Books are my life... discussion

•♦◙ You From A-Z ◙♦•



Here is a fun way for everyone to get to know a little about each other.

Just copy the list bellow and fill it in! You can give as little or as much detail as you wish.

Your Alphabet:

A. Age:
B. Book you're reading:
C. Country:
D. Day vs. night:
E. Education:
F. Favourite author:
G. Glass half empty vs. half full:
H. Hobbies:
I. Instruments:
J. Job:
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper:
L. Languages you speak:
M. Movie(s):
N. Nick name(s):
O. Over used word(s):
P. Pet Peeve(s):
Q. Quote(s):
R. Read (__) books:
S. Siblings:
T. Travels:
U. Unique trait:
V. Volunteer:
W. Writing:
X. XX or XY:
Y. Yahoo vs. Google:
Z. Zodiac:

Well, this seems like a great place to start actually, you know...participating in this group!
A. Age:29
B. Book you're reading: Belle by Beverly Jenkins and Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade and Third Grave Ahead by Darinda Jones
C. Country: United States of America (KY)
D. Day vs. night: Night
E. Education: Some, but not enough
F. Favourite author: HA!
G. Glass half empty vs. half full: Umm...My glass! I've never been good at answering that question.
H. Hobbies: Reading and daydreaming and tv. Lots of TV.
I. Instruments: I have a burning desire to learn to play the piano that is trumped by my inherent need to be a couch potato.
J. Job: I work at the library
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper: Paper. Maybe. Mostly. Kind of. I want a kindle on some days but I can barely keep up with my TBR as it is now, if I have an electronic resource I'd drown. I'm convinced.
L. Languages you speak: Just stupid ol' english. I want to speak Spanish but...see my answer for instruments.
M. Movie(s): I'm pretending this means last movie that I saw and not favorite movie. Because I can't answer that question. (Little Rascals) I saw Beautiful Creatures on Saturday.
N. Nick name(s): Never had one. I've always wanted one ;/
O. Over used word(s): Dude. Button. For the love of Pete.
P. Pet Peeve(s): I'm peeved quite easily. So...there's alot.
Q. Quote(s):
R. Read (__) books: Today? This year? In my lifetime?
S. Siblings:4
T. Travels: I've been nowhere interesting.
U. Unique trait: If I have one no ones told me
V. Volunteer: I volunteer when someone tells me to.
W. Writing: I know how!
X. X or Y: Y!
Y. Yahoo vs. Google: Google
Z. Zodiac: Taurus.

Your Alphabet:

A. Age: 27
B. Book you're reading: Eternally Yours by Cate Tiernan
C. Country: USA
D. Day vs. night: Night
E. Education: High school
F. Favourite author: I have more than one fave author
G. Glass half empty vs. half full: Half full
H. Hobbies: Reading, video games, etc.
I. Instruments: None
J. Job: Library
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper: Tie between paper and kindle
L. Languages you speak: English
M. Movie(s): I have more than one fave movie
N. Nick name(s): Amy
O. Over used word(s): whatever
P. Pet Peeve(s): When someone chews with their mouth open and I can actually hear them chewing the food
Q. Quote(s): I have none
R. Read (__) books: over 470 books since May 2009
S. Siblings: 3
T. Travels: I haven't traveled anywhere since I was a little kid
U. Unique trait: Unknown
V. Volunteer: I did it when I was in school
W. Writing: I'm alright with writing
X. X or Y: ??
Y. Yahoo vs. Google: Google
Z. Zodiac: Aquarius

Me From A-Z :)


A. Age: 20 (almost 21)
B. Book you're reading: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
C. Country: Canada
D. Day vs. night: Night
E. Education: Honors Bachelors in Forensic Science (one year left)
F. Favourite author: I don't think I have one
G. Glass half empty vs. half full: Half full (usually :p)
H. Hobbies: Sports, art, music, reading, outdoors
I. Instruments: Piano and sax. And I really want to learn to play the guitar and the drums
J. Job: Student/tutor
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper: 100% paper, can't beet it
L. Languages you speak: English, and some French
M. Movie(s): Too many to list, but I absolutely love Disney movies
N. Nick name(s): HB#2 and h-bomb
O. Over used word(s): Off the top of my head... "I know right?"
P. Pet Peeve(s): Unintelligent, arrogant, rude, stuck up people
Q. Quote(s): "I solemnly swear I am up to no good."
R. Read (__) books: Over 120
S. Siblings: One younger sister
T. Travels: I've only been to a few places in Canada and one State (North Carolina). But I have a huge list of places I want to travel, Europe being my number one
U. Unique trait: I'm pretty dorky and like it :p
V. Volunteer: I love to volunteer, it feels great to help other. I'm applying to volunteer with the SPCA now
W. Writing: I'm not a big writer, I used to like to write little stories as a kid (hardly ever finished them though)
X. XX or XY: XX
Y. Yahoo vs. Google: Google hands down
Z. Zodiac: Pisces

Tya wrote: "Well, this seems like a great place to start actually, you know...participating in this group!
A. Age:29
B. Book you're reading: Belle by Beverly Jenkins and Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade and Th..."

