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Descended by Blood by Angeline Kace I have been crazing this book for a while now since I got a bookmark from Michey over at The Book Sharks! the bookmark looked so cute and fun that I just had to have it! Finally bought it :D! Torn by Amanda Hocking I won Switched recently and I finally have Torn, now I just need to get Ascend [soon to be released] and then I shall read them all together :D!
Won:
Winter Town by Stephen Emond
I won this one a while ago, I'm so glad it finally arrived and I've been reading bits and pieces here and there and I'm loving it! cute, funny and cute! [yeah, it's double cuteness]
This challenge is about showing off what you must read/review for this month, but more than showing off, I feel embarrassed. I'm such a slow reader that it's embarrassing O_O
But Oh Well!! I'm already halfway through Freshman Year and Other Unnatural Disaster [it has been really fun and cute!] then I'll continue with Eden's Root and so on [they are in reading order] and worse, this are just a few that I hope and plan to read through March! I have another 4 or so waiting for me to read them o_o Let me know what you'll be reading this month :D!
I really like the cover! and it matches perfectly the first book [The Pledge] which I Looooved!!! My review on The Pledge here. The really like the profile picture, that they changed the black for red and the title in faint letters all over the cover. I still think I like the cover of The Pledge a bit more, I think it has a more mysterious feel to it, but they both are great :)
The crucial difference is that teachers in East Asian countries enjoy higher status than their Australian colleagues, he said. "This is an importance difference, and it is the crucial difference between effective teaching and learning in Australia and these systems. In these systems teacher status is high - not because they work hard, not because it is a stressful job, but because it is considered a true profession where the complexities of diagnosing each student's learning and shaping teaching to ensure that each student's learning continually improves is recognised. Resources are put into it so teachers have the time and resources available to engage in improving teaching.
If Asia is our focus, then may I – as a first generation Australian-born Chinese (ABC) – humbly suggest that a wholesale cultural shift in our attitude towards education must take place. If we are to seriously compete with Asia, we must adopt an Asian academic culture of intense competition: a tiger education. A tiger education is not content with merely doing well but demands that we do better. It does not stop to celebrate the 90 per cent, but asks what happened to the missing 10 per cent. It pushes us to compete with the very best and demands whatever it takes to improve. Close enough is never good enough. Where the Australian approach to education is almost all carrot, Asian parents prefer to wield the bamboo stick (literally).
But, says Hill, Indonesia still has an image problem. Enrolment in Bahasa fell during the late 1990s Asian financial crisis, when students realised that fewer jobs would be available at multinationals in Jakarta until the economy recovered. Interest never really recovered, in part because more recent discussion of Indonesia focused on violence in East Timor and on terrorism, such as the bombing of Bali in 2002. “There’s a whole raft of employment opportunities that are opening up but many kids in schools are yet to be made aware of that because much of the image of Indonesia is… hanging over from the 1990s, rather than [an image of] the post-Suharto democratising economy that’s projected to be one of the world’s largest,” says Hill.
The benefit of involving celebrities in aid work is often that it works to focus the attention of their fans and the media machine more generally on understanding, for however brief a moment, something that is happening somewhere in the world. Out of that can come the kind of empathy and activism that makes things like the Save Darfur campaign possible. The celebrity’s contribution, though, hinges on whether they can successfully translate attention on them into attention to the issues. When a humanitarian issue becomes a platform for pushing an energy drink on the back of people’s suffering, we should be ashamed.
Since Otzi's mummified body was found 20 years ago, speculation about his lifestyle, how he died and even his sexuality have flourished in German, Austrian and Italian newspapers. One rumour was that semen had been found in his anal canal, prompting headlines about his supposed homosexuality. But Graefen set the record straight. "This comes from the fact that seeds have been found in his intestine. The words for plant seeds and semen are actually the same in German," she laughs. "People still to this day think this urban legend is true. But this is nothing more than a translation fault."
“Montpellier champions of France? If I was Marseille, Paris, Lyon, Lille or Rennes, I’d stab myself in the arse with a sausage! What an embarrassment it would be for them.” - Montpellier president Louis Nicollin delves into his bottomless bag of weird and wonderful metaphors to express how he’d feel if his side were to win the league.
Today I'm plugging an amazing artist, Malukah. There are a number of songs that the bards in The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim can be asked to sing. Among the songs is one called "The Dragonborn Comes," about the return of a hero born with the blood of dragons who will save Skyrim from its foes.
Malukah has recorded a cover of this song, incorporating some of the lyrics from the track I posted previously.
Just try and listen to this without a shiver down your spine:
12 Months ago I started Blogging, and I would have never ever imagined I would have 900+ followers, amazing blogger friends and many more things that, looking back, I realize I wouldn't have without the help of many many people, so here are a few of the bloggers that have had a bigger influence on me. Without them I Literally wouldn't have the blog I have now and I just want you guys to meet them:
The Role Models
Kristi from The Story Siren. Her's was the first Book Blog I saw, and when I saw what she did I knew I wanted to make my own. For me, Kristi is The YA Book Blogger. I just love her, she's amazing <3 Yani from The Secret Life of An Avid Reader. Without her I wouldn't have a Blog. At All. I started the blog and was a total Fail. It wasn't until I meet Yani that I started blogging again, she taught me everything I know. She's an amazing blogger, I owe everything to her. Tawni from The Book Worms. Tawni!! Even though I've only talked to her once she's the reason why I got into Blog Designs! I am nowhere close to how amazing she is in designing, but seeing everything she does to her blog [Her new design is so Cute!] she inspired me to work harder on mine to the point where I am actually studying Digital Graphic Design Today :D!
The Ones that Inspire Me.
Wendy from A Cupcake and a Latte. She is one of the most amazing bloggers out there. I don't know how she does it! she makes 2 to 3 blog posts a Day! When I'm feeling lazy on my blogging I always remind myself, if Wendy can do it, so can you! and she's an amazing person, Love you cupcake! Laura from A Work of Fiction. I wish my reviews where half as good as hers, they are the best reviews I've seen and she is hilarious! I seriously love her reviewing style, she'll be one of the most amazing authors out there one day, I guarantee that!
The Best Friends
Header from Nightly Reading
Jennifer from Some Like it Paranormal
Anna from Literary Exploration
These girls are A-mazing. Period. Header has been an amazing friend since we both started as mods of The Young Adult Book Club, and we've been trough a bunch of stuff and drama together it's insane x) Jennifer! She has a great book taste! If she likes it, I'll like it. and even though our taste in books is totally opposite I just know I'll like something she likes. And she's an awesome girl :) [and we both have cats!] Anna is the sweetest blogger I have ever encountered! No kidding! if you don't know her you should! She has an amazing blog and she is also in college and I bow to her in respect for the fact that she does such an amazing job with both of them. And I haven't met anyone yet that uses twitter as much as her :P
The Followers.
A Sincere and Loving thank you to my followers <3 Your comments mean the world to me, it's amazing to know I can help you guys decide if you should by a book and discover new ones :)
Thank You!
As a Thank You I have a Giveaway! I will be buying One Lucky will send me 4 Books in their Wishlist an I will grant him/her 2 Books!. This one will be US only! really sorry about that but there will be an International Giveaway coming soon so be sure to stay tuned ;)
1 Winner. 2 Books from Her/His Wishlist. Some suggestions:
