tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90173928325303701452024-03-13T00:29:58.249-07:00Life...Love...Friendship...Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-26028882459229600452012-06-20T15:20:00.000-07:002012-06-20T15:20:46.831-07:00The Golden Lily<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Author: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Sarah Dessen</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Publisher: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Speak</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Date published: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">2004</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Type of book: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Young Adult </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Pages: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">374</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHSPgEsu_B5r7zCmlg7Md8JxEtVIIra0T5ruMBONwab-PBvZaWbdvGvrVtLXvlquKxbGiO6DnFFoLY4KiL5vgDy3tqyeGr0OCj53eaqw59iEtVcmcVlmhxRaRetygaYbEG4_gDfxNHkbU/s1600/truth-about-forever.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHSPgEsu_B5r7zCmlg7Md8JxEtVIIra0T5ruMBONwab-PBvZaWbdvGvrVtLXvlquKxbGiO6DnFFoLY4KiL5vgDy3tqyeGr0OCj53eaqw59iEtVcmcVlmhxRaRetygaYbEG4_gDfxNHkbU/s320/truth-about-forever.jpg" width="206" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Macy's summer stretches before her, carefully planned and outlined. She will spend her days sitting at the library information desk. She will spend her evenings studying for the SATs. Spare time will be used to help her obsessive mother prepare for the big opening of the townhouse section of her luxury development. But Macy's plans don't anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with Wish Catering, a motley crew of new friends, or ... Wes. Tattooed, artistic, anything-but-expected Wes. He doesn't fit Macy's life at all--so why does she feel so comfortable with him? So ... happy? What is it about him that makes her let down her guard and finally talk about how much she misses her father, who died before her eyes the year before? Sarah Dessen delivers a page-turning novel that carries readers on a roller coaster of denial, grief, comfort, and love as we watch a broken but resilient girl pick up the pieces of her life and fit them back together.</span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Review:</b> I love the book….I love all the characters in the book ..Wes is probably my favorite. All of Dessen’s lead guy characters are AMAZING…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Dessen does a great job at bringing Macy's new friends to life: accident-prone, pregnant caterer Delia bickering brothers Wes and Bert, lively Kristy and her sister Monica "Monotone". <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When I finished this book I felt: I love this book… and every time I read it I love it more. And I love the idea of a relationship like Macy and Wes’s… <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I had high expectations what I read this book and I wasn’t disappointed.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Sarah Dessen pulled off a worn plot with grace and an unexpected twist. The characters were easy to relate to. There were definitely moments of awe and other moments I was cheering Macy on. The meaning is great and it had me thinking about what forever really is. I’d definitely recommend The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen to anyone who enjoys books with three dimensional characters, a touch of romance, and a great plot.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 66.0pt;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/215/1810714EA04AC4C4A31743A7BD2F0198.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></div></div></div></div>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-62807229623033305572011-03-22T17:42:00.000-07:002011-03-22T17:42:26.268-07:00What Kind of Book Are You?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">So...I was visiting someone's blog...and i saw this post where you had to take a quiz to see which type of book you were...</span></span></span></span><br />
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<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">THE REPLACEMENT by Brenna Yovanoff is a hauntingly beautiful book that scares the pants off me.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">NIGHTSHADE by Andrea Cremer is not about werewolves--it's about true wolves that can shapeshift into people written by a brilliant scholar who incorporate history into the tale.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">MATCHED by Allie Condie shows us that love can break through any barrier, and the most important thing is to not go gently...</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6px;">ACROSS THE UNIVERSE is the book that I wrote and I would really like it if you liked it. Also I think you're pretty and want to be friends with you.</li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I AM SO EXCITED I couldn't sleep last night. No joke!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>So do you want the gist of it?</b></span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I've written a book. It's a YA paranormal romance novel that I've decided <b>not</b></span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> to try and publish traditionally (via publishing house, etc). I have decided to post it on my blog in weekly installments until the whole book is available to the public for free.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><i>Say what?</i></span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I'm doing this because it will be fun. And we all need some good fun!!!! Charles Dickens published some of his major work in installments. So did George Eliot. And now Rane Anderson will do it too.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">What can you expect in the next few months? Well, it's going to take some time to prepare. I'll be posting about it regularly leading up to the very first launch day (April 11, 2011!). I'm working with a very talented artist to create a cover for the book and a new illustration for each post! I can't wait to see my characters come alive on paper!