Monday, July 9, 2012

Blog Awards


~It’s summer, time for fun and *games*~

And I got tagged for two blog awards. Summer says I’m playing. But just like  Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks,  I’m going to do this run differently.

The {Booker} (not to be confused with the UK's The Booker) is for blogs that are at least 50% about books and the writing of books. This one comes with the request that I name five favorite books. If I name (only five?) wonderful books by writers I know or have ‘met’ in blogosphere, some very good writers will be left out. So I’m going to do this-

1.      The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck

2.      Here Lies the Librarian By  Richard Peck

3.      The River Between Us By Richard Peck

4.      A Long Way from Chicago By Richard Peck

5.      A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

{Detect a running thread here? I don’t know Richard Peck, and he surely doesn’t know me. No payment changed hands.}

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The second blog award is called-

I noticed the ribbon is purply-pink. I’ll have to work harder for a blue ribbon.

For this one, I get to name five things I like and five I don’t.

First, the good news-

1.      Good books.

2.      Good movies.

3.      The Bay Area in summer.

4.      Jerusalem in winter.

5.      Strawberry-Rhubarb pie.



Now the bad news-

1.      Formulaic genre fiction = bad books.

2.      Blockbuster sequels = bad movies.

3.      The Bay Area in fall. (We don’t have real fall here)

4.      Jerusalem in summer.

5.      Soft-boiled eggs when the white isn’t quite cooked and still transparently jiggly and the waiter says it’s just right.

All right, I cheated a little with symmetry. But I did have a tiny twist there at the end.

Now I get to pass both awards to five worthy bloggers:






Have fun and don’t forget to kick some sand.

11 comments:

Vijaya said...

LOL! I love Richard Peck's work too ...

Katie L. Carroll said...

Thanks for bestowing the fun on to me!

Barbara Etlin said...

#3. True, it isn't traditional fall with the coloured leaves like we have here; but in my experience, SF in October has lovely weather.

Ruth Schiffmann said...

Oh, I think I have to read some Richard Peck.
I've never had strawberry-rhubarb pie, but a friend just gave me some homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam, which I am loving, so maybe it's time to try that pie.

Congratulations on the awards, Mirka!

BarbaraB said...

Hi Mirka,
What a wonderful surprise! I am definately one who refuses to live in the real world. Thanks a bunch.

Congratulations to you, too; I'm eager to visit the other bloggers.

I'm a big fan of Richard Peck. I had the pleasure of meeting him two years ago at a SCBWI Conference.

I envy you your intimate knowledge of Jerusalem.

Kelly Hashway said...

So you like Richard Peck? LOL. Congrats on the awards.

Marcia said...

Oooh, I love every one of those Richard Peck books.

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

I have this sneaking suspicion you like Richard Peck as an author ;)

Congrats on the awards

Karen Jones Gowen said...

I'm not sure I've read anything by Richard Peck but I will now!

Mirka Breen said...

Of all the comments that ever came to this blog this one makes me the happiest. Mr. Peck has anther reader coming his way.

Hava Rembrand said...

Kol HaKavod, I really liked how you wriggled out of the naming of authors -your are a true escape artist.