My oddness is showing again. (I seem to have an allergic reaction to awards that make me say strange things.)

Right, then. Emily tagged me with the books and reading book challenge thingamabob:

I'm really feeling the colors. Mmm hmm. Summertime.

For this one you answer all the questions which stay the same no matter who it gets passed to. Then you switch out the last question for one of your own. Got it? Got it.

Onto the questions (which I did not bother to format into a question)

To be read:

The Light Fantastic (next Discworld book that I can't find at the library oh well I guess I'll have to buy my own copy.) 

 Hawksmaid, which has been sitting in my windowsill for weeks

And cinder, I guess, 'cause Emily and watermelon seem to be really excited about that.

Also, I just found two books on the floor that we bought at teaching toys two weeks ago. Peter Nimble and Wings Of Fire

Book or series that you want to see as a movie?

LEVIATHAN.

This Amazon customer wrote a review:

In an alternate history, Europe is headed towards a Word War. The Germanic Clankers, with their advanced machinery, face off against the British Darwinists, with their crossbred animals. The Darwinists have a new weapon, the Leviathan, a flying whale ship. Deryn Sharp is new to the service and is on the Leviathan for her first assignment. But only males are allowed to be in the service, so she must hide her identity from everyone, and disguise herself as a boy.

Meanwhile, Prince Aleksandar Ferdinand is woken in the middle of the night and forced to flee his home. With only a small group of men, Aleksandar faces foes at every turn. When the Leviathan lands near Aleksandar, he meets young Deryn, and their fates intertwine.

In this latest young adult novel from Scott Westerfeld, he has created an alternate history in a steampunk version of World War I. It's a fantastic world of elaborate machines and bizarre, unnatural animals. In addition to the unique world and fascinating story, the characters are just as absorbing and are the driving force behind the story. Aleksandar is spoiled, but very bright and capable. And Deryn is brave, talented, and humble. The two are from different worlds and seems as if the reader is viewing to drastically different stories, until the two worlds collide.

There is no lack of suspense and action in this steampunk adventure. As a growing niche in the science fiction genre, this novel is sure to be popular amidst youth and adults alike. With events culminating in a climactic ending, there is room left open for a sequel, which I certainly am hoping for. It's a fun, fresh and decidedly unique tale. Don't miss this one.

SO READ IT, FOOLS! 'TIS FABULOUS.

Did I mention it's illustrated?

They're seriously riding around in a whale blimp and it's cool as heck, man!

Overhyped book:

Hunger games. It displeases me.

Hang on Taylor swift, I've got to be a hater for a minute.

WHAT I DON'T LIKE:

•katniss is not a relate able character. She tries too hard to seem...hardened? "I'm not the forgiving type," she says. She analyzes situations with cold and impartial regard. The whole book's tone was "I'm only here because I want to survive. Beat it, will you?"

Gregor the Overlander was Collins's first series. It was about your average middle school guy who falls down a laundry grate after his sister and finds an underground world where bats and rats grow to enormous size and the humans are constantly at war with the rats. 

Gregor seems more human. He has the usual blunders, feelings, hopes and worries of a normal person.

Best book series I will ever read:

The leviathan trilogy

Harry Potter

The Bartemaeus trilogy

Discworld 

Really bad movie adaption:

Percy Jackson 

Lordy lordy lordy... IF THEY HAD JUST READ THE BOOK BEFORE MAKING THE MOVIE, IT WOULDA BEEN AWESOME!

I'm not even sure if they had the same plot.

Book that made me cry:

The book thief

Books I'm reading right now:

The princess bride. Taxes were here even before stew. The story takes place before Europe but after Paris.

It's funny.

Under the egg: a story about a girl who finds a famous fainting in her attic. The author makes research sound fun and interesting! That was surprising.

Book/series I didn't like:

Hunger games for the reasons stated above.

The hardy boys. One time dad was reading a hardy boys book out loud to my brother and I, but we got bored so he went off into a tangent about blueberry pancakes and elephants.

The actual characters were very dim witted, and the word eager is used far too often.

Earthborn was about an alien girl who was born on earth who didn't want to return to her planet of origin. I wanted to see her home planet, so that was dissapointing.

Book I really need to read:

Ummmm... You tell me.

