Showing posts with label Book Blogger Hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Blogger Hop. Show all posts
Friday, December 10, 2010
Book Blogger Hop #21 & Follow Friday #15
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.
Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question each week, so today’s question for the Hop is (*drum roll please*):
Question coming …
ParaJunkee also asks us follower’s to answer a question each week, so today’s question for the Follow is:
Question coming …
Friday, November 26, 2010
Book Blogger Hop #20 & Follow Friday #14
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.
Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question each week, so today’s question for the Hop is (*drum roll please*):
What is your favorite book cover?
This is a difficult question for me there are so many book covers I just adore but if I have to pick one it would be Blood & Flowers by Penny Blubaugh, this book isn’t even released yet so I haven’t even seen it in the flesh, but there is just something so whimsical and stunning about this cover. I only hope that the story is just as amazing as the cover, well I’ll just have to wait until it’s released on March 1st 2011.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Book Blogger Hop #19 & Follow Friday #13
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.
Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question each week, so today’s question for the Hop is (*drum roll please*):
Since Thanksgiving is coming up next week, let's use this week's Hop to share what we are most thankful for and what our holiday traditions are!
This is going to sound terrible but I don’t know what Thanksgiving is, I mean I’ve heard of it before but I don’t know anything about it being from Australia (very ignorant of me I know). I don’t suppose any of my American readers could explain it to me.
Now onto the question, hmmmm what am I thankful for, definitely my family I don’t know what I’d do without them. I’m also thankful that I live in a peaceful country and I don’t have to worry about going without the basic things in life that many people don’t have (travelling to Ecuador and Peru last year really brought home that message). As I’m a big reader and get immense joy from reading I’m also thankful that I can actually read and write, believe it or not there are a significant number of people around Australia and the world that cannot which is depressing, everyone should be able to feel the joy that comes from being able to read and write plus studies have shown that education can lift people out of poverty.
ParaJunkee also asks us follower’s to answer a question each week, so today’s question for the Follow is:
How long have you been book blogging??
Around about 7 months, wow that’s gone quick!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Book Blogger Hop #18 & Follow Friday #12
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.
Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question each week, so today’s question for the Hop is (*drum roll please*):
If you find a book that looks interesting but is part of a series, do you always start with the first title?
I have never picked up a book if it’s in a series and I haven’t read the first one yet, I always have to start with the first book in the series, I’m a bit of a stickler for this.
ParaJunkee also asks us follower’s to answer a question each week, so today’s question for the Follow is:
What is your usual monthly book budget?
I generally purchase new releases (for older books I mooch on down to the library) so it can vary, one month may have lots of new releases coming out which I really want so I probably spend more on books that month compared to a month where there aren't that many books released which appeal to me. However, if I had to pick a dollar value I’d say I could spend anything from $20 to $100 a month on books.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Book Blogger Hop #17 & Follow Friday #11
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.
Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question each week, so today’s question for the Hop is (*drum roll please*):
What are your feelings on losing followers? Have you ever stopped following a blog?
I know I probably shouldn’t take it personally, I mean these things happen and it’s not the end of the world, but sometimes I do and I begin to think what’s wrong with my blog am I doing something wrong. I guess I just need to remember everyone is different and has different opinions of what they do and don’t like, for every person that enjoys my bloggy musings there are probably lots of others who don’t really find my blog that interesting to them at all and that’s okay. So basically I (and others) should not take loosing followers personally we must always remember that the people unsubscribing from our blogs are not being mean or spiteful.
I really think Jennifer’s answer to this question is really interesting especially where she brings up ‘what exactly is a follower?’, is it the number of friends you have on google friend connect or is it the people that visit your blog and comment regularly? I’d definitely say the second one because these individuals are actually coming back to your blog on a regular basis whereas many people listed on my google friend connect probably don’t visit my blog on a regular basis at all.
For the second part of the question I have never stopped following a blog before even though I don’t visit many of them regularly, I mean I try and visit as many blogs as I can on a weekly basis (I have my favourites I visit regularly) but I just don’t have the time.
ParaJunkee also asks us follower’s to answer a question each week, so today’s question for the Follow is:
Who are your favourite authors?
