tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25913889549848517862023-11-16T07:24:53.324-06:00Dana Does Readwhy yes, why yes I do. :DDana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-41194630112822706652014-02-03T12:44:00.003-06:002014-02-03T12:44:34.917-06:00Guest Post and Excerpt fro the epic Spellbound Series!
The Spellbound Series
By author, Sherry
Soule
Okay,
today’s entertaining guest post has been provided by bestselling author, Sherry
Soule! She is sharing the first chapter from part one of the gripping,
Spellbound series, which has been recently revamped with more epic romance,
sizzling character chemistry, and thrilling new scenes. To help promote the new
editions, she is doing this fun Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-19069746891277911592013-02-27T11:10:00.001-06:002013-02-27T11:10:14.855-06:00Hi, I'm Dana.We all go through phases of our lives, whether we dye our hair different colors or serial date all the wrong boys. For me, my phases are a little different. I become extremely passionate about different things. From, reading, to blogging, to movie watching, to room decorating, thrift store shopping, to DIYing, to knitting, to sewing to youtubing, to spending Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-51611721450951829552013-01-05T00:40:00.001-06:002013-01-05T00:40:00.717-06:00New years resolutions...Mine this year are pretty simple. Along with all the health and fitness goals that I usually never keep I have some bookishnerd ones thrown in there as well.
1. Read 1 classic novel per month. Not only will I look and feel smarter but I may finally understand when people allude to them.
2. Write 1 short story per week. A bit more difficult but certainly necessary. I really need to write more.
3.Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-79402704052677390772012-12-21T00:43:00.000-06:002012-12-21T00:43:01.561-06:00It's been too longSeriously way too long.
I have excuses you know, nothing you care about I'm sure, but all the same.
plus i read like 2 books per month now.
It was actually Bella Forest who reminded me, asking me to review an ebook of hers called A shade of vampire. Sounds interesting, but im not quite sure i even have time to read my own books, or you know, do homework.
I started a new blog, for personal Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-68547732396389632032012-08-16T18:57:00.000-05:002012-08-16T18:57:00.496-05:00perks of a wallflower movie trailer
one of my favorite books, and you can tell the movie will live up to the book! the actors are exactly as i imagined and the movie looks amazing! Click here for my Wallflower review
danaDana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-54165964991118074252012-08-09T16:39:00.000-05:002012-08-09T16:39:00.815-05:0050 shades of gray???Despite the fact that i went to flordia a few weeks ago and counted over 12 women reading it on the beach, Im still quite not sure why loads of women are reading "mommy porn" in public... but the silver lining is dozens of hilarious videos. (remember some content is pg-13)
Like Ellen trying to do the audio book version....
an SNL version...
and my Faveroite, 50 shades the musical!!
Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-51239909617140355282012-08-02T16:12:00.000-05:002012-08-02T16:12:00.533-05:00The Lizzie Bennet DiariesSo its Thursday and almost the end of summer :(
Any ways i was trying to figure out what video to put up this week, and realised that i haven't shown you guys these yet. If you haven't yet discovered the Lizzie Bennett Diaries on YouTube you must! its a vlog type interpretation of the novel Pride and Prejudice with actors who play the characters Lizzie, Jane, Charlotte and Lydia. Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-20457746997117001402012-07-12T10:27:00.000-05:002012-07-12T10:27:00.733-05:00The Forsaken Trailer
looks good, even if the trailer is a little cheesy, I'm intreguedDana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-51386902843232921342012-07-05T14:29:00.000-05:002012-07-05T14:29:07.790-05:00The Fault in Our Stars Song
I LOVE this.Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-2036912889147848262012-06-26T00:40:00.000-05:002012-06-26T00:40:00.651-05:00Tidbit tuesday: The Art Of Racing In The Rain"Racing is doing. It is being a part of a moment and being aware of nothing else but that moment."
"Memory is time folding back on its self. to remember is to disengage yourself from the present"
"I don't understand why people insist on pitting the concepts of evolution and creation against each other. Why cant they see spiritualism and science as Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-76784315080479071682012-06-21T01:21:00.000-05:002012-06-21T01:21:26.039-05:00Article 5- Kristen Simmons
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Published by Tor Teen
pages- 368
Release date- 1/31/12
genre- Dystipian
(amazon) (shelfari) (goodreads)
rating- 2
17-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren’t always this way. Living with her rebellious single mother, it’s hard to forget that people weren’t always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. That life Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-86074234612673620472012-05-31T21:55:00.001-05:002012-05-31T21:55:17.254-05:00The city of lost souls by Cassandra Clare
The City Of Lost Souls By Cassandra Clare
Published by Simon Pulse
Pages 534
Release date- May 8, 2012
Series- The Mortal Instruments
Genre- Paranormal/fantasy
(Amazon) (Goodreads) (Shelfari) (Tumblr) (Twitter) (shadowhunters)
rating- 5
Jace and the previously dead Sebastian are missing and the clave is doing minimal to help. In the two weeks since Jace went missing Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-1365983542339989362012-05-31T01:03:00.000-05:002012-05-31T01:03:00.604-05:00Tidbit Tuesday: The Art Of Racing In The Rain (2)
"To live every day as a day stolen from death is the way i would like to live.To feel the joy of live. To separate ones self from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am."
"He died that day because his body had served its purpose. his soul had done what it came to do and learned that it came to learn, and then Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-15396993607240225062012-05-22T12:30:00.000-05:002012-05-22T12:30:00.624-05:00Tidbit Tuesday- Darkest Hour
"Oh," I said as I stepped into the Kitchen. "Isn't that a lovely picture?"
