Yes, that's right! Today, Fairest by Marissa Meyer is finally out. This is Levana's story, the bridge to Winter, which will be the final story of The Lunar Chronicles. Don't forget to pick up your copy! :)
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Happy Book Birthday to Fairest
I haven't been on since October, but certainly you didn't think I would miss this moment did you?
Yes, that's right! Today, Fairest by Marissa Meyer is finally out. This is Levana's story, the bridge to Winter, which will be the final story of The Lunar Chronicles. Don't forget to pick up your copy! :)
Yes, that's right! Today, Fairest by Marissa Meyer is finally out. This is Levana's story, the bridge to Winter, which will be the final story of The Lunar Chronicles. Don't forget to pick up your copy! :)
Friday, October 17, 2014
Announcements and my Love for you!
Hello, Browsers! Happy Friday!
Alright. This will be mostly an announcement post. I will not be able to post next week. It's getting to that part of the semester where life is just increasingly difficult. I have a lot of things to catch up on, and I'll use next week to do it. That's right, guys, not even the What is Monique Learning? idea can save me from the amount of studying I have to do. Meanwhile, here are some of the things you can do on the blog while I'm off studying.
-Feature A Blogger Sign-ups are still open. Sign up to get a chance to be featured on my blog.
-Get to know Olivia and Vi by reading their Feature A Blogger posts. Go say hi! :)
-Nominations for the SAC Award. Every once in awhile, we come across characters that we really hate or characters that need a good talking to. The SAC Award, also known as the Slap A Character Award is inspired by Queen Levana from The Lunar Chronicles. The award goes to a fictional character that really gets on our nerves, a character that is just mildly annoying, or a character that we love but they seriously need a wake-up call. . Scroll down and in the sidebar, there are nominees for the next SAC Award. I think you'll be surprised by who found their way on the list. So, you decide. Who should we "slap" next? Do you have nominations? Comment your nominees and I'll add them to the list.
-Explore the features.
-Learn a tiny piece of Genetics by viewing the What is Monique Learning? post.
-Read Teasers and Theories for the upcoming novel, Winter by Marissa Meyer.
-Book recommendations? Tell me what I should read next.
-Want to share a bookish/discussion post from your own blog? Put the link to your post in the comments.
Thank you guys for being amazing with all the views, comments, likes, and shares. I love you! <3 Never forget that.
All the stuff!
-Feature A Blogger Sign-ups are still open. Sign up to get a chance to be featured on my blog.
-Get to know Olivia and Vi by reading their Feature A Blogger posts. Go say hi! :)
-Nominations for the SAC Award. Every once in awhile, we come across characters that we really hate or characters that need a good talking to. The SAC Award, also known as the Slap A Character Award is inspired by Queen Levana from The Lunar Chronicles. The award goes to a fictional character that really gets on our nerves, a character that is just mildly annoying, or a character that we love but they seriously need a wake-up call. . Scroll down and in the sidebar, there are nominees for the next SAC Award. I think you'll be surprised by who found their way on the list. So, you decide. Who should we "slap" next? Do you have nominations? Comment your nominees and I'll add them to the list.
-Explore the features.
-Learn a tiny piece of Genetics by viewing the What is Monique Learning? post.
-Read Teasers and Theories for the upcoming novel, Winter by Marissa Meyer.
-Go read some Fake Texting Between Emperor Kai and Captain Thorne.
-Want to share a bookish/discussion post from your own blog? Put the link to your post in the comments.
Thank you guys for being amazing with all the views, comments, likes, and shares. I love you! <3 Never forget that.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
What is Monique Learning? #1
Greetings, my wonderful browsers! :)
It's a Wednesday and I'm posting! Yes, that means we're almost done with this week, and I'm not dead from Organic Chemistry classwork! Yes!!!
I've been learning a lot of cool stuff in my science classes and also some of the boring stuff, but oh well, what are you going to do? I have to learn all the details to figure out who I want to become and all that jazz.
I know sometimes my schoolwork takes me away from blogging, so I wanted to find a way to incorporate school and blogging, you know, to show them that there can be a truce and that they don't always have to fight for my attention! Such greedy things! I love them both!
Well, here's the truce I've come up with: when I really don't have the time to post a very detailed, bookish blog post, I'll just post something interesting I've learned from one of my science classes! That way I'm studying and blogging all at the same time. How about that? I also promise to just post the interesting, fun things I've learned, not the details that will make your head spin.
Well here's #1 of the new "What is Monique Learning" Experiment. This one is coming to you from Genetics.
Mosaicism can develop as a result of mitotic nondisjunction early in embryogenesis. What is embryogenesis you ask? It's the process by which the embryo forms and develops. Ok, so what's mitotic nondisjunction? To put things short and simple, it's when the chromosomes don't separate properly during mitosis. And Mosaicism? Let's just say that it's when your cells have different genotypes. I'm really simplifying here, but let's move on.
So why am I sharing this with you? Didn't I say I would only share the fun stuff? Great question! I'm so glad you asked!