I like your response to education. I don't think you can ever be educated enough.

Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Your Alphabet:

A. Age: 27
B. Book you're reading: Eternally Yours by Cate Tiernan
C. Country: USA
D. Day vs. night: Night
E. Education: High school
F. Favourite author: I have more than one fave ..."

I definitely have that same pet peeve. I will actually look for a reason to leave a room if someone is going it. My roommate and her boyfriend are sooooo bad for it. He looks like a cow when he eats! I don't get it.

Heather wrote: "Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Your Alphabet:

A. Age: 27
B. Book you're reading: Eternally Yours by Cate Tiernan
C. Country: USA
D. Day vs. night: Night
E. Education: High school
F. Favourite autho..."

One of my brothers does it and I try to ignore it, but it's hard.

Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Heather wrote: "Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Your Alphabet:

A. Age: 27
B. Book you're reading: Eternally Yours by Cate Tiernan
C. Country: USA
D. Day vs. night: Night
E. Education: High school
F...."

It is really hard to ignore.

A. Age:33
B. Book you're reading:The Glass Castle
C. Country:Canada
D. Day vs. night:Night...me time!
E. Education:High school...thinking of going to college
F. Favourite author:haha just 1?
G. Glass half empty vs. half full:Depends on the day
H. Hobbies:Duhh reading! plus knitting
I. Instruments:used to play piano
J. Job:Tim Hortons
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper:Kobo!
L. Languages you speak:English and French
M. Movie(s):too many
N. Nick name(s):butthead bookaholic
O. Over used word(s):eh! whatever
P. Pet Peeve(s):mean people
Q. Quote(s):I'm not beautiful like you, I'm beautiful like me.
R. Read (__) books:too many...
S. Siblings:nope
T. Travels:around Canada and around USA
U. Unique trait:I can talk and annoy you at the same time ;)
V. Volunteer:no unfortunately
W. Writing:one poem in memory of my best friend
X. XX or XY:??
Y. Yahoo vs. Google:Google
Z. Zodiac: Capricorn

ahaha does no one know what XX or XY means?

I thought for gender

I thought it said X or Y like which is your favorite letter...I never said I was smart...

Tya wrote: "I thought it said X or Y like which is your favorite letter...I never said I was smart..."

Bahahaha....I thought that too...some posts have one of each and some have 2

ya it's gender lol

Heather wrote: "ya it's gender lol"

Well, I changed my Y answer to question marks because I've no clue what gender is which to be honest for X or Y.

ahaha XX is female and XY is male

OOH! I'm totally XX and writing that down somewhere. I feel like that's something I should know...

ahaha I shouldn't have assumed everyone knew it. I'm in the science field so I've learnt that stuff a million times.

A. Age: 25
B. Book your reading: The Unexpected Husband by Debbie Macomber
C. Country: America
D. Day vs. night: Day
E. Education: High school
F. Favorite author: Julie Gregory
G. Glass half empty v. half full: Glass half full
H. Hobbies: Playing the piano and making bracelets for the make a wish foundation of new jersey and going to the movies and hanging out with my friends and my family
I. Instruments: Piano
J. Job: I work at the riverside elementary school where i help little kids that are handicapped
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper: Paper
L. Languages you speak: English
M. Movie(s): The Christmas Shoes and Halloween and Hide and seek and The Christmas Hope and The Christmas Blessing
N. Nickname(s): Chris
O. Over used word(s): Shut up Daryl
P. Pet Peeve(s): People snoring and people staring at me
Q. Quote(s): None
R. Read (_) books: Mystery books and romance books and biography books paranormal books
S. Siblings: One brother
T. Travels: Disney world
U. Unique trait: Funny and kind
V. Volunteer: At the school and i help the make a wish foundation of new jersey
W. Writing: Nope
X. XX or XY: Not sure
Y. Yahoo vs. Google: Google Chrome
Z. Zodiac: Aries

the x or y means gender!

