No way!
Okay, I’m probably making a WAY bigger deal about this than I should be, but hey, I’m a newbie to blogging with only a few posts and I actually got nominated for a Blog Award??? Yeah, that’s a pretty big deal … to me!
Thank you thank you thank you JM McDowell for being so sweet and thoughtful and giving my ego a boost – really appreciate it! 🙂
So here’s how it works. JM was nominated for The Booker Award (among others – she’s a great writer and deserves them). You should go visit her post about it here.
The Booker Award rules are to list five favorite books and to include why we loved them before passing the award on to five others. Here are my top 5:
Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. It’s one of those books that takes no time to read but offer a great message bv. Been reading it every year since high school!
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. Same as above except I don’t read it every year any more.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin. A great classic that everyone should read it.
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice. Read all of Anne Rice’s books during my college years, but of all of them, this one always stood out. I can still picture so much of the imagery in this book, though I haven’t read it in many years. If you are an Anne Rice fan or into witches and paranormal stories, then this is a good one for you. I think it’s one of her best.
The Complete Poems Of Emily Dickinson. Probably my favorite poet. I carry this book with me on my Kindle app and when I can I read a few of her poems at a time. Took a course on her poetry and I’ll never tire of discovering and rediscovering her words. I even had the chance to visit her house in Amherst, Ma.
Now for my five nominees:
Some of these great bloggers may have already received this award, (deservedly so), though I tried not to nominate someone who I am sure already received it. These are some of my favs. If you haven’t had a chance to visit their blogs, you should!
Thanks again JM, this was fun 🙂
Congrats, superstar! You rock!
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THANKS!!!! 🙂
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Congrats! This is one of the fun awards, because who doesn’t like to talk about their favorite books? I enjoy seeing others bloggers’ selections. 🙂
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Thanks Carrie. You were first on my list to nominate but you’ve already won it — no surprise there 🙂
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Aw. thank you. 🙂
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Congratulations! I wish the best of luck in all your endeavors of 2013! Take care .
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Thanks so much Prinze! 🙂
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Congrats on your nominations! I am honoured on my nomination 🙂 Thank you! Kudos to you for reading great books over and over again 🙂 This might take a bit of thinking on my part as I am knee deep in yoga books at the moment – a very niche market on my travel blog!! XO
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Your welcome! I hope this means more people will find your blog and enjoy your awesome photography. I know I do! 🙂
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What a treat to turn on our computer to network and find this honor given us by a friend! Thanks Arlene, This is a wonderful way to have your blog recommended while surrounding a wonderful subject, BOOKS! Like you, we too are newbies to all of this, so for us country girls who are green. Feels like the Oscar! Again, thx and can’t wait to pass this award forward.
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Your very welcome! You have a wonderful blog and I enjoy visiting it frequently. I can’t wait to see how you divide up or agree on your favorite books 🙂
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To me, the best part of the award is sharing new blogs with readers. I think they’re a great way to find new blogs to follow. And this one is fun because we can also find possible new books to read. I read both of Richard Bach’s books on your list in high school and enjoyed them. He really packed a lot to think about into very short works!
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Hi Arlene! Congrats on your award!!
Thanks for the shout out -I was excited to go visit your other nominees, but was disappointed to find thise message on harrywrites blog “This blog is no longer available”. Maybe he started a new one?
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Huh, that is interesting. It was live when I published the blog. I’ll have to see if he did start a new one. But more importantly, you are very welcome for the shout out!! Hope it brings lots of new visitors to your great blog! 🙂
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Maybe…Well, I enjoyed visiting the others. You have fun friends!!
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awww Congrats!
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