Winners & Awards

Using random.org I've drawn the winners of my February contests

Winner of the Aussie/N.Z contest for a copy of Burn:

Congratulations Aye.Me of Reversing the Monotony

Amy you are also in the top commenter box so there'll be a surprise book in your parcel!

Winner of the February Lovin' It Contest -

Congratulations Tiger Holland

And now on to awards. I'm really sorry if I missed acknowledging awards while I was recovering from surgery, my brain wasn't at its most retentive LOL. Here are the one's I do remember and please don't feel obliged to post if you've already received this award or have adopted an award free blog policy!

The Happy 101 Award came to me from Wings @ Storywings. A big thank you to Wings for this super cute award, be sure to check out her blog.

The rules for this award are:

•List 10 things that make you happy.
•Try and do at least one of them today.
•Tag ten bloggers that brighten your day.
•Link back to the person that tagged you.

Ten things that make me happy!

1. Hugs from my boys
2. Laughing with my best friend Alaine
3. Reading
4. Scrapbooking
5. Spending time with friends
6. Red Tulip easter bunny's
7. Rainbows
8. Seeing a good movie
9. Going to the beach
10. Having conversations about books

all the blogs I visit brighten my day but here's 5:

Alaine - Queen of Happy Endings

Amy @ Reversing the Monotony

Sheila @ One Person's Journey Through A World Of Books

Hannah @ Changing My Definition of Life

Veens @ Giving Reading A Chance

Darlyn @ dArLyN & Books gave me the super cute "Who Loves You Baby" award. Isn't it adorable!! I'm passing this on to all the wonderful pals who comment regularly on my blog, comments make my day so the Who Loves You Baby award goes out to all of you :-)

The Prolific Blogger Award comes from Jennifer @ The Introverted Reader and Wings @ Storywings. I've already passed it on a number of times but I just wanted to acknowledge the wonderful bloggers who shared this award with me. Thanks girls, it's much appreciated  :-)

Blog Awards and Comment Love

Time to post some blog love I've received lately. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone, please forgive me if I have, I've got a brain like a seive at the moment so if I don't do things straight away they're gone.

The Over the Top Award comes from Aye.Me? @ Reversing the Monotony ... and I'm told it means over the top in a good way LOL.

The rules are pretty simple. Answer the following questions with Single Word answers then pass this along to 5 other bloggers. Make sure you let them know about it though.

Your Cell Phone? Important

Your Hair? Brown

Your Mother? Heaven

Your Father? Happy

Your Favorite Food? Chocolate

Your Dream Last Night? Sad

Your Favorite Drink? Water

Your Dream/Goal? Healthy

What Room Are You In? Bedroom

Your Hobby? Scrapbooking

Your Fear? Mice

Where Do You Want To Be In Six Years? Alive

Where Were You Last Night? Home

Something That You Aren't? Fit

Muffins? Yummy

Wish List Item? Books

Where Did You Grow Up? Australia

Last Thing You Did? Read

What Are You Wearing? PJs

Your TV? Big

Your Pets? Dead

Friends? Loyal

Your Life? Chaotic

Your Mood? Tired

Missing Someone? Mum

Vehicle? Toyota

Something You Aren't Wearing? Socks

Your Favorite Store? Bookstore

Your Favorite Color? Pink

When Was The Last Time You Laughed? Today

Last Time You Cried? Yesterday

Your Best Friend? Caring

One Place You Go To Over And Over Again? Blogs

Facebook? Procrastinator

Favorite Place To Eat? Lounge

This one goes out to the following bloggers I've recently come across:

Shy from The Bibliophile's Journal

Jean from Tuning into YA Books

Wings from Storywings

In the Hammock

Justpeachy36 from Debbie's Book Bag

Blogger Buddie Award from J. Kaye @ J. Kaye's Book Blog. Isn't this just adorable! Right back at ya J. Kaye. This one goes out to all the wonderful blogging buddies that follow and comment on my blog. A blog is a boring place without comments, so keep them coming ... I love them!!

The Dragon's Loyalty Award is from the wonderful Ladybug @ Escape in a Book

I'm passing this one to the top commenters on my blog at the time of this post. Thanks so much your comments mean a lot! Please don't feel obliged to pass these on if you've already received them or have adopted an award free blog policy!

