Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Blog tour: The Mountains Bow Down


Sibella’s celebrating the release of The Mountains Bow Down with a blog tour, a Cruise prize pack worth over $500 and a Facebook Party! Don't miss a minute of the fun.






One Grand Prize winner will receive:
  • A $500 gift certificate toward the cruise of their choice from Vacations To Go.
  • The entire set of the Raleigh Harmon series.

To enter click one of the icons below. Then tell your friends. And enter soon - the giveaway ends on 4/1! The winner will be announced at Sibella’s Raleigh Harmon Book Club Party on FB April 5th, 2011! Don’t miss the fun – prizes, books and gab!


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About the Facebook Party: Join Sibella and fans of the Raleigh Harmon  series on April 5th at 5:00 pm PST (6 MST, 7 CST & 8 EST) for a  Facebook Book Club Party. Sibella will be giving away some fun prizes,  testing your trivia skills and hosting a book chat about the Raleigh  Harmon books. Have questions you'd like to chat about - leave them on  the Event page.

My review:


Plot: I loved the mystery in this one! It was constantly twisting and turning, with the reader never knowing what to expect. I was a bit disappointed in the love story part... but it was still a good story that I enjoyed!

Characters: I loved the ship's security guy, he was soooo funny! I think his sarcastic remarks made the book that much better :) I didn't like Raleigh's love problems... honestly she annoyed me a little.

Setting: A cruise, what could be a better place for a murder?
 
Overall: I enjoyed this book very much! I actually liked it a little better than the last one. Great book!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

WHW: Writing


I have been neglecting my writing a lot lately. I realize how much I miss it, and how much I need it. So today it will be a writing day!

Writing in Paris? My dream!

"I am a writer; it's what I do."

Monday, March 28, 2011

I'm a fairly shy person around people I don't know. It takes a lot for me to just walk up to a person and say hi or introduce myself if I don't know them. Transferring to Fox this year has helped to change that a little bit. I've learned that all of the incoming class was in the same boat: they were all brand new and in desperate need of friends. I quickly bonded with quite a few freshman because of this. Most of my friends here are freshman; I'm only friends with a handful of sophomores and even fewer upperclassmen. For those students who already have friends, they are always willing to meet more people. The connections I've made here have helped me to become more outgoing in amazing ways. However, I still get shy at the strangest of times. Today I was sitting at Multnomah while the best friend had a meeting. Instead of sitting near others or introducing myself to anyone, I sat in the corner by myself playing computer games until Macy died, and then I wrote this post.

I don't understand how sometimes I can be totally outgoing and introduce myself to a random visiting student and invite her to eat lunch at our table (yes, I have done this) and other times I stutter or clam up. I've noticed in most of the times I'm shy, I'm being introduced to someone by one of my friends or I'm in their "territory". I'm sure part of it is a matter of self-esteem; I'm constantly comparing myself to others, especially my closest friends. Times like this help me realize the faults I still have to work on. After all, I'm not perfect and I never will be.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

I had planned on going to church tomorrow. I was so excited because it was the church I had visited the first week and loved, but had no one to go with. My roommate has a friend who goes, and offered to take me along. I have missed church, so I was super excited. Unfortunately, I am no longer going.

I've had a headache most of the afternoon, and it is quickly escalating into a migraine. I can tell it will not be going away anytime soon, so either 1) I will get no sleep 2) I will still have the headache/migraine in the morning, or both. I just decided to not go, and I'll go after I get back from spring break.

In other news, I got my hair cut!

I love my Photobooth a little too much :)
It's only about 4 whole inches shorter plus the bangs! I really like it :) I'm also looking forward to coloring it again in the near future, with the specific color to be announced later ;)

George Fox is sending a team to Peru for May Serve this year, and they held a garage sale today to raise funds. They had super cheap prices and pretty decent stuff. There was even an iTouch! I ended up with a new laptop cover for Macy (since her knitted sweater is missing...), a dark green long-sleeve shirt, and a white lacy-ish girls top. (And by girls, I mean little girls XL :P Yes... I sadly still fit them. Barely.) All for $5! My friend went along and just paid for both of our stuff with one check, since I had no cash. Our total should have been about $8, but they were nice and only charged us $5! Woo bargains!

Don't forget to set your clocks forward an hour tonight!

In closing, I will leave you with my new favorite song of the week: Who Says by Selena Gomez. (Don't judge. She rocks, and this song had an amazing message.) Enjoy!

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Waiting on Her

I finally stopped hiding things from her yesterday. I got up the courage to write her a novel of a message on FB, since I was in class and knew I wouldn't see her until late. (Actually, I didn't see her at all. I was already in bed when she finally got back.) It was a very heart-felt message, and I almost cried writing it. It made me really sad to think about the way our friendship has ended up, and that most of it is my fault. I knew she wouldn't give me an actual response through the message, because she likes talking in person. That's fine, I understand. But I would have at least liked an acknowledgment that she got the message and would talk later... but nothing. And I know she's read it.

This morning I thought she might say something, because we were both awake and not doing much, the door was shut (she always closes the door when we talk), and no one else was bugging us. But nothing. The only thing she said the entire time before she left was, "How did your speech go?" Don't get me wrong, I was glad she remembered I had it and genuinely wanted to know how it went, but still. My speech isn't as big of an issue to me. I would rather fail the speech then go on acting the way we have been. *momentary break while I stop crying* Ahem. I care about her a lot, probably more than she knows. It's hard because I am a very huggy person, and we never hug. Ever. I know that's partially my fault because I never say anything and should, but still.

Normally I'm pretty good at hiding my emotions from the other girls on the floor. One can usually tell something is up, but knows not to ask unless I say something. Last night I realized how hard I've been taking this when another girl who I've only recently been becoming closer with immediately asked me what was wrong. It scares me to know that something like this is becoming so huge that I can't even hide it from the people I live on the floor with. What does it look like to her, who I actually room with?

I'm hoping to talk to her tonight. I actually just sent her a text, asking if we could talk after her evening class. I'm not sure if we will, because I'm pretty sure she has a test tomorrow and will want to be studying. But I figured it is worth a shot.

She is slowly becoming someone in my life that I can't label. She isn't my best friend. She isn't my study buddy. She isn't my movie buddy. So what is she then? She's the person who can relate to me. She's the person here I can trust with anything. She's my RA. And she's my roommate.

But the one thing I want her to become again, is simply my friend.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

WHW: Hugs

 
I've been in a very emotional mood the past few days and have been craving hugs. The funny thing is I won't ask my roommate for one so I don't usually get any. Sad, right? Haha.


Awww, so cute ^^ Link up with Briemarie if you want to join!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

WHW: Flip flops!




Ready for this weeks WHW? :) This week, I heart flip flops! I have over 10 pairs, and I have just about every color of the rainbow, minus red I believe. I have a small obsession :P I would love to wear them year-round, but my family doesn't like me wearing them over winter because in Oregon it constantly rains so I'm walking through puddles all the time. But it is now MARCH which means I can once again break out the flip flops!


Hee hee :D Seriously, the picture with the rainbow flip flops could be my closet :P Yaaaay flip flops!