Vampire Vocab

Well, to those who do not know, I really love vampires. You would never guess that from the name of my blog. I also love making lists, and reading, and press ganging people into reading. Hey, it’s for their own good. Some of you may not like vampires, but I am about to list my [...]

I try to reply to everybodies comment with a personalized response, but the undertone to all the replies that I’ve given to the comments that have stopped my heart with their kindness, staggered me with their beauty, touched me with how heartfelt they were, was this: Thank you. Thank you all so much for your [...]

I just met a ton of bloggers, all of whom were inspiring, interesting, funny, amazing in some way. I have collected enough free stuff that I probably could hand out an item to every American citizen and still have some left over. I have probably eaten twice my weight in those delicious chocolate covered strawberries. I have [...]

I love this book. It doesn’t even have Vampires, but I still love it. Truly exceptional, with amazing plot twists, vivid characters, a unique plot. I can but hope that one day I can write as well as Lisa Mcmann, the author. But I’m seriously ticked off at her for not writing the sequel to [...]

I made this cake with my friend who came from florida to visit recently. As for the title, well, however much many people like to deny it, we love chocolate. It’s human nature. What’s better than chocolate? Coffee and chocolate. So, for those who love to bake, or who want to suck up to someone, [...]

Denise has recently told me of a librarian that complained that very few childrens books these days had strong or main male characters to which I replied: “She must not read enough. Plenty of books I read have main male characters, and the only reason that it’s not written from their perspective is so that [...]

Last night, I went to a Beach Boys concert at Ravinia, which was followed by a seriously weird dream. But let’s start at the beginning. I was fully immersed in my book (One More Bite by Jennifer Rardin) while my father chatted away about what special activities my mom had planned for that evening. Therefore, [...]