The interesting thing is in that word Mosaicism. Some organisms have sex-chromosome mosaicism that produces gynandromorphs. Ugh! I know, right?! There I go throwing in another big word at you. Bear with me for a second. It's actually a very simple word. It means these organisms have individuals that have some female cells and some male cells (because of the mitotic nondisjunction).
Well, what do they look like? Here you go!
Examples:
I just think that's really cool! Hopefully you all enjoyed that too and I didn't bore you to death. I can't wait what wonders I'll get to learn next.
Thanks for sticking around,
Monique loves you. <3
It's a Wednesday and I'm posting! Yes, that means we're almost done with this week, and I'm not dead from Organic Chemistry classwork! Yes!!!
I've been learning a lot of cool stuff in my science classes and also some of the boring stuff, but oh well, what are you going to do? I have to learn all the details to figure out who I want to become and all that jazz.
I know sometimes my schoolwork takes me away from blogging, so I wanted to find a way to incorporate school and blogging, you know, to show them that there can be a truce and that they don't always have to fight for my attention! Such greedy things! I love them both!
Well, here's the truce I've come up with: when I really don't have the time to post a very detailed, bookish blog post, I'll just post something interesting I've learned from one of my science classes! That way I'm studying and blogging all at the same time. How about that? I also promise to just post the interesting, fun things I've learned, not the details that will make your head spin.
Well here's #1 of the new "What is Monique Learning" Experiment. This one is coming to you from Genetics.
Mosaicism can develop as a result of mitotic nondisjunction early in embryogenesis. What is embryogenesis you ask? It's the process by which the embryo forms and develops. Ok, so what's mitotic nondisjunction? To put things short and simple, it's when the chromosomes don't separate properly during mitosis. And Mosaicism? Let's just say that it's when your cells have different genotypes. I'm really simplifying here, but let's move on.
So why am I sharing this with you? Didn't I say I would only share the fun stuff? Great question! I'm so glad you asked!
The interesting thing is in that word Mosaicism. Some organisms have sex-chromosome mosaicism that produces gynandromorphs. Ugh! I know, right?! There I go throwing in another big word at you. Bear with me for a second. It's actually a very simple word. It means these organisms have individuals that have some female cells and some male cells (because of the mitotic nondisjunction).
Well, what do they look like? Here you go!
Examples:
Half-male/Half-Female peacock
Half-hen/Half-rooster
Half-male/Half-female Fly
Half-male/Half-female Butterfly
I just think that's really cool! Hopefully you all enjoyed that too and I didn't bore you to death. I can't wait what wonders I'll get to learn next.
Thanks for sticking around,
Monique loves you. <3
Monday, October 13, 2014
Book Blast: Unstrung by Kendra C. Highley + Giveaway
Lexa Pate, seventeen-year-old thief extraordinaire, has burned a bridge or two in her life. You don’t make a career out of stealing other people’s property without making enemies. When a risky job goes from bad to worse, Lexa and her adopted family find themselves on Precipice Corporation’s hit list because they’ve accidentally stolen the wrong thing—plans for a new model of genetically engineered super humans. Now, every bounty hunter, cop on the take, and snitch in the city is after them. Lexa’s world crumbles around her as she fights to keep her family safe even as someone strolls out of her forgotten past. Quinn claims to know who Lexa really is, but can she trust a stranger she met while robbing his boss? More importantly, does she really want to know what Quinn has to tell her? Based on the fairy tale Pinocchio, UNSTRUNG takes you into a near future world where the lines between fake and real are blurred, all that’s pristine isn’t always innocent, and being a criminal isn’t always wrong.
Amazon * Barnes & Noble * Smashwords * iTunes
Author Kendra C. Highley
Kendra C. Highley lives in north Texas with her husband and two children. She also serves as staff to two self-important and high-powered cats. This, according to the cats, is her most important job. She believes chocolate is a basic human right, running a 10k is harder than it sounds, and that everyone should learn to drive a stick-shift. She loves monsters, vacations, baking and listening to bad electronica.
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Thoughts from the blogger: It's based on the fairy tale of Pinocchio! That definitely peaked my interest. I can't wait to see what it's like. Enjoy the giveaway you guys!
Friday, October 10, 2014
Browsing: The Treasure Files- Fake Texting with Emperor Kai and Thorne
I'm actually pretty nervous about this post because this time I'll be showing you something that I created. *shivers* The horror!
I typed up this fake conversation with Emperor Kai and Captain Thorne to celebrate Valentine's Day! I hope you guys get a good laugh out of it! :) I'm calling this a treasure file because it's my most liked and repinned pin on pinterest and that means a lot to me. Thanks for all the pinterest folks who repinned/liked/fangirled about it. I hope you guys like it.
My Pinterest Link: Fake Convo with Emperor Kai and Captain Thorne
Well, what did you think? Like it? Why not make your own? If you're up for it go make one of your own and tell me all about it! :)
Thanks for sticking around!
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