather than waiting another month, decided to go ahead and post these. I really appreciate it when someone thinks of me, but I'm a horrible procrastinator! *L*

Would I lie to you? Why yes, yes I would

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Kathy at Bermuda Onion received the "Creative Writer" Blogger Award from Lesa's Book Critiques and invited us all to play. It looked like fun, so decided to give it a shot. Apparently, I'm a better liar than I thought, as no one guessed my one truth. Good thing this wasn't a video though, as I tend to start laughing whenever I try to tell outrageious lies. :-)

Here are my six outrageous lies and one outrageous truth.

1. After college, I went to Europe with my roommate's brother. He was 39 and worked on an oil rig. I was 22 and jobless. Backpacked the entire continent. Best. Trip. Ever. LIE We had one date, but sadly, he did not take me back to Europe with him

2. On our first trip to London, my husband and I were detained for 7 hours at Heathrow. Convinced it was because our last name is Irish, but the agents wouldn't confirm it. LIE Thought 7 hours was excessive enough that everyone would know this was a lie. Guess not, as this was the one most thought was true.

3. I have itchy feet and have visited 22 different countries. Actual visits; airport layovers don't count.
TRUE! Could've sworn I've talked about my itchy feet before...

4. I'm a linguistic geek and fluent in English, Italian, French, and Spanish. Speak passable Portuguese and German, can read Latin, and struggling to learn Hindi. LIE I'm barely fluent in English, and am linguistically challenged! *L*

5. I was 1st runner up in the Miss Ohio pageant. My talent was tap. LIE But I did take tap dancing lessons once

6. As an intern for Nick Clooney, I briefly dated his son. Who knew the little jerk would grow up to be George Clooney? LIE But did see George once, from a distance. Wish it was true!

7. Was invited to Woodstock, but didn't go because it was supposed to rain. LIE This happened to my husband though, so does that count?

Who knew I was such a good liar? Have a terrible poker face and usually can't stop laughing! Too funny! *L*

In My Mailbox (31)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. I have included links to Goodreads should you want more information on the books.

Original Sin by Allison Brennan is the first book in a new series about the Seven Deadly Sins. I read the excerpt and it sounded really good, so am looking forward to reading this one! I received this as a review copy from Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc.

Haunted by chilling memories of demonic possession and murder, Moira O’Donnell has spent seven years hunting down her mother, Fiona, whose command of black magic has granted her unprecedented control of the underworld. Now Moira’s global search has led her to a small California town that’s about to become hell on earth.

Received a review copy of Live A Life You Love from Online Publicist. While I don't usually read non-fiction, this one caught my eye and I thought it might be interesting.

The promise of Live A Life You Love is simple: being true to your most authentic self and following essential principles of wellness will make you happy, healthy, and passionately in love with life.


Can't wait to see what everyone got in their mailboxes this week!

Are you calling me a liar?

Kathy at Bermuda Onion received the "Creative Writer" Blogger Award from Lesa's Book Critiques and invited us all to play. It looks like fun, so decided to give it a shot. Feel free to play along, as I'm going to follow Kathy's example and open it up to everyone rather than nominate people. Here are the rules (which I promptly broke):

1.Thank the person who gave this to you.
2.Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3.Link to the person who nominated you.
4.Tell us up to six outrageous lies about yourself, and at least one outrageous truth.
5.Allow your readers to guess which one or more are true.
5.Nominate seven “Creative Writers” who might have fun coming up with outrageous lies.
6.Post links to the seven blogs you nominate.
7.Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know you nominated them

Here are my six outrageous lies and one outrageous truth. See if you can guess which one is true.

1. After college, I went to Europe with my roommate's brother. He was 39 and worked on an oil rig. I was 22 and jobless. Backpacked the entire continent. Best. Trip. Ever.

2. On our first trip to London, my husband and I were detained for 7 hours at Heathrow. Convinced it was because our last name is Irish, but the agents wouldn't confirm it.

3. I have itchy feet and have visited 22 different countries. Actual visits; airport layovers don't count.

4. I'm a linguistic geek and fluent in English, Italian, French, and Spanish. Speak passable Portuguese and German, can read Latin, and struggling to learn Hindi.

5. I was 1st runner up in the Miss Ohio pageant. My talent was tap.

6. As an intern for Nick Clooney, I briefly dated his son. Who knew the little jerk would grow up to be George Clooney?

7. Was invited to Woodstock, but didn't go because it was supposed to rain.

Can you guess which one is true? I'll come back after the weekend to confirm the one truth. Or is that a lie as well...and they're all true? *evil grin* Please leave your link if you decide to play, as I'd love to see your creativity run amuck!