Wordle Weekend

I was recently shown Wordle.net, and thought how cool would it be to have a meme of this?  So now I have made the meme Wordle Weekend. 
         Every weekend just go to the link I have of Wordle.net on this post, and make a wordle for your blog.  After you've created your wordle take pull it up to a window by itself, then take a screen picture of it by pushing the "prt sc sysrq" key.  Now you can paste the image onto a word document, and now it's copy and paste-able.  Please leave the link in comments if your particapating! 

         There's this really cool feature where you can copy and paste in your blog URL, and it make's a Wordle out of it. 

This is how you use Wordle.  You go to a word document type a long list of words (with a theme), then copy and paste them on to Wordle.  But you make multiple copies of the words you want to be bigger, and if there is a space between words wordle will seperate them.

I'll be working out the problems.

Sorcerer's Stone Review

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

I finished this one two days after I saw the movie. 

How does the book compare to the movie? -  I thought that movie did a great job in capturing the mood of the book while I was watching the movie it was almost exactly like the book which is so hard to do.  I remember when I was little and saw this movie when it first came out.  The troll gave me nightmares.

What was the best part of the book? - Hmm...I would have to say that the Quidditch matches were the best.  I love how in detail his first match was in the movie, while they kind of lost importance in the others.  I loved how he was a great player at such a young age it was kind of funny really, but it melted my heart when he said he was glad that he was known for something other than what he had done as a baby.

Who was your favorite character in this book (besides Harry, Ron, and Hermione)? - Oliver Wood.  I know that he wasn't in a lot of these, and I also dislike how he is portrayed as a mindless Quidditch jock, but he was my favorite.  I see a lot of potential in this character, and I was glad that he didn't give Harry a hard time when he could of.  He could have made Harry's life miserable but instead he helped him become "the youngest seeker of the century".  Comments?

What was spaz-worthy about this book? - How funny the first years were!  I remember being excatly like that when I was that age.  They were obsessed with getting as many points as possible then it dies off as they get older.  The akward stage!  Love it, it's like J.K. Rowling was inside a child's mind.  DRAGONS!  I would spaz over these at any time! 

What parts were foreshadowing, that you didn't see before? -  When Harry first reads Nicholas's name on the chocolate frog card, I remember when I figured that out it was like, OH! I'm stupid.  That was like a red flag to me this time.  Yet I also noticed all of Snape's weird behavior to be because of Quirrel.  A lot of that I hadn't noticed last time.

What house would you be in this book, and why? - The first book is of course not that exciting compared to the rest of them.  So I'd actually have rather stayed out of Harry's way for this one.  I would have been more use in my house of choice, Ravenclaw.  I'm a Ravenclaw because I'm smart yet at the age of eleven I wasn't as brave as I thought, I was just annoying.  Oh well. 

They've grown up so much!

Top Ten Tuesday (6)

This is a meme where you make a list of top ten things created by the Brooke and the Bookish. 

This week's topic is Top Ten Favorite Places to Read.

1. My WARM bed. - It's so cozy how could I not read there when it's so cold, and there's enough room for my percious puppy to be on there with me, her name is Addie and she's a pug/beagle.
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2. My Butterfly chair.-  It's cozy and right between my window and bookself perfect for letting light in and then grabbing my book(s).
3. My grandma's love seat.-  During the summer when I go over there (becasue I often have nothing better to do).  I sit there and read a lot of times, where I can watch her beautiful yard (the loveseat is right next to the window ledge), and when I feel like it I can go swimming in her pool.                     *no pic (cause this is a summer scene)*                                                                                                      
4. By the Pool!-  when I have my sunglasses nothing can stop me!  Except when I want to go in the pool then I really can't get the book wet.           *summer scene, again, so no pic*                                                
5. In front of the TV-  sometimes I feel bad that I'm sitting with my family so instead of being isolated in my room I go downstairs and read in front of the distracting TV, but still with family.

