K is for Kisses!

Both Hershey's kisses, and book kisses give me a happy feeling on the inside! Both of them are both good and bad. Hershey's kisses are sweet and delicious but each one is 23 calories each... which is not a lot unless your me and you can and do eat about half the bag! Just like kiss scenes in books. If you read one you get that sweet satisfaction but as you read it repetitively(I mean like twenty to thirty times) I feel like I am slipping in on an intimate moment that is secret to them! I feel like that when I watch a Twilight movie which makes me close my eyes and blush, but when I read it I feel like I'm Bella and I really love that lovely feeling!


What about you? Do you like the intimate moments in books or do you feel like sometimes there is to much?

J is for Jeepers and Jinkies!!

Daphne says "Jeepers!". Shaggy says "Zoinks!". Velma says "Jinkies!", and Scooby says "Rikes!". While Fred says he has a plan. If your like me then you spent your childhood watching reruns of scooby doo, and slowly realizing that there really isn't any boogy man because it is always the nice librarian or the town mayor. If your like me you then turned most of your suspicions and feared the nicest people... and if your not like me, well you should keep ridding to learn the incite of a different mind then your own.

The picture above/left is "the gang" or most commonly known as "those meddling kids", that guided me(one hand help by Scooby the other by various Disney princesses) through my younger age. The picture to the right is not the exact replica but close to the picture of scooby doo the graced my lunchbox kindergarden through fourth grade. Yes every other girl had a princess lunch box(my sister included) but I was loyal and loved my lunch box(right up till fourth grade when I thought I was to cool for cartoons).









What was your favorite cartoon?

Was it popeye?

Or were you a classic Walt Disney-aholic?

















How about the Smurfs?

Loony Tunes?











Or at the end of the day we can all go for a Disney classic:

The Princesses!

Regardless of you favorite cartoon character scooby doo had indirectly or directly changed you in some way or another. Whether it be through someone else or broadcasted by the TV, scooby doo has forever changed life as we know it!

Comment your favorite cartoon character!

I is for Ice Cream

What else relates to I than Ice Cream? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Below are picture of some of the craziest and most delicious ice creams ever!

This is not only edible but it is super adorable!

This is the worlds most expensive ice cream totaling up to one thousand dollars!

It's not ice cream but what better way to eat cookie dough then in a cone?

Valentines Day? I think so!

Ben & Jerry's: Enough said

From this random blog post I hoped you gained the hunger to eat some ice cream!

Book Review: The Second Summer of the Sisterhood

Title: The Second Summer of the Sisterhood 

Series: Yes (2nd in series)(1st book review here)

Author(s): Ann Brashares

Genre: Fiction 

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Pages: 373

Summary:  With a bit of last summer's sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the Sisterhood that wears them embark on their 16th summer.

Bridget: Impulsively sets off for Alabama, wanting to both confront her demons about her family and avoid them all at once.

Lena: Spends a blissful week with Kostos, making the unexplainable silence that follows his visit even more painful.

Carmen: Is concerned that her mother is making a fool of herself over a man. When she discovers that her mother borrowed the Pants to wear on a date, she's certain of it.

Tibby: Not about to spend another summer working at Wallman's, she takes a film course only to find it's what happens off-camera that teaches her the most.

My Thoughts: Wow and ow. I feel like I read two entirely different books, one was a slow paced dreary devastation where everything went wrong while the other was a beautifully deep, knowledgable, and perfect novel. About 100 of the 373 brought us the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants at his lowest. Yes, I do get that life sometimes turns bad, and happens slowly but most stories contain flashes of that, not entire long chapters of it. That is what happened in the middle of the book, slow chapters brought us cherpy Bee, in a stage of depression, Fun Carmen yelling at everyone, Tibby turing on the past and becoming a poser, and Lena doing absolutely nothing. Past that I thought the other 273 pages were beautiful. They pulled the girls out of the messed up abbess with great philosophical lessons attached to each one. They also contained the wonderful writing skills, perfect plots, and realistic characters that pull together every Ann Brashares book I’ve read. Overall the slow parts of the story were overpowered by Brashares beautiful writing, and perfect characters that I always want to see more of!

Overall Rating: 4.5/5

One word/phrase sum up: Wow and Ow

G is for Geez I hate when you flight is cancelled, and H is for Hello I survived the airport!

I am back. Where exactly have I been? I have been sleeping in the airport, flying miles above your head, and slowly losing my sanity! I am glad to say I'm home, and happy to see my big warm bed with its nice cozy bookshelf. Today I am attepting to cathc up for yesterday also but my tired eyes(got up at 3 AM), and nearly crippled fingers won't let me go much further so instead I am leaving you with several funny pictures I've accumulated over time:

And some quote ones:

Now I must go my bed has never looked so good!

F IS For Friends That Do Stuff Together...

Today was a busy one and I must hand my blogging duties to spongebob!

E is for Everyone's Inspiration

When I write I spark all my stories off with a little bit of inspiration. Whether it be a picture, quote, or even a moment in my life all my stories have one origin. One little thing that powers them forward. The photo below is a painting titled Maxfield Parrish - Hill Top Farm, Winter  which is at Boston Museum of Fine Art. At first look it is just a beautiful painting, but when my English teacher brought in a larger version of it, that she bought at the Museum, and showed us the deeper meaning of it, I saw a story. As she put it you should enter the photo from one side and walk through it. If you enter on the left side you start at a raggedy old beat up house with a large dying tree then the picture evolved into a happy barn house with beautiful large elms. You can also enter from the right, and start at the beautiful bustling farm house then evolve into a deserted death bed. It is truly as inspirational picture.

