It's NaNoWriMo Time! (plus a NaNo 'rap')

Hey everyone,




Are you guys doing NaNoWriMo this year? I am! Here's a quick video (with a 'rap') about NaNo:

Add me on NaNo:http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/genevievethursday

Recklaw's channel:http://www.youtube.com/user/RecklawYeller15


Follow me on Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/Genevieve_Thurs

Let me know how your NaNo is going! 

More later,

Genevieve

INTERNATIONAL Contest alert: Win an iPad2

Hey everyone,


Awesome INTERNATIONAL contest alert: 


Win an iPad2! Support a great book while trying to win an iPad. 
Enter >>> HERE <<< now! Or enter here:  


http://www.kimberlypauley.com/c/GenevieveThurs


It's a fun contest so go check it out.


More later,
Genevieve

Library Lost All Childrens, MG, & YA books in hurricane

Hey everyone,

Wells Memorial Library in Upper Jay, NY lost ALL of their children, MG, and YA books because of the recent hurricane. The library was flooded and all of the books on the lower shelves were destroyed. As of yesterday, they only had FIVE picture books left in the entire chidren's department! A blogger, Kate Messner, has been helping with getting the info out about this terrible event.

What can you do?
Spread the word! Reblog, retweet (link here), repost, ect. I first heard about this on twitter.

Wells Memorial Library is accepting donations of hardcover books! If you have any new (or like-new) children's (picture books, novels, ect), MG, or YA books that you are willing to part with, you can mail them to Wells Memorial Library. Also, they're setting up wish lists through their local bookstores and various ways to send a monetary donation. NO ARCs or paperback books!


What am I going to do?
I'm going to go through my books and see if I have any spare hardcover books. I've already found 3 YA books that I am willing to part with to help rebuild this library. It's too bad that they don't accept ARCs because I have a ton that I'd donate. Remember, it's cheaper to send books if you use media mail!

Go HERE for more information and spread the word!


More later,
Genevieve

Pottermore

Hey everyone!

So who got into Pottermore? I received my "Congratulations" e-mail but not access yet. A lot of my friends have been getting in and it's making nervous that I wont end up in the house that I expect to be in. I've always said that I'm a Gryffindor but a lot of my friends aren't getting into their expected houses. I signed up on Day Two of the clues so I may not get in for a while but I'm excited!

Also, my friend Sama made this AWESOME song parody about how she wants to be in Hufflepuff. Check it out HERE. I started getting really teary when I heard the song because it really reflects what I've been feeling about it all.

What house do you expect to get into?

More later,
Genevieve

P.S. My name on Pottermore is ErisedRose! Pretty awesome, huh?

Day 9, BEDA

Hey everyone,

I got City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare in the mail today. I'm about 150ish pages in, it's very good so far. Well, I'm off to go finish it. Bye!

Genevieve

Day 8! (BEDA)

Hey everyone,

Very, very short post today.

I want to point you in the direction of "The Greatest Craigslist Room Rental Ad Ever". Apparently it's over a year old but it had me laughing out loud. One of my cousins found via stumble upon and posted it on her facebook page. I found it so funny to read because it sounds a lot like how my friend, and fellow blogger, Devyn Burton talks/writes.

More later,
Genevieve

P.S. Follow or tweet me on Twitter: @Genevieve_Thurs

Day 7! BEDA

Hi Everyone,

What counts as enough for a blog entry? Can I write one sentence and make it count for an entire day's worth of blogging? Because I didn't get home until 10PM tonight. I was at work for 6 hours and then at school for 5 and half hours. So very, very burned out. To top it off, my dad decided that he was going to take me out to this awesome Irish pub in town to listen to authentic Irish music, eat fish & chips, and drink Guinness. Of course, I'm not a beer drinker (I had a few cokes instead, although I am 22) but I did participate in the eating of the fish & chips and the listening of music. I couldn't avoid it because we were also going to meet up with one of my clients (I do marketing for him). Normally  I would have loved an opertunity to go listen to Irish music (and eat fish & chips) but as I mentioned, it had already been a long day. In the end, today was 15 hour day, jam packed with lots of stuff!

This morning, one of my friends, Maria, was trying to convince us on Twitter that Thursdays were happy days and a day worth saying "Happy Thursday" in the wee hours of the morning. I was starting to buy into her joyful assertions but then the entire day came tumbling down. It was like any other Thursday, incredibly LONG. At the end of the day, she tweeted to me on Twitter: "It almost worked! Damn my relapse into adolescent psychosis." Which just made me laugh. Every time you think that you have tricked yourself, you fall back into old patterns or habits. Thursdays will always be long days!


Short post but I guess it counts for blogging everyday. What do you think about Thursdays? I used to love them but since last fall, I sometimes dread them. Thursdays end up being my longest day.


OH, and I still have not received my copy of City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare. I'll be so upset if I don't get it by Saturday. I'd love to spend a few hours reading it this weekend.


More later,
Genevieve

P.S. Follow or tweet me on Twitter: @Genevieve_Thurs