My Weeks in Pics ~4/1 - 4/10~

I've been a lot better at taking pictures this month, so I have to break this post into multiple. Just in the first 10 days I took quite a few!

So here's what I was up to!

The month kicked off with me getting really sick, and these were all the pills I had to take, just at night, to survive. It was brutal! Luckily my morning meds weren't so numerous.

These are the two kitties that I sometimes help out at my maid job! I play with them or brush them, and always get their fur out of everything! Mac is the top one (and was very curious as to what my cell phone was) and Dora is the bottom one. Mac is wild and crazy, Dori is shy and sweet. Both are adorable!

So I've been bad about checking my email, and discovered that I got a lot of email birthday wishes, including this one I missed until the beginning of this month. I thought this one from Funimation was cute.

I am apart of the Kellogg's family, meaning I rack up points and get music for free! (Or mostly free) I've been getting the different tracks of Skillet's album Rise, which I think is their best yet! 

The gift I got from my brother was this Twilight Princess inspired makeup from Dusk Cosmetics. Yes, they are that pretty, and even more so. I've used the light purple and so far it's been fantastic! You can use them dry or wet (meaning your brush/sponge applicator is wet with setting spray) and both time it's beautiful! I found applied the color rather sheer, as they are all VERY glittery, but just beautiful! Plus, the two little bags are sample sizes of two more eyeshadows that were a free bonus! I just love them, and the stickers on the bottoms are gorgeous!

You can check out her store on Etsy HERE

The same day those came in, I hit 300 followers on my Tumblr! THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!! I'm so thrilled anyone follows me! If you want to see my full thank you, check out this post here!

So that's what I was doing at the beginning of the month! I hope you enjoyed this!

Books-Cupcakes Book Photo Challenge ~March Part 1~

Sorry I didn't post this on time! I lost my camera mid-month and started experimenting my cell, because that was ALL I have to work with now. I'm currently saving up to get another camera, a big powerful one. I think i can do it...I have $80 already. I'm not buying any more books, and I have until the end of May to get it for ComiCon, which I really want to vlog. My cell wouldn't last me walking through the artist galley completely.

So some of these pictures aren't the greatest, as it took quite some time to figure out how to hold my cell and a flashlight at the same time (otherwise it was blurry).

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January Part 1 January Part 2 February Part 1 February Part 2
March Part 2 - Coming Soon!

Day 1: Last Book I Read

Pictured: The Uncertain Path by Jude Watson

It took me FOREVER to get into this book, because I remembered the ending wrong. I started this at the end of February, and continued it throughout the month.

Day 2: Recommendation

Pictured: Wicked Lovely, Fragile Eternity, Radiant Shadows, Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr

Not Pictured in the series: Ink Exchange and Desert Tales

This is all but 1 of the books in the Wicked Lovely series. I love this series, even though it can get really dark and heavy at times. I've always loved fairies thanks to Tinkerbell, and then learning more about the serious myths of the fae through the Sevenwaters Series. This a different approached to the European myths, but keeps the dark and twisted natures of the "Good Folk". It ends brilliantly with a happy ending for everyone.

Day 3: Quote

Pictured: Fullmetal Alchemist Vol 2 by Hiromu Arakawa

Pictured is one of the most heartbreaking quotes in FMA. It's after a tragic character death.

Mustang says to Edward, "Even though people call you a 'dog of the military' and a 'devil,' it was you who chose to keep studying alchemy. You chose to join the military, when you could have lived the rest of your life as best you can with the body you have. Can you afford to be held back by something so small?"

Edward replies, " 'Something so small?' You're right. People may call us dogs or devils, but Al and I will get our bodies back. But we're not devils or gods. We're humans. We can't even save one little girl."

Day 4: Reading Place

Pictured: Fullmetal Alchemist Vol 2 by Hiromu Arakawa, and A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Yes, I read, eat, and basically stay the entire time I'm awake on the computer. When I'm reading I'm either listening to music which I can only do that on the computer since my stereo broke, or watching YouTube videos which I can only do on the computer. I'm currently watching YouTube videos on my family's computer while typing this on mine. And yes, there are two books to my left.

Day 5: Someone Reading

Yeah, I didn't take this. I'd just lost my cameras (yes, two of them broke down the same day -_-+), and was struggling with my cell. So I broke down and found a picture online.

Day 6: Spine

Pictured: Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan, and The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black

I love it when book series spine's form a picture. These were the only two I had until later on. They're so pretty!

Day 7: Borrowed

Pictured: Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang; The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson; Red Hood and the Outlaws: Death of the Family by Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, and Timothy Green II

These were all the books I had borrowed from the library! I have two books less, and two movies more. :)

Day 8: Guilty Pleasure

Pictured: W.i.t.c.h. Books 1-10, 14 and 15 by Elizabeth Lenhard; Secrets of the Jedi, History of the Jedi by Jude Watson; Jedi Apprentice 1 by Dave Wolverton; Jedi Apprentice Books 2-20, Jedi Quest 1-4, Last of the Jedi 1-6, Star Wars Journals Anakin and Padme by Jude Watson

Yes, I did repeat a picture, no, I don't care. The closest thing to a guilty pleasure I have is that I read books most 2nd graders would like, but I'm pretty shameless about it.

