Top 10 Tues- All Time Favorite Characters

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where a new top ten list is posted every week. This week, the theme is: 

All Time Favorite Characters In Books

 1. Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With The Wind) - She's a self sufficient, strong willed, intelligent, knows what she wants kind of woman... reminds me of me! *smiles*

 2. Christian Grey (Fifty Shade Trilogy)- I will only refer you to my book boyfriend post from yesterday. http://bit.ly/JqS0lj

 3. Travis Maddox (Beautiful Disaster)- Hot, smart, alpha male... why shouldn't he be an all time favorite! :-D

 4. Jack Ryan (Tom Clancy novels)- He's an intelligent CIA analyst with an uncanny ability to always end up in the thick of things and gets himself out of it... kinda like MacGyver...

 5. Rhett Butler (Gone With The Wind)- I think Rhett is the first alpha male in American literature. Need I say more?! 

 6. Encyclopedia Brown (self titled series)- Am I the only one who wanted to start my own detective agency after reading him?! I mean, thwarting Bugs Meany would be the highlight of my day! lol

 7. Harry Potter (Do I really need to say it?!)- Might be a little cliche but he is "The Boy Who Lived." I can only hope that my children can learn something about determination, fortitude, and all around good character from him.

 8. Arwen (Lord of the Rings Trilogy)- She is an unbelievably strong woman who has chosen love over immortality. Ok... I just want to be an elf with pointy ears... so sue me! lol 

 9. Shea Adler (Taking Shots)- Ok... so this is more of a personal thing... I adore Shea. He's a pro hockey player... so... he's big and buff but he's also kind, sensitive and sensual. *sigh* He also brought some great people into my life. I love Toni Aleo, his creator. She has become a true friend and through her I've met some other amazing people and bloggers. (You can read about us meeting at a hockey game on the "My Assassin's Experience" post. To make it easy, here's a link~ http://bit.ly/Ieapgm)

10. Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games Trilogy)- I have to be honest, my 16 yr old daughter told me to put him down... I haven't even read the books but since it's her birthday today I thought I'd indulge her! Happy Birthday Jess!

Waiting on Wed- Easy by Tammara Webber

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill@ Breaking the Spine 

where you share an upcoming release that you're anticipating on reading.

I am looking forward to Easy by Tammara Webber, scheduled for release late May or early June... I will wait... patiently...  for as long as it takes... until Tammara gets it finished...now!! (I never said I was a patient person. *evil grin*)

When Jacqueline follows her longtime boyfriend to the college of his choice, the last thing she expects is a breakup. After two weeks in shock, she wakes up to her new reality: she’s single, attending a state university instead of a music conservatory, ignored by her former circle of friends, stalked by her ex’s frat brother, and failing a class for the first time in her life.

Her econ professor gives her an email address for Landon, the class tutor, who shows her that she’s still the same intelligent girl she’s always been. As Jacqueline becomes interested in more from her tutor than a better grade, his teasing responses make the feeling seem mutual. There’s just one problem—their only interactions are through email.

Meanwhile, a guy in her econ class proves his worth the first night she meets him. Nothing like her popular ex or her brainy tutor, Lucas sits on the back row, sketching in a notebook and staring at her. At a downtown club, he disappears after several dances that leave her on fire. When he asks if he can sketch her, alone in her room, she agrees—hoping for more.

Then Jacqueline discovers a withheld connection between her supportive tutor and her seductive classmate, her ex comes back into the picture, and her stalker escalates his attention by spreading rumors that they’ve hooked up. Suddenly appearances are everything, and knowing who to trust is anything but easy.

I whole heartedly enjoyed Tammara's Between the Lines series and am looking forward to many more novel fromher.

Top Ten Tuesday- Tips for New Bloggers

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where a new top ten list is posted every week. This week, the theme is: 

 Top Ten Tips For New Book Bloggers

Not sure how much I can really write on this... I just started Nose In A Book about two months ago and I don't even know what I don't know!!  lol  This is what I've figured out so far...

 1. Do look at other blogs for ideas on what you like and don't like.

 2. Don't be afraid to ask questions... of bloggers, readers, or authors.

 3. Do proofread your posts- nothing is more embarrassing than spelling and grammatical errors on a book blog post. (Trust me... I know... *cringe*)

 4. Don't over think things or make it too complicated.

 5. Do separate personal life from blog life, i.e blog Twitter, Facebook page, email, etc. Your co-workers might not want to read about your book boyfriend. lol 

 6. Don't have music auto play- I'm all for play lists but let the reader decide for themselves.   

 7. Do stay organized. Keep track of review requests &/or blog tours.

 8. Don't be afraid to try something new.

 9. Do take things with a grain of salt when stuff doesn't go right. It'll happen but don't let it get you down.

10. Most importantly~ Have fun!!  :)

My "Assassin" Experience

Being a blogger can have many advantages. One can be a reason (or excuse) to be able to contact your favorite authors. While starting my blog, I contacted Toni Aleo (author of Taking Shots and the upcoming Trying to Score) for some information. Through that, I feel that I can safely say we have become friends. (yeah)  Luckily, my family was stopping in Chattanooga, TN during our Spring Break trip so I was able to meet up with Toni and her friend Jackie at the March 8th Nashville Predators game. Oh my goodness, did we have an awesome time!!

Left side, behind bench, white
sweatshirt with yellow on either side

Why, hello there!

We ended up having seats right behind the Preds bench. Yes, we were this close *pinches fingers close together* to Toni's Shea Weber... not to mention the rest of the team.  That's right... this photo was without zoom... we were this close!!  *sigh*

Don't you just want to reach 

out and touch somebody?!?!

The Predators played the Colorado Avalanche. They had an awesome game and won 4-2.

OK... enough with the technical stuff... on to the fun stuff!!!





This is back up goalie Andres Lindback... the Assassin's Series readers might be learning more about him soon!!  ;)



Yes... that IS Shea looking right at Toni's camera!

Toni, Jackie and I... see how close we are... ahh, it was awesome!!








For those who have seen my reply to Toni's quest to have us all find our hockey crush... I discovered Craig Smith. (See previous post for more info. hehehe) Now for the sad part of the evening... keep in mind that I had traveled 700 miles to see this hockey match... After watching the Predators emerge from the tunnel for their pre-game warm ups... I noticed Craig wasn't on the ice. He was a scratch so he didn't play!  :'(   Talk about making a grown woman want to cry!   However, there was a light at the end of this tunnel... we had started chatting with a Preds employee and he took sympathy upon me and my plight... He got me a personalized, autographed puck from Craig Smith!!  :) Totally made my night!!  Thank you Craig... and my knight in shining armor that got it for me (you know who you are)!

My Hockey Crush

In response to Toni Aleo's quest for each of us to find our hockey crush:

Mine is Craig Smith from the Nashville Predators and here's why..

He's hot... he's got game... and look... he loves his Grandma... 

what could be better!!  :)