Life of A Blogger: Genres of Music

"Life of a Blogger" is a weekly meme hosted by Jessi @ Novel Heartbeat.  Each week, she chooses a topic to talk about to help her readers get to know her. The topic are non-book related so readers can get to know other bloggers on a more personal level.

I know that there are a lot of people that look down on country music as a bunch of hillbillies and rednecks writing about riding down dirt roads in their trucks, drinking beer/chewing tobacco, and women, but it is so much more than that to me.

I grew up listening to Garth Brook, Tim Mcgraw, John Michael Montgomery, George Strait, Kenny Cheney, Mark Chesnutt, Ty Herndon, Rick Trevino, Rhett Akins, and a lot of the other great 90s country artists.

They told wonderful stories that fed my soul. Country music means the world to me. I don't know who I'd be without it.

Oldies is another genre that I hold close to my heart. My grandparents did a lot to help my mother raise me and my sisters - they were our baby-sitters, our mentors, and our mamaw and papaw. When I was very young, I remember Oldies being on the radio every time we got in the car. I remember singing along to "Barbra Ann", "Duke of Earl", and other wonderful songs that came out of that generation.

Showtunes; I got hooked after my older sister watched Wicked on Broadway and came home with the soundtrack. It was just too good to ignore. My favorite showtunes to sing along to are anything from Beauty and the Beast (except for Human again), Legally Blonde the Musical (my favorite is Chip on My Shoulder), all Les Mis, anything Disney (I can sing some Disney songs in Finnish, Greek, and French), Sweeney Todd, Phantom of the Opera, Rocky Horror, and so many others.

Honestly, I could do this all day. I love every type of music - pop, rock, screamo, emo, alternative, hip hop, some rap, gospel, and just about anything else.

What are some of your favorite genres of music? Favorite songs? Feel free to sound off!!!

Teaser Tuesday (Nov. 19)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read.

• Open to a random page.

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser:

'Are you going to stare at me forever?' She touched her hair self-consciously. It was piled on top of her head to keep it out of the oily water, and she knew it looked a mess.

Page 209, Dark Predator by Christine Feehan

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I'd Recommend To My Best Friend

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish in which they post a Top Ten list of bookish things and invite you to share your own top ten.

Top Ten Books I'd Recommend To My Best Friend

Come on, it's one of my favorite books of all time! I would suggest it to anyone

The latest book by my favorite paranormal romance author - while it is book #14 in the series, it's not a series where you necessarily have to read them in order. It's the best yet!!

Acheron is just the most swoon worthy of Sherrilyn Kenyon's dark-hunter series. This is a fabulous book.

These books are so wonderful. These are the Temperance Brennan books that the television show Bones was LOOSELY based on. Kathy Reichs is a talented author. They are just too good to pass up.

A wonderful series. Each book is a semi-stand alone novel. This is my favorite of the group. I just love it so much. Goddesses, Gods, mermaids, mermen, and just a wonderful, wonderful adventure.

In true English major fashion, I LOVE this book. I only wish that more of the tablets were found. Although, the "..." do make for some fun parts.

I love Chaucer and Middle English so much. I think it's such a wonderful set of stories. Especially the Miller's tale.

Wonderful, wonderful series! Two great authors, one great compilation.

The movie was pretty good, but it did very little justice to the book. They changed the setting, changed Holly's family dynamic, and very many other important things in the book. It makes you laugh, makes you cry, and makes you mad. It's fantastic, just keep tissues nearby.

This is the first book in a great series. I think it's at like book #24 or something around there now. It's a lot, but this series is still kicking and delivering amazing men and stories. :D

Super Six Sunday: Super 6 Characters that I Want to Be

Super Six Sunday is an original bookish meme hosted at Bewitched Bookworms and inspired by “Top Ten Tuesday” from The Broke and The Bookish. Check out the weekly schedule of themes here.

Super 6 Books I Can't Wait to Read with My Kids 

*In no particular order
I obviously don't want to be Mischa Barton or her character in The O.C. I do, however, want to a character she played in a Disney channel movie: Vicky Austin from Madeleine L'Engle's A Ring of Endless Light. Yes, Vicky is in the whole Meet The Austins series, but this book just always stood out to me as one of my favorite Madeleine L'Engle books. I have always loved dolphins, and I definitely understood the close relationship between a girl and her grandfather. Plus, there were two handsome guys fighting over her, a spoiled rich boy and a aspiring marine biologist.



Yes, another Disney interpretation of a Madeleine L'Engle book: Meg Murray from A Wrinkle in Time and the Time Quartet series. She was strong and smart, even though she never saw it. She was one of the only people who understood and protected her quirky baby bother, Charles Wallace. And she fought her fears to find her father.

Elizabeth Bennet; I love Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and the wonderful Mr. Fiztwilliam Darcy.

Fleur Delacour; because I wanted to marry Bill Weasley - he really is my favorite one.



Soteria Kafieri; Because Acheron is my ultimate favorite hero in Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunters series.



Nancy Drew; I read as many of these book as I could get my hands on as a child. Nancy was always so resourceful and smart, but still a nice person who always cared for everyone.

Feature & Follow Friday: November 15, 2013

Feature and Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

This Week's Question:

Are there any book to movie adaptations where you think the movie is better than the book?

The first one that jumps out at me was The Host. I loved the book, but I read it years before the movie came out. I do remember, though, having a little trouble getting into it at first. The beginning of the book was not half as interesting as the movie was. Another, The Last Unicorn. I've been trying to finish the book for a while, but it's slow going. The movie is nearly word for word with the book, but it's easier to watch it than to read it.

Today's Features:

A Bibliotaphs Review

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