Alaine @ Alaine Queen of Happy Endings

Vivienne @ Serendipity

Cj'alhafiz @  Coffee N Crackers

Staci @ Life in the Thumb

dArLyN @  dArLyN & Books

Stacy @ Stacy's Books

Mishel @ Mis(h)takes

Sharon @ Books to the Ceiling

J. Kaye @ J. Kaye's Book Blog

Shweta @ Shweta's Book Journal

Another one from the wonderful J. Kaye @ J. Kaye's Book Blog and it comes with the most awesome sentiment. Thanks J. Kaye.

It signifies all the bloggers out there who constantly work hard to keep an updated and insightful website. They aren't afraid to take a bite with their honest reviews and enjoyable content. You amaze me, you inspire me so I call you a blog monster.

Super Comments Award comes from Stephanie at Laughing Stars. Thanks Stephanie aka Stark Raving Bibliophile. I've already passed on the top commenters award so I just wanted to do a shout out to Stephanie and her awesome blog!

To celebrate blogging friendships & my birthday two lucky readers can take their pick from a choice of 6 books in my Dec/Jan giveaway. Check this blog post for details. International entrants welcome.

What Are Your Reading On Monday

A weekly event hosted by J. Kaye’s Book Blog to discuss your reading week ~ the books you've read and those you plan on reading in the coming week.

Hope everyone is getting into the spirit of christmas. I've almost finished shopping for Christmas pesents, and the birthdays we have in late Dec and early Jan. I've spent hours making cards & wrapping gifts (such a fun part of christmas) and this week we have the big Christmas grocery shop to do and of course cooking all the yummy christmas treats. Marshmallow balls, Ferrero rochers, rocky road, shortbread, nuts n bolts ... drool.

I'm hoping to get a review committment up before I go in for my surgery but no pressure! I don't think there'll be any reading done this week, if we happen to have everything done for christmas early, I'd love to go to the movies with my family and see Avatar. I have listed 2 books, my current audiobook and my only christmas themed read, A Christmas Ball but these will be ongoing over the next few weeks whenever I have time to pick something up.

My bloggy friend Lea from Closetwriter, shared some pics of her gorgeous christmas tree so I thought I'd do the same. Here's our tree, pressies and all ... and each year I buy a new decoration, 2009's is the wooden reindeer below.

To all my blogging friends please stay happy, healthy and safe, and share the LOVE :-)

Reviews completed:

GRACELING by Kristen Cashore - 5 stars

MOON CALLED by Patricia Briggs - 4 stars

KITTY & THE MIDNIGHT HOUR by Carrie Vaughn - 3.5 stars

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Books Completed Last Week:

FIRE by Kristen Cashore

MIRACLE IN SUMATRA: The Story of Gutsy Gus by Jeanne McNaney

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This Week's Reading List:

A CHRISTMAS BALL by Jennifer Ashley, Emily Bryan, Alissa Johnson

THE SHOP ON BLOSSOM STREET by Debbie Macomber (audiobook) - chapter 3


And last but not least I wanted to acknowledge some blog love received, hopefully I'll have time at a later date to pass these on, but for now, thank you :-)

A big thank you to Chioma from Black and Blue Ink for the Gorgeous Blogger Award, this is an award that I didn't have and a very cute one!

Also thanks go out to Pamela @ From Barbies to Words for the One Lovely Blog Award

To celebrate blogging friendships & my birthday two lucky readers can take their pick from a choice of 6 books in my Dec/Jan giveaway. Check this blog post for details. International entrants welcome.

Gotta Love Blog Love

This absolutely stunning award comes from J.Kaye @ J.Kaye's Book Blog. The Heart of a Dragon Award is a very special award for the blogger who inspires you and/or others to go above and beyond or the blogger who helps keep us all connected. I'm even more chuffed by the sentiment that J.Kaye voiced when nominating me for this award. Right back at you J.Kaye :-)  I know it has taken me forever to post, please forgive me. 

