I Don't Know What to Post About...

Science class is a plague in some parts of the world. And science homework is the way it transmits its deadly poison. Ugh... So I have decided to make a list of things I do to procrastinate.

• Read- alot. everything. anything. all I see. all I can get my hands on. EXCEPT the text book.
• Write- same as above, but this time excepting homework.
• Journal- when I'm really desperate. The longest I've ever kept one is 5 days. Isn't that just a little sad?
  
• Dance- Horridly, around and around the homework in a complex display of risky footwork. One of these days/dance routines, I just know the papers will burst into flames.
• Drench My System in Music- The miracle worker of nature...
• Play Solitaire- Once I was addicted to that game, but as I realized that I would never be any better at shuffling I quit my obsessive gear of play.
• Make Lists- *sob*
• Youtube- I am a self professed viral video supporter.
  
• Bloggify the Cyberverse- as you can see, my new biggest hobby has become one of my new biggest procrastination vices. But I'm sure many of you understand. Right? Riiiight?

So, seeing as the papers have not yet burst into flames I should probably tackle them. However loathsome the task may be. But before I die, I mean, go.... I have just observed I didn't really mention books at all in this post. And that is why you're here, right? For book stuff? So...um....errr..... READ THE SABRIEL SERIES BY GARTH NIX!!! Medeia recommended them and now I'm somewhere between hooked and feverish. And, have you heard? There are two more Old Kingdom books to be scheduled in 2011 and 2012! Follow the link and hunt the site to found out anything more.

Discoverer of Tangent-Blog Remedies,

1 Day Refund

It is a habit of mine to wait until the last minute to do everything. This spread-the-word activity is (sadly) no different.

So. Over at the Story Siren, a splendid book-blog of challenge taking and book giving glory there is a contest. A contest for THREE WHOLE BOOKS!!! Note that these are whole books as opposed to ones with the pages torn out. They are for the Fire/Poison/Magic Study Series by Maria V. Snyder. For all the details you must go off in pursuit of the shiny grey link. Oh. And just a quick note. This contest ends tomorrow at midnight. Yes. Yes. I can hear your protests. "Aella! Why must you put such important things off until the very last minute?" And I have no answer but to hang my head in shame.

But to make it up to you, I am now engaging in another spread the word activity. 3 Cheerz for dual-postage and space conservation! This one is another book give away, but at the Page Flipper. This is also a laudable blog with many the intriguing review. 6 Books all of which are described ever so eloquently at the linked blog:

• Tweak by Nic Sheff
• Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen and its sequel, In Search for the Red Dragon
• Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
• Fake Boyfriend by Kate Brian
• and The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy

Bloggers will enter. But who will win? Simply observe the details and act upon the directions. And this time I've given fair warning. 31 days worth actually. The entire challenge is simpler than chick lit and far less painful.

Support the literary realms and its "dauntless crusaders" (time for another round of Name That Movie) in these splendid challenges and my hopes for success to all.

Holding Blog-Banners on Street Corners,

Snow + Fireplace = Cheesy Post

I have discovered that there is nothing like sitting next to a fireplace as it snows rabidly outside your window. Of course, this picture wouldn’t be complete without a few *cough* dozen *cough* books at your side and a mug of mint hot cocoa consisting mainly of rapidly melting whipped cream (personal preference). Now, I understand that this may seem frightfully similar to most settings for either dreadful Christmas specials shown on family channels or to “The Shining” (rarely shown on family channels), but it is worth the sentimentality. So here’s my list of six books that are great for next-to-fireplace reading (not necessarily all top 5 list of Aella Siofra AGGH-this-is-the-19^th-time-I’ve-read-this material).

1. Poison by Chris Wooding

• Glorious macabre. It’s just to great to be reading about bone witches and fairytale non-conformists as banshee winds scream outside

2. Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge

• Political intrigue and stuffs. Very good for intensity.

3. The Bloody Jack Series by LA Meyer

• Piratical, hilarious, and full of banditry. Need I say more?

4. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

• More remnants of my nail-biting shelf. It took me three years to read this, but as I look back it’s not too scary. But Ray Bradbury + evil carnivals of doom = awesome at any age.

5. Anything (As in- in general or whatever you can steal from the library- not a book title) by Eva Ibbotson

• Connect with your inner child... before it’s too late

6. Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

• Set up is reminiscent of 19th century airships. A bit like Treasure Island with a female protagonist added in for a sterling display of sheer awesome

So, whether your house looks like an arctic hazard right now or you live in a place where no one has even heard of a snow day, tell us your biggest chimney corner choices. They don’t necessarily have to be your favorite books, just something that is ideal for such flicker-lighted moments.

Feeling heinously sappy and eying logs for spider holes,

*Aella Siofra*