John Barrowman and Hollow Earth Giveaway!

Yesterday, I recapped meeting the awesome, nerdtastic, fabulous John Barrowman and his equally awesome sister, Carole Barrowman. John Barrowman is mostly known for his acting work, but he and his sister have worked together to create the Hollow Earth series, a middle grade adventure series that focuses on twins, Em and Matt, who have super powers that involve their imagination and drawing skills.

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Meeting John and Carole Barrowman!

While I was moping and generally feeling sorry for myself last week for missing out on Comic Con, and the chances to meet some of my favorite celebrities and see new trailers for movies like Divergent and all that, I was pretty much doing anything and everything possible to keep myself busy and happy.

Luckily enough, and a huge reason why I was NOT at Comic Con this year, my best friend got married to her boyfriend of 7 years, and myself and my boyfriend were part of the wedding party. I spent Thursday preparing and Friday at a seriously awesome wedding. I had an amazing good time, and I even caught the bouquet, much to my boyfriend’s dismay. It was a great weekend.

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Tuesday Top Ten-Favorite Romantic/Sexy Scenes!

Apparently I am in a super romantic mode right now because I am continuing the romantic Tuesday Top Tens. I got the idea for this one from my dear author friend, Erin Albert, who read last week’s top ten and suggested something very similar to this one that I am doing right now.

I liked the idea because there are so many movies and books, TV shows, etc, where you wait and wait and wait for that moment, the moment that we’ve been building up to for way too long and when it finally happens, you want to squeal with happiness. Or there are those scenes that surprise you out of no where and you’re suddenly blushing. I love it. I love that a book or movie can make you feel that way and so I’m counting down some of my absolute favorite moments.

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