5 Things You May Want to Know About Me

[Sashana]

Hey, Saninbham, what a name! Welcome to the group, I agree with you 100% about #5; GPS is the best thing ever. I have to agree with #3 too, some people are so outraged if they find out that you're reading *gasp!* romance.

[Elise-Pinterest+Goodreads=The Perfect Book Boyfriend]

Sashana wrote: "Hey, Saninbham, what a name! Welcome to the group, I agree with you 100% about #5; GPS is the best thing ever. I have to agree with #3 too, some people are so outraged if they find out that you're ..."

Thanks Sashana. Saninbham is not really all that creative. My name is San, I live in Birmingham, AL (abbreviated Bham). So it's saninbham. I am somewhat a nerdy overachiever so when people find out I read *gasp* romance, they get all funny acting like it's beneath me. I just laugh at them and show them my fake book and then everything is right in their world LOL.

Oh and fact #6 that people freak about-I have a tatoo on the inside of my wrist. They are more accepting when they find out it's a Wm. Shakespeare quote but still gasp!!!

[Sashana]

Really?! You must live in a conservative town then. Where I live, 50% of people over the age of 14 have a tatoo-and trust me, it's no Shakespeare!

[Heather]

Hey Saninbham and welcome! I need my directions written down as I just can't understand when given verbal.

There are so many that love romance books and I have met most of them on this site! I always tell people when they make faces at what I read that at least I read..

And as Sashana says, lots of people have tattoos. I doubt it will ever be completely acceptable. When people get upset at mine, I just tell them that they are in good company as my Mom hates all of mine!

[Jessica B]

1. I'm the crazy cat lady... I have four cats and don't really own anything nice because I'd rather have my cats then fancy furnishings.
2. My Kindle is my pride and joy and I've caught my family rolling their eyes at me behind my back when I get going about it.
3. I have a tattoo down the side of my left leg - all symbols related to my favourite books.
4. My favourite author of all time is Richelle Mead.
5. Fast food is my weakness!

[Elise-Pinterest+Goodreads=The Perfect Book Boyfriend]

@Jessica about #2-My family and friends call me a "Kindle Snob". Just to annoy them, sometimes when a book that I want is not in ebook format and someone says "just buy the darn book", I get my best whiny spoiled voice and say "but then I'll have to turn pages and what if I get a paper cut. Will you turn the pages for me?". It cracks me up but they don't see the humor in it. I'm just kidding-my goodness!!

[Storm]

Hi, my name is Rose and I recently joined this group.

1. I'm in college and I'm planning to major in Communications but wish I could major in English.

2. I've been reading since I was 4 and I've always treated it as a great escape from the troubles of life.

3. I also have a crazy passion for music and I dream of being a music producer and working on soundtracks for tv shows and movies.

4. I love animals and back home I have three cats and two dogs. I also work with horses in my spare time and hope to own them when I'm older.

5. I get crazy addicted to doing reading challenges but I have to do them one at a time during the school year or else my grades will suffer.

[Lisarenee]

Rose, We have many reading challenges, so hopefully you can find one that is just right.

[Lisarenee]

Jessica B said, "I have a tattoo down the side of my left leg - all symbols related to my favourite books."

I think that definitely tells us how much you like books. :)

[Heather]

Welcome Rose, Jessica B to our crazy world!

Jessica B, what kind of symbols the tats?

[Jessica B]

I have the ribbon from Eclipse, the dagger from Black Dagger Brotherhood, I have the mockinjay from the Hunger Games, I have black feathers for fallen angels, I have the bow and arrow from the cover of fire and a moon from the night huntress series. It is a collage of symbols around a book with a nice pink cloud in the back to tie them all together.

After I got it so many people were blown away. They couldn't beleive I would go and get a tattoo but I figured what better way to pay tribute to some of my favourites then going through many hours of pain!

[Heather]

I completely agree with you! Sounds like a wicked tat and a very creative one to boot!