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">There are ways to participate in this event. But you really have to read </span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/48254759/Who-is-Saint-Giovanni"><span style="color: #7d5af1; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">this article</span></a></span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> for the best explanation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">AND when you sign up to participate, you are actually signing up to win prizes too. The Grand Prize will be a Kindle Graphite 6".<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Here is a summary of the book, but really, please read </span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/48254759/Who-is-Saint-Giovanni"><span style="color: #7d5af1; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">this article</span></a></span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> that took me something like 8 hours to prepare (all last night until 5am).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">WHO IS SAINT GIOVANNI?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Emily Edwards has snooped too far into her father’s personal affairs—<i>affairs</i></span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">being the key word—and is sent away from home for calling him out. She is an aspiring journalist who seeks the truth behind every story—good and bad—so her dilemma is a tough one. Emily can tell her mom the truth, breaking the heart of the person she loves most. Or, she can suck it up, bend her principles, and start her junior year in the land of her Roman ancestors.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Miserable, and hating herself for not coming clean, Emily’s arrival in Florence, Italy feels like the start of a grim prison sentence. But the world gets a little brighter after she meets Giovanni. Or rather, after she meets his lips as he pulls her into his arms, kisses her, and then vanishes, leaving her with the most dangerous desire of all: curiosity.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When fate brings them together for a second time, <i>Emily the Journalist</i></span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">emerges, determined to replace her curiosity with the truth. Who is this mysterious boy? Why did he kiss her and then disappear? But as Emily already knows, poking into people’s private lives doesn’t always end well. Although some people call Giovanni a saint, others call him a devil. Emily soon discovers she’s put herself in peril just being near him. After going her whole life without making a single enemy, someone suddenly wants her dead. And her life depends on finding the answer to a single question. <i>Who is Saint Giovanni?</i></span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">###<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">That essentially would have been my query letter had I chosen to submit to agents! Now, I'm going to leave you with a couple important links:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://www.whoissaintgiovanni.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #7d5af1; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">Countdown w/sign up sheets for participating (giveaways)</span></a></span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://thelitexpress.blogspot.com/p/who-is-saint-giovanni.html"><span style="color: #7d5af1; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">List of prizes you can win from participating</span></a></span><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Really, this is going to be sooooo much fun, and I hope you all see it for its potential. If you've got some time, leave me some love in a comment to share your enthusiasm! :-D</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #3a3e37; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br />
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</div>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-40308991656398289392011-02-01T09:34:00.000-08:002011-02-01T09:34:26.445-08:00Change is possible. and you Can make it happen.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"><b>The issue</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">every day, 22,000 children die from preventable causes. lack of safe, clean water is the second <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">biggest killer of these children. Right now, nearly 900 million people worldwide don’t have access <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to clean water. uniCeF is doing whatever it takes to change that.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Join us</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">sign up as a uniCeF tap project Volunteer and help uniCeF provide safe water for children around <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the world. you’ll increase your community’s awareness of global water issues and meet others like <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">you who want to make a difference.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>How it works</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">during World Water Week, march 20 to 26, restaurants around the country will ask their customers <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">to pay $1 for the tap water they usually enjoy for free. all funds raised will support uniCeF water <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and sanitation programs.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>as a tap project Volunteer, you have three roles</b></span><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">• Recruit and support restaurants to participate in the UNICEF Tap Project <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">• Promote the UNICEF Tap Project locally<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">• Host UNICEF Tap Project events and activities in your community<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Become a Volunteer</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Visit tapproject.org to register or email volunteer@unicefusa.org for more information.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><br />