Day 9: Book Haul

Pictured: Harry Potter Special Edition Box Set by JK Rowling

The only books I had at the time to show hadn't arrived yet. For my birthday on the 27th my mom purchased the special edition of Harry Potter! And for just over $70! Compared to the original $100 price, that's a good deal! :)

Day 10: Currently Reading

Pictured: W.i.t.c.h. The Power of Friendship by Elizabetta Gnone, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

I was currently reading all of these, and have since read all but Dreams of Gods and Monsters. Yeah, that book is taking forever.

   

  

 

Day 11: Signed

Pictured: Found by Nikki Anne Schmutz; Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa; Fairest, Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress by Marissa Meyer

Found was signed by the author when I bought it for like, a dollar. It's a cute book, but I'm not sure I want to own it. I may give it to the library sale, but for now it's on my shelf. My FMA volume 1 is signed by Vic Mignognia, the voice actor for Edward Elric. Got that signature on my 21st birthday, which was a lot funner than getting a hangover (I don't believe in drinking). And all of the Lunar Chronicles is signed by Marissa Meyer. If you want to know more about that experience watch my vlog.

Day 12: Bookish Place

That mess is what it looks like when I film. My shelves are straight (except for the spots where the books shown are pulled from), but everything else is chaos. My books sit wherever I manage to put them, my jewelry is removed at once and sits in a pile to the side, my notes go wherever I put them, and there's the stack of books my cell sits on top of because I don't have a stand for it. It's a mess every time, but you can't tell in my videos.

The video I filmed was the first part of my March Book Haul.

Day 13: Fandom

This is a picture from ComiCon 2012, and it's two cosplayers are Ichigo Kurosaki and Rikia Kuchiki from Bleach. That's my favorite fandom. Book fandoms tend to fight, and anime fandoms tend to look down on others who aren't a big enough fan, or are too much of a nerd. It's ridiculous. I haven't run into that problem in the Bleach fandom (yet).

Day 15: Couldn't Finish

Pictured: Justice League of America Vol 1 by Geoff Johns and David Finch

First of all, yes, I skipped day 14, I was in the middle of the camera nightmare, where two died on me on the same day (-_-) and it was keeping me from being creative enough to get "Yummy".

Anywho, I did not like this at all. I didn't like the style, or the characters I was meeting, it wasn't gelling with other volumes, I just didn't like it. So I DNF'd it (did not finish) and gave it back to the library.

Alrighty! That's the first half of March! Expect March part 2 soon!
:)

My Month in Pics ~January 2015~

Okay, so this is a post I've been TERRIBLE in. I used to be so good...what happened???

Regardless, here's the pictures I've been saving from January, because I'm a lazy bum who doesn't post this...dang it!

IT SNOWED! At the very beginning of the year, it SNOWED! That's amazing here, especially since we had NO summer last year. That may sound heavenly to you guys that had snowgeddon, but here we went from 118-80. That was it. If we were lucky we got down to 73. That's as far as it got. It was never cool. NEVER. Have a cute sweater? Nope, never gonna wear it. Nice jacket? FORGET IT! I was always hot for over a solid year. So when it snowed I ran around and around taking pictures and enjoying it, and when it went away I cried.

No, it hasn't snowed since. And we're once again close to 20 degrees above average...

January and February were dark months for me, so this being reblogged from me really touched me. Like, I cried.

You know me, just filming my videos...with my crazy faces...

This made my month, with Books and Cookies, a Booklr turned brand new BookTuber, subscribed to me. She's so kind and sweet and epic and she SUBSCRIBED TO ME!!! She was my 100th subscriber, too!!!

He's face was SO FUNNY!!! I don't think I'll ever forget him turning to me, like, waaaat?!?!

Shortly after I hit 100 on YouTube, I hit 100 on Tumblr too! To celebrate I made this video, as well as a giveaway that closed at the beginning of Feb.

The same day, another Booklr royalty followed me, and still follows me! I have several now that mean a lot to me, but I felt really small, so that blew my mind, followed by some more!

I got all dolled up for Dillenger Days downtown, though I couldn't get in. I felt really sexy and cute, even if I was a little cold. And hey, at least I got to run around downtown! :)

That's all that happened in January worth note! I missed quite a few things, and now that I don't have a camera beyond my cell these will get smaller and smaller. But I'm going to combine February and March, so look out for those!
:)

Books-Cupcakes February Book Photo Challenge Part 2/2

Okay, here's the last of these posts until the 15th of this month! Here's the last 14 pictures from February for Books and Cupcakes monthly Book Photo Challenge! Remember to follow me on Tumblr to see all the pics as I post them!

February Part 1
January Part 1, Part 2

Day 15: Books and Flowers

Okay, I only have the 1 book, as there weren't any flowers anywhere in southern AZ at this point in time. NOW there's flowers, lol!