Dopey lowered the Orange Juice container and looked at me.
"Don't you have somewhere to be?" he asked wiping his mouth with the back of his wrist.
"Of course." I said, " But I was hoping that before I left I could enjoy a nice glass of calcium fortified juice. I see now that that will not me possible.Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-75204515466432496002012-05-15T14:30:00.000-05:002012-05-15T14:30:01.163-05:00Tidbit tuesday- The scorch trials"Nice to meet you, I'm a crank. I'm slowly going crazy. I keep wanting to chew off my own fingers and randomly kill people. Thomas here promised to save me."
_ the scorch trials. James DashnerDana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-23864989087377143912012-05-08T12:00:00.000-05:002012-05-08T12:00:09.155-05:00Tidbit Tuesday- shadowland"Would you mind taking me somewhere?"
"Are you kidding me? Where do you want to go? You name it Suze, I'll take you there. Vegas? No problem. I mean, I'm 16, your 16.We can get married there easy. My parents will let us live with them, no problem.You don't mind sharing my room do you? I swear ill pick up after my self from now on-"
"Adam, don't be such a spaz. I doubt she wants to Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-34420561993342470002012-05-01T12:30:00.000-05:002012-05-01T17:04:05.978-05:00Tidbit tuesday- 13 days to midnight
"Here's your answer Oh:
All Creatures, all men and women and children, all dogs and cats and flowers and mountains, all of them are saved. If that's not the truth then I think the whole thing is probably a lie. lets assume for a moment that you, Oh, do not choose God. Does that prevent him from choosing you? I conclude from these many verses, it does not. Either he saves Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-39113750749360350642012-04-27T07:00:00.000-05:002012-04-27T07:00:05.107-05:00The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
Published by Dutton Juvenile
pages- 336
Release Date- Jan. 10, 2012
Genre- Realistic Fiction
(shelfari) (amazon) (goodreads)
rating- 4
Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-56387627260455659152012-04-26T19:43:00.001-05:002012-04-26T19:43:10.210-05:00Video ThursdaySo yes. I am aware how often i post Mainstaypro's things. But they just have a tendency to take these completely awesome YA books, and turn them into completely awesome videos.
This week they came up with a short film based off Neal Shustermans book, Unwind
(which is actually becoming a real movie soon... eee!)
Anyway its one of my favorite videos of thees, so i hope Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-38746894836621183442012-04-24T09:00:00.000-05:002012-04-24T17:27:26.308-05:00Tidbit Tuesday- Wings
"I've watched you for years. I've watched you grow from a little girl to a full grown faerie. We were best friends when we were little. I've been with you almost every day for the last five years. Is it so unreasonable for me to have fallen in love with you?"
"Whatever you need I'll bee. If you need the science geek to give you the answers from a text book, I'm your guy. If you want a friend Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-69765835883661089372012-04-23T10:49:00.000-05:002012-04-23T10:49:00.618-05:00All You Desire by Kirsten Miller
All you Desire By Kristen Miller
Published by Razor Bill
pages- 423
released on August 9, 2011
Second book in The Eternal Ones series
genre- paranormal/fantasy
(shelfari) (amazon) (goodreads)
rating-4
Haven Moore and Iain Morrow have been living a blissful life in Rome, an ocean way from the Ouroboros Society and its diabolical leader. But paradise is not to last. The mysterious Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-51196463600262607922012-04-17T12:30:00.001-05:002012-04-17T12:30:07.236-05:00Tidbit Tuesday- Lies"Let them go Cain," Diana pleaded
"Why Diana? Why must you betray me?"
"betray you? Dianna Laughed, "betray you? I've been with you everyday, every hour from the start of this nightmare!"
Cain looked at her. "but you hate me, anyway"
"No you sick stupid creep.I love you. I shouldn't, I shouldn't. Your sick inside, Cain, sick! But I love you."
Cain cocked an eyebrow. " Then you must Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-48792919799506686132012-04-15T20:02:00.000-05:002012-04-15T20:02:13.445-05:00sunday: IMMOkay, not really in my mail box, more like cool bookish stuff...
First off book from the library... Fear by Micheal grant. The 5th book in the Gone series, and one I have been looking forward to since last year this time. I got it yesterday and am already 200 pages through it EE! (but i sooo want it to last O.o)
and also in bookish news I got a NOOK!
yay, so with that i also gotDana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-8428420586842998932012-04-10T12:30:00.000-05:002012-04-10T12:30:00.511-05:00tidbit tuesday- Spells
"...I've always wondered what kind of a kisser David is."
"Um. That's the kind of question that your not supposed to ask."
"I didn't ask. I just said I've always wondered."
"That's asking."
"Is not! 'Course you could tell me anyway."
"Chelsea!"
"What! I told you"
"I didn't ask"
"Technicality."
"Im not telling."
"That's code for he sucks."
"He does not suck!"
"AHA!"
sigh. "Your so weird."
"...Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2591388954984851786.post-47062768422790859932012-04-03T12:30:00.000-05:002012-04-03T12:30:02.577-05:00Tidbit Tuesday- Runaway"But what if you get hurt again? And He blames himself even more, only this time for your ultimate demise? and then he invents a reverse supernova death ray that sucks up all the suns energy, and we all freeze to death and then the earth turns into a hollow husk and humanity ceases to exist and its all your fault because you didn't call him."
"Oh, my god, you've had way too much Dana Hilgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15907436793004425445noreply@blogger.com0