On My Wishlist [#4] + Bonus Story =)

Hey guys, How is everyone doing? I can't believe it is the middle of the week already. That is so awesome, specially this week. Now it is only a couple days until we get to enjoy the Smut Slut Fest. I just can't wait for it! It's going to be so amazing...

This week On My Wishlist, I will only be posting one book that I really crave at the moment. Why? You might ask me... Well, me and Sagi from Sagi's Randomness had a little adventure at the mall today and I would like to share that story with you, along with some pics to illustrate it =)

On My Wishlist is a Meme Hosted by Book Chick City.

On My Wishlist this week is "First Drop of Crimson" by Jeaniene Frost. This book is a spin off of Frost's amazing Night Huntress series and I am dying to get my hands on it. I am pre-ordering it tomorrow from amazon and I'm actually ordering 2 c

opies. Do you guys know what that means??? No?? Come on, guess... It means that there will be one copy of First Drop of Crimson to giveaway here. Yep, that's right! I can't wait for that!

"The night is not safe for mortals. Denise MacGregor knows all too well what lurks in the shadows - her best friend is half-vampire Cat Crawfield - and she has already lost more than the average human could bear. But her family's dark past is wrapped in secrets and shrouded in darkness - and a demon shapeshifter has marked Denise as prey. Now her survival depends on an immortal who craves a taste of her.

He is Spade, a powerful, mysterious vampire who has walked the earth for centuries and is now duty-bound to protect this endangered, alluring human - even if it means destroying his own kind. Denise may arouse his deepest hungers, but Spade knows he must fight his urge to have her as they face the demon nightmare together...

Because once the first drop of crimson falls, they will both be lost."

From GoodReads

Story time I guess lol.

I needed to stop by the mall where I got Baby Bones (My mini-laptop) today, so they could change the windows xp that is installed from Hebrew to English. I know some hevrew, but it is really annoying to have to guess most of the stuff.

So, we get there and the manager (the guy who sold it to me) wasn't there and they couldn't do it. Sagi and I decided to check out the bookstore. The thing is that, here in Israel, it's almost impossible to find Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Smut, Paranormal YA and so on. You can find the odd book around, but it usually is the third in a series or something like that. For that reason I gave up on finding my favorite books here, and also it is more expensive to buy it here than to buy it on amazon.

Well, I was really surprise to get to the "English" section of the Bookstore and find a bunch of

new books around and a bunch of UF, PNR and so on... Here is a pic of three I thought was really cool to see around:

By that point, I had already "sold" the idea of "Dark Visions" by L.J. Smith to Sagi and she was reading the blurb in the back of "Soulless" (which she also bought **evil grin**). Since she has never read smut before, I decided to try and hunt at least a nice PNR book for her and it was almost impossible. Picture this! Me walking around and checking every freaking shelf, like I was on a mission, Sagi behind me saying I wouldn't find any and then me just getting more and more obsessed in truing to find it LOL

Just then, I see a box of three of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series, though they were

Books 2, 3 and 4 in that series. I freak out LOL call out to Sagi and show it to her hehe. Then, I turned to the saleswoman and asked if they had those books separately, she looks at the books, looks at me and says:

"No, we don't. *pause* You know what these books are, right?? You know what they have in it?"

me: "Yeah, Thanks for your help" I turn, start laughing and tell Sagi what she said. WTH does that saleswoman care if I read that? Seriously? Only in Israel, I'm telling you LOL.

We then move on to take a look at the other, smaller, bookstore at the mall. There, I find GOLD

hehe. I find the three first books in the Night Huntress

Series by Jeaniene Frost and almost start jumping up and down. Seriously! I was this close (thumb and forefinger almost touching) to doing my happy dance in the middle of the shop LOL. Here is the proof that they have the NH series in Israel:

Of course, I just have to convince Sagi to buy the book; and of course she does and says: "Going with you to a Bookstore is so dangerous" LOL. What can I say? She is right hehe *evil grin*

This is me and Chapter 32 LOL (They only had one copy of each Book in the series, so the Book next to Chap. 32 is not the same book):

To finish up, while we were walking around we saw something that made me think of Susi @ The

Geeky Bookworm. I know she likes SpongeBob Squarepants and I do too. So, this is for you Susi:

Well, guys. That is it for now. I hope you enjoyed Sagi's and mine moments of madness. Well, with me it's more that I get moments of sanity, but I digress =)

Thanks for tuning in and I'll see you soon.

xoxo

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There is nothing to fear...?!?!

I remember the last time I walked around the streets of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro... It was my last visit to the Sochnut (Jewish Agency) before my alyiah... I was born in Rio and I was supposed to be used to it... but I wasn't... I felt so self conscious walking around there, so scared... it was such an awful feeling... A little while later I realized it wasn't just there... even in the small city I had been living, I felt too uncomfortable walking around the streets on my own... granted that it was not as bad as in Copacabana, but even so... Now, I am here... I'm in Tel Aviv, such an European city... but still here, in the middle east... I am not scared... I can walk alone at 4am and I am not scared... I feel safe here and I appreciate that feeling... That is one of the many reasons I love living in Israel... Don't get me wrong, I have had a couple creepy situations involving cab drivers that could have scared me a lot... once a driver simply asked for a kiss when we got to my house, another kept asking me out during the whole ride... during the most recent experience, the driver kept asking me to come over to his house to cook for him... lol... I laugh at those stories now... but while they were happening, they were quite scary... Fear is an amazing thing; it can keep us from living... I could say I’m traumatized and never get into a cab alone again... but, so what??? Life is supposed to be scary... I can get out of my house tomorrow and get hit by a car, can't I??? What's the point of living if you don't take chances??? Of course, getting back on a horse after a fall is terrifying... but being on that horse once more, and succeeding at it... Is amazing... you can never know that feeling if you don't try... Post Soundtrack: Katy Perry - I kissed a girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoKPi8xtyjA

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Blah blah blah...

