An Abundance of Awards (Part I)

Well I have received an abundance of nominations for a variety of awards this week! I still feel overawed that my little blog gets visitors let alone nominations. Happy Christmas Blog, Santa didn’t forget you!

First The lovely Stephanie Thomas of S.J. Thomas’s Book Blurbs nominated me for The Blog of the Year Award

Shortly followed by Michelle James at Book Chat so I now have 2 stars!

Thank you both so much for my nominations, I really appreciate your kind words.

The instructions for this award are simple:

1-Select the blog(s) you think deserve the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award.

2-Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen- there are no minimum or maximum number of blogs required- and ‘present’ the blog(s) with their award.

3-Let the blog(s) that you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the instructions with them- (please don’t alter the instructions or the badges!)

4-Come over and say hello to the originator of the Blog Of The Year 2013 Award via this link

5-You can now also join the Blog Of The Year Award Facebook Page. Click the link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear

Share your blog posts with an even wider audience.

6-And as a winner of the award- please add a link back to the blog that presented you with this award-and then proudly display the award on your blog- and start collecting stars!

I follow, read and enjoy a huge variety of blogs and would like to pick a couple for this award nomination

Notes on Novels where I am in awe of the challenges that this Bookish philosopher, avid reader, audio-book addict, expat and cat person, blogging in English: There is also a German blog that looks really interesting but I’m afraid I don’t understand a word of it!

Shrimp at Hairballs Express as this super cat makes me smile and I think The Human has good taste in books!

Suzie at Suzie 81’s Blog who held a blog party when I had just begun blogging which helped me to find more fabulous blogging friends and as a result I have added so many books to my TBR while laughing, sympathising and generally gazing in awe at all the fabulous blogs out there.

Next up came the award I had been secretly coveting as it is simply beautiful Sisterhood of the World of Bloggers

All recipients need to thank the giver
Post 7 things about yourself
Pass the award on to 7 other bloggers of your choice and let them know that they have been nominated.
Include the logo of the award in a post or on your blog

So here we go…

All recipients need to thank the giver

Stephanie Thomas of S.J. Thomas Book Blurbs

7 totally random things about me

I hate the cold

I am quite clumsy

At work I am very untidy with files, paper and random pen lids (rarely a pen when I need it) all over the surface of my desk

Without a cup of coffee (or few) before I start the day I am very grumpy

When I sneeze I actually say “A Tissue” in what I’m told is a very ladylike way (I don’t know why people find this so amusing!)

I live in a beautiful part of the world and love walking along the beach daydreaming

I have lovely friends and family and of course my pile of books so I’m generally (once the requisite coffee has been drunk) a happy person