Weekly Geeks #12 - Linking Book Reviews

When Dewey started Weekly Geeks, one of the first projects she encouraged us to do was link our book reviews to each other. Sadly, I've fallen of the wagon on this one. For people like me who need a refresher and for all the new Weekly Geeks this is a topic that could use repeating.

Let's look at Dewey's original post : Dewey's post.

Here's what we'll do:

1. Write a post encouraging readers to look through your archives (if you have your reviews in a particular place on your blog, point them there), and find the books that they have also written reviews. Tell them to leave a link to their review on your review post. For example, I've written a review for Gods Behaving Badly and Jane Doe leaves a link to her review of Gods Behaving Badly in the comments section of my review.

2. Edit your reviews to include those links in the body of the review post.

3. Visit other Weekly Geeks and go through their reviews. Leave links for them.

4. Leave a note somewhere on your blog to let people know this is your new policy.

5. Write a post later this week letting us know how your project is going!
This is a big undertaking but as Dewey put it, it's 'community building'. Have fun!

I love this idea.. and I encourage whoever reviewed a book that I have also reviewed to leave me their link here and I will add it to my review of the book..

As for any new reviews in the future, please leave me your links in the comments of the same book so I'll edit the review and add them :)

I believe this will make a very nive circle of blogging friends..

Here are the links for all the reviews I've done up until now on my blog.. the old ones are my first attemps to reviewing so they might look a bit different than the ones I've written lately ;)

If you would like to participate in this week's Weekly Geeks, then check it out here ..

From 2008:

1st to Die by James Patterson

A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton

PS, I Love You by Cecilia Ahern

The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family by Dave Pelzer

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake Book 1) by Laurell K. Hamilton

One For The Money (Stephanie Plum Series #1) by Janet Evanovich

Jemima J.: A Novel about Ugly Ducklings and Swans

Honeymoon by James Patterson & Howard Roughan

The Other Boleyn Girl By Philippa Gregory

The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory

The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich

Eight Million Ways To Die by Lawrence Block

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson

Love-Slave To The Sheikh by Miranda Lee

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Real Murders by Charlaine Harris

2nd Chance by James Patterson

The Complete Poems of Sarah Orne Jewett by Sarah Orne Jewett
Case Histories: A Novel by Kate Atkinson

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas by James Patterson

Many Bloody Returns (Anthology)

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

"B" Is For Burglar by Sue Grafton

From 2009:

Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson

Exotic Erotica Bundle by Eden Bradley, Jina Bacarr and Delilah Devlin
Dead To The World By Charlaine Harris

Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Sex And The Single Vampire by Katie MacAlister

A Girl's Guide to Vampires by Katie MacAlister

Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris

Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris

Acting Like Family by J.J. Massa

Stalked by Brian Freeman

A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan

The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan

Tunnels Of Blood by Darren Shan

All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris

Copycats by Michael A. Arnzen

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan

Burn by Anne Rainey (Linda Ingmanson)

Sincerely Yours by Rebecca Goings

The Pumpkin Mashers by Linda Oness

The Darkest Fire by Gena Showalter

Unwanted Visitor by Lori Derby Bingley

Friday Fil-Ins #117

This week, I took the first sentence in 6 of my favorite books...you fill them in...with the right words or even better, ones of your own.And...here we go!

1. "In a hole in the ground there lived Bugs Bunny."

2. "I'm anxious but that ain't no matter."

3. "After dark the rain began to fall again, Bummer."

4. "Save us from the hold of the Spanish galleon."

5. "There was a hand in the darkness, and it reached for me."

6. "Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, I'm one of them."

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to attending a lecture, tomorrow my plans include being lazy and Sunday, I want to read!

Would you like to pitch in?! then go here ..

Unwanted Visitor by Lori Derby Bingley

Year Published: 2005

My Rating: 4 stars

24 pages

Distance: Prince Edward Island, Canada = 5736.3 miles / 9231.7 kilometers

This was one of my 1$ purchases :)..

It's a short story about a man trying to get back his wife after some unknown pleople kidnapped her in the middle of the night from their home.

Will he get her back? Will there life ever be the same? Or is he risking his life in the process?

I liked this story although it was short I felt it was a complete story. It was a nice short mystery ! If I say more I'll just spoil it :)

A quote from the book:

They’d come into his home … their home … in the middle of the night and taken her right from under his watchful eye. He’d been held down, gagged, and then knocked out as he watched his wife taken by two large men who could kill her with a single punch. He worried they’d hurt her, or even worse … that she was dead and he was already too late.

The Darkest Fire by Gena Showalter

Year Published: 2008

My Rating: 2 stars

83 pages

Distance: Oklahoma School, Oklahoma = 7600.8 miles / 12232.2 kilometers

This is a prequel to the Lords of the Underworld series, so I thought I'll start the series with reading this short book to see if it grabs my attention..

Kadence is a goddess, who is some kind of warden to hell and Geryon is the Gaurdian of hell.. For hundreds of years he has been guarding it not leaving his post, while she visits daily to check that everything is ok.

They secretly fall in love with each other, then are forced to test that love if it's true or just some infatuation.