</div>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-51177529890267526942011-02-01T09:31:00.000-08:002011-02-01T09:31:01.378-08:00The UNICEF Tap Project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">The UNICEF Tap Project</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">This March, When you Take Water, Give Water</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">If you go to a restaurant this week, as you sit down for your meal chances are you aren’t thinking about tap water. That’s probably because clean and plentiful drinking water is a daily privilege millions of us take for granted.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">Unfortunately, the lack of clean and accessible drinking water is one of the most urgent health crises facing children all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">Nearly 900 million people do not have access to clean water or adequate sanitation. Every day, 22,000 children die of preventable causes, and water related illnesses is the second largest killer of children under five.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">UNICEF works in more than 100 countries around the world to improve access to safe water and sanitation facilities in schools and communities and to promote safe hygiene practices. Since 1990, UNICEF has helped 1.6 billion people gain access to clean water and sanitation. UNICEF’s goal is to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe water and basic sanitation by 2015.</span><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">During World Water Week, March 20-26, 2011, restaurants are helping UNICEF save lives by doing something incredibly simple – inviting patrons to donate $1 or more for the tap water they usually enjoy for free.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">Since 2007, the UNICEF Tap Project has provided $2.5 million towards water and sanitation programs for children in Belize, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Haiti, Iraq, Togo and Vietnam. In 2010 alone, the UNICEF Tap Project raised over $1 million to help fund water and sanitation programs for children in Vietnam, Togo, Haiti, Guatemala and Central African Republic.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">As a UNICEF Tap Project Volunteer, I am working with thousands of other volunteers in Lexington, Sc and nationwide who are recruiting restaurants planning numerous fundraising and awareness-building events in their communities to support the campaign. I believe in the work of UNICEF and am doing whatever it takes to save a child’s life. You can help too! By dining at a participating UNICEF Tap Project restaurant or attending a UNICEF Tap Project event, you’re helping UNICEF to reduce the number of needless deaths to zero-- just $1 raised can provide a child with safe drinking water for 40 days.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">All 2011 donations to the UNICEF Tap Project will support UNICEF water programs, in Togo, Vietnam and the Central African Republic.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">I hope that the citizens of Lexington, Sc and USA will support the UNICEF Tap Project. It’s so easy! By dining in a participating restaurant we can enjoy a meal with friends, learn more about UNICEF’s work to provide clean and safe drinking water to children around the world, and donate just $1 to make a difference! A single glass of water can make a difference for children around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">To learn more about the UNICEF Tap Project, or to locate participating restaurants and scheduled events in Lexington, please visit tapproject.org or call 1-877-PROJ-TAP.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">Vidisha<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">Lexington , sc <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 14pt;">UNICEF Tap Project Volunteer<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-73254505539439326092011-01-19T11:30:00.000-08:002011-01-19T11:30:57.335-08:00Prom and Prejudice<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Prom & Prejudice<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Elizabeth Eulberg<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Point, January 2011<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Buy it from Amazon.com: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Prom-Prejudice-Elizabeth-Eulberg/dp/0545240778?ie=UTF8&tag=allconsbook-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Prom and Prejudice</span></span></span></a></span></div></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Kb0KHAMPbAg/TTc5TS5gaLI/AAAAAAAAM00/_Tt5IrVLLGk/s1600/Prom+and+Prejudice+by+Elizabeth+Eulberg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Kb0KHAMPbAg/TTc5TS5gaLI/AAAAAAAAM00/_Tt5IrVLLGk/s400/Prom+and+Prejudice+by+Elizabeth+Eulberg.jpg" width="261" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I must say when I saw the title of the book I wasn’t sure if I would like it or not but it still caught my eye. I as everyone else would have defiantly compared the book to Pride and Prejudice, but than thought otherwise. Comparing Prom and prejudice to Pride and Prejudice wont be right thing to do. There are similarities but there are differences too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> In this book, Lizzie is taunted and treated badly because of her status as a scholarship student. I couldn’t wait till all the other Pride and Prejudice characters show up, and was little surprised well a good kind of surprised. Like I said before I wasn’t sure if I would have liked the book but as the story progressed I was caught into it and was not able to stop well until the end. My other main draw beside Lizzie was Darcy. He seemed snobby but was still nice to Lizzie. Lizzie misinterprets a lot of what she sees and hears about Darcy. There arguments made me smile. they had lots of cute moment. the silent walk they had made me smile. its hard to explain but sometime when you reading something really good or something really romantic u can just feel it, and i felt it when Lizzie's say there was silence between them but it wasn't awkward. somehow i knew what she meant. i just love every part of the book. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I loved the ending. Don’t worry I wont spoil it for people who still haven’t read it. I really like Lizzie’s character because she is a middle class girl who works and also plays piano to keep up with her scholarship. She is portrayed as a Hardworking girl, which was nice. Overall I love the book. I love the concept and every bit of the book.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> You know the book is amazing when you can feel everything that's going on in the book, when you can picture every little details. and thats exactly how i felt when i was reading it. I am not sure if everyone else would like it but i defiantly loved it. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Elizabeth Eulberg did a great job with this book and i cant wait to read more book she writes. </span></span></div><!--EndFragment--> </span><br />
