We have been nominated for the Liebster Award by both Aotee & Inx from Inklings of Two Booklings! The Liebster Award is for blogs that have less than 200 followers. We were given 11 questions to answer and were to give 11 facts about ourselves. Finally we had to come up with 11 questions and 11 nominees to answer answer them. Instructions will be repeated at the end of this post.
We will start out with answering the questions we were asked to answer from our nominee.
Which are the three ingredients a good book must contain?
Julia ~ Character relationship/bonding, climax, good ending
Len ~ The 3 ingredients a good book must contain - characters, introduction, and ending
Tina ~ Likable characters, action and a good plot.
Describe your life with a book title.
Julia ~ Neverending Story
Len ~ My book title about my life - No Regrets
Tina ~ My six sons and adorable hubby.
If you were to write a book, what would the blurb look like?
Julia ~ Dream big, one scene at a time.
Len ~ My blurb for my book - If you like who you are, you can't have regrets
Tina ~ My blurb: A full time working wife and mother of six handsome boys, tries to juggle her busy schedule. Suddenly one day she finds she has the powers to hear others thoughts. Will she like what she hears? Will her sons be grounded for life?
What skill would help you win the hunger games (mad origami skill is not an option)?
Julia ~ My mad knife throwing skills. With some practice of course...
Len ~ My skill to win the hunger games - hunter skills with bows and arrows
Tina ~ My mad gab skills. I talk so much, it would distract and confuse my opponents and I would then lay on some of my Judo skills.
Its your birthday and the doctor offers you one trip with the TARDIS. What event (in the past or future) would you like to witness and why?
Julia ~ Anything Greek, because of the highlander men.
Len ~ The event that I would like to witness on my trip with TARDIS - I would like to see the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World because I want to see all their glory.
Tina ~ I would have liked to witness the moon landing. It was such a historical and life changing event.
If you could spend one day in a book, which book would you choose? Why?
Julia ~ Any of the Highlander books by KMM for the passion and love the men show their women.
Len ~ The book that I would spend one day in - Dark Fever ( Book 1 in the Fever Series ) and my reason why is because of Jericho Barrons
Tina ~ I think I would spend my day in Contingency because I could spend my time with the handsome and charming Dr. Aldwin. I could also sneak a bit of time with the dark and sexy vampire Soren. Plus I could wear the styles from the early 1900's and see how stylish I could get my hair.
Would you rather spend a day in the Cullen's house or in a cold torture chamber with Bellatrix Lestrange?
Julia ~ Cullen's house totally!
Len ~ I would rather spend a day in the Cullen's House
Tina ~ I would much rather spend my day in the Cullen's house.
Aliens exist! And they have libraries! Huge, amazing libraries filled with books from all over the universe! Awesome! They want to expand their collection so they ask you to pick 5 books (or book series) from Earth to be placed in the great galactic library. Which books would you choose?
Julia ~ Morganville Vampires Series by Rachel Caine, The Harry Bosch Series by Michael Connelly, Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward, The Fever Series by KMM, & the Dark, Dream, Were-Hunter Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Len ~ 5 books from earth that the Aliens should have in their library - Baby (Species Intervention #6609 Book 1), Echo (Species Intervention #6609 Book 2), Armageddon Cometh (Species Intervention #6609 Book 3), Hive (Species Intervention #6609 Book 4), Seven Point Eight:The First Chronicle
Tina ~ This is difficult, but I would choose Crux by Julie Reece, Saga of the Setti Series by Stephanie Judice, The Kingdom Chronicles by BC Morin, Contingency by Peggy Martinez and Whisper Cape by Susan Griscom.
Ever fell in love with a fictional character? Who swept you off your feet the most?
Julia ~ Jerrico Barrons (All Fever Series #1-5), Archron (Dark-Hunter #15 by Sherrilyn Kenyon) & Rehvenge – Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood # 7) ~ Julia
Len ~ I haven't ever fell in love with a fictional character, Jericho Barrons from the Fever Series swept me off my feet the most
Tina ~ Recently it was Devin from On the Plus Side by Tabatha Vargo.
If reading was prohibited by law, what other hobby would you choose?
Julia ~ Audio Books lol
Len ~ If reading was prohibited by law, my hobby would be - scrap-booking and photography
Tina ~ Scrap-booking or gardening, I do a little of both now.
Would you rather be a vampire for life of a werewolf during the full moon?
Julia ~ I would rather be a hybrid where I can be both for life and during full moons.
Len ~ I would be a vampire for life
Tina ~ A vampire for life.
