Okay, thanks to the Geeky Book Snob for nominating me for this award – of course it’s always lovely to have some attention!!

Now, being a bit of a lazy so and so I haven’t put in all the research, mainly because it’s already been done for me of course and there’s no point in reinventing the wheel now is there?  Click on this link to find out more.

I’ve decided to mostly follow the rules for this.  In other words 5 things about me, answer five questions and come up with 5 questions – but, I’m only nominating one person for the award – for a variety of reasons.  Firstly, so many of you that I follow don’t count for this award because you have a big readership and this is all about the tiny blogger folks who have just started – so, it’s your own fault for being so damn good.  Secondly, if I only nominate one blogger – just think how special they’ll feel??? Thirdly, I’m a bit of a billy and so there’s only so many people to choose from!  And, (d) I mentioned above I’m a lazy so and so.

Moving on:

5 Things about me

1. I talk to my computer!  This is not a good thing.  People in work think I’m a maniac and I’m constantly being asked ‘sorry, did you just ask me something’.  No, I’m talking to the bloody PC you idiot!  Doesn’t everyone do that?  No?  Really.  Okay, maybe I’ll have to stop that bad habit.
2. I love cooking – not baking – cooking and I’m always looking for new things to make.  Plus, I’m my own biggest critic!  Don’t get me wrong – I love baked goods but just don’t seem able to make them.  I suppose baking is a bit too strict for my kitchen habits.  When I’m cooking, nothings going to go too badly wrong if I miss an ingredient I don’t like or add a little extra of something or just plain decide to ad lib – do that in cooking and you’ve just got a mess, things are flat when they’re not supposed to be, dry when they’re supposed to be moist, raw in the middle or rock solid instead of light and fluffy!
3. You won’t believe this one – I don’t drive. And what I mean by that is I’ve never learned!  I know.  Okay.  Get over it.  I seem to manage alright.  It makes me do a bit more walking than I otherwise would and big bonus – I am NEVER the designated driver at parties – so yay for the extra glass of wine (or two)!  The downside to this is that I rely A LOT on public transport – I use buses to get to work and believe me this is a weird experience!  Never, ever, make eye contact!  Just read your book and mind your beeswax!
4. My family call me the ‘dog woman’, which personally I think is a little over the top.  Okay, I do like dogs – more to the point they seem to like me.  For the purpose of clarity – this doesn’t mean that I don’t like cats!!  I’m a bit soft when it comes to most of the animal kingdom.
5. I totally develop crushes on some of the characters I read about – latest and longest lasting being Jean Tannen (and btw Mr Lynch, pretty please can we have RoT soon?  P.S. please don’t feel the need to get overly creative about killing any more major characters off!)

The questions I’ve been asked:

• Who would you want to have dinner with most in the world?  This is actually a really tough question!  I mean, should I choose somebody fictional – but then how could I have dinner with them?  Should I just pick somebody really interesting or be really fickle and pick somebody who’s a bit of a hottie! I think I would choose an author – I mean you could ask them things about your favourite book – or, if you just needed to know the answer to something – e.g. Patrick Rothfuss – book No.3???  Okay, I haven’t chosen yet so I’m going to have dinner with Scott Lynch and be on his case about the next book!
• What is your favourite word?  Library
• If you could  choose 5 songs that would be the songs to the soundtrack of your life, what would they be?  What is with these difficult questions – okay, 5 stages methinks, Forest by the Cure – I was a bit of a punk back in the day, Teardrops by Womak – just because I love that song, Blue Monday – because its just so fitting –  they are blue, Mondays I mean (the weekend is over and you have to get up for work!), Walking on Sunshine by KC – because that song just never fails to make me happy and also I’m a pretty optimistic person, Lifetime Love by Joyce Sims (stolen that off my husband! – the final song he chose was the soundtrack to Zelda – that tells it’s own story!)
• What is the word you hate the most? I’m going to go for a phrase instead of a word – ‘No disrespect intended’ or ‘Don’t take this wrong, but’  I mean, basically, pretty much if a sentence starts like that you know that there’s going to be some disrespect or offence following closely on it’s heels.
• If you could choose your own name, what would it be? Rebecca – but I think that’s just because I love that book.

Finally, I’m going to nominate Bookypony – I like reading all the classical book reviews on there – brings back good memories.  If you choose to take part feel free to adapt the rules (I did).  And, I would like answers to the same 5 questions that I gave answers to – because I like to compare!

Thanks Geekybooksnob