This is the weekly meme where I encourage anyone who wishes to play along to take those crazy word verifications they have had over the past week and create a fake definition for them (much like how you play the board game Balderdash). This is all in fun and makes commenting on blogs a bit more interesting when the verification may just give you the best definition of the week! See original post here.
So here is what I have:
seend: When you hit the send button on an email and it takes forever (forever being 5 seconds as opposed to the 1 second we are used to)
“I am so sorry Mrs. Johnson that you have not received that email… it is still in seend mode.”
Mythman:Much like Super Man but this dude creates Myths… and he has a better tan. 🙂
“A long long time ago up in the mountains of Alaska there lives a creature, at least according to Mythman….”
Catera: Equal rights for cats.
Mittens now eats off china dishes and always gets first pick of the fish dinner because of the Catera.
relicat: a cat that you know darn well has used up more than its nine lives yet haggard looking, and missing one eye, it still keeps on going!
(And my personal fav of the week)
Purexeo: A spell used used by Harry Potter to get his shirts their whitest!
I would love to see what you come up with! To do your own, simply grab the picture meme and add it to your own post. Link back to this post and leave a comment here letting my know you have and I will add your blog post to this one so people may see other participants. Let the fun begin!
I have done what I said I wouldn’t do… I have again received a few awards that I have let sit in the corner and gather dust. So tonight I am trying to do a bit of blog catch up (all the things I have wanted to, needed to, catch up on but just have not had the time.
I am posting these awards tonight and will add who I will pass these on to in the upcoming week.
The Superior Scribbler Award is a Scholastic Scribe Original!
How sweet is she? Have you seen her blog? She has some great books that she has reviewed – I recommend you check them out!
That wonderful Ryan over at Wordsmithonia has sent me this wonderful award.
Being a recipient of this award affirms that this blog invests and believes in the Proximity – nearness in space, time and relationships. This blog receives this great award as a further way to reiterate that it is exceedingly charming, and aims to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!
Ryans blog always has something wonderful on it and watch for his post tomorrow morning (Thursday) for word verification Balderdash. He really cracks me up!
This new to me award came from the amazing Rachel of Bookworm Wannabe.
This award goes out to those who you can count on for a comment. They not only visit often but they comment often and make your blog exciting with great points of interest!
Rachel has a good variety of book reviews and a fun blog! Stop over and see what she is all about!
The “Me To You” award was also passed on to me from Rachel at Bookworm Wannabe.
This award is a friendly thank you to those who make my blog feel warm and fuzzy like a teddy bear. I am so thankful for the contributions of these people!
I plan to pass these on after the weekend. I have a crazy busy day tomorrow and the Super Hero (hubby) is anxious for us to get on the road and go to our cabin. He wants to leave tomorrow evening and I was hoping for Friday at noon so I would have time to finish up on some stuff…. I guess we will see. 🙂
Week four and I have another book club to feature today. Elizabeth and I have communicated a couple weeks ago about this feature and now her turn has come up! Please give a warm welcome to Elizabeth and her book club, RachelMomNana.
An Adventure In Reading
Sheila: Thank you so much for joining me today! I love your book club name, RAchelMOmNAna.
Elizabeth: This is named after Ramona, RAchelMOmNAna.
Sheila: How long have you been meeting?
Elizabeth: about a year, since Rachel was reading chapter books herself
Sheila: How often do you meet?
Elizabeth: We try to meet every month or so
Sheila: Do you have someone who leads the discussion?
Elizabeth: We ask Rachel to lead it sometimes, to come up with questions but mostly we just chat about what we liked and didn’t like about the book.
Sheila: Where do you meet?
Elizabeth: back and forth at our two houses when it is convenient.
Sheila: So your book club is just the three of you right?
Elizabeth: Yes, just the three ladies
Sheila: What age groups are represented in your book club?
Elizabeth: 9, 42, 64
Sheila: What genres of books do you read?
Elizabeth: childrens or classic
Sheila: How do you choose what you will read?
Elizabeth: We each take turns making the suggestions. We look for versions of books that we can all read. The first book we did was Heidi, because we had an abridged version that Rachel could read, I loved it as a child, and Nana had never read it.
After that, we each suggested a book that we thought the others would like or should read.
Sometimes we each read a different version of the book, like a graphic novel of Treasure Island, or the children’s version of Anne of Green Gables.
When Rachel picks the book, we just read her book.
Sheila: What was one of the best discussions and/or a favorite book that you read as a group?
Elizabeth: Rachel made up questions in her Book Club Scribbler for us to answer for Owls in the Family that were imaginative and insightful.
The book we all loved the most was Tale of Despereaux by Kate diCamillio, but also, Anne is a perennial favorite, as we live on Prince Edward Island.
Sheila: How do you keep things fun?
Elizabeth: It’s always fun when the three of us get together!
We try to decorate the table and serve snacks that match the book. For example, we had cheese, drank ‘tea’ from a child’s tea set and put toy mouses on the table when we discussed Tale of Despereaux; chocolate and cheese and Toblerone bars when we met about Heidi.
Sheila: Does your group meet for anything else other than your book meetings?
Elizabeth: We watched the movie Because of Winn-Dixie after discussing that book, our first repeat author, Kate deCamillio.
Sheila: What advice would you give to other book clubs?
Elizabeth: Inter-generational family book clubs are a lot of fun, and introduce the idea of literary discussions at a young age. My daughter loves that we will read a book that she likes and recommends, even if we weren’t that fond of Geronimo Stilton.
Thank you so much for sharing your book club with us! I love that you are a family of readers and I think Rachel is a very lucky girl! readers, please take a moment to check out Elizabeth’s Bog at An Adventure In Reading.
Interested in having your book club featured here? Please email me at journeythroughbooks@gmail.com
I am doing a bit of catching up this morning on some recent visitors to One Persons Journey Through a World of Books. Thank you to all of you who have stopped by – I love company! I have had quite a few new visitors lately and that is so exciting so I want to be sure that I visit each of them as well.
This morning, actually just moments ago, I went on to the author Laura Binghams’ Alvor site as I had just finished her book up a little over a day ago (see review here) and wanted to see what was new for her. I was surprised and touched that she had a post up about my review.
What Laura wrote… well, it made me tear up. She wrote such nice things about me and the review. I tend to forget that authors are sending their book out in to the world, much like we would send a child to school for the first time. Hoping they are liked, they make friends, and that they are as wonderful to others as we the parents know they are. Laura, you need not worry. 🙂
I hope you can take a minute today to stop by Laura Bingham’s Alvor site. And I hope that when you see this book in the stores you will consider it, if not for yourself… for that niece or nephew, daughter or son, or friend (of any age) who loves fantasy. They will thank you for it.
I am… well, giddy.I have been looking forward to reading this book since the day it arrived and now that I have read it… I am still so excited about it! ~ Sheila
Erin and her twin brother, Bain, never expected to find that the cabin in the woods near their home is actually a secret entrance to a magical world. Surrounded by pegasi, dragons, and fairies, they discover new powers within themselves and a secret they have unknowingly been preparing for: they are training to become elves. Now they are faced with the decision to stay in this dream world or return home to the life they knew.
A spellbinding tale of fantasy and fairy tale, Älvor draws you into an enchanting world of all things magical.
Biography
Nearly a native of Idaho, she was born in Iowa and moved to Idaho at age four. She graduated from Ricks College with an Associates degree and from Boise State University with a Bachelor degree in Biology as well as certification to teach all science subjects in secondary education in the state of Idaho. In her backyard stands a dance studio where she teaches youth of all ages the lesser known, but much loved sport of clogging.
Her grandparents and other relatives live in the beautiful Pennsylvania hills where she adores visiting. She lives in Boise with her husband and five young children, including her own set of boy/girl twins.
