I'm a HUGE Loser and Here is Why...

I'm a HUGE Loser and Here is Why...

I have not been around lately!

I've been in my new position at work, shy a couple of months, and I've been swamped with new tasks and just the workload is keeping me on my toes. So to make up for it, I'm gonna bombard you with a ton of EYM answers....

May 18-22: What quirks does you BFF have that you adore, because it makes them unique?

1. She does this cute sound with her mouth when she is thinking. It's a cross between a chirp and a snap.
2. I'm also a hair twirler but she has longer hair so when she gets in one of her hair twirling frenzies she'll slap herself in the face/eye every time.
3. We have favorite sides when it comes to taking pictures.
4. She views her left and right differently than most people. I've learned to give directions as if I'm the seekee not the seeker.

I love everything about her!

May 25-29: Name a few things you like to eat while writing.

1. Chocolate
2. Chips & Salsa
3. Anything in arms reach.

June 1-5: Pick ONE of your 5 senses you find most important to you.

Sight.

Touch... taste... those seem super important too but I think sight would be the most important to me. I wouldn't want to miss watching my kids grow up. Sure I'd want to hear their sweet voices and feel their sweet kisses but I'd want to see their sweet smiling faces. I wouldn't want to miss the colors, or animals, or experience things live, die, grow, everything that has to do with life. I think you can experience a lot through your other senses as well but sight is the one I'd like to keep. And I'm sure some feel the same about the other senses as well.


Thanks for stopping by.

I promise I will make time to post at least on Fridays for EYM and Fast Fridays.

June 5: Books You couldn't put down. (I only chose series)

Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
Anna Dressed in Blood series by Kendare Blake
Rot & Ruin series (aka Benny Imura) by Jonathan Maberry
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Finishing School series by Gail Carriger

I didn't put Harry Potter because, duh, that should just be a given with me. ;)

New Meme: Memorable Monday + Kickoff giveaway. (#1)

Welcome to the first ever Memorable Monday meme at Escape In A Book! To celebrate this; they are giving away a book to one of this weeks participants.

How to participate?1. Share a quote that has captured your interest lately in a Memorable Monday post on your blog. Feel free to grab Mari's & Nina's logo (download it to your computer first).
2. Come back here and leave the link to your post in the inlinkz widget.
3. It would be nice if you visited one or two of the other participants.
4. If you tweet your posts then feel free to use the hastag #MemorableMonday

This first time random.org will pick one of the participants and he or she will get a book of their choice.

One of my most memorable quote:

When I read this part, my heart palpitated and my stomach fluttered. I felt like I was right there.

My Top 10 Books of 2011

This year I have read roughly 60 novels and these are my FAVORITES; not in any particular order:

The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell aka Joshua Gaylord

I have read some great zombie books but this one has to be the best thus far. Pick a cover, any cover

Toys by James Patterson

Heartstopper by Joy Felding

It's killer being beautiful.

House by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti

You want a mind f@*# of a book? This is your kind of twisted novel.

Hunger Games (series)

I read all three in a week and instantly fell in love. Can't wait for the movie in 2012.

City of Fallen Angels

This is the 4th install of the Mortal Instruments Series. I love the characters and how the several different worlds she has going on, all live magically together. There is talk of a movie deal!

Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

I know I'm behind on the series seeing how the third installment (Silence) is out, by what can I say... I have too many series going at the same time.

Everfound by Neal Shusterman

I LOVE this series. Everfound is the last book of the Skinjackers series. MUST READ!

Torment by Lauren Kate

Sencond novel in the Fallen series

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

After reading Everlost (first book in Skinjackers series) I fell in love with this author and cannot stop reading his material. He is currently working on Unwholly; a follow-up to Unwind.


BONUS READ:

World War Z by Max Brooks

You might start getting the hint that I love the-end-of-the-world reads... this book takes patience to get through, but over-all, it's a great read and tells great stories about individual uprise in an undead world. It really makes you think about "What would I do in that situation?"