News @ LWS (6)

Loud Words & Sounds

I am extremely happy to say I've been getting some book requests as of late, so stay tune for their reviews. Which I'm behind on reviews, and I have to get caught up on them... Its also due to the fact I have to read my summer books and do the assignments with them so that is slowing me down.

My Life

I have finished Band Camp! It's over and done with for this year. I'm looking forward to the following weeks of practices, competitions and football games with my friends. Maybe I'll post some photos of me in uniform possibly.

Affiliates

Leilani has posted her last bash contest! It all ends this week on the 13th! So go and enter. Here are the last two contests that you all should check out.

Win Manifest

Win Kissing Sin

Ky has also awesomely entered in The Thirteenth Chime contest so check out her designs. She finally decided on the white cover instead of the darker one. Ky also did an awesome review on The Death Day Letter and it really has me wanting to read it now.

Aly has been doing some really great reviews lately so check out the blog because their just too great to sum up.

Steph's been a little absent again. I hope everything is okay with her!

Awards

Yes I did receive an award this week from two very awesome girls! Tis the Versatile Blogger award from Ari at Teens Actually Read and Jill from Nymfaux.



I've already passed it on to some other awesome bloggers. And really can't think of anyone else, except you awesome followers that follow me.  So I'm going to give a spin off of this and say The Versatile Followers Award. Yup you followers get an award, you have to put up with me. So there it is, maybe I should photoshop it but I'm being lazy right now.


But I am going to list some things, specifically 7 things about myself.
Une- I love remaking covers of books! I might just hold a cover remake contest when I hit 250 followers or 300 I'm not sure.
Deux- My sister has me addicted to Lifehouse the band now.
Trois- I love sappy romance movies. What girl doesn't? But I especially love 80s and 90s ones.
Quatre- I like emailing better than chatting. I have some conversations with my girls that are up to like 100 or 60 emails.
Cinq- I forgot what five was in French I had to look it up...
Six- I won't be taking French this year the school cancelled the next level, which saddens me but also in one way makes me happy.
Sept-  This is numbered in French. I felt like it. I like talking in French when I'm bored, even though I sux at it.

News @ LWS (3)

Loud Words & Sounds

LWS is an official Splash Team member's blog for Tera Lynn Child's Forgive My Fins! I received the goodies last week but I never got to post the little badge Tera sent us.

And! I'm an honorary Merfolk.

Also thanks to all the awesome splash team folks and Tera Forgive My Fins has went into its second printing! So congrats Tera!

We also had are first team chat with Tera on Monday, it was terribly exciting to see everyone and I got to know a couple bloggers I've known and follow but haven't talked to.

In other news...

I am pleading with any of you to sign up for my Creative Stories program. Please! I thought maybe by now I would have gotten some response but I haven't gotten any and its depressing me. Creative Stories is met for LWS and me to feature bloggers, artist, and authors! But I need the Bloggers! I have the authors!

ALSO!!!!

Don't forget my 100 followers Contest! It ends July 1st.

My Life

I'm officially out on Summer Break today! :)

As of right now I have all A's on five out of my seven exams so far. I'm waiting for todays results still.

Right now in the poll to see what I'm going to read this summer the leads are: Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights and The Lovely Bones.

Affiliates

Leilani
Leilani has officially started her 100 Followers Bash check out the first giveaway here! And recently reviewed Hex Hall, which I loved when I read it.

Aly
Almas recently reviewed Rich and Mad and also started participating in Waiting on Wednesday. Check it all out here.

Ky
Ky has bought more snow cones so here are the links... Snow Cone Une, Deux, and Trois.
Ky also reviewed They Call me Death which is a book on the Traveling Book Gnomes blog tour. And spent a little bit of time with Finn or Cedric their mascot.





Steph
Steph also had a visit from Finn and reviewed They Call me Death so check her post about it out here.

Awards

This week I was graced with receiving one award twice!

The Versatile Blogger

The two super sweet bloggers that gave me the award are Shalena at Writer Quirk and Missy at Missy's Reads & Reviews. Thank you both so much!

And with every award there are rules:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason! (In no particular order...)
4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

So here are the seven things about me:

1.  I am the new Lieutenant Field Major of my school's Marching Band! :) I was chosen by my band director this year and I'm really happy and excited. I'm also more than likely the clarinet section leader and first chair next year for concert band also!  (I will not be doing that back bend though.-->)

2. Are field show for next year has My Immortal by Evanescence in it!

***End of the Random Band Facts***

3. I enjoy reading stories and books on inkpop.com. My favorite right now is Keeping Faith and the squeal Rasing Hope, their amazing. I might do a post every once and a while when I find really amazing stories, what do you think?