Here are the rules:

1. Post the award on your site with a link to the person who gave it to you.

2. Pass it on to the blogger(s) who inspire you and list why they are receiving the award.

3. Post a comment on their blog.

This one goes out to:

Alaine @ Queen of Happy Endings - Alaine is the reason I began blogging in the first place, not only is this amazing woman an inspiration to me she is also my best friend. We have been friends for 9 years, we have so much in common, the death of baby daughters, the loss of a parent within 6 months of each other, some fairly traumatic family history, scrapbooking, our love of reading and movies, and a completely warped, sick sense of humour which gets us through even the darkest times. Alaine is more than my best friend, she is the Sister of My Heart. Love ya

Dottie @ My Blog 2.0 - Dottie always, always comments on my blog, her blog is absolutely gorgeous (I just love tinkerbell) she loves all things vampire, does awesome book reviews, has a great sense of humour and is definitely to blame for more than one of my overloaded bookshelves. Dottie is an absolute sweetheart!

Lea @ Closetwriter - this girl is one of the most generous bloggers I know, she always comments on my blog, she goes out of her way to promote other bloggers, toot their contests and her blog is one of the friendliest and most welcoming out there, Lea also writes a pretty awesome review.

Deanna/ibeeeg @ Mom Musings ~ Deanna and I have got quite a bit in common, favourite authors, our exceptional reading taste, and a chaotic family life LOL. She is one of the sweetest bloggers around, our friendship has extended from oour blogs to staying in touch via email which has been just lovely.

Kristen @ BookNAround - this girl reads prolifically, manages to post 3 or 4 book reviews a week, still has a review backlog a mile long and leaves comments about my reviewing woes which totally crack me up! Kristen, I just love knowing there is someone out there with a list of reviews longer than mine *evil grin*  and I will be truly stuffed if you ever get up to date  :-)

The Honest Scrap Award from Jenny @ Jenny Loves To Read

It is for those bloggers who write from the heart. The rules are to pass it along to seven bloggers and then list 10 honest things about myself. Here are those deserving of this honor, bloggers who write from the heart and touch me because of it:

Alaine @ Queen of Happy Endings

J. Kaye @ J.Kaye's Book Blog

Lilly @ Reading Extravaganza

Karyn @ Slip Carefully

Yvette @ True Crime Book Reviews

Veens @ Giving Reading A Chance

Viv @ Serendipity

Ladybug @ Escape in a Book

And now for 10 honest things about me:

1. I love teddies and chocolate equally; I collect one and eat the other LOL

2. I've had an auto kidney transplant and every day I'm grateful that I'm here to spend it with my children.

3. My baby daughter died not long after she was born and 19 years later I still miss her.

4. I love holidays but I love being at home even more.

5. I've had high blood pressure since I was 16.

6. I have a seriously warped sense of humour.

7. Books are my escapism, my sanity saver.

8. I'm a loyal friend :-)

9. I find watering the garden relaxing & peaceful.

10. I miss having my mum to tell all my worries to.

This oh so cute Prolific Blogger Award is from Hazra @ Advance Booking , thanks Hazra.

This award is to all those prolific bloggers, who read voraciously, blog tirelessly and have made the blogging community such a vibrant place. This award is in recognition of their achievements and their enthusiasm. They are the people who keep me going!

There are a couple of rules for this award:

1. Every winner of the Prolific Blogger Award has to pass on this award to at least seven other deserving prolific bloggers. Spread some love!

2. Each Prolific Blogger must link to the blog from which he/she has received the award.

3. Every Prolific Blogger must link back to This Post, which explains the origins and motivation for the award.

4. Every Prolific Blogger must visit this post and add his/her name in the Mr. Linky, so that we all can get to know the other winners.

J. Kaye @ J.Kaye's Book Blog  ~ I know you've already received this award J.Kaye but I don't know anyone who deserves it more!!

Here's my choice of bloggers:

Alyssa @ Teens Read & Write

Rachy @ Parajunkee's View

Blodeuedd @ Book girl of Mur-y-Castell

Teddy Rose @ So Many Precious Books, So Little Time

Mishel @ Mis(h)takes

Diane @ The Book Resort

Kristen @ Bookworming in the 21st Century

Another award came from J. Kaye at J. Kaye's Book Blog.  My "across the miles" friendship with this lovely lady  is very special. Take time today and think about your friends. This award is to be passed on to five of your book blogging friends. It's hard to pick just 5 and of course there are bloggers who already have this award that I would definitely give it to.

