Month: April 2015

The Creative Blogger Award!

Alyssa Cohen3 Comments

Hi everyone!

A few days ago I was nominated by the lovely Ali from Radiant Reads for the Creative Blogger Award Nomination! Thanks so much Ali!

The Rules:

  • Nominate 15-20 blogs and notify all nominees via their social media/blogs
  • Thank and post the link of the blog that nominated you (very important)
  • Share 5 facts about yourself to your readers
  • Pass these rules on to them

 ME!

  1. I have always been very independent, and that’s probably where I get the time to manage my social life, my book blog, school work and extra curricular activities!
  2. I am currently in a small reading slump, but am slowly getting out of it my reading The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige!
  3. My blog is quite different then other Book Blogs, which you probably may have noticed! I like to do Bookish DIY’s and even some Bookish Recipes!
  4. I frequently listen to YouTube Music Covers! My favourites are Peter Hollens and Alex G..
  5. I am getting Rayban’s on the Weekend!

I TAG: (more then I should…)

Tanya: https://readrunstudy.wordpress.com/
Ashley: http://fallingdownthebookhole.com/
Brooke: https://brookesbibliophilicbabblings.wordpress.com/
Ashley: https://wordsweheart.wordpress.com/
Andie: https://thebookheap.wordpress.com/
Lynn: https://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/
Amy: http://bookenthral.com/
Sarah: https://writtenwordworlds.wordpress.com/
https://booksfoodfun.wordpress.com/
http://roofbeamreader.com/
Yep: https://melovebooks.wordpress.com/
Beth: https://drbethnolan.wordpress.com/
Joey: https://anotherafterthought.wordpress.com/
Candice: http://thegrownupya.com/
Deb: https://thebookstop.wordpress.com/
Glenn: https://ghbooks.wordpress.com/
LittleMissBookKeeper: https://ghbooks.wordpress.com/
Alysyn: https://reinreads.wordpress.com/
HAYLEY: http://booksaredelicious.com/
Rosie: https://roseannanorman.wordpress.com/
Natalie: https://anoutsiderreview.wordpress.com/
Meriem: https://fanaticbibliophile.wordpress.com/
https://thistlesandwhistles.wordpress.com/
Cristian: https://thebookishgod.wordpress.com/

I hope you guys enjoyed this post! Thanks again to Ali for Tagging Me!

Be sure to link your post down below, if you did this TAG as well!

Good Night Book Lions!

My Favourite BookTubers!

Alyssa Cohen4 Comments

Hey guys!

Today, I’m going to be sharing with you all my favourite booktubers! I have been watching Booktube since the begining of 2013, and that is how I got the inspiration to start my own book blog!

  1. Polandbananasbooks
  2. Little Book Owl
  3. Ariel Bisett
  4. Katytastic
  5. Jessethereader
  6. Bookables
  7. Kassidy Vonche

Those are my top 7 Booktubers that inspire me the most!

Good Night Book Lions!

Alyssa’s Reviews – Me Being Me is Exactly As Insane as You Being You by Todd Hasak-Lowy (ARC)

Alyssa Cohen4 Comments

Hey guys!

Today, I’m going to be writing a book review for the book Me Being Me is Exactly as Insane as You Being You by Todd Hasak-Lowy! I recieved this book for review from Simon and Schuster Canada for an honest review.

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Synopsis:

A heartfelt, humorous story of a teen boy’s impulsive road trip after the shock of his lifetime—told entirely in lists!
Darren hasn’t had an easy year.
There was his parents’ divorce, which just so happened to come at the same time his older brother Nate left for college and his longtime best friend moved away. And of course there’s the whole not having a girlfriend thing.
Then one Thursday morning Darren’s dad shows up at his house at 6 a.m. with a glazed chocolate doughnut and a revelation that turns Darren’s world inside out. In full freakout mode, Darren, in a totally un-Darren move, ditches school to go visit Nate. Barely twenty-four hours at Nate’s school makes everything much better or much worse—Darren has no idea. It might somehow be both. All he knows for sure is that in addition to trying to figure out why none of his family members are who they used to be, he’s now obsessed with a strangely amazing girl who showed up out of nowhere but then totally disappeared.
Told entirely in lists, Todd Hasak-Lowy’s debut YA novel perfectly captures why having anything to do with anyone, including yourself, is:
1. painful
2. unavoidable
3. ridiculously complicated
4. possibly, hopefully the right thing after all.

Review:

I really enjoyed this book!

I personally loved making lists and this book was full of them! I was really touched by his story. Family issues have never been impacted by major family issues, but it was very interesting to see a different point of view. Personally, this book was a very big eye opener to me. Although, this book was a little bit slow for me, but overall it was well paced.

Since this book is full of lists, it was a very quick read for me, although it looks HUGE. The cover is really cute and I really like it. The writing style is (ofcourse) very unique with all of the lists. Some of the lists did not relate to the story, but it made the book even more interesting to read as you can learn more about him.

The characters are really interesting and great! I especially liked to learn more about the mother and her back-story.

