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Hello, blog world!

Just a quick update after a long period of... well, nothing: I have a few ideas swirling around my head (including, but not limited to a "new" way to blog reviews and a meme of my own creation); I just need the time to put them here and get them going. :)

In other news, I am on a quest to find Camp Half-Blood today with my partner-in-crime, Cristina. >:D This should be fun!

I went to the Teen Author Carnival yesterday in NYC--it was an amazing time. I should elaborate on it... Perhaps in a little while (I promise!). Right now I'm trying to update everything. :3

A bien-tôt!
-Maeghan

Booking Through Thursday

Sandy suggested that I try a meme to get myself going here. I figured it wasn't a bad idea. I checked out The Story Siren and read her blogging guidelines (Thanks for telling me about them, Lucy!). TSS listed a few different memes, and I chose Booking Through Thursday. Give it a shot!

This week's questions were (directly from BTT):

What books did you get for Christmas (or whichever holiday you may have celebrated last month)?

Do you usually ask for books on gift-giving occasions or do you prefer to buy them yourself?

For Christmas this year, I didn't receive any books. In the past few years, I haven't really kept a list of things that I wanted for Christmas, unlike when I was little and my lists contained toys from every commercial I saw. I do, however, work in a bookstore, and I always wonder why friends and family members don't think to get me gift cards for my store for gift-giving occasions. Most of my paycheck goes right back to my employers, so why not?

So this year, instead of books, my parents left a gift card in my stocking. I was thrilled! This time around I used it to get the last few volumes of Y: The Last Man (an awesome graphic novel series that a friend of mine introduced me to), which I shared with my boyfriend (we'd been collecting them since the summer).

When I was still in high school, I discovered one of my favorite authors-- Diana Wynne Jones. In what must've been 10th or 11th grade, when I actually made a list of things I wanted, a majority of it contained her books. That was a good Christmas! :)

Anyway, for gift-giving occasions and whatnot, I really do love getting books. Also, I'd never say no to a gift card. ;) It's nice to see what friends and family think I will like, because I know they put thought into their choices, but a gift card allows me to pick whatever I want. Either way, I'm happy!

Sorry if this was a little lengthy, but I've had a strong urge to write all week and no reviews to post! Those should be coming soon. I'm really going to try!

-P

So...

I've made notes and everything, and even (obsessively) checked my friend Sandy's blog to give myself ideas, but I'm still clueless. It's awkward!

So, what's a girl to do?

I could do the HTML bits, if I really wanted...