Random Acts of Kindness: March 2012 Wrap-Up! #RAK

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Wow, these months are seriously flying by right?! I can’t believe Mine and Isalys’ birthday is in two weeks! We do not want to keep getting older lol. Anyhoo, thank you ALL for participating in our R.A.K. feature. We truly enjoy seeing all the bookish love being spread!
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I, Vanessa, received this awesomeness from @luvdaylillies! She is one of the coolest and most thoughtful girls we know. She’s always tweeting about RAK and helps spread the bookish love. SHE ROCKS! Thank you @Luvdaylillies!! <3

Again, Thank you ALL for your continued participation in sharing the love of reading with others. We couldn't have asked for better bloggy friends!

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PS: Don't forget to leave the links to your R.A.K. March Wrap-Up! posts so we can stop by and check out your loot!!

Bloggiesta Wrap Up Day 1



Today’s Bloggiesta event was sooo much fun! Isalys and I got together with a few of our bloggy besties, Ash from Smash Attack Reads and Jen from Not Now I’m Reading and spent an awesome afternoon/early evening chatting away and crossing things off our to-do lists. In honor of bloggiesta, we headed over to Lime, one of our favorite Mexican restaurants, and had us some yummy Mexican food!

To Do List:
  • Catch up on ALL our emails
  • Update all our network buttons
  • Update our Blog Roll (it has mysteriously vanished and I think it's a sign that it needs a refresher)
  • Add some nifty little banners of our favorite series...just for the pretties! 
  • Possibly add a "Bloggy Events" section to our sidebar
  • Make sure all our gadgets are updated and working properly
  • Update HTML code so followers can leave threaded comments (this one is going to be tricky!)
  • Organize Google Reader
  • Make some progress on our Super Sekrit Project for April
  • Work on reviews and set up tours for April (also part of our 'SSP')
  • Update our "Reviews" tab so that it functions like an Index 
  • Make sure all reviews are posted on Goodreads and Amazon 
  • Possibly organize a giveaway to find new homes for old books
  • Visit our fave blogs and comment more often 
  • Add ‘Blog Soulmate’ Index 
  • Email Authors for R.A.K. 
  • Interview for Crazy Bookworm
  • 5x5 Interview for Good Golly, Miss Holly
  • Questionnaire for Blogger Confidential 
  • RA.K. March-Wrap Up Post
  • R.A.K April Sign-Up Post
  • Clock Rewinders Post
  • B♥S ‘Super Sekrit Project’ Launch Post
  • Vicky Dreiling Blog Tour Post
  • Finish ‘Super Sekrit Project’ button
  • Work on ideas for Birthday event
We’ll be working on more goodies tomorrow. We hope to seriously make this list A LOT shorter by the end of tomorrow. Wish us luck!

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Isalys's New Amazing Bookshelf!

I am a woman in love...with my new bookshelf/display cabinet!

Over the weekend my hubs and I decided to go cruising and we ended up stopping at our favorite local antique store.

As we're walking around, my husband says to me, "Oh shit! Just found something you're going to love. I'm not telling you what it is though, you have to find it." So of course, I start perusing slowly waiting for something to jump out at me and go "boo".  As I work my way around, my hubs then says, "You're getting warmer! When you see it, don't scream or break anything, okay?"

And then...

The clouds parted, a light shined down from the heavens and there, as if waiting for me was the bookshelf/display cabinet of my DREAMS! A mini English Red Telephone booth (circa 1956)...three and a half feet of FUCKING AWESOME!!

My brain was taken over by the Demon of Uncertainty for about a nanosecond, but then the Angel of Logic stepped in and said, "Nu uh, you're buying this!" It reminded me that I was in an antique store and this was likely not going to be there for very long!

Look at it...isn't it glorious? I'm like a proud mom! *sniffle*


On the top shelf, I have my little red post box, my little black English taxi and a little English flag. I still need to find a double-decker bus and Big Ben. Then below it I have my English Historical Fiction lit...how perfect is that?

