Showing posts with label tune in tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tune in tuesday. Show all posts

Monday, October 17, 2011

Meme Tuesday: Top 10 Tuesday and Tune In Tuesday: Soundtrack Edition



This is Tune in Tuesdays hosted by G Reads! Go spread the love of music by going over to her blog and participating!
This months theme is Soundtracks!
My absolute favourite soundtrack of all time is the soundtrack from the film Amélie. I love the entire soundtrack, but Comptine D'un Autre Etè: l'Après in particular is my favourite piece. If my life were to be a film and I had to pick a theme this would be what I would pick. When I was a child, at least up until I was about 7 or so, I was rarely allowed to listen to any style of music besides classical and to this day I sometimes prefer classical music over modern. I really do love good and heartfelt lyrics, but often times I don't need that to feel close to or touched by a song. A beautiful melody is all I need and this one is particular just speaks to me more than many songs ever will be able to. Unfortunately it's impossible to find the official version on YT because I think they're blocking it, so I found somebody who plays it well, but only the first two minutes or so is the same - the rest is improvised to make it longer, because the actual piece isn't very long. I hope you enjoy it! 


Top 10 Tuesday is an original feature/regular meme hosted at The Broke and The Bookish!




Top Ten Books That Whose Titles Or Covers Made Me Buy It




1. Nightshade (Nightshade #1) by Andrea Cremer Unfortunately I didn't like this...despite that I still think the cover is amazing.

2. Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry #3) by Simone Elkeles I haven't actually read this, but this cover caught my interest because it's hot and I like it and I decided to get the first book, which I ended up loving. Still haven't read this one yet though.

3. Isle of Night (The Watchers #1) by Veronica Wolff I technically haven't actually read this, but I did pick it up not too long ago in the book shop. That boy on the cover is extremely good looking. ENOUGH SAID! 

4. Across the Universe by (Across the Universe #1) Beth Revis This cover is beautiful. This and The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer have to be my favourite covers of the year. Funnily enough, while I loved Across the Universe... I didn't think this cover matched the story inside much.

5. My Soul to Take (Soul Screamers #1) by Rachel Vincent I love this series. LOVE IS SO GOOD! And this is the cover that drew me in. It's pretty and I love the covers of the entire series, especially If I Die, but this is the one that made me pick it up. 

6. Starcrossed (Starcrossed #1) by Josephine Angelini I wanted to read this book since I saw the cover. It's just completely beautiful. The colours are calming and it just fits so well with what is inside, I think. 

7. Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink I loved this trilogy. This isn't the most beautiful cover out of the trilogy, I think Circle of Fire is, but I was roaming my local library one day and stumbled across this and was like "mmmmmmmm!", I grabbed it, loved it and cherished it. The third book was especially epic and amazing.

8. Ruby Red (Edelstein Trilogie #1) by Kerstin Gier This was another book that I picked up while roaming the library based on the cover. Of course I did notice that it mentioned time travel, so of course I was down because I'm a sucker for time travel. I ended up loving it too. 

9. Entwined by Heather Dixon This cover is JUST SO PRETTY! I keep saying other ones are my favourite, but I forgot how this one is also my favourite... It's hard to pick, but this one is just amazing and I totally picked it up based on the cover. 12 Dancing Princesses had nothing to do with it. It was a purely cover driven. I ended up really enjoying it too. Yay!

10. Touch (Denazen #1) by Jus Accardo  I know I sound like a complete hooker by now, but I'm sorry, I appreciate a good looking guy. It's just how I roll. This guy is totally hot and his personality in the book is totally cute and made him even hotter. I wish he was mine!!!!!!



Monday, October 10, 2011

Meme Tuesday: Top 10 Tuesday and Tune In Tuesday


This is Tune in Tuesdays hosted by G Reads! Go spread the love of music by going over to her blog and participating!
This month is soundtrack month! I'm in love with soundtracks. I missed last weeks because I was so busy, so I'll make up for it this week by posting two! I freaking love Disney songs. These are two of my favourites and they're both in Russian! 









Top 10 Tuesday is an original feature/regular meme hosted at The Broke and The Bookish!
Top Ten Books I Wish I Could Read Again For The First Time


Ohhh, this is a good one!




These are what come to my mind right now and I need to sleep, but I might update my list in the morning if I think of more! I had a craaaaazy long day today! :] 



Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Meme Tuesday: Top 10 Tuesday and Tune In Tuesday



This is Tune in Tuesdays hosted by G Reads! Go spread the love of music by going over to her blog and participating!




This is a Russian song that I translated and put subtitles on. This song reminded me a lot of Rose and Dimitri from Vampire Academy and I loooooove it. 


Top 10 Tuesday is an original feature/regular meme hosted at The Broke and The Bookish!



This Week: Top 10 Books I Want To Re-Read!