Pictured: Allegiant by Veronica Roth (which I was in the middle of or had just finished)

Day 16: Sexy and Steamy

As I'm really religious I don't approve of sex in books...except between married couples, because that's hwen you're supposed to have it. Even then, I'm picky. But Wendy and Richard Pini handled it tastefully. This was the first time I read it and was complete fine with it. After all, Cutter and Leetah hadn't seen each other in months and months.

Pictured: ElfQuest Vol 2 The Forbidden Grove by Wendy and Richard Pini

Day 17: Standalone

Another genre of book that I rarely read, I only have 2 standalones on my shelves that I've read, even now. I adore both of these and I'm so happy that I own them both! Phenomenal reads!

Pictured: Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl, and The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett

Day 18: Classic Romance

This is literally the only "romance" book I've ever enjoyed. Plenty of books on my shelves have romance, but this is a typical, classic romance. I didn't go for a classic, but rather the book that comes to mind when you hear "romance". The Gladiator is from Steeple Hill, meaning there isn't any sex, of things in it that would upset almost any religion, because that's their goal. Carla Capshaw has quite a few books through them, but this is the best. It's AMAZING!!!! A must read if you don't mind the Christian themes. :)

Day 19: A Trilogy

Okay, I choose 2. Because these are the only trilogies I own in full. I haven't read Gemma Doyle, but have read Lord of the Rings twice.

Pictured: the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray, The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Day 20: Currently Reading

When I took this picture these were the book I kept cracking open. I'm now on book 6 of the Jedi Apprentice series, and I'm still reading Dreams of Gods & Monsters.

Pictured: The Rising Force by Dave Wolverton, Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor, and The Dark Rival by Jude Watson

Day 21: Pink Cover

Not very many books have pink covers, mostly it's more red with gold, and less pink. Took forever to find these.

Pictured: Beet the Vandel Buster Vol 2 by Riku Sanjo and Kouji Inada, Pretear Vol 3 by Junichi Sato and Kaori Naruse, W.i.t.c.h. The Power of Five by Elizabetta Gnone and Elizabeth Lenhard, and Joust by Mercedes Lackey

Day 22: Historical Fiction

I'm ashamed to say I haven't read any of these books. Yeah, historical fiction isn't really my thing, obviously...

Pictured: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon; A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray

Day 23: Reading Playlist

I don't really have a reading playlist, as it's more whatever I'm in the mood for (aka my monthly favs). However, I have editing playlists, as I'm LA Knight's (aka Ravyn's) beta editor, which means I edit all her rough drafts. Except now her writing is overwhelming (very few people on the planet can top Ray's writing amount, she literally does NaNowRiMo every single month, and can easily surpass that amount), so I'm just her final draft of her novels, and her only beta editor of her fanfics.

So for her two published novels in the Twilight Chessboard, as well as her fanfics I have playlists. This is the first half of the Twilight Chessboard playlist, which you can find on Spotify. My username is Lorien O'Brien.

Day 24: Heartbreaking

Oh man, this short story is heartbreaking in so many ways! First of all, this is the last story in The Black Jewels, one of my favorite series EVER. So that alone is heartbreaking. And then what it starts out with is heartbreaking *SPOILERS*

Jaenelle is dead. And Daemon is so heartbroken he can't function. Not for the first year, and not after for at least another decade. Then his dad Saetan dies. It's just so sad! I cried a lot reading this, and thinking about it makes my chest tight in pain. :'(

Pictured: Twilight's Dawn by Anne Bishop

Day 25: LOVE This Book

I went for a series, my fav manga series ever, Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa! If you saw my livetweeting of this, then you know why. :)

Day 26: Banned Book

I have a few others that fit this catergory, but I wasn't sure about them. However, I was in high school during the Twilight Craze (Breaking Dawn came out one or two years after) so I know about the banning of these books. My school didn't, as the library wasn't used very much except for books like these, but plenty of others did. The fanaticism was REAL, and it was crazy!!!

Day 27: Freebie

I decided to go with all the books I bought in February, minus one. Library sale and Good Will for the win! I think all together I spent $25 for all of this!

Not Pictured: Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex

Day 28: Read This Month

I only read 10 new books, and only 2 of them were actual books, the rest were graphic novels and manga. However I read 29 books in total, meaning 19 of them were rereads, a mix of manga, comics, and books. And I must say, I enjoyed it. I'm still 3 books ahead of schedule for my insane goal for the year, so I don't feel guilty at all, except perhaps that I'm out of books to review for Fridays...hopefully I'll be done with a book this week! :)

For more info, watch my monthly wrap up on YouTube!

Not Pictured: The Lightning Thief graphic novel by Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti, Jose Villarrubia, and Attila Futaki; Avatar The Last Airbender: The Search parts 1 and 2 by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiro; Red Hood & the Outlaws Vol 2: The Starfire by Scott Lobdell, Kenneth Rocafort, and Timothy Green II; and ElfQuest: The Hidden Years and Wolfrider by Wendy and Richard Pini

That's it for February! Once tonight's video is up, I'll link it in text! Now I need to start editing and reading for #AYearAThon!

:)