The Liebster Award 2.0
I was nominated by Drew@The Tattooed Book Geek a while ago. And I’m thinking there was someone else who nominated me as well, but I don’t believe I got a pingback for it so I’m at a total loss for it now, sorry! This is what happens when you’re a professional procrastinator *sighs*. In any case, many belated thanks! 🙂
This is the second Liebster Award I’ve been given (see the previous one HERE), hence the 2.0!
The rules for this award are as follows:
- Post the award on your blog.
- Acknowledge the blogger who nominated you.
- Answer the questions assigned to you.
- Give 10 random facts about yourself.
- Nominate 10 deserving bloggers for the award
- Ask 10 questions of your nominees.
Here are Drew’s questions:
What is the worst book you ever read?
Reading might actually be an overstatement. This book was such a shit show. It has 666 reviews on Goodreads now. Coincidence? I think not! What is it about? Lord if I know!
If you could live in any fictional world, which one would it be?
I’d like to live in a fairy forest with talking woodland animals and have my own house inside a hollow tree. I’d have to eat some shrinking mushrooms to be able to fit in, though. Luckily, I live relatively close to Amsterdam ;).
What author would you love to interview for your blog?
I’m going for a relatively ‘unknown’ author here and say: Mac Barnett. I saw a Ted Talk of him earlier this year (sent to me by my lovely cousin who turned 55 yesterday *little post-birthday applause*) and I just wanted to marry him right then and there. Sadly, I just got married a couple of months before that, but oh well! *blows kiss to hubby*.
Why Mac Barnett? It can only be explained by watching this video too.
“17 minutes?!”, you say “Ain’t nobody got time for that!”.
I PROMISE you that it’s so worth those 17 minutes of your life. You could’ve been watching funny cat videos or a random video of a dude trying to stuff a sausage up his nose instead, I know, but trust me; this is way better.
What 3 famous people would you invite to a dinner party and why?
This is an interesting one because I’m not much of a talker (verbally, that is) and just thinking about having to entertain three people I admire over dinner already gives me terrible gas. It would work if they entertain me, though, or if I can just serve them dinner and watch from the sideline.
I’d invite Neil Gaiman, Norman Reedus, and the Queen of England. I bet there’s going to be some amazing chemistry there! Making my famous refried bean burritos while I’m at it. There’s only one toilet in my house. Who will cave first, and will Neil and Norman be the perfect gentlemen?
What genre of music do you listen to?
Anything that gets an emotion out of me. Which usually comes down to several types of rock. Metal and ’90’s alternative being my two favourite types there; symphony rock with songs that last over 7.5 minutes my least favourite.
I also love female singer-songwriters who can come up with amazing lyrics to a catchy tune. Tori Amos, Kate Bush, and Lana Del Rey being a few of them. And whatever happened to Melissa auf Der Maur?!
I recently started listening to The Lonely Island a lot as well. Andy Samberg is one of the few American comedians that just crack me up!
What is the book that started your love of reading?
I honestly don’t know because I already loved reading before I was able to. Stephen King’s The Shining made me switch to mainly reading English books, though!
P.s.- Who of you had the pleasure of watching Stranger Things yet? I watched it and almost dedicated an entire post to it, that’s the amount of love I feel for it. IT.IS.ABSOLUTELY.AMAZING. Amazing doesn’t even cut it. This is the best thing on TV since Twin Peaks!! Why did I bring this up here? Because the typography used for Stranger Things‘s title sequence has been directly inspired by older Stephen King book covers. As mentioned in this article about it, it is ‘pure, unadulterated typographic porn’.
How did you come up with your blog name?
As I already said in my previous Liebster Award post, I used a random blog name generator and clicked until I saw something I liked. Lame, I know! 😉
What’s your favourite film?
I can’t count the number of times I’ve watched the Poltergeist trilogy. I also like Mary Poppins, though.
eReader, Paperback or Hardback?
I read hairy back there for a second…But Hardback it is, even though I have no room to store any more of them!