A. Age: 15
B. Book you're reading: the son of neptune
C. Country: uruguay
D. Day vs. night: day
E. Education: sophomore
F. Favourite author: idk Ireally like rick riordan and john green
G. Glass half empty vs. half full: half empty
H. Hobbies: reading, listening to music, doing nothing, volyball and soccer
I. Instruments: I know a littleof piano and flute
J. Job: none
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper: paper, but I read mostly in my kindle because is cheaper
L. Languages you speak: spanish, english, french and I also understand a little of portuguese and catalan
M. Movie(s): Silver linings
N. Nick name(s): Ani
O. Over used word(s): viste? (is in spanish,is like saying: see?)
P. Pet Peeve(s): cat named Santa
Q. Quote(s):
R. Read (__) books: uhm, like young adult science fiction (hunger games, divergent kind) and also the kind of Johnn green and kite runner :)
S. Siblings: a younger brother (9) and a younger half-sister (almost 2)
T. Travels: ilived in spain, las year went to visit, I also travelled to france, paraguay, brasil and argentina
U. Unique trait: me :)
V. Volunteer: in peregrinations to one of the aparitions of the Virgin in Argentina/ slata ((but here in uruguay there is not a lot of places to voluonteer to help :( soo))
W. Writing: nope
X. XX or XY: XX
Y. Yahoo vs. Google: google
Z. Zodiac: Piscis

Your Alphabet:

A. Age: 30
B. Book you're reading: Override - Heather Anastasiu
C. Country: South Africa
D. Day vs. night: night
E. Education: 1 year business Diploma
F. Favourite author: Laurell K Hamilton
G. Glass half empty vs. half full: depends on the day
H. Hobbies: Reading, scrap-booking
I. Instruments: none
J. Job: Persoanl Assistant for an Insurance Advisor
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper: nothing beats paper but Kobo is saving me loads of money
L. Languages you speak: English & Afrikaans
M. Movie(s): horror, sci-fi
N. Nick name(s):reen bean
O. Over used word(s): kewl
P. Pet Peeve(s): rude ppl, incompetence
Q. Quote(s): none
R. Read (__) books: 33 so far this year
S. Siblings: 4
T. Travels: London
U. Unique trait: funny, compassionate
V. Volunteer: none
W. Writing: nope
X. XX or XY: XX
Y. Yahoo vs. Google: google
Z. Zodiac: cancer

A. Age: 25
B. Book you're reading: Life of Pi
C. Country: UK
D. Day vs. night: Night
E. Education: University
F. Favourite author: Stephen King
G. Glass half empty vs. half full: Half empty
H. Hobbies: Rock music, Video games, Readin
I. Instruments: Violin
J. Job: DefenvenLawyer
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper: Kindle / paper
L. Languages you speak: English, French ( intermediate) Turkish (Basic which is shameful as I'm half Turkish!) Mandarin Chinese (basic), Shanghainese(basic), German (very basic)
M. Movie(s): Horror
N. Nick name(s): Yas / Yazoo after the milkshake (Full name is Yassemin)
O. Over used word(s): Fuck
P. Pet Peeve(s): Rude people/bad manners
Q. Quote(s): Everyone lives in their own hell
R. Read 100000's books:
S. Siblings: 3
T. Travels: Turkey/Cyprus/Greece, see a theme here lol?
U. Unique trait: Argumentative in a good way!
V. Volunteer: Not at the moment
W. Writing: Nothing
X. XX or XY: XY
Y. Yahoo vs. Google: gOOGLE
Z. Zodiac: Pisces

A. Age: 36
B. Book you're reading: I just started Les Misérables but I usually have a few on the go.
C. Country: Australia
D. Day vs. night: Night, when everyone else in my family is asleep and I can read without interruption!
E. Education: I went to University, but it didn't get me anywhere.
F. Favourite author: Not sure. There aren't any authors I love obsessively enough to read every one of their books. I like diversity :-)
G. Glass half empty vs. half full: Have to admit I'm a "half empty" person in a lot of ways.
H. Hobbies: Making things... Sewing, crafts, art. Reading (of course). Travel. Enjoying nature.
I. Instruments: I can pick out a tune on a piano but I never learned to play properly.
J. Job: Full time mum to two gorgeous kids :-)
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper: I much prefer to read a paperback but I have started to read a few books on my iPad and I'm getting used to it.
L. Languages you speak: Only fluent in English, but I like to try to pick up phrases when I'm travelling.
M. Movie(s): The Princess Bride
N. Nick name(s): Nope.
O. Over used word(s): "Turn the tv down!". Ask my kids, I'm sure there are others.
P. Pet Peeve(s): Inconsiderate people.
Q. Quote(s): I haven't memorised any.
R. Read (__) books: In my lifetime? At least 600. That's not including all the picture books I've read to my kids.
S. Siblings: 1 brother, younger than me.
T. Travels: I've been everywhere, man! :-) Well, a lot of places, anyway...
U. Unique trait: Ummm.... I don't think I am unique.
V. Volunteer: I help out at my daughter's school at least once a week.
W. Writing: I have a book inside me, but I never write so it will probably never get out!
X. XX or XY: XX
Y. Yahoo vs. Google: Yahoo for email, Google for everything else.
Z. Zodiac: Scorpio I think.

