One year ago ... or How it all begun...!

I sat here, exactly at this place (meaning at work - sitting on my Macbook) and had nothing to read anymore. No, actually it was a bit different. I just got all the Harry Potter audiobooks (unabridged!!!) and I heard them all in a row and I can tell you this was ePic! (I just talked about my obsessive behavior, this is just one more example.)

Anyway, I digress.

When I finished them, I was in a big whole desperately looking for something new, so I went to my book store (meaning amazon..) and looked out for something new. This was when I had a closer look at my recommendations and (yes you guess it) it was Twilight. Thanks to amazon I still now the exact date: March, 26th!!!

I ordered the audiobook and so it all begun ....

You might expect me now to recap the first weeks, but I'm not going to do that now.

Yesterday, I was chatting with uhyesplease and Betty on gChat (having gChat really helps me getting during the day...) and I remembered how it all started and I asked my girls how it was for them.

I became emotional and nostalgic! *sniffles*

Uhyesplease then said: "Uh no, my story is boring!" No it's not! None of your "how-I-became-twisessed" is lame, because it's your personal story. I know we all talked about over and over again, but I think this never - ever gets old!

What I'm doing now is collecting old "how everything begun" stories from the people I love and spend my Twi-Time with.

And now: I'm asking YOU!

Do you want to share your story with me???

I would love hearing your story and I'm planning a few posts here

about your first date with Twilight.

How

it

all

begun...!

You can send me an email with your story: mrsvanquish @ me (dot) com or if you have a blog and already wrote your story you can also send me the link to this.

(I might however shorten it then, tell me if you wouldn't be OK with it). You can include pictures, funny stories, basically everything you want to share with me!

I really want to hear it, I want to feel it again, how it felt the very first time. How everything started and we all ended up here *looks around* on all those awesome blogs, on Twitter chatting about it and all those friendships that came just because we all became obsessed and loved the same book....

Randomness - Beautiful Creatures and spreading some Love

Lately it seems that either I post a giveaway or I tell you about something I wrote or did for other blogs... Well, I promise to get better and actually write a real post! Not that this ain't one, but.. uhm... you get the point.

Somehow I have been busy with creating the platform for our Bewitched Bookworms Blog, which seriously was a hell of a lot of work. I wanted to create a real bewitched layout, matching our blog title so I guess I overdid a bit - but I'm so in love with this layout. Don't know what I'm talking about? Oh, then pretty please check out my BookBlog project with my lovely friends!

Ok this was one excuse, the next one you can see on fragile little humans blog. She is running with her friend Greta a Beautiful Creatures Book discussion and guess what, she really asked me to take over one part of the discussion. Me?!?! YEES, me! Damn it, I was thrilled! Nobody ever asked me to not just comment of a discussion but also really write a recap!

Me, The German, who reads books in a language that is not my mother language and is definitely not a Grammar expert! (But, I'm also that bad in German Grammar... )

Anyhoodle, this week it's my turn to discuss four chapters of the book and ask the people some questions they might consider interesting enough to answer. So, if you read Beautiful Creatures (and if not, why haven't you started yet!?) then head over to fragile and read my tiny post.

If you find some truly eloquent sentences, well obviously they might not be from me. I asked my beloved friends The Lemon sisters : One Pushy Fox and Uhyesplease to take their precious time and correct my stuff and make sense out of my nonsense. I am extremely thankful and beyond happy they are my friends and corrected my odd stuff!

Love you girls, like a whole fucking much!

Oh and I have yet another thing to tell you guys, which you might find interesting and really really cool! We, the Bewitched Bookworms have another contest and you can win something really really , (did I say really?!) cool : A signed copy from Beautiful Creatures!!! Signed by the wonderful authors themselves. You can also follow those wonderful authors on Twitter:

Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, those two ladies are wonderful so follow them!!

Coming back to the contest: Heather and Heather - or Pushy and Call of Duty Widow meet last week for the first time in RL and were at a BC Book signing in their area. Pushy was lovely enough to get a signed copy that she is giving away to one lucky winner! Isn't that cool? (Apart from the fact that I can't enter *frowns*) Isn't Pushy awesome for doing this?

Well, Yes and Yes!

So don't miss your chance and enter the giveaway:

Oh and Ladies, don't forget to enter my giveaway where you can win a super duper extremely cute Beautiful Creatures Bracelet from Mary. Seriously

you don't want to miss it!

With that I close my Randomness for today and hope you are all still with me, I love you *points at my Readers, Followers and Lurkers"

all of you, that you are still with me!

When Girl meets Girl and they share a love for Books....

then... they team up and make a BookBlog!

A few weeks ago (I just finished Fallen I think), I had this desperate wish to talk about this book and thought how cool it would be to have a Book Blog. But, I have my wonderful Vanquish blog here (how do I love you *sniffles*) and I have my Blog Design Site so there is no time for one more blog. I wouldn't be able to run it alone.