Nice love story but I wasn't really excited about demons and lucifer and gods/godesses.. Vampires and Werewolves are fine by me but this was just too much.. there love for each other was sweet but the rest of the story was not really likeable .. I just felt guilty reading it! Can't really put my finger on the exact reason but in general.. So I was not really comfortable, but I wanted to see what happens in the end. The end was not what I expected so that was another letdown.

I was feeling like some curse will fall on me anytime while reading it.. too dark :)

Now I'm skeptical about even reading the next book! I might check some more reviews to see if it's somewhat different, hopefully better!

Quotes from the book ..

"He shook his head, positive he had merely imagined the words. In all their centuries together, they had never spoken, never deviated from their routine. As the Guardian of Hell, he ensured the gate remained closed until a spirit needed to be cast inside. That way, no one and nothing escaped-and if they tried, he rendered punishment. As the goddess of Oppression, she fortified the physical barrier with only a touch. Silence was never breeched."

His gaze bore into her. “I once swore that were I ever lucky enough to regain my soul, I would never, for any reason, trade it again. I have just realized that I would willingly trade it for you, Kadence. So yes, I want to do this.”

Booking Through Thursday - Best Bad Book?

Suggested by Janet:

The opposite of last week’s question: “What’s the best ‘worst’ book you’ve ever read — the one you like despite some negative reviews or features?”

I had to search for the worst books of all time lists and found that I enjoyed a number of them..

This is the link I checked ..

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2.The_worst_books_of_all_time

For example.. the number one book was The DaVinci Code, and truth be told I was facinated by that book.. true I read it before I started blogging my reads so I don't have a review for it but I would have givin it a 4 stars out of five..

As for choosing to read it, it was chosen because I heard about the controversy around it and chose to see for myself.

The second book on the list was no other than Twilight.. I enjoyed that book although I've read so many negative reviews about it.. but I read it after I already finished the 7 Harry Potter books and there was no more so I thought of trying Twilight out as a substitute after HP and I enjoyed it very much.. I even recommended it to my neice who is a very dedicated HP fan and she enjoyed it too.. I would say the same for the rest of the series too :)

This one I chose because I read that it was about vampires (something new for me to read about, now I just ADORE them) and was not introduced to the land of blogging yet so I didn't get to read the mixed reviews until after I already read the first 3 books of the series :)

If you like to participate or check out the other responses go here ..

The Pumpkin Mashers by Linda Oness

Year Published: 2007

My Rating: 2 stars

23 pages

Distance: Oakville, Ontario Canada = 6463.8 miles / 10402.5 kilometers

This is also an ebook I bought from Champagne Books for $1, trying out new authors :)

It starts with a traveller getting killed by some creature and nobody knows what this creature is on a farm owned by a man and his twin daughters.

The Sheriff comes by to tell them about it and they all assume it's an accident and that the man was killed by a wolf!

But the Sheriff is not convinced and tries to investigate.. will there be more to it than just a mere accident?!

It's a short story, but not to my taste. I was disappointed with the ending! Maybe with a bit more details it would have been better for me.. just not my cuppa tea!

Wordless Wednesday!

This is my Wordless Wednesday for this week.. The main site is here ..

This is a masterpiece done by the niece of one of my very best friends. She is very talented, and yes that is her hand in the picture :)

Musing Mondays #6

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about bookstores…
How many bookstores do you frequent? Do you have a favourite? If so, which one and what makes it so?

Recently I've been frequenting one bookstore that is very close to my house it's called Jareer, it's one of the biggest bookstores in my city. It has a very big variety of English books, even the new ones.

Other than that I shop online through Fictionwise, Amazon, Chapmagne Books or any other site I find that has good bargains.. and I usually look for EBooks when online :)

Sometimes I go to the bookstore to check out titles that I like, then come and order them in ebook format if available, to save some shelf space and get to use my reader more :)

I wish we had a public library in my city but unfourtunatly we don't :(

When I go to Malaysia I love to visit MPH bookstore and Kinokuniya!

Sincerely Yours by Rebecca Goings

Year Published: 2005

My Rating: 5 stars

58 pages

Distance: Distance: Hillsboro, Oregon = 7684.1 miles / 12366.4 kilometers

I bought this ebook from Champagne Books for $1 and it's worth every penny!

I've always had trouble with books that have people going out to war, it's not that I have had anyone go to war or even anyone in my family in the military. It's just I feel so sad when I imagine young youths going out to face the horrors and traumas of war, that no one should face. My heart goes out to them for leaving their countries, families, friends and loved ones to fight for something thier countries believe in. I truly wish that all countries consider living in eternal peace with each other and spare humanity from wars and it's outcomes! Peace for Humanity please!

That said I'll get on with my review, I just had to say that before.. so ..

Sincerely Yours is a short story filled with love and emotions that just overwhelmed me!

Sabrina is having some martial problems with her hubby and while she is sitting with her grandparents she is thinking of how their love for each other has never ceased in all these years.

So her grandmother decides to show her a scrapbook containing some letters from when she and her husband were corresponding during WWII and that was before they got married. Actually they were only penpals at the time but both had strong feelings for the other that they did not show.

The letters start out friendly, then effectionate then comes the declaration of love.. Over the year that her grandad was at war they have been faithfully writing to each other the most romantic letters!

I just loved this book to pieces!! It was so romantic and emotional! I could feel for both of them!

A must for romantics anywhere :)

Some random quotes from the book that I enjoyed ..