Yep... I am keeping my promise hehe Sometimes it amazes me how much we can change with time... I think about myself a few years ago and even though I am the same person deep down... I know I have changed a lot, grown and learned soooo much... something girls in general have trouble with sometimes, is noticing if a guy is interested or not... of course, there are situations that it is very obvious, but there are the not so obvious ones... a few years ago I was so awful in noticing thats sort of thing, even the obvious ones... however, nowadays I have found myself to be more observant and that can be extremely fun... Let me share a quickie with you... a couple weeks ago I was waiting for a friend right on the clock-tower square in yafo, here in Tel Aviv... imagine this very tall clock tower right across the street where I was standing... this guy in jogging clothes passes by and says hi (in Hebrew)... I ignore him... then he turns to me and asks: "What time is it?" I wanted to crack up and laugh, since all he had to do was turn his head and look at the clock... of course, he didn’t want to know the time... it couldn't have been more obvious than that, could it??? lol I just answered "I don't know" and pointed at the clock... he looked at it and kept running... Silly story... but I find it to be so interesting the way people behave... and to be quite honest, I found it to be very funny :P Soundtrack of the post: Colbie Caillat - Realize http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdQA6mC3ZWI&feature=related Enjoy :)

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Ahhhh... The undeniable life...

I know, I know… two posts in one day… What gives? Right? That is what I love about having this blog… There are no rules... :P It’s no secret to anyone that has ever read this blog that I have experienced and witnessed some weird and/or crazy situations in Israel. I am a firm believer that, that are some things that only happen here… From the fact that you can’t turn left (driving I mean…), there is no u-turn to the simple fact that, by walking around Tel Aviv you can be audience to innumerous kinds of odd people and behavior… I have come here and shared with you some of my stories regarding that aspect… However, I have to admit I would post so much more little quips if I only remembered or wrote them down when I though of or witnessed them … I promise to try it from now on, for this humble blog’s sake… I have two little stories to share with you guys today... After coming back to Tel Aviv from school, I went to the mall to grab a bite to eat before heading home… There I am, enjoying my double Mc Royal (yeah, I know… Shut up… lol) When I noticed that something out of the ordinary was going on… This elderly couple (in their 70’s) was pouring coke from a McDonald’s cup to an empty bottle of water… Next thing I see, the old man goes to the trash can, throws out the cup, comes back with another one and starting pouring the coke from the “new” one in the bottle… Ok, granted that I might be wrong… but, what the hell was that… it continued like that for while, a little later a kid that finished his lunch stops by their table and gives his unfinished cup of coke to the couple and later on the woman comes back from another trash can with more empty bottles… By that moment I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to feel sorry for them or disgusted… I mean, am I crazy or that was simply weird? You guys might say that they were just “hungry” and all… I’m from Brazil… I’m used (unfortunately… honestly you can never get really used to it… which is a good thing) to seeing hungry people look for food in trash cans on the street… but people that are nicely dressed, in a shopping mall? That was a first… The other story is just another example of thing that you can only go through in Israel… I was at school, waiting for a group meeting with my TV teacher when my phone rings… on the screen I see that it is an undisclosed number… I pick it up and it is this guy I went out with once, about 4 months ago… The guy disappeared for about 2 months… called me in February saying he saw my number in his phone and didn’t know who it was… after explanations I never heard from him again… who cares? Well, today the guy calls me… asks how I am and blah blah blah… then he asks: “do you have cable at home?” I say: “what?” Him: “do you have cable tv at home, Hot or Yes?” I say: “Yeah, I have Hot…” Him: “Oh, it’s that I’m an agent at Yes and I was wondering if you would be interested in signing up...” The rest of the conversation really does not matter, it’s enough to say it didn’t last very long after that… WTF??????? Are you serious??? Seriously? Is the guy actually calling people he dated to sell cable TV?? I swear, after that phone call I was in shock for a while… I even told what had just happened to my teacher (He is very young)… His response was perfect, he said: “send a message to him NOW, telling him to NEVER call you again” Hahahahhahahahhahahahahhaha I swear it made me laugh so much… That is just another tiny bit example of why Israelis are simply Undeniable… :P Song of the moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNS4lTzOFU "Mat Kearney - Undeniable" - again, embeding was disabled again.... check the link out...

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Live entertainment...

I keep trying to get inspired and write something extremelly insightful here... I can't seem to get there lately, not for any specific reason, but simply for a draught of inspiration... Just for the sake of some sort of update, since my last post I have been in contact with my mom and desite all not being all perfect, we are ok... Moving on... I am really excited about something that happen a couple weeks ago... I have been listening a lot to a radio in english here in Israel (Ram FM - 93.6) and a couple weeks ago I called in to participate in a program and ended up winning a sweatshirt... a couple of days later I called in another program to participate in a discussion, the presenter was so nice... He sked what I studied at school (mainly cause I mentioned that I was on my way to school) and I said: communication, actually we even have a radio class this semester after I said that, he (ON THE AIR) offered to come to our school to visit, sit in a class... It was awsome and I am trying to make it happen very soon... Other than that the only news I got is that I got a new job... I'll tell you guys later... :)

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