Life of a Random

Sunday  Swoons  is a weekly  feature  hosted by Briana  @Reader, Writer, Critic  and myself where we discuss all things romantical in fiction whether it's our favorite couples or quirkiest pick-up lines. We've both been busy which explains the lateness of this post. Oops. I hope you like reading our posts. Briana was the mastermind behind this topic :) Link up and have fun with us! Rules: 1.  You're welcome (and, in  fact , encouraged ;)) to use my/our button in your post, just please cite me as the source. 2.  You can post in whatever style you would like:  list,  discussion ,  etc. as long as what you are talking about goes with the topic for the week. 3.  You either must follow the topic given OR you can do a post on the opposite of the topic we give. (Example: Our topic-- Top 5 Favorite Couples, Your topic-- Top 5 Least Favorite Couples.) 4.  Your posts don't have to have anything to do with books you are rea...

Heeeey, guys. I know I haven't been posting regularly and none of them have been reviews lately, but I'm still in my first week of class so hopefully I can get a routine down soon and get back to, if not same, then similar posting pattern. Love you guys and thanks so much for following this blog and...just caring about what I think...which (admit it) is pretty awesome of you. You guys deserve all the chocolate you can get, but since 1) I'm not blessed with unlimited money and 2) I don't know my way around this (new) darn town yet you'll have to satisfy yourselves with imaginary chocolate. You'll be okay. *pats head* Thanks so much for nominating me, Kate ! I'm so glad to know I'm a VIB. ;)  Rules 1. Thank and link back to the amazing person(s) who nominated you. 2. List the rules and display the award.  3. Share seven facts about yourself. 4. Nominate some other amazing blogs and comment on their posts to let them know they have be...

This is my first weekend home since I moved to college. I know I haven't been posting regularly with the exception of my Sunday Swoons posts but that's to be expected with the new schedule and everything. So, I have decided to give you the run-down of a tentative new posting schedule. Hopefully it works out...If I make more changes, I'll be sure to let you know about them. My Plan TO TAKE OVER ALL CHOCOLATE RESERVES. Mwuahahahaha.  Eh. Just kidding. (Mostly.) My blogging plan for now is to have posts up for Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Sundays, of course, will be for the Swoons posts or maybe sometimes another post added to that one. Fridays and Saturdays will be for my reviews and discussion posts. This will be what you can expect unless/until I find a better schedule.  One exception to this though is the week of Freshmen Assemble (bloggers going to college) posts that will be going up like I planned before.  I want to thank you all for stickin...

Sunday Swoons  is a weekly  feature  hosted by Briana  @Reader, Writer, Critic  and myself where we discuss all things romantical in fiction whether it's our favorite couples or quirkiest pick-up lines. This week's topic is brain child of both Briana and I. I really think it has room for a lot of different topics and I can't wait to see what you come up with. :) As always, don't forget to check out Briana's post.  Rules: 1.  You're welcome (and, in fact, encouraged ;)) to use my/our button in your post, just please cite me as the source. 2.  You can post in whatever style you would like:  list, discussion,  etc. as long as what you are talking about goes with the topic for the week. 3.  You either must follow the topic given OR you can do a post on the opposite of the topic we give. (Example: Our topic-- Top 5 Favorite Couples, Your topic-- Top 5 Least Favorite Couples.) 4.  Your posts don't have to have anything to d...

source: Briana  @Reader, Writer, Critic Figments Friday is a weekly feature hosted by Briana @Reader, Writer, Critic  where we share our writing and anything related--like snippets from our WIPs, character interviews, or even conversations between a character from one story and a character from another story.  Today I'm sharing another snippet from the story that I'm mainly working on now. Maybe sometime in the future I'll do an interview or something like that. :) My hand burns where it touches Keelin's. And I see flashes of images, fast as the speed of light, hurtling, zipping, careening through my mind. They are so intense--so strong--that the air itself seems to be resisting the attempts I make to breathe it in.  And worst of all. The very worst of all is the emotion that rolls so strongly through my body that I feel like vomiting up my breakfast.  I yank my hand back and give Keelin a forced small smile. "You'll be fine, sweets....

