Farewell For Now :)

With much sadness, Catherine and I have decided to devote our time to some other things at the moment.  Teardropjar has been an experience for us, and we will take this experience with us.  I think this blog was almost like an experiment to see what we like and dislike about blogging, how to blog, and what to blog about.  We will still be on the internet, of course.  We may be starting a new blog with a few other fangilrs and maybe fanboys, but at the time only a few steps have been taken to complete that idea.  The next blog is under construction and may be up at the end of the month if we follow through with the plan.  Thank you for reading our posts, we had fun writing them and designing the blog for your enjoyment, as well as our own.  This blog will remain up just incase we would like to go back here in the future, which I will probably do.  I adore this blog with my whole heart and will not completely abandon it, I promise that.  I had a wonderful experience with this blog, as it was my first actual blog.  You usually remember your first experiences... right?  I will always remember this blog and will keep it close to my heart.  Thank you for this experience, I am sure you will read our new blog soon enough if you keep your eyes open for information on our Instagrams, and maybe even on here, depending on what Catherine thinks.

Thank you and goodbye for now,
Kate.
And if Catherine doesn't post again, then goodbye from the whole jar.  We very much enjoyed this experience. Thank you for the adventure :)

Booktubeathon

I think this is going around on the interwebs of Instagram and YouTube, partially in the BookTube and book nerd world.  I think I may have the dates wrong, but this event started yesterday (July 14th) and ends in 7 days on July 20th.  I heard this from Sasha Alsberg, a Booktuber and Instagramer. Here are her links
YouTube  
Instagram
Twitter
Goodreads
I absolutely adore Sasha, she has the best bookshelf EVER and gives wonderful book recommendations!

Anyways, here are the challenges:

• A book with pictures.
• Start and finish a series.
• A book with red on the cover.
• A book someone else picks out for you.
• A book from the genre you've read the least from this year.
• Read a book then watch it's adaptation.
• Read 7 books or an average of 300 pages per day.

(You may only use one book for two challenges plus the 7 book/300 page challenge)

And here is what I plan on reading for each:

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 
• The Selection series by Kiera Cass
• The Elite by Kiera Cass  
• The Selection by Kiera Cass
• These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman 
• The Book Theif by Markus Zusak

I think it was pretty clever how I put 3 challenges into 1, I don't think that is supposed to happen but hey, I have 6 days and am currently reading the entire Harry Potter series. 

Happy booktubeathoning???

~Kate

         P.S. Follow my goodreads account, and I will friend you back, I need more reviews on books!

Bad Jokes and Goodbye.

You thought goodbye meant that I was leaving, not yet.  Connor left O2L.  That wasn't light news.  "An ode to ..... Old2L.  Hi Connor!"  Sad.
-Catherine

Music recommendations

I picked some of my favorite music and decided to share! My music taste is usually: rock, alternative rock, indie rock, indie, ect. I'm going to give a few favorites from a few artists I have on my phone.
Ex:
Artist: Album
Song

Arctic Monkeys:
Arabella
Knee Socks
I Wanna Be Yours

Bastille: All This Bad Blood
Poet
Durban Skies
Laughter Lines
Of the Night
What Would You Do?

Birdy: Birdy
Skinny Love
People Help the People
Terrible Love

Daughter: If You Leave
Youth

Fall Out Boy: Save Rock and Roll
ThePhoenix
Alone Together
Where Did The Party Go
The Mighty Fall
DeathValley
Young Volcanoes

Florence & the Machine: Lungs and Cermonials
Dog Days are Over
Kiss with a Fist
Between Two Lungs
Cosmic Love
Never Let Me Go
Lover to Lover
No Light, No Light
Seven Devils

Lana Del Rey: Born to Die
Video Games
Diet Mountain Dew
National Anthem
Carmen
This is What Makes Us Girls

Lorde: Pure Heroine
Ribs
Glory and Gore
Still Sane

Panic! At the Disco: Too weird to Live, Too Rare to Die
Gospel
Miss Jackson
Nicotine
Can't Fight Against the Youth

I hope you get some new songs that's you'll enjoy out of this.
~Kate

#EpicReads30 Tag

Epic Reads reached 30,000 followers on Instagram, and in celebration of the goal, Epic Reads has created the #EpicReads30 tag, in which you post a picture of 30 of your favorite books on Instagram.  I decided to do it a bit differently and post them here (but I will get around to posting them on Instagram... until then, this will have to do!)
I will be giving the title, author and link to Goodreads.  I am counting each book in a series separately, and the list has no order, but my all time favorite series is obviously first.

1. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices #1)
2. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices #2)
3. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices #3)
4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 
5. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte 
6. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 
7. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
8. Looking for Alaska by John Green
9. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (The Gemma Doyle series #1)
10. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray (The Gemma Doyle series #2)
11. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray (The Gemma Doyle series #3)
12. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments #3)
13. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments #6)
14. Cinder by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles #1)
15. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles #2)
16. Cress by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles #3)
17. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi (Under the Never Sky #1)
18. Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi (Under the Never Sky #2)
19. Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi (Under the Never Sky #3)
20. Divergent by Veronica Roth (Divergent #1)
21. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (If I Stay #1)
22. The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp 
23. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #1)
24. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #2)
25. Delirium by Lauren Oliver (Delirium #1)
26. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (Delirium #2) 
27. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green 
28. Matched by Ally Condie (Matched #1)
29. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell 
30. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 

And those are my top 30 favorite books in no particular order.  I'm drafting a lot more lately so that I will be able to post on time.  This week I will be away for the Fouth of July week, so I am not sure if I will be able to post or not.  I will post as soon as I can.  To all our American viewers: Happy Fourth of July! I hope that you are enjoying the food and fireworks.  To our non-American viewers: Happy Thursday and Friday!

~Kate

January to June Favourites.

So I want to publish my favourite book, clothing store, fashion trend, and movie of the first half of the year.

Favourite Book
The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Favourite Clothing Store
American Eagle

Favourite Fashion Trend
High-Rise Shorts

Favourite Movie
Heaven is for Real (it may be controversial, oh well it's a true story)

So that's basically it.  Thank you so much for reading this and have a great life!
-Catherine