“I’ve learned never to take anything for granted,” I heard my granddad say. “Grab a hold of what you love and never let go. I knew a good thing when I fell in love with your grandmother. I caught her then so many years ago, and she’s still right here in my arms.”

“Life is what you make of it, and so is your love,” Grandmother breathed. “If you love that young man, Sabrina, then tell him every day. Hold his hand at every opportunity and never let him get away.”

"You cannot possibly know how much it means to me for you to have thought of me enough to send me this rose. "

"I want to hold on to you and never let you go. I want so badly to be in your heart, Danny, the way you are in mine. "

"I know I promised you that I’d be coming home, but I’m not so sure now. The horrors of this war are too real to think that they’ll never happen to me. That kind of thinking is exactly what kills men every single day. "

"There is no other woman in this world that I love more than you, right now, at this moment. Sweetheart, you’ve been inside me this whole time I’ve been here, and I thank you for your gentleness and caring.Even if I don’t come back to you, Kat, even if I’m killed in action, just like Bruce Morgan or Craig Bryerson, know that I love you with ever fiber of my being, with every breath that I take."

Burn by Anne Rainey (Linda Ingmanson)

Year Published: 2009

My Rating: 4 stars

106 pages

Distance: Connecticut, USA = 6274.3 miles / 10097.4 kilometers

I read the review for this book at Cindy's Blog and it caught my interest so I went and bought and read it.. Check out Cindy's review ..

Ally and Blake were highschool sweethearts and the only man Ally loved. Then he went and broke her heart by leaving to New York. Ten years later he reappears and wants to start where they left off. But this time Ally has Heather to help her out ;)

Can he mend her broken heart and make her overcome her pride or will she give him the cold shoulder.. Steamy scenes not for the faint hearted!

I simply adored this book :)

A quote I liked in this book..

"You're my sweet angel, Ally. Your blonde hair looks like a halo framing your face." He paused a moment, just staring, then said, "What we're about to do ... It's different, Ally. I've been with girls, you know that, but with you, it's just different, that's all."

"I'm scared, Blake."

He stroked my face and smiled. "I know, but I'll make it real good for you, baby. I'll make it memorable for both of us."

Other points on view about this book :)

Cindy Reads Romance

What's In A Name

I found this at Bella's blog and thought I'd give it a try :)

• USE THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.


• THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES,NAMES,THINGS. NOTHING MADE UP!


• TRY TO USE DIFFERENT ANSWERS IF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU HAD THE SAME 1ST INITIAL.


• YOU CAN'T USE YOUR NAME FOR THE BOY/GIRL NAME QUESTION

1.What is your name? Desert

2. A 4 Letter Word: Disk

3. A Boy's Name: Dexter

4. A Girl's Name: Dina

5. An Occupation: Doctor

6. A Colour: Dusk Pink

7. Something you wear: Dress

8. A Beverage: Dr. Pepper

9. A Food: Dates

10. Something found in the bathroom: Diapers

11. A place: Downtown

12. Something you shout: Dang!

Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan

Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan

Year Published: 2007

My Rating: 5 stars

432 pages

Distance: Sacramento, California = 8112.5 miles / 13055.8 kilometers

This is the first book of the No Evil series and it's the first book I read for this author. I'm a definite fan now!! WOW this lady sure can write mysteries!!

Detective Carina Kincaid is called to a murder scene of a young girl, all the circumstantial evidence points to Steve Thomas, so Steve calls his sheriff brother from Montana Nick to come and help him.

The killer does not seem to be satisfied with one girl and soon starts on a raping-killing spree..

Will the detective and her brothers along with the sheriff catch him before he hits yet again?! And will the feelings between Carina and Nick develop into something more serious ?!

It's a very gripping, page-turning book. The murders are intense and horrifying but I loved the details and the flow of the story. Very recommended book for crime/mystery readers!

Mother's Day !

Last night was a blast :)

I was sitting with my hubby and 2 eldest kids (son and daugther) talking when my daughter went to the kitchen (I thought she was doing a sandwich for herself) and came back with BROWNIES that she has done herself, they were the most delicious, moist, chewy brownies I have ever tasted and she baked them for me !! Entering the room and saying Happy Mother's Day!!

I was so surprised I never expected they were planning this.. I was so happy that they cared enough to do this.. my son was distracting me while his sister was doing the baking ;) smart guy!!

Then the huge big surprise.. my son gave me a box.. which took me a while to register what it was, it was the shock!! .. I didn't imagine in my wildest dreams that they have secretly been plotting along with my wonderful hubby to get me this..





I was so surprised, I didn't know what to say.. actually my N95 mobile phone broke down over a month ago and I have been using an old Nokia that is just a basic phone.. not enough message space, no bluetooth, no camera, no Wi-Fi! Check it out.. I have been suffering for a while LOL!





Now I get to play with my new plaything, trying to learn how it works and downloading some cool applications from the ITunes website..

Thanks to my gorgeous hubby and adorable kids :) I love you !!

The Sisterhood Award

I have been honored with this beautiful award from my sister blogger Lilly at Reading Extravaganza , the name of the award says it all :) I appreciate you thinking of me Lilly ;) right back at you :)

Here are the rules to spread the sisterhood spirit:
1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate up to 10 blogs which show great attitude and/or gratitude!
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Remember to link to the person from whom you received your award.