 
My office, aka my Little English Haven, is my favorite room in the house! I need a few more touches here 'n there (I have my eye on a badass London Collage that I want to have framed and I need some Union Jack stuff) but I think you guys see where I'm going with it ;)

*Squee* I am one happy girl :D


Movies to look forward to!

So far 2012 is turning out to be a really great year for movies :)

The Woman in Black was spooktacular {see Isa's movie review} and The Hunger Games has been a box office hit but there are even more awesome movies to look forward to this year :)

Here are the movies that we can't wait to see:

(in order by release date)

Release Schedule:
  • Wrath of the Titans - March 30th *looks bad-to-the-ass!
  • The Raven - April 27th *cuz who doesn't love some John Cusack & Edgar Allen Poe?
  • The Avengers - May 5th *Robert Downey Jr. AND Chris Evans - hellz yeah!
  • Battleship - May 18th
  • MIB 3 - May 25th ♫ Here come the Men In Black...galaxy defenders ♪
  • Snow White & The Huntsman - June 1st
  • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - June 22nd *3 words: Tim-mofugging-Burton!
  • Breaking Dawn Part 2 - November 16th *Uh duh!

Which ones are you guys looking forward to?  Any others that aren't on our list?

New Releases 3.27.12

♥ Contemporary Fiction & Chick-Lit ♥
The Unseen Guest (The Incorrig...SocialpunkBarefoot SeasonWhy Men LieLetter from a Stranger

♥ Historical Fiction ♥
The Unseen

♥ Mystery / Suspense / Thriller ♥
The Memory of Blood: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery (Hardcover)Blood in the WaterDolled Up for MurderElegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs...

♥ Horror ♥
Silent Voices: The Concrete Gr...

♥ Urban Fantasy (top) / Sci-Fi (bottom) ♥
Sacrificial Magic (Downside Gh...Blood on the Bayou (Annabelle...The Kingdom (Graveyard Queen #...Deliverance (Mortal Path, #3)Back from the Undead (The Bloo...Sins of the Son (Grigori Legac...
Shadow's Fall (Shadow World, #...Shadow's Master (Shadow Saga,...PeaceweaverThe Master of Heathcrest HallThe Blood (Morpheus Road, #3)

♥ Steampunk ♥
Wicked as They Come (Blud, #1)The Seduction of Phaeton Black...

♥ Paranormal Romance ♥
Lover Reborn (Black Dagger Bro...Wanted: Undead or Alive (Love...Bear Meets Girl (Pride, #7)Hellbound (Guardians of the Se...Temptation Rising

♥ Historical Romance ♥
A Week to Be Wicked (Spindle C...The Seduction of Lady X (The S...Taming an Impossible Rogue (Sc...Master of Sin (Courtesan Court...The Art of Duke Hunting (Royal...Perilous Pleasures
Highland Avenger (Murray Famil...The Saint (Highland Guard, #5)Highland Lover

♥ Contemporary Romance ♥
Betrayal (Audio CD)Loving (Bailey Flanigan #4)Woodrose MountainThe Cowboy Takes a BrideNaked Angel  (The Blue Angel s...Hot Under Pressure (Rising Sta...
Catch Me A Cowboy (Deep in the...Trouble MeTexas Bride: A Bitter Creek No...

♥ Romantic Suspense ♥
Run Wild (The Bounty Hunters,...A Perfect Storm (Men Who Walk...

♥ YA ♥
Goddess Interrupted (Goddess T...Forgiven (The Demon Trappers,...Another Jekyll, Another Hyde (...Storm (Elemental, #1)Invisible Sun (Black Hole Sun,...
Life Is But a DreamSlide (Slide, #1)Sisters of GlassTessa Masterson Will Go to Pro...After the Snow

Happy shopping and happy reading!

 
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