Bucket List Giveaway Winner

And the winner of the bookish bucket list giveaway is

...

Krista!

She chose Magic Bites (Ilona Andrews) for her prize, which I heartily approve of. Congratulations, Krista!

Blog Hop | Bookish Bucket List + Giveaway!

The Bookish Bucket List Blog Hop is a fun event my friends and I decided to do, listing the top ten things that would be on our bucket lists if we could step into our favorite books for a while. I get to start off the hop (so you don't have anything to compare my post to yet, ha), and this is what I came up with:

1. Play Quidditch at Hogwarts

"The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score," Harry recited. "So – that's sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn't it?"

"What's basketball?" said Wood curiously.
-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

2. Impress a green dragon

No greater tribute could man be paid than the trust and companionship of the winged beasts of Pern. For the loyalty that dragonkind gave the chosen one of mankind was unswerving and complete from the moment of Impression.

-Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

3. Learn to make Sunshine's cinnamon rolls

"I have to get up at four A.M. to start the cinnamon rolls – cinnamon rolls as big as your head, it's a Charlie's specialty – but I don't mind. I love working with yeast and flour and sugar and I love the smell of bread baking."
-Sunshine by Robin McKinley

4. Listen to Kvothe play at the Eolian

There were a lot of places  you could go in Imre to listen to music. In fact, nearly every inn, tavern, and boarding house had some manner of musician strumming, singing, or piping in the background. But the Eolian was different. It hosted the best musicians in the city. If you knew good music from bad, you knew the Eolian had the best.

-The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

5. Tesseract

"Well, the fifth dimension's a tesseract. You add that to the other four dimensions and you can travel through space without having to go the long way around. In other words, to put it into Euclid, or old-fashioned plane geometry, a straight line is not the shortest distance between two points."
-A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

6. Go to Narnia (and not get turned into a statue)

"This is the land of Narnia," said the Faun, "where we are now; all that lies between the lamp-post and the great castle of Cair Paravel on the eastern sea."
-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

7. Eat pizza at Piscary's (though preferably without actually encountering the undead owner)

Ivy and I immediately picked our slices up. The smell of cheese was strong, but not enough to hide the odor of spice and tomatoes. I took a bite. My eyes closed in bliss. There was just enough tomato sauce to carry the cheese. Just enough cheese to carry the toppings. I didn't care if it had Brimstone in it, it was so good. "Oh, burn me at the stake now." I moaned, chewing. "This is absolutely wonderful."

-The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison

8. Shop at Barrons' Books and Baubles

I stepped inside and stopped, blinking in astonishment. From the exterior I'd expected a charming little book and curio shop with the inner dimensions of a university Starbucks. What I got was a cavernous interior that housed a display of books that made the library Disney's Beast gave to Beauty on their wedding day look understocked.
-Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning

9. Spend the summer at Camp Half-Blood

The landscape was dotted with buildings that looked like ancient Greek architecture – an open-air pavilion, an amphitheater, a circular arena – except that they all looked brand new, their white marble columns sparkling in the sun. In a nearby sandpit, a dozen high school-age kids and satyrs played volleyball. Canoes glided across a small lake. Kids in bright orange T-shirts like Grover's were chasing each other around a cluster of cabins nestled in the woods. Some shot targets at an archery range. Others rode horses down a wooded trail, and, unless I was hallucinating, some of their horses had wings.

-The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

10. Attempt to give Grendel a bath

Derek nodded at the vehicle. "Who is that?"

"Your replacement."

"You replaced me with a shaved poodle?"

"He's got mad skills."

Derek's eyebrows crept up.

"He can vomit and urinate at the same time and he doesn't make fun of my car."
-Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews

And with that, it's time for a giveaway! The winner can choose any book from those on the list (or another book in the same series if you prefer). To enter, just leave a comment with one thing that would be on your bookish bucket list! Contest is open internationally, and all entrants must be over 13.

Be sure to stop by the rest of the blogs on the hop later this week!

May 15

Tiffany @ A Purrfect Read

*Giveaway*

May 16

Alison & Daphne @ Winged Reviews

*Giveaway*

May 17

Kayleigh @ K-Books

*Giveaway*

Guest Post by Renée on A Purrfect Read

May 18

Sonnie @ Lit Girl

*Giveaway*

Guest Post by Lindsey on Epic (Chocolate) Fantasy

May 19

Chris @ Reading is FUNdamental

Guest Post by Wendy on Winged Reviews

May 20

Jen @ At Random

*Giveaway*

Coming Soon! Bookish Bucket List Blog Hop

BOOKISH BUCKET LIST BLOG HOP

A week filled with bookish bucket lists and tons of great giveaways! 

Urban Dictionary defines a Bucket List as a list of things you want to see or do before you "kick the bucket" (die). What is a bookish bucket list? A list of things derived from fiction books that you would like to see or do (if anything were possible!) before you die.

That's what my blogging friends and I have decided to do next week! I'm kicking it off on Monday, and there will be one or two of us posting every day next week, with lots of giveaways as well! Be sure to stop by, say hello, and make your own suggestions for bookish bucket lists!

May 14

Kate @ Epic (Chocolate) Fantasy

*Giveaway*

May 15

Tiffany @ A Purrfect Read

*Giveaway*

May 16

Alison & Daphne @ Winged Reviews

*Giveaway*

May 17

Kayleigh @ K-Books

*Giveaway*

Guest Post by Renée on A Purrfect Read

May 18

Sonnie @ Lit Girl

*Giveaway*

Guest Post by Lindsey on Epic (Chocolate) Fantasy

May 19

Chris @ Reading is FUNdamental

Guest Post by Wendy on Winged Reviews

May 20

Jen @ At Random

*Giveaway*

Check this out!

Just a quick note – my friend Jen from At Random is doing a giveaway of some adorable monster bookmarks she made.

Aren't they cute? Don't you want some? You should definitely head over there and enter. And while you're at it, check out her posts! She has lots of great stuff!

Giveaway Winner!

The winner of the signed copy of City of Ashes from my 150 followers giveaway is...

Nicola! She has already responded to my email, so I'll be sending her the book soon. Thank you all so much for participating, and hopefully I'll be able to do another one sometime! I look forward to seeing lots of new faces around here!

150 Followers Giveaway!

Woohoo! Thanks to last week's Top Ten Tuesday, I hit 150 followers, which makes for a very happy Kate! This blog is basically like my baby (sometimes I enter a fugue state and just stare at it), and I really want to thank you all for making it possible! So I've decided to host my first giveaway.

I will be giving away a SIGNED copy of City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare. And yes, since this giveaway is a thank you to my followers, you do have to BE a follower to enter. BUT if you hate GFC you also have the option to follow by Networked Blogs.

The giveaway is open from February 1-15. The winner will be contacted and have 48 hours to respond. I am opening this to international followers, because I love you all equally and because it's a paperback book, so less shipping costs.

Let the games begin! And may the odds be ever in your favor!