Last Chance!

Today is the last day of April, and consequently, the last day to vote for your favorite haiku for the Haiku Contest I hosted this month! Tomorrow I will post the winners, but if you see your favorite still isn't in the lead, you should vote for them now before it's too late.

I've posted the entries here so you don't have to worry about the link:

1. Howling turtle writes
Anyone may enter Thrice.
I don't think that's nice!
By DocLouie

2. Flower of grandeur
Always growing to thrill us
My amaryllis
By Grandma Pat

3.Sunbeams in the clouds
Light lines over miles of sky
Bright spots on the fields
By Chloe

4.Dancing dolphins swim
Jumping in our boat's white wake
They're playing playing with us
By Chloe

5.Harvest time is near
Colored leaves begin to fall
Autumn is now here
By Chloe

6. Howling Turtle writes
Anyone may enter thrice
That is very nice!
By Doclouie

7. Our words have power
They kill or heal equally
Choose truth above all
By Lisa

8. Pure Costa Rica
Clear beauty and energy
An amazing place
By Maya

9. The wolf cries at night
Boy in the wild is now man
As blood hits the ground
By Alleged Author

10. Can't write haikus, but
I love Larissa and blog
so here you go, Lar
By Sarah

11. Long silver-smudged line
Slicing through rippling sea foam
Dolphins diving north
By r.k.pease

12. The warm ocean breeze
Relaxing under palm trees
Lazy days with sun
By Linnea

13. Soaring speeding sphere
Arching plunging toward target
Crowds cheer the tied score
By r.k.pease

14. The Kleenex is blue.
You're almost out of tissue.
Mwahahahaha
By Amanda

15. Revenge is a dish
best served cold. Some sage advice?
Make war in winter.
By Amanda

16. Break out the Ginseng
We are of a certain age
What was I saying...?
By Susan

17. Creativity.
Liminal. Subliminal.
Sacred Soul at play.
By Susan

18. Ashes to ashes.
Smashana Kali watches.
Nothing's as(h) it seems.
By Susan

Follow Friday

Q. Keeping with the dystopian and apocalypse theme that seems to be running rampant on parajunkee.com, I have one very hard question for you: If you were stocking your bomb shelter, what books would you HAVE to include if you only had space for ten?

A.
The Mortal Instruments: 4
Incarceron and Sapphique: 2
The Book Thief: 1
The Hunger Games trilogy: 3

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine.

Book: Witch Song
Author: Amber Argyle
Released: September 1, 2011
Publisher: Rhemalda Publishing

Description: (from Goodreads)

The world is changing.

For thousands of years, witch song has controlled everything from the winds to the shifting of the seasons. But not anymore. All the Witches are gone, taken captive by the dark Witch, Espen.

As the last echoes of witch song fade, Espen grows stronger as winter and summer come within the space of a day. Now she’s coming for the one she missed—a shy, untrained girl of fifteen named Brusenna.

Somehow, Brusenna has to succeed where every other Witch has failed. Find Espen. Fight her. Defeat her.

Or there won’t be anything left to save.


I saw this one on another WoW and thought it sounded really good. I also love the cover!! I'm really excited for this one.

p.s. you only have three days left to vote on my April Haiku Contest! the link to the entries is HERE.

A Book-to-movie adaption I am hopeful about

Hey everyone, as I'm sure you're all aware, today is Monday. If I had to pick a least favorite day of the week, this would definitely be it, and I am positive that I am not alone in this. Since it is Monday, and we've got the whole week ahead of us, why not start off with something exciting? As a general rule of them, movies are never as good as the book it was based upon with very few exceptions, and sometimes the movies are horribly different and everyone leaves feeling disappointed (Eragon anyone). Anyway, one book to movie adaption I feel hopeful about is 'The Hobbit'. I loved the book, my dad read it to me when I was little, and I just adore Middle Earth, hobbits, elves, and dwarves. This is going to be a must-see-on-opening-night thing for me.

Anyway, for fellow Tolkien lovers, this is the website link for 'The Hobbit' movie. Hobbit

Follow Friday

Q. What is on your current playlist right now?
Wow, so many different things!

Dreamcatcher
Christina Perri
30 seconds from Mars
Linkin Park
The Scars
Adele




1) Follow this blog.
2) Follow Elizabeth Sharp, the host of this hop
3) Follow the featured author of the week.
4) Go to Sharp words and copy the image code found there and paste it in your blog. Add your name to the link at the bottom of the post while you are there.
5) Copy and paste the rules in your blog, as well as this week’s question.
6) Answer the question
7) Follow, follow, follow. This is about networking, people, making connections with people in your community. So talk to us. We don't bite! This post serves as a perfect place for you to say hello!
8) If someone stops by, says hi and follows you, the polite thing to do is follow back.
9) Comment here and introduce yourself and you just might find a new follower or two.

Q: What is your most referred to website for your writing?

A: Huh, I don't know, I usually just use my dictionary/thesaurus widget when I am writing, and don't usually refer to one website in particular... maybe dictionary.com?


Be sure to leave a link so I can check your blog out!

Review: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow

Title: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Author: Jessica Day George
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books
Page Count: 336
Rating: 5/5

Description:

Blessed—or cursed—with an ability to understand animals, the Lass (as she’s known to her family) has always been an oddball. And when an isbjorn (polar bear) seeks her out, and promises that her family will become rich if only the Lass will accompany him to his castle, she doesn’t hesitate. But the bear is not what he seems, nor is his castle, which is made of ice and inhabited by a silent staff of servants. Only a grueling journey on the backs of the four winds will reveal the truth: the bear is really a prince who’s been enchanted by a troll queen, and the Lass must come up with a way to free him before he’s forced to marry a troll princess.

Review:

I just finished ‘Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow’, and thoroughly enjoyed it! I loved the fairy tale feel with ancient legends that were woven into this story. The characters were very well developed, and even the minor characters had distinct personalities. I also love stories with strong female heroines, and this book definitely provides that. The main character Pika, or the ‘Lass’ shows inner conflict, compassion, and strength. I think my favorite character in this book though, was Hans Peter, the Lass’s beloved older brother. I also really liked the cover art, it drew me in, showing the girl staring off into the distance.

Everything about this book was fantastic, and the ending was fantastic. (That last fact gets extra bonus points from me because I’ve read my fair share of books where I adored the plot but when the ending came along I was left feeling… ‘bleh’).

I would definitely recommend adding this book to your TBR list!

Poetry Month Series III of III

This is the third and final part of my three part poetry series that I am doing in honor of poetry month. All three of the poems I did were based of paintings that I saw in a museum. This particular poem was based off of a still life.


A Promise of Return
The rains cease
The mud of spring
Still stuck under fingernails
A bouquet sits in the kitchen
Dew that still drips
Facets of diamonds on marble

Morning birdsong
Sends a breeze through open
Shutters
And the lace curtains
Above the sink and rusty faucets
Dance like butterflies

A phone beeps
And a suit the smell
Of flowers, ferns, and dirt
Is guided to the door
By its owner

He pats his coat pocket
To check his plane tickets
But does not move to wipe
The dirt lodged there

He glances at the blooms
Then to a wooden staircase
Where he ascends in his mind's eye
To where his wife gently sleeps

It is his hope
That with this promise of return

She will not miss him
Quite so terribly