1. Starcrossed (Starcrossed #1) by Josephine Angelini I just read this and I already want to re-read it. I'm in love. 
2. Just As Long As We're Together by Judy Blume I'm in luck with this, because I was looking around my local library today and they had this in their for sale section for 50 cents and it even has the cover I had growing up! So this will be re-read again very soon! 
3. Anna and the French Kiss Another one I recently read, but I loved it so much and I'd love to read it again. 
4. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas I loved this book in my teens and I loved the film. I've been wanting to re-read it for some time now and see what I think of it as an adult. 
5. Shade and Shift by Jeri Smith Ready One of my favourite series and definitely one of those I can read again and again and again!
6. If I Die (Soul Screamers #5) by Rachel Vincent Well, I just finished this 20 minutes ago, but you know what? I NEED MOAAAAR TOD! 
7. By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho I love Paulo Coelho. And this is my favourite novel written by him. I randomly pick it up some days and flip to my favourite scenes. It's been a few months since I've actually sat down and read it through and I think I should!
8. In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz Yes, it's a childrens book, but it was the first ever book I ever checked out from the library and it's the perfect time to re-read it with Halloween coming up! The girl with the green ribbon around her neck... Oooooh! 
9. Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones #1) by Helen Fielding I love this book and I love the film and I totally need the pick me up this book gives me!


and last but not least...


10.The Discipline Book: How to Have a Better-Behaved Child From Birth to Age Ten by William Sears, Martha Sears Because my daughter was acting like a total fool in the shop yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! D:

Monday, September 19, 2011

Meme Tuesday: Top 10 Tuesday and Tune In Tuesday



This is Tune in Tuesdays hosted by G Reads! Go spread the love of music by going over to her blog and participating!
My choice this week is Magnetic Man featuring Katy B. I found this video accidentally a few weeks ago and I've been listening to it ever since. I love Katy's voice! And I like the beat.


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Top 10 Tuesday is an original feature/regular meme hosted at The Broke and The Bookish!


This week: Top Ten Books I Feel As Though Everybody Has Read But Me

1. City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare 
2. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins
3. Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth
4. I've never read a single book by Sarah Dressen... 
5. Waterfall (River of Time #1) by Lisa Tawn Bergren
6. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
7. Hex Hall (Hex Hall #1) by Rachel Hawkins 
8. Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy #1) by Kiersten White
9. Half-Blood (Covenant #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
10. Halo (Halo #1) by Alexandra Adornetto 


Most of these haven't been read for the fact that I haven't been able to get around to it yet. City of Bones is something I started, but I wasn't in the right mood to latch on and ended up putting it down and then taking it back to the library. I've been wanting to start it again though. The same goes for Paranormalcy. I have Anna and the French Kiss and I'll probably be reading that really soon. I've been on a Vampire Academy kick and am now reading Bloodlines, so once I'm finished with that, we'll see! A bunch of these I really want to read though. Half-Blood isn't actually out yet, but I've been seeing so many reviews popping up left and right that I feel like I'm the only one who hasn't read it - I can't wait to! Halo... Well, I'm a little scared to read that. I've seen people who despised it and people who loved it. I recently won the second book in the series, so I need to read it soon! 

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Meme Tuesday: Top 10 Tuesday and Tune In Tuesday





This is Tune in Tuesdays hosted by G Reads! Go spread the love of music by going over to her blog and participating! 

Monday, September 5, 2011

Meme Tuesday: Top 10 Tuesday and Tune In Tuesday


This is Tune in Tuesdays hosted by G Reads! Go spread the love of music by going over to her blog and participating! 


Well, my pick this week is Paolo Nutini. I have an irrational crush on this boy. He's Scottish (and Italian), good looking, sounds adorable and sings wonderful songs. 




[ His official video won't embed, so check it out here, the quality is much better! Another one of my favourite songs by him is Jenny Don't Be Hasty. ]


Top 10 Tuesday is an original feature/regular meme hosted at The Broke and The Bookish!

This weeks list is... Sequels We're Dying to Read! And I only have about 6 that come to mind at the moment, so it isn't technically a Top 10! Ah well. I might think of some and add to the list!



Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Tune in Tuesday - 90's Edition (4)

This is Tune in Tuesdays hosted by G Reads! Go spread the love of music by going over to her blog and participating! 


This is the last week featuring music from the 90's. I had tons of fun reliving old memories through music with everyone! 

So, here are my choices...

Monday, August 22, 2011

Tune in Tuesday - 90's Edition (3)

This is Tune in Tuesdays hosted by G Reads! Go spread the love of music by going over to her blog and participating! 

I love Tune in Tuesdays! 
My picks this week: 


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Tune in Tuesday - 90's Edition (2)

This is Tune in Tuesdays hosted by G Reads! Go spread the love of music by going over to her blog and participating! 

I love Tune in Tuesdays! And I'm not good at picking just one. Sooooo sorry!


I actually wasn't a big fan of the Foo Fighters. In fact I think this is the only song I know by them, but I love it and it reminds me of my younger years.


I love this song still. No matter how many times I hear it.


I lovelovelovelovelove this song.

I was originally going to put Take a Bow by Madonna and Everything I Do by Bryan Adams, but youtube won't let me embed. I had both those singles on tape that I have saved up and bought with my allowance and I'd listen to them over and over.


Monday, August 8, 2011

Tune in Tuesday - 90's Edition

This is Tune in Tuesdays hosted by G Reads! Go spread the love of music by going over to her blog and participating!

Well, I grew up mostly in the 90s, so this is going to be haaaard! I have so many favourites from the 90s!

Here are 3 of my favourites: