I met Rainbow Rowell yesterday at a book signing in Waterstones (a book shop) and she was so lovely! I will be doing a post about meeting her soon, maybe Wednesday - it depends on a few things. :)
On with the post!
I was nominated by the lovely Christina from Fairy Skeletons (awesome blog name!) and the beautiful, talented, flawless Rosie from Truly. Madly. Deeply. Thank you both, you wonderful people. ♥
RULES:
- Post eleven facts about yourself.
- Answer the eleven questions provided by the person who nominated you and then create an eleven-question set for the next group of nominees.
- Choose eleven people to nominate and link them in the post.
- Let your nominees know they've been tagged - and no tag-backs!
Christina's Questions:
1. What's your favourite breakfast?
Oh gosh, they're hard already! Um.... I normally just have cereal but my favourite breakfast has to be... ooo, yeah, Croissants! I luuuuuurve croissants. Mmmmm.
2. What 'unattainable' person (i.e. celebrity, fictional character etc.) do you have a crush on?
*takes a deep breath*
Will Herondale (my husband), Peeta Mellark, Tobias Eaton, Jem Carstairs, Jace Wayland (and all his other surnames), Simon Lewis, Augustus Waters, Prince Kai, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, Danisnotonfire, AmazingPhil.
So yeah......
3. What's a movie (an adaptation, an original movie, whatever!) that you really want to see made, and who would be in the cast?
Oooo, um..... All of my favourite books have been made into movies! Some of them not very good movies, but movies nonetheless. Maybe Cinder by Marissa Meyer? Or Every Day by David Levithan, or maybe The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith (I think that would be a great movie) Or maybe one of my favourite sci-fi books, 0.4 by Mike Lancaster. And I have no idea about the cast....
4. If you could collaborate on a book with any author, who would it be?
Hmm.... Veronica Roth, John Green (I think both of those would be really fun to write with and I could convince them not to kill off their main characters. I'm not naming any names but....) Cassandra Clare is really cool and really nice so, maybe her as well. :) And I think Rick Riordan or Rainbow Rowell (lots of Rs) would be fun as well! And of course the beautiful Rosie >.< She counts as an author. And she's my favourite so... :) Love you, Rose! ♥
5. If you could live in any time in history, where would you go? (Or would you stay in the twenty-first century?)
Um.... I think I'd stay in the 21st century. I mean, I have a wonderful family, lots of friends, and I have so many blessings - plus, lots of books. And the internet! So I'm staying here. :)
6. Do you have a nickname? If you don't, is there a nickname you wish people would call you by?
I have many weird nicknames. Befon. Bet-han Down-es. Bear-than. Becan. As I said, weird. I think Befon is the one I'm called most, though. Feel free to call me another nickname, if you wish!
7. Describe yourself in a haiku.
I wrote two, to cover both sides of me - the sad and the happy.
She dances in the
Light of words and hopes and love
Smiling at her dreams.
Breaks into sharp, fragile shards.
She smiles as she cries.
8. Do you have any strange skills that not many people know about?
I have the weirdest thoughts - is that a skill? When I was waiting in line for Rainbow Rowell, I thought "If I suddenly die now, I hope my mum still gets my books signed for me." .....Probably shouldn't have shared that.... ..... *everybody unfollows my blog*
9. How good are you at keeping secrets?
Very good. Extremely good. I keep stuff from myself, so I am very good at keeping other people's secrets.
10. What's the most valuable thing you've ever learned from a book?
To always be myself (although I don't use that in real life as much as I should) and that all of my flaws don't matter, because if I was a fictional character, people would love me because of my flaws.
11. Who is your favourite fictional villain?
Hmmmm.... I love Moriaty. And President Snow is really cool as well. OOOOOO and Valentine and Jonathan Morgenstern.
Well, those were fun!
And now Rose's Questions:
1. If a man in a sombrero walked up to you and stated his poncho was missing, would you help him look for it?
Yes. Yes I would.
2. Would you rather write without editing (you have the ability to conjure up the right words in the right order) or edit without writing (you don't have to think of any words, you just have to fix the ones that are already written)?
Write without editing, definitely! I love writing too much to not be the one writing.
3. What colour is your hair?
No colour! ..... I'm joking, it's brown.
4. If you could take six bloggers out to dinner, who would you choose and where would you go?
Oh no this is far too hard.... :( I'm really sorry whoever I don't pick. I love you all!
Rosie
Kenzie
Madeline
Hannah
Anna
Celia
But back ups are Tane, Eve, Rachel, Bekah and Elly. And all of my followers! Let's all go to dinner, guys. XD And we would go to.... Hmm... Red Hot Buffet. Because it's all you can eat. ;)
5. Do you prefer typing on electronics or writing on paper?
Personally, I prefer typing because it's faster and a lot easier to edit. But I do love writing on paper.