Favorite children's book:

Wizard and wart. We'll hocus in the front and pocus in the back and take naps in the middle.

And then there's ALL the if you give a mouse a cookie books- I had a mouse stuffy wearing overalls holding a cookie.

And the Pigeon books- DONT LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS!!!!

 

My favorite books read in the past summer (not an actual question. I just felt like saying it):

The railway children

Rooftoppers

Tuesdays at the castle

Junonia

Summer of the gypsy moths

Pippi long stocking

Extra question:
Best lazy summer read. One that makes you want to sit in a hammock and read all day.

Right. I nominate:

Watermelon at everything AG

Raspberry at Writings from a vinyl universe

Shannon at the realm of AG 

And now here's the strap staph stamp stalk step stirrup stoop still sting stolen study stodgy stinky studious stellar steeped stood still stupid stomped Stephen stewed stingray  step stomp STAHP YOU ARE TOO SWEET FOR YOUR OWN GOOD AWARD!

Awarded to me by Ellie.

I like hard pack ice cream because that is how tilamook mudslide happens

The last movie I saw was Napoleon dynamite. And after that, a play put on by the elementary school of Charlie and the Chocolate factory.

My favorite breakfast food is pancakes which my family eats for dinner more often than breakfast.

My favorite movie character:

Iron man, Loki, Legolas, Gandalf, hiro, dory, oh gee. There are so many that I can't think of!

I do not often wear jewelry. I abstain from glitter and unnecessary dangley things. 

Earrings: why do I want to poke holes in my flesh so I can dangle metal and glass from my skin? Nope nope nope

Bracelets= doll necklaces

Necklaces: OOH pretty! I shall put it away in a box and never look at it again.

Rings: what am I supposed to do with this? It's obviously not a ring of power.

For that matter:

Dresses: where are the pants? If I sit like a man people will see my undies.

Fancy shoes: how do I run in these?

Sweaters: ITCHY ITCHY ITCHY GET IT OFF! Where are the pockets?

Slacks: pockets? Hello pockets? Where are you? I need you!

Leggings: oh leggings- why must you always remind me of my thighs? And again: pockets?

Female tee shirts: why are you $50?

Female "cargo" pants: Ah! Hello pockets! Why do you not fit my iPhone? *agonized scream*

Female sweatshirts: oh floppy neck thing spawned in hades, why do you curse my existence with your floppy nonsense? Get off my neck! I wonder if there's a reason why cowl rhymes with foul...

Makeup: excuse me, why do you like painting all over your face? Did you know that paint goes on paper?

Swimsuits: stay away from me.

Nail polish: I MUST PICK YOOOOOOU.

Ok. Now I nominate:

Kirsten and Sylvia at Journal of 2 Dolls

Charlotte ate Seven Little Daisies

Kaitlyn at American Girl place  

A doll's life

Emily who is now dancing in the moonlight instead of falling from stars.

Jana at the dolly district

Izzy at Forever Love Dolls

And whoever else wants it. Or if you don't want to do it because these take an insane amount of time to make, that is ok too.

Your questions (not referencing movies that were made before we were born this time! Aren't you proud of me?):

1. If you could be a magical creature, what would it be? Why?

2. What is a tetrahedron? Is it a Platonic solid? 

3. What color would you dye your hair? Does if correspond with the magical creature you would like to be?

4. If you got a tattoo, what would it be of? Why?

5. Aren't Kleenex boxes really pretty?

6. Who said Humpty Dumpty was an egg?

7. Am I asking too many questions?

The eighth optional question: Feel your nose... The outside of it, silly! Is is greasy? Does that bother you? In theory, could we use nose grease as hand lotion? Are you wondering about my state of mental health? Did you just say "eww gross. I would never transfer the natural and moisturizing oils of my face into my hand. Gwen what on earth is wrong with you?"? Would you consider doing that in a desperate situation?

Does Gwen just need to wash her face?

Alrighty now. Remember to keep on being weird on the outside and pretty on the inside and vise versa and upside down and backwards and a great writer and bad photographer and great photographer and bad writer, eat your vegetables (scratch that. Fruit is better.),  and keep your aura blue and balanced or whatever. Y'all have a nice day.