<!--EndFragment-->Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-45544409960384162152011-01-09T18:35:00.001-08:002011-01-09T18:35:38.851-08:00New Look<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I just made this layout with Blogger's New Template Designer. What do you think?</span>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-77525221729508007402010-10-07T22:54:00.001-07:002010-10-07T22:54:49.124-07:001st Blogoversary and 250+ Followers Contest<h2 class="date-header" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #608a35; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; font: normal normal normal 138%/normal Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: -20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-transform: none;"><span>Reading the best of the Best is having a following Contest!!!!</span></h2><div class="date-posts" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry" style="border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 1.5em;"><a href="" name="2628385712703844039"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ed452e; background-image: url(http://readingthebestofthebest.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-know-its-been-while-since-my-blog.html); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 114, 44); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; color: #fd74ff; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 22px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; text-transform: none;"><a href="http://readingthebestofthebest.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-know-its-been-while-since-my-blog.html" style="color: #fd74ff; display: block; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">1st Blogoversary and 250+ Followers Contest</a></h3><div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17px;">I know it’s been a while since my blog turned 1 year old but now I have 260+ followers! This seems like a good time to begin a contest! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">So what do I have for this giveaway?</span><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17px;">USA Only:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">-ARC of Three Quarters Dead by Richard Peck<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">-EON by Alison Goodman (Paperback)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">-ARC of The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">-SIGNED The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">-Mockingjay Bookmark<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">-Mockingjay Tattoo<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">-Tension Of Opposites Bookmark<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">-Princess For Hire Bookmark (signed)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">-Dark Divine Bookmark<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0066ff; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">-Signed bookmarks and stickers from Kimberly Derting<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17px;">International Followers:<span style="color: green;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: green; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17px;">A signed copy of Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantasky<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: green; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17px;">$15 to The Book Depository<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: green; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17px;"><b>PDF of A Kiss Before Dying b J.A. Saare (18+)</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: green; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17px;">YOU MUST FILL OUT<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"> <a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGFWeW4tRkp0a0R5U0ZwUnNOdVhfUHc6MQ" style="color: #1385e9; text-decoration: none;">THIS FORM</a></span></b> TO ENTER! </span></span></div><div><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17px;"><br />
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so i received some books today and though of sharing with you guys....<br />
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Another book that i just won is " His own where"<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They all sound like a great books...cant wait to start reading them.....</div>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-43675131883457236852010-07-20T10:12:00.000-07:002010-07-20T10:12:29.644-07:00Some more of it..<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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I added some of my sketches before...here are some more.....its my hobby to draw and paint..but since i have been busy with college didn't do much in a year now...so now i m back to painting and drawing..thanks to my friends....check it out...Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-21076486482855403102010-07-18T12:27:00.000-07:002010-07-18T12:27:01.701-07:00Sketches.......something i love to do :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnkEvq6-jguEmAjVCY7z0gbbQPCf2o-pdrUaMLeTlULTQY3vptAjwdO2iOPItsJRl2IM4ss4V5FXuzrYqPHxcouco9MUQxRcrGjlJMW64hYhOE73F6Oz47ASCgkrFlsbnlfbnqC5qnyIz/s1600/IMG01498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnkEvq6-jguEmAjVCY7z0gbbQPCf2o-pdrUaMLeTlULTQY3vptAjwdO2iOPItsJRl2IM4ss4V5FXuzrYqPHxcouco9MUQxRcrGjlJMW64hYhOE73F6Oz47ASCgkrFlsbnlfbnqC5qnyIz/s400/IMG01498.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">So my friend asked me to draw some pictures or even paint them. she told me since you love doing this why not do it. why not create something new...so i started to do so...and i did...i sketched two picture in two night...not that amazing but still atleast i wasn't bored lol...so i though why not post them on the blog and see what you guys have to say to these....i will be posting more later...for now ..here they are...</span></b></span></div><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-size: 17px;">Christmas</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-size: 17px;">in</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: #009900; font-size: 17px;">July</span></strong><br />
