I found this while surfing random bookblogs, which I’ve been getting into lately. Unfortunately I can’t link to where I found it from (read: who I stole it from)… but if you wanna play along, let’s spread this one!

HOW TO PLAY: Respond with a single answer, multiples, or even a list. Where relevant, include a link to an author’s website, your review of one of their books, or a review that inspired you to try the author(s).

Who’s your all-time favorite author, and why?
I don’t have just one. I have different favourites for different genres, and new authors are being added to my list all the time. I really like J.D. Salinger and John Steinbeck because of their writing styles, but I’m also getting into Terry Goodkind and Philippa Gregory too, more for their subject matter.

Who was your first favorite author, and why? Do you still consider him or her among your favorites?
Jean Little and Dr. Seuss were my two favourite authors as a child. I still consider them among my favourites, just in a different category.

Who’s the most recent addition to your list of favorite authors, and why?
Recently, I’ve been drawn to and fallen in love with Stephenie Meyer’s writing style in the Twilight series (Twilight, New Moon, & Eclipse). I’d also like to read more from Markus Zukas, who wrote The Book Thief. I am also a growing fan of Alice Sebold (Lucky, Lovely Bones, & Almost Moon), because her novel subject matter isn’t conventional.

If someone asked you who your favorite authors were right now, which authors would first pop out of your mouth?
Philippa Gregory is writing a lot of historical-based fiction right now, and I’m really enjoying it. I just got another one of her books, as I finished The Other Boleyn Girl and really enjoyed the novel.

TAG PEOPLE TO PLAY: Yea, I don’t really want to. Play along – leave a link! Although I am curious to know the favourite authors of my blogging friends, such as… Julia, Stephanie, Chelle, Ruth, Chan, and Michelle? Want to play? (ETA: no pressure!)

What is reading, anyway? Novels, comics, graphic novels, manga, e-books, audiobooks — which of these is reading these days? Are they all reading? Only some of them? What are your personal qualifications for something to be “reading” — why? If something isn’t reading, why not? Does it matter? Does it impact your desire to sample a source if you find out a premise you liked the sound of is in a format you don’t consider to be reading? Share your personal definition of reading, and how you came to have that stance.

Easy. EVERYTHING & ANYTHING! Anytime you scan your eyes over some text and process it, that is, in fact, READING! Simple as that.

P.S. Yes I realize I am nearly a week late!

Jewellery

I love making earrings! I’m rubbish and photographing them… but I really enjoy making them!

Birthday present for my friend Anna.

Birthday gift for my boyfriend’s mom

Birthday present for my boyfriend’s aunt (1 of 2)

Birthday gift for my friend, Jordana.

Birthday present for my mom. Her favourite pair of earrings looked almost like the except the chain was more fragile and the pearls were fake. So i got some new chain and some fresh-water pearls and remade her earrings.

This is the first pair of earrings I ever made. My older sister taught me.

When I lost the pair above, I made these as a “replacement” pair.

Birthday present for my boyfriend’s other aunt

Evan & I went to go see Sex and the City the movie on Monday night, assuming that it wouldn’t be as busy as it was the opening weekend. Evan wanted to go to the new-ish theatre downtown but the 7:30 and 10:30 shows were sold out so we headed to Metrotown. We got tickets for the 10:00pm show (having missed the 7:00 show which wasn’t even sold out). We had some dinner and wandered around the mall waiting for our theatre to open. During the advertisements, Evan confirmed he was Samantha and we agreed that I was Charlotte. Who are you?

I looooove Sex and the City. I was sad when the series ended, but I definitely felt wrapped up. It’s great that they didn’t leave a cliff-hanger in the series intending to follow up on the movie. The movie acted as an epilogue. Did you know that I have the Sex & the City boxset on DVD? CW bought it for me for Valentines Day this year! I lovelovelove them (but my all-regions DVD player broke and I have to get a new one).

While I went looking for Sex and the City movie images, I found the HBO store… and these awesome martini glasses… I want. In fact, look at all the goodies in the HBO store!

WARNING: Okay here come the SPOILERS! Avert your eyes unless you’ve seen the movie!!

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