4. My prom dress was purple and black and my mom made it. :)

5. I have two bamboo trees in my bed room. I  separated one of them from the large one and it is still really small compared to the older.

6. I listen to the band Rise Against constantly, and I own all their CDs.

7. I plan on majoring in information systems, website design, business teacher education and or advertising when I head to college.

Here are the recipients!:
Yara at Once Upon a Twilight
Jessica at Confessions of a Bookaholic
Jamie at Bookmarked
Audrey at Holes In My Brain

A little Catchup...

So my friend Alisha @ Alisha's World gave me an award this week so I figured I would post about it.

It's called the Over The Top Award so here it goes:

When you recieve the Over the Top award you have to answer these following questions in ONE word so here I go.

1. Where is your cell phone? Bed.

2. Your hair? Black.

3. Your mother? Awesome

4. Your father? Annoying.

5. Your favorite food? Italian!

6. Your dream last night? Good :)

7. Your favorite drink? Tea

8. Your dream/goal? Teacher

9. What room are you in? Bedroom

10. Your hobby? Writing.

11. Your fear? Needles.

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Living.

13. Where were you last night? Prom.

14. Something that you aren’t? .

15. Muffins? Blueberry :P

16. Wish list item? Books.

17. Where did you grow up? NJ.

18. Last thing you did? Wrote.

19. What are you wearing? Shirt Sweatpants (This requires 2 words)

20. Your TV? On.

21. Your pets? Dog

22. Friends? Amazing.

23. Your life? Hectic.

24. Your mood? Tired

25. Missing someone? Yes.

26. Car? Yup.

27. Something you’re not wearing? Jewelry.

28. Your favorite store? B&N.

29. Your favorite color? Purple.

30. When was the last time you laughed? Yesterday.

31. Last time you cried? Today.

32. Your best friend? Ree

33. One place that I go to over and over? Bedroom.

34. One person who emails me regularly? Director (Band director but since I can only put one word Director works)

35. Favorite place to eat? Home.

Thanks so much Alisha!

I'm going to pass this award onto two bloggers...

Leilani @ Leilani Loves Books

and

Stephanie @ Papercut Reviews

Happy Mother's Day! & Award

Even though my mom might not read my blog, I want to wish her Happy Mothers Day! (And of coarse in snoopy style! I love that dog.)

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I also gained an award from Yesenia from Silly Little Game Called Life today, it was the Profilic Blogger Award. Which promptly Leilani also gave to me after she received it also. So thank you both.

"A prolific blogger is one who is intellectually productive, keeping up an active blog with enjoyable content. After accepting this award recipients are asked to pass if forward to seven other deserving blogs."

So my seven bloggers are going to be...
1.  Trillian @ A Trillian Books
2. Jenny @ Take Me Away
3. Lori @ Pure Imagination
4. Charlotte @ The Book on the Hill
5. Melissa @ Spellbound Books
6. Ladybug @ Escape In A Book
7. Beth @ Maybe Tomorrow?

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Yesenia also has a feature called Blog Watched, she watches blogs, and she listed everyone that won the Prolific Blogger Award from her as on her watch list. Thanks so much for watching me! :)

Hopping Away & An Award

So Every first Friday of the month I like to join in on the Book Blogger Hop. It's an excellent experience and I love finding new blogs and bloggers. So thanks to Jen @ Crazy-For-Books.com.

Some things you should check out here at LWS is my first giveaway, it's for a signed copy of Titus and Atreus by Meridi Myers and a bookmark. Here's the link to my interview and giveaway post.But also do you have questions that you would like others to vote on? If you do place it here.

Some blogs I've found:

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So I heart my friends, is just a random topic name. Not sure, but I do heart all my blogging buddies! So Leilani, my affiliate and friend, gave me an award, called Bodacious award (I think?). But thanks Leilani, go check her out people (there's a link on the sidebar).

Here is how it works: If you are given this award you must first accept it by leaving a comment on the post you were nominated on. Then copy and paste the post and add it to your own blog. 

Make a list of the last 5 books you read and pass the award on to 5 other bloggers (no backsies!). Please also identify the blog from which you got the award and don't forget to tell them they have a blog award! 