6. In My Dad's Office- when the noise gets to be too much, and I want to not be found this is where I go.  My dad's couch is wedged into a corner so I can curl up in the corner which is so comfortable I love it, and there's a lamp behind me so I have a lot of light.
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7. The kitchen table- sometimes I read here, but only at certian times.  Before I the morning begins, and I'm waiting for the EXCAT moment I have to leave I read at the kitchen table where I can see the clock.  Or if I'm supposed to be doing work, but instead I'm reading. And sometimes when it's dinner time I just really at a good part I'll read at the table, even though I know it's rude, I kind of have to.           
8. On an airplane-  Airplane rides go buy so fast, and I always feel so desorientated so I read.  When I'm bored at the gate waiting for it, when I'm bored and waiting for it to take off on the plane, and when I'm bored while waiting for it to land.  It's just really boring there, but I can get some serious reading done!                                                                                                                            
9. In my old tree house-  When I was a little girl my daddy built me a swing set (that's on the ground, but we call it a tree house because it's next to a tree).  I actually will sit in the treehouse or on the swing and read.                                                                    
10. In the car- okay this isn't my favorite place to read because I can think so clearly in the car, who has time to read when I can think!  But still after an hour or two of thinking I sometimes get bored and must pick up a book and read.

When I first looked at this topic, I thought, how many people read in TEN places or at least ten places that they like to read.  But I did it! All of the pictures on this I took myself so yes they are real!  Thanks for reading my list! 

WWW Wednesday (3)

This is a meme created by Should be Reading.  Basically all it is three questions.  Let's do this!

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

What are you currently reading?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

What did you recently finish reading?

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban



What do you think you'll read next?

I'm pretty sure it will have to be... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

This WWW Wednesday is in honor of HARRY POTTER and is part of HARRY POTTER WEEK!  I shall post the first review soon!

Top Ten Tuesday (5)

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by the Broke and the Bookish to create a list of your Top Ten!

This weeks list topic is Your Top Ten Favorite Fictional BFF's

My list isn't really a Top Ten it's really a my all time favorite's but I just couldn't put them in an order.  So instead of numbering them I'm just going to use bullet points. 

•               Sodapop from The Outsiders-  I loved Sodapop.  He was such an innocent person.  All of these terrible things were happening to him yet he was still fooling around.  I would love to have someone so upbeat around me all the time.  As they said in the book no one couldn't not love Sodapop.
•               Annika from Just One Wish- Annika would do anything for her brother even seek into a Hollywood set and convince an actor to come see her brother at last minute.  She is so dedicated, and it would be great to know I had some like that as my best friend. 
•               Cassie from Animorphs- I saw this one someone else's list and it felt like a perfect match.  Cassie is a real person in my mind.  She struggled with what she was doing as an animorph, but she was so dedicated at the same time.  Cassie would make me a better person from pure intimidation.  
•               Scottie from It's a Purl Thing-  I can relate some much to her.  We would be best friends laughing, joking, going places in Chicago, knitting, having junkfood- filled sleepovers.  It would be great.  I loved all of her friends as well so I'm sure I'd fit in with their group, but I feel the most connection with Scottie.
•               Dawn from 68 knots- I know this book is not very well known, but I found it amazing.  Although the characters were a bit exgarated I loved every one of them.  Dawn was my favorite because she was so deep, and she knew excatly what she believed in.  I could defintely spend hours upon days and months talking to her about those kinds of things, and the best part would be shouldn't she wouldn't get mad at anything I said.  
•               Hermonie Granger from Harry Potter-  Tons of people put her on their lists because they could relate to her, and she understood things like the need to research, and I agree.  But, she's on my list for a different reason.  In the third book when Hermonie goes against her friends just to keep Harry safe even though they were mad at her forever.  There are few friends who would go to that length to care for me, and I think by the end of the series Ron and Harry saw that too.  
•               Aria from Pretty Little Liars- I almost picked Emily, but she so quiet and I'm so quiet it wouldn't have worked as friends.  Aria is so different, and that's a really interesting thing in a friend.  She would be the friend to go to when you needed a different point of view on something.  It would be great to be friends with her although I don't know if she'd want me as a friend. (I might be too boring).
•               Trixie from the Tenth Circle-  I felt so sorry for this girl in this book.  Her only true friend was her dad.  I don't want to hold myself to it, but I would have been glad to be there and help her out or at least hear her out.  Sometimes one friend is all it takes to prevent a suicide, and I believe that's where Trixie was headed if her dad hadn't stepped in.  
•                Seeker, Morning Star, and Wildman in The Noble Warriors series-  This group would be amazing to go on adventures with.  Each one of them brings a valuable friendship quality to the cirle.  Seeker- Depth, Fate, and Reconclieation/ Morning Star- Kindness, Understanding, Loyalty/ Wildman- Spontanieousness, Adventurousness, Spirit, Humor.  To spend one day with these characters would be an experience.
•               Arran from The Enemy-  This guy is a leader, and I would have wanted him on my side during a zombie apocolapyse.  Yet out of all the characters he knew what the priority was, and that is so important.  Arran was such a great guy, that I don't know who wouldn't have wanted to be his friend.  

