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Monday, June 16, 2014

Liebster Award


I was sat in my aunts spare room, taking advantage of her Netflix when I was looking through my email to find I had a comment on our 'Take Me On' post. Of course the first thing to come to my head was "Oh my god we're getting comments ahhh," but then I see something so much better than that. We got nominated for the Liebster Award. To be honest I don't think either of us had any clue what this award was but after reading the post on YaBookaholic123 (who was also the one to nominate us, which I have to say a massive thank you to!) I realized what the award is all about. This award is to help make a name for a blog that may have just started up. Anyways enough with the rambling lets get down to business! 


Rules:

  • List 11 facts about yourself.
  • Answer the 11 questions asked by whoever nominated you.
  • Nominate 9 bloggers with less than 300 followers and leave them a comment saying they've been nominated.
  • Ask 11 new questions for your chosen nominees.
  • You cannot re-nominate the blog that nominated you.


The 11 Facts about us: 

  • Not sure if any of you knew this but there is two writers on this blog! Myself, Gráinne (Grawn-ya) and one of my closest friends and fellow bookworm Méabh (May-v). 
  • We Both live in the western part of Ireland and attend an Irish (Ireland's national language but not widely spoken here) speaking school. 
  • Méabh does Thai Boxing, a mixed martial art and I play Rugby, like American Football but better! 
  • We're both massive Jennifer L. Armentrout and Katie McGarry fans. Well Méabh introduced me to the wonderful world of their writing. 
  • Méabh likes the Twilight movies, but doesn't like the books as she thinks vampires are so over-rated. As for me I'm a massive fan of the Twilight books and The Saga of Darren Shan, so basically I do love a good vampire tale. 
  • If you ever need someone to clear your house out of food, just call me and Méabh. It is our one true love, apart from hot drool worthy characters of course! 
  • We're getting stuck for facts now so here is a random one! We both have dogs. Mine is called Tigger and Méabh's is called Gypsy. 
  • I went to see One Direction play live in Croker on the 24th of May. It was a night i'll never forget! Méabh went to see Lawson back in October. At the Olympia Theatre, up in Dublin. We both love our music, I'm a big reggae and rock fan. While Méabh loves a bit the old country and alternative music. 
  • My favourite animal is a cheetah, always has and always will be. Not even sure why, there is just something about them. Méabh's favourite animal is a Giraffe. "Childhood memories of going to the zoo and I would always want to go and see the giraffes first! Giraffes being so tall I always thought that they were the strongest most elegant of the animals because if how they carry themselves and baby giraffes are so cute!"
  • I'm a very opinonated girl and could debate with someone all day if necessary. Méabh is a total Adrenaline junkie and shows us all up when it comes to anything remotely scary. 
  • Méabh hates books where the main character has a terminal illness yet she once wrote a short story about a girl's terminally ill sister. As for me, I don't mind them. I loved My Sister's keeper but hated The fault in our stars, due to John Green's style of writing.

The Answers to your hard Questions: 

If you could choose one book world to live in, which one would it be? 
Gráinne: Jennifer L. Armentrout in my mind right now. The Lux and The Covenant Series Worlds, but then I also am here like if I was to truly want to be in a certain world I think it would be Harry Potter's. The whole Witches and Wizards thing just clicks with me.
Méabh: Ya I'm thinking Luxen and Covenent Worlds as well but I think I'd like to be apart of the Shadowhunter World!

What's next on your to read list?
Gráinne: I have about 100 books on my to read list on goodreads but in my head there is about a thousand more. I can be a fast reader when I want but sometimes I just can't get into books at all. So I can't tell you what's next 'cause it could be the most random book ever. 
Méabh: I haven't read Take Me On by Katie McGarry yet so that would be the next book to read! I'm a really fast reader so I'm always thinking about 5 books ahead of my next one!