6. How many kidneys do you have?
Well....Two. I have two kidneys. Is that the right answer?
7. Do you like warmer weather or cooler weather better?
Well, I do love warm weather, but I don't like it really hot. I suppose cooler weather, because I don't mind when it's really cold? I don't know...
8. Do you have a favourite author?
*takes a deep breath*
Suzanne Collins, Veronica Roth, Cassandra Clare, John Green, J. K. Rowling and Rainbow Rowell. (and Rose).
9. Would you consider yourself graceful?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I am so clumsy it's unreal. Definitely not graceful.
10. Are you left-handed or right-handed?
I'm right-handed. :)
11. What's your opinion on cheese?
I like cheese. :D
Well that was also very fun. Some weird, random questions in their, but I like weird and random!
Okay, facts about moi.... I'm really not an interesting person so.. sowwy. >.<
1. I am obsessed with Greek mythology - I just... AH! It's so cool! I love thinking about it when I read the stories, because these myths are just humans trying to make sense of the world - I think it's great. :)
2. I am going on holiday to Devon on Saturday 19th to Saturday 26th and I'm trying to decide if I should take my laptop with me. The cottage has wifi, which is a plus because I couldn't do a week with wifi, but I'm not sure if I should take a quick, week long break from blogging/social media/the internet. But I don't know... Would you guys miss me if I took a break? Or would you thank the heavens that I've gone? Please let me know in the comments, although I suspect it's the latter...
3. I have a 4 year old golden retriever called Ruby and she is absolutely gorgeous. Look at her face!
4. I love writing - absolutely adore it - but my ideas are always terrible. I would love to be published but my stories are never good enough. I want to be an author but nobody would publish me. Do you see my problems?
5. I'm in a constant state of sadness. Sometimes I am genuinely happy and the sadness goes right to the back of my mind. That does happen, frequently. But it's always there, nevertheless. I just hide it under a sunny blanket of laughter and smiles a lot of the time. But sometimes I crack and drop the blanket and scare my friends away with silence and tears. *coughs* anyway...
6. I am currently reading Half Bad by Sally Green and I'm enjoying it so far. :) Before that I was reading The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, which I had to stop for the readathon, but I will continue it once BookTubeAThon finishes - I was loving it so far! And before that I read The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter. And before that I was reading Looking for Alaska by John Green (that book. I just.... I was in shock after I finished it. And I still sort of am).
7. I love rain, but only when I'm inside. I hate going out in the rain - unless it's very light. Then I love going out and walking in it and feeling the cool drops against my skin. But I hate rain when it's warm. Because when it rains, I want to curl up in a big jumper and leggings, huddle under a blanket and read a book with a hot cup of tea. I don't want to be wearing shorts and a t-shirt because it's too hot for blankets and tea. It's raining right now, actually. It's the rain I like.
8. I own 97 books. Now I need to buy 3 more so that it's a rounded number...
9. I am extremely neat in school - I will have my books in size order in my bag, have everything in size order on my desk in a pile, largest on the bottom, smallest on the top, then pencil case. I will even tidy up other people's desks and make their's look like mine - but at home, my room is a mess. Absolute mess. Clothes piled on the desk chair, school books stacked on my desk, books piled on my bookshelf because it's too full, rug wrinkled, water bottles placed in a neat row on my floor. It's terrible. When I do tidy it, it's at 10pm when I'm getting ready for bed, because I have got physically disgusted with myself and the state my room is in.
10. When I met Rainbow Rowell yesterday, I bought Eleanor & Park which I'm SO excited to read. And I got a canvas bag with the Fangirl cover in a circle but on Cath's laptop, it's says 'I'm a' and then Fangirl. That was a really bad description... here's a photo!
11. My birthday is September 10th 1999 and I already have a list of several books that I am asking for.
And that is the Liebster Award. Thanks again Christina and Rosie! Now for tagging 11 people:
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And my questions:
1. What colour are your eyes and what colour is your hair?
2. Which author would you like to collaborate on a book with?
3. Who is your fictional boyfriend?
4. Do you like floral print?
5. If you could have dinner with 10 fictional characters (films, TV shows, books, any fictional character) who would you choose?
6. What is one of your favourite songs at the moment?
7. Are you going on holiday this summer? If you are, where are you going?
8. Which social media site do you use the most?
9. What are your hopes and dreams?
10. Would you rather read inside or outside?
11. What book have you read that had a really great message? What was the message?
So there you go, the Liebster Award! I hope you enjoyed this post.
Please let me know in the comments below if you would like me to take a break for a week or not - I'd like to know what you want!
I love you all! Thanks for reading ♥
