Showing posts with label Bloggy News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bloggy News. Show all posts
Saturday, January 1, 2011
2010: The Year That Was
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had an amazing night of celebration when the New Year was brought in. I can’t believe 2010 is over, it went so quick.
So anyway yesterday Kristi over at The Story Siren did this great post entitled Goodbye 2010 in which she lists some of her favourite books of 2010 as well the ones she wished she read. Kristi also lists in this post some of her can’t wait to read books of 2011. I though this was such a great idea I’ve decided to make my own lists ….
My Top Ten Reads of 2010:
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
Saltwater Vampires by Kirsty Eagar
Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder
Honorable Mention (ten is so insufficient):
Fury by Shirley Marr
Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Matched by Ally Condie
Titles I wish I would have read:
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Good Oil by Laura Buzo
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
You Against Me by Jenny Downham
Jane by April Lindner
Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Books I can’t wait to read in 2011:
Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
Dead Rules by Randy Russell
Blood & Flowers by Penny Blubaugh
Where She Went by Galye Forman
Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles
Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard
The Weight of Bones by Janet Gurtler
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
But I Love Him by Amanda Grace
and so many more ….
Well that’s it from me, wishing you all the best for 2011!
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Wishing Everyone A Merry Christmas
Just a quick post to wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas, I hope you all enjoy the day with your family and friends!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
I’m back from my little sojourn (oh and the winner of the giveaway is ….)
Hey guys,
Sorry about the late posting for this, I was so tired from my trip back to civilisation (it took so long to get home, 6 hours in a car is not fun let me tell you!) but I’m finally back now and refreshed so now I have to pick a winner for my Eternal Ones Giveaway, so without further ado the winner is …..
Entry no. 84, so that’s Charlotte
Congratulations Charlotte!
I’d just like to thank everyone who entered the giveaway and if you didn’t win fear not for I have another giveaway coming up very soon but it will only be open to Australian and New Zealand residents this time around (sorry, it’s a stipulation from the Australian publisher as the book is only available in Australia and New Zealand at the moment), I’ll try and organise an another international one soon.
I don’t know if anyone reading this will actually care one bit but I’ll mention it anyway, I really enjoyed my trip to the bush, well apart from the mozzies, they were everywhere, I am so itchy right now! I saw so many different animals (possums, frogs, owls, skinks, snakes, wombats, wallabies, kangaroos) and got to help with some research going on regarding behaviour in possums and whether or not our native animals eat bait (which is poisonous to them) set out for introduced predators which are a huge problem for our native wildlife. The place I stayed at was pretty amazing (it was right next to a state forest) and we visited it every day as well as at night to spotlight for possums, I had a great time!
These two pictures are where the research was conducted, pretty amazing, don’t you agree?
I also got to go here on one of the days, so pretty. The rocks were also so fun to climb!
On a side note I had a pleasant surprise when I finally got round to checking my email (after 5 days without it, torture for me), I won a copy of Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead! Remember that post I had telling you guys that Penguin Australia was giving away six copies of Last Sacrifice and all you had to do was tell them in 25 words or less how you want Last Sacrifice to end? Well I was one of the lucky winners, fancy that! They were going to send the winners the books by express post on Friday so the winners will get them Monday (a whole day before the official release date) however I got home so late on Friday night that I was too late for my copy to be sent to me as I needed to reply to the email and give them my address so I’m going to have to wait until, most probably, Monday for them to send it to me which is a bit of a bumer, I want to read it so bad, the sooner the better!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Bloggy Downtime
Hey everyone just thought I’d give you all a heads about my lack of posting that will be coming up this week. Tomorrow (Monday 29th) I’ll be leaving Melbourne and going to the bush where there will most probably be no internet connection *gasps in horror*, it’s probably a good thing as I’m supposed to be helping out a PhD student with her research so I can’t get distracted. Anyway long story short I won’t be posting anything this whole week as I’ll be away until Friday 3rd December, this is going to affect my giveaway which ends on the 30th November, so sorry but you guys will have to wait until either Friday night or (if I’m too tired Friday night) Saturday morning for me to pick a winner. Well that’s it from me, have a great week!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
To Buy a Kindle, Or Not To Buy a Kindle: That is the Question
Okay so today is my birthday *squeals of excitement*, and I get to pick my present from my parents, I know great surprise! Anyway I was thinking I should ask for a little thing known as a kindle from Amazon as the Aussie dollar is so high against the US plus they just look so cool but I’m just not sure at the moment, I don’t know if I’d actually use it plus I do like the feel of an actual book, then again I’m running out of room to store my books also I wont have to carry a big book around in my bag whenever I go anywhere.
