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Bookish Gifts Edition:
Christmas gift ideas anyone, there is only 40 days to go! Oh man that’s depressing! Where the flibbity jibbit has this year gone.
I purchased the above bookmark, cause I can, for myself, of off Behind the Pages. Gina has a lovey gift worthy range of hand painted water colour Harry Potter, Throne of Glass, Shatter Me and Illuminae bookmarks, as well as some special edition Christmas ones!!!
Everything on Nook and Burrow’s site, I want it all. All the handmade wooden bookmarks and all the bookishly awesome scented soy candles. Gimme, gimme, gimme. They also have a whole bunch of Christmas themed bookish goodies.
Bookish Baubles, I doubt that they’d be super difficult to make. I found this image at Book Nerd Reviews. I’m going to go op-shopping and hopefully finding some well-loved copies of classics to use. I’ve got a rough idea in my head on how I’m going to accomplish this just from looking at the photo. If they work out I’ll do a DIY post for my creations.
From Craftaphile.
From Creative ‘try’ als.
These are two cute and crafty bookish gifts (or decorations for yourself at home) that would require a trip to the second hand store and a lot of spare time – but aren’t they nifty. I’m wondering how long it would take me to make a few of the rolled paper ones out of news paper, then pant them with a water / PVA green paint tinged mix.
And last but not least: BOOKS!! All book nerds love them some books for Christmas.
I’ve already purchased some bookish Christmas gifts from Nook and Burrow, the Book Depository and Big W – I’m trying to be super organised this year :-).
Until next time 🙂 enjoy your shelves 🙂
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EXCERPT from New Release by Mary Geneva: Nicknames
Title: Nicknames: Tales from the Shallow End of the Manhattan Dating Pool
Author: Mary Geneva with Lisa Canfield
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Genres: Memoir, Comedy, Self-Help
Publisher: Mill City Press
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There are a million bad dates in the city that never sleeps.
Mary Geneva has been on 999,999 of them.
When she moved to Manhattan in her mid-20s, Mary imagined being single in New York City would be like something out of a Hollywood movie. And it was—a horror movie.
Nicknames is a look at some of the most hopeless, horrendous, and frequently hilarious dates you can imagine. Mary shares her true-life adventures looking for Mr. Right in the treacherous New York dating scene. You’ll meet men so bizarre, their names have been changed to protect the guilty.
Part memoir, part self-help book, Nicknames will have you laughing out loud…and possibly abstaining from dating forever.
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I ran after him, only to be greeted with a temper tantrum that seemed more appropriate for someone in his terrible twos. My mind was racing. Was he bipolar? Did he have multiple personality disorder? Is this how it all started with Ted Bundy?
He screamed like a man possessed, right there on the street, ranting and raving about how he had taken me out to dinner three times and I had never even offered to pay. This, of course, was wrong, meaning he was completely delusional. More importantly, he was terrifying. He was a full foot taller than me and was screaming as if he was about to cut my throat right there in front of all of Chelsea.
I started to plan the quickest possible escape from what felt like certain doom. He kept yelling, moving on to the fact that I was “expensive” and “high maintenance.” Then, mercifully, he left me on the corner, but only after his unforgettable parting words: “This is why you are beautiful, almost thirty, and ALONE!”
I guess I couldn’t have expected him to put me in a cab to make sure I got home safely given how “high maintenance” I am. I couldn’t fathom what had just happened. Then I remembered he was from Jersey. What was my rule about dating guys from the “outer limits”? I made that rule for a reason: because they’re WEIRD!
Book Links
Goodreads | Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | Barnes & Noble
Author Biography
Mary Geneva is a sales professional by day and a serial dater by night. Married at age 21 and divorced at 26, she and her cat Diva were left to learn how to balance their checkbook.
In Nicknames, Mary tiptoes back into the dating pool, accumulating many late night, drunken scraps of paper and text messages, outlining unbelievable—yet totally true—events. Knowing she couldn’t make this stuff up, she stored the memories away, and is finally able to share them with you.
Undaunted, Mary lives, works, and plays in NYC. When not dating, Mary can be found planning her next scuba diving adventure and hanging out with her pets, rescued pup Valentino and kitty Diva.
Mary also charges full speed ahead pounding the pavement, racing marathons and raising money to bring awareness of suicide prevention and outreach programs.
But nothing brings a smile to Mary’s face like her famous garlic roasted mashed potatoes, perfectly whipped mountains of starch, hoping to one day find the meat to her potatoes.
To unwind, Mary is on a mission to create the perfect martini!
