One Lovely Blog Award

Thanks to Vibina from Books for Me for awarding me this blogging accolade.  I must confess to being a little embarrassed when presented with these honors.

For those who choose to pass the award on the rules are as follows:

1.    Include the blog award logo in your post and repost the rules.

2.   Thank the person you nominated.

3.   Nominate 15 other bloggers and let them know about it.

4.   Post seven random facts about yourself.

Seven facts about me:

1 – I have been married to my beautiful wife for sixteen years.

2 – I have a Bachelor of Arts in History from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

3 – Since 1988 I have only purchased cars that have manual transmissions.

4 –My first rock concert was a Ronnie James Dio show in 1985.

5  – I love to walk in the forest.

6– I currently watch no fictional television shows.

7 – Despite number 6, I have seen every single episode of every Star Trek Series (plus the movies) ever made.

As always, winners should under no circumstances feel obligated to post or pass along. Only do so if you really want to. These awards are just meant to have fun with. I just want to acknowledge Blogs that I enjoy

Recognizing fifteen blogs are a lot for many of us. I imagine lots of folks do not regularly read that many blogs! My advice for those who do want to pass this on is to take the rules with a grain of salt!

The winners are:

Andrew Blackman Andrew is a writer who with a healthy does of smarts and wisdom, He covers literature, politics, social issues and life in general.

Angels are Kids and Furkids – Angie covers a voracious number of books with insightful but often fun reviews.

At Home in the Kitchen – Cat talks and cooks food. This blog will make you hungry!

Book Belle - Belle is a fun and lively writer who comments on a wide variety of books from the classics to contemporary fiction.

Book Dilettante – Harvee writes terrific commentary a vast variety of fiction ranging from historical fiction to mysteries.

An Enduring Romantic – Gautam covers an amazing choice of works from Shakespeare to Hindi Epics.

Joyce’s Choices – Joyce and her guest bloggers provide reviews on books and literary news. Her smart commentary covers literature, history, current events and more.

The Parish Lantern – Gary provides smart and insightful commentary on wide variety of literary subjects. His style and approach is refreshingly different.

Postcards from Asia – Delia is a fantastic writer who covers classic and popular literature, movies and commentary on life in general.

The Relentless Reader – Jennifer’s manages to write such  fun posts while providing smart commentary on literature, history, current events and more!

Resistance is Futile –Rachel covers a wide variety of books as well as topics. I really like her non – stereotypical thinking and approach.

Rivers I Have Known – Amritorupa provides sharp and to the point commentary on a host of different styles of books.

Seraillon – Scott writes brilliantly about the most interesting and thought provoking books.

The True Book Addict – Michelle provides great commentary on books along with amazingly cute pictures of cats. What else can one ask for in a blog!

Winston' s Dad – Stu covers a great variety of books. His commentary is  fresh, surprising and very original.

Wuthering Expectations – Tom’s commentary is amazingly intelligent. He is one of the smartest bloggers out there! He covers literature including a fair amount of poetry.

Congratulations to all the winners I urge my readers to explore all of the above blogs as well as Vibina’s superb site, Books for Me.

Happy blogging and reading everyone!