A Message To My Followers

Hello people! =D

I just wanted to thank each and everyone of you for following me. I am in shock that I have 89 followers so far and 2 days ago I only had 37. I also hear from my friends how hard it was for them to get 50 so this makes me very grateful that I got all of you to follow me in such a short amount of time.

I post up everything for you guys. For your entertainment and for mine so again I'm just happy you guys are actually following me.

I do, again, apologize for the lack of posting but like I have said before, my laptop charger broke and I'm getting the new one on the 23rd. So on the 23rd and 24th, expect a mass amount of posts. Okay, not a MASS but more than usual. Double the posts. Something along those lines.

I'll also do another contest post to remind you all of the rules and stuff. I've been thinking over on how many winners I should add per followers so right now there are 3 for sure. And I know that I said at 100 or 125 I'll add the 4th but that's not set in stone. There will be chances to add more winners but right now I do not know. I'll post about that on my laptop.

So again thank you and I'll see you all again on my laptop soon. =D

Finally!

I'm getting a new charger! This will be my 3rd one! grrr But I should be recieving it by the 23rd so next week until Friday. Now some things I won't be able to post up.

Like tomorrow's review. I do deeply apologize for that. It pains me also knowing that a new review won't be up! -cries- But I'll put two up next week. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. Or I'll put one up when I get my charger. Ah we'll see when I'll put it up. =D

I'm trying to gather the courage to save a picture on this computer to do my post. It's Thursday which means Author Spotlight which means Number 4 of my Top 5 Favorite Authors. I'll try but I can't promise anything.

Also! I got 80 followers!!!!! You guys do not know how excited and grateful I am that 80 people are following my blog! I just want to thank you all! It's crazy. I feel like I can walk down the red carpet.

I know, I know. some people have like 46545 followers but 80?! Come ON! That has GOT to be like 70 more followers than Perez Hilton! (Haha I made a funny). Yet sadly, it's true =P

But yea, at this rate I might have to change the number of winners again. Making it 125 instead of 100 and then 225 and on. I'd love to give a lot of winners people, but the money! I'm currently unemployed, my city is like a nojobzone but when I get a job I'll have money coming out of my pockets and I'll do a lot more giveaways and stuff. =D

So yea, let's see if I can do Thursday's post. See ya!

An Announcement

First off! Thank you to the 75 followers and the many people who have entered my contest! I feel really proud and special and would like to thank you all for making me happy!
Because there is 75 people, a 3rd winner has been added. I'm changing it up a bit and the 4th winner will be added at 100 followers!
So again thank you all for following me =D

Second, my laptop charger just died on me. This is the second one and the second time it does this. I might have to go kick ass to get a new one or something. Unfortunately I'm back on my computer so I might not be able to post the Author Spotlight today. If it doesn't work tomorrow either, I won't be able to put up my review seeing as the reviews are on my laptop.

I hate how things happen right when I have stuff to do. It just pisses me off.

But aside from that, again, thank you all for following me! You guys are awesome!

Book Of Your Choice Giveaway!!!

Hello! I am finally doing my first giveaway!!!!

I got the 40 followers I wanted so now I'm doing my first giveaway!

So here is what you have to do!

1. Fill out this Form
2. That's basically it.

Now are there rules? Yes, one. You HAVE to be a follower. If you're a follower before this post you're an old follower. If you joined AFTER this post, your a new follower.

The contest will be International so anyone can join!

Now you probably want to know what the prize is. Here's what it is;

ANY NOVEL THAT YOU WANT!

So you can finally get that book that you've always wanted for FREE! Hell yes!

Now here are some things about the winners.

• There will be 2 winners.
• A new winner will be added for every 25 followers I get.

Now the contest will go on until, July 28th. That way, if you want a book that's not out yet, I can pre-order it for you and you won't have to wait long for it.

I don't have an official image for this yet but I'll get one soon.

So here's what you have to do so far.

1. Fill out this Form
2. There will be 2 winners.
3. A new winner will be added for every 25 followers I get.
4. Contest will end July 28th
5. You can win any book.
6. I will also be able to pre-order novels.
7. The winner will be chosen by random.org
8. I will email the winners!

So that's basically it! Get to filling out that form. I'll post this up and make it better every week. =D

The links for the other blogs to follow to get more entries are here.

• Can't Find A Bookmark
• Fantasy4eva
• Loud Words and Sounds

Guess That Novel (3)

Starting off with last week's quote;

"Where's your family?"

"My parents took the twins to a birthday party in Port Angeles. I can't believe you're really going to help me with this. Ben's pretending he has tendonitis." She mad a face.

So the task was the guess that novel, which two people got it right and one actually giving out who said it.

Andrea from Loud Words & Sounds was the first to guess that the novel was Eclipse!

Yet SpunkiiReader took it a step further by guessing that the person who said it was Angela.

Both were correct and although SpunkiiReader doesn't have a blog she's still mentioned. But congratulations you two and good try to the others!

