Call To All Book Bloggers!!

Calling all Book Bloggers!

Hey there loyal marauders and book bloggers alike. Both Padfoot and Prongs here with a special proposition for all of you out there with a book blog who are looking for ways to make your blog even more amazing than it already is. As you may or may not we here at GBI just recently launched the opening of our Literary Craft Store on Etsy. There you can find literary paraphernalia that is sure to warm even the the heart of the coldest book lovers. Since the opening Padfoot and Prongs have been discussing ways to bring our love for our store back to where it all began...the blog!
So for all of you out there looking to host a giveaway or to ramp up visitors to your blog we have a wonderful proposition for you. Padfoot and Prongs would be HAPPY to help provide items FOR FREE for give aways, contests, etc. to any serious book bloggers out there who are looking to add some uniqueness to their events.
New to the book blogging world? Looking to bring visitors onto your page? If you are interested in having a literary item provided for your contest or give away simple contact us through comments or e-mail to get something set up. We look forward to helping out every ones blogs in any way that we can! And as always comments, criticism and feedback of any kind of what you would personally love to have printed on a mug, t-shirt, or book mark is more than encouraged!
-mischief managed-

Call To All Book Bloggers!!

Calling all Book Bloggers!

Hey there loyal marauders and book bloggers alike. Both Padfoot and Prongs here with a special proposition for all of you out there with a book blog who are looking for ways to make your blog even more amazing than it already is. As you may or may not we here at GBI just recently launched the opening of our Literary Craft Store on Etsy. There you can find literary paraphernalia that is sure to warm even the the heart of the coldest book lovers. Since the opening Padfoot and Prongs have been discussing ways to bring our love for our store back to where it all began...the blog!
So for all of you out there looking to host a giveaway or to ramp up visitors to your blog we have a wonderful proposition for you. Padfoot and Prongs would be HAPPY to help provide items FOR FREE for give aways, contests, etc. to any serious book bloggers out there who are looking to add some uniqueness to their events.
New to the book blogging world? Looking to bring visitors onto your page? If you are interested in having a literary item provided for your contest or give away simple contact us through comments or e-mail to get something set up. We look forward to helping out every ones blogs in any way that we can! And as always comments, criticism and feedback of any kind of what you would personally love to have printed on a mug, t-shirt, or book mark is more than encouraged!
-mischief managed-

Happy Birthday John Milton!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN MILTON!
Hey there marauders. We wanted to do a post today honoring one of our very favorite authors of all time John Milton. We love him so much that we even took a quote by him to use for our header (look up at the top of the page) ^. For those of you who are living under a literary rock John Milton is the author of the epic story Paradise Lost (one of Padfoot and Prongs most cherished books). Paradise Lost tells the story of Satan's fall from paradise from his point of view, making him quite possible one of the coolest characters ever written. If you have not read it we STRONGLY suggest picking yourself up a copy and devoting yourself to reading it over the next month.

Here is a bit about John Milton for those of you who might be looking to follow in this masters footsteps.

"John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet author, polemicist and civil servant for the Common Wealth of England . He is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost and for his treatise condemning censorship, Areopagitica.

He was both an accomplished, scholarly man of letters and polemical writer, and an official serving under Oliver Cromwell. His views may be described as broadly, Protestant, if not always easy to locate in a more precise religious category. Milton was writing at a time of religious and political flux in England, and his poetry and prose reflect deep convictions, often reacting to contemporary circumstances. He wrote also in Latin and Italian, and had an international reputation during his lifetime." (Wikipedia)

Also for those of you who have not read Paradise Lost (or for those of you who miss it as much as we do) here are some of our all time favorite quotes.

• "So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear/ farewell remorse; all good to me is lost;/ evil, be thou my good." IV 108-10

• "Eased the putting off/ these troublesome disguises which we wear." IV 750-51

• "Freely we serve/ because we freely love, as in our will/ to love or not; in this we stand or fall." V 538-540

• "Grace was in all her steps, heav'n in her eye/ in every gesture dignity and love." VII 488-89

• "Her virtue and conscience of her worth/ that would be wooed and not unsought, be won." VII 502-3

• "Among the faithless, faithful only he." V 897

"So dear I love him that with him all deaths/ I could endure, without him live no life." IX 832-33.

Hope you enjoyed those folks! To honor this literary master make sure to stop by our new Etsy shop and check out our bookmarks inspired by illustrations from parts of Paradise Lost. Do you have some of your own favorite John Milton Quotes? Love Paradise Lost? Tell us about it!

Happy John Milton's Birthday to eveyone!

-mischief managed-

Happy Birthday John Milton!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN MILTON!
Hey there marauders. We wanted to do a post today honoring one of our very favorite authors of all time John Milton. We love him so much that we even took a quote by him to use for our header (look up at the top of the page) ^. For those of you who are living under a literary rock John Milton is the author of the epic story Paradise Lost (one of Padfoot and Prongs most cherished books). Paradise Lost tells the story of Satan's fall from paradise from his point of view, making him quite possible one of the coolest characters ever written. If you have not read it we STRONGLY suggest picking yourself up a copy and devoting yourself to reading it over the next month.

Here is a bit about John Milton for those of you who might be looking to follow in this masters footsteps.

"John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet author, polemicist and civil servant for the Common Wealth of England . He is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost and for his treatise condemning censorship, Areopagitica.