<strong>The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank</strong><br />
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Theodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. While she's finally gotten them all together in South Carolina to celebrate, this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her childhood.<br />
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Luckily for Theodora, a special someone who heard her plea for help arrives, with pockets full of enough Gullah magic and common sense to make Theodora's Christmas the love-filled miracle it's meant to be.</div>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-42684215402159467322010-07-11T10:20:00.001-07:002010-07-11T10:20:55.138-07:00ARC Giveaway!<h2 style="border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; color: #db4c6e; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px;">ARC Giveaway! (Clockwork Angel, Paranormalcy, and more)</h2><div class="format_text" style="color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.53846em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.53846em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Here’s your chance to win ARCs of CLOCKWORK ANGEL, PARANORMALCY, DELIRIUM, LINGER, FIRELIGHT, THE IVY and LINGER! Some of this summer/fall’s most highly anticipated releases, I’m sure. These are not pre-orders, but actual advance reader copies– probably my biggest giveaway in a while, haha. ;D</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.53846em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><center style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img src="http://i25.tinypic.com/2ro0w0p.png" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="260" /><img height="380" src="http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz160/21pages/1cot.png" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></center><div style="margin-bottom: 1.53846em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: circle; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To celebrate 400+ followers, as well, and here are some guidelines:<div style="margin-bottom: 1.53846em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">International</b>.</li>
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(@mstiefvater, @kierstenwhite, @oliverbooks, @cassieclare, @SoVerySophie, @rinaonur, @laurenkunze).</div></div>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-37545448466968410352010-07-10T12:31:00.001-07:002010-07-10T12:31:14.680-07:00Contests! and What's Going On? in TUBL:<span>Here's a chance to win </span><span style="color: #6600cc; font-weight: bold;">Iron King by Julie Kagawa and a $25 Visa Giftcard</span><span>! </span>Click <a href="http://theundercoverbooklover.blogspot.com/2010/06/iron-king-giveaway.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> to join!<span style="font-weight: bold;"> US Only</span>. Ends 6/24. <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />
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Win <span style="color: #993399; font-weight: bold;">Paranormalcy</span>, <span style="color: #6600cc; font-weight: bold;">Nightshade</span>, <span style="color: #ff9900; font-weight: bold;">Halo</span>, <span style="color: #33cc00; font-weight: bold;">Pegasus</span>, and <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">The Eternal Ones</span>! Click <a href="http://theundercoverbooklover.blogspot.com/2010/06/paranormal-five-giveaway-international.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> to join! <span style="font-weight: bold;">INTERNATIONAL</span>. Ends 7/15.<br />
</div><span class="widget-item-control"> <span class="item-control blog-admin"> <a class="quickedit" href="http://www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID=1643664058215156130&widgetType=Text&widgetId=Text5&action=editWidget" onclick="return
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</style> I promised a <span style="color: #ff6600; font-weight: bold;">BIG </span>giveaway right? Here's it is! <span style="font-weight: bold;">This is the<span style="color: #ff6666;"> BIGGEST</span> giveaway that I've ever hosted!</span> What's up for grabs are:<br />
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<span style="color: #993399; font-weight: bold;">Nightshade - Andrea Cremer</span> (ARC)<br />
<span style="color: #6600cc; font-weight: bold;">Paranormalcy - Kiersten White</span> (ARC)<br />
<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">The Eternal Ones - Kirsten Miller</span> (ARC)<br />
<span style="color: #ff9900; font-weight: bold;">Halo - Alexandra Adornetto</span> (ARC)<br />
<span style="color: #33cc00; font-weight: bold;">Pegasus - Robin McKinley </span>(ARC)<br />
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<span style="color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: black;">FIVE packs of 5 gum:</span><br />
<span style="color: #993399;">Zing (Bubble)</span> </span><span style="color: #6600cc; font-weight: bold;"><br />
Cobalt (Peppermint)</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Flare (Cinnamon)</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff9900; font-weight: bold;">Lush (Tropical)</span><br />
<span style="color: #33cc00; font-weight: bold;">Rain (Spearmint)</span><br />
