Oh My Blog Award - Soundtrack of My Childhood!

Rikki from The Bookkeeper has awarded me the Oh My Blog Award! I think this award might be my favorite to date simply because of the hilarity that can ensue. She has tried to get me to do (e) Take a picture of yourself first thing in the morning, before you do anything else (hair, make up, etc) and post it after I told her I took a picture of myself without makeup and I look like Sloth from The Goonies...so yeah...don't ask because I'm not going to post it! Haha!

Here are the rules:

1. Get really excited that you got the coolest award EVER!
2. Choose ONE of the following options of accepting the OMB award:

• Get really drunk and blog for 15 minutes straight, or for as long as you can focus.
• Write about your most embarrassing moment.
• Write a "Soundtrack of your childhood" post.
• Make your next blog a ‘vlog’/video blog. Basically, you’re talking to the camera about whatever.
• Take a picture of yourself first thing in the morning, before you do anything else (hair, make up, etc) and post it.

      3. Pass the award on to at least three, but preferably more, awesome bloggers. Don’t forget to tell them.

I will pass this most awesome blog award onto:

• Sarah at My World of Books
• Allison at The Allure of Books
• Kristin at Peace, Love, and Muesli

Also, make sure you visit Rikki at The Bookkeeper! She has a great blog!

Now, on to the Soundtrack of My Childhood! Click "Read More" to see my blog mixtape.

Blog Award! The Versatile Blogger

SenoraG, from Reading, Reading, and Life visited my blog today and awarded me The Versatile Blogger Award! I really feel honored and excited that she thought to give me this award because she is a new follower on my blog. 

The rules of The Versatile Blogger Award are:

• Thank the person who gave you this award
• Share 7 things about yourself
• Pass the award on to people who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason (...in no particular order)!
• Contact those you have chosen to receive the award.

Seven Things About Myself

1. I am a co-admin for two groups on Shelfari (Fantasy/Science Fiction Book of the Month and Anne McCaffrey and All Her Worlds.
2. I am unemployed, seeking employment, and passing the time by blogging about books I read.
3. I never knew networking with other bloggers and sharing our love of books could be so much fun (There are very few people in my life that are readers so blogging and Shelfari have been wonderful).
4. I would really like to do a solo trip to another country someday!
5. One of my goals in life is to become fluent in another language (preferably Spanish since it's so useful where I live).
6. My favorite movie of all-time is The Goonies. A few years ago I vacationed in Oregon and made a special detour to Astoria just to do the self-guided Goonies tour and take lots of pictures!
7. I went whale watching last year and saw a group of humpback whales that came very close to our boat. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

Passing the Award On...

• Leeswammes' Blog - I discovered her blog recently and follow her on Twitter. She is a blogger from The Netherlands that enjoys reading and cooking. Her reviews are thoughtful and her recipes look fantastic!

• Iris on Books - I discovered Iris' blog at about the same time as Leeswammes' blog. She is also a blogger from The Netherlands and I also follow her on Twitter. I enjoy reading her reviews. Recently she has been talking about organizing a UK/Europe Book Bloggers get-together and also is participating in a Japanese Literature Challenge

• Literary Lollipop - I found Literary Lollipop by chance. She is currently doing a read-a-long of Middlemarch by George Eliot on Mondays. A Shelfari friend and I had decided to read the book together and we have been posting on Literary Lollipop (we are a few weeks behind her). Her summaries and thoughts on the book are well done and I'm really enjoying it. I had given up on Middlemarch a few years ago. I think I'll make it through it this time!

I also want to thank SenoraG from Reading, Reading, and Life for giving me this award. Please check out her blog and follow her on Twitter!

Blog Award! Happy 101

A few weeks ago, Whitney from She's Too Fond of Books awarded me the Happy 101 Blog Award. I really like this award because it lets everyone who is awarded share 10 things that make them happy. What a nice idea!

Here are 10 things that make me happy:

1. Route 44 Sonic Unsweetened Ice Tea with extra ice (LOVE Sonic Ice)
2. Curling up with a good book that sucks me into a different world
3. Snuggling with my dogs Turbo and Max (and walking them too!)
4. Laughing about ridiculous things
5. Reading new messages posted on my favorite Shelfari groups (Anne McCaffrey and All Her Worlds and Fantasy/Science Fiction Book of the Month)
6. Tabi socks
7. Listening to music
8. Reading other people's blogs
9. Watching a good movie/TV show (currently obsessed with The Pacific, Castle, and Firefly)
10. Traveling to other countries

I also get to pass this award onto a few blogs! These are blogs I read fairly consistently and really enjoy.

1. Kristi at Kristi Mingo's Thoughts
2. Trish at 100 Mile Fitness Challenge (for the months of January - March 2010)
3. Carin at Caroline Bookbinder
4. Lori at Escape Between the Pages
5. Orchid at The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia

I love reading all these blogs on a regular basis! Thanks again to Whitney at She's Too Fond of Books (whose blog I also enjoy reading regularly)!

My First Blog Award

Oh boy....I am SO late in posting this! Kat from Kat's Books blog gave me a blog award a few weeks ago  (January 15 to be exact) and in my laziness, I am just writing about it today. It's not that I didn't appreciate it because I do. I thought it was so nice of her to mention by blog! Honestly, I have trouble accepting praise for some reason and it contributed to my sloth about posting the award.

Here are the rules for the Our Lovely Blog Award:

Accept the award, and post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his/her blog link. Pass the award to 5 other blogs that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know that they have been chosen for this award.

I am passing the award on to these 5 blogs:

• Ready When You Are, C.B.  - I am really enjoying his Read the Book, See the Movie Challenge, and he always has thoughtful reviews on interesting books.
• Misfit Salon - I love the thoughtful posts on this blog. They are always thought provoking.
• Exploring Worlds - Cam runs the Anne McCaffrey and All Her Worlds group on Shelfari and I love reading her insights on fantasy novels.
• Caroline Bookbinder - I initially took a look at Carin's blog because she is the only person I have EVER seen with the same spelling of name as I have! Not only does she have the same name as I do, but she runs a great book blog with really interesting blog entries. 
• Post Grad Haircut - I just discovered this blog this evening when Samantha visited and left a comment on my blog. I went and had a look at her blog which is devoted to different art forms and her small business, SamMade. I also took a look at her business website, and I have to say that I love her bags! They are super cute!

...And last, but certainly not least, I want to give a BIG THANK YOU to Kat at Kat's Books! Please go and check out her blog. I also follow her blog which I read regularly. She always reviews interesting books that I usually end up putting on my TBR list.