Addicted to Netflix AND Featured Blogger? Feature and Follow Friday (8)

What is your favorite tv series that you can watch over and over again on Netflix?

Feature and Follow Friday is a weekly blog hop hosted by the two lovely lades Alison @ Alison Can Read and Rachel @ Parajunkee. The goal is to have to participants gain more followers and friends by "hopping" around to different blogs and following them, in turn they would follow you back. Every week, two featured bloggers are chosen, and this week, I am featured on Alison Can Read! *throws confetti*

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When did you start blogging?

I started blogging a little less than eight months ago on December 8, 2013. When I found out that I could ramble about what I love most to random people on the internet and interact with just as crazy (or more in some cases) fangirls, I immediately jumped on the chance and posted a review (which wasn't very good). 

What is your favorite part of book blogging?

I literally love every moment of book blogging, but my favorite part is when people comment or tweet me about a post. It proves that I'm not just sending random pixels out into cyberspace, and that people are actually reading what I spent time rambling writing. Through seemingly insignificant interaction, I have gained some amazing friends and fellow fangirls who actually understand my obsession with books.  

What type of books do you mainly blog about?

Ninety-five percent of the time, I blog about Young Adult books mostly because those are the books I enjoy reading, and therefore want to tell people about. My two favorite sub-genres are science fiction/dystopian and what could be considered "depressing" contemporary fiction.

What is your favorite book(s)?

I'm lucky this question has the parenthesis because I would have listed more than one anyways. My favorites are The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins, The Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu (you know I had to include it), The Ascendence Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen, and nearly anything written by Laurie Halse Anderson, David Levithan, Andrew Smith, and Ellen Hopkins.

What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?

In order not to repeat myself (otherwise this question would just be a rephrasing of #2), I will say the chance to discover all of these new and old books and authors I would never have even heard about otherwise. I also adore the opportunity to go to book signings and see these amazing creators of some of my favorite characters and worlds in person. 

A few times a year, my mom and I will find a television show on Netflix, and then proceed to rapidly binge watch. I think our record has been five episodes in one sitting, and we can finish a whole season in less than two weeks. I know in terms of binge-watching that isn't too much to brag about. I've heard about people who binge watch an ENTIRE season in one day, and that is just mind-blowing. But the question isn't about how fast we can binge-watch, the question is about our favorites. 

Merlin was one of the very first shows in our binge-watching careers, and we sped through the first four season in around 3 months. Then, we bit our nails in anticipation until Season 5 was uploaded onto Netflix. So obviously, I re-watched a lot of my favorite episodes from season 1-4 while waiting for the fifth season.

White Collar HAS to be my favorite Netflix show of all time. Neal Caffrey is a vision of swoons, and the premise -art thief/forger must help FBI in order to serve his time- of the show is perfect. It is also perfect for re-watching episodes because while there is an underlying story throughout the series, each episode is its own crime. 

Now I can't list Netflix shows without listing Sherlock as one of them. Even though I was pretty late to jump on the bandwagon, I finally saw the show and was hooked. The only problem is that the "Seasons" are extremely short. You know what that means.... more re-watching! I simply adore the dynamics between John and Sherlock, and the way their peculiar relationship works.

What are some of your favorite Netflix shows you can watch over and over again? I'm always on the lookout for more shows to watch so I can continue being an introverted fangirl. Tell me in the comments below or link to your own post. I would love to hear from you and don't forget to follow :)

Funny YouTube Videos X) : Feature and Follow Friday ()

What are some funny YouTube Videos?

Feature and Follow Friday -hosted by Alison @ Alison Can Read and Rachel @ Parajunkee- is a blog hop that's goal is to have to participants gain more followers and friends. So if I were to follow you, and leave a comment telling you that, it would be considered polite to follow me back and comment as well.

Recently, I have been binge-watching a TON of BookTubers, and let me tell you - there are some insanely hilarious ones out there. My favorite of all time has to be Christine Riccio, one of the most popular BookTubers. Her Book Lover TomFoolery playlist cracks me up and I have watched some of those videos 5-6 times.

How to Read in the Shower: I honestly don't know if Christine was joking on this one or not, but it is an amusing video just the same.

Book Scoffers: Just watch it and the laughs will unfold

Pronunciation Problems: This is so darn accurate and I don't think you should hate on her (I'm not saying anyone did) because there are some very real pronunciation issues when one is just reading text and not hearing it. The Carsile thing and Hermione is 100% understandable.

The Mourning Period: You would think this is video is unrealistic, but for a booklover.... it's not. This video paints an accurate representation of a book hangover.

eBooks VS Real Books: This is actually semi-informational, but Christine's personality just makes everything into this huge bucket of sunshine and giggles.

Literal Book Titles: I love some of her literal book titles, especially for Goodnight Moon, Percy Jackson, and Unravel Me because they sound so stupid, but make perfect sense to anyone who has read the books.