Thanks for reading my list.  I put a lot of thought in to this one! 

2011 Debut Author Challenge

I just want to get this over with so I'm going to interrupt Harry Potter week for a moment.  This will be my first year participating in this challenge!   Wish me luck.  This challenge is hosted at Story Siren.  This blog has some much stuff if you haven't been there you should at least check it out. 

            Okay, so here are some books that I am planning to read for this challenge. 

• Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
• Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• Memento Nora by Angie Smibert
• The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
• Moonglass by Jessi Kirby
• Breath of Angel by Karyn Henley
• Lost Voices by Sarah Porter
• Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald
• Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
• Frost by Marianna Baer
• A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan
• Dead Rules by Randy Russell

I counted thirteen so that's one more than I need to read.  So now the only question is how am I going to get money to pre-order all of these?  and Should I pre-order them all at once for shipping purposes or wait til I have money?  Descions. descions.

Harry Potter Week

IT'S HARRY POTTER WEEK!  In honor of the new movie (and the holidays)  I'm going to reread the entire Harry Potter series, and do other things with them on my blog.  Today shall be the kick off and it shall last until I finish all seven books (probably skipping the epilouge). 

In my reviews instead of doing the average (since everyone has already read these I'm going to answer these questions.

• How does this book compare to the movie?
• What was the best part of the book?
• Who was your favorite character (besides Harry, Ron, and Hermonie)?
• What was spaz-worthy of this book?
• Please describe the part that popped in your head.
• What parts where forshadowing that you didn't see before?
• What house whould you be in this book, and why?

This should be fun.  I can't wait to see all of your comments for these things. 

I saw the movie and it was amazing!  I've heard some negative things about it, but the movie got everything in it that needed to be in it.  Although there were some things that I would have like to see.  Best of all, it tottally captured the feeling of the book!  By Voldemort's nose!  It was amazing!  sigh.  I'm glad to have that out of my system I've been sitting on that for a week.

Top Ten Tuesday (4)

This is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  Today's topic is Top Ten Books that get you in the Holiday Mood.  This isn't really going to be a list this time, but I'm still going to make the attempt.

Okay, so for novels my "top ten" is pretty short.

1. Harry Potter- I fully realize that this series is more a Halloween thing, but Harry Potter has always been a Chirstmas thing in my family.  I got the books one by one (or something like that) from under the christmas tree in Elementary school.  I started reading the first book on Chirstmas.  That is how the legacy was born.

2. Kringle by Tony Abbott- This is a book about how Santa came to be only with a fantasy twist.  It's not YA but it's so christmasy I loved it.

That was it for novels but I have a few children's books. 

3. Santa Clause- this is kind of like a fake history book about santa and how he gets his job done.  It's very cute and celver.  I like to go through it around christmas time.

4. The puppy who wanted a boy-  I loved this one when I was little.  It's amazing as so heart-warming.  If you haven't read this you really should; it will make you cry.  If you have a child go to the library right now so that you can read it to them. 

