I received two of these recently so thought I’d join in.  The first rule of ‘one lovely blog award’ is that NOBODY talks about one lovely blog award.  That is all. Goodbye.

Okay, maybe not.  The idea is you give a shout out to the blogger who nominated you – so thanks to Leona at Leona’s Blog of Shadows and also Lucia at Making Days Better.  You also list the rules – so ‘ere they be and be making sure you stick to ’em:

The Rules:

• You must thank the person who nominated you and include a link to their blog.
• You must list the rules and display the award.
• You must add 7 facts about yourself.
• You must nominate 15 other bloggers and comment on one of their posts to let them know they have been nominated.

To the facts:

1. I love sleep.  I think I could happily slob around in bed all day – in fact, when I was a baby my mum had to wake me up to feed me.  Yes, that’s right.  Now all you people out there with little babies – think about that for just one moment!
2. I have a book boyfriend – strictly speaking this isn’t a secret as I use every opportunity available to talk about him – Jean Tannen is his name and I will forever love (not in a bunny-boiler-stalker-way) Scott Lynch for creating him!
3. I eat far too quickly – I basically hate to eat food that has gone cold.  I like eating cold food.  I just don’t enjoy eating food that was supposed to be warm but is now cold.  So, if I go out for a meal with somebody, they turn around momentarily, distracted, or start using the condiments and when they look up my plate is probably empty – okay, I exaggerate, but only slightly. Anyway, this means I can talk while they eat!  It’s almost like I have a plan.
4. I enjoy cooking.  I’m not saying I’m good at it, but there’s something definitely restful about preparing a meal and (hopefully) others enjoying it.  Plus, even though I wolf my food down – sitting around enjoying a meal with your family and friends is something to enjoy.
5. I love to go to events where my favourite authors are present – but, I turn into a nervous wreck and can’t say anything to them.  This is a great source of amusement to my buddy Jenny who suffers no such anxiety about talking to authors – or publishers for that matter – because I also can’t speak to publishers.  In fact I usually try to skulk around at the back of the room just to avoid notice.  Which is so unlike me – I’m really not a shy person.
6. A little ghosty-type story. When I was younger, about 20, I woke up one morning and was convinced somebody was in the bedroom with me.  I was so terrified that I literally couldn’t move as I didn’t want to alert whoever it was to the fact that I was awake.  So, I was lying, face down in bed (in fact I was probably stuck to the pillow) when suddenly something sat on my back and giggled.  Yep, scared me to death.  Then it was all gone, the weight was lifted and I literally dived out of bed and got out of the house sharpish.  Now obviously, as the years have passed I’ve convinced myself that I was in that strange moment between sleep and waking – but who knows?  Do you have any creepy tales.  One thing for absolute sure – maybe I was dreaming, but even so I ran out of that house!
7.  My favourite time of the year is autumn/winter.  I think it’s because I’m a winter baby.  I like the dark nights, the colour of the leaves, in fact the atmosphere even seems to smell different to me – I know that’s an odd thing to say but I can’t describe it any other way.  I’m just comfortable at this time of year.

So, In terms of nominees – well, I like to break the rules so I’m not picking 15, I figure I’ll pick as many sites as I have written  facts above.  Here are my magnificent seven and they’re nearly all fairly new(ish) to me bloggers who I want to find out some more about (because No. 8 – I’m nosey) – no pressure at all to take part – we’re all busy and these things are very time consuming:

1. DJ at My Life My Books My Escape
2. Books by Proxy
3. Maddalena at Space and Sorcery
4. Steph from at Bookishswint
5. Carmen from Carmen’s Books and Movie Reviews
6. Jenclair from Bayouquilts – this isn’t a new blog to me but it is so lovely that I wanted to include it
7. SCFlynn – because, SC Flynn has interviewed millions of bloggers and authors and all sorts of other people!  Check out the site – I thought maybe this could be like, well, no, not an interview, but come on – 7 facts!  Enquiring minds need to know.

That is all for me.  If you want to play along and you’re not on the list then do so.  If you’re on the list and don’t want to play along – don’t.  Simples 😀

If you do take part feel free to share the link as I’d like to stop by. 😀