If you were stranded on a desert island and you could wish for one character to appear to give you company, who would it be?
Gráinne: This is so hard but I'm going to pick a girl and boy character for this. I don't even know if that is against the rules but hey! I'd pick Alex from The Covenant Series as the girl I'd want but to be honest the boy I'd pick would be Isaiah from Crash Into You, The Pushing the limits series! So damn hot! 
Méabh: Hhhhmmm I'd have to say Roth from White Hot Kiss because I mean who wouldn't want to stranded on a desert island with him!

What is your favourite supernatural/fantasy creature, vampire, werewolf, dragons etc?
Gráinne: Ohhh, Blame Méábh for my never-ending talk about Katie McGarry and Jennifer L.Armentrout's. My favourite supernatural/fantasy creature type thing is the greek gods. Do they count? Or like Half-bloods?hmm... Basically Aiden St. Delphi the things I'd do to him! 
Méabh: Fallen Angels! Love them all!

What is your most favourite item that you have?
Gráinne: I should say my books, and I can't even think of any items anyways.. so ya my books! 
Méabh: I'd have to say my Kindle. I bring it everywhere with me!

What is the last book to movie you have watched? Was it good?
Gráinne: Ehm, god my mind has gone pure blank! Right now Marley and Me is coming to my mind. The Boy in the striped pyjamas is in there. oh I know it was Divergent and I watched that with the wonderful Méabh! Oh god that movie was beautiful! Man, it was god damn - awh, Theo James! 
Méabh: The last book to movie I watched was Divergent and like Grainne said I watched it with her! It was amazing! One of the best book adaptions I've seen so far! And the chemistry between the characters was so good!!

Have you ever met any authors?
Gráinne: I live in the one of the most known yet most unvisited Islands in the world, Ireland. So no authors tend to come here, unless it's Dublin and well that's too far away for me! 
Méabh: Unfortunately no I haven't but it would be a dream come true to meet some!

Best book you've read so far in 2014?
Gráinne: Take Me On! Even though I have also read the Covenant Series this year and the Lux Series and god they were just as good but as just one book it has to be Take Me On! 
Méabh: Oh My God that's really hard but I'd have to say the best book I've read so far in 2014 would have to be TMI City of Heavenly Fire!

What is the book you can't wait to read the most?
Gráinne: Opposition ahhhh! I'm so excited and then Breaking the Rules - the continuation of Echo and Noah's story. 
Méabh: I absolutely can not wait for Penryn ad the End of Days #3 by Susan Ee. It doesn't have a title yet but if the book is anything like the first two it's going to be amazing!

What is your favourite quote?
Gráinne: It's a new found quote but it is the most beautiful quote I have ever come around. "We were nothing more than actions to reactions - helpless against our own fate." - From Take Me On, Pushing the Limits Series. 
Méabh: There are so many great quotes to choose from but I love this one "The bottom line is,what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more, you're all good." - Sarah Dessen

What is the first book that comes to your mind?
Gráinne: Damaged, okay I lie! But it's the book I'm reading at the moment. Not YA though! It's fact based! Very sad! 
Méabh: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry. That book kinda started my obsession with anything book related. Don't know why but I got really into books after that one!


Check Out these wonderful Blogs we nominated:
1. A Perfection called Books
2. Turning Pages and Tea
3. Carpe Librum Girl
4. Hayley Marie Reads
5. Booksnmore
6. Ready? Set? Read!
7. Books Not Lovers
8. Reading is dreaming with your eyes open
9. Books with Pizza
Our 11 Questions for you beautiful bloggers: 
  1. Best book title you've ever come across? (Read or not) 
  2. Honestly, do covers effect your opinion on choosing a book to read? 
  3. Does the writing of a book mean more to you than the actual story? 
  4. If there was one book you could get the world to read, what book would it be? 
  5. Have you a favourite author/s?
  6. If you could be any character you want, who would you be? 
  7. Is there any book in particular that had a personal effect on your life?
  8. Would you consider reviewing books as a career? 
  9. If you could have one superpower what would it be?
  10. What is your favourite book series? 
  11. Which would you prefer Kindle, Hardback or Paperback?




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