Discussion : Childhood Books That Stood The Test of Time - Part I

Nothing is black and white is a new irregular book-ish discussion post at Say It With Books. 

Every once in a while I suffer from severe bouts of nostalgia and this is one of those times.

I did a bit of book-shelf cleaning recently and came across a couple of books that I read during my childhood(Just in case you are wondering I'm not that old. Hmph.). These books bring back fond memories 'cause they did cultivate my love of reading. Some of them were not the best choices but like I mentioned in one of my earlier posts there are no right or wrong books. 

There are a few books that still remember so vividly and am willing to re-read even after all these years. These are the books that have stood the test of time.

Enid Blyton is one of the authors that I can remember loving since forever. Before the whole vamps and wolves craze hit town I devoured her Famous Five and Secret Seven series. The whole concept of ordinary children doing extraordinary things by having all those amazing adventures and solving mysteries was something that had me wanting more. 

Do We Readers Have Rights Too?

Daniel Pennac a.k.a Daniel Pennacchioni is a French writer of the series La Saga Malaussène. Nope, I haven't read his work but I DID read 'The Reader's Bill Of Rights' that he put together.

Yes! We, readers have rights too! So without further ado here's the list of OUR rights(Gosh!That feels so cool huh?) -

1. The Right To Not Read - This is something that I have to work hard to believe.We read for pleasure. Because we love it. But sometimes we forget that there are people out there who wish to not do so.We have to learn to respect this.We have to learn that there are lots of people who do not have the time nor the love for books. Yes, books are wonderful things and personally I don't think I'd be able to live without them but there are those who might think otherwise.

This is not just something that applies to non-readers-Some of us, book lovers go through 'reading slumps' where we simply don't feel like reading. Do not feel guilty. It's your right.The right to not read.

2. The Right To Skip Pages - There are two instances where I do this. One, when certain parts of a book feel repetitive and boring-I simply cannot bear to hear the protagonist go on and on about the eye color of that oh-so-swoony guy again. Second, when the book is so good that you simply have to know what happens between Warner and Juliette in Chapter 62. Go on take a peek. It's your right.

3. The Right To Not Finish - Oh yeah, remember that book where the MC goes on about guy next door with the jet black hair and emerald green eyes that makes her knees go weak while the entire universe is about to blown to smithereens by some freaky meteorite thingy?Feel free to put it on your DNF pile without an ounce of guilt. You do have the right.

My First Ever Blog Award...err....Awards

The rules of the Liebster Award are as follows:

1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog and link back to the blogger who presented this award to you.

2. Answer the 11 questions from the nominator, list 11 random facts about yourself and create 11 questions for your nominees.

3. Present the Liebster Blog Award to 11 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed and leave a comment on their blog letting them know they have been chosen. (No tag backs)

4. Copy and Paste the blog award on your blog.

This is my first ever blog award and it feels amazing to start the year with such an awesome experience!Remember how I mentioned that bloggers are the awesome-est bunch of people ever??

Well, they proved that yet again!

I was first nominated for this award by Sandra @ SSBookFanatics!Thank You So Much,Sandra!Guys go check out this awesome blogger at ssbookfanatics.blogspot.com.You can also follow her on Twitter @BookWormSans

Sandra was the first to nominate my blog for the Liebster Award but I was nominated again for this award SIX times during the past two weeks! O.o

A HUGE thank you to each of you for taking your time to nominate for this award!Love y'all! :D

So here are the six sweet bloggers -

Sam @ Thoughts of a Dreamer

Tammy & Kim @ Reviews by Tammy & Kim

Natali @ Book Cupid

Laurynne @ Coffee,Books & Lipgloss

Emilee Iseminger @ Fantastical Adventures Through the Paper Realm

Julianne @ Jules Bookshelf
*UPDATE* Rafia & Cassie @ Fiction Fairies

11 Random Things About Me

Bookapalooza Scavenger Hunt & Giveaway!

Jenna from Making the Grade is celebrating one year of book blogging.Yes, she's celebrating her Blogversary TODAY so go congratulate her! 

So in honor of this celebration Jenna and 9 other bloggers, including yours truly will be sharing our appreciation of each other and our love of reading. :D

So Jenna,being totally sweet and generous is having TWO giveaways!In my post below I have included a Secret Word that you will need to complete a book-ish phrase.This 9 word phrase allows you to gain 35 Bonus entries for the two giveaways mentioned below.

Instructions:

• Visit each blog below in the order that they are listed. Read their unique posted created just for you!
• Keep an eye out for a Secret Word highlighted in BOLD RED somewhere within each post.
• Continue to visit each blog in order until you have collected all nine Secret Words.
• When put together, the nine Secret Words will build a special bookish phrase.
• Enter the completed phrase into the two Rafflecopter forms located below for 25 bonus entries!
• Name the author or book from which the phrase is taken to earn an additional 10 bonus entries!
• In addition, each blog will likely be offering a giveaway of their very own! 

So my post today will be on...