11 Facts about Us
- Nationality: Oriental
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: Stepdaughter and stepson
- Hobbies: Books & Scrapbooking
- Favorite Colors: Purple and Green
- Likes: Traveling, Reading, Spending time with Family & Friends
- Favorite Restaurants: American, Italian and Japanese
- Favorite Foods: Lumpia (Oriental Spring Rolls), Pizza, Spaghetti, Lasagna
- Favorite Desserts: Peach Cobbler, Apple Pie, Cheesecake
- Favorite Candy: Any candy with Dark Chocolate
- Travel Destinations: Italy, Caribbean, Bahamas
- Eye Color - Blue
- Hair Color - Brown
- Height - 5'1
- Mother of 4
- Wife of 6 years
- Most Loved Genre - Love paranormal, thriller, mystery & romance
- Born in Texas
- Live in Oklahoma
- Have a Bachelors of Science in Accounting
- Favorite Color - Purple
- Worst Fear – Spiders
- I have 6 sons.
- Married
- I have 10 tattoos.
- 3 dogs
- green and pink are my favorite colors
- I am a STNA
- Love zombie movies/books
- I collect frogs.
- I am a huge harry Potter fan.
- I have a huge crush on Ian Somerhalder.
- I love to work on genealogy.
Julia has also been nominated by Shadows Past Mystery. Here are Carmen's questions and Julia's answers.
Why did you get into blogging?
I got into blogging for many reasons. First I wanted to have another way to share what I truly love and that is my love for reading and sharing what I read with othesr. Then there is the ultimate way to show off an author's work. Finally I wanted a back up blog for Tours that I have set up and not all of my host follow through with the dates they have chosen.
How did you come up with the name of your blog?
Honestly I'm not quite sure, it just came to me one day and I thought why now. Many people ask if it is due to The Princess Bride and I cannot say that is why, the thought that when an author asks me to read their book and review it for them I tend to think as you wish rather than say I'm overloaded with books to review as it is. lol
Do you have a favorite classical author?
Not really but if I had to choose a classical author it would have to be William Shakespeare.
If you could swap the place with a famous author who would this be?
Oh wow, that is a touchy question because there are so many amazing authors out there now. I would probably pick a number of them... Can we come back to this question later? It's too darn late for me to go looking up names I cannot for the life of me remember how to spell correctly.
If you are a writer, too, which do you prefer best: writing on the blog or writing your book?
I would have to say writing on my blog, though I love to have authors as guests any day of the week, and supply a review for those that I can get to quick enough. I tend to let them take over my page rather than come up with something amazing myself.
How do you feel when rejecting a review request from an author who asks you nicely?
I feel horrible, when I want to reach out and help them all and love reading all of the work they put out there to read. I cannot say that I have denied a review before, maybe passed it on to another but never denied.
How do you decide which book to review?
Well when my time was based on just reading and reviewing it was easy, whatever book I wanted to pick up next would be the book I read and reviewed. I cannot say that every book I read I put out a review for but I did happen to give it stars on Good-reads if I didn't publish a review. So no matter what the stars were published if the review was not.
If you could choose a famous author to cooperate with you for a project who would this be?
Well I'm already working with an author on a project that has given me experience in a field that I never quite dreamed I'd be doing. Doug Dillon has helped me a great deal in building the confidence I have needed to feel I can achieve my dreams. This field of assisting authors and presenting their work to blog hosts has been an amazing journey.
What's your favorite book turned into movie?
I would have to say Song of Ice & Fire so far. You probably thought I would say Twilight or The Hunger Games right? No this is only because the Song of Ice & Fire has seriously gone straight by the book so far in the two seasons I've seen. I just love that I can watch the show and turn the pages in the book and pick up scene for scene right on the money.
What character in a book you've reviewed so far do you hate/love most?
I am in love with the fictional character Jericho Barrons from The Fever Series, then who is not in love with JB? After scrolling through my recently read books, I must say I hate Garrison from the Touch Series.
If your life would become subject in a book what genre would it be: romance, thriller, horror, sci-fi and why?
If my life was a subject in a book then I would have to say a paranormal book because I feel like I have some mood swings that could relate to a shifter, and a few gifts that most would question if ever experienced themselves.
Our nominees are:
- Cheree, Lauren, Jeannie and April from Confessions of the Paranormal
- Ann from Rambling Voices In My Head
- Cassie & Cassie from Cassie's Reviews De-La-Mazing
- Michelle from That Bites-Book Talk Reviews
- Mira from Escape From Reality
- Brianna, Tonya, and Carole from Reading Fiction For Life
- Melissa & Ashley from Smardy Pants Book Blog
- Jodie from Jodie Pierce's Ink Slinger's Blog
- KD McLean from KD McLean Author
- Brandy from Brandy Nacole's Blog
- Tabatha from Tabatha Vargo
- What is your favorite paranormal powers? and Why?
- Who is your favorite author?
- What person inspired you? and Why?
- What genre of books do you like to read?
- If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
- Do you prefer a happily ever after ending when you read a book?
- Do you prefer angels of light or fallen angels?
- How many books do you typically read in a month?
- Are you an early riser or night owl?
- Where is your favorite place to read?
- Describe your ultimate character hero/heroine?
- Copy and paste the award onto your blog.
- Answer our 11 questions.
- Come up with 11 questions, 11 nominees with less than 200 followers, and 11 facts about yourself.
- Leave a comment on your nominee's blog telling them about the award.
- Thank your nominator.
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