Hi everyone! HAPPY NEW YEAR (again…)!

I’ve really been loving creating series’s that people enjoy! Since my Holiday Reading Series was a huge hit, I decided to make a new one!

Inspired by the New Year, this one will be focusing on how to maintain a successful blog! I have a book blog, therefore I will be gearing towards those types of blogs, but if you don’t have a book blog, stick around! These tips may also apply to you!

Here’s the line up:

January 4: Coming Up With a Topic/Theme

January 5: Appearance DOES Matter (How to Make Your Blog Eye Catching)!

January 6: Setting Up Social Media

January 7: Scheduling Posts

January 8: What do I post (Weekly Meme’s)?

Those are going to be all of the posts in the week of the “Creating a Blog” series! I hope you guys will appreciate this and are excited to here my tips! Although, I am in NO WAY a blogging expert, but I feel that my tips can help you guys out a little bit!

Happy Reading!

Good Night Book Lions!

It is now, January 1, 2015!

I wish everyone a happy and healthy new year! You all made my year so special, and I wish the same to everyone aswell!

This week, can look forward to my bookish resolutions, most anticipated 2015 releases and exciting news, plus much more!

Again, Happy New Year and see you Tomorrow!

Good Night Book Lions!

Hi guys & welcome back!

Today I’m going to be sharing with you my top picks for the most disappointing books that I read in 2014!

1. The School For Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

I know, I know, I still gave this book 4/5 stars. I guess I was being generous. I first heard about this book, and I really thought/expected that this would be one of my favourite books of 2014. It was, but I thought that it would have a lot more detail. I also HATED the ending! It was horrible. I still gave it 4/5 stars as I loved the charcters and the setting, plus the plot was very interesting/intriguing.

2. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meghan Spooner

This book has the same case as the previous one. This book is also one of my favourite books of the year, but it didn’t meet all of my expectations. I love a nice sci-fi, and this really was one! Although, I thought that there could have been a little bit more action involved.

3. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

This book is very hyped about on bookish sites and booktube. I for one have heard that a lot of people disliked this book very much out of all of the series. They say “Read the others! It gets so much better!” But for me, i would enjoy the series more if the first book is better, that way it will push me to read the next ones!

What were your most disappointing books that you read in 2014? Tell me in the comments!

Good Night Book Lions!

Hi guys!

Welcome back to my last post for my Holiday Reading Series! I hope you guys enjoyed it, as I put a lot of time and effort into it!

Today I’m going to be sharing with you my favourite warm, winter beverage! Although, this may not be reading related, I thought it would be super fun to show you!

My favourite winter beverage is HOT CHOCOLATE!

These are the mixes/powders I like to use:

I normally drink it out of the Starbucks mug that came with the packet of powder!

I normally put in about 3 tea spoons. So, about three of these:

I then add in boiled water and a few tea spoons of milk!
During the holidays, I like to mash up a peppermint candy cane and put the powder inside of the hot chocolate! This makes a nice rich and peppermint-y flavour!

That is how I make my Hot Chocolate!
Good Night Book Lions!

For those of you celebrating Christmas,

I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

*I KNOW TODAY IS CHRISTMAS EVE, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE MY WISHES*

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hi everyone!

Today I’m coming to you with a SUPER EXCITING post! I and my Mom always make Hanukkah Sugar Cookies in December and they always turn out AMAZING! I thought that it would be so much fun to share the recipe with you, and even include some pictures of us making them!

Ingredients:
¾ cups butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
2, ½ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt
Edible Icing
Cookie Cutters

Directions:
1.Cream butter with a hand mixer.
2.Add sugar, vanilla and egg to creamed butter until fluffy consistency.
3.Blend flour, baking powder and salt into the cream mixture.
4.**IF BATTER IS TO THICK, ADD SOME MILK**
5.Divide dough in half, chill for one hour.
6.Take half the dough, leave remaining in the fridge until it is ready to use.
7.Roll to ¼ inch thickness on a lightly floured surface.

8.Place cookies on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 375’ degrees for 6-8 minutes, or until golden brown.
9.Cool slightly before removing from pan.
10.Use cookie cutters (dip cutters in flour, so dough doesn’t stick to the surface).