I’ve just finished Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, a story combining Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Clive Barker’s Hellraiser world’s, what 2 fictional worlds would you combine to make a crossover story?
Fifty Shades of LOTR. I think Samwise Gamgee is secretly the Dom in this relationship.
10 Random Facts About Me:
1. I can grab pretty much everything with my toes. This way, if I ever get my arse hauled off to jail, I never have to worry about dropping any soap bars in the shower.
2. I once met Sir Sean Connery. Whatever they say about the effect he has on women is totally true…
3. When there was a mice infestation in my previous house, I used friendly traps (I’m not killing any animals unless it’s a mosquito). This little fella has a special place in my heart now. After he got caught in the trap, hubby and I drove 1.5 hours to set him free in the lovely parks of Middelburg. Because you know what they say about releasing them too close to home…they’ll just come running straight back into your house again. I secretly cried when we set him free. His name was Willy.
4. I haven’t read a single page yet today!
5. I’m a prude pervert.
6. This is how I like to spend some of my free time. That’s beer being poured down my cleavage during the last couple of seconds…
7. Whenever I try to take a selfie, I either end up looking like a porn star or a drunk crack whore. There’s just no middle ground.
8. I’ve always been the odd one in the family.
9. As a wee lass, I had a secret girl crush on Lara Flynn Boyle. Definitely not anymore now. *sigh*
10. I often make weird and inappropriate comments, but it’s almost always just my twisted sense of humour, so whenever I say something stupid, please don’t be offended. I’m a good girl! (who’s not on drugs btw ^^)
I’m a bit clueless to who has done what with all the tags and awards flying around as of lately :). Because of this, I’m only going to nominate three bloggers of whom I’m pretty sure they haven’t done this one yet (I hope). If you have, feel free to totally ignore my ignorance!
Pearl@The Old Fossil Writes
Karen@Thistley Roses
Koeur@Koeur’s Book Reviews (I know you don’t do tags and awards, but I’d love to see some grumpy answers on this one! 😉 )
I’m going to be a lazy cow here and copy and paste the questions I used last time:
- What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done?
- How many books do you think you have read by now?
- If you had to pick a bookish tattoo for yourself, what would it be of?
- Did you grow up amongst other readers or are you the literary sheep in the family?
- If you could write a book, what would it be about?
- What’s your favourite cake/pie/baked good?
- If you could choose to live in a different country, where would it be?
- What would you do if you were without an internet connection for 80 days?
- What’s the most creative thing you’ve ever done?
- Describe yourself in three words.
That was an entertaining read
I am going to have nightmares about the LOTR Image 🙈
OF COURSE I HAVE WATCHED STRANGER THINGS IT’S Amazing
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Haha! You’re welcome! 😉
Awesome, we can be besties now! 😀 And I can’t WAIT for the 2nd season to come out. ELEVEN!!!
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Ha, damn, I don’t even remember when I nominated you for this, it was a while ago! I must be getting old! 🙂
That’s Disturbed in the video isn’t it??
Oh my, that LOTR picture will haunt any future viewings of those films!
Great answers and weird and inappropriate comments from a twisted mind are the best!
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Yeah, I’m quite behind on things. You’re still younger than me, so nope! 😀
It is nods. I used to be a big fan. Now I’m just a fan :).
“Oh Sam!”
“Oh Frodo!!”
“Oi, who’s staff is this?!”
“Gandalf, is that you….?”