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I received these books for review a few weeks ago and I'm proud to say that every single one of them is AMAZING! I had a few duplicates with these books, so why not give them away? Haha, I'm feeling jealous of the person who'll be winning this, and I'm the one who's giving it away! So come on and join in the fun!!! Haha!<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">I'd like to thank the publishers who provided these books, especially S @ Penguin! Also, K @ MacMillan, and A @ HarperTeen! Also, thank you so much to my folks for shipping!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #993399; font-weight: bold;">Nightshade</span> is a book with many characters but not once will you be confused. <span style="color: #6600cc; font-weight: bold;">Paranormalcy</span> is a very VERY absorbing paranormal read with a great protagonist. <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">The Eternal Ones </span>will really make you believe you've lived in a previous lifetime.<span style="color: #ff9900; font-weight: bold;"> Halo</span>, with Christian references, will make you want to be an angel. And <span style="color: #33cc00; font-weight: bold;">Pegasus </span>will introduce you to a world full of wonder and magic. And with these five books, come <span style="color: #3333ff; font-weight: bold;">FIVE packets of 5 Gum</span>! Why? 'Cuz there's one flavor (kind of) to mirror the color of the book...and I LOVE 5 Gum!<br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>April Showers is hosting this giveaway and this is what she has to say:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I haven't done a giveaway in awhile, so I figured....hey...why not?</div><div style="text-align: center;">All you have to do is comment <a href="http://www.aprilshowersblogdesign.com/" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;"><strong>HERE</strong></a> with a link to your blog post about the giveaway dated for July 8th, 2010 - July 10th, 2010.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The giveaway is for either a complete Blogger or Wordpress design (a $160-$300 value)...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The winner will be placed on the wait list for October. Hey...it's worth it. *poke*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Custom illustrations and iStockphotos are not included, but can be purchased to add onto the design.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Giveaway ends Sunday July 11th, at 11:59pm. Winner will be announced Monday morning.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Good luck!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;">http://ashleybook.blogspot.com/2010/07/giveaway-april-showers-blog-design.html</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e6e6e6; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 18px;">0 comments:</span></div></div></div>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-66430462634794157062010-07-07T18:20:00.000-07:002010-07-07T19:47:47.021-07:00Dollywood<img alt="" border="0" height="133" src="http://www.fcaeast.com/images/dwood.jpg" style="float: right; height: 428px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 640px;" width="200" /><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Webdings;">YYYYY</span> Dollywood <span style="font-family: Webdings;">YYYYY</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Dollywood…when you think about it you will probably think that’s its all goanna be about Dolly. About her life and all. But that’s where you go wrong. Yeah when you go to Dollywood located near the beautiful smoky mountains in Tennessee you are sure to find some things about dolly at this park but there is more to it. It’s an amusement park filled with lots of fun for any ages. No matter how old you are I can bet you will enjoy it no matter what. At first when my parents told my sis and me that we were going to dollywood I wasn’t sure what to expect. I went to the website to check it out and trust me I was on the website for many hours.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">We were trying to decide which rollercoaster we are going to ride first. Yes you read it right <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">rollercoaster</b>. They have one of the fastest rollercoaster in the world. When we reached there first thing we did was grab a map..hey we needed to know where <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thunderhead </b>was located. Yup the epic day began for us with Thunderhead. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thunderhead, a wooden rollercoaster, 55mph with a 100 feet fall</b>. I really didn’t expect that…when the ride began I was excited….but when the fall came oh men it was epic….yeah I have driven at 55mph before….but not a fall of 100 feet at that speed…it was amazing….the thrill the excitement the air the screaming and laughing and being scared all this cant be explained in words…you have to experience it yourself to know..but it was epic..Amazing…spectacular…and I can go on and on about it..lol <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Anyways moving on….next up in like was mystery mine…oh trust me these names say it all….Mystery + Mine = epicenes… its very mysteries because you are in a mine and you don’t even know what’s coming your way next… <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">it’s a high speed, extreme vertical and I mean vertical literally as of one was not enough, you have to experience that 2 time</b>….looping roller coaster…I don’t even remember how many loops there where…I was praying good plz don’t let me fall……after each vertical lift there was 5 feet fall on a very fast speed…..let the rest be a mystery for all those plp who want to go and try….i really don’t want to spoil mystery of the mine..<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">There where many ride that we went on but I am only going to tell you guys abt few that I loved….next in line is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tennessee tornado…a 70 mph triple loop steel roller coaster……..