I Love Your Blog Award!

Holy Smokes, Batman!

Nah, just kidding!

I must have fallen asleep somewhere along the way.. because I didn’t even absorb the fact that Shana listed me on her I Love Your Blog Award email.  I’m such a geek.

Oh, I am so happy!  Somebody likes my blog!  And, you know, Shana actually reads my posts and comments on them and it makes me feel really special inside, so thanks, Shana! 

So, it is now my honor to pass on the I Love Your Blog Award to seven other blogs.  As you can see on my sidebar, I subscribe to MANY blogs.  I don’t use Google Reader, like many of you do.  I use Microsoft Outlook as my mail handler, that way multiple email addresses filter into one spot.  So, I use the RSS/Atom Feed function.  Therefore, every time one of my favorite blog posts, I get an email.  I love it.  Except, Sunday… there’s so many to read on Salon Sunday.  But, that’s a good thing, I know… because every Sunday I find another blog that I really appreciate… so, I take it back The Sunday Salon, I love Sundays!

Now back to my favorite seven…

A tag back to Shana at Literarily: She has a beautifully designed blog, but her content is even better.  She is a super person and I have much in common with her.  I highly recommend her blog and on “Sher’s One to Ten Scale,” I’d give her a 10!

My most favorite all-time blog is by Lisa at Books on the Brain: There is simply no one better!  She writes beautifully and candidly.  She shoots straight from the heart.  She’s smart and a good mother.  Plus, she likes The Office (Go Jim & Pam).  On “Sher’s One to Ten Scale,” I’d also give her a 10!

I very much enjoy J. Kaye’s Book Blog: She touches on so many things in her blog.  She gives blog spotlights, reviews, book synopsis, etc.  It’s all there in one spot.  She is well networked and I enjoy seeing the events she’s involved in.  She’s just overall…. super groovy!

How did I live my life without Yasmin up ’til now?  Apooo is fantastic!  Her site is absolutely amazing.  I’m sure she self hosts it and it’s so intricate and organized.  There is so much there and so much to look at.  And the resources… my goodness, this gal keeps busy.  She is a sincere heart with a great sense of humor.  LOVE YASMIN!

We simply may not forget Heather at Age 30+… A Lifetime of Books:  I love this well-established blog for many reasons.  The site is very nicely organized, she is a great writer, and she’s very much involved with the book blogging community.  I admire her work and hope to get to be as good as she is.

Serena at Saavy Verse & Wit is “totally cool”:  I got to know her through her entry on Thursday’s Thoughts.  She is a solid reviewer and also very well networked in our “Book Blog Community.”  She’s hip and smart and she really puts time and thought into her reviews, which I totally  appreciate.

Last, but not least, Traci’s Book Bag: I think she’s fairly new, like me… I could be wrong.  But, I learned about her through Shana, my “BBBFF” (translated, “Best Book Blog Friend Forever”… hee hee).  I love the design and content of her site.  I want to get some design tips from her… so, hopefully she’ll end up liking me enough to give me some pointers!

OK… so that’s my seven “awardees.”  And, you seven “awardees” must pass the award along to your seven favorites (that is, if you haven’t already been awarded and posted… because you don’t have to do it twice just for me! Tee Hee Hee).

Have a warm and wonderful reading night, friends!

Sher

Book Award’s Reading Challenge 2008

Oh me, Oh My….      Here I Go Again….

Now, the one saving grace to the Fall Challenges is that many of them can actually overlap… so, you may be reading one book, and posting for two!  Here’s the scoop:

10 months. 10 award winners.

Rules: Read 10 award winners from August 1, 2008 through June 1, 2009.

1. You must have at least FIVE different awards in your ten titles.
2. Overlaps with other challenges are permitted.
3. You don’t have to post your choices right away, and your list can change at any time.
4. ‘Award winners’ is loosely defined; make the challenge fit your needs, keeping in mind Rule #2.
5. SIGN UP using Mr. Linky (go to the site and sign up)
6. Have fun reading!

The list of qualifying awards is on the Book Award’s site, on the right hand side of the post.

So far, I have completed:

• Love in the The Time of Cholera (August) Nobel Prize
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (September)

I’ve got coming up:

• Of Mice & Men, J. Steinbeck
• The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
• To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
• Jesus Land: A Memoir, Julia Scheeres
• The Glass Castle:  Jeannette Walls 
• The Road, Cormac McCarthy
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell

Lit Flicks Challenge

I’m joining, yet again…

another challenge….

 The Lit Flicks Challenge

THE RULES OF THE CHALLENGE:
1. Challenge runs from September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009.
2. Read 5 books/pieces of literature that have been made into movies.
3. Then watch at least 2 of the movie adaptations of the works you read.

The link to the challenge is in my right sidebar if you are interested in joining.  The posting has more detailed information…

My list is:

• Love in the Time of Cholera
• A Walk to Remember
• Kite Runnter
• Nights in Rodanthe (Being released TODAY!)
• The Secret Life of Bees

Alternates:

• Marley & Me

Yes, I am a sickly addicted Nicholas Sparks fan.  I ordered his new release The Lucky One and it’s not here yet.  I just cannot wait to read it!  It’s on my Fall Into Reading 2008 Challenge list!

So, you challenge readers…. sign up!