New Year's Resolutions!

I was tagged by Vanessa of What Vanessa Reads to share at least 3 of my New Year's Resolutions!

1) To not procrastinate as much! I’ve gotten better, but every now and then I still procrastinate and feel like slapping myself later for doing so!
2) Get into better shape. (Despite doing several varsity sports, I’m can be lazy sometimes and need more discipline with my workout schedule!)
3) Enjoy life. Sometimes I forget to stop and enjoy the small things in life. :(


I'm tagging...
1) Bibliophile Support Group
2) The Page Flipper
3) The Book Muncher
4) Linda Gerber

Tagged!

I've been tagged by Midnight Twilights Book Blog, The Book Muncher, & Just Blinded Book Reviews!

What was I doing 10 years ago?
Probably was being your typical, timid first grader (or was I already in 2nd grade? I can’t remember).

What are five things on my to-do list today?
1) Watch the Olympics!
2) Write a couple reviews
3) Go to work
4) Study a lot (& do AP work)
5) Call my friend

Snacks I enjoy:
Can some of them be unhealthy? ;) Let’s see:
- Fruit
- Potato Chips
- Pocky
- Fruit snacks
- Chocolate
- Popcorn
- Cheese doodles

Places I've lived:
- New York (3 different locations)
- New Jersey
- Hong Kong
- Illinois

Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
- Get a new laptop
- Get an Ipod & speakers
- Pay for college & grad school
- Build my dream home
- Buy all the books I’d want & furnish my own private library at the above mentioned dream home!
- Give some money to charity
- Buy my parents a grand piano & a new house
- Take my family on a long trip to see the world
- Pay for my sister’s college tuition as well
- Go shopping (& buy a nice necklace)
- Buy a Prius
- Buy my parents a new car
- Go shopping
- Buy a bike
- Buy the best sports gear I can get & take more lessons
- Start my own fashion line
- Go to some live concerts
- Invest some money
- Help fund medical research
- Go watch future Olympics live!

And the people I'm tagging:
Bibliophile Support Group
From the Corner of Megan's Mind
The Story Siren
Presenting Lenore
The Compulsive Reader

Author Meme

Rules: Link to the person that tagged you, post the rules somewhere in your meme, answer the questions, tag six people in your post, let the tagees know they’ve been chosen by leaving a comment on their blog, let the tagger know your entry is posted.

I was tagged by Reader Rabbit for this meme!

1. Who’s your all-time favorite author, and why?
hmm, this is a tough question! I'd have to say JK Rowling though. A completely ingenious

2. Who was your first favorite author, and why? Do you still consider him or her among your favorites?
How far back am I supposed to go? lol Back when I was really young I absolutely loved Mercer Mayer's books, more specifically his Little Critter series. I loved them so much my mom bought me the entire original series! (I used to love finding the little mouse who would be doing something in the background of a few pages!) He also had some other books that I loved because they had some pretty funny parts and neat illustrations!
Is Mercer Mayer still a favorite? Not really sure, since it was so long ago, but I'd say the original set I read was great, and I'd recommend it to younger kids!
So that's my little childhood confession! lol

3. Who’s the most recent addition to your list of favorite authors, and why?
Oh geez, so many great authors out there now, I'm not sure! Stephanie Meyer (loved Twilight!), Meg Cabot (but she's been on my fav. author list for a while), Kimberly Pauley (wonderful first novel!! Sucks to be me), Jennifer Banash (a hilarious and just lovely person!), and I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but there are just too many good authors out there to list!!

4. If someone asked you who your favorite authors were right now, which authors would first pop out of your mouth? Are there any you’d add on a moment of further reflection?
JK Rowling, Kate Constable, Erin Hunter, Margert Patterson Haddix, Gail Carson Levine, JRR Tolkien, Meg Cabot, Stephanie Meyer...F. Scott Fitzgerald, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Shakespeare, again, I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but those are some of my favorites!

And the 6 people I am tagging:
1 - Tasha @ And Another Book Read
2 - BooksandLove
3 - Book Adorer
4 - Cyndi @ The Page Wanderer
5 - The Magic of Ink
6 - The Page Flipper

Tagged! (aka my first meme!)

I've been tagged by Liv from Liv's Book Reviews for my first meme!

So this is how it goes:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to the person who tagged you once you've posted your three sentences.

*Grabs book*
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer!
So let's take a look at what pg 123 says...
(I hope I'm not spoiling anything for anyone, but I'm sure plenty of you have read Twilight's sequel already)

"I wasn't paying attention to where I was driving--just wandering through empty, wet side roads as I avoided the ways that woule take me home--because I didn't have anywhere to go. I wished I could feel numb again, but I couldn't remember how I'd managed it before. The nightmare was nagging at my mind and making me think about things that would cause me pain."

Hmm, you know what's interesting?? I had somehow left a post it exactly on pg 123 from a while ago? Whatever for? I'm not really sure (more like I just can't remember!) but maybe it was fate!

And the blogs I'm tagging:
1) Reader Rabbit
2) The Shady Glade
3) Books and Love
4) Book Adorer
5) In Bed With Books