YES that title totally merited an exclamation point. Because tags are exciting and sweet Izel tagged me (ages ago but that’s okay!) and I adore ALLLL of her questions. (Except the rules are I have to come up 11 facts about myself & I’m really terrible at making myself sound interesting sooooo. I may struggle with that? Let’s try it and see!)

1. I’m copying one of Izel’s facts so I don’t have to struggle with the first one: I HATE being late. I hate feeling rushed in general. I get antsy and annoyed — but I also hate being too early. (Because standing around awkwardly before no one else is there is embarrassing and bothersome and SOCIALIZING CAN STINK.)

2. I always have music playing when it’s quiet. Whether I’m home alone or in my room where it’s quiet, I have my favorites playlist on. (Which if you’re interested, can be found here.) I like country, pop, classical, jazz, old, new – I listen to it all. (But I love Taylor Swift – her older stuff – and Michael Buble!)

3. I feel guilty when I watch too much TV and neglect my books. GILMORE GIRLS RUINED ME for all of two months. (On that note, I just finished it & I’M MISSING MY GIRLS. But I started Once Upon a Time with my mom, so yay for a new distraction from reading!) 

4. I sniff books, but in a different way. I don’t just stick my nose in the middle of the open book! (I mean, you can’t even smell it that well. C’mon now.) I have a highly more accurate method: while holding the book open, I hold the thicker side up and riffle the pages near my nose. You get a breezy scent wafting to your nostrils and it is GLORIOUS. (one of my weird quirks. I’d do it in school sometimes in the hopes no one was looking….)

5. Best vacation ever: the Disney cruise my family and I went on last year. (And we’re going again this year, so the countdown is ON.)

6. Teenagers BOTHER me. I don’t know if it’s because I’m home-schooled so I don’t have to deal with them on a regular basis or because the ones I do interact with at co-op aren’t quite so… “boyfriend/girlfriend social media all things cool” obsessed or WHAT. but i don’t understand *most* of them. 

*most of them. some of them are cool, like you. and me.

7. I cry easily in books and movies. In fact, I cry probably once or twice a month simply because I’m an intuitive and sensitive person – whether for myself or someone else but A LOT OF TIMES FOR FICTIONAL PEOPLE. (The movie I cry over every time is The Lost Valentine, a Hallmark movie. Go watch it & have your heart ripped out, you’re missing out on a lot.)

8. I have two cats, a dog, three turtles, and four fish. We recently lost a frog – we used to have four, and before that two, and before that another two (frogs aren’t lucky in our house), and a snail. We’re hoping to get a Gary Jr. for our fish tank. (Get it? Gary? Spongebob’s snail has left a legacy so he gets a snail named after him.)

9. 99% of my closet is stripes or polka dots. If I’m not wearing one of those, I’m wearing a solid color. Seriously. It’s practically all I wear.

10. My first concert was a Taylor Swift concert. YOU CAN’T BEAT THAT.

11. The best Christmas gift I got was my own room. (My parents snuck that by me, seriously! They moved my dad’s office and everything, and I walked into an empty ex-office with a bed and all.) The video is cute but embarrassing. I still adore my room – between little knick-knacks, posters, and allll my books, it’s very me. 

Now for Izel’s questions!

Have you made any friends from blogging? HAVE I? So many. Brooke, Izel, Trisha, Amanda, Ana, Katie, Grace, Madi – I’m probably missing many more but you all mean a lot to me! The best friend I’ve made so far is Brooke, my pen pal, Facetime pal, text pal, email pal – she’s awesome, and I’m so grateful I met her through my blog. 🙂

Who are your favorite bloggers? Everyone linked and listed above! You can also check my friends page on the blog.

What type of book covers are you drawn to? Very simple ones: Red Queen is beautiful yet simplistic. Also ones with nice illustrations: Mandy and Waiting for Normal are two childhood favorites with adorable drawings of the main characters, which I’m usually not a fan of but it works for childhood books. And ones with girls in pretty dresses! The Heir and The Winner’s Curse are stunning!

What do you want to see more of in YA? I want more CROSSOVERS. I want a Cinderella in WWII, or a dystopian society in the past, or a fairy time traveler! I don’t want same-old, same-old plain genres. I want this and that, and everywhere in between!

Is there anything you want for your blog? (New design/plugin etc…) Oh, I definitely have my eye on a new theme I’ve got my eye on for FTB in April for its second birthday… everything is under wraps for now, but I’ve already shared some ideas with my dad and I’m so hyped to unveil what I’m got in my head because it’s been rattling around in there for months now.

Have you ever thought about having a co-blogger join you on your blog? I have. The thing is, I wouldn’t be against co-blogging with someone somewhere seperate. But For the Bookish is my outlet, and my home-away-from-home alone. I started it having no clue how much I would love blogging, and it’s become so much mine… I really can’t see sharing it with anybody! My dad helped my design it, I plan out every post, take the pictures, and put a lot of thought into everything I write. It’s a bit like my baby. 🙂

Favorite pass time besides reading/blogging? BESIDES reading and blogging?! However could there be such a thing?! To be perfectly honest, these are the only two things I NEVER have to force myself to do, sooo… they’re definitely the top two. I never want to stop. However, I do love to play piano, sew, and I’m constantly writing. Maybe you’ll hear me play/buy my skirts/read my books someday? 😉

How do you feel when you don’t blog? Crabby. Especially when I go too long. Really! It’s my passion and, like I said before, an outlet of sorts. Talking to you all and brainstorming ideas is ridiculously fun!

Where do you get your post inspiration from? I’ve got a busy busy brain. I couldn’t turn it off if I tried!! I do a lot of tags though. I also bounce ideas off of other bloggers’ posts sometimes too. I’ve also been a bookworm for as long as I can remember, and I rarely had someone in my life who could really relate to that (and read the same books I read) so I don’t often have a problem thinking of something to post about.

What’s your favorite social media and why? Pinterest! It’s a bit… scary how much I end up scrolling through that website! Also Goodreads, because it’s Bookworm Heaven. (You can follow me here on Pinterest and here on Goodreads.)

What are your top 5 favorite songs right now? In no particular order: Then She Appeared by XTC, Out of Place by Gavin Thorpe, The House That Built Me by Miranda Lambert, This Kiss by Faith Hill, and Something Out of Me by Nichole Nordeman.

I NOMINATE: Amanda | | Grace | | Hannah | | Lady Literature

(I can’t think of 11 bloggers, so four will have to do.) 🙂

RULES:

1. Thank and follow the blogger who nominated you.
2. Tell us eleven facts about yourself.
3. Answer the questions that were set for you to answer.
4. Nominate 11 bloggers & set 11 questions for them.

QUESTIONS:

1. What are your favorite movies when you’re not in the mood for a book?
2. Do you have any pets?
3. If you could go anywhere in the world, where and why?
4. Best compliment you ever received?
5. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
6. What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
7. What is your Meyers Briggs personality type?
8. Which book have you re-read the most?
9. What’s your favorite word?
10. Sour, sweet, or chocolate?

answer some of the questions for me! i hope everyone nominated can do the award; it’s a ton of fun! what are your top favorite songs right now? and who are your blogging besties??