This is the first time I've gotten any award besides the Liebster and it was given to me by two people! I'm so excited. :) Thank you NevilleGirl  and Sophia SO much. And I'm so happy you guys thought of me *grins hugely*. According to what I learned from my nominators' posts and my own (casual) research into it, the Sunshine Award is really similar to the Liebster Blog Award. The purpose of the Sunshine Award, like the Liebster, is to help bloggers connect with each other. Rules 1. Tell us five facts about yourself. 2. Answer the five questions given.  3. Write five questions for your nominees to answer. 4. Nominate five bloggers for the award and let them know about it (although this isn't mandatory since there's all kinds of variation here). 5. Thank the person who nominated you! 1. I've never gone to any book events like author signings, book con (or whatever they call it), etc.  2. I have hazel eyes and sometimes in picture...

This is kinda an awkward add-on to the Liebster that I got recently. There was a question that asked--if there was  book cover for my life, what would it look like? Well, I immediately proceeded to create a book cover and almost finished it. BUT something on my computer (I think it was a program that wasn't working then or something) wasn't working and I got frustrated *grins* and didn't finish it. Since I've learned from sources  *wiggles eyebrows* that you (Briana) really really wanted us nominees to come up with a cover...I decided that I'd finish up the tiny bit that needed done and put it here. HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY, GIRL. :) This basically describes my life right now. Music is awesome and a huge part of my life. Lists are life-savers. And I really don't know how many I have. ;) The car on the bottom is my baby Mustang and the road kind of symbolizes my life but then it kind of symbolizes me going off to college too. I couldn't decided on o...

Sunday Swoons  is a weekly feature hosted by Briana  @Reader, Writer, Critic and myself where we discuss all things romantical in fiction whether it's our favorite couples or quirkiest pick-up lines. This is our second week co-hosting! (For some reason I always forget to add certain parts to these posts and add them later. Oops.) We've been having a blast coming up with topics and working together, and it'd be awesome if you  had a blast by doing the link-up too. ;) Make sure to stop by Briana's post and comment because she's the (duh) amazing creator of Sunday Swoons and you need to recognize her greatness. :D Rules: 1.  You're welcome (and, in fact, encouraged ;)) to use my/our button in your post, just please cite me as the source. 2.  You can post in whatever style you would like:  list, discussion,  etc. as long as what you are talking about goes with the topic for the week. 3.  You either must follow the topic given OR you can do a pos...

Briana  @Reader, Writer, Critic nominated me for the Liebster Blog Award because she's amazing. It's been a while since I've gotten any awards so thanks so much, Briana, you made my day that much more awesome . (Can I virtually hug you? 'Cause I feel like I want to virtually hug you.) Note: Feel free to use the rules design/picture I used above because I know it's waaaay easier than typing all of the rules up. I may have used some of these facts before but I can't remember right now and I'm too lazy to go back and check and just call it a refresher. ;) I know for a fact (hehe, get it?) that some of these are totally brand spankin' new.  1. I will be entering into my first (intimidating) year of college this fall. 2. When I was a baby (I'm serious...like, infant baby) I cried a lot, and my poor young dad got so fed up with it that he put chile sauce on my fingertips in order to make me stop. Well...I actually ate the chili sa...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill  @Breaking the Spine where we talk about books that have yet to be released that we REALLY WANT RELEASED.  Publication Date: February 24, 2015 Publisher:  Tor Books Pages: 400 Series: A Darker Shade of Magic #1 Genre(s): I'm not completely sure if it's YA or Adult at this point. Fantasy, Sci-Fi (like time traveling). Kell is one of the last Travelers—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes—as such, he can choose where he lands. There’s Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there’s Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne—a place where people fight to control magic, and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. And once upon a time, there was Black London...but no one speaks ...

Publication Date: April 1, 2014 Publisher: Strange Chemistry Pages:  469 Source: Library Format:  ebook Series: The Malediction Trilogy #1 (I don't know what that means but it sounds really cool.) Note: I have an obligation to put the blurb here but I would recommend reading the book without reading this. You won't regret going into it blind! :) Here's what you need to know: troll prince + human girl + witch curse + kidnapping + a city under a mountain. Oh, yeah. It's as good as it sounds. ;) You can read my review though because I didn't put even the slightest spoilerly thing in it.  For five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the ruins of Forsaken Mountain. Time enough for their dark and nefarious magic to fade from human memory and into myth. But a prophesy has been spoken of a union with the power to set the trolls free, and when Cécile de Troyes is kidnapped and taken beneath the mountain, she learn...