My sisters that I nominate this award to are..

His Sweetheart at His Sweetheart

eshda3wa at eshda3wa

Hind at Pinkish

My ♥ Set on U at Life Goes On,,

Errant at My Own Circus Show

ZeZe at The Stage

izzy™ at another kind of green

Sadia at 's' is for sadia

Erotic Horizon at Erotic Horizon

Cindy W at Cindy Reads Romance

Yvonne at Socrates' Book Reviews

Bella Foxx at Bella is reading . . .

Dar at Peeking Between the Pages

Vickie at Vixen's Daily Reads

Drey at drey's library

TexasRed at TexasRed Books

Sandy Nawrot at You've GOTTA read this!

Carpoolqueen at Just Your Average Carpoolqueen

Insert Book Title Here at {Insert Book Title Here}

Duchess Berry at 3 minutes Writer

Pabast at reading mama

Beth F at Beth Fish Reads

Jenny Girl at Jenny loves to read

Jo-Jo at Jo-Jo loves to read!!!

Padfoot and Prongs at Padfoot and Prongs

Marta at Marta's Meanderings

Noufa at Not just a pretty face ~

Chris at book-a-rama

J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog

Ramya at Ramya's Bookshelf..

My Two Blessings at My Two Blessings

Heather at Heather's Reading Romance

S. Krishna at S.Krishna's Books

Ok I know I exceded the 10 blog thingy, just a little, well maybe just a bit overboard ;) but I still had to limit it.. or I would have added all my blog roll and the blogs I follow.. I have so many sisters that it's so hard to just choose some of them :)

Booking Through Thursday - Worst Best Book You’ve Ever Read

Suggested by Janet:

How about, “What’s the worst ‘best’ book you’ve ever read — the one everyone says is so great, but you can’t figure out why?”

The ones that come to mind are..

Atonement by Ian McEwan, I've read so much about how great it is and how wonderfully written it was.. plus the impressive awards it got.. but when I was reading it I was having so much trouble turning from one page to the next.. especially the second part of the book about the war.. I almost read the page diagonally..

I saw the movie after I finished the book and loved it.. it was the first movie I ever saw that I loved the movie better than the book..

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, actually I couldn't finish them so I don't think they count.. but I just couldn't keep reading and reading descriptions of every leaf on the tree.. It bored my head off and I didn't even reach half of the first book!

The Hobbit, same here! I really tried!

The Golden Compass, for some reason it just did not grip me.. I thought it would be great, but I couldn't finish it.. I might give it a try again but not sure!

And last but not least.. Fledgling by Octavia Butler, I read over 50 pages and just couldn't get into the story

I'm sure a lot of you will disagree, but I believe different genres were meant for our different tastes :) and I truly like to read for enjoyment not as a punishment, so I prefer to read what I like :)

If you like to participate or check out the other responses go here ..

Wordless Wednesday!

This is my Wordless Wednesday for this week.. The main site is here ..

Aren't these Netbooks just adorable?! I want the pink one :)

Unconscious Mutterings Week 320

Found this at Unconscious Mutterings and it seems fun ..

I say ... and you think ... ?

Sunburn :: Vampires ;)
Aquarium :: Sharks (I hate them, a phobia since I saw Jaws when I was 7)
Otter :: Brown
Awesome :: M&M's
LOL :: @ my mobile phone for not answering someone I don't want to talk to write now.. I'm busy writing this :)
Accordion :: Music
Hot Pocket :: I really want to try one!
Grandstand :: Never went to one!
Shaved :: Head (Quinn from the Southern Vampires series)
Upgrade :: Computer

What Kind of Evil Are You?

As usual, I found this at Sweet Memes blog and thought of checking it out :)


Raw evil score: 20%

if you would like to check it out click the link above :) and tell me your score!

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Year Published: 2002

My Rating: 4 stars

224 pages

Distance: Minneapolis, Minnesota = 6967.6 miles / 11213.2 kilometers

This is the story of Coraline, yeah not Caroline but Coraline :)

She moves with her parents to a new house that is divided to four apartments. She loves to explore, so one day she finds a door in their house that opens to a brick wall.. on the other side is the empty apartment that is not rented yet.. When she comes to explore a second time.. she finds the door having no bricks anymore instaed it leads to the other apartment so she goes it to discover a whole new world.

Then her parents go missing and she tries to find them by being brave and explorative with the help of a cute black cat..

I loved this story, it was fun, cute and just down right entertaining.. Coraline is a very brave intelligent child who loves exploring.. I adored the cat the most.. I want one :)

According to Wikipedia this book was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers. It has been compared to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland because of its surrealism and plot based on an alternate-reality, and has been adapted into a 2009 stop-motion film directed by Henry Selick.

BTW.. this is the first time I read for this author and I truly liked his style.. I'm planning on checking The Graveyard Book !

Jes at Shelfari posted this link for an interview with the author on the Colbert Report, it is hillarious :)

A quote I liked in the book ..

“She left us here,” said one of the voices. “She stole our hearts, and she stole our souls, and she took our lives away, and she left us here, and she forgot about us in the dark.”

