LEAD ME NOT INTO TEMPTATION.

BOOKS, BOOKS, and yet more BOOKS, that's the only minus thing about blogging about books.

Yes, you know exactly what I'm talking about all of you who have ever ..........

Posted about the book(s) you have read/are reading/intend to read.

Posted about book(s) just published/yet to be published.

Posted about a Book Challenge.

Posted about the latest book to find its way into your mail box.

And/Or (perhaps worst of all) recommended a book.

People like Kelly who mentioned .....

which is being hosted by Beth Fish Reads ...... click HERE for more details and to sign up.

Running from between the 1st of January and the 31st of December, this years categories are ........

1.A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title: Black Hills, Purgatory Ridge, Emily of Deep Valley

2.A book with something you'd see in the sky in the title: Moon Called, Seeing Stars, Cloud Atlas


3.A book with a creepy crawly in the title: Little Bee, Spider Bones, The Witches of Worm

4.A book with a type of house in the title: The Glass Castle, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Ape House


5.A book with something you'd carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title: Sarah's Key, The Scarlet Letter, Devlin Diary

6.A book with a something you'd find on a calendar in the title: Day of the Jackal, Elegy for April, Freaky Friday, Year of Magical Thinking

which got me thinking, only thinking mind, I haven't signed up ..... yet, as to which books I might use given that I'm also going to follow KELLY'S EXAMPLE and only use books that are already on my shelves or are library books or are bought as gifts and so here are my initial thoughts .......

Topographical feature: Valley Of Bones by Michael Gruber.
Something you'd see in the sky: Thirteen Moons by Charlie Frazier.
Creepy crawly: ????????
Type of house: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.
Carried in your pocket/purse/backpack: Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
Calender: Dry Season by Dan Smith OR August Heat by Andrea Camilleri.

THE 1ST MEDIA MONDAY POST OF 2012........

........ Even though all of the stories are articles from the last week of 2011.

Hate your name? How about this ..........

WOMAN RENAMES  HERSELF PINK SPARKLY AND ALL THINGS NICE.  Beauty therapist Charlotte Price has changed her name to Pink Sparkly And All Things Nice in a bid to promote her business.

The Nottingham mother of three, who goes by the shortened version of her name, Pink Nice, is just one of 100,000 Brits who decided to change their name in 2011. - The Metro (26/12/2011)

Not a joke found inside a Christmas cracker I can assure you.

What do a tarantula in a glass case, a 6ft stuffed bear and a coffin have in common? Answer: They were amongst the items handed in at a recycling plant in Oxfordshire over the last year. - The Telegraph (27/12/2011)

And so from tarantulas to .....

Pigeons who are causing havoc at a pharmaceutical company's new headquarters after working out how to use the electronic revolving door. - The Telegraph (27/12/2011)

And onto .........

FACE OF JESUS SEEN IN A SOCK. A woman claims she can see the face of Jesus in the creases of a drying sock.

Sarah Crane, 38, said she was stunned when she saw a bearded man staring back at her from the laundry line.

They (Sarah and her boyfriend) even talked about creating a shrine to the sock but then the face was lost when they moved it. - The Metro (28/12/2011)

And now for my final article of 2011 (and another case of political correctness gone mad).

GREEN MAN TO BE REPLACED. The green man has been helping Britons cross the road for decades, but one council has now decided to offer a gender-neutral alternative.

Lincolnshire County Council is rolling out new signs at pelican crossings in Boston, and walkers are being asked to wait for the green figure before they cross.
The authority says the signs are helping to keep the streets as safe as possible, but critics have questioned whether the change has been motivated by political correctness. - The Telegraph (31/12/2011)

PS As always wherever possible I will endeavour to bring you the links to articles I have used in my Media Monday posts but this is not always possible.

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR .......

Remember

Life is short, break the rules,

Forgive quickly,

love truly,

laugh uncontrollably,

and

never regret anything that made you smile.

 
 

 

With my best wishes to each and every one of you,  thank you for all the love, the laughter and making me smile,