As I opened the pages to this book I was thrilled to start reading and get a sense of Narnia…. and then a sense of Twilight, then Never Ending Story, Harry Potter, and dare I even say a small sense of Zelda? Yet as I kept reading, and while each of those things about the book just made me more excited to read it – I closed the book last night knowing that while the book gave me a feel for some favorites I have known… Alvor is in a class all of its own. Unique in its own right.
This book was everything I had hoped it would be. I loved the vivid descriptions of all that their world held. And I loved that when I read the final words… and I closed the book, I had a feeling that it was not over. And whatever that means, if Laura Bingham left it open for us the readers to come to our own conclusions of what happens next or if this is a hint of another book to come… I do not know.
I for one…. hope it is the later.
Author Laura Bingham made a post on her site about this review. Please read it here.
I received this book as well as a giveaway copy from the author.
I would rate this book G, friendly for all audiences!
Join Pat Williams, co-founder of NBA’s Orlando Magic and author of the motivational business and
Blog Tour
team leadership book, Extreme Dreams Depend on Teams , as he virtually tours the blogosphere in August and September on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion!
Pat Williams is the senior vice president of the NBA’s Orlando Magic. He is a popular motivational speaker averaging over 150 appearances a year. Williams has spent 45 years in professional baseball and basketball as a player and executive. He served as general manager of the 1983 world champion Philadelphia 76ers and managed the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks.
Williams is the author of 55 books. He and his wife, Ruth, are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations. He and his family have been featured in such diverse publications as Sports Illustrated, Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping, The Wall Street Journal, and Focus on the Family as well as all the major TV networks. Pat and Ruth recently received an award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute for their efforts in adoption. To learn more about Pat Williams, visit www.PatWilliamsMotivate.com.
Human beings are designed for teamwork, and teamwork is the only way to make seemingly impossible dreams and bold visions come true. Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France seven consecutive times, not by himself, but with the backing of his coaches, mechanic, and teammates. Charles Lindbergh may have been called “the Lone Eagle” because of his 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic, but he assembled a first-rate team to make his dream possible.
In his new book,Extreme Dreams Depend on Teams (Center Street, July 22, 2009), Orlando Magic co-founder and Senior Vice President Pat Williams says that teamwork is the key to making extreme dreams a reality. Named one of the 50 most influential people in the NBA (National Basketball Association) after following his dream and helping to build the Orlando Magic from the ground up, Williams gives inspiring accounts of the power of teamwork—many of them personal—in a book that leadership guru Patrick Lencioni calls “the most comprehensive and interesting collection of wisdom on teamwork I have ever read.”
In Extreme Dreams Depend on Teams, Williams points out that extreme dreams are only fulfilled when teams are led with characteristics like respect, empowerment, commitment, trust and passion. “Once you put teamwork into practice in your organization, these principles will begin transforming everything. They will transform how you view the world, including our society and its problems, and the political and environmental issues we face…you’ll begin seeing the world through a lens of extreme dreams, extreme possibilities, and the power of teamwork,” says Williams.
I love books on team building! I have read quite a few through the years and most of them stay with me on the book shelf for reference. Pat Williams book will definitely be a keeper. I am currently working my way through this book and I a finding information and ideas that I can apply in my own life.
I was just having a conversation on Twitter about how we as bloggers keep track of our books as they come in, blog tours…. what we sign up for, etc…
As I have become more involved in blogging these past few months I have realized that I really need to keep track of the books and where they come from (they don’t always come with paper work!) as well as blog tours, giveaways, etc…
Currently I am using an agenda book where I record all book related things…. but chatting with Jamie, from Revenge of the Book Nerds on Twitter, she is using Google calendar and I bet that works pretty slick.
What do you use to keep track of your book happenings?
This is the weekly meme where I encourage anyone who wishes to play along to take those crazy word verifications they have had over the past week and create a fake definition for them (much like how you play the board game Balderdash). This is all in fun and makes commenting on blogs a bit more interesting when the verification may just give you the best definition of the week! See original post here.
Book Journey 