Other points of view about this book:

Nymeth at Thing Mean A Lot

Bold Blue Adventure

Booknotes by Lisa

Melody's Reading Corner

The Hidden Side of a Leaf

Tip of the Iceberg

Bombastic Bagman

Becky's Book Reviews

Stainless Steel Droppings

Once Upon a Bookshelf

Out of the Blue

Book-a-rama

Rhinoa's Ramblings

Biblio Addict

Valentina's Room

Trish' Reading Nook

Bart's Bookshelf

Peeking Between the Pages

Fizzy Thoughts

Musing Mondays #5

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about talking to strangers…

We were all warned as children to 'never talk to strangers', but how do you feel about book-talk with random people? When you see people reading, do you ask what it is? Do you talk to people in the book store or the library? Why or why not? What do you do if people talk to you? (question courtesy of Dena)

I'm not really the person likely to start a conversation with a stranger, but if someone talked to me I would answer and if asked about my opinion I would give it honestly but not in too much detail so as not to bore the asker!

No I don't ask what people are reading, I might try to read the title if the cover is interesting but I would not be too obvious about it.

Sometimes I get approached at the bookstore about a book or an author or asked for a recommendation about a certain genre and I would reply as breifly as possible again not to bore the person! If the person is intersted in more details then I would give it.. If I'm reading a book and someone asks about it I would be happy to talk or discuss it!

So what do you do in these circumstances?!

Copycats by Michael A. Arnzen

Year Published: 1992

4 stars

11 pages

Distance: Greensburg, Pennsylvania = 6642.6 miles / 10690.3 kilometers

I borrowed this book from the lending library at Fictionwise, it's a very short story, actually more shorter than I expected and it didn't take more than 10 minutes to read.

Corky is a tattoo artist that has a customer called Johnny Vegas who wants some weird tatoos being made for him.. A "terrifying fang-faced owl on his right shoulder blade was first, then came the screaming demon on his left bicep, and then finally the evil, spit-dripping hooded cobra rising from a pit of snakes that trailed up from above his pubic region."

It's an interesting read and I loved the end!

A Quote a Day - Day #7

This weeks Weekly Geeks is about A Quote a Day for a whole week :)

You may want to come up with a theme, such as favorite passages from books, author quotes, political quotes, quotes about books or reading, humorous quotes, whatever. Or you may not want a theme at all; maybe you just want to gather up seven assorted quotes that appeal to you. You may want to start each of your posts of the week with a quote, or you may want to give quotes posts of their own in addition to your regular posts. It’s all up to you!

Signing Mr Linky this week means you’re committing to posting a quote each day for a full week, starting on the day you sign up. You can postdate your quote posts so they appear automatically if you can’t get to your blog each day.

My theme will be favorite quotes from books I've read from this year till now..

Day #7

Today's is interesting!

"I'd worked on the kid's body for three months straight. The terrifying fang-faced owl on his right shoulder blade was first, then came the screaming demon on his left bicep, and then finally the evil, spit-dripping hooded cobra rising from a pit of snakes that trailed up from above his pubic region. All were mine—sort of."

Copycats by Michael A. Arnzen

He's a tattoo artist talking about tattoos he had done for a client :) intersting kind of tattoo's, specially the last one ;)

Saturday 9: School Daze

I saw this at Sweet Memes and wanted to give it a try.. If you would like to try it out.. check it out at Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!"

1. Do you have children in school?
Yes, all 4 of them are in school (16, 13, 8 and 4 years old)

2. Did you go to public school? If you have children did/do they?

No I went to private schools till I graduated from high school and so does my children.

But when I reached University, at that time we only had one in my city and it was public so I went to that.. plus they pay us an allowance there (isn't that just great).. now we have more universities but the new ones are all private, I'm planning for my kids to go to the public one as me and their dad have.. unless there is a reason not to.. that would depend on their grades :)

3. Are you currently in school or taking classes?
No, but every day I learn more from the world of the Internet

4. What level of education have you completed?
That would be my Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

5. Do you, or did you have loans out for your (or your children's) education?
No for both questions.

6. What are your thoughts on the cost of tuition for colleges and universities?
It keeps getting higher and higher!

7. Did school prepare you education wise for working in the real world?
No definitely not!!

8. Did school prepare you emotionally for what lay ahead?
Also a big no-no!! But University did.

9. If you were to run a high school, what changes would you make?
I'll enforce the respect the teachers deserve from students and not treat students as customers that I need to pamper so they will not leave my school! Education is not just learning what is in the books, morals are very important, and if they don't learn that what use is there education!

Back in my days, we had deep respect for the teachers and would never talk back at them in a rude way or the school would punish us, by punishing I don't mean spanking or hitting but informing the parents, or the extreme would be expelling (could be days or years).. and when you get expelled from one school you are not to enter another till the period ends.. (but that only happens in extreme cases like when a student in my school hit a teacher, she was expelled for 3 years not to enter any other school by the Ministry, and she was from a high class family! Her family pleaded with the school but it was no use)

Now, the teacher could be interrogated for saying something like behave yourself to a student!! They have no respect for teachers whatsoever!!

I have taught for a very short while in a school and went out running! Before I say something to a student and I get expelled ;) Times are so different!

As for the curriculum, that depends on our Ministry so I can't change it, but I would surely add some other things I believe are more appropriate to enhance their experience and give them the best available!

Are You Truth or Dare?