What are some videos that you think are funny? Tell me in the comments or link up to your own post, I would love to hear from you, and don't forget to follow! :)

I have actually met Marie Lu!: Feature and Follow Friday (5)

Have you met your favorite author and have a picture? 

Feature and Follow Friday -hosted by Alison @ Alison Can Read and Rachel @ Parajunkee- is a blog hop that's goal is to have to participants gain more followers and friends. So if I were to follow you, and leave a comment telling you that, it would be considered polite to follow me back and comment as well. 

Some of you that have been following Loving the Language of Literacy since the very beginning will know that I did an entire recap post where I transcribed 25 minutes of video footage. I don't like complaining, but that post was probably the one I have labored on more than any other. Back to the topic of this Feature and Follow Friday, my current favorite author (because as book bloggers, we all know there are numerous of favorite authors) is Marie Lu, author of the New York Times Bestselling Legend Trilogy. I have had the great luck to actually meet her twice at the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in Redondo Beach for her Champion Tour, as well as Meagen Spooner and Amie Kaufmans Fight for the Future tour. She was so nice, and kind, and even put up with some very oddly worded questions from yours truly. 

To learn more about the signing itself, visit "Meet Marvelous Marie Lu". 

Find out about "Pantsers vs. Plotters", interrupting Marie Lu, a new series with the Black Death leading to magical powers, the history of paper clips, and Day being named after Daniel Radcliffe. 

I prefer not to put my beautiful face out on display for privacy reasons, but this is what we're going to call....a profile shot. 

What about you? Have you met any of your favorite authors and have pictures to share? Or is there an author you would commit murder to meet? Tell me in the comments or link up to your own post, I would love to hear from you, and don't forget to follow! :)

Spring Break Destinations: Feature and Follow Friday (4)

Spring Break. Where would be your favorite destination spot if you could join the Spring Break festivities?

Feature and Follow Friday -hosted by Alison @ Alison Can Read and Rachel @ Parajunkee- is a blog hop that's goal is to have to participants gain more followers and friends. So if I were to follow you, and leave a comment telling you that, it would be considered polite to follow me back and comment as well. 

Well, I have already been there done that for Spring Break so I will tell you where I went and why I would like to go again. Last month (my spring break), I went to Portland Oregon for the first time, and oh my gosh, I NEED to go back next year. The first reason is the reason I was there, my lovely cousin lives in Portland, so my mom and I thought it would be great to visit her. The second reason is one word -POWELLS! I did an entire Stacking the Shelves made up of just books I had gotten while I was at Powells. If you don't know, Powells is the largest independent bookstore in the United States and is freaking incredible because it's a whole city block, and has some really good deals for the book lover I am. Portland Oregon is just the best place because of the diversity of the area. In 15 minutes, you can go from the city section which had the feel of NYC without the crazy crowds and taxis, all the way to the forest and the greenery that the Northwest part of the United States is famous for. Amazingly enough, I also loved the weather in Portland. Everyone always says that it's too wet, too cold, too grey, but I discovered during my time there that I actually love it. A lesser known fact about myself is that I am a runner, but I have an odd aversion to sun (which I get a lot of living in SoCal) on my skin, so it would be perfect for me to move to Portland. Long story short, last month was one of my best Spring Breaks ever and I would love to go back for my next vacation.

Where would you like to vacation for Spring Break? Tell me in the comments or link up to your own post, I would love to hear from you, and don't forget to follow! :)

April Fools: Feature and Follow Friday (3)

Feature and Follow Friday -hosted by Alison @ Alison Can Read and Rachel @ Parajunkee- is a blog hop that's goal is to have to participants gain more followers and friends. So if I were to follow you, and leave a comment telling you that, it would be considered polite to follow me back and comment as well. 

Here's the thing about me: I don't do pranks. I'm not saying I don't have a sense of humor, or can't laugh. Quite on the contrary, I have finally started using sarcasm, a skill that should have been mastered the moment I became a teenager. I just don't play pranks on people, in fact my entire April Fool's Day was extremely uneventful. But someone did play a prank....on me.

"There I was, wandering through life....okay, maybe hanging out waiting for lunch to be over so I could go to my last period and be done with school for the day. Anyway, my friend and I had been waiting for a long time to get our acceptance, or rejection letters to a STEM science camp we had both applied for. Only one out of several girls were going to be accepted. So Esther -that's my friend's name-took my aside and told me, in her own modest-yet-not-so-subtle way, that she had been accepted. I have to admit. I fell for it, although if anyone asks @OICHOWITIS is twitter, I knew she was pullinh my leg :)" 

And that was the April Fools prank played on me. Tell me yours or leave me a link to your own April Fool's prank below and have a wonderful Friday, or Thursday, or whatever day you're reading this post.

Feature and Follow Friday (2)

Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The purpose is to meet new people and gain more followers in the book blogging community. 
If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers. But you have to know, the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I will follow you if you follow me :)

I went to Portland this month and took a hike to this waterfall, it was the most gorgeous, lush, and WET location I have ever been to. Fun Fact: This area was where Twilight was filmed.