Mary’s Social Links
Website | Youtube | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads | Amazon
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November 9 – Hello Precious Bliss (review)
November 11 – Read by Carolina (excerpt)
November 12 – Ali – The Dragon Slayer (review & excerpt)
November 13 – Newbery and Beyond (review)
November 15 – One Book at a Time (review)
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Bookish Problems Edition:
(Me talking to my books) One day my friends I will get to read you all.
ALL THE TIME! Oh so pretty.
This is me trying to find a comfortable position to read in after already reading for hours!
This is me, it drives my husband nuts. I was doing it last night with the 2005 Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice adaptation we were watching – well I was watching. Shane was grumpliy sitting there asking how much long it had to go lol.
CLIFFHANGERS!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHH.
Until Next Time 🙂 Enjoy Your Shelves 🙂
Two Year Blogiversary / My Life In Books TAG
As of today I’ve been blogging on The Adventures of SacaKat for two years and it seemed fitting that today I part take in the My Life in Books TAG today.
I came across this TAG thanks to >> Stephanie’s Book Reviews <<
Click on the covers to link to their Goodreads pages 🙂
Find A Book For Each Of Your Initials:
Count Your Age Along Your Book Shelf: What Book Is It? 28
Damn is there a deeper meaning here. This cracked me up, so I took a few fun photos.
Pick a book that represents a destination you would like to travel to?
After reading this book I had a strong desire to go to an ashram in India and lose/find myself, but I had a baby and found book blogging instead, which worked lol. One day once Riley is an adult, it’s still something i’d still like to do. As a child I always dreamed of going to live in Italy. I intend on visiting there one day, after I’ve seen all that Australia has to offer.
Pick A Book That Is Your Favourite Colour:
All the pretty colors. I want them all. The whole spectrum of pinks and purples.
But if you’d asked me as a little kid I would have yelled GREEN like the leaves on the trees, then as a turd (oops I mean teenager) I would have said Torques and Aqua.
I like all the colors, don’t make me choose. lots of color everywhere.
Which book do you have the fondest memory of? 
The warm and fuzzy feeling of hope that Harry would finally have a home! R.I.P. Padfoot. (I struggled to decided between this and Anne of green gables. But I’ve never gotten over Mathew Cuthbert dying, so Harry and Sirius uniting won.)
Which book did you have the most difficulty reading? 
“A darkly funny novel of romantic love and cultural warfare from one of Australia’s most admired Indigenous voices” – I expected to love this book. I expected to connect with it, but I didn’t. I gave up. I intend to go back and try to read it from the start again in a few years.
Which book in your TBR pile will you give you the biggest sense of achievement?
It’s 700+ pages people “Here is a treasure-house of over seven centuries of English poetry, chosen and introduced by Christopher Ricks. The Oxford Book of English Verse, created in 1900 by Arthur Quiller-Couch and selected anew in 1972 by Helen Gardner, has established itself as the foremost anthology of English poetry.” AHHHHHH.
If you’re reading this and think you want to give it a go, TAG YOUR IT!
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Winnie the Pooh edition:
And now for the warm and fluffy quotes.
Until next time 🙂 enjoy your shelves 🙂
Missed: Friday Fictioneers 100 Word Story Challenge
Friday Fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Fields where writers around the world create 100 word stories inspired by the one image.
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His little legs pumped up and down as fast as they could. He rounded the corner by flinging himself round the light poll.
He could see the bus up ahead, it was just pulling away from the curb.
“No please wait” he yelled, but it was no good. He’d missed the bus again.
He sat down in the dirt by the side of the road and cried.
He’d really been looking forward to the trifle his mumma was cooking for desert. But all he was going to get was a bruised backside from his daddy.
He’d missed the bus again.
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This week’s PHOTO PROMPT © Ron Pruitt
NaNoWriMo: I’ll give it a go
For those who don’t know NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. On the 1st November each year a bunch of crazy people partake in NaNoWriMo, working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30. That averages out to 1667 words each day for 30 days – scary.
I will be one of these crazy people this year!!!! I had intended on partaking last year but psyched myself out.
I’ve got four book reviews to publish before November and a blogiversy post on the 28th. I intend to keep up my Sunday Bookish Babble post, but I won’t be posting much else in November.
I have no idea what I’ll be writing for NaNoWriMo. I’ve got some short stories / flash fiction pieces that I might extend on, but i’ll probably just sit down on the first of November and see what comes out.
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There almost wasn’t a bookish babble today, with all the drama I’m having with my computer (I’m typing this on my tablet) but here it is >> Bookish Babble: Author Quote Edition.
Until next time 🙂 Enjoy your shelves :-).
RIOT’S REDEMPTION 