I saw this at Sweet Memes and thought of trying it out .. this is my result :)

You Are Dare

You are outrageous, adventurous, and wild. You live to have fun. You are all about taking risks and pushing limits. You love the rush of doing something forbidden. Like most daring people, you are highly intelligent and creative. That's why you get bored so easily. You need a lot of stimulation and novelty in your life. You aren't satisfied with the mundane. Would you like to try it out?!

Are You Truth or Dare?

All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris

Year Published: 2007

My Rating: 5 stars

352 pages

Distance: Magnolia, Arkansas = 7536.1 miles / 12128.1 kilometers

This is the seventh book in the Sookie Stackhouse series.

This is the book where the Vampire convention really happens.. and boy are there surprises..

The surprises keep going on till the end of the book, one after the other.. this is a book I would definetly call a mystery, because you keep guessing whodoneit all the time!!

It's starts with Sookie flying with the Queen's party to Rhodes for the summit, they stay at the Pyramid of Gizah hotel, where she finds Barry the telepath and they get reaquianted.

The trial for the Queen is supposed to be one of the attractions of the summit.. can't say more!

Quinn is there for organizing some events :)

Some action with Eric, then the whole summit is in action.. This book was a BLAST :)

Quotes I liked from the book ..

“Being married here”-and Calvin waved a hand to indicate the little Hotshot community-“means being faithful to your mate, unless the mate has to breed to keep the group up. Since Crystal’s pretty much out of the running on that, Jason, that means she has to be faithful to you, and you to her. You don’t have mating obligations like the purebloods do.” Jason flushed at this reminder that his status was lesser since he was only a shifter because he’d been bitten by one, not because he’d been born with the gene. “So if Crystal runs around on you and a member of the community can attest to it, and if she can’t pay the price for some reason-pregnancy, or illness, or a kid to raise-I have to do it. We’re not talking money here, you understand?”

Jason nodded. “You’re talking physical punishment,” he said.

“Yes,” Calvin said. “Not only are you promising to be faithful, you’re also swearing to keep our secret.”

“Clovache,” she said. “Unknown device on four. I’m bringing the king back down.”

Clovache’s voice said, “How large is the device?” Her accent was sort of like Russian, at least to my untravelled ears. (“Hau larch…?”)

"The size of one of those cans of sweetened syrup,” Batanya answered.

“Ah, the burping drinks,” Clovache said.

Just then a tap on the music stand drew everyone’s attention to the band. It was all vampire, I noticed with a start. The slick-haired guy at the podium said, “If all you hot vamps and vampesses are ready to rumble, we’re ready to play! I’m Rick Clark, and this is…the Dead Man Dance Band!”

These are my reviews for the books I read from this series in order:
1. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
2. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
3. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
4. Dead To The World By Charlaine Harris
5. Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris
6. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris

Other reviews:
Alaine @ Alaine's Reading Blog

Retroredux @ Retroredux's Reviews

Ashley @ Ashley's Bookshelves

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A Quote a Day - Day #6

This weeks Weekly Geeks is about A Quote a Day for a whole week :)

You may want to come up with a theme, such as favorite passages from books, author quotes, political quotes, quotes about books or reading, humorous quotes, whatever. Or you may not want a theme at all; maybe you just want to gather up seven assorted quotes that appeal to you. You may want to start each of your posts of the week with a quote, or you may want to give quotes posts of their own in addition to your regular posts. It’s all up to you!

Signing Mr Linky this week means you’re committing to posting a quote each day for a full week, starting on the day you sign up. You can postdate your quote posts so they appear automatically if you can’t get to your blog each day.

My theme will be favorite quotes from books I've read from this year till now..

Day #6

Today's is furry cute!

Quinn was drying himself off, and he turned around to show me his muscular derriere. "Fur-free," he said. "Can I share the bed?"

Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris

Although I was not fond of Quinn before, he seemed like a trustworthy kind of guy and cute too with that furry tail of his :)

The more I read about him the more I like him.. I still keep wondering who Sookie will end up with :)

A Quote a Day - Day #5

This weeks Weekly Geeks is about A Quote a Day for a whole week :)

You may want to come up with a theme, such as favorite passages from books, author quotes, political quotes, quotes about books or reading, humorous quotes, whatever. Or you may not want a theme at all; maybe you just want to gather up seven assorted quotes that appeal to you. You may want to start each of your posts of the week with a quote, or you may want to give quotes posts of their own in addition to your regular posts. It’s all up to you!

Signing Mr Linky this week means you’re committing to posting a quote each day for a full week, starting on the day you sign up. You can postdate your quote posts so they appear automatically if you can’t get to your blog each day.

My theme will be favorite quotes from books I've read from this year till now..

Day #5

Today's is hilarious!

Eric says to Sookie, "Sookie, you have to understand that for hundreds, thousands, of years we have considered ourselves better than humans, separate from humans.” He thought for a second. “Very much in the same relationship to humans as humans have to, say, cows. Edible like cows, but cute, too.”

Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris

The comparison between humans and cows was just so hilarious for me, I keep thinking of this quote whenever Eric is speaking to sookie or humans or even about them.. it's just stuck with me that Eric = this quote :)

I know I quoted this is my review of the book but I just could not pass it by ;)

Wordless Wednesday!

This is my Wordless Wednesday for this week.. The main site is here ..