❤ ^^
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Ha, brings a whole new meaning to the name The Lord of the Rings! 😂
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You guys are crazy! 😂 So Anne is picking up soap with her toes if she’s ever in jail? I think my eyes starting watering from laughing at that one. And what is a prude pervert? Anne and prude don’t seem to go together. The queen of boob jokes and lady wood? Hmm… 🤔 And yay for inappropriate comments. Who wants to read vanilla answers anyway? Was that a wax version of Sean Connery? I can’t believe Drew forgot about this tag. It’s not like he does many of them. 😂 Old people are so forgetful. 😉
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I thought only men had to watch out for bending over to pick up soap?! 😂
Less of the old Jillian, if you’ve read the other comments your’ll see that Anne is older than me so you’ve just dissed us both, maybe me and Anne should form an unholy alliance and get vengeance on Boobies McGulp! 😂
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Oooh, I’ve known my fair share of lesbians whom I wouldn’t trust during a moment like that as well! Hahaha, I’m not as forgetful as you yet, though! XD Though I can’t for the life of me remember what I had for dinner last night. Prolly something with sausages. Unholy alliances rock! I believe we’re both from ’81 and
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Ha, probably sausages and cream with a side of fish fingers!😂
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Omg, fish fingers?! Tut, Drew! :’)
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I know, I apologise, your all a bad influence on me! 😂
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:-*
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Ha! Anne said it not me. 😂 Probably not a good idea even if you were in a women’s prison to start bending over and flashing your shit. I might still go with the toe soap. 😂 Anne might be older but she remembered to do the tag. You didn’t even recall writing it, Grandpa! 😝
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Exactly! Nobody gets to see my shit apart from my husband. With the lights off, preferably :’). Aha! Hence: The Gaming Grandpa! 😉
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With the lights off. 😂 Lol
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It’s this bloody heatwave, I swear! XD Lady wood?! Hahaha, I’m dying! :’) But hey, we have a small swimming pool set up in our back yard and I wear a dress over my bathing suit while being in there. I don’t want my neighbours to see me half-naked! It was xD, I always try to make the most out of my tourist trips ^^. Ha! I remember he called me Anna at first in this tag :’).
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Ha! I don’t blame you. Neighbors are weird and nosy. He doesn’t even remember your name? Men… 😂 Bad, Drew! I guess it’s better than calling you woman. 😉
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They all are! Except for ourselves of course ^^. Haha, ‘woman’ XD. I’m used to “you with the boobs” anyways :’)
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Ha! No you didn’t! 😂 I’m in tears! “Gandalf, is that you?” 😝🙊🙈 Nice! 🤗
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Anne.. is this your selfie with Sean Connery? 😉 I swear I cannot get enough of you. The Shining popped my “horror novel” cherry! Awesome book. Reread it a few years ago, still creepy. Oh and Samwise would totally be the dom.
I have seen Disturbed several times! Fun 🙂 He is a looker 😉 and I love it when they can scream! Dinner party guests.. girl we are soul sisters from other misters!! fist bump
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Maaaaaaaybe! 😀 It took me forever to dig it up. I had to start up Windows XP for god’s sake. XP! Someone pass me the smelling salts… ❤ If I got a penny for every time someone said that to me. I’d have one penny ^^. Ooh, did you see the remake of the movie? It was alright but nothing beats Jack Nicholson.
Omg, me too! Yeah, he’s pretty hot. And raw. And yeah, he sure knows how to scream sighs. Hahaha fist bumps!
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😂😂😂 what is this XP you mention..
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My point exactly! Though it also could’ve been a smiley…^^
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HAHA 🙂 The smiley is more up to date at least 😛
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:’D
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I’m a prude pervert too! Well, my perv side is hidden under the thousand waffles I’ve eaten, but it’s still there!
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Yaaay! Wait a minute, was that a pervy pun? Or have you really been eating thousands of waffles?! I can’t even tell what’s what anymore! This is all Drew’s fault.
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I won’t say :p
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Ahhh I love this!
I used a random word generator for my blog name.
And I would pay GOOD MONEY to be at that dinner party. GOOD. MONEY.
This was so fun to read!!
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❤ Thank goodness!! I thought I was the only one. Hahaha, I’ll set up a Kickstarter for it to raise the necessary funds then ;).
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Congrats! 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂
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Prude pervert- I love this… I think we should start The Prude Perverts Club or something…
Other than that, you’re just hilarious as always! What fantastic entertainment…
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Haha! 😀 We can start a Prude Pervert Club blog?! Or nah, it has to be more like a secret society. You can’t be a prude pervert out in the open.