[Jessica B]

I actually had a little buyers remorse right after it was finished what with all the itching and swelling but after it healed up nice I couldn't be happier and no one can ever accuse me of getting a tattoo that doesn't mean something!

[Heather]

LOL, my friends tease me when I complain after getting one. The comment they say the most is that I paid for it..

[Sashana]

Jessica B wrote: "1. I'm the crazy cat lady... I have four cats and don't really own anything nice because I'd rather have my cats then fancy furnishings.
2. My Kindle is my pride and joy and I've caught my family..."

My all time favorite author is Richelle Mead too!

[Rachel]

Five things...oh my. Well lets see...

1. I am also quite inactive and I hated P.E. Somehow I always passed though without doing much! I just do not have the lung capacity to run or jog, not even when I was in elementary.

2. I read all the time and my boyfriend and friends never pick up a book, so I have turned to various internet book clubs and web friends to fill that void.

3. I am very shy around new people in the workplace, at school, etc. However, I am not shy in the general public. Not sure why, but that is the way I am.

4.I am going to college to become an English teacher, preferably middle school to high school. I graduate in the spring!

5. I love life, people watching, and travelling. I can never get enough of these three things. Well, and of course, I can never get enough of books!

[Lauren]

I love people watching too! It's nice to have you Rachel.

[Sashana]

Rachel, it's freaky but these are all things that I would write about myself! Welcome to the group :)

[Rachel]

Thanks girls. @Lauren- Your profile picture...that does not happen to be in Austin, TX does it? I have a picture almost identical to that one. We took it in the botanical gardens. @Sashana- Glad to know some one out there is like me! :)

[Lauren]

Rachel, it's actually a trail near our house (in Pennsylvania.) We have a lot of pretty scenic trail for biking/hiking near here and it has gotten me in love with nature. My dad owns 25 acres, and it's covered with a cute little river and forest. Very fun for hiking! :)

[Rachel]

Lauren wrote: "Rachel, it's actually a trail near our house (in Pennsylvania.) We have a lot of pretty scenic trail for biking/hiking near here and it has gotten me in love with nature. My dad owns 25 acres, and ..."

Oh that's cool. I bet that would be awesome to live by/on! I love nature too, not so much hiking though...

[Lauren]

Yes, hiking can be a lot of work. It's tricky too! Once you get the hang of it it's pretty fun :)

[Heather]

Welcome Rachel! You'll never be shy here!!

[Lauren]

:)

[Vicki]

1. I am an avid reader...usually reading 2 or more books a week
2. I love to do homemaking stuff--baking, cooking, sewing,crocheting, quilting...but not enough to want to do any of them all the time.
3. I am a wife & mother--married for 25+ years with 4 children
4. Favorite fiction books--Pride & Prejudice, The Book Thief, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
5. I love reading children's books (I majored in elementary ed)

[Heather]

Welcome Vicki! I just started baking cupcakes and they come out pretty damn good.

Loved the movie versions of P&P and at some point I will read the book..

[Lisarenee]

Welcome Vicki. I love your favorite books. I read Pride & Prejudice for the first time last year and was surprised at how much I liked it. I think The Book Thief will become a classic one day. I really liked The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society too. All are great books.

[Rachel]

Vicki, I am a education major 4-8 and going through my year of student teaching right now. Did/do you enjoy teaching?

[Vicki]

I did enjoy teaching--I taught for 1st grade for 2 years then took off time to raise my family--now I substitute Kinder-8th grade--I like the flexibility and the opportunity of being in so many classrooms.

[Lauren]

It's nice to have you Vicki! :)

[Rachel]

I am thinking about subbing first before having my own class. I jsut want to get the feel for all of the different schools and districts in my area before I decide where I should focus my attention. I have been to two elementary in the area and the kids are SOOO different by jsut driving 15 minutes down the street! I am in West Texas now and will be moving back to DFW after graduation so I think subbing in DFW would be better at first!

