DI Book Fun

Quick laugh! I was at DI on saturday and this is what I found in the book section...

Notice the ones on the sides as well.

Then in a different section....



Yup. It doesn't surprise me that this is the most popular book in DI :P

-Anna Lynn

New Writing Books!

Life is great when you have Barnes and Noble gift cards :)

I just got these 3 books for free, and can't wait to read them! I've already started 2 of them and they are really good.

1. Wonderbook, by Jeff Vandermeer
This book so far is very light hearted and fantastical. It feels like it was written like a 5 year old (but in a good way). It talks a lot about creativity and imagination. What they really are and where they really come from. It also has a lot of fun pictures and is very fun to read. 

2. Make a Scene, by Jordan E. Rosenfeld
I haven't started this one yet. 

3.  Writer's Guide to Character Traits, by Linda N. Edelstein
This is like a dictionary of Phycology for writers. It has chapters about personality types, childhood development, phycological disorders, and my favorite criminal types. 

Can't offically recomend these books because I don't know if they are going to have anything bad in them but so far I'm really enjoying them.

-Anna Lynn

Book Recommendation: Character and Viewpoint

Book recommendation:
Character and Viewpoint, by Orson Scott Card

This is just one book of a series of helpful and enjoyable fiction writing books called, The Elements of Fiction Writing. Some of the other books include; Plot, Conflict and Suspense, Beginnings Middles and Ends. 

Each book is written by a different author, which is nice because you know this advise is coming from a reliable source. On the down side though not all the authors are very clean in their writing. The only real problem is that some of their writing examples aren't the best.

But they really are helpful books to have and I have visited them time and time again. I strongly suggest you check it out if you are interested in fiction writing.



-Anna Lynn

Home Away From Homes

Do you have those places that just feel like an extension of home? I'm an introvert, that means I need to recharge and being at home is the best place for that. But some specific places can also recharge me, and those places are my most happiest places on earth. 1. Book stores, 2. The Shakespeare Festival. 

I don't know about you but whenever I step into a book store I feel like time disappears and I could brows the shelves forever without any consequences. 

Twice a year we go as a family down to the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City. Whenever I even think about it it makes me happy! It is a vacation that involves my passion for theater, and the whole atmosphere is just so saturated with it. Truly my home away from homes. 

What are you're home away from homes? What places re-charge you? 

-Anna Lynn

Slytherin Pride!

I'm a Slytherin. Shocker!! (or maybe not)
I seriously don't have a big "One house better than the other" attitude, my attitude is more like they are all great, and fit different people for different reasons. I feel like I fit with the definition of the majority of the Slytherin house. So here are some Slytherin pride quotes... because why not?



Comment with your house and a reason you feel you belong to it...
and if I have any fellow Slytherin out there that would be great to know ;)

-Anna Lynn

Books are Cruel!

I have been in morning all day. I finished the third (and last published) Lockwood and Co. book last night and now I don't know what to do. Fan art is not enough to last me until september! Reading is cruel torture.



Comment the book/tv/game/anything that has given you the biggest hangover...


Oh oh EXTRA for the people out there who actually know Lockwood and Co.
I'd heard this song before but hadn't really paid attention to it. But I listened to it right after finishing and it fits so well with the book characters. I love it! Stand By You

-Anna Lynn

Library mess up!

Sometimes you have to make decisions based on the higher propriety. Like last night I had two options post on my blog or finish a book (The book won). But tonight its the blogs turn.

So like I said I finished my book last night and immediately needed the next one. Thankfully the library had one copy left! So this morning very first thing my sister (she finished her book as well) and I were off to the library. We were the first ones in when it opened. We got there at exactly 9:59. (And I'm pretty sure the librarians thought we were crazy.)

We swiftly located our books and were ready to check out. I swiped my card and the lady at the checkout desk tells me that I have an over due books with a late fee of 15 dollars! She won't let us check out the books until we bring it back. So we walk home without the books and grab the over due book. 

All this time we were under time pressure because we were going to the Provo City Center Temple open house at 11. So we change and our grandpa (who is visiting from California) generously drives us back up to the library. I give her the over due book and then she asks for my library card. I FORGOT MY WALET AT HOME!! 

Soooo we go back home and get my wallet and drive back to the library (its 10:57 by the time we get there again). We finally get our books for the ride down to provo. Well at least I had my book... We went in separate cars and I took my sisters book with me as well. HEHE. 

It was a pretty mixed up morning! But the rest of the day was great. We waited in line for what seemed like hours (it was really just an hour) to get into the temple, but it was worth it.  So beautiful! 

-Anna Lynn

Book Recommendation: Lockwood & Co.

Book recommendation! Lockwood & Co. The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud

This book was recommended to me by a friend and I really enjoyed it. Its about quirky child british detective ghost hunters. It may sound strange but its actually really fun, I think the british part is what first hooked me ;) I finished it this afternoon and immediately wanted to run to the library for the next (which is weird because I never want to leave the house). So if this sounds like something you would like, or even if it doesn't, I strongly suggest checking it out.



-Anna Lynn

Voldemort is Hitler

Last year I finally finished the Harry Potter series! While reading the books I kept finding comparisons between Voldemort and Hitler. YUP. Here are some of my thoughts...



a Specific group of people are targeted by hypocritical bad guy
- Muggles and Mudbloods targeted by Voldemort (who is a mudblood).
- Jews targeted by Hitler (who had jewish ancestry)

Both... 
- Took over the government.
- has a loyal group of followers who shared their vision for the "Ideal world."

group had well known and feared name for said followers. “Death Eaters” or "Nazis"

Groups also had people who only followed because of fear.

Their justification for doing what they did was because of "superiority"


So ya, now you know the truth. Voldemort is Hitler. I'll let you decide what you do with this information.

-Anna Lynn

Les Miserables + Cats

Somehow Chloe and I got off on the topic of Les Miserables done with cats... it would be awesome. Anyway there's so much people into cat fan art out there that I was really surprised when we looked it up for Les Mis and there was almost nothing. So... even though I am in no way an artist, I just thought I would have to do my own... 

This is "Meowius" and "Epawnine"

-Anna Lynn

Book Recommendations

Book Recommendations! Because who doesn't need a few more books on their reading list? ;)

1. My Not-So Fairytale Life, by Julie Wright

I bought this book my first year going to the teen writers conference because the author was just so fun and helpful (She is still my favorite author on the panel). Its probably my most warn out book because i've read it a bunch of times and my sisters have also borrowed it. Its a mormon romance book. So if you aren't into that kind of thing just don't try. But if you are its a fantastic very inspirational story that you won't regret reading.

2. Enders Game, by Orson Scott Card

This book made me fall in love with reading again. The Characters are great (Ender is my brother, and i'm naming my daughter Valentine), the story is deep, the writing itself is amazing. Trust me, just read it! oh and NEVER watch the movie! The movie butchers it (only movie version of a book i've actually screamed at). Once you've finished Enders Game go read Enders Shadow because it is also awesome.

3. Warriors, Erin Hunter

Ok this one is for the younger ones, but it was my favorite as a younger one. It can be summed up in four words... EPIC. CAT. WARRIOR. ADVENTURES! oh yah. I love this series.

4. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis

This series is so amazing. Its so simple and wonderful. I love all the symbolism in this book series. It really helped me spiritually too. Its a beautiful series, my current favorite.

-Anna Lynn