Waiting on Wednesday (#1)

First of all, Happy 4th of July to all my American Followers!! 


Secondly, I keep forgetting to post this, but I have received the nice honor of being awarded yet another Liebster Award from Shelby Swing over at the amazing blog: Gobs and Gobs of Books (What an original name!) I already participated in the Liebster Award awhile ago, but it is still an honor  receiving it for the second time!


Anyways...

I will now be participating in Waiting on Wednesday, a Book Hop  hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.


This week's pick is: 

Reached

"Cassia faces the ultimate choices in the long-anticipated conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Matched Trilogy

After leaving Society and desperately searching for the Rising—and each other—Cassia and Ky have found what they were looking for, but at the cost of losing each other yet again: Cassia has been assigned to work for the Rising from within Society, while Ky has been stationed outside its borders. But nothing is as predicted, and all too soon the veil lifts and things shift once again.

In this gripping conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Matched Trilogy, Cassia will reconcile the difficulties of challenging a life too confining, seeking a freedom she never dreamed possible, and honoring a love she cannot live without."

Release Date: November 13, 2012

Liebster Award

This morning I received a comment notifying me that I have won an award! My blog's first award! The Liebster Award, given to me by Kit Katz at Kitty Korner Library. Thank you Kitty! That was so kind of you! 

The Liebster Blog Award is given to upcoming bloggers who have less than 200 followers and Liebster is a German word which means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing and welcome. 

If you were notified by me, saying that you were given a Liebster Blog Award, here is what you must do to participate: 

1. Each person must post 11 facts about themselves.
2. Answer 11 questions the tagger has given you and ask 11 questions for the people you tag.
3. Tag 11 more bloggers!
4. Tell them you tagged them.
5. No tag backs!!!

         11 Facts about me: 

1. I love the color purple.
2. I would love to be a published author one day.
3. I may no longer be a teenager, but I still love reading books about teenagers. I love YA!
4. I love raspberries and blueberries. 
5. I went to Chicago last summer and loved it! When I found out that Divergent takes place in Chicago, it made me love it even more!
6. I'm not a big fan of Twilight, but I absolutely love Stephenie Meyer's The Host!
7. I have loved Harry Potter for more than ten years!
8. The Hunger Games is far behind Harry Potter--I've been a fan for an entire year.
9. I have huge crushes on fictional characters.
10. I never took German, but I took 2 years of French in high school, & a year and a half in college.
11. I took a creative writing class this past quarter of college & enjoyed it a lot.

11 Bloggers I'm Tagging:

1. Cullens to Classics 

2. Rally The Readers

3. Raiding Bookshelves

4.  My Writing Journey 

5. Crow River Writer

6. BookSmartie

7. Pretty Little Book-Head

8. Tumbling in Books

9. Ginger-read Reviews

10. Quixotically Uncharted

11. Ramblings Of A Book-A-Holic 

Questions to answer:

1. Why did you start blogging?
2. What's your favorite element in a book?
3. How did you come up with your blog name?
4. What are your hopes for your blog?
5. What's your favorite book?
6. How many books are in your to-read pile?
7. How many books do you read a year?
8. When did you start blogging?
9. Do you review every book you read?
10. How do you pick a book?
11. What would you like to tell your followers? They will probably be reading this...

Answers to Kitty's Questions:

1. I wanted to start blogging to express my opinions on books. I thought it would be a lot of fun, and I enjoy it a lot. I'm definitely glad that I did start a blog.

2. Romance is definitely my favorite element of a book. To me, a book will be boring and dull, without romance.

3. Good question! I was trying to come up with an original name for my blog, and I knew of a website for one of favorite actresses called iheartwatson, & wanted to stick with something like that so I chose Emily Hearts Books. 

4. I honestly hope to get a larger following. I hope to one day, far off in the future, use my blog as a way to promote my novel. But for now, I just would like more of a following. It would be very cool if I got an ARC from a book publisher for free!

5. I have many different favorite books! I love Harry Potter, The Hunger Games,  Divergent, Delirium, and The Host. Those are my favorites right now.

6. A few. Currently, I'm reading Elsewhere, but I also have Wither & Shatter Me in my "To Read Pile".

7. I hope to read 35 this year. That's my goal. I actually posted about that recently in a Monday Musing.

8. I started blogging March of this year. I created it March 4th, but my first post wasn't until March 5th.

9. No, I haven't reviewed every book I have read since March, but almost all of them. 

10. There are so many different factors that go into selecting a book. It really all depends. If you ask me "why did you read ABC?" I can tell you, but I don't know if there is a specific way on how I select a book.

11. I want to thank my followers for following me. It really means a lot to me. I appreciate it so much.