[Ashlea]

1- I get scared easily, im a scaredy cat. But i love to be scared
2- I get very obsessive very easily
3- I talk ALOT
4- Im moody haha
5- When im passionate about something I dont back down until ive made my point. You know what i think and you wont ever change my mind

[Heather]

Welcome Ashlea, my you pop up in many places!

Got a stubborn streak eh??

[Lauren]

Ashlea wrote: "1- I get scared easily, im a scaredy cat. But i love to be scared
2- I get very obsessive very easily
3- I talk ALOT
4- Im moody haha
5- When im passionate about something I dont back down unti..."

I like #5... Standing up for what you believe in is a really great quality to have.

I don't really like to get scared... We have an amusement park by our house and everyone goes to THE HAUNT. LOL. They have all these "haunted attractions," and people chase you around the park with chainsaws and everything. It's a pretty big deal. People come from states all around us for it. You'd like it :)

It's nice to have you in our group! :)

[Ashlea]

Heather wrote: "Welcome Ashlea, my you pop up in many places!

Got a stubborn streak eh??"

Haha, i like to reply to these(:
Haha, I am pretty stubborn.

Lauren- That sounds awesome!
My mom doesnt like me going to those things though
I went to sea world two weeks ago and went through two haunted houses, thats where the fear of psychos with chainsaws comes from, they surrounded me and scared the living daylights out of me. Lol

[Heather]

Yeah, Ashlea, you haven't met me..

I went to Universal Studios in FL for Fright Night and had the everlasting s*** scared out of me. It was so much fun!

[Sashana]

Rachel wrote: "I am thinking about subbing first before having my own class. I jsut want to get the feel for all of the different schools and districts in my area before I decide where I should focus my attention..."

Rachel, when we have subs it's a free for all. Nobody listens to them! But then again it's a bunch of high school students so what else would you expect?

[Lauren]

My schools the same way... I always feel bad for the substitutes though.

[Sashana]

Me too, poor subs; giving kids a substitute teacher is like giving a two year old a bucket of sugar and saying, “Here go crazy.” We do have those really strict subs but they’re very rare.

[Lauren]

Hmm... Ours are usually pretty cool. We had a sub who played college football for Clemson. He was just awesome

[Sashana]

I have a sub that will write you up if you talk or laugh *-*

[Lauren]

Oh that's horrible :(

[A Voracious Reader (a.k.a. Carol)]

1. I love to read. On this site, that's pretty much a given.

2. I don't think I'm old enough to have a 25-yr-old son because how can a 21-yr-old have a 25-yr-old son? I don't care if my birth certificate says I was born in 1968. Lies! Government conspiracy! Huge rip in the space-time continuum!

3. My favorite group is Aerosmith.

4. I hate movie adaptations of books. Only exception for me: Lord of the Rings.

5. I don't listen to movie critics and I hate chick flicks. Give me explosions, cheesy humor, tons of special effects. Entertain me!

[Heather]

Hey Carol! I loved listening to Aerosmith's Pump when it first came out. I was hanging out with an ex and well, never mind but I won't ever forget the music..

For me, it all depends on who is in the chic flick..

[A Voracious Reader (a.k.a. Carol)]

@Heather - Ah...musical association. I have plenty of those! ;)

[Heather]

Heh-heh, if walls could talk eh? I think we could give Steve Tyler a run for his money, or just run away from him.

[Lisa S]

Carol, I hear ya on Aerosmith. I used to love them. I have everyone of their albums.

[Lauren]

Guns & Roses all the way :)

[Heather]

LOL, yeah, but what is up with Axel's package? Always looks strange in his videos..

[A Voracious Reader (a.k.a. Carol)]

I saw GNR open for Aerosmith. And I saw Bad Company open for Deep Purple. Way back when. Ah, let me think...1987? Somewhere around then. lol Plus, I've seen Alice Cooper 3x. I'd love to take my kids to see him!