Deanna @ Mom Musings

Dottie @ My Blog 2.0

Lea @ Closetwriter

Jenny @ Jenny Loves To Read

Staci @ Life in the Thumb

Just wanted to do a shout out to Sharon from A Bookworm's Blog & Jen from Jen's Book Talk for the Kreativ Blogger Award, thanks Sharon & Jen. I've already awarded this one many times but I still wanted to say thank you and toot their blogs.

Jen's Book Talk is a very cute blog and Jen is running a fun reading challenge called Opposites Attract (7th Nov 09 - 8th Nov 10.) You can check it out and sign up here

This month on The Eclectic Reader one lucky reader can win The Running Vixen OR Shadowland OR Captive of Sin. Check this blog post for details. International entrants welcome.

What Are You Reading On Monday?

A weekly event hosted by J. Kaye’s Book Blog to discuss your reading week ~ the books you've read and those you plan on reading in the coming week.

Christmas is coming early here on The Eclectic Reader, make sure you pop in on September 23rd. Authors of A Christmas Ball will be here sharing Christmas recipes and other special treats!!

Last week was all about reviews and yippee I actually committed and followed through with a lot of encouragement from BF Alaine and bloggy friends. For those of you who need some expert nagging encouragement from Alaine to get your book review backlog under control visit her blog, Alaine - Queen of Happy Endings & sign up for her nagging program. Here are the books I reviewed from my backlog. Click on the titles if you've missed them during the week.

HUSH, HUSH by Becca Fitzpatrick - 4 stars

ONCE UPON A NIGHTMARE by Lee Moylan - 4.5 stars

THE UNDEAD NEXT DOOR by Kerrelyn Sparks - 4 stars

HALFWAY TO THE GRAVE by Jeaniene Frost - 5 stars

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Books Completed Last Week:

EVERMORE by Alyson Noel

DARK HEART by Betsy James

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This Week's Reading List:

SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater (audiobook) - chapter 15

ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE by Jeaniene Frost - page 22

BLUE MOON by Alyson Noel

WAIT UNTIL TWILIGHT by Sang Pak

GRACELING by Kristen Cashore

ALONG FOR THE RIDE by Sarah Dessen

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The Superior Scribbler Award came to me from J.Kaye @ J.Kaye's Book Blog. J.Kaye, you are such a sweetie, thanks for this super cute award!

Here are the rules for this award:

1. Each Superior Scribbler must in turn pass The Award on to 5 most-deserving Bloggy Friends.

2. Each Superior Scribbler must link to the author & the name of the blog from whom he/she has received the award.

3. Each Superior Scribbler must display The Award on his/her blog, and link to this post, which explains the award.

4. Each Blogger who wins The Superior Scribbler Award must visit this post and add his/her name to the Mr. Linky List. That way, we'll be able to keep up-to-date on everyone who receives this prestigious honor!

5. Each Superior Scribbler must post these rules on his/her blog.

Here are my nominees: (apologies if you've already received this one, there are over 1000 blogs on the Mr Linky list already)

RachealfromNJ @ Enchanted by Books

Blodeuedd @ Book girl of Mur-y-Castell

Nikola @ Nikola's Book Blog

Sarbear @ My Life is an Effing Fairy Tale

Kaye @ Pudgy Penguin Perusals

This month on The Eclectic Reader you could win Fire by Kristen Cashore OR Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick OR Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Check this blog post for details. International entrants welcome.

Thanks for the Blog Love

Just wanted to give a big thank you hug to all the wonderful bloggers who have shared awards lately, I'm tickled pink getting them all. Due to some minor surgery I'm not feeling up to passing these all on again but I have passed on the new-to-me awards. I also wanted to give a big shout out to the following awesome bloggers who have thought of me when passing awards on. Grab a coffee or a cool drink and take some time to visit their blogs, you won't be sorry!

Zombie Chicken Award from

Robby @ Running For Fiction and Sarbear @ My Life is an Effing Fairy Tale and Yvette @ True Crime Book Reviews

The blogger who receives this award believes in the Tao of the zombie chicken - excellence, grace and persistence in all situations, even in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. These amazing bloggers regularly produce content so remarkable that their readers would brave a raving pack of zombie chickens just to be able to read their inspiring words.