11.Decorate and use icing.

12.ENJOY!

***FOR THOSE WHO WISH THIS BATTER TO BE NON-DAIRY, ADD MARGRINE IN PLACE OF BUTTER, AND WATER IN PLACE OF MILK***

That is how you can make my Moms AMAZING sugar cookie recipe! Enjoy!
If you recreate these sugar cookies use #readingreadingreadingholidays!

Good Night Book Lions!

Hi guys!

Happy Chanukkah to all of my friends who celebrate! I celebrate Chanukkah as well! I hope all of your candles shine brightly and that you all have a wonderful 8 days of lighting the menorah!

See you guys tomorrow! Happy Reading!

Good Night Book Lions!

Hi guys!

Today, I’m going to be showing you how to make 3 DIY holiday themed bookmarks!

You’ll need:

Scissors

Tape

A Pen (any colour)

Any Colored Construction Paper

Before you start, you’ll want to cut your construction paper into 1-1 1/2 inch strips, these will be the base of your bookmark.

The first bookmark I will show you how to make is the CandyCane!

First of all, you will need either a white bookmark and a red bookmark, or a pink bookmark and a cream bookmark.

First, you will need to create diagonal dashes on your pink or red bookmark, this is where you will cut your stripes to make the pink/red part of the candycane.

Next, you will need to cut these diagonal lines, to make small strips of paper.

Then, you will need to organize on your cream/white colored bookmark, where you will put the stripes on your book to make the candycane.

After this, tape your stripes neatly onto the base of the bookmark.

As you can see, the sides will be uneven, so neatly trim them off.

Lastly, decorate your candy cane! I put “Happy Holidays!” on the cream parts!

Now you’re all done with the first bookmark!

Next, we are going to make the Let it Snow Bookmark!

To make this, you are going to need Blue and White/Cream colored bookmarks.

First you will need to draw different size circles on the white/cream book mark.

Next, you will need to cut out the circles from the cream/white bookmark.

Lastly, place the circles on the tops and bottoms of the book mark and write the saying “Let it Snow” on the bookmark! Now you’re done!

For the last bookmark, we will make be making a Stain Glass Window bookmark!

You will need the purple and green colored bookmarks.

First, take the green bookmark and make a triangle pattern so that each triangle in laying next to eachother. Every other triangle should be facing up and every other facing down.

Next cut the triangles out of the paper, here is one side,

here is it fully cut out,

Then tape that to the purple bookmark, and you are done!

Now you have 3 BEAUTIFUL bookmarks!

I hope you guys enjoyed these bookmarks! I spent a ton of time getting this together, so I hope you liked it!

If you make any of these bookmarks, please use the hashtag #readingreadingreadingholidays!

Good Night Book Worms!

Hi Everyone!

Today I will be doing my third quick thought! This one relates to the holidays, when buying books for picky readers!

For any age group, you’ll want to pick a book that is popular for picky readers. This way, they will have people to talk with and hype up the book for them!

I would also get books based on what type of shows/movies they watch! If they like shows about mystery’s, then buy them a mystery type book!

Also make sure that they are age appropriate! Sometimes, a child will not like to read simply because the books they are reading now are to hard or to simple/easy.

Those are all of my tips for buying books for picky readers of ANY age!

Good Night Book Worms!

BEFORE YOU READ THIS CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMCpFRrs1Ps!

*IF YOU HAVEN’T READ DIVERGENT, THIS WILL POSSIBLY INCLUDE MAJOR SPOILERS. READ AT YOU’RE OWN RISK!!!

Read my Divergent Movie Review here: https://readingreadingalldaylong.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/divergent-movie-review/

OK, so, where do I begin.

I just saw this trailer about in hour ago, and now I believe that I can put my thoughts into words.

First off, I LOVE this trailer! It’s action packed and shows that an AWESOME movie is upon us! I love “Tris’s” short hair! I think it blends into the story very well!

I also love the intense music in the background, especially the part where Caleb talks at the beginning.

Watching this trailer really makes me want to re-read Insurgent!

What were your thoughts on the Insurgent Trailer? Tell me below!

Good Night Book Worms!