This was a picture I found titled Candy Cigar Girl which had a short story in it:

There are many quotes that also inspire me: 

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." 

— Dr. Seuss

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." 

— Marilyn Monroe

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." 

— Maya Angelou



"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." 
— Robert Frost

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one." 

— C.S. Lewis

Tell me, what inspires you to write? To read? To do a good dead? To do anything?

D is for Drawings

I just finished a wonderful book titled The Time-Traveling Fashionista(review here), and what startled me the most when I picked it up was the fact it contained pictures. At first I though, "Am I really going to read a picture book," but even with my doubts I did start to read it. When I hit the first picture I realized that they weren't full scene pictures but instead pictures of clothing that the characters were wearing. As the book progressed so did my rapid interest in the illustrations. Not only were they beautiful but they tied together the book so well I really can't wait to read the next book. 




Below are several pictues that were in the book, that I grabbed from Poppy's site and Amazon:












 In the book the pictures were full, but the only copies I could find cut off half of the image. 




What is your opinion? If you've read The Time-Traveling Fashionista (which I recommend you do), are the pictures good for the book? If you haven't read the book please tell me what you think or if there is another book like it with illustrations.

Book Review: The Time-Traveling Fashionista

Title: The Time-Traveling Fashionista

Series: Yes
Author(s): Bianca Turetsky
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: PoppyPages: 272

Summary:   When Louise Lambert receives a mysterious invitation to a traveling vintage fashion sale in the mail, her normal life in suburban Connecticut is magically transformed into a time traveling adventure.

After a brief encounter with two witchy salesladies and donning an evening gown that once belonged to a beautiful silent film star, Louise suddenly finds herself onboard a luxurious cruise ship in 1912. As Alice Baxter, the silent film star, Louise enjoys her access to an extensive closet of gorgeous vintage gowns and begins to get a feel for the challenges and the glamour of life during this decadent era. Until she realizes that she's not just on any ship-- she's on the Titanic!

Will Louise be able to save herself and change the course of history, or are she and her film star alter ego, destined to go down with a sinking ship in the most infamous sea disaster of the 20th century?

My Thoughts:  This book was not only beautifully written with an enchanting plot line, but it was also wonderfully done. They contained 25 beautiful illustrations of historically accurate vintage dresses that the characters wore that tied it together the book with an elegant informative feeling.  I have never read a book where I sat down and said, Wow there was nothing wrong with that book at all. There were no flaws, no imbalances, and I must say even though this is not my typical dark romance, it is one of the top 3 favorite books. The characters were astounding, each one distinct, and unique. The main character Louise was a great heroic character that I would love to read more of, and the way many historical characters were depicted was astounding. The author added historical facts that are now permanently paved in my head because they were delivered so beautifully. Even though this book took place in a historical time and place the author somehow twisted the plot line into a flourishing drama. Overall this is the hands down best book I have read this year, and I was jumping with joy when I read in the about the author page, that she was working on the sequel! 

Overall Rating: 5/5

One word/phrase sum up: Sparkling and Fantastic  

C is for Criminal Minds

I am now addicted to the sometimes to graphic, but always awesome show that is called Criminal Minds. The show is about a team of FBI agents that are a part of the BAU(Behavior Analyses Unit). Sadly they just dropped two of my favorite main characters(okay in the end I love them all).

What I love about the show is one thing all writers should have in their books, character relationships. Every episode there is one person on the team who works extra hard to catch the serial killer, or who is more attached to the victim then anyone else. This is like in books how one person has more friction with the main character then anyone else. I feel like that is the biggest problem in books because many writers don't work on building any bad relationships. That doesn't mean all the main characters just scream and cry all the time. The show balances out the dark concept with light lines that make anyone laugh even when they are on the edge of their seats waiting for the climax to end.

My favorite relationship is between the usually tough Morgan and the sweet tech helper Garcia.

This is one of the more intense moments in their friendship which I just loooooved!

This is one of their lighter funnier moments that made me want to fall over laughing! (This one is short so do watch it because it makes me laugh every time!)

That is one of the main reasons I love that show is the character relationships that I find so critical between characters because they set a lighter mood.

Also these little Hotch lines make me laugh:

The whole show is a great mix of tears, laughter, and intense drama that I adore! One last laughably hilarious moment:

B is for Bookshelves

As an avidly crazy reader I'm always in need of a good bookshelf, but one thing I have wasted lots of my life in is scrolling through pages of pictures for various things. When I looked up bookshelves once, when creating the header to my blog, I found the craziest things that made me quite puzzled... Here are some of the weirdest bookshelves I've ever seen:

This bookshelf just seems painfully impractical....

I feel like this one defines common sense and gravity.

I'm not sure if this is actually a bookshelf... but google hasn't lead me wrong before.

You also have my header bookshelf which looks so comfy!

Thats it for me and my crazy bookshelf obsession! See you for C! Closing with several non-bookshelf but book related photos:

A is for Another April

It's April again, and I am back to attempting to blog because school is slowly beginning to become less stressful. To kick off this month I have signed up for the A to Z challenge(link on picture). 


Where have I been this year? Lots of school, lots of sports, and even more injures! This year through a combination of about 4 hours of sports a night and the stress from school I have a stress fracture in my lower back and a bulging disk. Short story, all sports have stopped and I have resumed the role of bookworm. 


Where am I going? 


Short term: I am going to start really writing again. Over winter break I pushed out about 1,000 words a day in a story that is now buried under science papers. I haven't touched it since. Even though I have been writing short stories, most of them have been cut short or left without an adequate end because I don't have the time. 


Long term: I am finishing my first draft this year. That is my only long term goal.


What about you guys? Please comment with an update!