Overall:

I really loved this book and gave it 5/5 stars!

I hope you guys enjoyed this book review!
Thank you to Simon and Schuster Canada for sending me an ARC for this book! Be sure to grab your copy now!’

Good Night Book Lions!

Happy Easter & DIY Easter Bookmarks!

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Hi everyone!

In honour of Easter, I’m going to be making a DIY Easter Themed Book Mark!

Let’s get started!

Materials:

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Bookmark Sized Colours

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Scissors

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Tape

1. Cut out small “egg shaped” oval’s on different strips of construction paper.

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2. Next, you are going to want to tape all of the bookmarks down, and it should look somewhat like this!

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3. Finally, you can outline the eggs in a silver sharpie, just like I did! You can also design/decorate the easter eggs like you may do during this time.

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Now, you’re all finished!

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I hope you guys liked this Easter DIY Bookmark design!

Happy Easter to all of those celebrating!

Good Night Book Lions!

DIY Bookish Mugs!

Alyssa Cohen5 Comments

Hey guys!

Today, I’m going to be showing you some design’s that you can make all by yourself, using only a few materials to create your very own bookish mug!

PLEASE READ: I am only using these mugs for decor and storage, so I did not use oil based sharpies or bake it in the oven. I will not be drinking out of this mug.

Materials:

  • Blank/White Mug
  • Sharpies (I used Black and Silver)
  • Pencil

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First, I purchased a white mug (I actually got 2) from my nearest Dollar store. They were $1.25 each.

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I then sketched out my designs with a pencil first. I used an HB pencil, but I’m sure others would work, too! Feel free to get inspiration Online.

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Finally, I outlined my mug’s, and here is how the first one turned out! For the front side, I drew an open book with a picture in the right corner! By the picture you can’t tell, but I used the silver sharpie for outlining the “words” (squiggly lines” and picture.

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On the back of the previous mug, I included my favourite bookish quotes! Here are the ones I used:

  • Books belong to their readers.
  • Everybody should believe in something, I believe I’ll read the next chapter.
  • You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books, and that’s kind of the same thing!

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For my second mug, I wrote the word “Reading” all the way around it, and coloured the outer part of the handle in a thick silver sharpie, a well as the dots.

I hope you enjoyed my DIY Bookish Mugs! Many of you seem to love my diy’s, and if you do stay tuned to my Easter bookmark DIY! I worked really hard on these mugs, and it definitely payed off!

Anyone who will be celebrating Passover tonight, Happy Pesach (Passover)!

Also, I wanted to answer a VERY popular question I get asked almost every time I make a DIY and take pictures. This question is; “What camera do you use for your pictures?” Surprisingly, I actually just use my iPad Mini 2nd Generation! I like to “enhance” my photos and mix up a ton of pictures so that the quality looks gorgeous. I have the WordPress app for iPad downloaded, so I upload my pictures in a draft post, and then I can access them by clicking the “Add Media” section once I do a post with them!

I will see you guys tomorrow for a new post!

Good Night Book Lions!

April BOTM!

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Hi everyone!

For this month’s book of the month for the Reading, reading, READING Book Club, I have chosen…

WHERE THINGS COME BACK BY JOHN COREY WHALEY!

I have been meaning to read this book for a while now, and I finally picked it up! I thought that it would be super fun to read this as part of my book club/good reads group BOTM!

JOIN US HERE: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/156785-reading-reading-reading-book-club

Good Night Book Lions!

April TBR!

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Hi everyone!

I can’t believe how fast March has gone by, it feels like just yesterday it was March 1! Today, I’m going to be sharing with you my April TBR! Now, my TBR is not quite set in stone, but these are the books I hope to read!

IMG_3034First, I hope to read Walking on Trampolines by Frances Whiting. I was gladly sent a review copy by Simon and Schuster Canada! I have actually had this book on my TBR for about 2 months, but I WILL be reading it, as I have planned out a review date for next week, so it MUST be read!

Next, I will indulge into this book, which is one of my most anticipated books of the year! I am so excited to start reading The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige (DMD #2). STORY TIME: I actually was planning on buying this the day that it came out, but the only book store that DID’NT have it was mine! What great luck I have…

I received this beautiful ARC last month from Penguin Canada and I’m so excited to dive into it! Like It Never Happened by Emily Adrian, sounds like a book that is right up my ally, so I’m pretty sure I’ll enjoy it! Also, once I finish this book, I will be officially finished all of my ARC’s, but by the time I have finished this, I probably will have another one…

I will then be reading To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han, so that I will be prepared for the final book in this duolgy next month when it releases! I may be getting an ARC for the next one, so we will see how that turns out! Also, the next book comes out the day before my Birthday!

Finally, I will be reading my Book Club/Goodread’s Groups’ BOTM, which I will be announcing tommorow! Join the group here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/156785-reading-reading-reading-book-club

So, yeah! That’s it for April’s TBR. I feel like I will be getting a lot of reading done this month, and I hope that’s true!

See you guys tomorrow!

Good Night Book Lions!