</b>rest you can imagine your self…after I came out of the ride..my head was spinning for few second but the time I was on the ride all I did was scream my lungs out and enjoy with my fellow riders….though it was very short of length…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Next up…. Daredevil fall….water ride. you will get wet…..awsome fall…it’s a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">super flume water ride with a 60 ft, 50 mph drop</b>…imagine you being there….its just amazing…and yeah I surely got wet all drenched 2 time..Obvisouly because I couldn’t stop myself from riding on it again and again…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Last but not least….hey I don’t want you readers to be bored you know…anyways ….next up is dizzy disk…..you surely will get dizzy lol….<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">its a high speed rotating and spinning ride</b>…its amazing….its hard to explain but its just mind-blowing…I really thought I would be blown away it’s so fast but I was well settle….<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">Good thing about this park is that security is good…there are no chances of you getting hurt if you just follow the rules…we just had to pay entry fee…at first you might think maybe its too much but trust me the money you pay to get in is worth it…. because everything else is free well expect sky zip..i didn’t go on it since I m scared of highest but yeah rest is all free no restriction on how many rides you wana go on and how many time…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">We started our day with the best of the best <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THUNDERHEAD </b>so common we had to end it with the best of the best right….yeah that’s what we did…we ended the time in the park with another ride on the epic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THUNDERHEAD. </b>Even though we knew<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>what to expect on the ride this time it didn’t really lower our excitement…we enjoyed the ride with more excitement and with the same screaming our lung out at the 100 feet fall…oh there was also a FRIENDSHIP FOUNTAIN….will tell you guys abt it later…..trust me the day at dollywood was one of the best day I had so far…</div>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-70731861506885982702010-07-07T15:38:00.000-07:002010-07-07T15:43:57.172-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Kb0KHAMPbAg/TDUCnFSK0HI/AAAAAAAAMps/RTYL-Nw9NQk/s1600/DSC08877.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Kb0KHAMPbAg/TDUCnFSK0HI/AAAAAAAAMps/RTYL-Nw9NQk/s320/DSC08877.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491298191104725106" /></a><br /><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Smoky Mountains</span></span></b></span></p></div> <p class="MsoBodyText"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Always wonder how did smoky mountain looked like. Well obviously it will look like any other mountain. But there had to be something different right. Well finally got the chance to see the smoky mountains this summer. Went out with my family and friends… my first impression: “scary”…. well I m scared of height so yeah it will be scary….but than….my true impression of it “wow beautiful…wonder how it will look in fall…when there is changes in the color of the leaf”. Driving toward the top of the mountain, didn’t fail to observe the surroundings…wondering would I be able to see any bear or any mountain lion..Hey plp do wonder don’t you think…what really caught my eye was the stream or was it a creak …well whatever it was I sure did caught my eyes…the water was flowing slowly next to me. I really wanted to stop the car and go put my feet in the cold water. Well I am not sure if the water was cold or not but I m guessing it was cold…truly the place looked very peacefully which is exactly y I wanted to stop and just sit there for a while…wonder. Think…enjoy the moment while it lasted…all those flowers along the roadside where just beautiful….</span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I rolled down the window and let the wind blow right at my face……I love it when there is a gush of wind right on my face….noise of the creak. and the birds creeping…made it so relaxing…peaceful….was not afraid of the height no more…maybe because I was just</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">busy taking pictures of the place that I pass by in my memory and camera off course….. I just wanted to look around and enjoy the moment…. there where some tunnels along the way….and what’s really funny is Whenever a car passes by the driver would honk…well I think it was because the road where steep and curvy so they wanted to let other driver know that there were cars coming along….but mostly I think they</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">just liked the sound of the honk echo in the tunnel…it was</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">rather funny to me all these car honking for no reason. like taking there desire of honking out in those tunnels without getting in trouble…</span></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Finally we reached the top….where we could actually see the mountain and the road below us…than I realized how high we were at that point…also one more thing that I realized that the point where I was standing I was actually at two places at once…..”Tn and NC border line”…..the first thing that came to my mind was oh its like</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A Walk to remember…yeah the movie…remember how amy wanted to be in two places at ones yeah just like that….it was just great…..did take lots of pic….will surely put some of it……I enjoyed my trip to smoky…its hard to put the feeling the experiences in word..but only I know what I mean by peaceful…some time all u want to do is drive along the road don’t stop let the wind touch ur face gently and just keep enjoying the time while it last…that’s how it was for me…….</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017392832530370145.post-81706541177600313312010-07-06T13:40:00.002-07:002010-07-06T13:51:51.892-07:00Hey allHey all.........My name is vidisha......this is my first time on blog...i m still trying to figure things out on the blog site.....i surely love to read books...Vidishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09534693699879901344noreply@blogger.com0