Tell Me Something Tuesday

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

This Week’s Topic: Do You Enjoy Anthologies?

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Got Books?

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

This Week’s Topic: 
Where do you get your review books from?

Discussion: Avoiding Responsibility

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

Discussion: Why I Comment

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

Discussion: I'm Not Scared

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

Discussion: It's a Cliffy!

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

I know, I know. It's not Tuesday, but I was really interested in the topic, and this is where I could fit it. So, let's just call it Tell Me Something Friday, ok?

Love 'em or hate 'em, cliffhangers are one of those plot devices, which seem to pop up over and over again in most serials, be it a book, TV show, or movie series.

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Review Pressure

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

This Week’s Topic: Review Pressure

One of the tasks we take on as reviewers, is to contribute to the early buzz about a book. We get a complimentary copy of said book, we are expected to read and review it, with the goal being some time close to publication. But you know life and other books can get in the way, and that brings us to this weeks topic: Do you feel pressure to get your reviews posted in a timely manner?

Tell Me Something Tuesday: But Am I Rushing to Read It?

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

This Week’s Topic: But Am I Rushing to Read It?

This week's topic has to do with those HOT releases that everyone is talking about and dying to get your hands on. I know I will claim to NEED the book, and oh, what I wouldn't do to get my hands on the book, but how often do I start reading the book the day it hits the shelf?

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Spring Picks 2018

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

This Week’s Topic:

Spring Picks for 2018

You know I have a million books I want to read that are being released this spring, but I thought it would be more interesting to feature books I have yet to feature, and also books I don't already have. So, this is a true spring wish list for me, featuring books that will release between March 20th and June 21st.

Tell Me Something Tuesday: How Do You Find Time to Read?

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

This Week’s Topic: How do you find time to read?

Every Sunday, I participate in The Sunday Post, where I share the books I have read and whatnot, and many people often comment on how many books I read. I am flattered, but in all honesty, my life is the perfect storm for accomplishing this feat. 

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Time Travel vs. Teleportation

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

This Week’s Topic:
Would you rather time travel or teleport?

Let's start with time travel, which is when one moves between two points in time via a device, aka a time machine. My initial reaction, is that time travel would be fantastic. Think of the things we could do!

• I could go back in to a time in my own life, and make better choices. 
• I could use future intelligence to influence decisions we make in the past, which could result in a future windfall.
• I could alter the past, so that major historic atrocities do not occur. 
• I could point some very influential people in the right direction, so that the thing they are famous for happens sooner. This would be especially useful with medical and scientific discoveries. 

However, when I think back to all books and movies, which featured time travel, these are all NO-NOs. By altering the past, you could create an alternate future. You must also consider the butterfly effect, how that small change in the past may result in a myriad of consequences, and the possibility of creating a time paradox.  

Time travel books I have read:

Into the Dim	A Wrinkle in Time	The Love that Split the World
The Girl with the Red Balloon	Passenger	Landline
When You Reach Me	In 27 Days	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Then, I looked at teleportation, which is the physical transfer of matter from one point to another without actually moving through the space between the two points. We have seen this in Star Trek, and think about all the ways it would benefit you to be able to just blink from place to place. 

• I would no longer need time to travel to or from my destination. Therefore, I could sleep later and reclaim a huge chunk of my awake hours to do something I really want to do. 
• I would no longer have to lose my stuff sitting in traffic. 
• I wouldn't need a car, so no car insurance payment, no car payments, no car maintenance no need to buy gas. Think of all the money I would save!
• No more mass transit in general. I could go on better vacations without having the cost of airfares eating away at my vacation fund. 
• I could easily carry my groceries from my car to my house, no worries, since I am not trudging them from point A to point B. 
• I would not have to worry about the weather impeding my travel, because I wouldn't be going through the weather. 

I know I have read books with characters who could teleport, but I cannot think of them off the top of my head, since it's not the basis of the story the way time travel would be. Can you think of any?

MY DECISION

Although there are so many altruistic things I could do with time travel, there appears to be many things that could go wrong. Therefore, I think I would chose teleportation. Most of the benefits would be for my own personal gain, but I do not anticipate major drawbacks. 

Now it's your turn!

Time travel or teleportation? 

Let us know in the comments!

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Vampire or Werewolf?

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post on Rainy Day Ramblings where we discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

This Week’s Topic:
Would you rather be a werewolf or a vampire? Why?

Say I was faced with getting a scratch from a werewolf or a bite from a vampire, what would I chose? In order to make an informed decision, I needed to gather some information on both these creatures.

VAMPIRES	WEREWOLVES
• Forever young	• Age like humans
• Immortal	• Mortal
• Require a steady diet of blood	• Eat a normal human diet
• Usually possess a magnetic personality	• Known to be aggressive
• Have enhanced senses	• Super strong and super fast, as well as heightened senses
• Must always be invited and are can be killed with common household items	• Nearly invulnerable, but may be harmed by silver and wolf's bane
• Can simply take a shape they want	• go through a painful physical shift from human to wolf, which may be uncontrollable and result in lots of shredded clothing.

Based on these facts, I think I would want to a vampire. To be young forever is such an attractive thing, and as long as I keep on the down-low, I should be able to enjoy lots of different historical time periods, which I always found one of the more fascinating things about vampires. I am also sort of in love with the allure factor that vampires have. They are know to be charming and charismatic, and always dead sexy. Who wouldn't want that? The drawback is the blood thing, but I think I could overlook that for all benefits one has in vampirism.

**This decision is largely based on me being turned when I was in my 20s.

Now it's your turn! Vampire or Werewolf?

Would you rather be a werewolf or a vampire? Why? 

Let us know in the comments!