Dragon's Loyalty Award

The Dragon's Loyalty Award is an award for the loyal fan/commenter, whether the recipient is a fellow blogger or just a someone who follows and comments regularly.

Here are the rules:

* If you have a blog, post it on your blog with a link back to the site who gave it to you.

* Leave them a comment on their site, email, etc. to let them know.

* If you don't have a blog but have a website, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or other type account, post there with a link back.

* Pass this on to 3-10 loyal fans.

Thanks so much to CC Chronicles for this way cool award!! How awesome is that picture?

So I'm passing this on to:

Suey at It's All About Books

Lynn at Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile

Angie at Angieville (Who has the most awesome header.)

and Melissa at One Librarian's Book Reviews

Awards

I've gotten a couple of awards lately!
Let's Be Friends from Laura at I'm Booking It!






And Honest Scrap from Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile!


Now, I am an absolute party pooper, but I just don't know who to pass what on to these days!

But, in the spirit of Honest Scrap, I will post 10 random tidbits about myself and I will try to make them non-bookish things you might not already know--

1. 1) I love penguins.
2. 2) I studied Humanities but never finished my degree (there's always later, right?)
3. For some reason this post absolutely hates me.
4. I've been teaching myself html in bits and pieces for more than 7 years... but what I can actually do with it is pretty limited.
5. Deer walk right past my door on a semi-regular basis.
6. I absolutely LOVE the shows Numb3rs, NCIS, MASH and Star Trek (TNG!)
7. I also really love the show Chopped on the Food Network
8. My favorite color is Orange, though I only realized it a couple years ago.
9. I have an obsession with the spices Curry, Cardamom and Cumin
10. I have a book club that I sort of started and sort of run by default. :D

That was a lot harder than I thought it would be.... I'm really not all that interesting. ;)

And We Come to the End

Of the Ides of March Madness!

And the big winner is-- Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner.

I really thought The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had it, but what do I know. :D

Award :D

I got an award! Yea me! Yay me! (Yea is a weird word....)

From Jo at Ink and Paper

Anyway.



So the rules that go with this one....
1) Put the logo on your blog/post.
2) Nominate up to 9 blogs.
3) Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4) Let them know that they have been nominated by commenting on their blog.
5) Remember to link to the person from whom you received your award.

I'm just going to do one blog. I like the one for one idea. :D

I'm Booking It
Go check it out!!

Between sick kidlets and Virtual Book Tours coming up, I'm swamped, so talk amongst yourselves tomorrow, okay? :D

Premio Dardos

I got another award. I feel special! It's from Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile.

You can see the award post here.

Here are the rules:
1. To accept and show the distinct image
2. Show the link to the blog from which you were given the award
3. Choose 15 blogs to give the Award (Premio Dardos).

Fifteen?!?! Yikes! Um.... I'm going to have to ponder...

Awards are really really fun. But, sometimes it starts to feel like a chain letter, you know? :D

At least they're good for self-esteem though!

Stuff Going On...

How's that for vague?

So-- I got an award. :D


From Jessica at Books Love Jessica Marie.
Go check out her super cute blog-- and cheer her on as she participates in the 24 hour read-a-thon today!
"Blogs that received the Let’s Be Friends Award are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers."

Hmmm.... eight, huh? Okay, let's see:

1. The Brain Lair-- cheer for KB today too!
2. Book Blather-- go cheer for these gals on today's 24 hour read-a-thon, too!
3. Book Bird Dog-- a cool blog focused on more obscure books!
4. One Librarian's Book Reviews-- :D Love Melissa's reviews-- and she's doing the read-a-thon too!
5. Amy's Haiku Haven-- Haikus with every post-- check out the one abour Mr. Darcy.
6. Library Queue-- another read-a-thon-er! (That's probably not a word...)
7. MawBooks-- Natasha is amazing! (And doing the read-a-thon! Am I the only one NOT doing this today??)
8. Hobo Teacher-- this one is just funny. It's a fictional blog, but so much rings true...

Check out KC's Contests-- a brand new author blog, check out her Love Your Library contest.

GOOD LUCK to everyone doing the read-a-thon!!!!!

Tag, You're It

I've been TAGGED. (And the best part is I don't have to chase anyone down to tag them...)

Suey at It's All About Books tagged me for the Kreativ Blogger Award. So I'm supposed to list 7 things I love....

1. Books. That's a given, right?

2. Used book stores. There's just something about the smell of really old books...

3. Curry. I have a serious curry obsession. Garlic too.

4. Scrapbooking.

5. Cool sounding words.

6. The color orange.

7. Music.

Now I have to tag 7 people? Hmm. Really?

How about I tag people who read this blog. That's right, I'm tagging you. And you. And you. And... you get the idea.

Tell me 7 random things about yourself.

ETA- Make one of them a book for consideration for my Monthly Possibilities or there won't be anything to vote on. :D

I Am Special

:D

I got an award! I really did. SEE? Thanks, Melissa!!!

So.... now I have to give awards.... hmmm... Let's check the rules...

1) Add the logo of the award to your blog [check]

2) Add a link to the person who awarded it to you [check]

3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs (or whatever random number you want :)

4) Add links to those blogs on your blog

5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs!

I'm going to bend the rules too.... I've got 6 blogs to award.

Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile-- gotta love this one! Books for little bookworms. Since Mister is a similar age, this is a great place to find ideas for him.

Writer in the Cranberry Tower-- G G Vandagriff's blog. I can't wait to read more about what trouble Alex and Briggie are going to get into next! She's also got a contest right now about her new book Last Waltz.

Lisa Shearin, Author-- we all know I love Lisa Shearin. And she's posting snippets from The Trouble with Demons every Saturday!!

Falling Stacks-- I love the comic/graphic novel reviews, because I don't usually read a lot of them myself. I also love the Sunday Suggestion-- cool idea!

Bookscoops-- last but most certainly not least. These ladies got me started on this whole venture! And we've found sooooo many great picture books on their blog!

The Mysterious Mrs. B Roth-- she cracks me up. Really. Just go read it.

[Check on 3 and 4... off to fulfill rule #5!]