{Follow Friday} July 20, 2012

Wow! Haven't participated in a Follow Friday since February! Where does the time go? First I'd like to thank Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read for being such wonderful hosts and helping keep everybody together so we can make new blogger friends!

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Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers -- but you have to know -- the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

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Q: Christmas in July! Someone gives you a gift card for two books (whatever that costs). What two books will you buy?

Well, I have so many books on my lists it would be so very hard to choose, but for now, I'll say The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead - I'm jonesing for some Adrian, badly! And next, I've been dying to read The Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin. I'm a huge Edgar Allen Poe fan, and I keep picking the book up, and setting it back down. Eventually, I'm just going to have to give in and buy the dang thing. LOL.

What two books would you choose?

Follow Friday 12/16/11

Welcome to Feature & Follow Friday (err Thursday) on Parajunkee.com

If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does the work? You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

This weeks features:
Books Are Vital
Once Upon A Time

Question of the Week: When you've read a book, what do you do with it? (Keep it, give it away, donate it, sell it, swap it..?)

Oh my. Well, I'm going to show off my selfishness here. I keep every book I read. I just can't bear to let them go. I am a book addict and I readily admit it. I fall in love with something in every book I read...even if I end up disliking the book in the end. There have been times when I have ended up with duplicate books because I don't remember buying them or I win them in giveaways. Those books I usually put in my own giveaways or give to someone who wants them.

I do keep a spreadsheet of all the books I own and if someone wants to borrow a book, they have to sign it out. I'm kind of like a library without due dates; however, I am very particular about who I let borrow my books. And...I will come knocking if I don't get them back. LOL. So I'm not all greedy...I just love my books.

What do you do with yours? 

 

Be sure to take a look at my giveaways:

New Years Giveaway

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway

Follow Friday - 12/9/11

Welcome to Feature & Follow Friday (err Thursday) on Parajunkee.com

If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does the work? You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

This weeks features:

Anonymous Reads 
Keeping up with Roxy's Books

Question: Keeping with the Spirit of Giving this season, what book do you think EVERYONE should read and if you could, you would buy it for all of your family and friends?

 

 

I think these two books are amazing. They are filled with heart-ache and tragedy, but they also include an important message to all readers. I cannot wait until Shine!

Check out their reviews:
Shade
Shift

Be sure to stop by my giveaways:   

Shattered Dreams by Ellie James  

The Elemental Mysteries by Elizabeth Hunter

Follow Friday - 12/2/11

If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

This weeks features are:
Lauren Gets Literal
Fic Book Reviews

Q: What is your biggest pet peeve when it comes to books? Maybe you don’t like love triangles or thin plots? Tell us about it!

My biggest pet peeve? Hmmm. The one thing I cannot stand is when the characters are completely unbelievable. I don't need a huge back-story but I do need enough to believe they are what the author claims them to be. Pulling magic tricks from the air without any reference to witches or anything magical...not buying it. Normal person turns into a were____ and there is never a mention of why, how, or any other mystical being...nope.

I very seldom read a book I dislike enough to go on a rampage, but when I do...it's always because the characters or the settings aren't fleshed out. I love being swept away into another world...take me there. That's truly all I need.

Love Triangles - Love Them
Love at First Sight - Heck Yeah
Soul Mates - Why Not
Murder and Mayhem - Love It
Paranormal - You Bet


Be sure to stop by and check out my giveaways while you're here:

• Book Lover's Holiday Giveaway Hop
• Insight Series Giveaway
• Christmas Bloggerthon
  

Follow Friday 11/4/11

If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

This weeks features...The Magic Attic and SkyInk.net.

Today's Question is something new, an activity. We want to see what you look like! Take a pic with you and your current read! Too shy? Boo! Just post a fun pic you want to share.

 

Right now I'm writing and not reading much. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is taking so much of my time that I have very little left for reading...although I am cheating a little and will be getting a couple of reviews posted soon!

Follow Friday 10/28/11

If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel at Parajunkee of course and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them “hi” in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

Question: If you could have dinner with your favorite book character, who would you eat with and what would you serve?

Hmmm...good question. I think I would like to have dinner with Jericho Barrons from The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning. The problem would be...I wouldn't know what to serve, outside of Unseelie Fae. I really don't want to eat it myself, and honestly, I'm not sure what he eats. I just have a longing to meet this man and see what he is about.

Follow Friday 10/21/11

 Welcome to Feature & Follow Friday (err Thursday) on Parajunkee.com If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs! Question: What super-hero is your alter ego? Oh, a hard question. I don't really do super-hero's but I suppose if I had to pick one it would be... Dazzler from the X-Men. I  know...I am attempting to be original, but I have always loved the X-Men and who doesn't want to be a rock star? Right?   Dazzler can produce numerous effects. She can create simple patterns out of rays of light or combinations of patterns which produce trance-like effects in her targets. She can create a pulse of light on the order of several thousand watts of power, which temporarily blinds people with its brilliance. She can create a chaotic cascade of sparkling lights and colors that severely upsets other people's equilibrium, or a pulsating strobe-light effect. Dazzler can generate a coherent beam of light, approximating a laser beam. Super cool, right?

