Vlog Review of 'Looking for Alaska' and BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

I finally found time to record another vlog! Sorry for some of the lag...not sure why it keeps doing that. I tried rebooting my Mac and closing everything out, but it still didn't help. If you know the secret to getting rid of lag, PLEASE SHARE!

Anyway, here's my review of John Green's 'Looking for Alaska' and also a big announcement!

The Small Things Blog Hop

Happy Friday! Once again I'm posting as part of VikLit's blog hop. You can sign up to participate on the link at the bottom. It's a great way to remember accomplishments don't have to be anything major in order to celebrate them and to pick your spirits up if you're feeling a bit down.

There are all kinds of awesome things to celebrate this week. Not only did I post a more successful, calmer, less eye-rolling video blog, but I finished the first draft of my fifth book! Oh yeah, I'm doing "virtual" cartwheels (because I'm too old and out of shape to do real ones). The book deals with mind control and is something I started back in November, but hit a major writer's block on for months. One of the best parts is that the first draft sits at 80k words, which is much heftier than my other books usually start out being. And as if it was meant to be, I got the edits back on my fourth book the very next day!

To celebrate, I went with a friend to see the Beautiful Creatures movie. FINALLY. I'll share my thoughts on the movie in next week's video blog.

Yesterday we bought my son-in-law's old Mustang as my commuter car (the Tahoe is a gas guzzler but a necessity for living on a road that doesn't always get plowed in the winter). The car may be an older model, but it's my very first Mustang and I've wanted one for as long as I can remember!

I finished reading two books this week (it's an amazing feeling to find time for this once again). On my second vlog I reviewed Beautiful Darkness (the sequel to Beautiful Creatures). I plan to review Lauren Oliver's Requiem (that I devoured in a little over 24 hours) also on next week's vlog.

We also finished my son's science fair project, which means we are DONE WITH SCIENCE FAIR FOREVER!

Oh man, that is such an amazing feeling. And not to beat a dead, overweight horse, but there were those five pounds I lost on the first week of my diet that has me doing a happy dance. It won't be long before I'm allowed to have an ice cold beer...I can taste it already!

Video Blog, Take Two

Personally, I think I came off as a bit of a nut job in my first video last week. So I cleaned up and tried again, this time even reviewing a book and discussing my thoughts on sequels.

First Vlog. Kind of Freaking Out.

So. I was feeling inspired after watching videos of Brotherhood 2.0 (in which brothers Hank and John Green sending each other messages via videos) and some of the other fabulous video blogs I've seen in the past week. Either that or I completely have lost my freaking mind on this new diet I started, because I decided to sit down and do my very first video for y'all. Ugh.

Anyway, here it is. Remember this is my first time, so be gentle.

Music by Jack Johnson, "Flake"