Happy Wednesday, bloggers. The wonderful Karen Jo (Sincerely Karen Jo) nominated me for the One Lovely Blog Award, and I couldn’t be anymore thankful. You’re a darling, my friend! So happy to have met you in the blogosphere.

Here are seven facts about me…
1. I was named after Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. My older sister, who was four years old when I was born, asked my mom if she could name me Jasmine because Aladdin was her favorite movie at the time.
2. My favorite number is 6. I was born on the sixth day of the sixth month of the year (June 6th) and Jasmine is actually the sixth official Disney Princess (source). I also started singing by joining my church’s children’s choir when I was six years old.
3. I am Catholic. I am very comfortable with my spirituality. My faith is one of my greatest constants in life which keeps me grounded and sees me through all my trials and times of distress.
4. Winter is my favorite season and Christmas is my favorite holiday. I could never live somewhere it doesn’t snow. I am always at my happiest when it’s snowing or when I’m preparing for the holidays! With regards to my religion, it’s obviously a very important time of year. But outside of that, it’s a wonderful time which reminds us to love one another and take care of each other every day.
5. I was not a huge reader as a child. This will be elaborated on more in tomorrow’s post, but people are always surprised (and rightly so) to learn that I was not a huge fan of reading for pleasure while growing up.
6. I am not into booktube. While I believe that there are a lot of wonderful things about booktubing and there are so many hard-working and creative booktubers out there, it is an area of the literature world that I am wary of stepping into. I have a lot of opinions on this, so I may write up a Thoughtful Thursday post or if anyone asks, I can share my opinions.
7. If I could have one wish come true, I’d wish to be the vocalist for the next Disney Princess. Anybody got the hook-up? 🙂
I’m nominating…
Cecelia | The Seal Spot
Josie | Unlikely Magic
Erica | Erica’s Bookshelves
Maria | Bookgraphy
Kristin | Kristin Kraves Books
Bree | In Love & Words
Merline | Merline Reads
Mel | Everyday_Reader
Larkin | Wonderfilled Reads
You!
I hope everyone will get to partake simple yet lovely blog award. Let’s get to know one another better!
Twitter: @jasminesreading
Instagram: @singprettyreadbooks
Goodreads: jasminesreading
Email: singprettyreadbooks@gmail.com
*2018 Reading Challenge Update: 43/200
Thank you so much for the nomination!
I love that your sister named you! Jasmine is a beautiful name!
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You are so welcome, Kristin! And thank you–I love my name both because of the meaning behind it and because it does have a nice sound to it…I do get that a lot and it always makes me feel special.
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I’d wish to be a disney princess too… if only I have that disney princess voice they all look for. Congrats on the award!
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Hahaha! Thank you much, friend!
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Oh and I forgot to mention that you already got your disney princes name: Jasmine. Nice! 😀
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Haha yes! I’m hoping that will give me an advantage. But of course, I’d have to sing for a DIFFERENT princess LOL!
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This is so cool that your sister named you! I named my little sister and Christmas is my favorite holiday too! Thank you for the tag!!!
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Oh that’s just lovely. What did you choose for her name?
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Chanell
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Just lovely 🙂
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Thank you so much for nominating me! I can’t wait to do this 🙂
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Of course, Erica! I can’t wait to learn more about you!
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Had fun reading your facts! I wasn’t much of reader too. As a child, it was actually my least favorite thing to do. I guess you can even say that I “hated” it. I moved here from the Philippines when I was 9 and while I did know how to speak English and understand, reading was a totally different thing. I don’t know when it really changed for me. In high school, I read the required books and enjoyed most of them, but still didn’t really read. BUT now, I am completely in love with it. Also really helps that there are SO MANY awesome books and choices.
Love winter too! I really love the cold and rain. There’s nothing better than being curled up in bed with a good book while it’s pouring rain. I would love to live where there is snow, but I don’t know if I can leave Los Angeles. Even though I hate how crowded and traffic it is here, I love LA. Not too far from Disneyland. So many places to eat and I love food. LOL
6 is my favorite number too cause I was born April 6.
And you are too sweet! I’m so glad we’re friends too =)
XOXO
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I’m Filipino too! But I was born in America and I actually don’t speak Tagalog. Glad to hear I wasn’t the only reluctant reader growing up. Can’t go wrong with living near Disney–that sounds like a dream! But I do love my snow…I cannot be without a wintry Christmas! And your birthday is next month–so exciting!
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Thank You so much for nominating me❤ I think it’s so cool that you were named after Princess Jasmine, she’s one of my favorites! And Christmas is my favorite time of the year and I make sure to make all the grinch friends around me just be happy 🤷😂
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You are so welcome, my friend. I’m always happy to hear that Princess Jasmine does have some adoring fans aside from me, lol! And yes, I am down right chipper during Christmas when everyone’s grumpy or stressing out about shopping!
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OMG #1!!! I love that so much!
Are you a singer?? I want to hear your voice!
Thanks for the tag ❤
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I am a singer! I’ve pretty much been singing my whole life and also pursued my Bachelor’s degree in Music Ed as a voice major. I was considering a Master’s degree in performance, but decided to go into librarianship instead. I still sing frequently, though 🙂
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I love winter and Christmas as well! Unfortunately for me Christmas actually happens in the Summer haha
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I’m definitely a wintry Christmas kind of person, haha! But I do love that “Mele Kalikimaka” Hawaiian Christmas song lololol!
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Congrats on the award! I’m also a vey devout Catholic, and I think it’s awesome how important faith is in your life! ❤️
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Hey, Kelly! And it is–even if I have nothing else, I will always have my faith.
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Thank god your sister asked for you to be named Jasmine. If my mom actually followed through with that I wanted my sister’s name to be, she’d be called Exhaust now LOL. Also, I’d love to hear you sing!
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Hahahahaha!! Yes…we’re quite lucky that this worked out…my mom said she was considering naming me Jezebel which is not an ugly name and it’s definitely unique…buttttttt being named after a Disney Princess is definitely a better fun fact to share with others LOL! I sometimes sing on my instagram per request and just for fun! Maybe I’ll put a video up on the blog one day 🙂
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Definitely! If mine was Aurora I would be introducing myself to everyone LOL. Yay, hope that will happen c:
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Aurora is my second favorite Disney princess!!
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