The Super Comments Award from Briana at The Book Pixie

We give and get awards for having a great blog and being a good friend. What I want to award is those people whose comments have meant THE WORLD to me. It takes time to visit a blog and leave a comment ... I wanted to recognize some special bloggers whose comments have made such an impact on me.



Proximade Award from Mel @ He Followed Me Home ... Can I Keep Him

This award invests and believes in 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!


Heartfelt Award from Melissa @ Melissa's Bookshelf

Do you reach for a cup of cocoa or tea when your relaxing, seeking comfort, sharing a plate of cookies with family and freinds? You know the feeling you get when you drink a yummy cup of cocoa, tea, or a hot toddy? That is what the Heartfelt Award is all about, feeling warm inside.



Bingo Award from Book Magic

This award was started by Bookin With BINGO and here are the rules:
This "B-I-N-G-O" BEAUTIFUL BLOG AWARD means that this blog is...
B: Beautiful
I: Informative
N: Neighborly
G: Gorgeous
O: Outstanding




Top Commenters Award from Linda Ellen @ Bambi Reads

This is a brand new one to me and easy to award as I have a Top Commenters widget on my sidebar. I love reading your comments, it's why I blog, to share thoughts, likes, dislikes, news, with other bloggers. So A big thank you to:

Diane @ The Book Resort
J.Kaye @ J.Kaye's Book Blog
Staci @ Life in the Thumb
Blodeuedd @ Book girl of Mur-y-castell
Dottie @ My Blog 2.0
Jennifer @ Rundpinne
Jenny @ Jenny Loves To Read
Alaine @ Queen of Happy Endings
Veens @ Giving ... Reading - A Chance
Krista @ Life or something like it ...



Outstanding Romance Blog Award from Diane @ The Book Resort

This award originated from Sapphire Romance Realm who said:

I have been wanting to start up some new blog awards to give out to blogs that I love to visit and that are big romance supporters. So this one is for those outstanding blogs that keep me coming back day after day and that avidly and passionately support Romance Novels and are not afraid to show it!!!

There are no rules for this one I only ask that you would to post where the award originated and who gave it to you when you post it to your own blogs.

Historical Romance author Emily Bryan
Danni @ Romantic Harbor
VampFanGirl @ Lovin' Me Some Romance
Sweet Vernal Zephyr
Susan @ Well Mannered Frivolity

This month on The Eclectic Reader you could win Fire by Kristen Cashore OR Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick OR Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Check this blog post for details. International entrants welcome.

Bingo's Beautiful Blog Award

Thank you so much to J. Kaye & Nikola for this super cool award. J. Kaye nominated The Eclectic Reader for 'Beautiful' and Nikola picked 'Outstanding' so I was very chuffed. If you don't already follow J. Kaye's Book Blog you are missing out, head on over there. J.Kaye always makes you feel welcome, she's one of the friendliest and most generous bloggers out there. Nikola's Book Blog is a new blog to me but it sure has the cutest blog design and great book reviews. This award was started by Bookin With BINGO and here are the rules: This "B-I-N-G-O" BEAUTIFUL BLOG AWARD means that this blog is... B: Beautiful I: Informative N: Neighborly G: Gorgeous O: Outstanding Please look carefully at as many blogs as you can to find the top FIVE blogs that YOU think also exemplify these standards and pass it along to them. Please don't break this chain of FIVE! If you are someone who doesn't want awards or doesn't pass them on, please tell the person who is giving it so they can share it with someone who would want it. Thank you. Also, link your award to the person who gave it to you so when people link on the person's name or blog name, it will take them there to see that person's BINGO-RIFFIC BLOG.

