Hello!

I perused the blog this cold winter's night, and saw Amber's post from October. I slap myself in the face for neglecting you all for so long! My sincere apologies, and I hope that you all forgive me.

For my returning post, I have chosen quote, taken from the foreword of the book that I am reading for school right now, Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl. The foreword is by the author and I found a quote within that I believe is inspirational enough for our blog.

"Pearls rarely turn up in oysters served to you on a plate; you have to dive for them."

- Thor Heyerdahl, Kon-Tiki

Greetings Again!

After a long and uncalled-for hiatus, I, Amber Shipp am once again in the world of the Internet to speak to you about the beauty of books, and words, and quotes and such!

Today I have for you a wonderful word.

OVERMORROW
Noun
The day after or over Tomorrow.

Isn't that amazing?  It's a word that I needed all my life yet knew not that I did.
Anyway, please return to your lives, and have fun doing that. And use this word. Yes.


~ Amber Shipp

Just A Little Note...

So, it's been two weeks, and Amber comes back into the Land of Internet today. Before she comes back, I just want to make a little note.

I was scrolling down through former posts until I found our biographies (Our very first posts). I was startled to realize that Amber presented you with her favorite genres, but I (neglectful waif!!) did not. I am here now to remedy that omission.

I READ MYSTERY

There. I'm done now. Carry on.

AJ

Annabelle Says.....Again!! 6/15

Okay, so I've already posted a quote for this month. But I have two very good reasons to post again.

1) I just found another amazing quote.

2) Amber will be gone for two weeks. Therefore, I am "filling in" for her. In the broadest possible sense.

Okay, here it is. The quote you've been waiting for!


"We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important."

                                       - Eric Carle


Yeah. THAT Eric Carle. Beautiful quote.




Annabelle J.

Annabelle Says 6/15

Hello all,

Before I present you with my quote for this month, I would like to make a small note.

Friends in cyberspace, we appreciate your patronage to our blog. However, we need to know your thoughts as well, so that we can make our blog better. Also, this blog was created for us to share books that are little known with other people, and we would love to know if you read it, and how you like it. There's more than one way to read a book, you know, and if you read it differently than we did, we want to know! So please, comment, comment, comment. Even though I am asking you to please comment, I must also ask that you keep you comments clean and blog-related, for your safety and the safety of others. Thank you.

And out of that slightly more solemn note, here is my quote for this month!!

"My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid."

                       -Joan Bauer, Rules of the Road


Ah, one of my favorites,


Love,


AJ

The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall

 Okay, this book is amazing. Absolutely awesome. If you like The Lord of The Rings or the Chronicles of Narnia, this is definitely the book for you.

The Minnipins have lived in the Land Between the Mountains for eight hundred and eighty years, ever since the hero Gammage led them through a passage that has long since filled in.

But the old legends have become simply wisps of memory, and the Minnipins have forgotten their ancient heritage. Four hundred years after Gaammage led the Minnipins to their home, Fooley the Magnificent went on his famous balloon ride to the Land beyond the Mountains, and brought back amazing things. Four hundred MORE years later, Fooley's descendants have become the Periods, an elite group of people who control the village of Slipper-On-The Water.


Slipper-On-The-Water is the best, the most uniform and the prettiest of all the twelve villages in the Land Between the Mountains. Everybody says so. Except for Them. They are Walter the Earl, Curley Green, Gummy the Poet, and Muggles. In the course of events, these four, plus the village money keeper, Mingy, are outlawed from the village and go to live near one of the mountains (Frostbite or Snowdrift, I can't remember which). But they soon discover that the Hairless Ones, who played the Minnipins in the time of Gammage, have returned.

And They are the only ones who can stop them.

I suggest this book for all ages, and grownups, too. It's a great family read, and has no real violence and absolutely no language.


5 BIG HUGE STARS!!!!!

Enjoy,


AJ

Annabelle Says - 5/15

I love this next quote. I think that it really applies to Christianity and God driving the devil away from his children.


“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”


                - Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches






Love it! And I know that Amber and GiGi will probably have a compelling comment or two, so I direct your attention to the comments box. If there is empty space there, please don't hesitate to write your own compelling comment.


Love, 

AJ