Basically long story short I’m just not sure if I should get one, so I really need some help from you guys, what do you think, do any of you have an e-reader, if yes do you like it? Any suggestions/comments would be appreciated, I really need your help, thanks!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
I've been tagged!
This is an international game of tag and I've been tagged by Cass @ Words on Paper. I have to answer some questions about myself so all my wonderful bloggy readers can get to know me better and then I will tag four other bloggers so we can learn about them.
4 Things in my Purse Handbag Messenger Bag (I know it’s not as pretty as a handbag but gosh darn it its functional!)
* My iTouch (love, love, love my music, this is my most prized possession, my parents bought it for me as a graduation gift)
* My crappy old mobile (it was my dad’s but is was cheaper to reuse than buy one and I’m always going on about waste and recycling to everybody so I had to put my money where my mouth was, plus I read an article on the metal they use in phones and the gorillas in Africa which put me off buying a new phone when I have a perfectly good one at home, boy that was a long one)
* My pastel green leather notepad holder (I love this so much, it is durable, holds all my handouts from uni and also has a notepad in it which I use to madly scribble notes during lectures, gee this really is handy)
* My currently-reading book (if there’s no room for my book I have to remove something else because my book always comes with me wherever I go)
4 Things in/on my Desk
I don’t really use my desk in my bedroom it’s just used to put my pretty things on it, I use the desk we have in the study however because the study desk is boring I’ll describe 4 things that are in/on my bedroom desk
* Venetian masks (love these, when my mum and I were in Venice she bought one for me with these cool feathers on it, I have another one from my grandma she bought me when she was in Venice too)
* Globe of the world (I’ve always been fascinated with geography ever since I was young so I have to have my globe of the world on my desk)
* Collection of beanie toys and figurines (I never, NEVER, chuck anything out, I think my mum thinks I’m a hoarder, so over the years I have amassed a huge collection of toys and figurines some of which (the best ones) I’ve lined up on my desk)
* My Jewelry Stand (My mum bought me this it’s a bust of a woman made out of wire so you can hang your jewelry from, it’s really pretty and looks great with all my jewelry on it)
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4 Favourite Things in my Bedroom* My wardrobe (dah, it’s got all my clothes in it)
* My fabulous antique looking bed
* My bookshelf packed full with my books
* When they sleep in my room, my cat Tess and my mini schnauzer Gus
4 Things I Always Wanted to Do (but haven't yet)
* Travel to Africa to do volunteer work on a game reserve for 6 months
* Travel to Africa (again) to see the mountain gorillas in Rwanda
* Learn to drive a car (I know pretty bad, I’ve got my L’s and I’ve had 2 lessons but I’m not very good yet L)
* Speak German fluently (my mum is from Germany so I really want to be able to talk to her, I’m learning German at the moment but I’m not at the fluent stage yet)
4 Things I Enjoy Very Much at the Moment
* My holiday from uni, woo-hoo!
* Reading
* Walking my dog while listening to my iTouch, it’s very relaxing
* Blogging and surfing around other book blogs, your all so great!
4 Songs I Can't Get Out of My Head
* Florence and the Machine – Howl
* Mumm-Ra – She’s Got You High
* Augustana - Where the Love went Wrong
* Ra Ra Riot – Too Too Too Fast
4 Things you Don't Know About Me
[Brushtail Possum]
* I’m currently in my first year of my masters degree in zoology, I haven't started my research yet though just boring old subjects. I'll be getting into the research soon though which means collaring the possums and tracking their movements.
[Me and a macaw in the Peruvian Amazon]
[View of Machu Picchu from the Sun Gate]
* I love to travel. Last year I traveled to Ecuador , the Galapagos Islands and Peru
* I love animals since I was young, we’ve had everything from guinea pigs, ducks, cats, dogs, birds, mice, rats and birds, and we live in the suburbs about 20 mins from Melbourne city
* I am a committed vegetarian, ever since I read an article on chicken farming practices in Australia I decided no more meat and it's stuck
So there you go now you know a bit more about me, I hope I wasn't too boring. So the four people I am gonna tag are: Melissa (Spellbound by Books), The Bookish Snob, Tammy (The Book Fairy's Haven) and Little Miss Becky (Stories and Sweets).
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