Stylish blogger award

first and foremost, i want to thank Jess from She Known as Jess BlogSpot for giving me the Stylish Blogger Award!!!! thank you SO MUCH, Jess :)

of course, with this award comes responsibilities (yes i just totally made that sound more impressive and serious than it really is...)

these rules are as follows:

1. thank the person who gave you the award and link back to him/her
2. share 7 things about yourself
3. pass the award along to 15 other bloggers whom you have recently discovered and who you think are great
4. contact the bloggers you have chosen and let them know about the award

simple, right?

here's seven things about me:

1. i love pumpkin pie.
2. i learned to read when i was three.
3. i own about 800 books.
4. i love to take pictures but hate pictures of ME.
5. i recently discovered and fell in love with the game Catch Phrase.
6. my favorite color is lilac (but i love all shades of purple).
7. i have only 5 more days of my winter break left :(

AAAAND, the 15 bloggers i have chosen to pass the award on to are:

1. La Femme Readers
2. Nikki Katz
3. Writer's Ally -> sa larsen
4. Darlyn & Books
5. Book Whisper
6. Books over Boys
7. Confessions of a Bookaholic
8. I'd so rather be reading
9. Young Adult Literature Lover
10. Words on Paper
11. Notes from and Aspiring Writer
12. Luv Series Books
13. Literary Rambles
14. Kiwi's Life
15. Literary Explorations

congrats and enjoy, everyone!

and the award goes to...

(so SORRY for how long it took to post this!)

Cass at Words on Paper was amazingly sweet and gave me the One Lovely Blog Award (thank you so much, Cass!!), and Jessi from The Elliot Review just gave me the Life is Good award (thank you, thank you, thank you!!), both of which i am now going to pass on!

One Lovely Blog Award official rules:

Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

1. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered.
2. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

the blogs i've chosen for the award:

A Romantic Enters the World

Alison Can Read

Books Complete Me

Citraberry Book Reviews

Epic Book Nerd

Grab a Pen

Heather's Odyssey

MBWcreates

My Sphere of Domesticity

Nikki Katz

That Bookish Girl

The Bookish Snob

The Undercover Book Lover

YA Addict


Life is Good award:

To accept the award you must link back and thank the person who gave you the Life is Good Award and then answer the ten survey questions. Then you can pass it along to other blogs.

1. If you blog anonymously are you happy doing it that way; if you are not anonymous do you wish you had started out anonymously so you could be anonymous now?

actually, i do blog under a semi-false name. Kari is my name but not how i actually spell it. right now, it doesn't really matter to me if i'm anonymous or not! i just don't like to give out too much personal info on the internet.

2.Describe one incident that shows your inner stubborn side:

when i was eight, my family went to Disneyland. there was this ride that went high up in the air and then dropped straight back to the ground. i really wanted to ride it, so i promised i wouldn't get scared (needless to say, my parents did not believe me. they finally relented, though). i was extremely nervous, but i was just as determined to tough it out. we got on the ride, it rose, i tried to hide my terror, it dropped.
i didn't know whether i wanted to scream or cry or laugh. tentatively, my dad asked if I was okay.
I blinked, opened my mouth, and stood dumbly for a moment. then: "LET'S DO IT AGAIN!"
my stubbornness at work.

3.What do you see when you really look at yourself in the mirror?

Too short. I really need some of Treebeard's magic water...

4. What is your favorite summer cold drink?

peach tea smoothie from Next Coffee. utterly amazing and delicious.

5. When you take time for yourself, what do you do?

read, write, blog, social network, play RockBand 2. lately, i've also been watching Vampire Diaries.

6.Is there something you still want to accomplish in your life? What is it?

WRITE A NOVEL AND GET PUBLISHED!!!

7. When you attended school, were you the class clown, the class overachiever , the shy person, or always ditching?

i was anything i wanted to be--the smartest, the funniest, the most confident. the beauty of homeschooling! i never could get away with ditching, though...

8. If you close your eyes and want to visualize a very poignant moment of your life what would you see?

bringing my four-month-old puppy home for the first time. she had fallen asleep on my lap.

9. Is it easy for you to share your true self in your blog or are you more comfortable writing posts about other people or events?

other people or events (or books!)

10. If you had the choice to sit down and read or talk on the phone, which would you do and why?

READ. i hate talking on the phone. i text and email!


okay, thanks for slogging through all that! now, the good stuff: i'm passing the award on to:

Molly
Sandy (Emy) Shin
S. A. Larsen
Tahereh

Versatile Blogger Award

such an official title!

the awesome S. A. Larsen gave me the Versatile Blogger Award a while back, and it's time for me to pass it along! official rules:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award. (ThankyouSALarsenyou'rethebest!!!REALLY!!!)
   
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic for whatever reason! (I tried NOT to give the award to anyone who already had it...which means I didn't see it posted anywhere on your blog. Also, 15 is certainly not required. I didn't quite do fifteen, and you shouldn't feel obligated to, either.)
   
4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

seven things about myself:

1. I'm a college student at ASU.
2. I'm minoring in writing.
3. I have a beautiful Golden Retriever puppy.
4. I love to rollerblade/ice skate.
5. I'm really shy.
6. I love Smallville.
7. I think Ancestry.com is amazing. (yeah, i'm weird...)

bloggers i'm passing the award on to:

Non-Sequitur Ramblings

Blue Lipstick Samurai

Long Distance Drive

Write About Now

Substitute Teacher’s Saga

Write-Brained

Heather’s Odyssey

Sandy Shin

Citraberry Book Reviews

Babbling Flow

My Kozy Korner

just grab the award from my sidebar and start passing it along! thanks!!