...they really like me. Or at least one person does.
Susan, from Bloggin' 'bout Books, awarded me with the Brilliante Weblog Award. It's my first award, and I am pretty excited about it. Especially since Susan's blog is one of my favorite book blogs.
Here are the rules for the award (as copied and pasted from Susan's site):
Recipients are supposed to give the award to 5 of their favorite blogs - as far as I can tell, they can be any kind of blogs. Leave a comment on the blog letting the author know they have received the award and encourage* them to pass it on.
Here are five of my favorite blogs, though not in any order:
Maw Books - Natasha reviews a pretty wide range of books, and I've found that I agree with her most of the time. She also has a gigantic contest happening right now in an attempt to help raise money and awareness for the people of Darfur; you can read more about it here.
ChainReader - Chain Reader also reads a pretty wide range of books. She tends to read a lot more classics that I do (she's so brave), and I love reading her reviews; she's particularly good at 4 word reviews. Oh, and she thinks Cornelia Funke might be becoming one of her favorite authors, which shows her good taste in books :)
Good Clean Reads - Kim not only reviews books, but she rates their content for sex, violence and profanity. Even though I don't necessarily agree with all of her ratings, it's nice going in to a book with an idea of how much sex and profanity to expect (for some reason violence doesn't turn me off to the same extent as the other two - possibly because I really don't read many books with real violence).
And, to add a little variety to my book blogging life:
A Year of Crockpotting - This is one of my favorite cooking blogs. Stephanie's goal for the year is to use her crockpot for one meal/treat/something everyday. We've tried several of the recipes to varying degrees of success (I loved the baked potatoes). Today's recipe for a Brownie in Mug sounds fabulous.
Everyday Food Storage - I found this one after my kind-hearted father gave me six #10 cans of wheat for my birthday. We don't own a wheat grinder, so I was searching for recipes that would help make the wheat more useful than a space occupier. There are lots of great tips for various food storage stuffs, including two for wheat that don't use a grinder.
*I don't really like forwards, and I feel like the rule requiring the award to be passed on makes it kind of like a forward, so if any of the winners don't want to pass it on, it won't hurt my feelings.
4 comments:
Thanks KT. That's so nice of you to think of me. I had noticed that Susan had given you this award and I thought, "Hey, I know her! She's great." It's so fun making blogging buddies.
LOL - You guys are so funny :) I'm glad you enjoyed the award. I agree with the forwards things - I hate them - but I love being recognized and I know other people do, too.
I love all the blogs you listed. There are just so many good ones out there - it's hard to choose. I've never heard of the food storage one, so I'm going to have to check it out. I have wheat and a grinder, I just need to get them together!
Thanks KT. I obviously think you have great taste in books too! I'm so bad at making decisions that I can never quite make myself pick favorites for blog awards. Maybe this time I will!
Hey thanks!!! Sorry it's taking me so long to get over here and say that.
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