Oohh that’s a hard one as I have so many but I guess I’ll just list a few. First off the classics, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë all write novels which I can read over and over again and never get tired of them.
For more ‘modernist’ authors J.K. Rowling is an author who I just adore (along with many of you I’m sure), I mean Harry Potter amazing! I’ll also read anything from Maggie Stiefvater’s (I fell in love with Maggie’s lyrical prose early this year after reading Shiver), Rachel Caine (Morganville Vampires anyone?), Kimberly Derting (The Body Finder novels), Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games, an amazing suspense thrilled series with a strong female lead character!) and Justina Chen Headley (for writing a book that I couldn’t stop thinking about even after I finished it).
Friday, October 22, 2010
Book Blogger Hop #16 & Follow Friday #10
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.
Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question each week, so today’s question for the Hop is (*drum roll please*):
Where is your favorite place to read? Curled up on the sofa, in bed, in the garden?
It depends on my mood I guess or what it’s like outside. Sometimes I like to read on the couch other times I like to spread out on my bed laying my head on my giant pillow my mum bought me just so I could read in bed. If it’s a nice sunny day outside I am quite partial to reading on a blanket outside just like I wanted to do today, it was such a beautiful day (my fellow Melburnians will understand).
ParaJunkee also asks us follower’s to answer a question each week, so today’s question for the Follow is:
What are you currently reading? Basically, what book is that?
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Currently I am reading Embrace by Jessica Shirvington which is about Angels. I only started reading it last night, I was supposed to read a couple of chapters but the next thing you know I was almost halfway through.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Book Blogger Hop #15 & Follow Friday #9
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.
Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question each week, so today’s question for the Hop is (*drum roll please*):
When you read a book that you just can't get into, do you stick it out and keep reading or move to your next title?
Once I start a book I usually stick it out and keep reading, I’ll only stop reading a book I haven’t finished if I find the book really terrible or very boring and that doesn’t happen that much. Thankfully I haven’t had to stop midway through one of my review books as of yet (touch wood) but I don’t think I’d keep reading a review book if I really didn’t like it, I mean I’d give it another try because it’s a review book, but if it’s still not happening for me I’d stop. For me the whole point in reading something is because you enjoy it, you won’t if you force yourself to read it and your review will reflect this, focusing mostly on the negatives.
ParaJunkee also asks us follower’s to answer a question each week, so today’s question for the Follow is:
What is your reading suggestion this week?
Because this is me and I can never stick to just suggesting one book, I'm going to suggest two books to read which I think is pretty good of me as I could list many more, there are so many good ones!
So the two books that I'm going to recommend are:
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
This is one of my favourite reads of 2010, it's about a girl, Violet, who can sense the dead. The whole concept is so unique and Kimberly is such a masterful storyteller, I was hooked from the first page. Throughout the book we follow Violet as she grapples with her 'gift' whilst also trying to understand her blossoming romantic feelings towards her best friend Jay (who I'm absolutely in love with) and dealing with the fact that a serial killer is on the loose targeting teenage girls and Violet could be next.... I've only just finished reading and reviewing the sequel to The Body Finder, Desires of the Dead, which I loved just as much as the first so if you haven't gotten on The Body Finder band wagon now is the time to start especially before the sequel is released next year.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
This classic tale set in the 1800s of a young girl used and abused is a must read. Whilst it is a very emotional read it has some very important themes in it, especially the treatment of women. This book probably isn't for everybody but those of you who are remotely interested I highly recommend reading it, it will stay with you even after you've finished reading it.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Book Blogger Hop #14 & Follow Friday #8
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.
Jennifer also asks us hopper's to answer a new question each week, so today's question for the Hop is (*drum roll please*):
What's your favourite beverage while reading or blogging, if any? Is it tea, coffee, water, a glass of wine, or something else?
A cup of organic chamomile tea, but not in tea bags, I use the fresh kind with a strainer, very calming.
ParaJunkee also asks us follower’s to answer a question each week, so today’s question for the Follow is:
How many reviews do you like to do a week?
I try to do at least one a week, I’d like to do more but I just don’t have the time to do more than one review a week at the moment especially with uni work. When the holiday’s start up I’ll be able to spend a lot more time reading and reviewing though J
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