This is a photo I took of the gardens of the Sri Tiara Condominiums in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia .. the lush greenery in Malaysia is just gorgeous and intoxicatiing with very nice weather as a bonus.. my dear sweet Malaysia I miss you :)

Musing Monday #4

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about new authors…

What is your policy when it comes to new authors? Do you feel comfortable purchasing a book or do you prefer to borrow new authors from the library? How often do you 'try out' a new author?

I love trying out new authors but usually I check reviews first and see what others are saying about the books in general.. that usually happens when I read a lot of reviews and write down new authors to look out for and sometimes it's specific books..

Before I started reading reviews I would go to the bookstore and check the covers of the books and their titles, that is usually what attracts me to a book then I pick it up and read the back cover, if the story line suits me I'll buy it, it won't matter to me if I don't know the author or even heard about him/her.

As for the library, unfortunatly we don't have a public library in my city :( or I would have been visiting there weekly!

A Quote a Day - Day #4

This weeks Weekly Geeks is about A Quote a Day for a whole week :)

You may want to come up with a theme, such as favorite passages from books, author quotes, political quotes, quotes about books or reading, humorous quotes, whatever. Or you may not want a theme at all; maybe you just want to gather up seven assorted quotes that appeal to you. You may want to start each of your posts of the week with a quote, or you may want to give quotes posts of their own in addition to your regular posts. It’s all up to you!

Signing Mr Linky this week means you’re committing to posting a quote each day for a full week, starting on the day you sign up. You can postdate your quote posts so they appear automatically if you can’t get to your blog each day.

My theme will be favorite quotes from books I've read from this year till now..

Day #4

Today's is romantic!

"Joy," Raphael growled at me in warning, taking my hand.

I took it back. "Unless you have something to confide in me, I don't believe we have anything to say to each other."

His eyes turned molten. "We damned well do." He grabbed my head and laid his lips on me so quickly, so hard and fast and full of unspoken demand, that I just stood there and let him kiss me. "Don't give up on me," he said in a low voice, his eyes burning me as his thumb brushed a line along my jaw. He looked over my head to Inspector Bartos. "You're making a mistake, Bartos. I can prove what I've said. If you'll just contact the Heidelberg police-"

A Girl's Guide To Vampires by Katie MacAlister

I find the line "Don't give up on me" just so darn romantic.. I loved it :)

A Quote a Day - Day #3

This weeks Weekly Geeks is about A Quote a Day for a whole week :)

You may want to come up with a theme, such as favorite passages from books, author quotes, political quotes, quotes about books or reading, humorous quotes, whatever. Or you may not want a theme at all; maybe you just want to gather up seven assorted quotes that appeal to you. You may want to start each of your posts of the week with a quote, or you may want to give quotes posts of their own in addition to your regular posts. It’s all up to you!

Signing Mr Linky this week means you’re committing to posting a quote each day for a full week, starting on the day you sign up. You can postdate your quote posts so they appear automatically if you can’t get to your blog each day.

My theme will be favorite quotes from books I've read from this year till now..

Day #3

Today's is weird!

"I got a say this to you one time, Jack, and I ain't foolin. What I don't know," said Ennis,"all them things I don't know could get you killed if I should come to know them."

"Try this one," said Jack, "and I'll say it just one time. Tell you what, we could a had a good life together, a f*ckin real good life. You wouldn't do it, Ennis, so what we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everthing built on that. It's all we got, boy, f*ckin all, so I hope you know that if you don't never know the rest. Count the damn few times we been together in twenty years. Measure the f*ckin short leash you keep me on, then ask me about Mexico and then tell me you'll kill me for needin it and not hardly never gettin it. You got no f*ckin idea how bad it gets. I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple a high-altitude f*cks once or twice a year. You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a wh*reson b*tch. I wish I knew how to quit you."

Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

I know it has some strong language but I tried to * that :) it's the best part of the book!! I just had to quote it... I just had to :)

A Quote a Day - Day #2

This weeks Weekly Geeks is about A Quote a Day for a whole week :)

You may want to come up with a theme, such as favorite passages from books, author quotes, political quotes, quotes about books or reading, humorous quotes, whatever. Or you may not want a theme at all; maybe you just want to gather up seven assorted quotes that appeal to you. You may want to start each of your posts of the week with a quote, or you may want to give quotes posts of their own in addition to your regular posts. It’s all up to you!

Signing Mr Linky this week means you’re committing to posting a quote each day for a full week, starting on the day you sign up. You can postdate your quote posts so they appear automatically if you can’t get to your blog each day.

My theme will be favorite quotes from books I've read from this year till now..

Day #2

Today's is amusing!

Serena said,"Then someone else must have had a motive to kill Eric."

"I'm glad you think so. Most people think all the motives point back to me. I killed him for the money. I killed him because he was having an affair. I killed him because I was having an affair." Maggie ducked her head and shoved her hair off her forehead.

Serena wasn't sure how far to push her. "Look, it doesn't take a mind reader to know you two were having problems."

"I can't talk about it. My lawyer will kill me."

"This conversation never happened, you know that. Something's been bothering you for weeks. Was it Eric? Was he involved with someone else?"

Maggie rolled her eyes. "For Eric, women were like potato chips. You can't **** just one."