Heather B wrote: "•♦◙ You From A-Z ◙♦•



Here is a fun way for everyone to get to know a little about each other.

Just copy the list bellow and fill it in! You can give as little or as much detail as you wish.

Yo..."

Age...53
Book I am reading... Neighborly Complications
Country.....USA
Day or Night..... Day
Education.... High school
Favourite Author..... Karen Kingsbury
Glass... half full
Hobbies.... reading writing golf browsing 2nd hand stores
Instrument.... piano, cello
Job..... finish carpenter
Kindle vs Kobo vs paper...... Kindle
Language.....english
Movies.... star trek, invincible, Da ja vu
Nick name.... shorty
Over used words....you know, I'm sure, either
Pet peeves... people who Don't get right when they are turning right.
Quote..... love is a many splendor thing
Read...... 79
Sibling 52 yr. Old brother
Travels....Disneyland
Unique trait.... hard worker
Volunteer.... kids at AWANA
W....writing..... poetry and feel good stories
XX or XY..... XY
Yahoo or Google... Google
Zodiac..... Virgo

A. Age:Fourteen in March
B. Book you're reading:Starters
C. Country:US
D. Day vs. night:
E. Education:Currently in 8th grade
F. Favourite author: That's ridiculously hard, but I'd have to say Jennifer L. Armentrout and Sarah Dessen
G. Glass half empty vs. half full: Half full
H. Hobbies: reading, going on goodreads, sleeping
I. Instruments:none. I used to take piano classes though
J. Job: none
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper:I don't know what a Kobo is, but I don't like Kindles, so I'm going with paper
L. Languages you speak:English, and I'm currently taking Spanish 1
M. Movie(s): I don't know, I don't watch a lot of movies
N. Nick name(s):Nads(which I hate), saucy pants, read-aholic,Dia
O. Over used word(s):Dude, Lalers, Hellers, what the hell
P. Pet Peeve(s):People chewing with their mouth open
Q. Quote(s):
R. Read (__) books: When? On goodreads?
S. Siblings: Two sisters, both of them younger than me,one of them is my twin
T. Travels:Canada, and a couple of states in the U.S
U. Unique trait: Who knows?
V. Volunteer: Nowhere really
W. Writing: I'm not a very big writer, only what I have to for English
X. XX or XY: Um, I don't know what either of these stand for
Y. Yahoo vs. Google:Google
Z. Zodiac:I don't know, but I'll look it up

A. Age: 15
B. Book you're reading: Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
C. Country: Australia
D. Day vs. night:night
E. Education:in year 10
F. Favourite author: so many i can't choose!!!
G. Glass half empty vs. half full:half full
H. Hobbies:reading (of course), soccer, piano, craft
I. Instruments:piano
J. Job:none (used to work in a bookstore)
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper:paper :) but kindle sometimes
L. Languages you speak:english, a bit of german
M. Movie(s):the court jester, the avengers, star trek
N. Nick name(s):em
O. Over used word(s):weird, cool
P. Pet Peeve(s):other people eating chocolate :(
Q. Quote(s):"you can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me"- C.S.Lewis
R. Read (__) books:54 in 2013
S. Siblings:one younger brother
T. Travels:tasmania, queensland, uluru
U. Unique trait:laughing at everything
V. Volunteer:reader :)
W. Writing:just some stuff
X. XX or XY:XXis that supposed to mean are you male or female?
Y. Yahoo vs. Google:google
Z. Zodiac: libra

A. Age: 35
B. Book you're reading: Watchers of the Night by Matthew Keith
C. Country:England
D. Day vs. night: Day
E. Education: University
F. Favourite author: oh ... I love a lot of them
G. Glass half empty vs. half full: Half Full
H. Hobbies: Reading, Bowling
I. Instruments: I don't play any instrument
J. Job: Full time mother
K. Kindle vs. Kobo vs. paper: Paper
L. Languages you speak: Portuguese, English and Spanish
M. Movie(s): Still deciding about that
N. Nick name(s): Saraswati (don't ask please )
O. Over used word(s): "Oh man!"
P. Pet Peeve(s): People eating popcorn loudly at the cinema
Q. Quote(s):"There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind" F. Scott Fitzgerald
R. Read (__) books:till now?? oh... Goodreads says more than 100 but that's from last year and this year.
S. Siblings: Only Child
T. Travels: Just Between Portugal, Spain and UK
U. Unique trait: ... unsure about that ....
V. Volunteer: I did Volunteering once, but was such a bad experience that I don't want to talk about it.
W. Writing: nope... I'm Only a reader
X. XX or XY: XX
Y. Yahoo vs. Google: Google
Z. Zodiac: Sagittarius