He was both an accomplished, scholarly man of letters and polemical writer, and an official serving under Oliver Cromwell. His views may be described as broadly, Protestant, if not always easy to locate in a more precise religious category. Milton was writing at a time of religious and political flux in England, and his poetry and prose reflect deep convictions, often reacting to contemporary circumstances. He wrote also in Latin and Italian, and had an international reputation during his lifetime." (Wikipedia)

Also for those of you who have not read Paradise Lost (or for those of you who miss it as much as we do) here are some of our all time favorite quotes.

• "So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear/ farewell remorse; all good to me is lost;/ evil, be thou my good." IV 108-10

• "Eased the putting off/ these troublesome disguises which we wear." IV 750-51

• "Freely we serve/ because we freely love, as in our will/ to love or not; in this we stand or fall." V 538-540

• "Grace was in all her steps, heav'n in her eye/ in every gesture dignity and love." VII 488-89

• "Her virtue and conscience of her worth/ that would be wooed and not unsought, be won." VII 502-3

• "Among the faithless, faithful only he." V 897

"So dear I love him that with him all deaths/ I could endure, without him live no life." IX 832-33.

Hope you enjoyed those folks! To honor this literary master make sure to stop by our new Etsy shop and check out our bookmarks inspired by illustrations from parts of Paradise Lost. Do you have some of your own favorite John Milton Quotes? Love Paradise Lost? Tell us about it!

Happy John Milton's Birthday to eveyone!

-mischief managed-

Take ANOTHER Chance challenge

-Hey there marauders-

Not that I am sure any of you need another challenge in your life, but we here at GBI suggest that you drop all others and pick up this amazing one by our dear friend Jenners! Way back in the day Padfoot and Prongs hosted our own literary scavenger hunt which we are so very proud to say helped inspire Jenners to start her own challenge which was a raving sucess! And it just so happens that since the first one was such a great time she is doing it all over again. Below is the information and be sure to check out her page to sign up and participate in the Take Another Chance Challenge!

Basic Information

The challenge will run from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2010.

• Here are the participation levels. Feel free to do whatever level you want. You can also switch up or down midway through the challenge.
  

A Small Gamble: Complete any 3 of the 12 challenges described below.
A Moderate Gamble: Complete any 6 of the 12 challenges described below.
Gambling It All: Complete all 12 of the challenges described below.

• Each challenge you complete and link up in the correct Mr. Linky spots (which will be posted on January 1, 2010) will earn you entries into a prize drawing at the end of the challenge. Some of the challenges are harder and will earn you more entries. If you complete all 12 challenges, you will earn 5 extra entries into the drawing.

• The prize is a book of the winner's choice from Amazon (worth $25 or less).
  

• Crossover books from other challenges is fine.

You can find the list of challenges on her blog as well as the sign up at her blog so get signed up and be sure to check back with us as we update over the course of 2010!

Also if you are a member of the Good Books Club and are not a member of Google Wave PLEASE leave me a comment so that I can send you an invite. We are setting up and trying out a few new things for January's book discussion and we could use some input.

Oh and finally make sure to check out the GBI Etsy store! Perfect for literary lovers of all ages! Tell all your friends and maybe you will get lucky and they will purchase you one of our literary items for the holidays!! We have a sale going on as well as new items going up every week so keep checking back! If you purchase something you will get this adorable note in your package, which we think is reason enough to buy!

Alright more to come this week. We promised you updates and by god we will give you updates! Until next time marauders...

-mischief managed-

Take ANOTHER Chance challenge

-Hey there marauders-

Not that I am sure any of you need another challenge in your life, but we here at GBI suggest that you drop all others and pick up this amazing one by our dear friend Jenners! Way back in the day Padfoot and Prongs hosted our own literary scavenger hunt which we are so very proud to say helped inspire Jenners to start her own challenge which was a raving sucess! And it just so happens that since the first one was such a great time she is doing it all over again. Below is the information and be sure to check out her page to sign up and participate in the Take Another Chance Challenge!

Basic Information

The challenge will run from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2010.

• Here are the participation levels. Feel free to do whatever level you want. You can also switch up or down midway through the challenge.
  

A Small Gamble: Complete any 3 of the 12 challenges described below.
A Moderate Gamble: Complete any 6 of the 12 challenges described below.
Gambling It All: Complete all 12 of the challenges described below.

• Each challenge you complete and link up in the correct Mr. Linky spots (which will be posted on January 1, 2010) will earn you entries into a prize drawing at the end of the challenge. Some of the challenges are harder and will earn you more entries. If you complete all 12 challenges, you will earn 5 extra entries into the drawing.

• The prize is a book of the winner's choice from Amazon (worth $25 or less).
  

• Crossover books from other challenges is fine.

You can find the list of challenges on her blog as well as the sign up at her blog so get signed up and be sure to check back with us as we update over the course of 2010!

Also if you are a member of the Good Books Club and are not a member of Google Wave PLEASE leave me a comment so that I can send you an invite. We are setting up and trying out a few new things for January's book discussion and we could use some input.

Oh and finally make sure to check out the GBI Etsy store! Perfect for literary lovers of all ages! Tell all your friends and maybe you will get lucky and they will purchase you one of our literary items for the holidays!! We have a sale going on as well as new items going up every week so keep checking back! If you purchase something you will get this adorable note in your package, which we think is reason enough to buy!

Alright more to come this week. We promised you updates and by god we will give you updates! Until next time marauders...

-mischief managed-