Stalked by Brian Freeman

I loved the reference that women to him are like potato chips "You can't **** just one" :) but i just had to write the whole part.. I had to censor that part but I'm sure you can fairly guess it ;) don't worry no spoilers.. it's still fairly in the first part of the book..

A Quote a Day - Day #1

This weeks Weekly Geeks is about A Quote a Day for a whole week :)

You may want to come up with a theme, such as favorite passages from books, author quotes, political quotes, quotes about books or reading, humorous quotes, whatever. Or you may not want a theme at all; maybe you just want to gather up seven assorted quotes that appeal to you. You may want to start each of your posts of the week with a quote, or you may want to give quotes posts of their own in addition to your regular posts. It’s all up to you!

Signing Mr Linky this week means you’re committing to posting a quote each day for a full week, starting on the day you sign up. You can postdate your quote posts so they appear automatically if you can’t get to your blog each day.

My theme will be favorite quotes from books I've read from this year till now..

Day #1
Today's one is funny..

These creatures are reffering to a bomb looking like a Dr. Pepper soda can.. and they were not joking around .. they were serious!

Clovache’s voice said, “How large is the device?”
“The size of one of those cans of sweetened syrup,” Batanya answered.
“Ah, the burping drinks,” Clovache said.

From All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris

I loved the new names for soda drinks "sweetened syrup" and "burping drinks", so accurate!

Proximidade Award

My dear friend Marta at Marta's Meanderings has awarded me this beautiful award, I thank her very much :)

Now for the explanation of the Proximidade Award which I didn't know what it meant till I read!

"This blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY-nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or 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 who must choose eight more and include this clever-written text into the body of their award."

Now the hardest part of choosing only 8 .. yes only 8 bloggers that I can pass this award to.. I wish there is an award to send to like 80 people :)

Yvonne at Socrates' Book Reviews

Jo-Jo at Jo-Jo loves to read!!!

Drey at drey's library

TexasRed at TexasRed Books

lilly at Reading Extravaganza

Leya at Wandeca Reads

Pabast at reading mama

LisaMay at Look at that Book

Wisteria at Bookworm's Dinner

Padfoot and Prongs at Padfoot and Prongs

Ok I know I got carried away and when I counted them they were 10 already so I'm not taking anyone off the list :)

I Love Your Blog Award

I have been awarded this beautiful award by my dear friend Yvonne at Socrates' Book Reviews which is just adorable.. I love her blog too (you should check it out), and I'm so honored to get this award.. Thank you Yvonne :)

Here are the rules to keep the award moving:

1) Add the logo of the award to your blog

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

3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4) Add links to those blogs on your blog

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

Now for the tough part of choosing only 7 blogs out of the so many blogs that I love!

1. Dar at Peeking Between the Pages

2. Sandy Nawrot at You've GOTTA read this!

3. Vickie at Vixen's Daily Reads

4. Erotic Horizon at Erotic Horizon

5. His Sweetheart at His Sweetheart

6. Marta at Marta's Meanderings

7. Susie of Jeddah Daily Photo Journal

The Saturday Special - Words Ending in URE

~Words Ending in URE ~ I Say You Answer~

1. My Future...is looking bright!

2. It's A Pleasure...to have so many blogging freinds.

3. What A Picture...when my youngest sat in a circle at school her first day :)

4. The Temperature...is so nice right now, cool but not cold.

If you like to participate go here ..

Friday Fill-Ins #114

1. Taking my youngest to her first day of school was my last random act of kindness.

2. Another place another book means another adventure.

3. I'm not so great in matters of the heart.

4. Coffee, tea or Coca Cola Zero.

5. I wish poverty and mankind go their separate paths.

6. Our last of the nice cool weather reminds me that there is hot, humidy, sweaty summer days to come.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to visiting my parents, tomorrow my plans include lazying around reading and Sunday, I need to do the laundry!

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Booking Through Thursday - The Best Book You’ve Never Read

We’ve all seen the lists, we’ve all thought, “I should really read that someday,” but for all of us, there are still books on “The List” that we haven’t actually gotten around to reading. Even though we know they’re fabulous. Even though we know that we’ll like them. Or that we’ll learn from them. Or just that they’re supposed to be worthy. We just … haven’t gotten around to them yet.

What’s the best book that YOU haven’t read yet?

I have so many books that I'm sure I'll enjoy that I still need to get to, but non are classics, since i read them all as a kid.
My shelves are packed either the virtual or actual shelves. So I will list the books that I'm sure I will enjoy reading because I can't just eat one I mean name one.. :)

* The alphabet series by Sue Grafton (I only read A and B so I got a lot to read)
* The Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell (I've been always planning on starting it but didn't get to it yet)
* The Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay (Didn't start yet although my cat's name is Dexter which I named after the character since I saw the series)
* The Shopaholic series by shophie Kinsella (I only read the first 2)
* The Alex Cross series by James Patterson (I only read 3)
* The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich ( I only read the first one)
* The Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs (I didn't even start it..shame on me)
* The Anita Blake - Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton (I read the first one only)

Oh my I could go on forever and ever.. I have so many books that I plan to read because I've either tried part of the series and enjoyed it or read about it or have been recommended to me by trustworthy reviewers :)

I guess I'll stop here and see maybe this would encourage me to start some of the ones I listed above.. *hopeful* :)

What is/are the best book/books that you've never read ?