Follow Friday 10/14/11

If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Q.If you could have characters from a particular book meet and form an epic storyline with characters from a particular TV series, which would you choose and why? 

 

 OMG! This is nearly an impossible question. My preferences between television and books are completely opposite. I don't watch a lot of "paranormal" television...The Vampire Diaries is the exception. I don't read a lot of mystery, or haven't in a while. 

 

Hmmm...okay, this has been my theme of the month but I would like to see MacKayla Lane and Jericho Barrons from Karen Marie Moning's Fever Series meet NCIS Los Angeles. Mac and Barrons can find anything and Barrons is far scarier than anything I have ever seen on TV. Pair him with Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J and I think LA might shape up.

Follow Friday 10/6/11

If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Q. If you could pick one character in a book, movie or television show to swap places with, who would it be?

 My Answer:

Honestly, this is a really tough question. I have read so many books and seen so many movies that I don't think I can narrow it down. I read to escape my life for a while so in all (non) reality I am essentially trading places every time I dive into a book. Right now I am reading the The MacKayla Lane Novels by Karen Marie Moning. I love that Mac is kickass, snarky, and trusts no one. She has enough sense to lookout for herself and "not place all her eggs in one basket."

However, Mac is in a little bit of trouble right now and I'm not sure I would want to be her at this very moment!

Darkfever/Bloodfever/Faefever/Dreamfever/Shadowfever

*NOT YA

Follow Friday 9/30/11

Welcome to Feature & Follow Friday (err Thursday) on Parajunkee.com

 

If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel of Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you! Now to make this #FF interesting we do a FEATURE blogger.




  Q. What book that hasn't been turned into a movie (yet) would you most like to see make it to the big screen, and who would you like cast as your favorite character? Since my obsession this week is Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick...I'm going to say the Hush Hush Series! How many of us wouldn't want Patch to be brought to life. And my choice to play Patch...Steven R. McQueen 

Follow Friday and Blog Hop 8/26/11

 

Q. In books like the Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) series the paranormal creature in question "comes out of the closet" and makes itself known to the world. Which mythical creature do you wish would come out of the closet, for real?

 

Ah, well my answer would have to be the Revenants for Die for Me by Amy Plum. They are sexy and help people who truly need supernatural help. They fight against evil. And…did I mention they are SEXY!

Plus, they are not a popular paranormal creature, so it would be most excellent if they really did exist.

“Non-book-related this week!! Do you have pets?”

Yes I do. We finally found a little shitzu to fit in with our laid back family. Ella is the cutest dogly ever!

Follow Friday #3 and Book Blogger Hop #1

Q. Talk about the book that most changed or influenced your life (was it a book that turned you from an average to avid reader, did it help you deal with a particularly difficult situation, does it bring you comfort every time you read it?). 

I love this question. When I was in high school, I read a lot of John Grisham. I loved his mysteries; however, as time went by and I was no longer living with mom and dad, and started paying my own bills, going to college...well, you get it, the things adults do...I didn't have time to read anymore. Then I had kids...and well, most of you know how that goes. 

I have seen this answer on a couple of other blogs, but I am answering the question honestly so...while at work, some ladies were talking about Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. At first I thought - no, vampires have never really been my thing. But the more I heard about the books, the more I thought...ok, I am going to read the first book at least. And then, I couldn't put them down. I was thankful that I was late into the series, so I didn't have to wait for the next one to come out. I read them in a week. Couldn't put them down. And then my oldest daughter read them and it gave us something fun to talk about. She would get so mad at me because I refused to tell her anything about the books...I just kept saying "Just read it." And as Amber at Me,My Shelf, and I said I don't want to hear that the books were poorly written or that there's no such thing as sparkly vampires because unless you have irrefutable evidence to the contrary...all vampires are fictional. 

And I haven't stopped reading since.

Even now, when I am depressed, upset or sad, I will reread The Twilight Saga because they bring me comfort and take me to a place other than the - all to many times - crazy place I live.

 So...how about you?

Q: What ARC would you like to get your hands on right now?

The first book in Richelle Mead's brand-new teen fiction series - set in the same world as Vampire Academy.

When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning.

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive - this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone's out for blood.

To be released August 23, 2011, so I suppose I will just have to wait. LOL!

Follow Friday #2

Welcome to Feature & Follow Friday on Parajunkee.com

If you are new to the #FF fun, Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Feature & Follow Friday is now hosted by TWO hosts, myself of course and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you leave your name here on this post, then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

Now to make this #FF interesting we do a FEATURE blogger. It is also required, that if you participate you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) and the two Feature blogs.

Our Feature  - The Book Addicted Girl

And The Little Book Blog

 Q. Let's step away from books for a second and get personal. What T-Shirt slogan best describes you?

Let's just say the shirts describe my indecision!

So,it is late in the year but I feel like I can complete this challenge. I love vampires, any and all of them. I figure since they are fictional creatures that authors have creative license to make them whatever they want them to be. So...I am joining the Vampire Challenge 2011 hosted By PARAJUNKEE'S VIEWS!!!