Now for this weeks let's do this! This one will be a bit easier, or so I hope. I'm trying to get one where everyone knows the answer so that I can see who answers first. And remember even if someone has answered and you know they're right, still answer. It's fun =D

Frizz cleared his throat. "This probably isn't the best time to worry about face ranks, Hiro."

"This isn't about face ranks, you bubblehead!"

"Technically speaking, I'm not a bubblehead, Frizz said calmly.

So like I said, this one should be a bit easy and all you have to do is leave a comment with the answer to which novel is this. We'll see who gets the right answer next week.

A New Challenge

So I usually like to see how many pages I have read in total once I finish a novel or two. And everyone is doing these reading challenges like read 50 novels or such. Well I want to do a read 30,000 pages. For now! Because if I reach it, I'll add up and make it 40,000 then 50,000. Well, you get the idea.

So far the number of pages I have read is..... HA! I won't tell you yet. Let's first list all the books I have read this year and the number of pages.

1. The Lovely Bones - 372 Pages
2. Incarceron - 442 Pages
3. The Hunger Games - 374 Pages
4. Catching Fire - 391 Pages
5. Bogus to Bubbly - 196 Pages
6. Wizard's First Rule - 836 Pages
7. Stone of Tears - 979 Pages
8. Blood of the Fold - 623 Pages
9. Temple of the Winds - 822 Pages
10. Soul of the Fire - 788 Pages
11. Faith of the Fallen - 785 Pages
12. The Pillars of Creation - 725 Pages
13. The Girl on the Dock - 132 Pages

Now, yea I only read 13 books this year so far! So what, you guys see numbers 6-12? Well yea! They're huge ass books. I mean yea there's like a gagillion pages. But the text is super small. I'm telling you! If the text was like Harry Potter or Twilight text, it would be double the pages. That's why I've only read 13 novels so far. They're part of The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind. I'm reading number seven and have four left and one to buy and another being released next year.

Anyway, hopefully when I finish them I'll get to other books and read much faster. But with those pages up top, I have currently read 12,500 Pages! Not bad, not bad. I'll update monthly and you can see the progress bar on the side. Note how there's another one there for writing. That's for my novel. I'll talk about that later on =D

Well yea, hopefully I'll reach my goal of 30,000 pages and then go on to 50,000!

So I'll see you all later today! xD

Tuesday's Novel Spotlight (2)

Welcome to this weeks edition of Tuesday's Novel Spotlight, I'm your host Michael Araujo and today we'll be talking about beauty, technology and the world of Uglies. -queue theme music-

Now most of you may already know about this novel and have already read the whole series. But for the select few, you just have to go out now and buy it.

Uglies is set in the future of the world where a chemical took over and killed off most of the humans from the face of this Earth. To help recuperate, officials began to create a system that would be the end of war and hatred and jealousy by making everyone equal. Thus at the age of 16, everyone goes through an operation that will make you the perfect person there is.

Now Tally Youngblood is finally turning 16. Her best friend is already a Pretty and she can not wait until she's with him. Until she meets a girl by the name of Shay who wants nothing but to remain ugly. And damn that Shay, because of her , Tally is contacted by those officials who say that if she can't get Shay to get the surgery, neither can Tally.

The book is full of twists and turns that lead to more twists and turns and a couple of cliffhangers.

I first read this novel in Highschool. I would have to say probably my freshman year. I'm not too sure now. All I remember is that I went to Barnes and Noble, found the books and bought them. I devoured the books in a week or so and was instantly in love with them. Oh and Extras was already out. I could see what year but I'm kind of lazy right now. =D

Now there is some speculation about the movie. The movie is supposed to come out but no official cast news or script news or any type of news is out yet. All we know is that it has been bought to become a movie. And I will be one of the first in line to watch it.

Anyway, the world of Uglies is just amazing. The whole operation thing is, to me a good idea to a certain extent. The characters are all fresh and three dimensional. The writing is new, it's young, it's today. New words are introduced that just roll off the tip of your tongue. Words that stick to your head and before you know it, you're calling things Bogus and Bubbly.

Scott Westerfeld certainly knows how to write. And I'm hoping that his talents are equal to his other novels which I have to write.

If you'd like to know more about Uglies just keep reading for the synopsis.

Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license - for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really good time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.

But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk her life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world - and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

(Synopsis was taken from Barnesandnoble.com)

Now I'm kind of pro-operation. I mean it would be nice for everyone to get turned into a superhuman with the beauty of an Abercrombie & Fitch model. (Veronica is pretty jealous that I already have that =P ) -shows spray on abs-

I mean let's not turn out like Heidi Montag. She's just.... eek.

But it's free, it's safe, at least in their world, and it makes it so that no one can make fun of each other. I'd say that's a pretty epic deal.

So have you read the novel? Your thoughts. Will you see the movie when it is finally released?

Well until next time folks! Remember, I'm Michael Araujo! See ya!

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