Tune in Tuesday (51) - My Teen Years!

Tune in Tuesday is a weekly music feature hosted by the fabulous Ginger at GReads. As some of you may know, I am ridiculously addicted to music. One of my favorite things to do is share the music I enjoy. Each week we'll be posting some of our favorites to spread the love of music. So link up and join the fun!

We are now at the end of My Teen Years edition of Tune in Tuesday, folks. It was such a blast getting to see what everyone listened to during those pivotal years. It was also fun trying to remember what I listened to during those days.

For my last post, I've decided to focus on one specific age. For some reason, 19 tends to get looked over when thinking of teenagers, I think. Maybe it's because people consider you an "adult" when you turn 18... though you don't drop the "teen" at the end of your age until a couple years later. So, this week's edition of Tune in Tuesday is dedicated to that forgotten teen year: 19! Happy listening!

Team Kilt Giveaway Hop!

Hello, all! Today I've decided to do a little something special. If you've been hanging out in the YA book blogging community lately, you may have noticed a little something called the YA Crush Tourney. This is a tourney hosted by the awesome chickadees at The YA Sisterhood and is dedicated to showcasing some of the most crush-worthy guys in YA fiction. Basically, you vote for hot guys. Sweet, right? Well, today is an epic day. One of my personal favorites, Zachary Moore from Jeri Smith-Ready's Shade trilogy, is up against a formidable foe today. We of #TeamKilt (Zachary's amazing group of fans) are joining together to get as many votes for our beloved Zach as possible. In order to help out, I've decided to participate in the Team Kilt Giveaway Hop hosted by Karen at For What It's Worth.

So what am I giving away? Oh nothing, just...

Tune in Tuesday (50) - My Teen Years!

Tune in Tuesday is a weekly music feature hosted by the fabulous Ginger at GReads. As some of you may know, I am ridiculously addicted to music. One of my favorite things to do is share the music I enjoy. Each week we'll be posting some of our favorites to spread the love of music. So link up and join the fun!

Now this... is weird. Not only is it my 50th Tune in Tuesday post, but it's also my 100th blog post... WHOA! Am I the only one that finds this fascinating? Anywhoozle... carrying on.

So! More teen tunes, yeah? We are approaching the end of my teenage years. This week I'll be talking about ages 17 (the year I graduated... yikes!) and 18. I don't know what it is, but the music during my 18th year was insanely amazing... this is going to be immensely tough. Le sigh.

Tune in Tuesday (49) - My Teen Years!

Tune in Tuesday is a weekly music feature hosted by the fabulous Ginger at GReads. As some of you may know, I am ridiculously addicted to music. One of my favorite things to do is share the music I enjoy. Each week we'll be posting some of our favorites to spread the love of music. So link up and join the fun!

Ready for more teen tunes? I sure hope so, because it's time to share music from when I was 15 and 16. Yikes! :) I'm noticing that it's getting harder and harder to narrow down my picks as the month progresses. This was a time of some really awesome music, so that's not too terribly surprising I guess. Happy listening!

Birthday Giveaway Winner!

Hello, my lovelies! I just wanted to let you guys all know that I had a wonderful birthday. It was quiet and spent with two of my favorite people in the world. Of course, in a perfect world, ALL my favorite people could have been here with me, but they sent their love anyway.

I truly loved getting to know everyone a little better in the comments. You guys have some awesome hobbies and new loves! You also gave me some ideas for giveaways in the future, so thanks! Thanks very much for all the birthday wishes, too!

So it's about that time to announce the winner, don't you think? I actually thought I had posted this last week, but apparently it's been sitting in my draft folder. Oops! Anywhoozle... ahem. The winner of my Birthday Giveaway is......

Summer Lovin' Giveaway Hop!

Welcome to the Summer Lovin' Giveaway Hop hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Tifferz Book Review! My stop on the giveaway hop is for US/International followers, as long as the Book Depository ships to your country. Please see the terms and conditions in the Rafflecopter form for more details. For this giveaway, you can choose ONE book from the list below. I would do more, but I just finished a giveaway and I'm not exactly rolling in dough. Hee hee.

So here are some fun, summer reads I think everyone is bound to enjoy! Happy reading!

Tune in Tuesday (48) - My Teen Years!

Tune in Tuesday is a weekly music feature hosted by the fabulous Ginger at GReads. As some of you may know, I am ridiculously addicted to music. One of my favorite things to do is share the music I enjoy. Each week we'll be posting some of our favorites to spread the love of music. So link up and join the fun!

(Announcer voice) We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. (Crackle crackle crackle.)

Oh my word, I'm in such a weird mood. Anyway... ahem. After cheating a bit last week in celebration of my birthday, I'm excited to share My Teen Years tunes for the rest of the month. Now, this is going to age me, but a lot of my teen years were spent in the 90's. You may recall, when I first started doing Tune in Tuesdays, I jumped in during the 1990's Edition. To refrain from having a lot of duplicate tunes and/or artists from that, I really have to pay attention to what I'm sharing this time. Yikes.

I've always had fairly eclectic tastes in music, including oldies, classical, world, showtunes, you name it. I've decided to share songs released during my years as a teenager. In other words, I'll be sharing some favorite tracks released when I was 13 to 19, as opposed to the oldies I also listened to. Maybe one day I share some of my favorite oldies. So, on to ages 13 and 14! This is going to be interesting...

Happy listening!

Birthday Giveaway!

Hello lovelies! Today is my birthday. To take my mind off the fact that I am no longer in my twenties... ahem... I have decided to do a giveaway! Yaroo! So what am I giving away, you may be wondering? Oh nothing much, just some of my new favorite things like...

Option 1 - Some new favorite tunes (US only): My Head Is an Animal by Of Monsters and Men AND Continued Silence EP by Imagine Dragons. I'm really really REALLY in love with these two right now. I hope that there are at least some people interested in the non-book option, because these albums rock.

OR

Option 2- Your choice of ONE of these fabulous books (US & Int): Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (a favorite read of 2012) OR Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson (a book released today that I'm dying to read!) OR The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (a pre-order of a book I'm ridiculously excited about). (EDIT: If you've already read Anna and would love more from Stephanie Perkins, I'm totally open to letting the winner choose Lola and the Boy Next Door, instead. It IS amazing, too. Hee hee.)

OR

Option 3 (US & Int) - A book up to $15 from the Book Depository (as long as they ship to your country)! (Please see EDIT below, after the Rafflecopter form.)

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Tune in Tuesday (47) - Birthday Edition!

Tune in Tuesday is a weekly music feature hosted by the fabulous Ginger at GReads. As some of you may know, I am ridiculously addicted to music. One of my favorite things to do is share the music I enjoy. Each week we'll be posting some of our favorites to spread the love of music. So link up and join the fun!

I know today is technically supposed to be the first of My Teen Years edition of Tune in Tuesday, but I'm going to be a rebel and not start just yet because... it's my birthday! It's my birthday and I'll do what I want to. La la la. Just kidding... sort of. Hee hee. So instead of sharing some of my teen tunes, I thought I'd share a few songs that really are kind of "me" songs... and/or are where I am at this point in my life. Man, I feel old. Anywhoozle... Happy listening!