Ally Chat

Okay, so this evening, Ally Carter (one of my favorite authors!) had her first ever ALLY CHAT! I was lucky enough to attend and talk to her and Alan Gratz, though it was briefly. Unfortunately, I'd made plans with friends and couldn't stay the whole time, but my friends and I had fun :)

Point is, Alan Gratz wrote an amazing book (so I'm told) entitled "Something Rotten" which I looked in 2 different bookstores for, but to no avail. So, Alan told us during the chat to try Books-a-Million because they've been so helpful in promoting his book. I did, and they had ONE copy. Of course I bought it, so now they probably have to replace the copy that was on the shelf, but hey, that's their job. Anyway, Alan and Ally are hosting another Ally Chat on Dec. 30th, which I hope to be at, to discuss "Something Rotten". I bet you can tell what's coming next... *waits for answer*... you're right! I'm going to review the book right here! I'm excited because it's my first review (though I will be reviewing Ally's GG books as well as the "Twilight" series soon) and I get to talk to the author afterwards and get his input on what's really going down. So stay tuned for that!

In other news, my mother and I are putting together her retail catalog again. Another holiday spent PNGing pictures on a computer all day long... joy...

Top 5 Christmas Gifts

I felt compelled to create the top 5 Christmas gift list. I'm not really sure why, but here it goes anyway!

5. Trip to NYC - This was really for my sister's 13th birthday, but it also counted as my Christmas present in 1998 because we went in December. Anyway, I've been back since then, but it was fun because I was young and we saw all the fun shows like "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Lion King".

4. Cruise - I don't know how long ago this was, but my mom gave me and my sister a Playschool boat and told us it represented something else. I guessed we were going on a cruise (*ding ding!*) so we went to Mexico and Jamaica over the course of a week.

3. SLR Canon Rebel - I got this camera from Santa last year. I use it for my photography class, specifically, but it's one of the most amazing camera's ever. Sadly, it's a film camera so it isn't instant gratification, but it makes me feel professional :)

2. MacBook - okay, two years ago I got my MacBook from my mom for Christmas, and it's amazing! I don't think I could go anywhere without it. I bought a purple incase cover for it, so it's now a purple MacBook... how often do you see those?!

1. Trip to Ireland - Okay, it wasn't the whole trip, but it was the money to help me pay for half of it. Last January I went to Ireland with my school and it cost nearly $4,000 just to go for 2 weeks. It was a literary trip that was totally worth it!

The "Welcome" Post

This is the oh-so-unoriginal "Welcome" message.

Welcome to my blog, Bella Blogger!

There are a ton of things I hope to do with this blog: comment on books, television and movies, make spontaneous lists of nothing, post links to things or people I think rock, write my memoirs, and keep you avid readers (which are few at the moment) on your toes about what's coming up in my career.

I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I'm going to enjoy putting it all into words!

- Bella