I figured that since I received this award from 2 people I could nominate 2 for each category, so here goes. Beautiful - Taschima from Bloody Bookaholic & Briana from The Book Pixie Informative - Melissa from Melissa's Book Shelf & Michelle from Galleysmith Neighbourly - Staci from Life In The Thumb & Jenny from Jenny Loves To Read, these two bloggers truly have become my pals across the pond! Gorgeous - Dottie from My Blog 2.0 & Kim from The Book Butterfly Outstanding - Lea from Closetwriter & Kristen from Bookworming in the 21st Century Wow that was really difficult, there are so many beautiful, informative, neighbourly, gorgeous and outstanding blogs out there. I hope you can stop by each one of these wonderful blogs and leave a comment, it truly is worth taking the time to visit. This month on The Eclectic Reader you could win Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong OR The White Queen by Philippa Gregory OR Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink. Check this blog post for details. International entrants welcome.

Humane Award

This award signifies much for me about how I feel about blogging, the friends I have made across the miles through a shared love of reading & blogging. I received this wonderful award from 4 blogging friends in the last few weeks, thank you so much. Please sit down with a cuppa & check out their awesome blogs! J.Kaye @ J. Kaye's Book Blog Jaime @ For The Love Of All That Is Written Stacy at Stacy's Bookblog Linda Ellen @ Bambi Reads The Humane Award is to honor certain bloggers that are kindhearted individuals. They regularly take part in my blog and always leave the sweetest comments. If it wasn’t for them, my site would just be an ordinary book review blog. Their blogs are also amazing and are tastefully done on a daily basis. This award is to thank them for their growing friendships through the blog world. Without further ado, I'd like to share this one with some old friends and a couple of new ones :-) Caffee at Caffee Reads Christina at Reading Through The Night

Diane at The Book Resort

Staci at Life in the Thumb

Christine at Romantic Crush Junkies Many thanks also to Rachel from The Book Wars for another Heartfelt Award, this is a gorgeous award but I have difficulty posting the code for this one so please check out Rachel's super cool blog! This month on The Eclectic Reader you could win Blood Promise by Richelle Mead OR Destined For An Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost OR The Other Tudors by Philippa Jones. Check this blog post for details. International entrants welcome.

What's On Your Desk Wednesday? & Lotsa Blog Love

I've been very lax in posting awards and participating in tag memes so this is my belated attempt to make amends. Please note I do say 'attempt', my middle name IS 'muddle' but please know that my slackness in no way diminishes my appreciation of all the blog love. However appreciation doesn't seem to be the best motivator for getting my exceedingly disorganised self over the line :-) Thanks so much to the following wonderful bloggers, some of these lovely ladies have become friends across the miles. If you haven't already done so, take the time to check out their awesome blogs. What's on your desk Wednesday? is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Sassy Brit of Alternative-Read I confess to tidying up before the photo, otherwise it would have been; desk... what desk??? List at least 5 BOOKISH things on your desk -

The books on my desk aren't all TBR books for now, my TBR pile 'in action' is mostly by my bed, oh ok and my desk, the floor, my bookcases *sigh* you get the picture.

• Dime Store Magic that I used for Teaser Tuesday & it's on my reading list this week.
• The Last Queen because I was going to use it for Teaser Tuesday
• Library books & secondhand book store finds not shelved yet
• notes for next book review
• notes for uploading audio books
• note for how to make transparent backgrounds on pics for my blog (woot woot)

List at least 5 NON BOOK things -

• my ipod for audio books (haven't listened to music in... hmm forever)
• my mobile
• eeyore pen
• some US coins from Dad's trip to the States
• thinking of you card from a friend

2009 Friendly Blogger Award from Caspette @ The Narrative Causality The One Lovely Blog Award from Ladybug @ Escape in a Book The Lemonade Award from Bambi Reads This delicious Angel On My Blog Award is from the delightful Lea from Closetwriter (check out the buns!!) The Proximade Award from Briana at The Book Pixie The Bookfriends Award from Jaime @ For The Love Of All That Is Written

The Kreativ Blogger Award from Diane at The Book Resort.

This award & meme works like this: If you accept it, you are supposed to list seven of your favorite things and nominate seven blogs that deserve this award. So in no particular order here's my 7

1. My boys :-)
2. The beach & holidays
3. Friends
4. Reading
5. Scrapbooking
6. Vanilla slices
7. Teddies

This month on The Eclectic Reader you could win Blood Promise by Richelle Mead OR Destined For An Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost OR The Other Tudors by Philippa Jones. Check this blog post for details. International entrants welcome.