But, I have friends! Friends who read as much as I do and who love books just like me and I just asked them why not do it together?! Guess what? They agree instantly! Who wonderful is that?

Here are the lovely Ladies who will run this Blog with me:

One Pushy Fox

cutie

uhyesplease

Annie

Fire Crotch

Call of Duty Widow

fragile little human

This was the easy part, then we had to think about a name... OoooooOoO this was a bit more challenging but finally we agreed on

The Bewitched Bookworms

So if you love books like we do and like talking about it then please meet us at the Bookworms Home and spread the word. Oh and we have one more goodie, we have a Forum where we can discuss books freely spoilery and funny.

I also wrote the first Bookreview about The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

So it would be wonderful if some of you would find your way over to our blog and share with us the Love for books. And it would be even more wonderful if you would Grab Our Button and Link back to us:

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The Giveaway of Choices! Celebrate the 100th Follower with me!

Cheers!!

*jumps up and down*

You made it! Yesterday, my beloved blog reached 100 Follower! This is a milestone, a benchmark, a fucking wonderment! When I started blogging I didn't even dreamed that I'd find one single person who would be willing to read my stuff. Never ever did I dream about meeting all of you! I remember my first follower who was Peacefield! I run around screaming and happy happy like a little kid.

Then happened the wonderment that is called cutie from SSTB who found somehow her way to me and was my next follower and she was the very first one who ever comment here! How I adore you cutie!! This was pure joy!! And apparently she send over some other girls I now can call friends, which truly brings tears in my eyes, Annie the Danger Magnet, Uhyesplease OnePushyFox and marie. What started small is now something truly wonderful and just because of you all... :

I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for following me, comment here, lurk here, read here, be part of this community and be part of my live now!

In this context I want to thank my beloved Twinancé Betti who follows me with every part of her mind and became a true friend and I love her the most!

This I want to celebrate with you by holding a wonderful giveaway of choices, (because you all choose to follow me)! I will give away 4 prizes, yes four! Divided into two different giveaway, so it's your choice what you would like to win!

Sounds complicated ? Well, give me a minute!

First look at the prizes I have for you:

*jumps up and down* yes, this is the wonderful Bella moonstone Ring and I adore this one, so I'm blessed that I am able to give you one of this wonderments!

Please make sure to go to BellaBejeweled blog and check out the wonderful stuff she does! I browsed forever but finally decided for the Ring, because it will always remind us that we have parts of Bella in us and that Twilight brought so much joy in all our lives!

Next, I have something for you that will keep your company and I'm sure will bring so much fun into your live! I know that some of you have already The One Mini-E, that's why you will have the choice! Want to have Mini-TayTay or Alice, or Bella? It's up to you! And if you don't have yet a Mini-E, it's about time!

So, when you win this prize all you have to tell me which little sweetness you want to have.

This two gifts are one part of the giveaway! Now I come to the second part and here I will give away two (not one but two) Custom blog designs!

Now comes the tricky part, read this carefully before entering!

You have to choose which giveaway you want to enter.

Either you go for the

Ring and the Mini giveaway

or you join the

Blog design giveaway!

Some of my dear friends have already a design from me, or they don't have a blog! So for them it would makes sense to enter the Ring and Mini giveaway, while others would like to have a design rather then a ring.

Your choice!

Ok, what do you have to do to enter this giveaway?

1.) Choose the giveaway path: Ring and Mini giveaway or BlogDesign giveaway

2.) Leave a comment below and mention which giveaway you want to join.

3.) Leave your email address and leave some nice words for me (that is all I ask for)

4.) If you don't follow me yet, I would be blessed if you do now, but this is not a criteria to enter the giveaway. Some of you don't have a google account but I want you also to be able to enter my giveaway.

and... If you find the time then please go and visit my Twispired Design blog and the wonderful Bellabejewelled and leave some love.

Are we clear now? I hope so!

If you still have questions, or can't comment you can also email me : mrsvanquish@me.com

The giveaway will go until the 1. of January and I will announce the winner as a good start in the new year which hopefully brings us even closer together with our love and passion for Twilight.

Make your choice and enter the giveaway, tell your friends, tweet about this let's celebrate the wonderment of the Twicommunity!

I love you all from the bottom of my heart!

Edit: I need to clarify a few details *blushes*. Since I was so excited this morning, I forgot some important information.... I will draw 4 winners in total!

• for the design giveaway: 2 people will each get a Custom Layout!

• for the Ring/Mini giveaway : 2 people will win. The first place can choose either the Ring or a Mini and the second will get the other gift.

I love you all from the bottom of my heart, specially because you endure my intricacy!!