My Books:
1. How to Hook a Hottie by Tina Ferraro
2. Arousing Love by M.H. Strom
3. Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress by Tina Ferraro
4. Titus and Atreus by Meridi Myers
5. The Iron  King by Julie Kawaga


My Five Bloggers:
Since all my affiliates already gained the award I figured I would give it to some of my other favorite bloggers.
1. Staysi @ Lost in Ink
2. Trillian @ A Trillian Books
3. Jenny @ Take Me Away
4. Taschima @ Bloody Bookaholic
5. Natalie @ Mindful Musings

A Whole Pot of a Lot of Stuff!

So this week has been a very, very busy week for me personally and for the blog its self. 


This is the second weekend for the musical I'm producing and so I'm quite busy. (I'm going to try and take some pics tonight of the set because I want to share it with you guys.) And I had stupid testing (I hate testing, seriously I should just be able to take the SAT and that should be proficient enough for me to pass high school. (Sorry about the rant.))


With the blog this week: It's been featured 3 times! Gotten 4 awards (one was passed on twice)! And I've been contacted by a band! (Seriously this is the first one so I'm sharing it with you. It's possible they might be featured or be the next Tunes Thursday due to the fact I'm liking the music right now.) Oh ya, and I got those awesome books! Adding to this turning out to be the best week so far for the blog I think, so far!

So onto the awards:

The first one I received was the One Lovely Blog Award, this one was my duplicate. And was passed on to me by Trillian @ A Trillian Books and Morgan @ Smitten With Books.

The rules are:

-Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.

-Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered.

-Remember to contact the blogger to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

My Nominees for this one are very hard to pick. I would send it back to Morgan and Trillian but they already received it, so I'm going to send it out to those followers (thanks to all 40 of you!) that are new bloggers. If you want to post a comment I'll compile a list of you so that everyone knows who you are!

Second one I received was the Blogger Buddy Award from Morgan! I'm just going to send this out to all my followers that have blogs because I follow all of your blogs and I love them! (It's true, I try to follow my followers out of kindness.)

The third award I received was the Splashy award which I received also from Morgan. "This award is given to the blogs that are alluring, amusing, bewitching, impressive and inspiring!"

The Rules:

1. Put the award on your blog/ post.

2. Nominate up to 9 blogs which allure, amuse, bewitch, impress or inspire you.

3. Link your nominees.

4. Let them know that your have been splashed by commenting on their blog.

5. Remember to link to the person from whom you received your Splash award from.

6. Have F~U~N!

My Nominees, I'm only going to do 7 because these are the main blogs that have inspired me the most, especially when I first started blogging:

1. Kristen @ Bookworming in the 21st  Century

2. Kristi @ The Story Siren

3. Charlotte @ Book on the Hill

4. Jennifer @ Reading with Tequila

5. Chioma @ Black and Blue Ink

6. Taschima @ Bloody Bookaholic

7. Natalie @ Mindful Musings

My  Fourth and last award is also from Morgan! (Chicky you are amazing!) And is the Honest Scrap award.

The Rules:

-List 10 things that not a lot of bloggers know about you

- Pass it on to 7 other bloggers

My Ten Things:

1- I have never seen an author in real life.

2- I have a stuff animal named Pal, after the show "Arthur".

3- I don't have my tonsils (Pal came with me I was little for the surgery.).

4- I own minnie ears.

5- My room is the cleanest, compared to my siblings.

6- I'm a large believer in global warming.

7- I love the spring.

8- I really want a Nook!

9- I don't hate, but don't love the Twilight Saga*.

10- I was obsessed with wanting a horse when I was little, didn't happen.

(Okay these are just really random.)

The Bloggers:

Everyone that recieved the Splashy award also is receiving this one. I love your blogs and I think they deserve these awards!

I've also been featured for a third time this week at Star Shadow. I love Reagan's blog! She has such a cute design so check out the feature here!


Okay this was really long!!!!!!!!


*Note on the Twilight Saga for the Honest Scrap award. I was obsessed with it when I first read it which was before it got so popular, after that I kind of started to dislike it a bit because I just became way to popular and got way to many fan girls. So don't yell at me okay!!!!!!

Award!

So I've received my first award from Jennifer at Reading with Tequila!

It's the Your Blog is sooooooo Kewl! Award!

I would like to pass it on to four other bloggers:


Kristen at Bookworming the 21st Century
The French blog The Book on the Hill 
Natalie at Mindful Musings
Taschima over at Bloody Bookacholic