I've never read to get in the mood for the holidays.  It's always been movies, and those christmas specials that have gotten me to pul out the construction paper and make the countdown chain.  My favorite christmas movie is hands down The Polar Express.  It's amazing. 

            You'd think after watching those christmas specials a million times I'd be tried of them, but I can't help it.  They are amazing.  Tell me what your favorite is.  My favorite is Jack Frost, it's so sad, and Jack Frost is always the bad guy for some reason, but what is so evil about makeing icicles? 

             Those movies that are on Family and Halmark that are for Christmas.  I LOVE those.  Half of them I make fun of but the other half are really neat and have interesting ideas. 

Will this post has gotten me in the mood to watch one of those so MERRY CHRISTMAS!



WWW Wendesday (2)

This is a meme created by Should be Reading.  It's very simple but since I don't do In My Mailbox (Yet) or have a Currently Reading gadget it's very useful.  Basicly all it is three questions.

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

What are you currently reading? I actually just started (excatly, just started) rereading Eldest by Christopher Paolini.  I read it in fifth grade and didn't understand it at all so now I'm finally rereading (I know finally!).  But I'm also reading Mockingjay which is very good so far.  I really want  to dive into it, but I'm really busy right now.

What did you recently finish reading? I just finished a really good book called Flygirl about a colored girl that wants to fly in the US army, but that isn't aloud.  So she has to use her pale skin to pass for white.  It was amazing I really felt like I was in the World War II ara. 

What are you probably going to read next?  I'm not really sure, but I really want to get some of my challenge done, so I'm probably going to read either A Match Made in High School or Sea Change

Top Ten Tuesday (3)

This is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  This weeks list is Top Ten Villains/ Criminals/ Other Nasties.  This week I'm counting down from least evil to most evil.

10. Kronos from Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan- Kronos pretty much as half-bloods do all is dirty work for him, but he swallowed all of his children.  Um...that's evil.  Yeah it's evil!  It proves he's a heartless, all-powerful, immortal titan.  Good luck defeating him Percy.

9. Magpie from Inkheart by Cornelia Funke- This lady is crazy.  She's the bad guys right hand person, but she's the brains.  She's the one that knows when Meggie is lying, and she can see through Sliver Tongue's plans.  She turns herself into a bird.  EVIL.

8. Grandma from Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews-  this lady locks her own grandchildren in the attic, and calls them devils spawn.  She's a god fearing, semi-insane old lady that is going straight to hell.  Even though she "loves" God so much that she is willing to kill her own grandchildren because they are "evil".  I think this lady needs to realize who the real evil one is.

7. Taddeus Valentine from Mortal Engines by Paul Reeves- this guy enters the book as the main character's idol.  This young boy finally gets to meet his hero.  Then he is pushed down the garbage shoot that drops him outside the moving London by his hero.  Yeah!  I can just see the admiration in the young boy's eyes.

6. President Snow from Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins- Pretty self explanatory.  He kills 24 children each year, and anyone that stands in his way.  I'm glad that I'm not going to meet him.

5. Acheron Hades from Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde- He's the slipperiest guy on the top ten most wanted list, which is occupied only by him.  He can kill people without a second thought.  Magically disguise himself as an old lady (or anything else) and withstand bullets no matter how strong.  All he wants is to be known as the most evil man, even above Hades.  (This guy is number 5!)

4.   Sidorrio from Vampirates by Justin Somper- An evil vampirate (a vampire pirate) two things of evil in one evil package. 

3. Galbatorix from Eragon by Christoper Paolini- He'll live forever and he has an endless supply of magical beings (that are evil) at his disposale.  He can also ride a dragon.  That automatically makes him pretty bad-ass.  Eragon has the entire country after him because of this guy; a country that is starving and wasting away, but still an entire country!

2. Valentine from Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare- Again, self explanatory.  He experimented with is unborn children, turning his only son into a monster.  He can summon all the demons of the world.  But if you think that's not evil, whatever.

1.Voldemort from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling- DUH!!!   I don't need to explain this one to you but the flat nose should be a dead give away.