Thank you! blushes
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OK so you couldn’t finish Nachtschade by Karin Slaughter because it was too graphic but you have seen Poltergeist numerous times? I think watching is still scarier than reading about graphic scenes in books. First time I heard about a random blog name generator, it would have saved me a lot of thinking and then still only come up with something basic ;-). Oooh and I love Freddy, he’s so cute. I would have done the same thing (probably asked to keep him too)!
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Yup! But Nachtschade was like gory graphic and Poltergeist is more like subtly graphic. Apart from the fleshy ghost tunnel giving birth to a mother and her daughter…
Haha! At least your blog title is clear on what it’s about. People still ask me if I’m blogging about tattoos…
You mean Willy? 😀 It was only a few years ago, so there was no one I had to ask for permission anymore technically ;). But…
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That’s such a revealing biography! I assume that’s you with the wide open mouth, and you actually di meet Sean Connery – or is that a waxwork? 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Yes, I blame the heat wave. I believe I lost 12 followers since Tuesday :’). Oh, it’s just me smiling in front of Sean’s zipper ;). If I would’ve met him in the flesh, I would’ve never pulled a stunt like this!
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Anne, I begin to believe you are as outrageous as you claim. Have a great weekend!
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Outrageous? I’m a couch potato with a love for books and gardening :D. Thanks Andrew, you too!
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haha I can safely say I will never read Finnigin’s Wake- I hate stream of consciousness! Norman Reedus would be such fun to meet- I started watching walking dead a couple of months ago and am now obsessed! Gotta say that image of fifty shades of lotr is disturbing (even if a part of me secretly ships it?) Hilarious post!
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Hahaha low fives. Stream of consciousness sucks but like, 700 pages of it is the king of suck! TWD is fabulous 😀 And I’ve watched some YouTube vids of Norman behind the screen, and he’s just hilarious. Like a little perverted kid! XD Haha, you’re welcome for the disturbance bows. ❤
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Congrats on your second liebster award! I will agree with the rest of the audience and say your liebster answers have been one of the most entertaining reads thus far! I love your use of pictures and videos, btw .. I would love to party with you, because we could both look like drunk crack whores or slutty buddies 😛 (clever, eh) I love your humor & I so knew you would mention my future wifey’s name: Lana Del Rey (goddess) ❤ I mean who doesn’t praise this lady!!!? her music I mean. LOL. Nobody has a dedicated shrine in their bedroom closet where they stop by every night before bed to lick the many pictures of her , with only the sound of her music in the background. Pft definitely not something I would do.. LOLOL.. okay maybe, I don’t lick them.. I ksis them gently and caress my body! hahahahahaa (joking) nobody tell her I said this!
The Lord of the Rings picture will forever be etched in my brain, thanks to you! Although I can picture that happening, so odd! They could make a porno even.. hmm. ideas, ideas. LOL
Thanks for the wonderful answers! you are an awesome blogger.
Shay-lon
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Thank you!! ❤ Hahahaha, slutty buddies! high fives! XD. LMAO! A shrine :’) Though, pssst, I heard it brings good luck to carry around a picture of her in your bra at all times ;).
About that LOTR porno. They already did Shay-lon, they already did :’). And most of it is gay. Don’t ask me how I know this! ^^
Thank youuuu! Right back at ya!! ❤
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Thank you for sharing that TedTalk! I am going to be sharing it a lot. My ex loved Disturbed, so I haven’t listened to them in a while. Ha ha. This has to be the most entertaining Liebster Award post I have ever read. And to think I almost skipped over it because it was an award post. XD
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You’re probably the only one who has actually watched it! ;D While it’s really such an awesome vid for booknerds. It’s like stand up comedy meets angelic choir of awesomeness. OH, bad connections then I suppose xD. Haha, thank you! bows
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